SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING WASTE DISPOSER WITH PERMANENT MAGNET MOTOR TO BE COUPLED TO ALTERNATIVE ELECTRIC POWER SOURCES

• Main Authors: Ward, Jeff, Bennage, Walter, Hofmeister, Dane
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 05.08.2021
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC,OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWERSUPPLY SYSTEMS; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CABLES; CONDUCTORS; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUTPOWER; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING; CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING IN GENERAL; CURRENT COLLECTORS; DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES; ELECTRICITY; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; GENERATION; INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINEDOPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES; INSULATORS; LINE CONNECTORS; MILLING GRAIN; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PREPARATORY TREATMENT OF GRAIN FOR MILLING; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING ORDIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; SEWERAGE; SINKS; TRANSPORTING; WATER SUPPLY

Food waste disposer systems and related systems for coupling food waste disposer systems having permanent magnet (PM) motors to electrical power sources, and related coupling and configuration methods, are disclosed herein. In at least one example embodiment, a food waste disposer system includes a PM motor, an AC-to-DC converter having AC input and DC output ports, a housing, a power cord connection structure supported at least indirectly upon the housing, an adapter, and a power cord including a first plug configured to be coupled to the connection structure. The disposer system can be selectively implemented either in a first installation environment including a wall outlet by way of coupling the first plug to the connection structure, or in a second installation environment including a hardwired power cable by coupling additional lead wires of the hardwired power cable to the adapter and further coupling the adapter to the connection structure.