KR101277408B1 - Transfer device for food waste - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A food waste transfer device is provided to prevent the adherence of food waste by strong water flow and to improve the grinding efficiency of food waste. CONSTITUTION: A food waste transfer device comprises a grinding part(110), a storage part(130), and an ∩-shaped discharge pipe(150). The grinding part comprises a strainer(114), a grinding disk(120), a swirl chamber(116), and a grinding ring(118). The grinding disk comprises a cutter blade, a discharge hole, a siphon wing, a discharge groove, a mixer protrusion, and a through-hole. The mixer protrusion autonomously rotates through a centrifugal force along with the rotation of the grinding disk. The swirl chamber is formed with a spiral bottom surface with a slope and an outlet(119). The inside of the storage part is formed with an accepting part(131) which comprises an elbow pipe(134). The elbow pipe is connected to a pipe part(132) and is adjacent to the bottom surface.

Description

Transfer device for food waste

The present invention relates to a food waste transport apparatus configured to be disposed under a drain of a sink to discharge food waste to the outside, such as a sewage solid-liquid collection basin with pre-stored sewage.

Food wastes (garbage) that are discharged from conventional homes, restaurants, etc. contain a large amount of water, which is difficult to treat and contaminates the environment.

In general, food waste should be dried in a standard bag without leachate and then discharged in a standard bag. However, the food waste is discharged in a standard bag while water remains.

Based on these problems, a dehydration device for removing moisture from food waste has been proposed, and a food waste processor for removing odor using a deodorizer and decomposing food by dissolving and stirring food using microorganisms and stirring. It is becoming.

An example of such a food waste disposer is provided with a motor at a lower side of a sink drain case, and a shaft of the motor penetrates the waste filter bin and additionally forms a crushing fan (rotary cutter), thereby providing a food waste disposer such as a blender. In addition, the food waste treatment device has a problem that waste water resources because it has a structure to operate by receiving additional tap water during grinding or washing.

In addition, such a food waste disposal device has a structure in which when the food waste is filled in the strainer, the motor is driven to crush the waste by rotating the rotating cutter accordingly. However, such a conventional food waste handler does not have to completely process the incoming food waste to be pulverized, and there is a need to separately collect and process the remaining residue after the dish washing operation.

This is because of the components of the domestic food, because the components of the domestic food waste mainly made of fiber, such as vegetables or vegetables, it is difficult to completely decompose food waste. For this reason, it is necessary to manually clean the inside of the device separately, causing noise when the device is operating, and causing problems such as backflow of crushed food waste.

Therefore, the problem to be solved by the present invention is to temporarily recycle the wastewater used for washing dishes, and then used for food waste treatment to recycle wastewater, and excellent grinding efficiency based on the device structure, and the ground food waste is crushed inside the device. It is to provide a food waste transport apparatus that does not need to be cleaned by allowing it to be completely discharged to the outside without being deposited in the.

Food and beverage waste conveying apparatus of the present invention is in communication with the drain port, the upper end of the pulverizing portion consisting of a space portion that can be opened and closed by the cover portion, and a crush plate disposed in the space portion; A storage unit spaced apart from the crushing unit and communicating with the tube unit; And an inverted "U" shaped discharge pipe connected to the discharge port and having an uppermost end higher than that of the pipe part.

The food waste conveying apparatus of the present invention configured as described above relates to a device for processing the food waste generated by washing dishes, etc. by pulverization, and causing the flow of water to transfer the crushed food waste to a separate collecting well or the like. .

Here, the crushing unit is in close contact with the inner circumference of the space portion, the container-shaped sieve provided in a position higher than the tube portion, a crushing plate disposed in a lower position than the tube portion coupled to the drive shaft, and the crushing plate downward direction It is formed in the vortex chamber and the discharge port is formed on one side, in close contact with the rim of the crushing plate is coupled to the inner periphery of the space portion, characterized in that the tubular polishing ring formed with a plurality of long holes formed on the side.

In addition, the pulverizing plate, one or more cutter blades protruding to have an inclined gradient in the direction of rotation, discharge holes formed in the lower portion of the cutter blades, one or more siphon wings formed on the bottom surface, a plurality formed on the rim The discharge groove of the, and one side is made of a relatively large asymmetrical shape and the one or more mixer projections are coupled through the coupling pin, characterized in that the plurality of through holes formed in the radius of rotation of the mixer projections is configured.

Here, the mixer protrusion is coupled to be flowable through a coupling pin at a position adjacent to the polishing ring on the upper surface of the crushing plate, and a relatively large area of one side is formed with a millstone portion, and the crushing plate rotates itself by centrifugal force. Rotate to.

