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CA2761494A1
CA2761494A1 CA2761494A CA2761494A CA2761494A1 CA 2761494 A1 CA2761494 A1 CA 2761494A1 CA 2761494 A CA2761494 A CA 2761494A CA 2761494 A CA2761494 A CA 2761494A CA 2761494 A1 CA2761494 A1 CA 2761494A1
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Abstract

An upright compost making apparatus that is compact and easily movable that would vermicompost household and commercial kitchen and alike food waste. The Worminator compost maker is a sustainable compost maker that continually accepts food waste through an opening at the top of the compost maker and continually removes composted material with a commonly mechanical ejector installed without impeding on worm activity. The apparatus being commonly mechanical and hand operated, though scalable to commercial application.

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280 DESCRIPTION - Worminator BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

285 1. The Field of the Invention The present invention relates generally to compost making products. More particularly, it concerns the making of compost on small scale on a residential lot.

290 The field of the invention would include all compact and transportable compost making apparatus, including but not restricted to the purpose compost tea making.
2. The Background Art 295 In known compost containers stirring elements are disposed in the lower half of the container, or towards the side of the container (CA 2119256, CA 2441658 and CA 2583470).
These are designed to stir the material in one or more turnings of the said apparatus.
The goal of the stirring is inter alia to provide aeration to the composting materials;
aeration is a requirement to provide sufficient oxygen for an effective composting process.
300 The current embodiment does not provide a stirring apparatus for aeration, rather provides for a bell shaped container, in which that material would create air channels as the material is moving downwards and the diameter of the container increases. By removing composted material from the bottom of the compost container, the material will move downwards and 305 create aeration channels.
In the referenced compost makers the composting material is stirred and mixed and the composting material uniformity is defeated. The result is that material has to stay in the composting device until all material is completely composted.
The current embodiment provides for an ejecting apparatus at the bottom of the container to 310 remove material that has been composted completely, and allows material to compost uniformly from the top to the bottom of the compost container. Removing composted material from the bottom of the container, causes the composting material to move down the compost container, and allow aeration in the compost container.

In known worm compost making processes mostly material to be composted is placed on top of 315 the previous placed compost material, until the accumulation of material would reach the required compost material height requirement. In the composting process the worms die off 10 'Page once all food from the composting material is consumed. The compost is left for months until all the material is composted.

In the current embodiment the compost material slowly moves vertically down the compost 320 container, processed by the worms and natural processes, and the composted material and the worm castings are removed from the bottom of the compost container. As the material at the bottom is removed the material in the compost container moves down to fill the voids.
In the current embodiment the worms are removed from time to time through a worm extractor door on the side of the compost container to ensure the desired worm population 325 density.

OBJECTS AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

330 It is an object of the present invention to provide a compact residential compost making methodology; and It is a further object of the present invention to provide a compact residential compost making methodology that would allow the product to be used on residential lots, and even in special 335 environments, inside residences; and It is a further object of the present invention to provide a compact residential compost making methodology that would allow for the composting of household food waste; and 340 It is a further object of the present invention to provide a compact residential compost making methodology that would provide the transforming of household food waste into a compost product that could be used to provide nutrition to indoor and outdoor plants;
and It is a further object of the present invention to provide a compact residential compost making 345 methodology that would provide the basic composition and ingredients to make Compost Tea;
and It is a further object of the present invention to provide a compact residential compost making methodology that would provide for the increase of earth worm numbers to enable the 350 commissioning of multiple said compost maker products.

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The above and other objects, features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a consideration of the subsequent detailed description presented in connection with the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the Worminator Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the Worminator 365 Figure 3 is a view of the horizontal slicer bar Figure 4 is a Vertical sectional view of the Worminator Slicer Bar Assembly Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view of the complete Foldable Slicer Turning Handle and Slicer Bar 370 Assembly of the Worminator Brief Description of the Drawings The above and other objects, features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a consideration of the subsequent detailed description presented in connection with the accompanying drawing in which:

121 Page Detailed Descriptions of Presently Preferred Embodiments 570 For the purposes of promoting an understanding of the principles in accordance with the invention, reference will now be made to the embodiments illustrated in the drawings and specific language will be used to describe the same. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the invention is thereby intended. Any alterations and further modifications of the illustrated apparatus, and any additional applications of the principles of the invention as illustrated herein, 575 which would normally occur to a person skilled in the relevant art and possessed of this disclosure, are to be considered within the scope of the invention claimed.

