KR101069240B1 - Apparatus for disposing of food waste - Google Patents

Abstract

In the present invention, the food waste discharged from the sink of home or restaurant, such as primary and secondary crushed, atomized and decomposed by inputting microorganisms, and then sewage treatment through the sewage, food waste treatment can be made hygienic and easy The processing apparatus is started. Food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention is installed in the drain of the sink, the food waste container for collecting the food waste discharged from the sink; A primary food waste processing unit coupled to the food waste container for crushing and discharging the food waste that is input through the food waste container; And finely crushing the second food waste, which is first crushed by the first food waste processing unit and discharged together with water, and administers microorganisms for decomposition of the crushed food waste, and precipitates the food waste to which the microorganisms are administered. And a secondary food waste treatment unit for filtering the large particles of food waste and discharging the particulate food waste to the sewer with water.

Description

Food Waste Disposal Equipment {APPARATUS FOR DISPOSING OF FOOD WASTE}

The present invention relates to an apparatus for treating food waste, and more specifically, to finely crush food waste discharged from a sink such as a home or a restaurant into primary and secondary finely and decompose by inputting microorganisms, and then sewage treatment through sewerage. It relates to a food waste disposal apparatus.

In general households and restaurants, a large amount of food waste, which is an organic waste, is emitted. Since these food wastes contain a large amount of water, it is impossible to incinerate, and the weight of the food waste is difficult to collect. Even if incineration is possible, a lot of fuel is consumed and it is not economical, and it is difficult to burn completely. Incineration also releases large amounts of contaminants, such as dioxins, which are known to have a fatal effect on the human body. In the case of landfilling of food waste, most of them are bulky, which causes the use of landfills to be drastically reduced, and large amounts of leachate are generated, causing bad odors and soil and water pollution.

Meanwhile, technologies for collecting food waste and processing it into livestock feed or compost have been actively proposed, but it is difficult to collect and process a lot of moisture. In addition, food waste is stored for a certain period of time until it is collected at the food waste discharging site. During this process, the food waste does not decay or is completely enclosed, resulting in odors and a hotbed of mold or bacteria. As food waste flows around, it adversely affects the living environment.

Therefore, there is a demand for research / development of a food waste treatment apparatus in which food waste discharged from a sink is separately collected and sewage treated naturally through sewerage without being buried or incinerated.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, the food waste discharged from the sink of the home or restaurant, such as primary and secondary pulverization and microbial input by decomposing the food waste by sewage treatment through sewage It is an object of the present invention to provide a food waste disposal apparatus that can be easily sanitized.

Food waste treatment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object is installed in the drain of the sink food waste bin for collecting food waste discharged from the sink; A primary food waste processing unit coupled to the food waste container for crushing and discharging the food waste that is input through the food waste container; And finely crushing the second food waste, which is first crushed by the first food waste processing unit and discharged together with water, and administers microorganisms for decomposition of the crushed food waste, and precipitates the food waste to which the microorganisms are administered. And a secondary food waste treatment unit for filtering the large particles of food waste and discharging the particulate food waste to the sewer with water.

The food waste container is inserted into the sink drain port, the outward flange is formed on the top of the sink drain port, the inner cylinder formed with a male screw portion on the outer peripheral surface; A female thread portion corresponding to the male thread portion of the inner cylinder is formed on the inner circumferential surface thereof, and is coupled to the inner cylinder by a screwing method, and a tapered portion inclined inward is formed on the lower portion of the female thread portion, and an annular inward locking jaw is formed at the end of the tapered portion. An outer cylinder formed of an integral part; And a cover selectively covering the upper opening of the inner cylinder.

In addition, the food waste treatment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, the locking unit for locking / unlocking the cover to the inner cylinder; And a driving control unit which automatically drives the first food waste processing unit and the second food waste processing unit for a predetermined time when the cover is locked to the inner cylinder.

The locking unit includes: a plurality of guide protrusions protruding at equal intervals on the inner peripheral surface of the inner cylinder; And a plurality of guide grooves formed in the cover to correspond to the plurality of guide protrusions, the guide grooves having a vertical groove portion and a horizontal groove portion extending horizontally from the vertical groove portion. It may be configured to lock the vertical groove portion of the cover by rotating a predetermined angle after inserting the cover in accordance with the guide projection of the inner cylinder.

The drive control unit may include three magnetic bodies attached to the cover at a predetermined interval; A sensor substrate provided on an outer circumferential surface of the outer cylinder and having three reed switches arranged to coincide with three magnetic bodies attached to the cover when the cover is rotated to the locking position; And a controller configured to drive the primary food waste processing unit and the secondary food waste processing unit in response to a detection signal of the magnetic material by the reed switch.

Here, the sensor substrate may be installed to be moved to the left and right to the outer cylinder to adjust the alignment position of the magnetic switch and the reed switch of the sensor substrate when the cover is rotated to the locking position.

According to another embodiment, the sensor substrate is accommodated in a semi-circular cover is fixed, the outer circumferential surface of the outer cylinder is formed with several guide ribs for guiding the position of the sensor substrate and several high information for fixing the semi-circular cover. The semicircular cover has a plurality of slots corresponding to the high information, and the semi-circular cover is fixed to the outer cylinder by a screw that is fastened to the high information through the slot, while corresponding to the size of the slot. In may be configured to be fixed by moving the position of the semi-circular cover.

The controller may be embedded in a control box fixed to the side of the outer cylinder, the preset time may be 20 seconds to 30 seconds.

In addition, a plurality of protrusions may be formed on a lower surface of the annular locking jaw formed in the outer cylinder to prevent food waste from turning when crushing food waste by the primary food waste processing unit.

The primary food waste processing unit may be coupled to a lower portion of the food waste container and has a pulverization container having an outlet; A grinding ring fixed to the inner circumferential surface of the grinding barrel; A rotary cutter plate rotatably installed at the bottom of the grinding barrel; A drive motor installed at a lower portion of the pulverization cylinder to rotationally drive the rotary cutter plate; And a drive motor cover installed at a lower portion of the grinding barrel to surround the drive motor.

