KR100716500B1 - Apparatus for Garbage Disposal with Eliminating Bad Smell - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a food waste treatment apparatus having a harmful gas extinction function, and more particularly, the whole process of food waste treatment can be performed by a single drum and a transfer screw to reduce the volume of the apparatus and reduce manufacturing costs. , By expanding the contact area between the harmful gas generated in the food waste treatment process and the noxious gas extinguishing device, so that the noxious gas is more efficiently heated and extinguished, thus eliminating the noxious gas extinguishing device to discharge the harmful gas into the sewer pipe The present invention relates to a food waste processing apparatus having a harmful gas extinction function which can maintain a pleasant environment even when processing food waste by preventing the phenomenon of diffusion into a neighboring space through a pipeline of harmful gas that can be caused by a product.

Food waste, noxious gas, heater, heating, screw

Description

Apparatus for Garbage Disposal with Eliminating Bad Smell}

1 and 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an operating state of the food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention,

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a harmful gas extinguishing device of the food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention,

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing another embodiment of the food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention.

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

10: Drum 11: Inlet

13: outlet 15: projection blade

17: uneven part 19: porous plate

20: feed screw 23: motor

25: heater 30,130: exhaust pipe

35,135: harmful gas extinguishing device 37,137: heating heater

39: brush 40: feed pan

50: food waste processing apparatus 131: spiral portion

The present invention relates to a food waste treatment apparatus having a harmful gas extinction function, and more particularly, to allow food waste to be systematically processed through a series of processes of dehydration, grinding, and drying, and optionally mounted on a hopper. It can be installed firmly and easily on dishwashers of various sizes through its adapters, and it also removes various harmful gases generated from food wastes by using a harmful gas extinguishing device to provide comfortable indoor air during storage and disposal of food wastes. The present invention relates to a food waste treating apparatus having a sustainable harmful gas extinguishing function.

In general, food waste generated after cooking food is separated from water drained by a strainer provided at the inlet of the dishwasher, and then treated separately, but the food waste extracted by the strainer contains a considerable amount of water. If you throw it away or bury it in the ground, it will cause severe odor by easily leaking or leaking leachate, which causes environmental pollution, and incineration is difficult or incineration takes a long time.

As such, food wastes discarded in homes or restaurants are decayed and contaminate soil and water quality. Therefore, there is an urgent need for a method for eliminating fundamental problems such as soil, water pollution, and odor caused by food waste.

In other words, food waste has been used as livestock feed until recently, but it has recently been neglected by farmers due to labor shortages and inconvenience in handling and use. Moreover, food waste is buried in soil or rivers because it contains many kinds of nutrients. When discharged to the air, various gases and odors emitted by decay cause environmental pollution and serious damage to the growth of crops.

Therefore, in recent years, a food waste treatment apparatus equipped with a high speed drying, odor removal, and a fermenter for weight loss has been provided as a food waste treatment apparatus for solving such problems.

Recently, in order to solve this problem, there has been provided a food waste treatment apparatus for treating food waste by grinding and drying.

However, the conventional food waste treatment apparatus as described above is very expensive, large, and due to a problem that a bad odor occurs in the process of processing, it was difficult to install and use in a limited space, that is, a normal home or a restaurant.

Accordingly, in order for the food treatment apparatus to be widely used and used, simplification and miniaturization of the apparatus must be implemented, and a technical idea must be provided to quickly remove noxious gases such as odors generated during processing.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to ensure that the entire process of food waste treatment is performed by a single drum and the transfer screw to reduce the volume of the device and reduce the manufacturing cost To provide a waste disposal apparatus.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a food waste treatment apparatus that can maintain a pleasant environment even during food waste treatment by heating and extinguishing harmful gases generated during food waste treatment.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the present invention includes an inlet for introducing food waste, a projection blade for crushing the introduced food waste, the outlet for discharging the crushed food waste and Inlet and protrusion blades each formed on opposite sides with respect to the longitudinal direction thereof; The drum is installed to be rotated in the forward or reverse direction to transport the food waste introduced during the forward rotation to the protrusion blade so that the food waste can be pulverized. A transfer screw for discharging; Drive means for reversibly rotating the transfer screw in a forward or reverse direction; A heater installed on an outer wall of the drum to dry food waste in the drum; An exhaust pipe passage communicating with the drum to discharge harmful gas from the inside of the drum; A noxious gas extinguishing device installed on the exhaust pipe to extinguish the noxious gas; And a conveying fan installed on the exhaust pipe so that noxious gas inside the drum can be forcibly conveyed to the noxious gas dissipation device.

