Patent ID: 6446887
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: A61L,B02C,B09B,Y10S

Abstract:
A grinder assembly in a medical waste disposal plant, said grinder assembly comprising:a grinding housing having opposed, parallel sides defining a grinding chamber with said grinding housing having an inlet and an outlet in communication with the grinding chamber and said path of medical waste, a cutter assembly disposed in the grinding chamber, said cutter assembly comprising: a shaft rotatably mounted to the sides of the grinding housing and connected to a means for rotation, and a plurality of first cutter blades mounted on the shaft at axially spaced apart intervals and extending radially beyond a plurality of second cutter blades mounted on the shaft at spaced apart intervals between said first cutter blades, and, a movable finger plate rotatably mounted to the sides of the grinding housing in the grinding chamber and positioned to allow the first and second cutter blades to move between a plurality of slots in the finger plate, said finger plate connected to a means for movement towards and away from said first and second cutter blades and a transponder responsive to selected forces on the finger plate.