1. A small scalable and practically portable apparatus to enable and sustain a continuous vermicompost process. The main components are:

a) The compost house is the main component that forms the structure for the vermicompost process, with bell shaped vertical walls, an open top and an open bottom that is to contain the bedding at the initiation of the vermicompost process. It will also contain the composted material, the composting material, the composting worms, the worm castings, 585 the food waste and the beads, and with the worm extractor door on the side to allow the harvest of worms from the compost house; and b) The compost house base that supports the compost house in the vertical and horizontal directions, with a grid mesh between the compost house base and the compost house, and 590 creates a space for the collection tray to be positioned under the grid, with a door to cover the opening to the collection tray to keep out insects and small animals; and c) The floor mesh supports the bedding and composted material and also provides structure for the vertical and horizontal constraint for the vertical slicer shaft whilst allowing rotation 595 for the vertical slicer shaft, and provides the openings for the composted material to fall down from the compost house when the slicer beam is rotated and causing the composted material to fall from the compost house to the collection tray below; and d) The collection tray that fits into the bottom chamber of the compost house base, the tray 600 being able to slide in and out of the compost house base when the compost house base door is opened, the collection tray fits directly underneath the grid mesh and of greater dimension than the grid mesh diameter to ensure all composted material from the compost house will fall directly into the collection tray; and 605 e) The top cover that covers the top of the compost house to prevent animals from entering with openings top to allow for air circulation, with the openings covered with a fly screen type mesh to keep flying insects from entering the compost house, and to prevent direct sunlight, or any other light source, to shine directly into the compost house;
and 610 f) The slicer assembly that would allow composted material and worm castings to be removed from the compost house to allow for more food waste to be placed into the top opening of the compost house when the horizontal slicer bar is rotated, and to allow for the sustained vermicompost process. The slicer assembly consisting of:

615 i. the vertical slicer shaft held in position in the centre of the compost house with an upper constraint and a lower constraint, ii. a horizontal slicer bar attached to the bottom end of the vertical slicer shaft with vertical slicer posts attached to the top of the horizontal slicer bar, iii. a foldable slicer turning handle assembly attached to the top of the vertical slicer shaft with a vertical turning handle shaft attached to the top of the other end of the handle shaft and a rotating handle grip fitted over this vertical slicer shaft.

625 iv. All of these shafts, beam and posts are securely attached that would result in the whole assembly rotating when the foldable horizontal handle shaft is unfolded and the rotating handle grip is moved in a circular pattern in the horizontal plane;
and g) The worm harvester door on the side of the compost house that could open and close 630 securely to prevent any air/light to enter the compost house, this door allows for a worm harvester apparatus to be positioned in a horizontal and vertical direction into the compost house, this worm harvester apparatus should have a shape to allow for worm bait to be placed into the worm extractor; and 635 h) Brightly coloured glass beads, that functions as composting process dating, is are placed on the top of the food garbage, for example on the first day of every month or whenever deemed appropriate, only beads with the same colours being placed together, and when the beads are present in the composted material that leaves the compost house through the grid mesh into the collection tray, the date is entered into the log ¨ the difference 640 between the placement date and the collection date represents the time that the beads had been in the compost house.

2. A small scalable and practically portable apparatus to enable and sustain a continuous 645 vermicompost process. Some of the main methodologies are:

a) The user would place the compost house base on a solid level structure, on the ground, on a floor, a table or any suitable platform. The placement preferred should also be out of directly sunlight, easy to access, well ventilated, well drained and out of traffic areas;
650 and b) The user would then place the grid mesh in the recess provided in the top of the compost house base, and install the grid mesh securely and snugly into that slot; and 655 c) The user would then place the compost house upright, with the smaller opening at the top, onto the grid mesh recess for the compost house walls, and at the same time ensure that the vertical slicer shaft fits into the bottom constraint that is positioned in the centre of the grid mesh. Once the compost house is place in position, the user should ensure that the vertical slicer shaft rotates freely, the horizontal slicer bar rotates 660 with the vertical slicer shaft and the foldable slicer handle freely folds into the top of the compost house; and d) The user would then place suitable bedding material on top of the grid mesh and the slicer beam in the lower chamber of the compost house. Bedding material could include 665 shredded corrugated cardboard, shredded newspapers, animal manures, leaf mould, peat moss, composted material and dirt; and e) The user would wet the bedding material to ensure a damp bedding; and 670 f) The user would now place composting worms, for example red wriggler worms (Eisenia foetida) with the worm quantity conforming to a weight ratio of 1 unit of worms for every 2 units of bedding provided and g) The user would now place some food waste on top of the worms, and log the date and 675 weight of the waste placed into the compost house. Suitable material would inter alia include apples, apple peels, baked beans, banana peels, biscuits, cabbage, cake, celery, cheese, corn bread, cream cheese, cream of wheat, cucumber, devilled eggs, egg shells, farina, grapefruit peels, grits, lemon, lettuce, molasses, oatmeal, onion peel, orange peel, pancakes, pears, pineapple, pizza crust, potatoes, potato sa lad, Ralston, tea leaves, 680 tomatoes, turnip; and h) On top of the food and on the opposite side of the worm harvesting door beads of same colour could be placed on the first day of each month to date the composting process. It is important the composting process should be allowed to run its course for at least 2 685 months before the composted materials are released into the collection tray; and i) The slicer shaft handle will now be folded into the top of the compost house and the top cover placed securely on the top of the compost house to cover the top of the compost house; and j) The user should ensure that the ambient temperature of the compost house does not fall, below 50 F or above 84 F ¨ the preferred temperature range is between 55 F and 695 k) The user will ensure that the air circulation around and through the compost house is not obstructed in any way as the vermicompost process would need a continuous supply of oxygen.

