KR100547509B1 - Food waste handler - Google Patents

Abstract

In the present specification, the inlet opening is formed in the upper end so as to communicate with the sink opening of the sink, the inlet portion is screwed connection portion and the guide tube to the lower side of the inlet; A pulverizing chamber in which a pulverizing means for crushing the food waste introduced through the inlet is formed in the center, and a filter bin for passing water and food waste cut by the crushing means is installed on an inner surface thereof; It includes a rotating means, one end is connected to the outlet formed in the bottom of the grinding chamber adjacent to the strainer and the other end is the upper cover and the transfer pipe passing through the upper end of the dehydration net covering the hollow upper end of the dehydration chamber; A stirring rod for dewatering the transported food waste is placed inside, and a dehydration net that can penetrate the water removed from the food waste to the outside of the stirring rod is installed spaced apart from the inner surface at a predetermined interval, and the water is discharged to one side lower end. A dehydration chamber having a discharge port discharged to the outside; A driving unit to which a driving motor for driving the grinding means of the grinding chamber and the stirring rod of the dehydration chamber is installed; Disclosed is a food waste processor including a drive unit and a base positioned at a lower end of the dehydration chamber.

Description

Food waste handler {Apparatus for Garbage Disposal}             

1 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a food waste processor according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a coupling relationship between the input unit and the grinding chamber of the present invention;

3 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the grinding chamber of the present invention;

4 and 5 are a cross-sectional view and a perspective view schematically showing a transfer pipe and a dehydration chamber, respectively, according to an embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a side view showing a rotation state of the transfer pipe according to an embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the base of the present invention;

8 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a transfer pipe according to another embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: food waste disposal unit 110: input unit

112: threaded connection 114: guide tube

120: grinding chamber 122: grinding means

124: filter barrel 130: transfer pipe

132: first transfer pipe 134: second transfer pipe

136: rotation means 140: dehydration chamber

144: dehydration net 148: stirring rod

150: driving unit 152: motor

160: base 164: belt

162: dustproof pad 170: drain

172: hose

The present invention relates to a food waste processor, and more particularly, to a food waste processor that can be installed at a low cost at home and can be easily used.

Food wastes left at home contain a large amount of water, and if they cannot be disposed of immediately, they block the drains and drains connected to the sinks, and cause water pollution when entering the drains through the drains. The food waste left after being consumed in a conventional home is filtered by a drain filter bin, and is disposed in a waste bag or incinerated.

 However, food waste is difficult to handle due to its high volume of water, and in case of corruption, a large amount of leachate is generated along with odor. In order to reduce such food waste, households or restaurants are to be separated and collected, but food waste is not processed at home, resulting in a large amount of food waste being discharged.

Therefore, many food waste treatment devices have been proposed that can remove moisture from many food wastes consumed and discarded in homes or restaurants, and at the same time reduce odor.

For example, Korean Patent Publication No. 10-358442 and Korean Utility Model Publication No. 273554 describe a food waste processing apparatus for crushing and drying food waste through a screw conveyor type conveying means driven by the operation of a reduction motor. . However, the food waste treatment apparatus of the patent and utility model adopts a screw method of a complicated configuration, so it is inevitably manufactured at a high price, which makes it difficult to use at home. Particularly, in the case of the utility model, the food waste is filtered through the strainer before the food waste is crushed by the cutter mounted on the screw. There is an inconvenience to cut.

Therefore, the demand for a food waste processor with high efficiency and easy handling and use at home has not been solved.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to efficiently remove the moisture contained in the food waste generated in the kitchen through a crushing and dehydration device of a simple configuration to dramatically reduce the amount of food waste It is to provide a food waste processor that can prevent the environmental pollution in advance.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a food waste processor that reduces the anxiety of the system caused by itself by absorbing the noise (으로 音) caused by the vibration generated during the grinding and dehydration process.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a food waste processor configured to easily withdraw only the remaining food waste after the moisture of the ground food waste is removed.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a food waste processor that is easy to install and use through a simple configuration.

