JP2004249279A - Kitchen food waste disposer - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a kitchen food waste disposer, which is installed in the space of the lower part of a sink, can not only separate washing water from food waste, but can minimize the amount of food waste to be discharged by condensation of leftovers to remove water from and dry the leftovers so as to simply treat the leftovers. <P>SOLUTION: The kitchen food waste disposer comprises: an inlet pipe 11, which is installed on one side of the upper surface of a body 10 for sewage discharged from a sink to flow into the inlet pipe 11, and a shut-off plate 12 which is installed inside the inlet pipe 11 and opens and shuts the inside of the inlet pipe 11 when actuated by a first actuator 13, so as to shut the flow of sewage to gather leftovers contained in sewage and then to open to cause the gathered leftovers to be discharged to the lower part. The kitchen food waste disposer also comprises: a dehydration means 20 which is installed in the lower part of the inlet pipe 11 so that a given inclination angle is maintained; a drying means 30 which is built inside the body 10 to dry leftovers discharged from the dehydration means 20; a storage container 40 which is installed in the lower part of the body 10 such that it can be pulled out to be able to store and discharge the leftovers dried by the drying means 30; and a control means provided with a switch that actuates a motor and the actuator. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a kitchen food waste treatment device, and more particularly, is installed in a lower space of a dishwashing table to separate washing water and food waste, as well as to compress and remove moisture to remove moisture and dry. The present invention relates to a kitchen food waste processing apparatus capable of easily processing leftovers and minimizing the amount of discharged food waste.

  Generally, food waste left after cooking and eating food (hereinafter referred to as "remaining rice") is drained after being filtered through a filter net provided at a drain of a dishwashing table (hereinafter referred to as a "sink table"). It is separately treated after being separated from the water to be removed.However, the remaining rice extracted by the sifting net contains a considerable amount of water, so that it easily rots when discarded or buried in the ground. The effluent that oozes out and gives off a bad smell, which can cause environmental pollution and is difficult to burn when incinerated or takes a long time to burn.

  Therefore, many devices capable of effectively processing the leftovers have been proposed. As a device for removing water from food waste, for example, as described in Patent Document 1, a device for drying wet foods is known. A heat insulating layer (space, filled with heat insulating material if necessary) around the drying cylinder and an exhaust port at the top, a partition plate with a ceiling and a dropping hole for the raw material, which are sprayed inside to disperse the raw material, and a stirring plate A shunter is arranged in a plurality of stages, a circulation chute and a screw feed are arranged in the lower part, and the respective partition plates are installed in a plurality of stages arranged at intervals in the drying cylinder and are formed therein. The hot water circulation chamber has a hot water generator, an inlet and an outlet attached to the hot water pipe, and the control means controls the hot water generator (water temperature and flow rate) to circulate the heated water in the display direction. And each partition plate The raw material circulates in the hot water circulation chamber and is heated to an appropriate temperature by hot air. The stirring / screwer provided on each partition plate and having a scroll lever rotating on a common drive shaft is rotationally controlled by control means. There is known a method in which the raw material is appropriately stirred and transferred by a stirring bar to dry food waste containing water.

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  However, the above-mentioned wet food drying apparatus is suitable for removing water contained in atomized okara produced after manufacturing tofu, and is suitable for general households such as vegetables and fish bones. Although it is possible to dry garbage of a certain size generated in the above, the equipment is expensive and large, so that it cannot be installed in ordinary households due to lack of installation space, and There is a problem that it cannot be installed and used inside the lower space of the sink base that is commonly used.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and it is possible to reduce the size of a food waste disposal apparatus and easily install it in the lower space of a sink table commonly used by housewives and use it conveniently. Dewatering and cutting to a predetermined size the waste food that contains a large amount of water and through a drying process to completely remove the moisture contained in the waste food and minimize the amount of waste food that is discharged. It is an object of the present invention to provide a kitchen food waste processing apparatus capable of performing the above.

The characteristic configuration of the present invention for achieving the above object will be described as follows.
The food waste treatment apparatus for kitchen according to the present invention includes an inflow pipe installed on one side of the upper surface of the body so that the sewage discharged from the sink stand flows in, and is installed inside the inflow pipe and included in the sewage. A blocking plate for opening and closing the inside of the inflow pipe while being actuated by the first actuator so that the leftover is collected and discharged to a lower part, and a predetermined inclination angle is maintained at a lower part of the inflow pipe. Dewatering means installed as described above, drying means built in the body to dry the waste food discharged from the dewatering means, and the body of the body so that the waste food dried by the drying means can be stored and discharged. It includes a storage container removably mounted at the bottom and control means with a switch for operating a motor and an actuator.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, after compressing and dehydrating the leftover generated from a kitchen, it heats, stirs, and dries at a predetermined temperature to remove water, so that the amount of leftover discharge can be minimized.

