Patent ID: 7550292
Filing Date: 2009-06-23
Classification: C05F,Y02P,Y02W

Abstract:
1. A portable and towable composting unit for decomposing organic material, comprising: a first initial chamber and a second adjoining chamber enclosed by a pair of opposed sidewalls and a pair of end panels with both the first and second chambers capable of holding and decomposing therein the organic material; a separation panel for disposition between the first initial chamber and the second adjoining chamber and which is removably mountable to the sidewalls; a roof disposed upon the sidewalls and the end panels for closing off the first initial chamber and the second adjoining chamber; a composting floor disposed within the first initial chamber and configured for uni-directional tilting therein; a bi-directional tilting composting floor disposed within the second adjoining chamber; a lifting and tilting mechanism interconnected to the composting floor configured for uni-directional tilting and the bi-directional tilting composting floor for selectively and independently raising and tilting either composting floor relative to the first and second chambers so that the organic material can be transferred between the first chamber and the second chamber after movement of the separation panel from a position separating the first and second chambers, or expelled from the composting unit; and the composting floor of the first initial chamber configured for tilting in one direction so that the organic material can be transferred to the second adjoining chamber and the bi-directional tilting composting floor capable of tilting in two directions so that the organic material can be transferred back into the first initial chamber after movement of the separation panel from a position separating the first and second chambers, or expelled from the second adjoining chamber and out of the composting unit.