US 11,680,025 B2
Organic matter processing apparatus for promoting net reduction of methane and other greenhouse gas emissions
Matthew Lee Rogers, San Francisco, CA (US); Harry E. Tannenbaum, San Francisco, CA (US); Adam Mittleman, Redwood City, CA (US); Kelly Joan Veit, San Francisco, CA (US); Kristen Rose Virdone, San Francisco, CA (US); Alyssa Noelle Pollack, Lone Tree, CO (US); Azita Sayadi, San Francisco, CA (US); Shayan Sayadi, Mill Valley, CA (US); Geoffrey Becker Hill, Seattle, WA (US); Jaideep Singh Chavan, Mountain View, CA (US); William Bryson Gardner, Louisville, CO (US); Emma Elizabeth Feshbach Bright, Palo Alto, CA (US); Pinida Jan Moolsintong, San Francisco, CA (US); Taylor A. Nam, San Francisco, CA (US); Rochus Emanuel Jacob, San Francisco, CA (US); and Saket Vora, Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Assigned to Chewie Labs LLC, San Bruno, CA (US)
Filed by Chewie Labs LLC, San Bruno, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/897,428.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/239,852, filed on Sep. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0070014 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. C05F 17/907 (2020.01); C05F 17/964 (2020.01); C05F 9/02 (2006.01); C05F 9/04 (2006.01); C05F 17/60 (2020.01)
CPC C05F 17/907 (2020.01) [C05F 9/02 (2013.01); C05F 9/04 (2013.01); C05F 17/60 (2020.01); C05F 17/964 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An organic matter processing apparatus (OMPA), comprising: a bucket assembly for processing organic matter, comprising:
a housing comprising:
an opening through which organic matter can be deposited and removed and a cavity that is at least partially defined by a plurality of interior surfaces;
a curved metal plate, wherein the cavity is further defined by the curved metal plate and the plurality of interior surfaces; and
a blade array coupled to a cavity facing side of the curved metal plate;
a heater operative to apply heat to a first side of curved metal plate, wherein the first side is opposite of the cavity facing side; and
a grinding mechanism assembly comprising:
a rod member having a center axis aligned parallel to a surface on which the OMPA resides;
at least one multi-prong blade secured to the rod member and that extends radially away from the center axis;
at least one paddle secured to the rod member and that extends radially away from the center axis; and
wherein the grinding mechanism assembly is operative to rotate around the center axis within the cavity such that the at least one multi-prong blade and the least one paddle pass by the blade array during rotation.