The discharge port may be integrally formed with the grinding barrel or separately formed and coupled to the grinding barrel.

The secondary food waste processing unit has an interior divided into a fine grinding chamber and a stirring chamber, and the fine grinding chamber and the stirring chamber are communicated by a communication path formed in the partition wall, and the fine grinding chamber is connected to the primary food waste processing unit by a hose. A inlet is formed, and the stirring chamber has a housing formed with an outlet connected to a sewer and a hose; A fine grinding unit which is configured in the fine grinding chamber of the housing and finely grinds the food waste which is first crushed into the secondary; Microbial input unit for supplying microorganisms to decompose the food waste finely ground by the fine grinding unit; And a settling / stirring unit which precipitates and stirs the food waste to which the microorganisms have been introduced to promote decomposition and also filters out the uncrushed food waste.

The fine grinding unit is provided in the fine grinding chamber to accommodate the first crushed food waste and water flowing through the inlet, one side is formed with an inlet hole in communication with the inlet, the other side a plurality of fine holes and A fine grinding cylinder in which an outlet consisting of large holes is formed; A cover coupled to the upper opening of the grinding mill; A grinding knife rotatably installed in the fine grinding box to secondaryly grind the food waste contained in the fine grinding box to atomize it; A second driving motor installed above the grinding chamber of the housing to rotate the grinding knife; And a driving motor cover installed at an upper portion of the housing to enclose the second driving motor.

A plurality of ribs may be formed on the inner surface of any one or both of the micro pulverization cylinder and the cover to protrude a plurality of ribs so that the food wastes crushed by the crushing knife collide with each other.

The cover may be formed with a control distribution plate for controlling the food waste supplied to the fine pulverization through the inlet hole to distribute to both sides of the fine pulverization. The control dispersion plate may be formed in an arc shape corresponding to the circumference of the fine grinding cylinder or the cover.

The shaft of the second drive motor and the shaft of the grinding knife may be coupled serration by a coupler.

The microbial input unit, the microbial supply container is detachably installed on the upper portion of the housing, and stores the microorganisms; And an electronic pump for pumping the microorganisms of the microbial supply container into the grinding chamber of the housing.

The settling / stirring unit, the stirring vessel is installed in the stirring chamber to accommodate the food waste into which the microorganisms are introduced through the communication passage of the partition wall, the lower portion is provided with a filtration unit formed with a plurality of through holes on the outer peripheral surface; A stirring blade rotatably installed on the filtration unit of the stirring tube to stir the food waste; A third drive motor installed at an upper portion of the stirring chamber of the housing to drive the stirring blade to rotate; And a driving motor cover installed at an upper portion of the housing to surround the third driving motor.

In addition, the precipitation / stirring unit, the cover is detachably installed on the upper portion of the stirring cylinder, the stirring cylinder and the third drive motor is coupled to the cover, the stirring cylinder is separated with the cover when the cover is separated and the It may be configured to remove the food residues remaining in the filter portion.

In addition, the shaft of the third drive motor and the shaft of the stirring blade may also be coupled to the serration by the coupler, the outlet of the housing may be provided with two outlets at different heights.

In addition, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the food waste processing apparatus is installed in the drain of the sink food waste bin for collecting food waste discharged from the sink; A primary food waste processing unit coupled to the food waste container for crushing and discharging the food waste that is input through the food waste container; A microbial injection nozzle provided in an outlet provided in a pulverization container of the primary food waste processing unit to inject microorganisms for decomposing food waste into the food waste that is first crushed by the primary food waste processing unit; And finely crushing the food waste firstly pulverized by the primary food waste processing unit and into which the microorganisms are introduced, and further, by precipitating and stirring the food waste to filter out food waste of large particles and the food waste of particulates. It may be configured to include; and a secondary food waste treatment unit for discharging to the sewer.

According to the present invention, since the food waste generated from the sink is first and secondly crushed and atomized, the food waste is fermented / decomposed by the introduction of microorganisms and discharged through the sewerage, so that it is not necessary to treat food waste separately. It can be done easily and hygienically.

In addition, the food waste treating apparatus according to the present invention is installed by screwing the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder by the threaded portions formed on the outer circumferential surface and the inner circumferential surface thereof, and in particular, the screw portions are formed long in the height direction so as to sufficiently engage the thickness of the sink. Thick, for example, can be easily installed in any type of sink, such as marble sink can be installed easily.

In addition, in the present invention, since the tapered portion inclined inwardly is formed in the outer cylinder, the food waste collected in the food waste container is smoothly descended along the tapered portion and flows to the pulverization bin so that the food waste does not remain in the food waste container. This can eliminate the cause of bad smell.

In addition, the present invention does not need to perform a separate switch operation for driving the food waste processing apparatus, for example, when the lid is locked to the inner cylinder after washing the dishes, the food waste is automatically crushed and decomposed Waste is discharged through the sewer. Therefore, housewives who frequently use the sink can use it very conveniently.

In addition, the present invention has the effect of reducing the load of the sewage terminal treatment plant by configuring to remove the finely crushed food waste that can cause the load of the sewage terminal treatment plant to be removed by remaining in the filtration unit without being discharged to the sewage.

In addition, the food waste processing apparatus according to the present invention is connected to the grinding knife or agitating blades constituting the primary and secondary food waste processing unit by connecting the serration coupling using a coupler without directly connecting to the shaft of the drive motor. In addition, vibration and noise can be reduced during the rotation of the stirring blades, allowing for quiet operation.

In addition, since the food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention is formed of two outlets of the housing connected to the sewerage, which are disposed at the height of each other, the food waste discharge in the stirring chamber can be made very quickly.

