CN100467131C - Food waste reduction mechanism for disposer - Google Patents

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CN100467131C
CN100467131C CNB2004800154875A CN200480015487A CN100467131C CN 100467131 C CN100467131 C CN 100467131C CN B2004800154875 A CNB2004800154875 A CN B2004800154875A CN 200480015487 A CN200480015487 A CN 200480015487A CN 100467131 C CN100467131 C CN 100467131C
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Various mechanisms for reducing food waste in a food waste disposer are disclosed. In each of the reduction mechanisms, structures are provided for shearing food waste as it passes through or past a rotating shredder plate of the disposer. Each of the reduction mechanism has a rotatable plate having a plurality of lugs positioned for rotation relative to an inner wall of a stationary ring. In one embodiment, the reduction mechanism includes a horizontal toothed ledge positioned above the stationary ring is used to enhance grinding the food waste. In another embodiment, the reduction mechanism includes a vertical rasping surface positioned above the stationary ring. In yet another embodiment, the reduction mechanism includes serrated edges added to the vertical leading edges of the teeth on the stationary ring.

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The food waste reduction mechanism that is used for processor
The sequence number that the application requires on June 6th, 2003 to submit to is 60/476,386 U.S. Provisional Application No..
Technical field
The present invention relates generally to food waste disposer, and relates more particularly to be used for mechanism that food waste is reduced.
Background technology
Be designed for when in food waste disposer, making the mechanism that food waste reduces, it must be borne in mind and finish the speed that reduces to operate and in the size as a result that reduces the particle matter that operating period produces.The manufacturer also it must be borne in mind and will satisfy following situation: in processor, a variety of food wastes that have diversified character (be soft, hard, fibrous, many muscle, leafy, pliable and tough with resilient) may be on the reducing mechanism.For example, because more wholesome diet, consumers trend towards edible more fruits and vegetables, and this makes food waste have soft, many muscle, leafy or resilient denseness.In addition, modern diet is increasing aspect the plain boiled pork consumption.Refuse from meat typically comprises bone.Though with from the bone of red meat relatively, the bone that grinds from plain boiled pork typically is not lasting or difficult, is easy to cracked from the bone of plain boiled pork.In addition, the refuse from plain boiled pork typically comprises pliable and tough and resilient crust.
In the art, many mechanisms that food waste is reduced of being used for have been used.In the General Electric ModelGFC 700Y Household Disposer that produces by Watertown Industries, used an example of the mechanism of prior art.Be numbered 6 people such as Engel, 007, people such as 006 United States Patent (USP) and Anderson are numbered 6,439, in 487 the United States Patent (USP), disclosed other example of the mechanism of prior art, the assignee of registration has these two patents and here by reference these two patents is merged completely.In the processor of the patent of ' 006 He ' 487, rotating dish is connected on the motor, and rotating dish has the protuberance that is attached on the dish being numbered of prior art.Motionless articulating is attached on the housing of processor, and has vertically located motionless ring around the periphery of rotating dish.At mechanism's run duration of prior art, food waste is delivered to rotating dish, and protuberance forces food waste to lean against on the motionless ring.Food waste is milled to enough little particle matter so that it is via passing to above rotating dish in the space between the periphery of tooth and rotating dish below the dish at the tooth on the motionless ring.Then, particle matter passes to the exhaust outlet of processor.
Although the mechanism of the processor of prior art is gratifying making food waste aspect reducing in great majority are used, the designers of food waste disposer still constantly make great efforts with design and produce the mechanism that polytype food waste that processor may be run into fully reduces.Make aspect fibrous, many muscle or pliable and tough food waste as maize peel, globe artichoke, parsley stem, poultry bone and poultry crust fully reduces, the design of existing reducing mechanism in processor may be had some difficulties.Such food waste is just can be through the radial gap between rotating dish and motionless ring under the situation that size does not fully reduce.Therefore, the food waste of the fibrous or many muscle that pass through may cause obstruction in the tapping equipment of processor or in sewer. and, the fibroid refuse that partly reduces like this is easy to stay in processor rather than be flushed away in sewer, and this may cause the stench of from processor.Food waste disposer manufacturer is not recommended in and handles high fibrous food waste in the food waste disposer at present, such as maize peel or leaf of Cynara scolymus L, and clear usually this viewpoint of expressing of the in fact current explanation of following food waste disposer to sell.
