Patent ID: 8603558

Claim:
A waste food recycling machine, comprising: an elongate, vertical housing having a sequential first section, a second section, and a third section from top to bottom; a chute forming the first section, the chute directing and collecting waste food for recycling; means for sanitizing waste food, the means for sanitizing being disposed in the first section; means for selectively holding and transferring sanitized waste food from the first section to the second section; to a means for cutting sanitized waste food into smaller portions, the means for cutting being operatively disposed inside the second section; means for drying the sanitized waste food in the second section of the housing, the means for drying being connected to the second section; means for selectively holding and transferring dried and cut sanitized waste food from the second section to the third section; means for mixing the dried and cut, sanitized waste food into a food product, the means for mixing being disposed inside the third section; means for cooling the dried, sanitized waste food operatively attached to the third section; and means for selectively holding and transferring the food product from the third section to package processing.