The present invention having such a feature will be more clearly described through the preferred embodiment accordingly.

Hereinafter will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 2 are longitudinal cross-sectional view showing the operating state of the food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a harmful gas extinguishing device of the food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention.

As shown, the food waste treatment apparatus 50 according to the present invention is largely a drum 10, a transfer screw 20, a motor 23, a heater 25, a harmful gas extinguishing device 35 as a driving means. It is composed.

The drum 10 has a substantially cylindrical shape, an inlet 11 for introducing food waste in the upper side of the drawing, and an outlet 13 for discharging food waste pulverized therein is formed in the lower side of the drum 10. . Here, the inlet 11 is formed so as to be located later than the outlet 13 based on the moving direction of the food waste during the forward rotation of the transfer screw 20 to be described later, which is the food waste is not crushed This is to prevent the discharge to the outlet 13 while holding. In addition, the drum 10 is provided with a projection blade 15 for crushing the food waste introduced through the inlet 11, wherein the inlet 11 and the projection blade 15 is the drum 10 Each side is formed on the side facing each other with reference to), the outlet 13 and the projection blade 15 is also formed on the side opposite to each other with respect to the drum (10). In the drawing, the inlet 11 and the outlet 13 are formed on the right side with the protruding blade 15 on the left side, so that the inlet 11 and the outlet 13 are formed on the opposite side of the protruding blade 15. Seems. In addition, an uneven portion 17 is formed on an inner wall surface of the drum 10 (preferably an inner wall surface adjacent to the protrusion blade). The uneven portion 17 may be formed by repeating the protrusion and depression of the wall surface of the drum 10, wherein the protruding portion preferably has a sharp shape. In addition, the drum 10 as described above is inclined so that the side on which the inlet 11 is formed so that the food waste introduced into the protrusion blade 15 can be concentrated. In addition, one surface of the drum 10 is opened to a predetermined area for discharging the water in the drum 10, the opening surface is a porous plate 19 to prevent the food waste is accompanied with water discharged ) Is combined. Here, the porous plate 19 is preferably coupled to the side on which the protruding blade 15 is formed, which is water separated from the food waste when the food waste is crushed inside the drum 10. This is due to concentration on the downward side (side on which the projection blade is formed) of (10).

The conveying screw 20 is installed in the drum 10 to be rotated in a forward or reverse direction. In the forward rotation, the food waste is introduced to the protrusion blade 15 to convey the food waste to the protrusion blade ( 15) to be crushed. In addition, during the reverse rotation, the crushed food waste is transferred to the outlet 13 to allow the food waste to be discharged.

That is, according to the above, the whole process of transporting, pulverizing, and discharging the food waste introduced into the single drum 10 and the conveying screw 20 can be performed.

On the other hand, the motor 23 for rotating the transfer screw 20, as described above, should be able to reversibly rotate the transfer screw 20 in the forward or reverse direction, at this time, by the capacity of the food waste The rotation period in the forward and reverse directions should be determined, which may be controlled by a controller (not shown) to be described later.

In addition, the drum 10 is provided with a heater 25 to heat and dry the food waste inside the drum 10, wherein the heater 25 is the drum (so as not to impede the transfer of food waste) It is preferable that it is provided in the outer wall of 10).

In addition, the exhaust pipe passage 30 is in communication with the drum 10, which is to discharge harmful gases such as odor generated from the inside of the drum 10 to the outside of the drum 10.

Here, the harmful gas extinguishing device 35 for removing the harmful gas to be moved is provided inside the exhaust pipe (30). The noxious gas extinguishing device 35 is composed of a heating heater 37 and a brush 39 in the exhaust pipe (30). The brush 39 is interposed between the exhaust pipe passage 30 and the heating heater 37 and is coupled to the heating heater 37 so as to be capable of heat transfer. At this time, the heating heater 37 and the brush 39 has a circular shape on the cross-section, the combination of the heating heater 37 and the brush 39 is that the heating heater 37 of the brush 39 It is made through the center.