I) The user will ensure that the contents of the compost house would not dry out, and add 700 water to the compost house when appropriate to ensure sufficient moisture for the composting worms.

m) The user will continuously, on a recommended daily basis open the top cover to inspect the compost process, and add food waste and bedding if required, to feed the 705 composting worms by placing the preferred food waste into the top of compost house and on top of the existing food waste; and n) After sufficient time, 2 months being the rule of thumb, the user will ensure that the collection tray is in position centered directly below the grid mesh, then open the top 710 cover, unfold the slicer turning shaft and handle and gently give the turning handle a quarter turn in one direction and then return it to its original position, and then inspect the material that has fallen into the collection tray. In the event that the material has not completely composted, do not remove more material, or else more un-composted material will be removed by rotating the slicer turning ; and o) The user will inspect the material in the tray carefully to locate any beads, and by identifying the bead colour the user will log the bead colour on the Compost House Log.
Comparing the dates of placing the specific colour beads, and the date the beads are ejected, the user will determine the length of time the food waste had been in the 720 compost house and therefore in the composting process.

p) As for the exponential growth in worm numbers in a healthy and sufficiently fed vermicompost process, some excess worms should be extracted on a monthly basis. This is accomplished by placing bait in a worm extractor tool which is then attached to the 725 outside of the compost house; suitable worm bait would be watermelon rind. The user will refrain from placing food waste in the top of compost house for a few days to remove the worm's food source, and follow the instructions for the worm harvesting apparatus.

730 q) Depending on the size of the household, more than one compost house could be commissioned to ensure an average loading capacity of the food waste. The user has to find the balance between overloading the compost house (it will fill up to the top) and starving the worms.

It is to be understood that the above-described arrangements are only illustrative of the application of the principles of the present invention. Numerous modifications and alternative arrangements may be devised by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The appended claims are intended to cover such modifications 740 and arrangements, which may be achieved by those having ordinary skill in the art.

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Claims What is claimed is:
1. A method for making Composted Material in a portable composting device said device comprising:

a) a cylindrical housing having a composting chamber therein, referred to as the compost house; and b) a removable top cover; and c) a slicer device including a vertical slicer shaft and supported at the top and at the bottom; and (a) bottom vertical slicer shaft support when the slicer handle is operated to rotate the slicer assembly; and (b) means for allowing rotation of the vertical slicer shaft in the vertical plane in the said bottom constraint, the said vertical slicer shaft referred to in Claim 1 (c) above, the bottom vertical slicer shaft constraint being assembled and fixed to the centre of the said bottom vertical slicer shaft support on in such a way the bottom constraint will not become detached from the said bottom vertical slicer shaft support when the slicer handle is operated to rotate the slicer assembly; and (c) means for allowing a Worm Harvester Device to be attached and worms harvested through an opening in the side of the said compost house referred to in Claim 1 (a) above, said opening referred to as Worm Harvest Door; and (d) said opening referred to as Worm Harvest Door in Claim 2 (k) above of preferred height dimension of 1/3 of the total height of the said compost house; and (e) said opening referred to as Worm Harvest Door in Claim 2 (k) above of preferred width dimension of 1/5 of the total circumference of the said compost house;
and (f) said opening referred to as Worm Harvest Door in Claim 2 (k) above covered with a door with vertical preferred dimensions of 1.2 times the vertical dimension of the said Worm Harvest Door; and 4 Page (g) said opening referred to as Worm Harvest Door in Claim 2 (k) above covered with a door with horizontal preferred dimensions of 1.2 times the horizontal dimension of the said Worm Harvest Door; and (h) said door referred to in Claim 2 (o) above hinged from the vertical side of the said compost house in such a way that when the said door is closed, no light or air would enter into or escape from the said compost house; and (i) said door referred to in Claim 2 (k) to (p), above hinged from the vertical side of the said compost house in such a way that when the said door is closed the door could be secured in the closed position, and opened again, by any mechanical or other means.
2. The said top cover device referred to in Claim 1 (b) for making Composted Material in a portable composting device, said top cover device comprising of:

