An orchard sanitation implement disposes of unharvested nuts which may otherwise be utilized as habitat and food for navel orangeworms. Unharvested nuts are lifted from the orchard floor and delivered to a storage bin of the implement. Once received within the storage bin, the unharvested nuts are separated from other orchard debris by a looping belt which allows unharvested nuts to fall through, but other orchard debris is conveyed outside of the storage bin for deposit either into a container or back to the orchard floor. The unharvested nuts fall through openings in the looping belt, through an outlet at the bottom of the storage bin and into a shredding unit attached to the outlet. The shredding unit shreds and pulverizes the unharvested nuts into a composition which is too small to be utilized by navel orangeworms for habitat or a source of food.

An orchard sanitation implement disposes of unharvested nuts which may otherwise be utilized as habitat and food for navel orangeworms. Unharvested nuts are lifted from the orchard floor and delivered to a storage bin of the implement. Once received within the storage bin, the unharvested nuts are separated from other orchard debris by a looping belt which allows unharvested nuts to fall through, but other orchard debris is conveyed outside of the storage bin for deposit either into a container or back to the orchard floor. The unharvested nuts fall through openings in the looping belt, through an outlet at the bottom of the storage bin and into a shredding unit attached to the outlet. The shredding unit shreds and pulverizes the unharvested nuts into a composition which is too small to be utilized by navel orangeworms for habitat or a source of food.

A bone grinder is provided herein. The bone grinder may have a grinding chamber, an intermediate zone, and a primary cutting element and a secondary cutting element. The intermediate zone may have a first wall and a second wall within the grinding chamber, and the intermediate zone may separate the primary cutting element from the secondary cutting element. The first wall and the second wall may slope inward such that a distance between the first wall and the second wall generally decreases from the primary cutting element to the secondary cutting element. The primary cutting element and the secondary cutting element may be positioned within the grinding chamber to sequentially perform primary cutting operations and secondary cutting operations on a bone. A drive mechanism may operatively engage the primary cutting element and the secondary cutting element.

A bone grinder is provided herein. The bone grinder may have a grinding chamber, an intermediate zone, and a primary cutting element and a secondary cutting element. The intermediate zone may have a first wall and a second wall within the grinding chamber, and the intermediate zone may separate the primary cutting element from the secondary cutting element. The first wall and the second wall may slope inward such that a distance between the first wall and the second wall generally decreases from the primary cutting element to the secondary cutting element. The primary cutting element and the secondary cutting element may be positioned within the grinding chamber to sequentially perform primary cutting operations and secondary cutting operations on a bone. A drive mechanism may operatively engage the primary cutting element and the secondary cutting element.

A liquification system for an organic waste management system includes a hopper that is oriented vertically such that organic waste added to the hopper is biased by gravity toward a bottom end of the hopper; an agitator that is disposed within the hopper and is movable in a first rotational direction that moves organic waste downward and in a second rotational direction that moves organic waste upward; a motor configured to selectively move the agitator in the first and second rotational directions under control of the controller; and a side grinding and drainage system disposed toward the bottom end of the hopper and preferably on a tapered portion of the hopper for grinding and liquefying organic waste.

The invention relates to a cutting machine knife for food production, having a cutting body and a fastening section for fastening the cutting machine knife to a rotary drive, wherein the cutting body has two side faces which run at least approximately parallel to one another, and at least one knife with a cutting edge on a front edge, in relation to an intended rotation direction during operation, of the cutting body. According to the invention it is provided that the cutting body also has at least one striking edge, which is formed by an end face, which is inclined by an angle of between 60° and 120°, preferably between 70° and 90°, relative to a rotation plane of the cutting machine knife, and extends transversely to the rotation plane of the cutting machine knife in relation to the intended rotation direction between two flat faces which run at an angle between 0° and 35° to the rotation plane, wherein a transition from the end face to the flat face trailing this end face in the rotation direction is sharp-edged.

The invention relates to a distribution device (1) for a slurry containing liquid and solid constituents, comprising: a housing (2) with an inlet (6) for the slurry, an end wall (4) at the driving side, an opposite further end wall (5) and multiple outlets (7) at at least one of the two end walls (4, 5) for distributing the slurry, a rotor (40), which is arranged in the housing (2) and rotatable about a rotation axis (10) and comprises at least one blade arrangement (60) for sweeping over the outlets (7) at the inside of the housing and an air distribution chamber (45) for distributing compressed air to the blade arrangement(s) (60), a driving unit (20) with a motor (26), which is arranged outside of the housing (2), and a driving shaft (22), which is coaxial to the rotation axis (10), passes through the end wall (4) at the driving side and is connected to the rotor (40) in a rotationally fixed manner, and an annular air transmission chamber (51), which passes through the end wall (4) at the driving side and is arranged coaxially with the rotation axis (10) and radially outside of the driving shaft (22), wherein the air transmission chamber (51) is connected to an air inlet (27) at the outside of the housing for compressed air and to the air distribution chamber (45) at the inside of the housing in an air-conducting manner.

The invention relates to a distribution device (1) for a slurry containing liquid and solid constituents, comprising: a housing (2) with an inlet (6) for the slurry, an end wall (4) at the driving side, an opposite further end wall (5) and multiple outlets (7) at at least one of the two end walls (4, 5) for distributing the slurry, a rotor (40), which is arranged in the housing (2) and rotatable about a rotation axis (10) and comprises at least one blade arrangement (60) for sweeping over the outlets (7) at the inside of the housing and an air distribution chamber (45) for distributing compressed air to the blade arrangement(s) (60), a driving unit (20) with a motor (26), which is arranged outside of the housing (2), and a driving shaft (22), which is coaxial to the rotation axis (10), passes through the end wall (4) at the driving side and is connected to the rotor (40) in a rotationally fixed manner, and an annular air transmission chamber (51), which passes through the end wall (4) at the driving side and is arranged coaxially with the rotation axis (10) and radially outside of the driving shaft (22), wherein the air transmission chamber (51) is connected to an air inlet (27) at the outside of the housing for compressed air and to the air distribution chamber (45) at the inside of the housing in an air-conducting manner.

An orchard sanitation implement disposes of unharvested nuts which may otherwise be utilized as habitat and food for navel orangeworms. Unharvested nuts are lifted from the orchard floor and delivered to a storage bin of the implement. Once received within the storage bin, the unharvested nuts are separated from other orchard debris by a looping belt which allows unharvested nuts to fall through, but other orchard debris is conveyed outside of the storage bin for deposit either into a container or back to the orchard floor. The unharvested nuts fall through openings in the looping belt, through an outlet at the bottom of the storage bin and into a shredding unit attached to the outlet. The shredding unit shreds and pulverizes the unharvested nuts into a composition which is too small to be utilized by navel orangeworms for habitat or a source of food.

An orchard sanitation implement disposes of unharvested nuts which may otherwise be utilized as habitat and food for navel orangeworms. Unharvested nuts are lifted from the orchard floor and delivered to a storage bin of the implement. Once received within the storage bin, the unharvested nuts are separated from other orchard debris by a looping belt which allows unharvested nuts to fall through, but other orchard debris is conveyed outside of the storage bin for deposit either into a container or back to the orchard floor. The unharvested nuts fall through openings in the looping belt, through an outlet at the bottom of the storage bin and into a shredding unit attached to the outlet. The shredding unit shreds and pulverizes the unharvested nuts into a composition which is too small to be utilized by navel orangeworms for habitat or a source of food.