JPH09262574A - Garbage treatment apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify the structure and lower the cost of a garbage treatment apparatus by cutting sludge produced by compacting and dewatering garbage in a compacting and dewatering part, drying the cut sludge, removing odor generated at the time of drying by a deodorizing part, and driving the dewatering part and the cutting part with a single motor. SOLUTION: Garbage thrown to a throwing tube is supplied to a compacting and dewatering part through a foreign matter load preventing part 27 and compacted and at the same time dewatered there while being moved to one side by rotation of a screw 20, so that the garbage is made to be sludge. The sludge is sent to a sludge cutting part through a discharge outlet 25 and cut by a cutting piece 25 rotated by a motor 15 which is a common driving source also for the screw 20. The cut sludge is then discharged through a discharging pipe 28 to a drying part and dropped to a filtering member 45 installed in the lower end of the discharging pipe 28, and there the cut sludge is dried by hot wind generated by a heater and at the same time the odor evolved at the time of drying is deodorized by a deodorizing apparatus.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a food waste processing apparatus, and more particularly, to removing water contained in food waste discharged from a sink table by appropriately dehydrating and purifying the water, and then discharging the water to a drain port. The present invention relates to an apparatus for treating raw garbage, which is cut into an optimum size, dried and deodorized, and then collected to reduce the amount of raw garbage so that it can be reused as feed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, various kinds of food waste are generated in a kitchen, and in order to dispose of the food waste, a kitchen waste processing apparatus for crushing food waste is attached to the lower end of a sink table.

As an example, Korean Patent Publication No. 93-604.
The device disclosed in No. 2 is mentioned. This device is equipped with a crushing unit that is attached to the lower end of the sink table and crushes the food waste discharged from the sink table into fine particles, and squeezes the crushed food waste while being connected to the crushing unit. It is equipped with a dehydration unit that separates water and solid garbage.

The crushing unit is provided on a path through which food waste flows and is rotatably operated to finely crush the food waste, and a space in which the crushing blade is installed is separated from the crushing blade. It is composed of a rotary drive motor connected to a shaft and transmitting power, and is configured to crush the food waste discharged through the drainage port of the sink stand and discharge it to the dehydration section side connected with the drainage hose. ing.

The dewatering unit is connected to the crushing unit with related parts such as a bracket, and a drive motor provided on the front surface.
A screw which is rotationally operated by the rotational power of the rotor is provided in a cylindrical water storage cylinder in a vertical direction, and a large number of drain holes are provided on the outer peripheral edge between the screw and the water storage cylinder. A dehydration hole is provided.

Further, the screw is provided so that its pitch is gradually narrowed from the bottom to the top, and the outer diameter of the rotating shaft is gradually widened so that the screw is drained from the crushing part side. The food waste supplied through the hose is gradually pressed while being transferred to the upper side to separate the food waste into water and solid matter.

At this time, the water to be dehydrated is scattered into the water storage cylinder through the drainage hole of the filter cylinder and is discharged to the sewer through the drainage port at the lower part thereof, and the solid garbage to be dehydrated is discharged to the upper discharge pipe. It was discharged to the outside through and collected.

[0008]

However, such a conventional food waste disposal device has a general structure of disposing the food waste flowing through the drainage port of the sink table by simply rotating it with a rotary motor. Since this method adopts a crushing method of the same type, it causes a problem of increasing the occurrence of sewage pollution that should be noted when treating food waste.

Therefore, the present invention is based on the sewage pollution caused by sewage as described above, and its purpose is to grind the garbage discharged from the sink in the kitchen together with water so that the degree of sewage pollution does not increase. Instead of inducing the natural loss of water by minimizing the transfer and dehydration method with the screw installed in a horizontal shape, the single waste screw is used to transfer and appropriately compress food waste from most food waste. The water is appropriately dehydrated, and the water separated in such a dehydration process is drained through the dehydration holes, and the dehydrated solid food waste is finely cut and then deodorized and dried to reduce the weight and reuse it. It is to provide a garbage processing device that does.

