KR101215310B1 - Food waste processing apparatus for kichen sink - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A food waste disposal device for a sink is provided to crush and ferment food waste in a sink without an additional collecting container. CONSTITUTION: A food waste disposal device for a sink comprises a crushing tank(20), a first impeller(61), a stirring fermentation tank(30), a second impeller(65), and a motor(50). The crushing tank is fixed to a drain in a sink and has multiple first through holes(21). The first impeller is installed inside the crushing tank to crush food waste and discharge the crushed food waste to the outer sides of the first through holes. The stirring fermentation tank receives the crushing tank therein and ferments the crushed food waste using a microbe carrier. The second impeller is installed inside the stirring fermentation tank and stirs the crushed food waste. The motor rotates the first and second impellers.

Description

Food waste processing device for sink {FOOD WASTE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR KICHEN SINK}

The present invention relates to a food waste treatment apparatus for a sink, specifically, the present invention can be ground and fermented in a sink without putting in a separate collection container, can reduce the production cost and installation cost, and crush, compress and The present invention relates to a low-cost, high-efficiency sink food waste treatment apparatus that can significantly reduce energy consumption compared to a conventional method of drying.

Generally, sinks are installed in kitchens such as apartments, officetels, restaurants, etc. and are used for washing dishes or washing fruits or vegetables. That is, when the structure of the sink is described with reference to FIG. 1, the sink 100 has a sink ball 101 having a space in which water is stored, and water is drained to the center of the bottom surface of the sink ball 101. A drain hole 102 is formed to be formed, and a strainer 103 for filtering food waste is installed in the drain hole 102. In addition, in the sink 100, the preparation of food ingredients, cooking, and washing after meals are performed. After washing, the smell of food waste does not spread to the room, and to prevent the breeding of insects, the sink 100 must be used. The food waste collected in the strainer (103) has to be disposed of in a separate collection container, and in the process, the work was notoriously difficult and cumbersome by food leachate.

In addition, if the food waste generated in the sink 100 is transported and stored in the collection container as described above, not only odors are generated, but also parasites or insects are generated, which contaminates the indoor environment. There was an inconvenience to keep in.

On the other hand, the Republic of Korea Patent No. 10-0859554 is installed in the lower portion of the sink (2) of the box-shaped processing tank 10 to form a space for processing food waste that is introduced into the drain; and, of the treatment tank 10 Food waste input unit 20 installed on the upper portion; and a housing 31 for receiving the food waste input unit 20, and a pair of finely crushed by grinding the food waste delivered from the food waste input unit 20 Compression roller 32 and the feed screw 34 is installed in the lower portion of the compression roller 32 to convey the crushed food waste to the outside of the housing 31 through the food waste delivery passage 33 Food waste crushing unit 30; And, the drying bin 41 for receiving the food waste transported from the food waste crushing unit 30, and the air flow generating device 42 for generating an air flow to dry the food waste contained in the drying bin 41 Disclosed is a food waste processing apparatus for a sink comprising a; food waste drying unit (40) consisting of.

The registered patent has a problem in that food waste is processed through a complicated process in which food waste is compressed and crushed with a compression roller and dried again, and the dried food waste should be discharged.

In addition, food waste is stored for a certain period of time until it is collected at the food waste discharging site.In this process, food waste is decayed or not completely enclosed, resulting in odors and hotbeds such as mold or bacteria. There were various problems such as food waste flowing down and adversely affecting the living environment.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a food waste treatment apparatus for the sink substitute can be ground and fermented in the sink without putting food waste in a separate collection container.

In addition, since the object of the present invention is formed in a relatively simple structure, it is possible to reduce the manufacturing cost or installation cost, and a low cost-high efficiency sink stand that can significantly reduce the energy consumed compared to the conventional method of grinding, pressing and drying. It is to provide a food waste treatment device for.

In addition, the object of the present invention is to decompose and remove the food waste by the microbial fermentation, it is not necessary to treat the food waste separately after completing the use can be used conveniently, and can reduce the smell generated during the process It is to provide a food waste treatment device for Think.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a food waste treating apparatus for a sink, comprising: a grinding container fixed to a sink drain and having a plurality of first through holes formed therein; A first impeller installed in the grinding bin to crush food waste introduced and discharging the crushed food waste to the outside of the first through hole; A stirred fermentation container for accommodating the grinding box and fermenting the ground food waste with a microbial carrier; A second impeller installed in the stirring fermentation tank to stir the ground food waste; And a motor for rotating the first impeller and the second impeller.

