KR100399421B1 - The method and apparatus for auto-disposal of food garbage - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for automatically processing food waste and its apparatus, which is small and medium sized so as to be separately installed in the sink 1 and the outside thereof, and includes a crushing unit D-1, a dehydrating unit Im-1, , Fermentation and packaging unit (P-1), the display and control unit that can automatically adjust the entire process automatically, the water to the shredding unit (D-1), dehydration unit (Im-1) It relates to a food waste automatic processing method and apparatus comprising a solenoid valve (50, 50 ') to be supplied to.

Description

The method and apparatus for auto-disposal of food garbage

The present invention relates to a method for automatically processing food waste and its apparatus, which will be described in detail, a food waste discharged from a restaurant and a home as a small and medium size that can be installed in a separate place under and under a sink using fermentation bacteria. The present invention relates to a food waste automatic treatment method and apparatus for recycling as fertilizer.

In general, leftover food leftovers from ordinary households are thrown away with other wastes, which causes quantitative expansion of the wastes, which consumes a lot of manpower and expense to dispose of food wastes, and provides habitats for pests such as flies and mosquitoes. Since food wastes contain a lot of moisture, if left unattended for a long time, not only odors are generated, but also a lot of pollutants come out of garbage dumps, which pollutes the surrounding soil and rivers and destroys the environment. Recently, methods for efficiently treating food waste have been studied in various angles, and methods of crushing food waste to ferment or drying to fertilizer or compost are widely known.

In the process of sorting foreign substances using food waste as raw materials, a method of adding a subsidiary material in the form of fine particles prepared by sterilization, drying and cooling and grinding to a general poultry feed is disclosed in Korean Patent Publication No. 97-5083. And water separation means for separating water by rotating food waste, extrusion means for compressing food waste and extruding it into filament, drying means for drying the food waste extruded into the filament, and cutting for cutting food waste of dried filament. Means, a food waste processing feed manufacturing apparatus for packaging the cut feed is disclosed in Korean Utility Model Publication No. 96-28937, and finely crushed food is put into a processing chamber equipped with a microwave dielectric heating device Korean patent for heating and drying and sterilizing by using electromagnetic waves Korean Patent Publication No. 96-7871 discloses an apparatus for preparing feed using waste food by injecting food waste into an agitator and blowing heated air to the outside of the agitator while stirring is described in Korean Patent Publication No. 96-14859. However,

The above technologies require enormous equipment and require a lot of auxiliary devices, but have a problem in that their utilization value is very low due to the fact that the processed materials are easily decayed because they are not completely sterilized.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention, after pressing the food, drying process and fermentation bacteria are put into the packaging and simply processed to be used as compost, so that the bottom of the sink and the outside can be installed in a separate place of food waste by miniaturization It is a technical object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for automatically processing food waste which can be processed and recycled and preserve the environment.

1 is a detailed view of the automatic food waste treatment apparatus of the present invention

A: appearance, B: inside view, C: side view

2 is a detailed view of the shredding portion of the automatic food waste treatment apparatus of the present invention

D: Rotating Disc Side View, E: Rotating Disc Top View, F: Crushing Part Side View

3 is a detailed view of the dewatering portion of the automatic home food waste treatment apparatus of the present invention

G: side view, H: jacket

4 is a detailed view of the packaging, fermentation agent spraying and deodorization of home food waste automatic treatment apparatus of the present invention

Figure 5 control or display of the household food waste automatic processing apparatus of the present invention

Detail

Figure 6 is a screw detail of the dewatering portion of the automatic home food waste treatment apparatus of the present invention

I: Side detail view, J: Side view

7 is a detailed view of the jacket of the dehydration portion of the automatic home food waste treatment apparatus of the present invention

8 is a detailed view of the water pocket of the dewatering portion of the automatic home food waste treatment apparatus of the present invention