For the above purpose, the present invention is an inlet opening is formed in the top opening so as to communicate with the sink opening of the sink, and the screw thread connection portion and the guide tube is bound to the lower side of the inlet; A pulverizing chamber in which a pulverizing means for crushing the food waste introduced through the inlet is formed in the center, and a filter bin for passing water and food waste cut by the crushing means is installed on an inner surface thereof; It includes a rotating means, one end is connected to the outlet formed in the bottom of the grinding chamber adjacent to the strainer and the other end is the upper cover and the transfer pipe passing through the upper end of the dehydration net covering the hollow upper end of the dehydration chamber; A stirring rod for dewatering the transported food waste is placed inside, and a dehydration net that can penetrate the water removed from the food waste to the outside of the stirring rod is installed spaced apart from the inner surface at a predetermined interval, and the water is discharged to one side lower end. A dehydration chamber having a discharge port discharged to the outside; A driving unit to which a driving motor for driving the grinding means of the grinding chamber and the stirring rod of the dehydration chamber is installed; It provides a food waste processor comprising a base located at the lower end of the drive unit and the dehydration chamber.

The bottom edge of the base is composed of a dustproof pad, the top and bottom of the dustproof pad is formed of a rubber packing, between which the noise due to the operation of the drive motor by inserting an elastic member that can absorb the vibration of the motor It is possible to reduce, and the transfer pipe is provided with an opening and closing valve on the upper side as a whole, it is preferable to block the supply of running water when food waste is transferred to the dehydration chamber.

In addition, the sensor is provided on the inner upper end of the grinding chamber to enable the operation of the motor when food waste is put into, and connected to an external power source into one of the dehydration chamber, the drying to dry the dehydrated food waste Means may further comprise.

On the other hand, the rotating means of the transfer pipe may be composed of a bearing and the threaded connection is interposed between the inlet and the guide tube of the inlet.

In particular, a sealing pad may be attached between the outer periphery of the other end of the transfer pipe and the upper cover to further strengthen the coupling between the upper cover and the end of the transfer pipe. It is characterized by inclined toward the drain.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing the overall configuration of the food waste processor of the present invention, the food waste processor 100 according to the present invention is in communication with the drain of the sink to the bottom of the sink inlet to introduce food waste and flowing water Part 110, the crushing chamber 120 for cutting the introduced food waste, the transfer pipe 130 for transferring the cut food waste 120 to the dehydration chamber 140 with running water, and the transported food waste It is composed of a dehydration chamber 140 for removing the water contained in, the driving unit 150 for driving the grinding chamber 120 and the dehydration chamber 140, and the base 160 of the bottom surface.

The inlet 110 is provided with an inlet 111 that communicates with the sink of the sink in the upper portion of the guide pipe so that the food waste and flowing water introduced into the lower end easily into the grinding chamber 120 114 is combined. Usually the upper portion of the inlet 111 and the lower portion of the sink sink can be coupled through a bolt-nut coupling method, considering that the height of the sink can be different, the inlet 111 and the guide tube 114 Between the bottom of the water port and the upper end of the guide tube 114 can be connected to the outer surface of the screw so that the height of the input unit 110 can be adjusted therebetween. To this end, in the present invention, a threaded connection 112 is provided at the top of the guide tube 114. In this case, a flange may be formed at the upper outer circumference of the guide tube 114 to be easily coupled to the lower outer circumferential surface of the threaded connection 112. At this stage, the food waste passes through the guide tube 114 through the inlet 111 with the flowing water from the tap, and the inlet 110 is widened from the top to the bottom so that the food waste is caught in the middle. It is desirable to avoid.

In this way, the food waste via the feeder is cut into an appropriate size in the grinding chamber 120 installed at the lower end of the feeder. The inner upper end of the pulverization chamber 120 is configured to communicate with the input unit 110 to accommodate food waste, and to pass the food waste and the flowing water cut at a predetermined interval from the inner side and the bottom thereof. The top of the hollow sieve 124 is formed. In addition, the inner side of the strainer 124 is provided with a grinding means 122 for cutting the food waste contained in the strainer 124 to a predetermined size adjacent to the bottom surface of the strainer.

2 is an exploded perspective view showing a coupling relationship between the input unit 110 and the grinding chamber 120 of the present invention, Figure 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing the grinding chamber 120 of the present invention. As shown, the center of the grinding means 122 is connected to the drive motor 150 to be described later through the first connecting shaft 154 at a position adjacent to the bottom surface of the filter 124, the drive motor 150 By cutting the food waste received in the strainer 124 via the input unit 110 by the operation of) to an appropriate size. The first connection shaft 154 penetrates through a connection hole (not shown) formed in the center of the grinding means 122, and is firmly coupled by a fixed end 155 formed at an upper end of the connection hole. In particular, the grinding means 122 is bent up and down to correspond to each other with respect to the first connecting shaft 154, so that the food waste from the top and bottom of the grinding means 122 can be cut It is preferable. To this end, the grinding means 122 may be provided with a vertical cutter.