In addition, the sink for food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention further includes a culture vessel for accommodating a fermentation shaker and incubating microorganisms and supplying the microorganism to the stirred fermentation shaker, wherein the culture vessel is divided up and down based on the lower end of the stirred fermentation shaker. Separation network is formed, the drain is formed in the lower portion is characterized in that the microbial carrier is filled to culture the microorganism.

In addition, the first impeller of the sink for food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention is composed of a plurality of blades spaced 0.5 to 1.5mm from the side or bottom of the grinding bin, the blade is a high front end and a rear end with respect to the rotation direction It is formed low, the second impeller is characterized by consisting of a plurality of blades in the front end is low and the rear end is high in the rotational direction.

In addition, the sink of the sink waste food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention is fixed to the first flange that the strainer is seated inward, the first flange is screwed with the second flange seated in the grinding bin, The second flange is formed with a culture lid coupled to the top of the culture vessel, the culture vessel is characterized in that the fastener is formed to be coupled to the culture lid.

In addition, the culture lid of the food waste treatment apparatus for the sink according to the present invention is formed integrally with the second flange or is formed separately and coupled, the fastener is a locking lever for fastening the culture lid in the longitudinal direction by pressing It is characterized by.

According to the sink food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention having the configuration described above, the food waste can be ground and fermented in the sink without putting in a separate collection container is hygienic and easy to use.

In addition, according to the sink for food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention, since it is formed in a relatively simple structure, it is possible to reduce the manufacturing cost and installation cost, and significantly consumes energy compared to the conventional method of grinding, pressing and drying. There is an effect that can be reduced.

In addition, according to the food waste treatment apparatus for sinks according to the present invention, since food waste is decomposed and removed by microbial fermentation, it is not necessary to treat food waste separately after completion of use, and thus can be used conveniently. There is also an effect that can reduce the odor generated.

Figure 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a first embodiment of a food waste treatment apparatus for replace the sink according to the present invention.
2 is a cross-sectional view showing a first embodiment of a food waste treatment apparatus for sinks according to the present invention.
3A and 3B are perspective views respectively showing a first impeller and a second impeller of the present invention.
4 is a view showing a state in which the first impeller and the second impeller of the present invention is driven.
5 and 6 are a perspective view and an exploded perspective view respectively showing a second embodiment of the sink for food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention.
Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a second embodiment of the sink waste food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention.
8 is a view showing a state that is coupled to the culture lid and the culture vessel of the present invention.
9 is a perspective view showing a drain of a general sink.
10 is a view showing a conventional food waste treatment apparatus for a sink.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and the contents described below. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described herein but may be embodied in other forms. Rather, the embodiments disclosed herein are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art.

1 is an exploded perspective view showing a first embodiment of the sink for food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a first embodiment of the sink for food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention.

And (a) and (b) of FIG. 3 are perspective views respectively showing a first impeller and a second impeller of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a view showing a state in which the first impeller and the second impeller of the present invention are driven. to be.

1 to 4, the sink for food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention is largely made of the grinding bin 20, the first impeller 61 and the food waste is made of the ground of the food waste It includes a stirring fermentation barrel (30), a second impeller (65) and a motor (50).

Specifically, the sink for food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention is fixed to the drain hole of the sink (S), the pulverization bin 20, a plurality of first through-hole 21 is formed, installed in the crushing bin 20 The food waste to be thrown in, and the first impeller 61 for discharging the ground food waste to the outside of the first through hole 21 and the ground container 20 are accommodated. Stirred fermentation barrel (30) to ferment with a microorganism carrier (C), the second impeller (65) and the first impeller (61) and the second impeller (30) installed in the stirred fermentation barrel (30) to stir the ground food waste ( And a motor 50 that rotates 65.

The first flange 13 to which the strainer 11 is seated inward is fixed to the sink S, and the first flange 13 is a second flange 15 to which the grinding cylinder 20 is seated inward. Screw)

Steps 14 and 16 are formed on inner circumferential surfaces of the first flange 13 and the second flange 15 to fix the strainer 11 and the grinding box 20, respectively.

A plurality of holes 12 are formed in the strainer 11 to remove moisture from the collected food waste, and temporarily store the food waste from which the water is removed, and then move to the grinding bin 20.

Therefore, when a certain amount of food waste is collected, the strainer is separated from the first flange 13 to empty the food waste in the grinding bin 20 and is seated on the first flange 13 again.

At this time, to prevent the smell of food waste in the sink can be further provided with a lid 10 that is closely coupled to the sieve (11).