1 is a perspective view schematically showing an example in which a food waste processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed in a sink;
Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the first food waste treatment unit in Figure 1,
3 is a cross-sectional view of FIG.
4 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 2;
5 is a bottom perspective view of the outer cylinder of the food waste container;
6 is a view showing for explaining the locking structure of the food waste container and the cover of the present invention,
Figure 7 is a perspective view showing the second food waste treatment unit in Figure 1,
8 is a plan view of FIG.
9 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of FIG. 7;
10 is an exploded cross-sectional view showing a connection structure between the shaft of the second drive motor and the shaft of the grinding knife and the shaft of the third drive motor and the stirring blade;
11 is a view for explaining a method for removing food waste remaining in the filtration unit by separating the stirring barrel from the housing,
12 is a perspective view showing a fine grinding box of a secondary food waste treatment unit according to another embodiment of the present invention, and
FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the cover assembled state of FIG. 12.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention may be variously modified and may have various forms, and thus, embodiments (or embodiments) will be described in detail in the text. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to the specific form disclosed, it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments (or embodiments) only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. A singular expression includes a plural expression unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. As used herein, the terms "comprises" or "comprises" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features or numbers. It should be understood that it does not exclude in advance the possibility of the presence or addition of steps, actions, components, parts or combinations thereof.

In addition, unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. Terms such as those defined in the commonly used dictionaries should be construed as having meanings consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art, and are not construed in ideal or excessively formal meanings unless expressly defined herein. Do not.

1 is a perspective view schematically showing a state in which a food waste processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed in a sink, where reference numeral 10 is a sink and 100 is a food waste processing apparatus.

As shown in Figure 1, the food waste processing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a food waste container 200, the primary food waste processing unit 300 and the secondary food waste processing unit (400, 500) And the like.

The food waste container 200 is installed in the drain of the sink 10 to collect the food waste discharged from the sink 10. As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the food waste container 200 includes an inner cylinder 210, an outer cylinder 220, a lid 230, and the like.

The inner cylinder 210 is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape, is inserted into the sink drain from the top to the bottom. The outward flange 211 which is caught by the sink drain port is formed in the upper end of the inner cylinder 210. In addition, a male screw portion 212 is formed on the outer circumferential surface of the inner cylinder 210, and a round jaw 213 is formed on the inner circumferential surface. The rubber cover 240 and the cover 230 are sequentially positioned on the round chin 213.

The outer cylinder 220 is assembled to the inner cylinder 210 in the lower portion of the sink drain in a screwed manner. To this end, an internal threaded portion 222 corresponding to the external threaded portion 212 is formed on an inner circumferential surface of the outer cylinder 220. In addition, the outer cylinder 220 integrally integrates the tapered portion 223 inclined inwardly from the female screw portion 222 and the annular inward locking jaw portion 224 protruding inwardly from the end of the tapered portion 223. Equipped.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of protrusions are disposed on the lower surface of the inward locking jaw portion 224 to prevent food waste from turning when the food waste is crushed by the primary food waste processing unit 300 to be described later. 225 is formed. In the drawings, reference numeral 270 is a packing for maintaining the airtightness of the inner cylinder 210 and the outer cylinder 220 which are screwed together.

Food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention as described above, the inner cylinder 210 and the outer cylinder 220 of the food waste container 200 is assembled and installed by screwing method by the screw portion (212,222) formed on its outer peripheral surface and inner peripheral surface In particular, since the screw parts 212 and 222 are formed long enough in the height direction and sufficiently engaged, the sink parts 212 and 222 can be easily installed and used in any kind of sink, for example, a thick sink, for example, can be easily installed even in a marble sink. have.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the tapered portion 223 inclined inwardly is formed in the outer cylinder 220, the food waste collected in the food waste container 200 smoothly descends along the tapered portion 223 to be primary. Flowing to the crushing bin 310 of the food waste processing unit 300 may be all processed, and thus, food waste does not remain in the food waste container 200, it is possible to eliminate the cause of the odor.

The cover 230 is to selectively cover the upper opening of the inner cylinder 210, the present invention is a locking unit for locking / unlocking the cover 230 to the inner cylinder 210, and the cover When the 230 is locked to the inner cylinder 210 further includes a drive control unit for automatically driving the primary food waste processing unit 300 and the secondary food waste processing units (400,500). Here, the predetermined predetermined time may be about 20 seconds to 30 seconds.

That is, the present invention does not need to perform a separate switch operation for driving the food waste treatment apparatus, for example, after washing the dishes 230 and lock the cover 230 to the inner cylinder 210 automatically crushing and As the decomposition takes place, food waste is discharged through the sewer. Therefore, housewives who frequently use the sink can use it very conveniently.

As shown in FIG. 6, the locking unit includes a plurality of guide protrusions 281 and several guide protrusions 281 protruding at equal intervals from the inner circumferential surface of the inner cylinder 210 to the cover 230. It has several guide grooves 282 formed. In the illustrated example, although the guide protrusions 281 and the guide grooves 282 are formed by four at equal intervals of 90 degrees, they are not limited thereto.

Each of the guide grooves 282 includes a vertical groove portion 282a and a horizontal groove portion 282b extending horizontally from the vertical groove portion 282a. Therefore, when the vertical groove portion 282a of the cover 230 is inserted in accordance with the guide protrusion 281 of the inner cylinder 210 and the cover 230 is rotated by a predetermined angle, the horizontal groove portion 282b of the guide groove 282. The guide protrusion 281 is positioned at the cover to lock the inner cylinder 210. In addition, when the cover 230 is rotated in the locked state as described above, the guide protrusion 282 and the vertical groove 282a of the guide groove 282 are in an unlocked state to coincide with the cover 230. 210).

The drive control unit includes three magnetic bodies 291 embedded in the inside of a position corresponding to three guide grooves 282 of the four guide grooves 282 provided on the cover 230 and the outer cylinder 220. A sensor substrate 292 installed on an outer circumferential surface thereof and having three reed switches 292a arranged to coincide with the magnetic bodies 291 of the cover 230 when the cover 230 is rotated to the locking position; The controller 293 is configured to drive the primary food waste processing unit 300 and the secondary food waste processing units 400 and 500 by receiving the detection signal of the magnetic material 291 by the reed switch 292a.