(a) means for covering the top opening of the said compost house, referred to in Claim 2 above, shaped cylindrical in the horizontal plane; and (b) means for covering the said compost house, referred to in Claim 2 above, cylindrical in the horizontal plane, with walls at the same vertical disposition from the vertical as the said compost house; and (c) means for covering the said compost house, referred to in Claim 2 above, cylindrical in the horizontal plane, with walls at the same vertical disposition from the vertical as the said compost house, and with an entrance diameter that would fit over the top of the said compost house; and (d) means for covering the said compost house, referred to in Claim 2 above to fit securely over the top of the compost house; and (e) means for covering the said compost house, referred to in Claim 2 above to fit securely over the top of the compost house with holes around the perimeter of the cylindrical vertical wall; and (f) means for covering the said compost house, referred to in Claim 2 above to fit securely over the top of the compost house with holes around the perimeter of the cylindrical vertical wall, said hole diameter preferably not to exceed 1/10 of the said compost house diameter; and (g) means for covering the said compost house, referred to in Claim 2 above to fit securely over the top of the compost house with holes around the perimeter of the cylindrical vertical wall, said hole diameter not to exceed 1/10 of the said compost house diameter and preferably no more than 5 holes; and5 Page (h) means for covering the said compost house, referred to in Claim 2 above to fit securely over the top of the compost house with a fine mesh around the perimeter of the cylindrical vertical wall, to cover said holes referred to in 3 (f) to (g).
3. The said slicer device referred to in Claim 1 (c) for making Composted Material in a portable composting device, said slicer device comprising:

(a) means for a vertical slicer shaft, of sufficiently strong characteristics material elements, in a vertical position in the said compost house referred to in Claim 2 above, supported vertically by the said top support referred to in Claim 2 and bottom support referred to in Claim 2 and constrained horizontally by the top constraint referred to in Claim 2 and bottom constraints referred to in Claim 2 and allowed free rotation in the vertical position by the top constraint referred to in Claim 2 and allowed free rotation by the bottom constraint referred to in Claim 2;
and (b) means for a horizontal orientated turning shaft, of sufficiently strong characteristics material elements, attached and secured to the top of the said vertical slicer shaft referred to in Claim 4 (a) in such a way that the said vertical slicer shaft will turn when the horizontal turning shaft is rotated in the horizontal plane; and (c) means for a vertically orientated turning handle shaft, of sufficiently strong characteristics material elements, attached and secured at the end of the said horizontal turning shaft referred to in Claim 4(b) but that is not attached to the said vertical slicer shaft; and (d) means for a rotating turning handle grip attached and secured over the a vertically orientated turning handle shaft referred to in Claim 4 (c) attached and secured at the end of the said horizontal shaft that is not attached to the said vertical slicer shaft referred to in Claim 4 (b), in such a way that the said rotating turning handle grip will rotate around the said vertical turning handle when the rotating turning handle grip is rotated in a horizontal plane to engage the vertical slicer shaft ; and (e) means for the said horizontal turning handle shaft with the said rotating turning handle hand grip handle that is attached to the said vertical slicer shaft, to hinge at a point between the vertical slicer shaft and the vertical wall of the compost house, the hinge allowing a vertical swivel of the horizontal turning handle shaft from its horizontal position as described in Claim 4 (b), to a new horizontal position turned through 180 degrees; and (f) means for the said horizontal turning handle shaft with the rotating turning handle grip handle to park into the top and open end of the said compost house referred to in Claim 2; and 6 Page (g) means for the said horizontal turning handle shaft with the rotating turning handle grip to have a length dimension longer than the radius of the top of the cylinder of the said compost house; and (h) means for a horizontally orientated stainless steel or other suitable material cutting bar attached and secured to the said vertical slicer shaft referred to in Claim 4 (a) bottom end to be positioned above the said bottom constraint means referred to in Claim 2 (h) to (j); and (i) means for vertically orientated stainless steel or other suitable material cutting posts attached and secured to the said horizontal cutting bar ; and (j) means for vertically orientated cutting posts positioned, attached and secured preferably 2" apart or as prescribed by the assignee for the specific de-composting material characteristics and/or moisture content of the composted material on the left side from the said horizontal cutting bar centre and positioned, attached and secured on the right side of the cutting bar centre; and (k) means for the said vertically orientated cutting posts positioned off centre on the right hand side of the centre of the said horizontal cutting bar in respect to the said vertically orientated cutting posts positioned off centre on the left hand side of the centre of the said horizontal cutting bar; and (I) means for said vertically orientated cutting posts to have a preferred length of 1" or as prescribed by the assignee for the specific de-composting material characteristics and/or moisture content of the composted material ; and 4. The said grid device referred to in Claim 1 (d) for making Composted Material in a portable composting device, said device comprising:

(a) means for a horizontal mesh wire apparatus, with a preferably 1" square openings or as prescribed by the assignee for the specific de-composting material characteristics and/or moisture content of the composted material to allow for de-composted material to fall through the mesh openings out of the said compost house referred to in Claim 2 when the horizontal slicer bar is turned; and (b) means for the said horizontal mesh wire apparatus, made from a suitable rust free material with no chemical or biological interaction with the de-composting materials to allow for uncontaminated de-composted materials; and (c) means for the said horizontal mesh wire apparatus, with a preferably 1"
square openings to prevent de-composted material to fall through the mesh openings out 7 Page of the said compost house when the said horizontal slicer bar referred to in
Claim 4 is inoperative; and (d) means for the said horizontal mesh wire apparatus, installed in a circular ring, and installed onto the stand claimed in 1 (e) in such a way that the said mesh could be removed and replaced with a mesh with a smaller grid size, or larger grid size, depending on the de-composted material structural characteristics; and (e) means for the said horizontal mesh wire apparatus, installed in a circular ring, and installed onto the stand claimed in 1 (e) in such a way that the said ring would not obstruct the movement of de-composting material falling through the mesh into the collecting tray when the horizontal slicer bar is turned.

5. The said Compost House base stand device referred to in Claim 1 (d) for making Composted Material in a portable composting device, said device comprising:

(a) means for vertical walls and a roof part supported by the vertical walls, and (b) means for vertical walls and a floor part supporting the vertical walls, and (c) means for a horizontal support formed into the said roof part for the said compost house vertical walls as referred to in Claim 2 (a); and (d) means for a horizontal support for the said compost house vertical walls, with a circular rim and seat provided on the said compost house stand roof part for the compost house walls to connect to; and (e) means for a horizontal support for the said grid device referred to in Claim 5, locking the said grid device in a position that the compost house walls could come to rest in the direction of gravity on the grid device; and (f) means for a horizontal support for the said grid device referred to in
Claim 5, locking the said grid device in a position that the compost house walls be constrained in the horizontal direction; and (g) means for a horizontal support, a roof and preferably a floor, for the said compost collection tray referred to in Claim 1 (f); and (h) means for the said compost collection tray to slid into the said compost house stand, and sliding the said compost collection tray out of the said compost house stand;
and 8 Page (i) means for the said compost collection tray to be positioned directly below the said circular mesh device, and the said circular compost house vertical walls, to enable and ensure all de-composted material will fall into the said tray when the said horizontal slicer bar referred to in Claim 4 is operated.
6. The said Compost Collection Tray device referred to in Claim 1 (f) for making Composted Material in a portable composting device, said device comprising:

(a) means for vertical walls and a floor part supporting the vertical walls for the said compost collection tray, of sufficiently strong characteristics material elements; and (b) means for a horizontal support for the said compost collection tray vertical walls, of sufficiently strong characteristics material elements; and (c) means for a vertical support for the said compost collection tray vertical walls, connecting the vertical wall to each other in the vertical corners, of sufficiently strong characteristics material elements; and (d) means for a grip to pull the compost collection tray out from the said compost house stand; and
7. The said Glass Beads devices referred to in Claim 1 (g) for making Composted Material in a portable composting device, said devices comprising of :

(a) means for spherical brightly coloured glass, or other chemical inactive, rust free, fade free, colour fast and of sufficiently strong characteristics material elements;
and (b) means for said spherical beads to be preferably 'A" diameter; and (c) means for at least 3 different colours of said spherical beads.

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