Food waste cut to the appropriate size by the crushing means 122 must penetrate through the strainer 124 with running water. For this purpose, the side of the strainer 124 passes through the cut food waste and the flowing water. A plurality of through holes 124a are formed. The through holes 124a may have a diameter or an area of an appropriate size so as to allow only food waste of an appropriate size to pass therethrough, and are formed to cross each other. The present invention is not limited thereto, but may generally have two to three through holes in one row.

In particular, a portion of the food waste cut by the grinding means 122 may not move while being placed on the bottom surface of the grinding chamber 120 after passing through the through hole 124a of the strainer 124. This, in turn, reduces the grinding efficiency and may cause a malfunction of the food waste processor. Therefore, in the present invention, the upper surface of the grinding chamber bottom 126 is inclined downward toward the outlet 128 so that the food waste penetrated into the upper surface of the bottom opposite the outlet 128 of the grinding chamber 120 to be discharged toward the outlet. It was configured to lose. To this end, it is preferable to flow the running water even in the process of cutting food waste in the grinding chamber 120. In this case, the upper end of the driving unit 150a is tightly coupled with the lower end of the grinding chamber so that the flowing water leaks into the driving unit 150 provided at the lower end of the grinding chamber 120 to cause a malfunction of the driving motor 152.

As described above, the food waste cut into an appropriate size is introduced into the transfer pipe 130 through the discharge port 128 provided at one lower end of the grinding chamber 120 with the flowing water. One end of the transfer pipe 130 according to the present invention is connected to the outlet 128 of the pulverization chamber 120, and the other end of the transfer pipe 130 has a hollow upper end 140a of the dewatering unit 140 and an upper end of the dewatering net 14 ( In particular, the transfer pipe 130 according to the present invention includes a first transfer pipe 132 and the first transfer pipe (132) which are substantially horizontally connected to the discharge port 128 of the grinding chamber 120. 132 is divided into a second transfer pipe 134 bent one or more times so as to vertically penetrate the upper end 140a of the dewatering unit 140. The first transfer pipe 132 and the second transfer Rotating means 136 is provided between the pipes 134, and if necessary, the second transfer pipe can be rotated in the front-rear direction, which will be described later in the process of FIG.

Although not shown, the bottom surface of the first conveying pipe 132 is also designed to be inclined downward toward the second conveying pipe like the upper surface of the bottom of the grinding chamber 120, so that the cut food waste is naturally moved together with the flowing water. It is desirable to be able to.

Food waste and running water via the transfer unit 130 are received into the dehydration chamber via the upper end 140a opened through the upper cover 143 of the dehydration chamber 140. The food waste contained in the dehydration unit 140 is agitated at high speed through the rotation of the stirring rod 148 connected to the driving motor 150 and the second connecting shaft 165b (see FIG. 7), thereby removing moisture contained therein. do. In this way, a large amount of water contained in the food waste is drained through the drain pipe 174 installed outside the dehydration chamber 140, thereby greatly reducing the volume of the food waste.

4 and 5 are a cross-sectional view and a perspective view showing in detail the transfer pipe 130 and the dehydration chamber 140 of the present invention, respectively. First, as shown, sealing pads 138 and 142 are interposed around the outer peripheries of the ends 132a and 134a of the first transfer pipe 132 and the second transfer pipe 134. In particular, the upper cover 143 is attached to the outer circumference of the sealing pad 142 formed on the outer circumference of the end 134a of the second transfer pipe 134, so that the upper cover 143 is hollow, the upper end of the dehydrating part 140a. It may be seated on the upper surface of the, and the end of the sealing pad 142 passes through the hollow central portion of the upper end of the dehydrating portion 140a together with the end 134a of the second transfer pipe.

Therefore, the upper cover 143 of the dehydration chamber of the present invention can open and close the central portion of the upper end of the dehydration chamber 140a by the rotation of the second transfer pipe 134 with the sealing pad 142 attached thereto. The process is shown in FIG.

That is, in the step of introducing the food waste and oil water cut to the appropriate size in the grinding chamber 120 into the dehydration chamber, the end 134a of the second transfer pipe passes through the dehydration chamber top 140a and the upper hollow of the dehydration net. It is connected to the dehydration chamber 140. Thereafter, when the food waste dehydrated in the dehydration net 144 is to be removed, the second transfer pipe is formed by the rotating means 136 interposed between the first transfer pipe 132 and the second transfer pipe 134. 132 and the sealing pad 142 and the upper cover 143 respectively connected to the outer periphery are rotated to the top, the upper end of the dehydration chamber 130 is in an open state. Therefore, by lifting the dewatering net 144 installed inside the dehydration chamber 140 to the open upper end of the dewatering chamber 140, not only the food waste can be processed by the operation of separating the dewatering net, but also the dehydration chamber and the transfer. The inside of a pipe etc. can be cleaned easily. The rotating means 136 is capable of rotating the transfer pipe 130 of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to this, it is preferable to use a bearing, a snap ring or a ring.

