KR100225389B1 - Dewatering apparatus of food-waste - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a food waste dehydration apparatus for filtering and dehydrating food waste from dishwashing water drained from a kitchen sink to a sewer in a dehydration apparatus for dewatering food waste from a kitchen. The spinneret with the screen and the spinneret is inserted into the tub guide and rotated together to allow centrifugal dehydration of the food waste therein, while the spinneret is withdrawn from the spinneret guide and opened at its lower sides. The dehydrated food waste is to be discharged, and it is easy to use and provides a compact food waste dehydration device that can be installed inside the sink. Therefore, it is suitable for household food waste dehydration. There are advantages to it.

Description

Food waste dehydrator

1 is an installation state of the food waste dehydration apparatus according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the main portion of the food waste dehydration apparatus according to the present invention.

3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the food waste dehydration apparatus according to the present invention.

4 is a cross-sectional view along the line AA ′ of FIG. 3.

Figure 5 shows a dehydration container according to the present invention, a is a perspective view of the closed state, b is a perspective view of the open state.

6 a, b, and c is a schematic diagram illustrating the use state of the food waste dehydration apparatus according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

1: sink 10: food waste dehydration device

11: dehydrator main body 12: dehydration chamber

13: motor 14: motor room

15: sealing member 16: switch

18: dehydration chamber cover 19: hinge portion

20: dehydration tube guide 21: tube insertion hole

22: distribution unit 30: dehydration container

31: dehydration 32: screen

33: handle portion 34: hinge portion

35: pull spring 40: inlet

41: drain

The present invention relates to a food waste dehydration apparatus mainly for dehydrating food waste from a kitchen, and more particularly, to a food waste dehydration apparatus invented to filter and dehydrate food waste from dishwashing water drained to a drain in a kitchen sink. It is about.

In general, the amount of food waste from the city is already difficult to deal with, and a lot of research and efforts have been made in the treatment of food waste, and known food waste treatment methods include fermentation treatment, incineration treatment, and feed and fertilizer ( Compost) and landfill.

However, the food waste fermentation process requires a long time in its processing speed, so it is inefficient in practice.In the incineration method and recycling to feed and fertilizer, it is difficult to collect, the vastness of treatment facilities, and the cost of expensive facilities. As a problem, there is a problem that there is a restriction in processing which can only collect and dispose only food waste from a food establishment or food waste from a limited area.

Therefore, food waste from most households and businesses now relies mostly on landfills.

However, the food waste from the kitchen is usually discarded as having a lot of water, and the garbage collection vehicle is the main cause of odor and road pollution. In addition, problems of environmental pollution such as treatment difficulties and pollution of surrounding and groundwater are very serious.

Therefore, as a way to solve the fundamental problem of kitchen food waste is to remove the water contained in the food waste, as one of the means of dehydration is a method of dehydration using a clothes dehydrator, etc. Although this is being used, the inconvenience of having to collect food waste separately and put it in the dehydrator every time.

As mentioned above, it is inconvenient in the establishment of a large amount of food waste, but you can use a clothes dehydrator, but in a household where a small amount of food waste comes out, there is nothing else to squeeze out food waste.

Therefore, not only is it not sanitary, but also does not completely remove the water at all, rather than throwing it away without discarding the water, but the problem of environmental pollution is still caused by the coming out of the food waste.

On the other hand, a device for dehydrating food waste has been used in the past, but the old food waste dehydration device is a bulk food waste dehydration device that dehydrates a large amount of food waste collected for reprocessing of food waste. There is a problem that is very unsuitable for use in the kitchen.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a food waste dehydration apparatus suitable for use in a household in which a small amount of food waste comes out.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a food waste treatment apparatus for filtering and dehydrating food waste from dishwashing water disposed in a sewer in a kitchen, and another object of the present invention is to provide a food waste dehydration device that is easy to use.

In order to achieve the above object, the food waste dehydration apparatus according to the present invention was to be installed inside the sink, and at the same time to be able to draw out a dehydration container to dehydrate the waste.

In addition, the dehydration container is configured to be opened to both sides to facilitate the disposal of the dehydrated food waste after being withdrawn.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a dehydrator main body having a dehydration chamber through which dishwashing water passes; A dehydration barrel guide which is rotated by a motor power in the dehydration chamber; A dehydration tube inserted into the dehydration tube guide and formed to rotate and open to both sides; It is characterized in that the food waste dewatering device is configured to enable the withdrawal of the dehydration container and comprises a dehydration chamber cover having an inlet.