In addition, the vortex chamber is characterized in that the spiral bottom surface having a slope in the downward direction from the first vortex surface to the second vortex surface is formed and the discharge port is formed at the end of the second vortex surface.

In addition, the storage unit, the receiving portion is formed therein, characterized in that the elbow pipe connected to the tube portion is formed to be adjacent to the bottom surface of the receiving portion.

As described above, the food waste transporting apparatus according to the present invention has an environmentally friendly advantage by storing a sewage discharged by washing dishes in a sink or the like, and then, presenting a structure that can use the stored sewage when treating food waste. .

In addition, the food waste transport apparatus according to the present invention has an advantage of improving the grinding efficiency of the food waste based on the structure of the crush plate.

In addition, the food waste conveying apparatus according to the present invention has an advantage of preventing the food waste from being stuck inside the device by spilling the crushed food waste to the outside by causing a strong flow of water.

1 is a perspective view showing an example configured food waste transport apparatus according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is a front sectional view of the food waste transport apparatus according to the present invention.
3A and 3B are perspective views showing a pulverizing plate which is one component of the present invention.
4 is a perspective view of a swirl chamber which is one configuration of the present invention.
5 is a view showing the operating state of the food waste transport apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the structure and operation of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In describing the present invention, the term or word used in the present specification and claims is based on the principle that the inventor can appropriately define the concept of the term in order to best describe the invention of his or her own. It should be interpreted as meanings and concepts corresponding to the technical idea of

Food waste transporting apparatus according to the present invention is configured in the drain 101 of the sink and relates to a device for pulverizing and transporting (discharging) food waste, the discharge to the sump, etc., domestic food waste waste fiber a considerable proportion Grinding unit 110 having a suitable grinding function is configured to store the sewage used during washing, crushing food waste in the crushing unit 110, the pulverized food waste is discharged to the outside by the siphon principle It is provided with a separate storage unit 120 and the discharge tube 150 that can be made.

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

Specifically, referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the food waste transporting apparatus according to the present embodiment has an upper portion communicating with a drain hole 101 of a sink, and a discharge hole at which a reverse “U” type discharge tube 150 is connected to a lower portion thereof. 119 is composed of a crushing unit 110 and the storage unit 130 is spaced apart from the crushing unit 110 and communicated by the tube unit 132.

The crushing unit 110 is formed with a space portion 112 for accommodating wastewater and food waste due to washing dishes introduced from the drain hole 101 through an upper portion thereof, and a crushing plate 120 inside the space portion 112. Is disposed, the pipe portion 132 is coupled to the upper side of the space portion 112, the vortex chamber 116 is formed on the lower portion of the crushing plate 120 and the discharge port on the lower side of the vortex chamber 116 119 is formed.

The cover 112 is formed in the space 112 to cover the upper portion of the crushing unit 110 opened during the crushing operation of the crushing unit 110. That is, the lid 111 is configured to open and close the upper end of the space 112 and to open and close the upper end of the space 112.

Since the space portion 112 is in a state of communicating with the atmosphere during the dish-based construction of the lid portion 111, as described below, the inner bottom surface of the uppermost portion of the inverted “U” type discharge pipe 150 (h ) Is to maintain the water level of the sewage at the position formed, the lid 111 blocks the upper end of the space 112 based on the operation of the sensor, such that when the food waste waste is discharged back to the drain 101 In addition, the siphon phenomenon is generated based on the shape of the discharge tube 150 and the like, and the food wastes crushed together with the sewage stored in the storage 130 and the sewage stored in the crushing unit 110 are completely discharged to the outside. It is to be possible. Although not shown in the drawing, the cover part 111 and the upper surface of the crushing part 110 corresponding to the cover part 111 may be equipped with a magnetic sensor to detect whether the cover part 111 is opened or closed. In addition to the sensor, the sensor that can detect whether the opening and closing may use a known configuration, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, the space 112 has a container shape that is located above the pipe 132 so as to be in close contact with the inner circumference of the space 112 in order to filter out a teaspoon or the like in advance, it is difficult to grind in the food waste. The sieve 114 of is configured.

On the other hand, the grinding unit 110 is attached to the inner circumference of the disk-shaped grinding plate 120, the space 112 to rotate to crush the food waste, the grinding ring disposed in a position corresponding to the grinding plate 120 ( 118, the motor 102 to which the center of the grinding plate 120 and the rotating shaft 104 are coupled is further configured.

The pulverization plate 120 is configured at the lower portion of the space portion 112, the pulverization plate 120 is a motor 102 and the rotating shaft 104 is configured in the watertight space in the lower portion of the crushing unit 110 It is connected and configured to interlock integrally.

