Patent ID: 9040289
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: B65G,C05F,Y02P,Y02W

Abstract:
1. A compost reactor for organic matter, said reactor comprising: a support structure including a horizontally disposed frame, having first and second ends, and an upstanding frame, having upper and lower ends, extending upwardly from said horizontally disposed frame; an elongated hollow housing having a floor, a pair of oppositely disposed side walls, a top wall, an upper end, and a lower end; said upper end of said housing being in communication with a source of organic matter; said housing being mounted on said support structure whereby said upper end of said housing is operatively vertically movably secured to said upstanding frame and said lower end of said housing is operatively movably secured to said horizontally disposed frame whereby the angle of said housing, with respect to horizontal, may be selectively varied; a winch operatively secured to the upper end of the support structure, said winch having a winch cable secured to said housing at the upper end of the housing; a plurality of flow control and material agitator assemblies positioned in said housing in a longitudinally spaced-apart manner; each of said flow control and material agitator assemblies capable of controlling the flow of organic matter through each assembly and capable of agitating the organic matter adjacent to each assembly; said housing having a plurality of spaced-apart aeration zones; a process air supply which supplies process air to each of said aeration zones; a hood selectively closing said upper end of said housing; said hood having a process air exhaust outlet; and a discharge door selectively closing said lower end of said housing.