The magnetic bodies 291 of the cover 230 and the reed switches 292a of the sensor substrate 292 do not coincide with each other when the cover 230 is in the unlocking position (cover 230 shown in solid line in FIG. 6). ) Reference). In this state, when the cover 230 is rotated at an angle to the locked position, the magnetic material 291 and the reed switch 292a coincide (see the cover 230 indicated by a dashed line in FIG. 6), and the controller 293 does this. Sensing and driving the first food waste processing unit 300 and the second food waste processing unit (400,500) for a predetermined time and then stops.

On the other hand, the sensor substrate 292 is installed on the outer circumferential surface of the outer cylinder 220 in accordance with the features of the present invention so as to be movable. That is, a plurality of guide ribs 226 having grooves are formed on the outer circumferential surface of the outer cylinder 220, and a high information 227 is formed near each of the guide ribs 226. The sensor substrate 292 is accommodated in the semi-circular cover 228 and fixed, and the plurality of slots 228a corresponding to the high information 227 are formed in the semi-circular cover 228. In addition, the semicircular cover 228 is formed with a cable organizer guide 229 for organizing a plurality of cables (not shown).

The semi-circular cover 228 in which the sensor substrate 292 is accommodated is screwed through the plurality of slots 228a in a state where the sensor substrate 292 is guided to the guide rib 226 formed in the outer cylinder 220. ) Is assembled to the high information 227 to assemble the sensor substrate 292 to the outer cylinder 220. If the magnetic body 291 of the cover 230 and the reed switch 292a of the sensor substrate 292 do not match after assembling in this manner, the cover 228 is moved to the left and right in a state in which the screw S is slightly loosened. Adjust the position and tighten the screw (S).

That is, the cover 228 is positioned in the range of the width of the slot 228a formed in the cover can be fixed to the high information 227 of the outer cylinder 220 again. Here, the left and right movement distance of the cover 228 is about 20mm.

According to the installation structure of the sensor substrate 292 as described above, the magnetic bodies 291 and the sensor substrate of the cover 230 at the locking position of the cover 230 according to the thickness of the sink when the food waste treatment apparatus of the present invention is installed. There may occur a case where the reed switch 292a of the 292 is not aligned correctly, at this time, by adjusting the position of the positionally movable sensor substrate 292 as described above, the magnetic body 291 of the cover 230 And the correct alignment position of the reed switch 292a of the sensor substrate 292 can be easily set.

In addition, the controller 293 is embedded in the control box 294 fixed to the side of the outer cylinder 220. Therefore, failure of the controller 293 due to leakage can be prevented in advance.

The primary food waste processing unit 300 is first coupled to the food waste container 200 to crush the food waste collected in the food waste container 200. The primary food waste treatment unit 300 is coupled to the lower portion of the outer cylinder 220, and fixed to the inner circumferential surface of the pulverization cylinder 310 and the crushing cylinder 310 having a pulverization space and the outlet 311 The grinding ring 320, the rotary cutter plate 330 rotatably installed at the bottom of the grinding cylinder 310, and the rotary cutter plate 330 rotatably driven under the grinding cylinder 310. The drive motor 340 and the drive motor cover 350 provided in the pulverization cylinder 310 to surround the drive motor 340.

The discharge port 311 provided in the grinding barrel 310 may be integrally formed during the injection molding of the grinding barrel 310, or may be configured by making a separate discharge hole 311 and combining it with the grinding barrel 310. . In addition, the outlet 311 may be formed in an elbow or a straight shape. In addition, when the rotary cutter plate 330 is coupled to the shaft of the drive motor 340 and the drive motor 340 is driven, the rotary cutter plate 330 rotates.

The food waste collected in the food waste container 200 is smoothly lowered by the taper portion 223 of the outer cylinder 220 and introduced into the pulverization bin 310, and rotated by the driving motor 340 to rotate the rotary cutter plate ( The food waste put into the pulverization bin 310 by the action of the 330 and the grinding ring 320 is pulverized and discharged to the discharge port 311. The food waste, such as a piece of fruit, during the food waste pulverization may be pulverized well without turning by the protrusions 225 formed on the lower surface of the inward locking jaw portion 224 of the outer cylinder 220.

As illustrated in FIGS. 7 to 9, the secondary food waste processing unit includes a housing 410, a fine grinding unit 400, a microorganism input unit 510, a precipitation / stirring unit 500, and the like. .

The housing 410 is divided into a fine grinding chamber 410A and a stirring chamber 410B, and the fine grinding chamber 410A and the stirring chamber 410B communicate with each other by a communication path 412 formed in the partition wall 411. It is. In addition, the inlet 413 which is connected to the discharge port 311 and the hose (H1) formed in the grinding chamber 310 of the grinding unit 300 is formed in the grinding chamber 410A side of the housing 410, The outlet 414 connected to the sewer and the hose H2 is formed at the stirring chamber 410B side of the housing 410.

The fine grinding unit 400 is configured in the fine grinding chamber 410A of the housing 410 to secondaryly crush the food waste introduced by the first crushing to be finely divided into very small particles, and the primary food processing unit as described above. It is provided to be connected to the outlet 311 and the hose (H1) of (300).

As shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, the fine grinding unit 400 includes a fine grinding cylinder 420, a grinding knife 430, a second driving motor 440, a driving motor cover 450, and fine grinding. A cylinder cover 460 or the like.

The fine pulverization cylinder 420 is provided in the fine pulverization chamber 410A to accommodate primary crushed food waste and water introduced through the inlet 413, and is formed in a substantially hemispherical shape. An inlet hole 421 (refer to FIGS. 12 and 13) communicating with the inlet 413 of the housing 410 is formed at one side of the fine grinding cylinder 420, and the fine grinding chamber 410A has a predetermined height at the other side. A discharge port 422 (see Figs. 12 and 13) is formed, which is composed of a plurality of communicating micro holes 422a and large holes 422b. In addition, the upper surface of the fine grinding cylinder 420 is provided with a disk-shaped grinding cylinder cover 460. The grinding container cover 460 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13.

The grinding knife 430 is rotatably installed in the fine grinding cylinder 420 to secondaryly crush food waste contained in the fine grinding cylinder 430, and the second driving motor 440 is the fine grinding. It is installed in the housing 410 above the seal 410A to drive the grinding knife 430 to rotate. The drive motor cover 450 is provided on an upper portion of the housing 410 to surround the second drive motor 440.