Referring to FIG. 3, one or more cutter blades 122 are formed on the upper surface of the crushing plate 120 to protrude to have an inclined gradient in the direction of rotation, and the discharge hole 124 is disposed at a position where the cutter blades 122 are disposed. ) Is formed to allow the food waste, which is finely ground by the rotating cutter blade 122, to be discharged downward. In addition, the cutter blade 122 and the discharge hole 124 of this structure is to form a downward flow of sewage.

Wherein the number of the cutter blade 122 and the discharge hole 124 may be configured selectively, and preferably in a position symmetrical from the central axis of the grinding plate 120 as shown in Figure 3a Formed in pairs to allow food waste to be evenly cut by the rotation of the grinding plate (120).

The remaining food waste that is not dropped into the discharge hole 124 by the food waste finely cut by the cutter blade 122 is completely crushed in a millstone manner based on the mixer protrusion 126 and the polishing ring 118 which will be described later. will be.

The polishing ring 118 is formed to have an inner diameter corresponding to the circumference of the crushing plate 120 in a tubular shape and is disposed to contact the edge of the crushing plate 120 and a predetermined interval on the side of the polishing ring 118. The long hole 118-1 which is held and arranged is formed.

The mixer protrusion 126 is coupled by the coupling pin 128 so as to be rotatable on the upper surface of the crushing plate 120, the crushing plate 120 is rotated in conjunction with the centrifugal force as the crushing plate 120 rotates, the mixer The protrusion 126 forms a flow hole through which the central portion is elliptically coupled to the coupling pin 128 so as to be movable, and the pulverization plate 120 includes a plurality of positions at a position included in the rotation radius of the mixer protrusion 126. Through-hole 129 is formed. In addition, the mixer protrusion 126 is formed with a milling portion 127 so that the area of one side has a relatively large asymmetric shape, and the milling portion 127 may strike the polishing ring 118 based on the action of centrifugal force. It is configured to be. It is to be understood that the number of the mixer protrusions 126 may be optionally configured.

The mixer protrusion 126 having such a configuration rotates itself on the grinding plate 120 by the action of centrifugal force as the grinding plate 120 rotates. The food waste remaining as the grinding plate 120 rotates is first chopped by the cutter blade 122 and moved to the edge of the grinding plate 120 by centrifugal force, and then on the grinding plate 120. The bottom surface of the rotating mixer protrusion 126 and the top surface of the crushing plate 120 are rubbed, that is, the food waste can be completely crushed based on the milling principle. In addition, the mixer protrusion 126 may completely crush the food waste by hitting the polishing ring 118 disposed on the side.

As the grinding plate 120 rotates as described above, the food waste that is cut and pulverized by the cutter blade 122 and the mixer protrusion 126 is disposed in the discharge hole 124 and the mixer protrusion 126 formed at the lower side of the cutting blade 122. Vortex chamber 116 positioned below the grinding plate 120 through a plurality of through holes 129 formed on the rotation radius and a plurality of semicircular discharge grooves 125 formed on the edge of the grinding plate 120. Will be discharged.

The grinding plate 120 as described above is a rotational force is imposed in conjunction with the rotating shaft 104 of the motor 102, the shape of the grinding plate 120 may be configured in addition to a variety of course.

In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 3B, a siphon vane 123 is formed on a bottom surface of the grinding plate 120, and the siphon vanes 123 are crushed through food waste and sewage through a discharge hole 119 which will be described below. Is the means by which the siphon principle is applied.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 4, in the vortex chamber 116, a spiral bottom surface 117 having an inclined surface downward from the first vortex surface 117a to the second vortex surface 117b is formed over a predetermined angle. The discharge hole 119 is formed at an end point of the second vortex surface 117b.

This is a configuration for forming a flow of sewage so that the food waste crushed through the discharge port 119 can be easily discharged to the outside, so that the siphon principle works smoothly.

The discharge pipe 150 is connected to the discharge port 119 is formed in an inverted "U" shaped pipe structure for discharging wastewater introduced through the sink drain hole 101 through the crushing unit 110 to the sump well. In particular, the uppermost end of the discharge pipe 150 is configured to be higher than the height of the pipe portion 132, so that filthy water introduced during washing is stored in the storage unit 130, filthy water stored in the discharge pipe 150 during grinding And food waste to be discharged. Of course, for this purpose, opening and closing of the lid 111 is essential as mentioned above.

Meanwhile, the storage unit 130 includes an elbow tube 134 that is bent at right angles in communication with the pipe part 132, one end of which is coupled to communicate with the pipe part 132, and the other end of the receiving part 131. It is configured to be adjacent to the inner bottom surface, to have a structure to suck all the sewage stored in the receiving unit 131 when the waste water re-supply from the storage unit 130 to the crushing unit 110 when crushing the food waste. It is preferable.