Therefore, this area is sought solution for a long time and is made up by insufficient in food waste disposer and reduce the problem that the fibroid food waste produces.If the food waste disposer system of grinding can grind fully and discharge such fibrous substance suitably, the consumer no longer needs care that inappropriate article have been put into processor so.The present invention is relevant for the influence that overcomes one or more problems that put forward in the above or influence is reduced.
Summary of the invention
Disclosed and be used for various mechanism that food waste is reduced.In each of reducing mechanism, provide be used for food waste through or the dish of the chopper that is rotating by processor in structure that food waste is sheared.In each of disclosed embodiment, rotating dish is attached on the axle of the motor that is contained in the processor.Motionless ring is arranged in the processor, and motionless ring has the interior wall that is provided with around rotating dish.Rotating dish has the core on the axle that is attached to motor, and has the periphery that contiguous motionless ring is provided with.Movably protuberance may be attached on the rotating dish, and can rotate with respect to rotating dish and slide.Selectively, Gu Ding protuberance also may be attached on the rotating dish.And, on rotating dish, can use fixing protuberance and the movably combination of protuberance.
In one embodiment of the invention, the toothed flange of level with tooth of level directly is positioned on the motionless ring, and is provided as and strengthens grinding of food waste.In another embodiment of the present invention, the toothed flange of level with tooth of the tooth of level alternately and vertically-oriented downward is provided as and strengthens grinding of food waste.In the embodiment that also has of the present invention, the broken or file broken surface of vertical stranding directly is positioned on the motionless ring or is incorporated in the motionless ring, and is provided as and strengthens grinding of food waste.In also having an embodiment, jagged edge is incorporated on the leading edge vertical edge of each tooth in the motionless ring, and is provided as grinding of enhancing food waste.
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With reference to detailed description to special embodiment, when reading this detailed description, will understand the others of general introduction, preferred embodiment and the invention design of front better with regard to accompanying drawing, accompanying drawing is as follows:
Figure 1A-1C illustrates the multiple view of food reducing mechanism of the toothed flange working surface of the level that comprises the tooth with level.
Fig. 2 A-2C illustrates the multiple view of the food reducing mechanism of the toothed flange working surface that comprises the level with level and vertical tooth.
Fig. 3 illustrates the food reducing mechanism that comprises that vertical stranding is broken or file broken surface.
Fig. 4 A-4B illustrates and is included in otherwise in the chopper ring of standard jagged edge is incorporated in the multiple view of the food reducing mechanism on the vertical edge of tooth.
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What disclose here is the improved food reducing mechanism that is used for food waste disposer.The mechanism of these disclosures is substituting and replenishing of those mechanisms of disclosing among the U.S. Patent application No.10/790311 that is entitled as " Food Waste ReductionMechanism For Disposer " that submitted on March 3rd, 2004, and this patent application is by with reference to fully in this merging.
For the purpose of understanding, in ensuing disclosure, all characteristics to the practice of the reducing mechanism that is used for food waste disposer are not described.Certainly, will be appreciated that, in the scheme any, when any such practice of exploitation, must make many technologies and design choice, to reach developer's special purpose, for example adapt to machinery limitation and the limitation relevant with commerce, this limitation is diversified in different utilizations.Although for the environment of being considered, what it should be noted that is implementing process and design rightly, but be appreciated that for those of this area to be given the technical staff of the details that this disclosure provided that the exploitation reducing mechanism is normal work to do only.
Here in each of embodiment of Pi Luing and accompanying drawing, rotating dish 102 is attached on the axle 104 of the motor (not having to show) that is contained in the processor (not having to show).Motionless ring 106 is arranged in the processor, and has the interior wall 108 that is provided with around the circumference of rotating dish 102.Preferably roughly the horizontal plane with respect to rotating dish 102 is vertical for interior wall 108.As what note among the U.S. Patent application No.10/790311 that merges in the above, technology more as known in the art can be used for motionless ring 106 is fixedly mounted in the housing of processor.Motionless ring 106 preferably is made of stainless steel, but alternatively can be made of Ni-hard.The interior wall 108 of motionless ring 106 limits lower teeth 110 and destroyer or current divider 112.The contiguous rotating dishes 102 of lower teeth 110 and when processor turns round movably the position passed through, the end of increasing the weight of 116 of protuberance 114 locate.When protuberance 114/118 and rotating dish 102 rotated between on-stream period, lower teeth 110 was used for the food waste that impacts and move thereon as grinding the surface.Destroyer or current divider 112 preferably are provided as the sheet that inwardly stretches out, but also can be provided as the spline that inwardly stretches out.It is contemplated that other technology and method can be used for the structure of motionless ring 106 and feature portion thereof.For example, the details of the motionless ring that can use with the reducing mechanism that discloses discloses in U.S. Patent No. 6007006 and 6439487, and this patent is completely integrated at this by reference.