According to the above, the brush 39 is heated by the heating heater 37 to maximize the thermal contact area of the harmful gas proceeds into the exhaust pipe passage 30 and the harmful gas through the exhaust pipe passage 30 Will act as a so-called resistor that prevents the gas from being discharged without disappearing.

As a result, the noxious gas proceeding on the exhaust pipe passage 30 comes into contact with the brush 39 heated by the heating heater 37 and is heated and extinguished. Here, the heating temperature of the brush 39 is 400. It is preferable that it is ° C-450 ° C.

In addition, on the exhaust pipe passage 30, a conveying fan 40 for forcibly transferring the harmful gas inside the drum to the harmful gas dissipation device 35 is provided. That is, the transfer fan 40 imparts a moving force to the harmful gas inside the drum 10 so that the harmful gas may be easily discharged even when the harmful gas is resisted by the brush 39 of the noxious gas dissipation device 35. To make it possible.

On the other hand, the above-described control unit controls the heater 25, the heating heater 37 and the motor 23 in accordance with a control board (not shown) and input information for inputting information including the capacity of food waste, etc. It includes a microprocessor (not shown). At this time, it is a matter of course that the controller is electrically connected to the heater 25, the heating heater 37, the motor 23 and the like.

Here, the configuration of the control unit as described above is known, the gist of the present invention is in the technical idea to control the heater 25, the heating heater 37 and the motor 23 by the control unit, Note that a detailed description of the controller configuration and the separate illustration will be omitted.

According to the configuration of the control unit as described above, the control board receives the information including the capacity of the food waste, so that the motor 23 can be rotated forward or reverse in a cycle corresponding to the input information, the heater ( 25) and it is possible to control the heating temperature of the heating heater 37.

Hereinafter will be described the operation relationship of the food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention having the configuration and structure as described above.

First, when food waste is introduced into the drum 10 through the inlet 11, the food waste is introduced to the protruding blade 15 by the forwarding screw 20 rotated forward. At this time, the inlet 11 is located on the rear side (left side in the drawing) of the food screw during the forward rotation of the conveying screw 20 on the basis of the conveying direction of the food waste, without being crushed The discharge to the outlet 13 is prevented. In addition, the food waste to be transported is crushed by the uneven portion 17 and the protrusion blade 15 formed on the inner wall of the drum 10, the drum 10 is configured to be inclined so that the food waste is the protrusion blade 15 side It is densely packed in and continuously pressurized by the rotation of the transfer screw 20 to be crushed.

On the other hand, the food waste is separated from water or water in the grinding process, wherein the separated water is discharged from the inside of the drum 10 through the porous plate 19, the food waste is heated by the heater 25 Completely dry.

The food wastes pulverized and dried as described above are present in the form of small debris inside the drum 10 and are concentrated on the lower portion of the drum 10 based on the transfer screw 20 by its own weight.

At this time, when the control unit rotates the motor 23 reversely, the transfer screw 20 is reversely rotated in the drum to discharge the food waste through the discharge port (13).

On the other hand, the harmful gas inside the drum 10 generated during the processing of food waste is discharged through the exhaust pipe passage 30 in communication with the drum 10, and by the harmful gas dissipation device 35 in the discharge process It is heated to 400 ℃ ~ 450 ℃ and disappears. Here, the brush 39 of the noxious gas quenching device 35 serves to increase the heat transfer efficiency by making the noxious gas proceeding on the exhaust pipe passage 30 contact with the noxious gas quenching device 35 in a large area.

In addition, the transfer fan 40 installed on the exhaust pipe passage 30 allows the harmful gas inside the drum 10 to be more easily discharged through the exhaust pipe passage 30.

<Other Embodiments>

Prior to the description of the present embodiment, the number of components having the same configuration and structure as the above-described embodiment will be described in the same manner, and a separate description will be found to be avoided.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing another embodiment of the food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention. As shown,

In this embodiment, the exhaust pipe passage 130 is in communication with the drum 10 to discharge the harmful gas from the inside of the drum 10 and the harmful gas extinction device to extinguish the harmful gas proceeding on the exhaust pipe passage 130. It is provided that the 135 is the same as the above-described embodiment.

However, in the present embodiment, the noxious gas extinguishing device 135 includes a heating heater 137 and a spiral portion 131. Here, the heating heater 137 is contacted and coupled to the exhaust pipe passage 130 so as to be capable of heat transfer. Preferably, the heating heater 137 is configured to be in contact with the outside of the exhaust pipe passage 130.

