Patent ID: 7963469

Claim:
A food waste disposer having a fluid recycling device, comprising: a food grinding cavity operable to generate during operation of the food waste disposer a food waste/water slurry mixture from food waste received into the food grinding cavity of the food waste disposer as the food waste disposer is operating and from water received into the food grinding cavity as the food waste disposer is operating from a source of water external to the food waste disposer; a barrier separating the food grinding cavity from a waste receiving cavity of the food waste disposer wherein the waste receiving cavity is disposed below the food grinding cavity and receives the waste/water slurry mixture discharged from the food grinding cavity; a discharge port in fluid communication with the waste receiving cavity through which the waste/water slurry mixture received in the waste receiving cavity is discharged during operation of the food waste disposer; and a fluid recycling device in fluid communication with the food grinding cavity through the barrier such that a portion of the waste/water slurry mixture received in the waste receiving cavity during operation of the food waste disposer is returned during operation of the food waste disposer to the food grinding cavity through the fluid recycling device to reduce an amount of water needed to be received into the food grinding cavity from the external source during operation of the food waste disposer to generate the food waste/water slurry mixture.