公开(公告)号：US20230228074A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-20

申请号：US18094257

申请日：2023-01-06

Applicant: InSinkErator LLC

Inventor： Thomas R. Berger ,  Brian Retzke ,  Mile Nikolic

IPC: E03C1/266 ,  B02C18/00 ,  B02C18/12

CPC classification number: E03C1/2665 ,  B02C18/0092 ,  B02C18/12 ,  B02C2201/06 ,  E03C1/262

Abstract: Baffles for food waste disposers, systems employing such baffles, and methods of assembling, manufacturing, fabricating, or operating such baffles or baffle systems are disclosed herein. In one example embodiment, a baffle for implementation in connection with a food waste disposer includes a rim portion, a plurality of flaps, and a plurality of living hinges, wherein the rim portion, living hinges, and flaps constitute a single integrally-formed structure. The respective living hinges permit the respective flaps to be rotatable about respective axes that respectively are substantially tangent to respective locations along or proximate to the rim portion, so that the respective flaps can be rotated to respective closed positions. Either the living hinges or at least one additional component tend to cause the respective flaps to remain at the respective closed positions or to return to the respective closed positions when not at the respective closed positions.