On the other hand, as shown in Figure 10, the shaft 441 of the second drive motor 440 and the shaft 431 of the grinding knife 430 is coupled by a coupler 470. The coupler 470 is coupled to the motor shaft 441, the inner peripheral surface is coupled to the first coupler 471 and the grinding knife shaft 431 is formed on the inner circumferential surface and corresponds to the irregularities of the first coupler 471 on the outer peripheral surface The second coupler 472 is formed with irregularities.

That is, the shaft 441 of the drive motor and the shaft 431 of the grinding knife are serrated by the coupler 470. As such, when the serration is coupled to the shaft of the driving motor without directly connecting the grinding knife, vibration and noise during rotation of the grinding knife 430 may be significantly reduced.

The microorganism input unit 510 is to inject microorganisms for fermentation / decomposition into secondary food wastes which are crushed by the fine grinding unit 400 and atomized. The microorganism supply container 511 and the electronic pump 512 Equipped.

The microorganism supply container 511 is detachably installed on the upper portion of the housing 410, and stores the microorganisms therein. In addition, the electron pump 512 pumps the microorganisms of the microorganism supply container 511 into the micro grinding chamber 410A of the housing. The microorganisms of the microorganism supply container 511 may be supplied to the fine grinding chamber 410A by a free drop method, but the pressure of the fine grinding chamber 410A is high due to the high speed rotation of the grinding knife 430. There is a fear that the microorganisms are smoothly supplied by pumping using the electronic pump 512 as described above.

In the illustrative example of the present invention, the microorganism pipette unit 510 is shown as an example configured in the secondary food waste processing unit (400,500), the microorganism input unit 510 is configured in the primary food waste processing unit 300 And may be configured to disintegrate the microorganisms into the first crushed food waste.

That is, although the food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention is not specifically illustrated in the drawings, a nozzle capable of injecting microorganisms into the outlet 311 formed in the pulverization tank 310 of the primary food waste processing unit 300 is shown. By providing a, may be configured to spray microorganisms to the food waste that is first crushed and discharged by the primary food waste processing unit 300. At this time, the microorganism supply cylinder for storing the microorganisms injected by the microbial injection nozzle may be installed at the required position of the grinding cylinder.

The precipitation / stirring unit 500 precipitates and stirs food waste atomized by the micro-pulverization unit 400 and microorganisms are introduced by the microorganism input unit 510 to promote decomposition and to remove uncrushed food waste. It filters out.

The precipitation / stirring unit 500 is, as shown in Figure 9 and 10, the stirring barrel 520, the stirring blade 530, the third drive motor 540, the drive motor cover 550 and the stirring cylinder cover 560 and the like.

The stirring tube 520 is installed in the stirring chamber 410B to accommodate the food waste into which the microorganisms introduced through the communicating passage 412 of the partition 411 is provided, and at one side thereof, communicates with the communicating passage 412. A hole 521 is formed, and a lower portion is provided with a filtration unit 522 having a plurality of through holes 522a formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof.

The stirring blade 530 is rotatably installed in the filtration unit 522 of the stirring barrel 520 to stir the food waste. At this time, since the plurality of through holes 522a are formed on the outer circumferential surface of the filter unit 522, the food wastes processed smaller than the through holes 522a are discharged through the through holes, but the processed food wastes are larger than the through holes. (Or food waste) is not discharged through the through-holes remain in the filter 522.

The third drive motor 540 is installed on the upper portion of the housing 410, the shaft 541 of the drive motor and the shaft 531 of the stirring blade is the shaft 441 of the second drive motor 440 described above. ) And a shaft coupled to the shaft 431 of the grinding knife 430 by a coupler, while stirring the food waste contained in the filtration unit 522 while the stirring blade 530 rotates when the driving motor 540 is driven. It is supposed to be. As described above, if the serration is coupled without directly connecting the shaft 541 of the drive motor and the shaft 531 of the stirring blade, vibration and noise can be greatly reduced during the rotation of the stirring blade, thereby enabling a quiet operation.

The drive motor cover 550 is installed on the housing 410 to surround the third drive motor 540.

Further, the precipitation / stirring unit 500 according to the present invention includes a stirring tube cover 560 detachably installed on the upper portion of the stirring tube 520, and the stirring tube 520 and the cover 560. The third drive motor 540 is coupled. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 11, when the cover 560 is removed from the housing 410, the stirring tube 520 is separated together with the cover 560, and the filtration unit 522 is removed from the stirring tube 520. ) Can also be separated, it is possible to easily remove the food residues remaining in the filter 522.

In addition, the outlet 414 provided at one lower side of the housing 410 is provided with two outlets at different heights. As such, when the two outlets 414 are arranged at different heights, the discharge of the agitated food waste can be made very easy as compared with one outlet.

12 and 13 are views showing the structures of the fine grinding box 420A and the grinding cover 460A of the fine grinding unit 400 according to another embodiment of the present invention. With reference to this will be described another embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the fine grinding cylinder 420A is formed in a hemispherical shape, one side thereof is formed with an inlet hole 421 in communication with the inlet 413 of the housing 410, the other side of the fine grinding chamber ( An outlet 422 is formed, which is composed of a fine hole 422a and a large hole 422b communicating with 410A. The fine holes 422a and the large holes 422b of the discharge port 422 are formed along the circumferential surface of the fine grinding cylinder 420A, and thus the inside of the fine grinding cylinder 420A maintains a constant water surface.

As in the case of the embodiment of the present invention shown in Figure 9, the interior of the fine pulverizing cylinder 420A as described above, the grinding knife 430 is provided to finely crush the supplied food waste.

In addition, in order to more easily crush the food waste during the crushing of the food waste as described above, a plurality of ribs 423 protruding in the up and down direction of the fine crushing cylinder 420A are constant on the inner surface of the fine crushing cylinder 420A. It is formed at intervals, so that the food waste to be crushed by the grinding knife 430 collides with the rib 423 of the pulverizing cylinder 420A to be pulverized more finely and easily.