The food waste dehydration apparatus according to the present invention will be more clearly understood on the basis of the attached preferred embodiment.

1 is a view showing the installation state of the food waste dehydration apparatus according to the present invention, the food waste dehydration apparatus 10 is installed under the sink (1).

The food waste dehydration apparatus 10 includes a dehydration body 11 having a dehydration chamber 12 into which dishwashing water W is input, and a motor 13 serving as a power source under the dewatering body 11. It will have a motor thread 14 is mounted.

The motor chamber 14 and the dehydration chamber 12 are configured to be completely blocked by the sealing member 15 so that dishwashing or dehydrated water in the dehydration chamber 12 does not flow into the motor chamber 14.

The motor 13 mounted in the motor chamber 14 is configured to be started or stopped by the switch 16, and the motor shaft 13a is installed to protrude into the dehydration chamber 12 through the sealing member 15. In addition, the airtight packing 17 is installed between the sealing member 15 and the motor shaft 13a to prevent leakage due to the installation, and such airtight means may be implemented in other ways.

The motor shaft 13a protruding into the dehydration chamber 12 is installed to be connected to the dehydration tube guide 20 so that the motor 13 rotates according to the movement of the motor 13.

The dehydration pail guide 20 has a pail insertion hole 21, and is formed to form a distribution section 22 to allow the dewatered water (hereinafter referred to as dehydration) to easily escape.

The dehydration tube 30 is inserted into the tube insertion hole 21 of the dehydration tube guide 20 to be inserted and withdrawn, and the dehydration tube 30 is configured such that numerous dehydration holes 31 are drilled in the periphery. have.

And the screen 32 is installed on the inner circumferential surface of the dehydration container 30, the screen 32 is used because it has a very fine mesh to prevent very small food waste (P) to escape the contamination of sewage It is configured to prevent as much as possible.

In addition, the dewatering container 30 is divided into two parts to form respective divided cylinders 30a and 30b, and the divided cylinders 30a and 30b are mutually formed on the respective handle portions 33 and both sides. At the same time, it constitutes a hinge portion 34 which allows the divided cylinders 30a and 30b to be rotatable so that the lower portion can be opened to both sides about the hinge shaft 34a.

On the hinge shaft 34a of the hinge portion 34, pull springs 35 each having elasticity to be pulled inwardly by engaging the respective dividing cylinders 30a and 30b at both ends are respectively provided on both sides. .

That is, the dewatering cylinder 30 is divided so that the divided cylinders 30a and 30b are closely connected to each other by the pulling elastic force of the pulling spring 35 installed at the hinge portion 34, and the handle 33 is externally forced inward. The lower end portions of the divided cylinders 30a and 30b are rotated outwardly about the hinge shaft 34a to be opened.

On the other hand, the dewatering chamber cover 18 is installed on the upper portion of the dewatering body 11 so as to be rotatable around the hinge shaft 19a of the hinge unit 19, and the water inlet 40 is formed in the center of the dehydrating chamber cover 18. ) And a handle 18a used to open and close the dehydration chamber cover 18 on the opposite side of the hinge portion 19.

Therefore, the food waste dehydration apparatus 10 according to the present invention is installed under the sink 1, and the inlet 40 provided on the outlet 2 and the dehydration chamber cover 18 of the sink 1 is flexible. Since it is installed to be connected to the hose (3), dishwashing water (W) is to be introduced into the dehydration chamber (12).

In addition, the dehydration main body 11 below the dehydration chamber 12 is provided with a drain hole 41, and the flexible hose 3 ′ connected to the drain hole 41 is provided with a drain 5 provided in the kitchen floor 4. It is installed to be connected with). Reference numeral 6 is a tightening band connecting the flexible hose 3, 7 is a sink bottom member, 8 is a sink leg, and 13b represents a motor power line.

Next, Figure 6 describes the operation and use of the food waste dehydration apparatus according to the present invention with reference.

The dishwashing water W discarded by the sink 1 is drained to the dehydration chamber 12 of the dehydration body 11 through the flexible hose 3, in which the dehydration tank 30 is positioned below the inlet 40. Therefore, the dishwashing water W is introduced into the dehydration container 30 immediately.