The grinding cylinder 20 may be formed of a net body having an upper portion open, a first through-hole 21 formed on the side and the bottom thereof, and may be made of a metal or synthetic resin material.

The first through hole 21 serves as a passage through which the food waste, which is crushed and crushed by the first impeller 61, specifically, the blade 62, is discharged.

It is preferable that the first through hole 21 formed on the side of the grinding cylinder 20 is formed to be vertically long.

Specifically, since the first through-hole 21 is formed long in the direction crossing the direction in which the first impeller 61 rotates, the first through-hole 21 and the first impeller 61 rotates. The number of times of contact with the wall 22 alternately increases.

Therefore, not only the grinding of the food waste, but also the discharge of the ground food waste efficiently.

For the same reason as above, the first through hole formed in the bottom may be configured to intersect the direction in which the first impeller 61 rotates.

The stirring fermentation barrel 30 serves to remove food waste by fermentation, so that a plurality of microbial carriers (C) is filled.

The type of microorganisms inhabiting the microorganism carrier (C) is not particularly limited, and known microorganisms which ferment and decompose food waste can be used. The microbial carrier may exemplify a PE (PolyEthylene) bead having a structure in which fine pores are formed therein.

Water is discharged at the bottom of the stirring fermentation barrel 30 is configured to form a plurality of second through-hole 31 smaller than the first through-hole 21 so that the discharge of food waste is suppressed, stirring fermentation barrel 30 The side of is configured to be sealed.

And the upper part of the stirring fermentation tank 30 is located in the upper grinding chamber 20 fixed to the second flange 15, the lower impeller 65 is located.

The second impeller 65 serves to agitate the food waste and the microbial carrier supplied from the grinding bin 20.

Water passing sequentially through the hole 12, the first through hole 21 and the second through hole 31 of the filter net is discharged to the outside through the drain hole 46 formed in the drain 45, The drain 46 is coupled to the drain pipe connected to the outside.

Meanwhile, referring to FIGS. 3A and 4, the first impeller 61 has two blades 62 spaced apart from the side or bottom surface of the grinding box 20 by 0.5 to 1.5 mm, preferably 1 mm. ) Is formed. However, the separation distance of 0.5 to 1.5mm is merely an example, and can be added or subtracted in consideration of various matters such as the amount of food waste put into the grinding bin 20 and the grinding bin 20.

In addition, the blade 62 of the first impeller 61 preferably has a high front end 63 and a low rear end 64 in the rotational direction. That is because the food waste is continuously injected into the space formed at the lower portion of the front end portion 63 as the blade 62 rotates, thereby increasing the grinding efficiency.

Referring to FIGS. 3B and 4, the second impeller 65 serves to stir the food waste W injected into the microbial carrier C and the stirring fermentation container 30. By stirring as described above, the fermentation of food waste by the microorganism in the microorganism carrier (C) is made smoothly.

In contrast to the first impeller 61, the second impeller 65 preferably has two blades 66 having a low front end 67 and a high rear end 68 in the rotational direction. Therefore, when the blade 66 of the second impeller 65 is rotated, the mixed food waste (W) and the microbial carrier (C) is carried over the upper surface of the blade 66, the mixing is made efficiently.

As such, the first impeller 61 and the second impeller 65 may be connected to one motor 50, specifically, the driving shaft 51 to rotate in the same direction and speed.

Hereinafter, a second embodiment of a food waste treatment apparatus for sinks according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, in the above description of the present invention, the same or similar components are given the same or similar reference numerals, and detailed descriptions of overlapping contents will be omitted.

5 and 6 are a perspective view and an exploded perspective view showing a second embodiment of the sink substitute food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention, Figure 7 is a second embodiment of a sink substitute food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention Figure 8 is a cross-sectional view, and Figure 8 is a view showing a state coupled to the culture lid and the culture vessel of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 5 to 8, the food waste treatment apparatus for substitute sink according to the present invention accommodates the stirred fermentation barrel 30 and culture the microorganisms to supply the culture fermentation tank (30) to the stirred fermentation barrel (30) It can be configured to include more.

The culture vessel 40 is formed with a carrier separation network 48 for partitioning up and down based on the lower end of the stirred fermentation barrel (30).

The upper part of the carrier separation network 48 is divided into a culture part 41 is filled with a microorganism carrier (C), the drain portion 45 is formed in the drain hole 46 at the bottom.

At this time, the stirring fermentation barrel 30, unlike in Figure 2 is formed on the second through hole 31. And microorganisms cultured in the culture vessel 40 through the second through hole 31 formed in the side is moved to the stirring fermentation barrel (30).