On the other hand, the food waste pulverized as described above is discharged to the fine grinding chamber 410A through the outlet 422, wherein the food waste pulverized very finely by the grinding knife 430 and the rib 423 is the outlet 422 The food waste is discharged through the fine hole 422a of the), and the food waste pulverized larger than this is discharged through the large hole 422b of the discharge port 422.

The pulverization cylinder cover 460A is a member formed in a disc shape that is coupled to the opened upper surface of the pulverization cylinder 420A and closes the pulverization cylinder 420A. The cover 460A is provided with a control dispersion plate 461 protruding from the inlet hole 421 of the fine pulverizing cylinder 420A to be opposed to the inlet hole 421.

The control dispersion plate 461 is controlled to distribute the amount of food waste flowing into the inlet hole 421 to both sides of the fine grinding cylinder 420A, the control dispersion plate 461 is a grinding cylinder 420A or cover ( By forming an arc shape corresponding to the circumference of 460A), the food waste flowing into the inflow hole 421 can be quickly adjusted and dispersed to both sides of the fine grinding box 420A.

Furthermore, a plurality of ribs 463, such as ribs 423 formed on the inner surface of the fine grinding cylinder 420A, are also formed on the inner surface of the cover 460A, thereby forming the inside of the fine grinding cylinder 420A. The food waste that is crushed by the grinding knife 430 at the crushing the ribs (423,463) is crushed more finely.

Therefore, as described above, the fine pulverization cylinder 420A and the cover 460A according to another embodiment of the present invention have a grinding force of food waste containing fiber by the plurality of ribs 423 and 463 formed on the inner surface thereof. The finely ground food waste may be discharged through the fine holes 422a of the pulverization bin 420A, while the finely ground food waste may be discharged through the large holes 422b. It is possible to effectively promote emissions.

The other configuration is the same as the embodiment of the present invention described above, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Hereinafter, the installation of the food waste treatment apparatus and the food waste treatment operation according to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described.

First, the installation, when separating the inner cylinder 210 and the outer cylinder 220 of the food waste container, the outer cylinder 220 (the outer cylinder is crushing unit is coupled to the lower side of the sink 10) ) And the inner cylinder 210 is coupled to the outer cylinder 220 by a screwing method at the top of the sink. In this way, since the inner cylinder 210 and the outer cylinder 220 are coupled and installed in a screw coupling manner, the food waste treating apparatus according to the present invention can be easily installed in a sink of any kind and structure regardless of the thickness of the sink.

Then, using the hose (H1) to connect the outlet 311 of the primary food waste processing unit 300 and the inlet 413 of the secondary food waste processing unit 400, the secondary food waste processing unit 500 Connect the hose (H2) to the outlet (414) of the) to the sewer.

Subsequently, after the cover 230 is inserted into the inner cylinder 210, the magnetic switches 291 provided on the cover 230 and the reed switches provided on the sensor substrate 292 in a locked position are rotated at an angle. 292a) is correct. At this time, when the positions of the magnetic bodies 291 and the reed switches 292a do not exactly match, that is, the magnetic bodies and the switch in the locking position of the cover due to the structure or assembly error of the sink when installing the food waste disposal apparatus. In some cases, the positions of the sensors may not coincide. In this case, the sensors may not be operated. Therefore, the positions of the magnetic bodies 291 and the reed switches 292a may be exactly matched by moving the positions of the sensor substrate 292. do.

If the food waste treatment apparatus of the present invention is installed in a sink such as a home or a restaurant in the same manner as described above, and then connected to a power source, the operation standby state is maintained.

When washing the dishes, the food waste generated from the sink is collected in the food waste container 200, and the collected food waste is lowered along the inclined wall (taper) of the food waste container, thereby processing the primary food waste processing unit ( The wastewater is discharged into the pulverization bin 310 of the 300 and the wastewater is discharged through the outlet 311 of the pulverization bin 310. At this time, since the cover 230 is separated from the inner cylinder 210, the primary and secondary food waste processing units 300, 400, and 500 do not operate.

After washing the dishes, the cover 230 is inserted into the inner cylinder 210 of the food waste container 200 and locked, and the magnetic substrates 291 and the sensor substrate 292 installed on the outer cylinder 220 of the cover 230. When the reed switches 292a of the operation are generated, an operation signal is generated, and the operation signal is received by the controller 293 to drive the motors 340, 440, 540 and the electronic pump 512 of the primary and secondary food waste processing units. Run for a time, for example 20 to 30 seconds.

The food waste introduced into the pulverization bin 310 by the driving of the driving motor 340 is first crushed by the action of the rotary cutter plate 330 and the grinding ring 320 and discharged to the discharge port 311. At this time, the garbage such as pieces of fruit can be turned while floating by the rotation of the rotary cutter plate 330, the food waste such as the outer piece of fruit is caught by a plurality of projections (225) provided on the lower side of the inward stopper. Grinds completely without turning.

As described above, the food waste that is first crushed and discharged to the discharge port 311 is introduced into the fine pulverization tube 420 through the inlet 413 of the fine crushing unit 400. Since the fine pulverization cylinder 420 is formed in a substantially hemispherical shape, filthy water is present in the fine pulverization cylinder 420, and the pulverizing knife 430 is second in the state in which the filthy water and the first crushed food waste are mixed. While rotating at a high speed by the drive motor 440, the food waste is secondarily crushed and atomized.

The finely divided food waste flows into the fine grinding chamber 410A through an outlet 422 provided on the upper side of the fine grinding cylinder 420 and is pumped from the microbial supply cylinder 511 in the fine grinding chamber 410A. After mixing with the microorganisms to be introduced into the stirring tube 520 through the communication passage 412 of the partition wall 411 and the inlet 521 of the stirring tube 520.

The food waste introduced into the stirring tube 520 is decomposed by being stirred by the stirring blade 530 which is rotated by the driving of the third driving motor 540 and then decomposed by the stirring chamber through the through hole 522a of the filtration unit 522. It is discharged to 410B, and finally, sewage is discharged through the outlet 414 of the housing 410.