  Further, according to the present invention, the processing device for processing leftovers can be miniaturized so that it can be incorporated in the sink table, and can be easily installed and used conveniently at home as well as in the dining room.

  FIG. 1 is a front view illustrating a food waste processing apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the food waste processing apparatus according to the present invention.

  Here, as shown in the drawings referred to, the present invention is designed so that sewage drained from the sink stand flows into one side of the upper surface of the body 10 built in the sink stand. The pipe 11 is installed so as to protrude upward, and the inside of the inflow pipe 11 is shut off so that sewage containing sewage collects, and selectively opened and closed so that the collected sewage is discharged to the bottom. A blocking plate 12 is provided which is operated by a first actuator 13.

  On the other hand, one end of a branch pipe 14 is connected and installed on the upper side of the shut-off plate 12 so that sewage is drained, and the other end of the branch pipe 14 is connected to a drain pipe 15 connected to the inflow pipe 11. Have been.

  A dewatering means 20 is provided below the inflow pipe 11, and a dewatering tank 21 is provided so that the dewatering means 20 penetrates the lower end of the inflow pipe 11. Is set so that a predetermined inclination angle is maintained, and a cutting hole 21 a for discharging the dewatered waste is formed above the dewatering tank 21.

  Further, a screen net 22 is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the dewatering tank 21 so as to drain the water contained in the waste rice, and the screen net 22 is compressed inside the screen net 22 so that the waste rice is dehydrated. Further, a screw 23 for moving is installed, and the screw 23 is connected to a screw rotation motor 24 installed on the upper surface of the dewatering tank 21.

  On the other hand, a screw groove 23a is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the screw 23 so that the leftovers are moved. The screw groove 23a is formed in one line at a lower part starting from the center and at least two lines at an upper part. It is desirable to form it above. This is because, as the screw 23 rotates, the moisture contained in the residual rice is dehydrated and the bulk is reduced, thereby improving the dewatering effect. When the residual rice that has been dewatered by the screw 23 is discharged from the cutting hole 21a. This is for cutting into small pieces.

  A drying unit 30 for drying the leftovers discharged after the dehydration by the dehydrating unit 20 is completed is built in the body 10. A drying chamber 31 for storing the completed leftovers is provided, and a cover 32 is provided on the upper side of the drying chamber 31 so as to be openable and closable. A stirring blade 33 for stirring leftovers is provided.

  On the other hand, a stirring blade rotating motor 34 is provided on the upper surface of the cover 32, and one side of the stirring blade rotating motor 34 is provided with a speed reducer 35 for reducing the rotational force and transmitting the rotation force to the stirring blade 33. The speed reducer 35 is connected to the stirring blade 33.

  In addition, a discharge hole 31a is formed in the bottom surface of the drying chamber 31 for discharging the leftovers that have been completely dried in the drying chamber 31, and the discharge hole 31a is discharged by the second actuator 39 while being operated. An opening / closing plate 38 for opening and closing the hole 31 a is provided, and a heater 36 and a heat insulating material 37 are provided on the bottom surface of the drying chamber 31.

  A storage container 40 is provided inside the body 10 for storing leftovers that are dried through the drying means 30 and then discharged through the discharge holes 31a. It is installed so that it can be pulled out.

  On the other hand, a control means 50 including a switch 51 for operating a motor and an actuator is installed on a front surface of the body 10.

  The operating state of the food waste processing apparatus of the present invention thus configured will be described in detail as follows.

  First, sewage and sewage drained through the drain of the sink stand flow through the inflow pipe 11, sewage flowing into the inflow pipe 11 is discharged through the branch pipe 14, and the sewage collects on the upper part of the blocking plate 12.

  When processing the leftovers collected at the upper part of the blocking plate 12, when the switch 51 installed in the control means 50 is operated, the first actuator 13 is operated to rotate the blocking plate 12. Is opened and the leftovers blocked by the blocking plate 12 move to the lower part.

  When the screw rotation motor 24 installed in the dewatering means 20 is operated to rotate the screw 23 installed in the dewatering tank 21, the slag flowing through the inflow pipe 11 is transferred to the outer peripheral surface of the screw 23. The water is dewatered by being compressed while moving along the formed screw groove 23a. At this time, the dewatered water flows into the drain pipe 15 through the screen net 22.