The stirring fermentation barrel 30 has a lot of contact with water relative to the culture vessel 40 spaced outward of the outer peripheral surface.

Therefore, since a considerable amount of microorganisms in the stirred fermentation barrel 30 is washed down with a drain, in order to stably use the food waste treatment apparatus for a long time, the microorganisms are separately cultured in the culture vessel 40 and then the fermentation vessel 30 is stirred. It is preferable to supply.

The carrier separation network 48 is configured to be connected to the side of the culture vessel 40 at the lower end of the stirring fermentation barrel 30, the third through-hole 49 is formed so that the water is discharged to the drain 45. . And the carrier separation network 48 also serves to fix the stirred fermentation barrel 30 to the culture vessel (40).

The culture lid 17 is positioned at the top of the culture vessel 40 to serve to seal the culture vessel 40.

And the culture lid 17 may be formed integrally with the second flange, it may be of a structure that is manufactured separately and coupled to the second flange as shown in FIG.

Referring to Figure 8, the culture lid 17 and the second flange 15 is coupled by a fastener.

The fastener is preferably coupled to the locking lever 47 to be fastened in a way to press the culture lid in the longitudinal direction.

The locking lever 47 has a ring portion 470 that is caught on the upper surface of the culture lid, a fixing portion 472 hinged to the culture vessel 40, and the ring portion 470 and the fixing portion 472, respectively It is composed of a hinge portion 471 coupled.

This is because it is difficult to connect the drain hole and the drain pipe exactly in the desired direction when using a screw fastening method.

Therefore, when the locking lever 47 using the pressurization method of the present invention is used, when the culture lid 17 and the second flange 15 are combined, the drain hole 46 and the drain pipe can be adjusted and fixed in a desired direction. It provides convenience in construction in the lower space of narrow sink.

The embodiments described herein and the accompanying drawings are merely illustrative of some of the technical ideas included in the present invention. Therefore, since the embodiments disclosed herein are not intended to limit the technical spirit of the present invention but to explain, it is obvious that the scope of the technical spirit of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. Modifications and specific embodiments that can be easily inferred by those skilled in the art within the scope of the technical spirit included in the specification and drawings of the present invention should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

10: lid 11: sieve
12: hole 13: the first flange
14: step 15: second flange
16: step 17: culture lid
20: grinding hole 21: the first through hole
30: stirred fermentation barrel 31: second through hole
40: culture container 41: culture unit
45: drain 46: drain
47: locking lever 48: carrier separation network
49: third through hole 50: motor
51: drive shaft 52: motor casing
53: motor base 61: first impeller
62: blade 63: shear
64: rear end 65: second impeller
66: blade 67: shear
68: rear end S: sink
C: carrier
W: Food waste

Claims (5)

A grinding cylinder fixed to the sink drain and having a plurality of first through holes formed therein;
A first impeller installed in the grinding bin to crush food waste introduced and discharging the crushed food waste to the outside of the first through hole;
A stirred fermentation container for accommodating the grinding box and fermenting the ground food waste with a microbial carrier;
A second impeller installed in the stirring fermentation tank to stir the ground food waste; And
A motor for rotating the first impeller and the second impeller;
Think waste food waste treatment apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 1,
Receiving the stirred fermentation barrel and further comprising a culture vessel for culturing microorganisms and supplying the stirred fermentation barrel,
The culture vessel is formed of a carrier separation network for partitioning up and down based on the lower end of the stirring fermentation tank, the drain is formed in the lower portion of the sink for food waste treatment apparatus characterized in that the microbial carrier is filled to culture the microorganism. The method of claim 1,
The first impeller is composed of a plurality of blades spaced 0.5 to 1.5mm from the side or bottom surface of the grinding block,
The blade has a high front end and a low rear end with respect to the rotational direction,
The second impeller is a food waste processing apparatus for the sink, characterized in that the front end portion is made of a plurality of blades high in the rear end and high in the rotational direction. The method of claim 2,
The first flange is fixed to the sink drain hole is seated inward, the first flange is screwed with the second flange seated in the grinding bin,
The second flange is formed with a culture lid coupled to the top of the culture vessel,
The waste container for food waste treatment device characterized in that the fastener is formed to be coupled to the culture lid. 5. The method of claim 4,
The culture lid is formed integrally with the second flange or formed separately and combined,
The fastener is a food waste processing apparatus for the sink, characterized in that the locking lever for fastening in a manner of pressing the culture lid in the longitudinal direction.

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