K: Lid bottom view, L: Lower detail view

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(1) sinks, (2) flexible pipes, (3) put switches, (4) screws, (5) fibrous shredding cutters, (6) solid shredding cutters, (7) swivel plates, (8) compressors, (9) Flexible piping (PP pipe), (10) piping clamp, (11) crushing motor overheat, overload protection device, (12) screw, (13) overflow pipe, (14) washing valve, (15) jacket, ( 16) Jacket fixing keyway, (17) Dehydration motor overheat, overload protection device, (18) Outer case, (19) Embossing, (20, 21) Drainage hole (through), (22) Transfer piping, (23) Exclusive fermentation agent Cartridges, (24) rotting plastic packaging, (25) springs, (26) weight sensors, (27) yeast spray systems, (28) refill preventers, (29) yeast spray screws, (30) yeast sprayers , (31) Fermenter presence sensor cartridge, (32) Deodorization filter, (33) Operation parts display, (34) On switch, (35) Off switch, (36) Weight display, (37) Foreign material removal switch, (38 ) Washing valve closed status indication, (39) Packing container presence indication, (40) Shredding motor overload indication, (41) Dehydration motor overload indication, (42) Yeast milk (50,50 ') Solenoid valve, (51) Yeast sensor), (52) Lamp abnormality sensor, (53) Smoothing lever, (54) Water pocket, (54a) Lid bottom freshening part, (54a' Bottom freshwater part, (54b) nozzle, (54c) combined through hole, (55) screw cutter pin

In order to achieve the object as described above, the present invention is an application of the applicant No. 10-1999-48834 filed by the present applicant: home food waste automatic processing method and the invention is an improved invention, a large amount of food waste discharged It is used in restaurants and homes, and when it is enlarged, it is installed in restaurants and group meal centers to compress and dehydrate food waste, and then fermented bacteria and fermented bacteria are put in a fermentor bacteria mixer to ferment into microorganisms. It relates to a food waste automatic processing method and apparatus for manufacturing and recycling.

Microorganisms fermenting food waste have been introduced a number of microorganisms are different microorganisms, but the microorganism used in the present invention is to use a conventional microorganism, that is, fermentation bacteria.

The strain used in the present invention is Aspersisillus Oryaei. Sacharomycessake Lacticacid Scererisiae and the like.

Food waste automatic treatment device used in the present invention consists of four stages of crushing, dehydration compression, fermentation and recycling. Unlike the conventional methods, the whole process is fully automated to make housewives easily operate at home, and to dispose of food waste. Two kinds of powerful cutters are automatically crushed as soon as they occur, and the compression type automatic dehydration system is used.

Lamp, microwave type heat source and internal hot air air for fermentation and drying during distribution packaging after packaging by mixing fermentation agent to food waste input by using fermenter injector at a certain ratio to mix fermentation bacteria evenly in plastic packaging. It adopts natural dry fermentation method that installs circulation fan for circulation, and also high-performance filter and ion odor removing device and exhaust device and dust collecting device that distills and discharges moisture inside package to remove odor of gas generated during fermentation. It was built to achieve the purpose of all household food waste automatic processing device by removing only the packaging in the packaging container.

The automatic food waste treatment device of the present invention exchanges the packaging container with the display system capable of visually identifying the packaging capacity and the function of the entire system of the packaging container weight, and the composted packaging pack can be directly used for small-scale plant cultivation at home. Can be used on a large farm after collective collection. When it is buried in soil, it is based on the complete decomposition method after curing for a certain period of time. The detailed description of each part is as follows.

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Food waste input ↓ Shredder ↓ Press Dewatering Device ↓ Put into pack ↓ Fermented bacteria ↓ Remove wrapping paper

Designed to be easily installed inside or outside the sink, and installed a material and noise pad that can absorb and dampen the motor noise and vibration, and the connection of the sink and the device of the present invention is made of a screw type for easy removal. In order to minimize vibration transmitted to the sink, the piping was composed of flexible piping.

Although the crushing unit (D-1) was conventionally intended for crushing solids by centrifugal rotation, it was difficult to completely dissolve the food wastes of the fiber component, but to supplement these defects, a separate fiber crushing cutter was added, and the crushed food wastes were added. The drainage function, including the sewage blockage in the single-layer structure including the compressor function for the rapid discharge of the fuel cell, has been improved, and the safety device against overheating and overload of the motor is included.