One or more movably protuberance 114 be attached to the peripheral part of rotating dish 102, and have the end of increasing the weight of 116 that contiguous motionless ring 106 passes through, be used between on-stream period, shearing food waste.Preferably, use two movably protuberances 114.Movably protuberance 114 can be attached to rotating dish 102 movably, and can and slide with respect to rotating dish 102 rotations.Fixing protuberance 118 also may be attached to rotating dish 102.At least some of fixing protuberance 118 preferably have the end 120 that contiguous interior wall 108 is passed through.Interaction between fixing protuberance 118 and the motionless ring 106 has produced shearing force or the cutting force that food waste is reduced.Preferably, shown in Fig. 1-4, fixing protuberance 118 and movably the combination of protuberance 114 can be used on the rotating dish 102.Preferably, the protuberance 118/114 of the embodiment that is used for disclosing here is carried out and forges casting or machining, and has abundant sharp edges.
When rotating dish 102 rotates, only just crisp food waste can be reduced to smaller particles by impacting with rotating dish 102, protuberance 118/114 and interior wall 108.The power that grinds or friction interaction between the interior wall with tooth 110 108 of the end 120 of end of increasing the weight of 116 by protuberance 114 movably or fixing protuberance 118 and motionless ring 106, food waste also can be reduced to smaller particles.
Have been found that, increase on the existing motionless chopper ring 106 working surface grinding more fully and discharging or even fibrous material such as maize peel or leaf of Cynara scolymus L in be effectively, and when in conjunction with being used in combination of protuberance of fixing 118 and rotating protuberance 114, be effective especially.With particular reference to Figure 1A-1C, illustrate the embodiment of reducing mechanism 100 of toothed flange 122 working surfaces of level with the tooth 124 that has level.Figure 1A there is shown reducing mechanism 100 in side section, and Figure 1B has illustrated reducing mechanism 100 in top view, and Fig. 1 C there is shown reducing mechanism 100 in perspective.The toothed flange 122 of level directly is positioned in the adapter 125 of plastics on the motionless chopper ring 106, and the adapter of these plastics can directly insert to handle and grind the chamber.Show best that as Figure 1B the preferred embodiment of the toothed flange 122 of level comprises and is formed with the flat ring that 24 of being separated by semicircle opening 126 equate the truncation tooth 124 that separates.
With reference to figure 2A-2C, illustrate the embodiment of the reducing mechanism 200 of toothed flange 128 working surfaces with the level that has level and vertical tooth.Fig. 2 A there is shown reducing mechanism 200 in side section, and Fig. 2 B has illustrated reducing mechanism 200 in top view, and Fig. 2 C there is shown reducing mechanism 200 in perspective.This embodiment is similar to illustrated embodiment in Figure 1A and 1B, except this structure has eight teeth, and four horizontal orientations (130) wherein, and four edges (132) wherein with vertically-oriented downward.The toothed flange 128 of level directly is positioned in the adapter 125 of plastics on the motionless chopper ring 106, and the adapter of these plastics can directly insert to handle and grind the chamber.
In Figure 1A-1C and 2A-2C illustrated two embodiment all demonstrate grind fully and discharge early discuss such as those the fibrous material of meat in be effective.Certainly, those skilled in the art will appreciate that these fundamental method can be revised.For example, the number of tooth can change, and perhaps their orientation can change.In addition, if ring can be fixed in the mode of other standard on the wall that grinds the chamber, plastic adapter 125 not necessarily.
With reference to figure 3, illustrate another embodiment of reducing mechanism 300 with the broken or file broken surface 150 of vertical stranding.Rub with the hands broken or the file broken surface 150 preferably on motionless chopper ring 106, locate against the interior wall of container body, as shown in Figure 3.As preferred embodiment, this rubs with the hands broken or file broken surface 150 uses
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Flexible carpenter's file or similar equivalent structure, it is fixed to container body by screw 152.Such surface has shown that in conjunction with the protuberance structure that discloses grinding fully and discharge aspect the leafy fibrous substance of big load be effectively.
