Disposal Chute

Right now, sinks with a disposal have one sink opening going directly into the disposal, while the other is just a drain. The drainpipe coming out of the disposal runs into a junction with the drain pipe coming from the other side of the sink, and go into the trap. I propose making the two meet on the other side. One side of the sink would still have an opening for the disposal, with the normal splash baffle. On the other side, a chute would run from the drain and into a junction point just between where the other side of the sink and the disposal meet. This way, scraps could be put into the disposal from either side of the sink. A water inlet would run into the upper side of the chute, both to supply water to the disposal, and wash scraps to the disposal. The solenoid that controls the water inlet can be wired very easily just by connecting it in a parallel to the disposal's power supply. The dishwasher would drain into the same water inlet. There are several advantages to the disposal not being in the middle of two chutes. One is that very tall pieces of garbage, such as carrots, can be destroyed. Dropped objects can be retrieved without taking plumbing apart. Because this may be hard to visualize, I have included an illustration. [link]