APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING WASTE TO YIELD BIOHUMUS AND VERMICULTURE Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: waste processing. SUBSTANCE: apparatus contains casings with screen bottoms, side walls, and covers, which form a unit on common stay, and overflow pipe. In the bottom part of each casing, there are pan and support consisting of vertical legs and perforated plate. Side walls of casing are inclined inside at angle 5 deg. and provided with vertical ribs with guides made at angle 25 deg. Thickness of vertical ribs is 1-5 mm and distance between them 5 to 12 mm. Casings are perforated in one of their parts and have back protrusions and bearing bosses. Cover of each casing consists of upper pan with perforated bottom, loading cone, and suspended bosses. Screen bottom is executed in the form of continuous tape of air and moisture-impermeable cloth with side bulges. Perforated plate of the support is positioned at the same level with perforated part of casing. EFFECT: enhanced process efficiency due to eliminated wall-boundary drying of feed mixture. 9 cl, 4 dwg, 1 tbl