Patent ID: 8951787
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: A01K,C05F,C12M,Y02P,Y02W

Abstract:
1. A vermicomposting apparatus and system, comprising: (a) a container; (b) a conduit that includes a first end and an opposite second end, and wherein said first end is elevated with respect to said second end, and wherein said conduit is disposed in an interior of said container and proximate a bottom of said container, and wherein said second end of said conduit is attached to a member that passes through an opening provided at a bottom of said container, and wherein said conduit includes a plurality of spaced-apart fluid collection openings that extend along a longitudinal length of said conduit, wherein said fluid collection openings are disposed in two spaced-apart rows, and wherein each of said rows is disposed at a bottom of said conduit and on an opposite side of a bottom center longitudinal axis of said conduit, and wherein each of said two rows of fluid collection openings are disposed approximately 30 degrees from said bottom center longitudinal axis of said conduit and on opposite sides thereof, and wherein an effluent that is produced in said apparatus is able to flow into said conduit through said fluid collection openings that are disposed in said two spaced-apart rows, and wherein said effluent that has entered into said conduit through said fluid collection openings that are disposed in said two spaced-apart rows is able to flow downward in said conduit along said bottom center longitudinal axis of said conduit without contact or interference to the flow of said effluent by any of said fluid collection openings in said two spaced-apart rows, and wherein said conduit includes a cluster of fluid collection openings that are disposed at said second end of said conduit, and wherein said cluster is disposed at a lower elevation than any of said fluid collection openings in said two spaced-apart rows, and wherein said cluster includes a greater density and number of said fluid collection openings along a longitudinal length of said cluster than occurs along an equivalent longitudinal length of any portion of said two spaced-apart rows; (c) means for providing a predetermined volume at said bottom of said container that is sufficient to hold a predetermined quantity of fluid; and (d) a screen that is placed over said conduit and over said means for providing a predetermined volume.