Patent ID: 9194113
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: B02C,E03C,G01V

Abstract:
1. An under-sink disposal system, comprising: (a) a sink installed in a countertop; (b) a disposal mounted under the sink and comprising a shredding mechanism for shredding waste received from the sink that enters into a shredding area of the disposal, with a fluid passageway extending from a drain of the sink for passing of waste to the shredding area of the disposal; (c) a control unit operatively connected to the disposal and configured to inhibit shredding operation of the disposal; and (d) a metal sensor and associated circuitry, the metal sensor being located adjacent the fluid passageway such that a metallic object passing through the fluid passageway toward the shredding area of the disposal is detected by the metal sensor; (e) wherein the control unit is operatively connected to the circuitry associated with the metal sensor such that the control unit inhibits shredding operation of the disposal upon the detection of a metallic object passing through the fluid passageway toward the shredding area of the disposal, including,