[0010]

The above-mentioned object is achieved by providing an improved food waste treating apparatus of the present invention, which is a dehydration apparatus for separating kitchen garbage generated into water and solids. Section, a cutting section for cutting the solid garbage separated from the dehydration section, a drying section for drying the cut raw garbage to remove water and a deodorizing section for removing odor generated during drying. The gist is that the dehydrating section and the cutting section are driven by using one motor. That is, in order to facilitate the transfer of raw garbage drawn from the raw garbage input port and to prevent the movement of moisture to the drying section by using a screw that is rotated by the power of the drive motor, the horizontal direction is high on the discharge port side. Compressing work is performed in the process of transferring with one screw installed at an angle, and water and solid food waste are separated through a separation pipe. At this time, the upper end of the sewage separation pipe is a blocking plate to prevent the squeezed food waste from flowing out, and the lower end of the sewage separation pipe is a perforated mesh of appropriate size in view of easy drainage and prevention of sewage contamination. In addition, a water injection cleaning port connected by a solenoid of a water pipe is provided at an appropriate position on the upper end of the sewage separation pipe to wash around the drain hole at the lower end of the separation pipe after dehydration.

The separated solid matter is easily dried by a softly moving hammer blade, is cut appropriately, and is passed through a drying section where it is dried by a heater to be recovered in a completely dried state, and is also sprayed with ozone or water. A system is adopted which is characterized in that the washing device is also used for dehydration. As a result, in order to completely block the residual odor, a method is adopted in which the residual odor, ozone, etc. that can be discharged by being connected to the ventilation port are dissolved in the sewage and discharged.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the attached FIGS. 1 to 9.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the compression dehydration unit 100 is provided with an input pipe 11 which is directly connected to a discharge port such as a sink table in a vertical direction upward in the drawings.

The compression dehydration unit 100 connects the sludge-sewage separation pipe 10 to the lower end of the input pipe 11, and the screw 20 for compressing food inside the sludge-sewage separation pipe 10 and the compressed food waste. Is provided with a cutting blade 52 for cutting into a predetermined size, and one motor 15 is used to drive compression and cutting simultaneously. A screw 20 provided in the sludge-sewage separation pipe 10 of the compression dehydration unit 100.
Uses a power transmission means 55 such as a belt or a chain to rotate the shaft of the driving force driven by the motor 15, and at this time, the rotation of the motor is driven by using a speed reducer 15 '. The screw 20 has the same outer diameter, and the central axis 21 of the screw is formed so that the lower portion of the charging pipe 11 is long.
The discharge port side is formed thicker, and the pitch interval of the screw 20 becomes gradually narrower toward the sludge-discharge port 25 side. Support it on the support surface. In addition, a plurality of wastewater discharge holes 12 are formed on the lower side of the outer peripheral surface of the sludge-sewage separation pipe 10, and the sludge-sewage separation pipe 10 is washed at the upper part of the wastewater chamber surrounding the wastewater separation pipe. A water inlet 13 and a valve 14 that controls the flow of water are configured.

A sewage chamber 15 at the lower end of the compression dehydration section 100.
0 is the sludge-sewage separation pipe 10 of the compression dehydration unit 100.
Is formed in a surrounding manner, and the sewage discharge pipe 31 is provided on one side of the bottom surface. Foreign object insertion prevention unit 27 of the compression dehydration unit 100
Is provided with a supporting rib 27a on the inner peripheral surface of the garbage throwing pipe 11, and an operating plate 27b is attached to the supporting rib 27a.
A spring is attached to the operating plate 27b to elastically install the operating plate 27b.

A supporting rib 26 is provided on the sludge discharge port side of the compression dehydration section 100 to fluidly mount the sludge discharged while preventing the rapid discharge of the sludge, and to screw the compression dehydration section 100. A sludge cut by attaching a handle piece 53 to a rotary shaft of a cutting blade that is cut into an appropriate size by a cutting blade that is rotated by a driving motor that is connected to the shaft on the other side of the operating motor 15; -Is handled and dropped into the drying section.

The drying unit 300 is the sludge-cutting unit 2
00 is provided with an inflow pipe 32 communicating with the sludge discharge pipe 28, and an air discharge pipe 33 is formed at one side of the lower portion. In addition, the drying chamber 35 of the drying unit 300 is provided with a heater 34 at an appropriate point above the casing where air can be supplied, and a dust net for preventing a fire due to dust is provided below the heater. An agitating member 40 for dispersing and agitating the falling sludge is provided below the same, an ozone inlet 57 is provided at an appropriate point on the upper end of the front surface, and ozone is provided in a passage on the side of the air exhaust pipe 33. A deodorizing device such as a washing machine or a deodorizing filter is installed.

