ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,705, issued on March 18, was assigned to Food Cycle Science Corp. (Cornwall, Canada).
"System and method for providing a food recycler having a bucket and grinder for processing food" was invented by Timothy John Maxwell (Stittsville, Canada), Meng Wang (Ottawa) and Bradley Crepeau (Ottawa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food recycler can include a bucket with a certain configuration for processing waste food. A bucket includes an interior surface having thereon a set of projections. A grinding mechanism includes a first arm connected to a rotational member, the first arm having a first distal end adjacent to the interior surface o...