At this time, the food waste processed smaller than the size of the through-hole 522a of the food waste agitated inside the filtration unit 522 is discharged through the through-hole 522a, but the processed food waste is larger than the size of the through-hole. As it does not exit, it remains inside the filtration unit 522. As such, the present invention can reduce the load of the sewage terminal treatment plant and the like by discharging only the atomized food waste into the sewage. Food waste remaining in the filtration unit 522 can be easily removed by separating the stirring barrel 520 from the housing.

Such a series of operations are all performed within a preset time, such as 20 seconds to 30 seconds, after which the food waste processing device stops operation and returns to the standby state.

In the above, the present invention has been described by way of example. It is to be understood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting. Various modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in light of the above teachings. Therefore, unless otherwise indicated, the present invention may be practiced freely within the scope of the claims.

10; sink 100; food waste disposal device
200; food waste bin 210; inner body
212; external thread 220; external cylinder
222; female and female portion 223; tapered portion
224; inward locking jaw portion 225; protrusion
226; fixed ribs 230; cover
281; guide protrusion 282; guide groove
291; Magnetic material 292; Sensor board
292a; Reed switch 293; Controller
300; primary food waste disposal unit
310; crusher 311; outlet
320; Grinding ring 330; Rotary cutter plate
340,440,540; Drive motor 350,450,550; Drive motor cover
400; fine grinding unit 410; housing
410A; Fine grinding chamber 410B; Stirring chamber
420; grinding wheel 430; grinding knife
411; housing bulkhead 412; communication hole
413; inlet 414; outlet
500; Precipitation / Stirring Unit 510; Microorganism Input Unit
511; microbial supply container 512; electron pump
520; Stirring 521; Stirring Inlet
522; filtration unit 522a; through-hole
530; Stirring 560; Cover

Claims (24)