Although not shown, install a groove into the upper surface of the dehydration net, the handle is inserted into the groove through the means, such as a hinge, and if the moisture is removed to remove only the dehydrated food waste in the groove By holding the handle fixedly inserted, the dewatering net 144 can be easily separated from the dewatering chamber 140.

On the other hand, when food waste is introduced into the dehydration chamber 140 via the transfer pipe 130, unlike the case of the grinding chamber 120 and the transfer pipe 130, water is interrupted and water contained in the food is blocked. Needs to be removed efficiently. Therefore, as illustrated in FIG. 8, which is a cross-sectional view schematically showing another embodiment of the transfer pipe according to the present invention, an opening and closing valve 135 may be further included on the upper surface or the side surface of the transfer pipe 130. That is, in the step of crushing and transporting the food waste, the opening / closing valve 135 is left open to allow the flow of water to flow into the transfer pipe and the dehydration chamber together with the food waste, and when the food waste is stirred in the dehydration chamber. It is preferable to operate the on-off valve 135 so that the flowing water does not flow into the dehydration chamber.

In addition, the flowing water introduced into the dehydration chamber together with the food waste is drained to the outside through the drain 145 installed at one lower end of the dehydration chamber 140 through the dehydration network together with the water contained in the food waste. In this case, the water removed from the flowing water and food waste introduced into the dehydration chamber may be accumulated at the bottom of the dehydration chamber 140, and the bottom upper surface 146 of the dehydration chamber 140 may have the bottom upper surface 126 of the grinding chamber. Similarly, it is preferable to incline downward toward the drain 145 so that water can flow toward the drain 145.

In particular, only the stirring rod 148 is installed on the inner surface of the dehydration chamber 140 of the present invention to dehydrate food waste. However, when it is necessary to dry the dehydrated food waste in a short time, the dehydration chamber 140 is provided. At the periphery of the food waste may be further included drying means for drying. Ultraviolet lamps and hot air means may be adopted as the drying means, and the hot air means may be composed of a blower fan in which an external driving motor is integrated so that the heated heating wire and the heated heat can be evenly purified into the dehydration chamber. In particular, the hot air means is preferably installed adjacent to the stirring rod so that hot air can be supplied directly to the food waste.

As described above, the water contained in the flowing water and the food waste discharged through the drain 145 of the dehydration chamber 140 is discharged to the external sewer or the like following the drain pipe 170 connected to the drain 145. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the end of the drain pipe 170 is connected with a connecting screw 174, and a screw bone corresponding to the screw bone of the connecting screw 174 is connected to the hose 172 formed on the inner circumferential surface of the terminal. Can be fixed. Alternatively, the outer periphery of the distal end of the drain pipe 170 may have a screw shape, and a hose having a screw bone corresponding to the screw shape may be connected to the inner periphery of the distal end.

Crushing and dehydration of the food waste as described above is made through the operation of the drive motor 152 installed inside the driving unit 150 for rotating the grinding means 122 and the stirring rod 148. In general, in the case of crushing and dehydrating food waste and the like, a reduction motor is used, but in the present invention, the driving motor 152 is not necessarily limited to the reduction motor. In particular, it is necessary to adjust the driving of the grinding means 122 and the stirring rod 148 according to the volume or weight of the food waste to be input, for this purpose of the external control unit (not shown) connected to the drive motor 152 Through operation, the speed of the driving motor 152 can be adjusted to low speed or high speed. The upper end of the driving motor 152 is connected to the grinding means 122 of the grinding chamber 120 through the first connecting shaft 154 (see FIG. 2), the driving force of the driving motor 152 is transmitted As described above.

In particular, driving the driving motor 152 in a state where food waste is not injected is not only inefficient in terms of power consumption, but may also cause a failure by continuously operating the driving motor 152. Therefore, in the present invention, the sensor 127 is mounted on the upper inner surface of the grinding chamber 120 to operate the driving motor 152 when the food waste flows through the upper grinding chamber 120. It is preferable. The sensor is not particularly limited as long as it can detect the inflow of food waste, but an optical sensor that is easy to install is particularly preferable.