With reference to figure 4A-4B, illustrate otherwise on the vertical edge of tooth 110, have in the motionless chopper ring 106 of standard jagged edge 160 reducing mechanism 400 also have an embodiment.Fig. 4 A shows the perspective view of reducing mechanism 400, and Fig. 4 B shows the close view that cuts away at the jagged edge 160 on tooth 110.Shown in Fig. 4 A and 4B, jagged edge 160 is increased on the leading edge vertical edge of each tooth 110 in motionless chopper ring 106.This encircles design, especially when grinding the protrusion structure when using in conjunction with what disclose, has shown that grinding fully and discharge aspect the fibroid food waste such as maize peel of big load be effective.
Certainly, these technology can make up in logic, with in addition further reduce fibroid and/or other food waste.For example, the method at the jagged edge of Fig. 4 A and 4B can be with any use of the method that discloses in Figure 1A-1C, 2A-2C or 3.And the broken or file broken surface method of the stranding of Fig. 3 can be with any use of the method that discloses in Figure 1A-1C, 2A-2C or 4A-4B.The file broken surface can merge in the motionless chopper ring, that is, tooth can be cut out by the file broken surface, to make the chopper ring of band file effectively, the surface with file perhaps alternatively can occur on the top edge of the chopper ring that does not have tooth.Here embodiment of Pi Luing and method also can be combined in method and the embodiment use that discloses among the U.S. Patent application No.10/790311 that merges above.
As employed here, the meaning of term " dish " not necessarily refers to single main body or planar main body.In addition, the meaning of term " ring " is not strictly to refer to the single main body with continuous annular shape, neither strictly refer to the main body with constant inside diameter and outer dia; Therefore a plurality of members can be arranged in the annular, can think still that these members have formed " ring " together.
The scope or the application of the invention design of figuring out by the applicant that the description to preferred embodiment and other embodiment of front is not intended to limit or constrains in here to be comprised.The invention that replacement is disclosed in here and is comprised is conceived, and what the applicant wanted is patented by the additional institute that claims gave.Therefore, its aim is, the invention design that is here comprised with the scope of broadness comprise all drop on subsequently claims or the modifications and changes in the scope of its equivalent.

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1. food waste disposer with source of housing and rotation, it comprises:
The food that is used to receive the housing of food waste transports section;
The motor section of housing with source of rotation; With
From food transport section receive food waste and have exhaust outlet housing grind section, this grinds section and comprises:
Be arranged in the housing and motionless ring with interior wall,
Be attached on the source of rotation and orientate the rotating dish that rotates with respect to the interior wall of motionless ring as,
Be attached on the rotating dish at least one protuberance and
On motionless ring, center on the flange of the outer end portions of the interior periphery extension of housing and the protuberance that extended internally.
2. food waste disposer as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, at least one protuberance is a protuberance movably.
3. food waste disposer as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, at least one protuberance is the protuberance of fixing.
4. food waste disposer as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, horizontal flanges comprises a plurality of teeth that separated by opening.
5. food waste disposer as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that a plurality of teeth equate to separate.
6. food waste disposer as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, the opening that separates a plurality of teeth roughly is semicircular.
7. food waste disposer as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that at least one of a plurality of teeth has the edge of vertically-oriented downward.
8. food waste disposer as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that the tooth that replaces has the edge of vertically-oriented downward.
9. food waste disposer as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, horizontal flanges is used plastic adapter to be positioned at and ground in the section.
10. food waste disposer as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that the interior wall of motionless ring limits a plurality of teeth.
11. food degree thing processor as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, fixing protuberance has the end that the interior wall of contiguous motionless ring is passed through.
12. food waste disposer as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, movably protuberance has the end that the interior wall of contiguous motionless ring is passed through.
13. food waste disposer as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, flange comprises the flat ring of level.
14. food waste disposer as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, flange provides directly the working surface on the part of the protuberance of flange extend through.
15. food waste disposer as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, flange centers on the whole circumference of the interior periphery of housing continuously and extends.
16. food waste disposer as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, in the plane of flange on any pulverizing part of protuberance.
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