The spiral portion 131 is formed by spirally winding a section in contact with and coupled to the heating heater 137 of the exhaust pipe 130, and has a shape of a spring or a coil.

According to the structure as described above, the moving speed of the harmful gas discharged from the inside of the drum and proceeds into the exhaust pipe passage 130 becomes slow in the spiral portion 131 section and harmful gas on the spiral portion 131 section. The moving distance of the air becomes substantially long, and the harmful gas is sufficiently heated and extinguished by the heating heater 137. That is, the noxious gas quenching device 135 in the present embodiment does not require a separate component such as a catalyst, and makes it possible to efficiently extinguish the noxious gas while eliminating a complicated structure.

As described above, the present invention has the effect that the entire process of food waste treatment can be performed by a single drum and the transfer screw to reduce the volume of the device and reduce the manufacturing cost.

In addition, the present invention by expanding the contact area of the harmful gas generated in the food waste treatment process and the harmful gas extinguishing device to be heated and extinguished more efficiently, the effect of maintaining a pleasant environment even during food waste treatment have.

Claims (9)

An inlet 11 for introducing food waste, a projection blade 15 for crushing the introduced food waste, an outlet 13 for discharging the crushed food waste, and the inlet 11 and the projection blade 15 ) Are drums 10 each formed on opposite sides with respect to the longitudinal direction thereof; The drum 10 is installed to be rotated in the forward or reverse direction to transport the food waste introduced during the forward rotation to the protrusion blade 15 so that the food waste can be crushed, and the food waste crushed during the reverse rotation. A transfer screw 20 configured to transfer the discharge port 13 to the discharge port 13; Drive means for reversibly rotating the transfer screw 20 in the forward or reverse direction; A heater 25 installed on an outer wall of the drum 10 to dry food waste inside the drum 10; An exhaust pipe passage 30 communicating with the drum 10 to discharge harmful gas from the inside of the drum 10; A harmful gas extinguishing device (35,135) installed on the exhaust pipe (30) to extinguish harmful gas; A transfer fan 40 installed on the exhaust pipe path 30 so that noxious gas inside the drum 10 can be forced to the noxious gas dissipation device 35; And Receiving information including the capacity of food waste, the drive means can be rotated forward or reverse in a cycle corresponding to the input information, and controls the heater 25 and the harmful gas extinguishing device (35, 135) Control unit; Food waste treatment apparatus having a harmful gas extinction function, characterized in that comprising a. The method of claim 1, The drum 10 is a food waste treatment apparatus having a harmful gas extinction function, characterized in that the side in which the inlet 11 is formed inclined upward. The method of claim 1, Food waste processing apparatus having a harmful gas extinction function, characterized in that the uneven portion (17) is formed on the inner wall surface of the drum (10). The method of claim 1, One surface of the drum 10 is opened to a predetermined area for discharging the water in the drum 10, characterized in that the porous plate 19 is coupled to the opened surface to prevent the food waste is accompanied by discharge. Food waste treatment apparatus having a harmful gas extinction function. The method of claim 1, The inlet 11 is disposed on the rear side of the discharge port 13 with respect to the moving direction of the food waste during the forward rotation of the conveying screw 20, characterized in that the food waste treatment having a harmful gas extinction function Device. The method of claim 1, The harmful gas extinguishing device 35 is A heating heater 37 installed in the exhaust pipe passage 30; A brush interposed between the exhaust pipe passage 30 and the heating heater 37 and coupled to the heating heater 37 so as to be capable of heat transfer, thereby extending the thermal contact area of the harmful gas proceeding into the exhaust pipe passage 30. 39); Food waste treatment apparatus having a harmful gas extinction function, characterized in that comprising a. The method of claim 6, The heating heater 37 and the brush 39 has a circular shape on the cross-section, the combination of the heating heater 37 and the brush 39 is that the heating heater 37 is the center of the brush 39 Food waste treatment apparatus having a harmful gas extinction function, characterized in that made through. The method of claim 1, The harmful gas extinguishing device 135 is A heating heater 137 contacted and coupled to the exhaust pipe passage 130 so as to be capable of heat transfer; A spiral portion 131 formed by spirally winding a section in contact with and coupled to the heating heater 137 of the exhaust pipe 130; Food waste treatment apparatus having a harmful gas extinction function, characterized in that comprising a. delete

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