The dehydration part (Im-1) is equipped with a jacket that improves drainage and compression by screw compression method using high output high-torque method, and transfer induction pin to prevent screwing and screwing during compression. It includes a water pocket and nozzle cleaning function that improves the drainage and compressive force reduction caused by foreign matters generated at the time of construction. It also has a built-in safety device against overheating and overload of the motor.

Packaging, fermenting agent spraying and deodorizing part (P-1) is a whole packing structure, which installs dehydrated food waste inside, attaches a decaying plastic packaging container to the holder, and immediately packs it. The weight sensing method by spontaneous fermentation by spraying the automatic fermenter at the rate of automatic injection and the processing of the detection signal by coil spring tension or the height detection signal of the lever type (float) and the exclusive fermentation cartridge (Cartringe) It has the function of treating the presence or absence of the use, the presence or absence of the fermentation agent and deodorizing function in the cartridge.

The control and display unit is based on a micro-proessor, and the display unit can visually identify the operating state of each part and the safety protection function for overload of each motor. It features an optional foot switch considering the convenience of lamps, alarm functions, fermentation agents, the use of dedicated fermentation cartridges, packaging weight, packaging height, packaging containers, and cleaning of foreign substances. According to the capacity, temperature control method can be selected by halogen lamp infrared method and microwave method.

Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings will be described in detail.

1 is a detailed view of the automatic food waste treatment apparatus of the present invention, A: the appearance, B: inside view, C: side view, Figure 2 is a detailed view of the crushing portion, D: side view of the rotating disc, E: plan view of the rotating disc, F Fig. 3 is a detailed view of the crushed portion, Fig. 3 is a detailed view of the dehydrating portion, G: a side view, H: a jacket, and Fig. 4 is a detailed view of the packaging, fermentation and spraying, and Fig. 5 is a detailed view of the control or display, and Fig. 6 is a screw detail of the dehydrating portion , I: side detail, J: side inner view, FIG. 7 shows the jacket detail of the dehydrating part, and FIG. 8 shows the detail of the water pocket of the dehydrating part, K: bottom detail of the lid, and L: bottom detail. The designator is a sink 1, a flexible pipe 2, a fut switch 3, a fixing screw 4, a fiber shredding cutter 5, a solid shredding cutter 6, a rotating plate 7, a compressor 8, a flexi Blown pipe (PP pipe) (9), pipe clamp (10), crushing motor overheat, overload protection device (11), screw (12), overflow pipe (13), cleaning valve (14), jacket (15) , Jacket fixing keyway (16), Dewatering motor section , Overload protection device (17), outer case (18), embossing (19), drain holes (holes) (20, 21), conveying piping (22), dedicated fermenter cartridge (23), rotting vinyl packaging container (24) , Spring 25, weight sensor 26. Yeast spray system (27), refill preventer (28), yeast spray screw (29), yeast sprayer (Rotate) (30), fermentation agent-free sensor cartridge (31), deodorization filter (32), parts display (33) , On switch (34), Off switch (35), weight display (36), foreign substance removal switch (37), washing valve closed status display (38), packing container presence indication (39), crushing motor overload indication (40) , Dehydration motor overload indication (41), yeast presence indication (42), solenoid valve (50, 50 '), yeast detection sensor (51), lamp abnormality sensor (52), smooth lever (53), water pocket (54) ), The lid bottom freshwater portion 54a, the lower freshwater portion 54a ', the nozzle 54b, the coupling through hole 54c, and the screw cutter pin 55 can be seen.

When explaining the binding state in detail, as shown in Figure 1 to improve the inconvenience caused in the conventional "crushing + fermentation" system to packge (integrated) of "crushing + dehydration + fermentation + packaging", the sink 1 In order to install on the outside or to install and repair on the sink (1), the fixed screw method is adopted at the seam, and the vibration is transmitted by using the flexible pipe (2) to transmit the vibration transmitted to the sink by the motor's own vibration. The solenoid valve (50, 50 ') was installed to automate the water supply to the crushing unit (D-1) and the dehydrating unit (Im-1).