The stirring member 40 is provided with a large number of supporting pieces 42 provided across the supporting plates 41 at both ends, and a large number of protrusions 42a are formed on the supporting pieces 42 to drive the motor 44. Thus, the stirring member 40 has a function of stirring the solid food waste that is charged while rotating. A filter member 45 having a semicylindrical shape and having a large number of drop holes 43 is detachably provided directly below the stirring member 40.

In the above-described embodiment, the method of providing the heater 34 and drying with hot air was used. However, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the heater is formed in a roller type and the heat wire or A heating roller was constructed by using a lamp so that food could be passed between two heating rollers and dried when passing between the heating rollers 60.

As shown in FIG. 7, the deodorizing device is provided with a fan 37 in the passage on the side of the air discharge pipe to connect the hose to the outside or to the waste water drain pipe 31 to connect the odor generated in the drying section 300 to the outside. Send to. Further, although a separate deodorizing device as shown in FIG. 9 is provided, the deodorizing device 400 is provided with a water circulation storage tank 80 for removing odor, and a gas inlet 71 and a gas outlet 72 drawn from the drying unit 300 are provided. Each of the storage tanks is provided with an appropriate portion, and a float 73 for adjusting the water level is provided inside the tank. A large number of nozzles 76 for injecting water by the water pump 75 are provided at appropriate positions in the upper part of the water circulation storage tank 80 in the figure to inject water conveyed by the water pump in a fine particle state.

The water tub is connected by a pipe 81 so that the water can be supplied. When a temperature sensor 77 is mounted in the water tub and the temperature reaches an appropriate temperature, the water is drained by a solenoid 78.
Through the float 73 to maintain an appropriate water level. Further, a faucet 73 can be provided on the side of the lower end of the water tub to facilitate cleaning of the slag.

Further, before the water enters the water pump 75 at the upper end of the water tub, the slag dissolved in the water is removed through the filter 79.

Below the filter member 45, there is provided a pull-out member 47 that is slid toward the front or side.

The operation and effect of the present invention configured as described above will be described below. Raw garbage input pipe 11
When thrown in, the foreign object insertion prevention unit 2 due to the weight of raw garbage
The food waste is automatically supplied to the compression dehydration unit 100 via 7. When the motor 15 in which the compression dehydration unit 100 and the cutting unit are connected is driven, the power generated by the shaft of the motor 15 is reduced by the speed reducer 15 'and the power transmission means 55 such as a belt or a sprocket is used. Screw-20
The food waste that has flowed into the compression / dehydration unit 100 by rotating is rotated while being moved to one side by the rotation of the screw 20 and is dehydrated together with compression. At this time, the sludge-sewage separation pipe 10 is installed so that the discharge port side is inclined high so that the wastewater is prevented from overflowing to the drying section side. The dehydrated sludge is transferred to the sludge discharge port 25 side communicating with the sludge-sewage separation pipe 10, and the dehydrated wastewater is discharged into the wastewater chamber 150 through the wastewater discharge pipe 31 of the sludge-sewage separation pipe 10. To be done. At this time, the screw
The discharge side of the sludge-sewage separation pipe 10 and the screw-2
The space where the front end of the 0-axis is compressed into a taper is gradually narrowed to improve the dehydration effect, and the pitch interval of the screw 20 is gradually narrowed toward the front end, so that the dehydration effect is improved. It can be maximized. Also, screw-2
If the rotation is repeated to 0 and the forward and reverse rotations are repeated, the compression efficiency can be improved by further applying a pressing force to the garbage.

The sludge cutting section 200 at the tip of the sludge discharge port 25 is a motor for driving the compression dehydration section 100.
A fluidly fixed cutting piece 52 is provided which is driven by driving the other side shaft of the motor 15 which is the same as the motor, and cuts the sludge that is compressed and dehydrated and transferred and discharged to the drying section 300. At this time, the handling piece 5 fixedly installed on one side of the cutting piece
3. The sludge left in the cutting section 200 by No. 3
Are dropped into the drying section 300. In addition, when a low-weight object such as a spoon falls on the foreign matter insertion prevention unit 27,
Since the actuating plate 27b of the foreign matter insertion prevention unit 27 is kept closed due to elasticity, the spoon or the like is caught and the user can pick up the spoon or the like with the injection pipe 11. Despite the safety plate device, when a foreign body is thrown in, it is easy to pick up the foreign body by adding a manual reverse rotation function on the electric circuit.