It is inserted into the sink drain hole and is formed with an outward flange on the top of the sink drain hole, and an outer circumferential surface of the inner cylinder having a male thread portion, a female thread portion corresponding to the male thread portion of the inner cylinder is formed on the inner circumferential surface and coupled to the inner cylinder by a screw coupling method. And a taper portion inwardly inclined at the lower portion of the female screw portion, and having an outer cylinder body formed integrally with an annular inwardly engaging jaw portion at the end of the tapered portion, and a cover for selectively covering the upper opening of the inner cylinder body and being discharged from the sink. Food waste bins for collecting food waste;
A primary food waste processing unit coupled to the food waste container for crushing and discharging the food waste that is input through the food waste container;
Finely pulverize the food waste firstly pulverized in the primary food waste processing unit and discharged with water, and administering microorganisms for decomposition of the crushed food waste, and precipitating and stirring the food waste to which the microorganisms are administered. A secondary food waste treatment unit for filtering large particles of food waste and discharging particulate food waste into the sewerage with water;
A locking unit for locking / unlocking the cover to the inner cylinder; And
And a drive control unit which automatically drives the primary food waste processing unit and the secondary food waste processing unit for a predetermined time when the cover is locked to the inner cylinder. The method of claim 1, wherein the secondary food waste treatment unit,
The interior is divided into a fine grinding chamber and a stirring chamber, the fine grinding chamber and the stirring chamber are communicated by a communication path formed in the partition wall, the inlet is formed in the fine grinding chamber connected to the primary food waste processing unit and the hose, the stirring chamber The housing is formed with a discharge port connected to the sewer and hose;
A fine grinding unit which is configured in the fine grinding chamber of the housing and finely grinds the food waste which is first crushed into the secondary;
Microbial input unit for supplying microorganisms to decompose the food waste finely ground by the fine grinding unit; And
And a settling / stirring unit which precipitates and stirs the food waste into which the microorganisms have been added, to promote decomposition and to filter out uncrushed food waste. The method of claim 2, wherein the fine grinding unit,
It is provided in the fine grinding chamber to accommodate the first crushed food waste and water flowing through the inlet, one side is formed with an inlet communicating with the inlet, the other side is formed with a plurality of fine holes and large holes Formed fine grinding cylinder;
A cover coupled to the upper opening of the grinding mill;
A grinding knife rotatably installed in the fine grinding box to secondaryly grind the food waste contained in the fine grinding box to atomize it;
A second driving motor installed above the grinding chamber of the housing to rotate the grinding knife; And
And a drive motor cover installed on an upper portion of the housing to surround the second drive motor. The method of claim 1, wherein the locking unit,
Several guide protrusions protruding at equal intervals from the inner circumferential surface of the inner cylinder; And
And a plurality of guide grooves formed on the cover to correspond to the plurality of guide protrusions, the guide grooves having a vertical groove portion and a horizontal groove portion extending horizontally from the vertical groove portion. Food waste disposal apparatus, characterized in that for locking the vertical groove of the cover by inserting the cover in accordance with the guide projection of the inner cylinder and rotated by a predetermined angle. The method of claim 1, wherein the drive control unit,
Three magnetic bodies attached to the cover at a predetermined interval;
A sensor substrate provided on an outer circumferential surface of the outer cylinder and having three reed switches arranged to coincide with three magnetic bodies attached to the cover when the cover is rotated to the locking position; And
And a controller configured to control driving of the first and second food waste processing units in response to a detection signal of the magnetic material by the reed switch. The method of claim 5,
And the sensor substrate is disposed on the outer cylinder so as to be moved left and right when the lid is rotated to the locking position so that the magnetic body of the lid and the reed switch of the sensor substrate can be adjusted. The method of claim 5,
The sensor substrate is accommodated in a semi-circular cover is fixed,
On the outer circumferential surface of the outer cylinder is formed a plurality of guide ribs for guiding the position of the sensor substrate and several high information for fixing the semi-circular cover,
The semi-circular cover is formed with several slots corresponding to the high information, the semi-circular cover is fixed to the outer cylinder by a screw fastened to the high information through the slot, while in the range corresponding to the size of the slot Food waste processing apparatus, characterized in that to be fixed by moving the position of the semi-circular cover. The method of claim 5,
The controller is a food waste processing apparatus, characterized in that built in the control box is fixed to the side of the outer cylinder. The method of claim 1,
The predetermined time is a food waste processing apparatus, characterized in that 20 seconds to 30 seconds. The method of claim 1,
And a plurality of projections formed on a lower surface of the annular locking jaw formed in the outer cylinder to prevent food waste from turning when the food waste is crushed by the primary food waste processing unit. According to claim 1, wherein said primary food waste processing unit,
A grinding barrel coupled to a lower portion of the food container and having an outlet;
A grinding ring fixed to the inner circumferential surface of the grinding barrel;
A rotary cutter plate rotatably installed at the bottom of the grinding barrel;
A drive motor installed at a lower portion of the pulverization cylinder to rotationally drive the rotary cutter plate; And
And a drive motor cover installed at a lower portion of the pulverization cylinder so as to surround the drive motor. The method of claim 11,
The discharge port is a food waste processing apparatus, characterized in that formed integrally with the crushing bin. A food waste container installed at the sink drain to collect food waste discharged from the sink;
A primary food waste processing unit coupled to the food waste container for crushing and discharging the food waste that is input through the food waste container; And
Finely pulverize the food waste firstly pulverized in the primary food waste processing unit and discharged with water, and administering microorganisms for decomposition of the crushed food waste, and precipitating and stirring the food waste to which the microorganisms are administered. And a secondary food waste treatment unit for filtering large particles of food waste and discharging particulate food waste into the sewerage with water.
The secondary food waste processing unit,
The interior is divided into a fine grinding chamber and a stirring chamber, the fine grinding chamber and the stirring chamber are communicated by a communication path formed in the partition wall, the inlet is formed in the fine grinding chamber connected to the primary food waste processing unit and the hose, the stirring chamber The housing is formed with a discharge port connected to the sewer and hose;
A fine grinding unit which is configured in the fine grinding chamber of the housing and finely grinds the food waste which is first crushed into the secondary;
Microbial input unit for supplying microorganisms to decompose the food waste finely ground by the fine grinding unit; And
And a settling / stirring unit which precipitates and stirs the food waste into which the microorganisms have been added, to promote decomposition and to filter out uncrushed food waste. The method of claim 13, wherein the fine grinding unit,
It is provided in the fine grinding chamber to accommodate the first crushed food waste and water flowing through the inlet, one side is formed with an inlet communicating with the inlet, the other side is formed with a plurality of fine holes and large holes Formed fine grinding cylinder;
A cover coupled to the upper opening of the grinding mill;
A grinding knife rotatably installed in the fine grinding box to secondaryly grind the food waste contained in the fine grinding box to atomize it;
A second driving motor installed above the grinding chamber of the housing to rotate the grinding knife; And
And a drive motor cover installed on an upper portion of the housing to surround the second drive motor. The method according to claim 3 or 14, wherein
Food waste processing apparatus, characterized in that the inner surface of any one or both of the fine pulverization cylinder and the cover is formed with a plurality of ribs protruding to crush the food waste to be crushed by a grinding knife. The method according to claim 3 or 14, wherein
The cover of the food waste treatment apparatus, characterized in that the control distribution plate for controlling the food waste supplied to the fine pulverization through the inlet hole to distribute to both sides of the fine pulverization. The method of claim 16,
The control dispersion plate is a food waste treatment apparatus, characterized in that formed in an arc shape corresponding to the circumference of the fine pulverization cylinder or cover. The method according to claim 3 or 14, wherein
And a shaft of the second driving motor and a shaft of the grinding knife are serration-coupled by a coupler. The method of claim 2 or 13, wherein the microorganism input unit,
A microbial supply container detachably installed on an upper portion of the housing and storing microorganisms; And
And an electronic pump for pumping the microorganisms of the microbial supply container into the micro crushing chamber of the housing. The method of claim 2 or 13, wherein the precipitation / stirring unit,
A stirring barrel installed in the stirring chamber to accommodate the food waste into which microorganisms are introduced through the communication passage of the partition wall, and having a filtration unit having a plurality of through holes formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof;
A stirring blade rotatably installed on the filtration unit of the stirring tube to stir the food waste;
A third drive motor installed at an upper portion of the stirring chamber of the housing to drive the stirring blade to rotate; And
And a drive motor cover installed on an upper portion of the housing to surround the third drive motor. The method of claim 20,
A cover is detachably installed on the upper portion of the stirring tube, and the stirring tube and the third driving motor are coupled to the cover, and the stirring tube is separated together with the cover when the cover is removed to remove food residues remaining in the filter part. Food waste disposal apparatus, characterized in that configured to be. The method of claim 20,
And a shaft of the third drive motor and a shaft of the stirring blade are serration-coupled by a coupler. The method according to claim 2 or 13,
Discharge port of the housing is a food waste processing apparatus, characterized in that the two outlets are provided at different heights. It is inserted into the sink drain hole and is formed with an outward flange on the top of the sink drain hole, and an outer circumferential surface of the inner cylinder having a male thread portion, a female thread portion corresponding to the male thread portion of the inner cylinder is formed on the inner circumferential surface and coupled to the inner cylinder by a screw coupling method. And a taper portion inwardly inclined at the lower portion of the female screw portion, and having an outer cylinder body formed integrally with an annular inwardly engaging jaw portion at the end of the tapered portion, and a cover for selectively covering the upper opening of the inner cylinder body and being discharged from the sink. Food waste bins for collecting food waste;
A primary food waste processing unit coupled to the food waste container for crushing and discharging the food waste that is input through the food waste container;
A microbial injection nozzle provided in an outlet provided in a pulverization container of the primary food waste processing unit to inject microorganisms for decomposing food waste into the food waste that is first crushed by the primary food waste processing unit;
The first food waste treatment unit is first crushed by the first food waste microbial finely secondary food waste, and further, by precipitating and stirring the food waste to filter out the large particles of food waste and particulate food waste with water Second food waste treatment unit to discharge to the sewer;
A locking unit for locking / unlocking the cover to the inner cylinder; And
And a drive control unit which automatically drives the primary food waste processing unit and the secondary food waste processing unit for a predetermined time when the cover is locked to the inner cylinder.

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