Food waste disposer with grinding mechanism with windowed grind ring
A grinding mechanism for a food waste disposer includes a grinding ring defining a plurality of window openings therethrough. The grinding ring is received in a housing of a grinding mechanism. The grinding mechanism has a plurality of cavities therein corresponding to the window openings that are disposed outboard of the window openings. A plurality of stacked disks form a rotatable shredder plate that is situated to rotate relative to the grinding ring.
1. A food waste disposer system, comprising:
a food inlet section and a grinding section coupled to the food inlet section;
a grinding mechanism including a stationary grinding ring affixed to an inner surface of a housing and a rotatable shredder plate assembly;
the grinding ring having a plurality of window openings and a plurality of notches therein wherein the notches and windows alternate around a periphery of the grinding ring, therethrough;
the housing of the grinding mechanism having a plurality of cavities therein corresponding to the window openings and the notches in the grinding ring and disposed outboard of the window openings and the notches; and
a motor driving the rotatable shredder plate assembly.
2. The food waste disposer of claim 1 , wherein the grinding ring further includes a plurality of radially inwardly extending breaker members.
3. The food waste disposer of claim 1 , wherein the housing of the grinding mechanism is made of plastic.
4. A food waste disposer system, comprising:
a food inlet section and a grinding section coupled to the food inlet section;
a grinding mechanism including a stationary grinding ring affixed to an inner surface of a housing and a rotatable shredder plate assembly having a rotatable shredder plate having a plurality of disks stacked together;
the grinding ring having a plurality of window openings therethrough;
the housing of the grinding mechanism having a plurality of cavities therein corresponding to the window openings in the grinding ring and disposed outboard of the window openings; and
a motor driving the rotatable shredder plate assembly.
5. The food waste disposer of claim 4 , further including a lug attached to the shredder plate.
6. The food waste disposer of claim 4 , wherein at least one of the disks has a plurality of radially outwardly extending teeth about its periphery.
7. The food waste disposer of claim 4 , wherein the shredder plate includes a support member.
8. The food waste disposer of claim 7 , wherein the support member includes lugs extending through openings in the disks.
9. The food waste disposer of claim 4 , wherein the disks have different radiuses.
10. The food waste disposer of claim 4 , wherein the disks have different thicknesses.
11. The food waste disposer of claim 4 , wherein the disks include an upper disk and a lower disk, the lower disk including the teeth and the teeth extend radially outwardly from the periphery of the lower disk in a plane different than a plane in which a body of the lower disk lies.