Therefore, the dehydration container 30 has a screen 32 on the inner surface, so food wastes P are caught and left, and the sewage is drained through the screen 32 and the dewatering hole 31 and flows out into the dehydration chamber 12. Then, it is discharged to the sewer 5 through the drain 41 and the flexible hose (3 ').

If the above drainage is considered to some extent, then operate the switch 16 to operate the motor 13, and when the motor 13 is activated, the dehydration tank guide 20 and the dehydration container 30 fitted therein ) Will rotate at high speed.

When the dehydration container 30 is rotated in this way, the food waste (P) therein is dehydrated while being brought into close contact with the surface of the screen 32 by centrifugal force, and the dehydration product is the screen and the dehydration hole 31 and the dehydration container guide. It flows out into the dehydration chamber 12 through the distribution part 22 of 20, and is discharged through the drain 41.

Next, when the set dehydration time (approximately 2 to 5 minutes) has elapsed, the operation of the motor 13 is stopped by the operation of the switch 16, and then, when it is completely stopped, the dehydration chamber cover (using the handle 18a) is next used. 18). At this time, the flexible hose (3) connected to the inlet (40) does not interfere with the opening of the cover while having a length.

On the other hand, after opening the dehydration chamber cover 18, as shown in FIG. 6B, the dehydration container 30 is lifted upward from the dehydration container guide 20 to be completely taken out of the dehydration room 12. . Since the food waste P in the dehydration container 30 in this state is dehydrated to almost 95 to 98% or more, there is no water flow from the dehydration container 30.

Next, as shown in FIG. 6 (C), when the handle 33 of the dehydrating container 30 is pressed inward, the lower end portion is opened to both sides, and the dehydrated food waste P inside the dewatering container 30 is also opened. ) Can be discharged, and the food waste (P) is discharged to put in the trash bin 50 or trash bag (51).

Subsequently, when the pressing force holding the handle 33 of the dehydrating barrel 30 is removed, the divided cylinders 30a and 30b of the dehydrating barrel 30 which are opened due to the pulling force of the pulling spring 35 are lifted. It becomes the dehydration container 30 which forms one cylinder again.

Therefore, the dehydration container 30 from which the food waste P is removed is inserted into the barrel insertion hole 21 of the dehydration container guide 20 in the dehydration chamber 12, and then the dehydration chamber cover 18 is attached. When it is closed, it returns to the original state in which dishwashing water W can be added again.

The food waste dehydration apparatus 10 of the present invention, which can be used as described above and can dehydrate food waste, has the advantage that it is not necessary to collect food waste separately and dehydrate it first.

That is, since only the food waste can be automatically filtered out from the dishwashing water W drained from the sink 1 to the drain 5, the food waste can be dehydrated immediately on the spot. Since it is possible to easily withdraw the dehydration container containing the food waste, and then open the lower portion of the dehydration container to both sides to discard the garbage, it is very convenient to draw and discard the dehydrated food waste.

Therefore, the food waste dehydration apparatus according to the present invention is more convenient to use, there is an effect to provide a small size dewatering device that can be installed inside the sink with a perfect dehydration function.

In particular, the food waste dehydration apparatus according to the present invention is to be withdrawn from the dehydration container without dehydration of the food waste dehydration can be drained from the dehydration bucket so that the surrounding area is dirty, you must dehydrate the food waste only after dehydration Since it naturally induces it, it has the characteristic of only discarding dehydrated food wastes, thus providing an advantage in preventing environmental pollution.

Claims (3)

In rotating the dehydration tank by the motor power to the centrifugal force dehydration, the dehydration chamber is formed on the upper part of the motor chamber to which the motor is mounted, and the dehydration chamber cover having an inlet is opened and closed to open the dehydration chamber. A dehydrator main body having a drainage port at a lower side thereof; A dehydration tube guide installed to rotate with a motor power in the dehydration chamber and having a distribution part at a tube insertion hole and an outer circumferential surface thereof; Food dewatering device characterized in that it comprises a dewatering container is coupled to the dewatering can guide and has a dewatering hole and a screen and the lower end is opened to both sides to discharge the dehydrated food waste. According to claim 1, wherein the dewatering cylinder, the lower end portion of the divided cylinder divided into the center of the hinge axis of the hinge portion provided on both sides of the upper end is opened to both sides and the divided cylinder formed by the pull spring elasticity is installed in the hinge portion to the original position Food waste dehydration device, characterized in that configured to return. The food waste dehydration apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the inlet of the dehydrating body is connected to the sink and the drain is connected to the sewer.