The crushing part (D-1) of FIG. 2 adopts a solid crushing cutter (6) and a cutter (5) advantageous for crushing the fiber by two kinds of cutter crushing methods of powerful centrifugal rotation, and fast dewatering part of crushed food waste. Compressor (8) pressure was greatly increased by (Im-1), which greatly improved the blockage of sewage and sewage, and the transfer pipe solved the problems of vibration, leakage and rupture by using flexible pipe (9). Pipe joints (Clamp) (10) was used to improve workability during construction and repair, and the crushing unit (D-1) was provided with a noise pad to reduce the noise.

Dehydration portion (Im-1) of Figure 3 is a compression method using a screw 12 and the jacket 15 to improve the dehydration time by the effect of crushing and dewatering at the same time, and the food waste is fixed to the screw 12 without a separate device The food waste is reliably cut by a plurality of screw cutter pins 55 formed at intervals to reliably cut foreign substances of fibrous components sandwiched between the drainage holes 20 and 21 of the jacket 15 between the jacket 15 and the screw 12. Automatically transfer it to the fermentation part through the conveying pipe 22, and when washing, the water sink 54 is formed by installing a water pocket 54 on the top of the screw 12 to form a high pressure with a small amount of water. At the same time by pressing the washing switch 37, the water is injected at high pressure through the nozzle to clean the water.

Improved workability and cost when fixing the jacket 15 by installing the jacket key groove 16 on the die casting part of the motor, and forming embossing 19 and drain holes 20 and 21 to improve compression and drainage of the jacket part. The screw 12 was invented as a structure to transfer the food waste to the upper portion at the same time as the rotation of the screw to the fermentation unit.

The fermentation agent spraying, deodorization and packaging portion (P-1) of Figure 4 used a pack-type packaging container 24 using rotting vinyl, weight sensing using a spring tension 25 and the weight sensor 26, and a dedicated fermenter Refill prevention (28) protection function using cartridge (23) and yeast injection system of spray screw (28) and yeast injector (30) method, sensor with discrimination function with or without dedicated fermenter and fermenter (31) And a protection function, a yeast detection sensor 51 and a cartridge presence sensor 52, a deodorization filter 32 for removing gas and odor generated during fermentation, and also removes gas and odor Air circulation fan was installed, and catalytic ionization was applied.

A smooth lever 53 was mounted on the upper portion of the packaging container 24 so as to smooth out the garbage of the final stage collected in the packaging container 24 so as to process as much garbage as possible during unit packaging. The packaging container 24 can be used to select from among the packaging container equipped with a stirrer and the packaging container without a stirrer as needed.

5 shows the display and the control unit is displayed on the operation display unit of each part during operation of each part to convey the user's information and the overload of the demolition and dehydration motor by operating the protective devices (11, 17) against overheating and overload of the crushing and dehydration motor during operation Information is sent to the indicators 40 and 41 at the lead lights, and if there is no packaging container, the lids are sealed in the case of the closed state indication 38 of the washing valve 14 and the weight indication 36 of each packing weight unit when washing. It functions to make the user pay attention by transmitting information to the back, and also has a function to check whether there is a heater abnormality by lighting the lamp by installing a lamp with abnormality sensor and a lamp that operate during fermentation. .

6 is a detailed view of the screw in the dewatering portion, I: side detail, J: side inner view, Figure 7 shows a detailed view of the jacket of the dewatering portion.

8 is a detailed view of the water pocket of the dewatering part, K: the bottom of the lid detail, L: the bottom of the detailed view, the lid bottom freshwater portion 54a and the lower freshwater portion 54a 'is combined in a circular water The lower freshwater portion 54a 'is provided with a plurality of nozzles 54b for injecting water at high pressure, and a plurality of coupling holes 54c for coupling with bolts are formed along the outer edge thereof. will be.

The operating state of the automatic food waste treatment apparatus of the present invention is as follows.

Pressing the on switch (34) and the fut switch (3) while sending food waste to the sink together with water, the food waste is crushed by the centrifugal rotary cutters (5, 6), where the solid material is a solid cutter The fiber is crushed by (6) and the fiber is crushed by the fiber crushing cutter (5). When the food waste is completely crushed in the sink 1 and the crushing part (D-1), the Off switch 35 is pressed.