By the above operation, the garbage is compressed and divided into sewage and sludge, and the sewage is sent to the sewage chamber 150 through the discharge hole in the lower part, and then the valve 14 is opened in the upper part to supply the water. The water flowing through 13 cleans the outside of the sludge-wastewater separation pipe while flowing down along the outer peripheral surface of the sludge-wastewater separation pipe.

The sludge dewatered and compressed by the compression dehydration unit 100 as described above is cut by the sludge cutting unit 200 provided on the front surface of the sludge discharge port 25, and the sludge is then introduced into the inflow pipe 32 of the drying unit 300. Supplied. The drying section 3
The sludge supplied to the inflow pipe 32 of 00 is the inflow pipe 3
2, the heater 34 provided in the drying unit 300 is operated to supply hot air, and the exhaust fan 37 provided in the air exhaust pipe 33 is operated. And smooth the flow of hot air. At this time, a dustproof plate for preventing fire caused by dust is provided below the heater, and the odor generated from the drying unit 300 is deodorized by ozone or other deodorant when it is discharged to the outside or the wastewater discharge pipe by the exhaust fan 37. The device is deodorized, and the dust is filtered by a dust-proof net installed on the back surface of the pull-out member 47 provided below the filter member 45.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the method of drying with the hot air by the heater 34 is used. However, as shown in FIGS.
The same effect can be obtained by drying with a ting roller 60. That is, if the sludge dewatered and compressed by the dewatering unit 100 falls into the drying chamber 300 through the inflow pipe 32, the heat roller 60 abuts in the opposite direction and rotates.
Placed on top of the two heating rollers 60
Since a and 60b rotate inward toward each other,
The heat generated from the ting roller 60 and the rotary roller 6
The sludge is dried by the pressure generated when passing between zero and zero. The sludge attached to the surface of the roller is removed by the blade 65 provided on the outside. Further, FIG.
In the deodorizing device, the gas and odor sent out by the exhaust fan 37 located on the rear side of the drying unit are drawn in through the gas inlet 71 of the deodorizing device and discharged through the water trough. At this time, the water pump installed in an appropriate position. The pressure of 75 causes the water spray nozzle 76 to spray water so that the odor contained in the gas is dissolved in the water and deodorized. At this time, the water vapor blown out by the exhaust fan comes into contact with the bent portion of the gas exhaust pipe and becomes a water drop due to the dew condensation phenomenon.
The water in the water tub 80 is dropped and transferred to 0, and the water in the water tub 80 is drawn into the water tub by the upper pipe 81 connected to the float and is continuously circulated. Impurities such as odors contained in the gas are dissolved in water and deodorized by the process described above, and the remaining gas is discharged to the outside or the wastewater drain pipe 31 through the upper gas discharge pipe 62 so that the odor does not leak to the outside. To do. At this time, a fan 82 'may be provided in the gas exhaust pipe 62 to facilitate the exhaust, and a filter 83 may be detachably installed at an appropriate position of the gas exhaust pipe 62 to prevent the exhaust of moisture.

On the other hand, as the drying unit 300 operates, the rotating body installed inside stirs and disperses the sludge to dry it smoothly. The rotation direction of the rotating body for dispersing the sludge can be rotated in the forward direction or the reverse direction to improve the drying effect. The sludge dried to a certain size or less in the filter member 45 by the above operation.
Are dropped to the lower part through the sludge-falling hole 43 and accumulated on the pull-out member 47 of the drying section 300.
A dust-proof net provided on the rear side of 7 prevents dust powder from entering the gas discharge pipe. If a fixed amount of dried food waste is loaded on the drawer member 47, the powdered sludge can be collected.