  On the other hand, the screw groove 23a formed in the screw 23 is formed in a single row at the lower part with the center as the base point, and thus compresses and dehydrates the leftover containing much moisture, and two rows at the upper part with the center as the base point. Since it is formed as described above, the leftovers are further compressed, and the dewatering effect is further improved.

  The leftovers dewatered by the screw groove 23a are cut into a predetermined size through a cutting hole 21a formed at the upper end of the dewatering tank 21 and discharged. At this time, the size of the leftovers to be cut is Increasing the number of screw grooves 23a reduces the size of the leftovers.

  As described above, the remaining rice discharged through the cutting hole 21a after being compressed and dehydrated by the dewatering means 20 is dried by the drying means 30 and the remaining rice cut into a predetermined size through the cutting hole 21a flows into the drying chamber 31. At this time, the stirring blade rotating motor 34 provided on the cover 32 that seals the upper surface of the drying chamber 31 is operated, and the rotating force generated by the stirring blade rotating motor 34 is reduced by the speed reducer 35. Is transmitted to the stirring blade 33.

  On the other hand, the heater 36 installed on the bottom surface of the drying chamber 31 operates to raise the temperature inside the drying chamber 31. Since the heat generated from the heater 36 is cut off from the outside by the heat insulating material 37, the temperature of the drying chamber 31 is further increased.

  When the dehydration and drying of the remaining food are completed through the above process, the second actuator 39 is operated to move the opening / closing plate 38, so that the discharge hole 31a formed on the bottom surface of the drying chamber 31 is opened and the drying is performed. The completed leftovers fall down through the discharge holes 31a and are stored in the storage container 40. After a certain period of time, the storage container 40 is separated from the body 10 and the remaining rice is discarded to complete the processing of the remaining rice.

1 is a front view illustrating a food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention. 1 is a sectional view illustrating a food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a sectional view illustrating an operation state of the food waste processing apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a sectional view illustrating an operation state of the food waste processing apparatus according to the present invention.

Explanation of reference numerals

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Body 11 Inflow pipe 12 Blocking plate 13 1st actuator 20 Dehydration means 21 Dehydration tank 21a Cutting hole 22 Screen net 23 Screw 23a Screw groove 24 Screw rotation motor 30 Drying means 31 Drying chamber 31a Discharge hole 32 Cover 33 Stirrer blade 34 Stirring blade rotation motor 38 Opening / closing plate 39 Second actuator 40 Storage container 50 Control means 51 Switch

Claims (4)

An inflow pipe (11) installed on one side of the upper surface of the body (10) so that sewage drained from the sink stand flows in, and sewage contained in the sewage installed inside the inflow pipe (11). A blocking plate (12) for opening and closing the inside of the inflow pipe (11) while being actuated by the first actuator (13) so that the leftovers are collected and discharged to a lower part, and the inflow pipe ( A dewatering means (20) installed at a lower portion of 11) so as to maintain a predetermined inclination angle, and a built-in body (10) for drying leftovers discharged from the dewatering means (20). The drying means (30) is operated with a storage container (40), a motor and an actuator, which can be pulled out at a lower portion of the body (10) so as to store and discharge the leftovers dried by the drying means (30). Control means having a switch (51) for causing Kitchen food waste treatment apparatus which comprises a 50). A dehydration tub (21), wherein the dehydration means (20) is installed so as to penetrate the lower end of the inflow pipe (11) and maintain a predetermined inclination angle, and has a cut hole (21a) formed on the upper side; A screen mesh (22) installed on the inner peripheral surface of the dewatering tank (21) to separate water contained in the slag, a screw (23) rotatably fitted inside the screen mesh (22), 2. The kitchen food waste treatment apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a screw rotation motor (24) installed on an upper surface of the dewatering tank (21) so as to rotate the screw (23). 3. The kitchen food waste disposal apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the screw grooves (23a) formed in the screw (23) are formed in one row at a lower portion with the center as a base point, and formed in at least two rows at an upper portion. The drying means (30) is provided at a central portion of a drying chamber (31) in which the dewatered rice dewatered by the dehydrating means (20) is stored and a cover (32) installed above the drying chamber (31). A stirring blade (33) that is installed and stirs the leftovers stored in the drying chamber (31), and a stirring blade rotation motor (installed on the upper surface of the cover (32) to rotate the stirring blade (33)) 34) and a second actuator (39) formed on the bottom surface of the drying chamber (31) by the second actuator (39) so as to discharge the leftovers installed on the bottom surface of the drying chamber (31) and stored in the drying chamber (31). 2. The kitchen waste disposal apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an opening / closing plate (38) for selectively opening and closing the discharged holes (31a).

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