The crushed debris is transferred to the dewatering part Im-1 in a short time by the large-capacity compressor 8 installed below the centrifugal rotating plate 7, and the debris is transferred to the screw 12 and the jacket 15. The water is removed and the dehydrated water is discharged through the lower drain pipe, and the dehydrated debris is lifted through the screw 12 and transferred to the fermentation unit through the transfer pipe 22, and the fermentation agent is introduced in the fermentation unit, It is put into the rotting plastic packaging container 24.

The weight of the residue put into the packaging container 24 is detected by the sensor 26 and displayed on the display weight display 36 of the display unit, and evenly mixed with the fermentant in the cartridge 23 by the fermentation agent spray system. By spraying in the fermentation, and smoothing operation with a smooth lever (53) so that the maximum amount of garbage can be contained in the unit packaging container (24).

Moisture generated by the heat source during the fermentation drying is to discharge only the distilled water clear to the outside by the blow pan through the drain pipe.

If the above cycle is repeated and the container 24 is filled with a certain amount of weight, Full is displayed on the display and the operation of the system is stopped until the packaging is replaced. After that, the devices are replaced. It is operating normally.

The washing of the dewatering part Im-1 of FIG. 3 is an operation of removing and cleaning the foreign matter automatically or at the user's discretion by degrading the compression and drainage ability by causing a large amount of foreign matter in the drainage of the jacket 15 due to compression and dehydration. The operation sequence is as follows.

After closing the washing valve 14 and inserting water into the sink 1, the fresh water into the water pocket 54 of the shredding part D-1 and the dehydrating part Im-1 through the solenoid valves 50 and 50 '. At this time, when the washing switch 37 is pressed, the screw 12 of the dewatering part Im-1 rotates, and the foreign matter between the screw 12 and the jacket 15 and the foreign matter caught in the drainage holes 20 and 21 are removed. It is washed while being cut, and when water fills the overflow pipe 13 or more, it passes through the overflow pipe 13 to be discharged to the outside to prevent the water from being transferred to the packaging unit. will be.

The inside of the overflow tube 13 by purifying microorganisms that decompose hardly decomposable substances, and the water drained through the overflow tube 13 to the outside is purified to be clean enough to eat.

The water pocket 54 of the dewatering part Im-1 is stored in the storage tank, that is, the lid bottom freshening part 54a and the lower freshwater part 54a ', which are introduced from the solenoid valves 50 and 50'. At this time, since the pressure is generated twice as much as when stored only in the lower freshwater portion 54a ', it is injected at a high pressure through the lower nozzle 54b.

As described above, the automatic food waste processing apparatus manufactured in the present invention is an environmentally friendly and most comfortable and low-cost reprocessing for the coming green rounds with food waste reprocessing occurring at home, which is a major culprit of an increasingly serious environment. It is effective to improve soil soil by recycling it as fertilizer.

Claims (7)

