Patents Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toyodynam
  • Patent number: 5569605
    Abstract: An organic waste disposal system capable of speeding up drying and fermenting speeds and of continuously treating raw materials, and furthermore capable of operating in a clean working environment and reducing a running cost. The organic waste disposal system has a crusher for changing the organic wastes into flowing material, a preparatory fermentor including an agitating blade wherein the crusher and the preparatory fermentor are connected by a pump, and it further has a fermentor with a heating mechanism and a plurality of agitating blades. A hot air circulation pipe, on which a water heater utilizing accumulated heat and dehumidifier, is provided. The preparatory fermentor and the fermentor are both connected to the pump. A suction portion of a cyclone having a suction function is connected to the fermentor by a suction pipe. Each device of the system set forth above, is connected to a deodorizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Assignees: The Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc., Kabushiki Kaisha Toyodynam
    Inventors: Masayoshi Teramachi, Kinichi Kinoshita, Yosihito Takakuwa, Eiji Fukui, Tadashi Kamiyanagita
  • Patent number: 5496730
    Abstract: A composter including a fermentation compartment located on top of a compost drying compartment. A shutter is located between the compartments to control the transfer of composted material into the drying compartment. In an alternative composter the drying compartment tank is horizontally adjacent the fermentation compartment. A stirring screw is located in the fermenting compartment. During the fermenting process, the stirring screw is rotated back and forth so as to continually mix the material being composted. Once the composting process is completed, the stirring screw is rotated in one direction to transfer the composted material through openings in a separation wall and into the drying compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyodynam
    Inventor: Kazuo Teramachi