On the other hand, in the present invention to prevent the vibration caused by the operation of the drive motor 152 and at the same time to transfer the driving force of the drive motor 152 to the stirring rod 148 of the dehydration chamber 140 the drive unit 150 And the base 160 is installed at the bottom of the dehydration chamber 140. By installing the anti-vibration pads 162 at the bottom edges of the base 164, vibrations caused by the operation of the driving motor 152 may be absorbed. In addition, by inserting the belt 164 across the upper center of the base 160, the driving force of the drive motor 152 is transmitted to the stirring rod 148 installed in the dehydration chamber 140.

Referring to FIG. 7, which illustrates the configuration of the base 160 of the present invention in detail, second connection shafts 165a and 165b are inserted into the bottom of the driving motor 152 and the bottom of the stirring rod 148, respectively. The second connecting shafts may be connected by a belt 164 that crosses the upper center portion of the inside of the base 160. The belt 164 is preferably a rubber belt.

On the other hand, the dustproof pad 162 installed at the bottom edge of the base 160 has a rubber packing 163a and 163c formed in the upper and lower layers, respectively, as shown in FIG. 7 between the upper and lower rubber packings. By inserting the elastic member 163b, it is more preferable to efficiently absorb the vibration caused by the operation of the drive motor 152 to the maximum.

In the above description of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, various modifications and changes are possible, and the fact that such modifications and changes fall within the scope of the present invention without departing from the spirit of the present invention. The appended claims will become more apparent.

For example, the food waste processor of the present invention can be installed integrally with a conventional kitchen sink equipped with a water port, a storage space, etc., and can be installed independently by adopting a separate means.

Food waste processor according to the present invention has a configuration that is easy to operate and use compared to the conventional food waste processor, while efficiently removing the water contained in the food waste generated in the kitchen to significantly reduce the amount of food waste Can be. Therefore, when the food waste treatment system of the present invention is used at home, environmental pollution can be prevented in advance.

In addition, since the food waste processor of the present invention includes a base on its bottom which can absorb vibration generated in the process of grinding and dehydrating itself, it reduces anxiety of the system which may be caused by vibration.

In particular, after rotating the transfer unit connected to the upper end of the dehydration chamber to the top, the residual food waste after the water is removed by a method of removing only the dehydration net installed in the dehydration chamber can be easily taken out.

Claims (10)

An inlet having an upper end opening in communication with a sink of the sink, and an inlet having a threaded connection portion and a guide tube connected to a lower side of the inlet; A pulverizing chamber in which a pulverizing means for crushing the food waste introduced through the inlet is formed in the center, and a filter bin for passing water and food waste cut by the crushing means is installed on an inner surface thereof; It includes a rotating means, one end is connected to the outlet formed in the bottom of the grinding chamber adjacent to the strainer and the other end is the upper cover and the transfer pipe passing through the upper end of the dehydration net covering the hollow upper end of the dehydration chamber; A stirring rod for dewatering the transported food waste is placed inside, and a dehydration net that can penetrate the water removed from the food waste to the outside of the stirring rod is installed spaced apart from the inner surface at a predetermined interval, and the water is discharged to one side lower end. A dehydration chamber having a discharge port discharged to the outside; A driving unit to which a driving motor for driving the grinding means of the grinding chamber and the stirring rod of the dehydration chamber is installed; The base located at the lower end of the drive unit and the dehydration chamber Food waste processor containing. The method of claim 1, Food waste processor, characterized in that the bottom of the corner is composed of a dust-proof pad absorbing the vibration of the motor. The method of claim 1, Food waste processor characterized in that the opening and closing valve is installed on one side of the transfer pipe. The method of claim 1, Food waste processor, characterized in that provided with a sensor for detecting food waste on the inner top of the grinding chamber. The method of claim 1, And a drying means connected to an external power source in one side of the dehydration chamber and configured to dry the dehydrated food waste. The method of claim 1, Rotating means of the feed pipe is a food waste processor, characterized in that the bearing. The method of claim 1, The outer peripheral surface of the upper side of the guide tube of the feeding portion is a food waste processor, characterized in that the screw shape. The method of claim 1, Food waste processor characterized in that the sealing pad is attached to the outer peripheral end of the transfer pipe. The method of claim 1, Upper surfaces of the ground of the grinding chamber and the dehydration chamber are inclined downward toward the outlet and the drain, respectively. The method of claim 2, The upper and lower ends of the dustproof pad are rubber packings, and between them, an elastic member capable of absorbing vibration of a motor is inserted therein.

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