In the food waste automatic processing device, it is medium and small in size so that it can be installed separately in the sink 1 and the outside, and has a shredding part (D-1), a dehydrating part (Im-1), and a fermentation and packing part (P). -1), a display and control unit that can automatically adjust the entire process and automatically control, and a solenoid valve 50 for automatically supplying water to the crush unit D-1 and the dehydration unit Im-1. , 50 ') automatic food waste processing apparatus, characterized in that configured to include. According to claim 1, The dewatering portion (Im-1) is a screw 12 is equipped with a screw cutter pin 55 for conveying the food waste to the upper side while dehydrating at the same time by the compression method, the screw 12 A water pocket 54 with a nozzle 54b formed thereon to form a high pressure with a small amount of water on the upper part of the water, a jacket 15 provided with drainage holes 20, 21, and the like. The transfer guide pin to prevent the jamming, the washing valve 14, the overflow pipe 13 to ensure that only the food residues are transferred to the fermentation part and prevents the overflow of water, and jacket key groove 16 to install the jacket 15 Food waste automatic processing device characterized in that it comprises a die casting part of the motor that improves workability and cost when fixed. The method of claim 1, wherein the fermentation and packaging portion (P-1) is a packaging container 24 using a rotting vinyl, a smooth lever 53 mounted on the packaging container 24, the spring tension 25 And weight detection using a weight sensor (26), yeast injection system of the dedicated fermenter cartridge (23), injection screw (29) and yeast injector (Rotate) (30) method, and the presence or absence of a dedicated fermenter and fermenter And a sensor 31 and a protection function, a yeast detection sensor 51 and a cartridge presence sensor 52, and an air circulation fan and deodorization filter 32 for removing gas and odor generated during fermentation. Home food waste automatic processing device, characterized in that. According to claim 1, wherein the display and the control unit for each part of the operation display unit and the protection device (11, 17) against overheating and overload of the crushing and dehydration motor during operation, the crushing and dehydration motor overload indication (40) (41), the household light dregs comprising a lead lamp, a heater abnormality sensor and a lamp (Lamp), and a control unit for controlling the above devices. Automatic processing unit. According to claim 2, wherein the water pocket 54 of the lid bottom freshwater portion 54a, the lower freshwater portion (54a ') and the lower freshwater portion (54a') that is coupled in a circular shape to the fresh water Food waste automatic processing device consisting of a plurality of nozzles (54b) formed in the lower portion, and a plurality of coupling through holes (54c) for coupling with a bolt along the outer edge. Packge (integrate) the crushing, compressive dehydration, fermentation and packing processes to automatically control the whole process and to automatically control the display and control unit and to wash when food residues remain in the compressed dehydration unit (Im-1). In the food waste automatic processing method for processing food waste, While the food waste flows to the sink 1 together with water, the solid material of the solids is removed by the centrifugal rotary cutters 5 and 6 of the crushing unit while pressing the On switch 34 and the Fut switch 3. After being crushed by the fiber and the fiber is crushed by the fiber crushing cutter (5), the crushed debris is discharged through the pipe by the large-capacity compressor (8) installed under the centrifugal rotating plate (7) in a short time. The debris is transported, and the debris is removed by using the screw 12 and the jacket 15, and the dehydrated water is discharged through the lower drain pipe, and the dehydrated debris is lifted through the screw 12 to transfer the pipe 22. The fermentation agent is transferred to the fermentation unit through the fermentation unit, and then the fermentation agent is added to the fermentation unit, and then, the fermentation agent is added to the rotting plastic packaging container 24 to detect the weight of the residue put into the packaging container 24 by the detection sensor 26. Packing weight indication (36 ) And the fermentation agent in the cartridge 23 by the fermentation agent spraying system is evenly sprayed into the wrapping paper (24), and smoothed by the smooth lever (53) to the maximum amount of waste in the unit packaging container (24) And then, the same cycle is repeated, if a certain amount of weight is filled in the packaging container, the food waste automatic processing method, characterized in that the processing to remove the packaging container to use as a fertilizer. The method of claim 6, wherein the washing of the dewatering part Im-1 causes a large amount of foreign matter to be caught in the drainage of the jacket 15 due to the compression and dehydration, thereby lowering the compression and drainage ability, thereby removing the foreign matter automatically or according to the judgment of the user. As the washing operation, after closing the washing valve 14 and inserting water into the sink 1, the water pockets of the crushing part D-1 and the dehydrating part Im-1 are provided through the solenoid valves 50 and 50 '. When the washing switch 37 is pressed, the screw 12 of the dewatering part Im-1 rotates while the foreign material and the drainage holes 20 and 21 between the screw 12 and the jacket 15 are rotated. The foreign matter stuck in the washing is cut, and when the water is filled over the overflow pipe 13 is discharged to the outside through the overflow pipe 13 to prevent moisture from being transferred to the packaging, the overflow pipe ( 13) the inside of the overflow by purifying by inserting microorganisms that decompose hardly decomposable substances Will pass through the woogwan 13. that is purged with clean water and enough water is drained to the outside to eat, OFF of the automatic washing is food waste treatment method, characterized in that by means of the automatic stop time.