On the other hand, the wastewater discharge hole 12 of the sludge-sewage separation pipe 10 provided in the compression dehydration section of the first dehydration section 100.
The sewage in the form of gel or gel discharged through the sewage is discharged through the sewage discharge pipe 31 of the sewage chamber 150. At this time, the sewage discharge pipe 31 has a middle portion bent into a U shape and is drained after rotating once. Since it is configured as, sewage collects at the bent part. At this time, sewage can be sterilized and purified by the ozone supply from the ozone generator 50 or the deodorizing and sterilizing action of the residual ozone after deodorizing. On the other hand, in the above process, sewage was sterilized with ozone, but if a sewage storage chamber is formed in the middle part of the sewage discharge pipe 31 and ozone is continuously supplied, a large amount of sewage flows through the sewage discharge pipe 31. Since it is discharged to the sewer after receiving oxygen supply,
It can improve the degree of water purification.

[0031]

As described above, the present invention can not only efficiently and hygienically dispose of food waste generated from the kitchen, but also can reduce the amount of food waste generated to the minimum and after dehydration without using a crusher. By cutting, there is no risk of sewage contamination by food waste, and the food waste can be efficiently dried, reduced in weight and reused as feed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the overall configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the structure of a dehydrating unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a configuration of a drying unit of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional configuration diagram showing a configuration of a drying unit of the present invention.

5 is a cross-sectional configuration diagram taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing another embodiment of the drying unit of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the drying unit of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a schematic sectional view of a deodorizing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Sewage Separation Pipe 11 Input Port 12 Sewage Discharge Hole 27 Foreign Body Input Prevention Section 31 Sewage Discharge Pipe 32 Inflow Pipe 37 Exhaust Fan 45 Filtering Member 100 Compression Dewatering Section 200 Cutting Section 300 Drying Section

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Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. In a food waste processing device, a compression dewatering unit for compressing and dewatering food waste drawn through an input pipe; a sludge cutting unit for cutting the sludge compressed and dewatered by the compression dewatering unit; Sludge-Slurry dehydrated and cut by the cutting unit-
And a deodorizing section for removing the odor generated from the drying section, wherein the dehydrating section and the cutting section are driven by using one motor. Processing equipment. 2. The compression dewatering section is composed of a screw provided in a sludge-sewage separation pipe surrounded by a wastewater chamber and a motor for driving the screw, and is provided on a lower surface of the sludge-wastewater pipe. 2. The garbage disposal according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of wastewater discharge holes are formed. 3. The raw garbage according to claim 2, wherein the central axis of the screw is thick on the discharge port side and thin on the raw garbage input side, and the screw has the same outer diameter. Processing equipment. 4. The food waste disposing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the pitch pitch of the screws becomes narrower as the central axis of the screw becomes thicker. 5. The food waste disposing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the screw and the sludge-sewage pipe are provided in a horizontal shape so that a discharge port side is higher than a charging port. 6. The food waste treatment device according to claim 2, further comprising a water inlet for washing the sludge-sewage separation pipe of the compression dewatering unit and a valve for controlling the inflow of water. 7. The food waste treatment device according to claim 1, wherein a support rib for slowing the sludge discharge is provided on the sludge-sewage discharge port side of the compression dewatering unit. 8. The food waste processing device according to claim 1, wherein the blade of the cutting portion is provided so as to be fluidly attached. 9. The drying unit is provided with a heater for applying hot air to the upper part of the drying chamber, and stores a stirring member for stirring and dispersing the sludge to be thrown in, a filtering member, and a sludge having a predetermined size or less. The food waste processing device according to claim 1, wherein the food waste processing device is constituted by a pulling member. 10. The dryer has a heat source inside.
2. The garbage disposal according to claim 1, wherein the la is rotated at a position close to each other to dry the sludge passing between the rollers. 11. The food waste disposing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein a blade is provided on the outer side of the roller so that the surface of the roller can be wiped. 12. The garbage disposal device according to claim 9 or 10, wherein a garbage scattering support net is provided behind the garbage collecting and drawing member at the lower end of the drying chamber of the drying section. 13. The deodorizing section includes a gas inlet port that is drawn from a drying chamber, a nozzle that repeatedly circulates water to inject the water by a nozzle, a bent pipe for condensing water vapor discharged, and the folding unit. The food waste processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the food waste processing apparatus comprises an exhaust fan connected to the curved pipe to discharge gas. 14. The food waste disposing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the dewatering unit and the cutting unit are configured to be separable from the drying unit and the deodorizing unit independently of each other.