In addition, when the sewage stored in the accommodating part 131 flows into the crushing part 110, the elbow pipe 134 adjacent to the inner bottom surface of the accommodating part 131 is disposed so that the residual sewage does not remain in the accommodating part 131. The inclined surface 133 is formed to be downward toward the end.

In addition, the upper side of the storage unit 130 has an air stool 137 that communicates with the outside air into the receiving unit 131 is configured, the waste water stored in the receiving unit 131 is discharged to the crushing unit 110 When the sewage is discharged from the bottom surface of the receiving portion 131, which is due to the elbow pipe 134 end is formed on the bottom surface of the receiving portion 131 of the sewage when discharged to the crushing unit 110 The volume as much as the attenuation is configured to replenish air to the receiving portion 131 through the upper air side 137 so that the sewage may be smoothly discharged to the crushing unit 110.

In addition, the storage unit 130 is configured with a water level sensor 136, the water level sensor 136 is required for the operation of the crushing unit 110, the filthy water flowing into the receiving unit 131 If the user fails to fill the water level, the grinding unit 110 is not operated even if the user inputs an "ON" command, which can prevent wear of the grinding plate 120 in the grinding unit 110 and the like. In addition, the discharge port 150 is prevented from being blocked by the food waste discharged in a state where the quantity is not secured, and the food waste that is pulverized in the crushing unit 110 is washed down by a large water pressure to discharge the discharge pipe 150. By allowing to be discharged to) to be able to discharge all the crushed food waste inside the crushing unit 110 according to the present invention to maintain cleanliness. In the present embodiment, the electrode sensor is provided, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and any sensor may be used as long as it can detect the water level.

The operation of the crushing unit 110 refers to the interlocking of the crushing plate 120 by rotating the motor 102 configured at the lower side of the crushing unit 110 and discharging all the sewage stored in the receiving unit 131. When the water level sensor 136 is also detected to stop the rotation of the motor 102, the user can automatically stop the operation of the device without entering a separate "OFF" command.

Food waste transport apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that a double safety device is provided by the magnetic sensor for detecting the opening or closing of the cover 111 and the water level detection sensor 136 provided in the storage unit for detecting the water level. Only when the unit 111 is fastened and the water level is secured in the storage unit 130, the device is operated.

Hereinafter, the operation state of the above-mentioned food waste transport apparatus will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 5A to 5D.

First, the waste water and food waste during work such as washing dishes flows into the vortex chamber 116 and the space 112 provided in the crushing unit 110 through the drain hole 101 of the sink in order to fill the water level in order. At this time, the waste having a large particle stays on the grinding plate 120. As the sewage level of the space 112 rises, the sewage level of the discharge pipe 150 also rises through the discharge port 119 configured in the vortex chamber 116. At this time, the sewage flows into the pipe part 132 disposed lower than the inner side (h) of the discharge pipe 150, and fills the receiving part 131 provided in the storage part 130. When it flows into the portion 112 is to be naturally drained beyond the top of the discharge tube (150). Then, after the user finishes the work such as washing dishes, when there is no more inflow of sewage, the upper end of the crushing unit 110 is opened (opening the lid), so the water level of the crushing unit 110 is discharged due to water head difference. The innermost bottom (h) of the pipe 150 stays at the position.

Before the operation of the crushing unit 110, the cover 111 is fastened to an open upper portion of the crushing unit 110. The level of the crushing unit 110 is lower than the innermost end of the discharge pipe 150 (h It is formed to be the same as the height of the setting of the water level can be adjusted by the height arrangement of the inner surface (h) of the uppermost end of the discharge pipe 150, the water level for the preferred embodiment of the present invention is the cover portion 111 ) So that filthy water can be pressed by the lower end of the cover part 111, that is, the cover part 111 is fastened so that an air layer does not remain in the space part 112 of the crushing part 110. do.

When the crushing unit 110 is operated after the cover 111 is fastened, the crushing plate 120 is rotated to cut and crush the food waste waste which is cut and crushed by the cutter blade 122 and the mixer protrusion 126 to the lower side of the cutting unit. The discharge plate 124, the plurality of through holes 129 formed on the rotation radius of the mixer projection 126, and the grinding plate through a plurality of discharge grooves 125 having a semi-circular shape formed on the edge of the grinding plate 120 It is discharged to the vortex chamber 116 located below the 120. In addition, at the same time flow is stored in the sewage stored in the downward direction, and thus the crushed food waste and sewage flowing down the crushing plate 120 is moved downward by the rotation of the siphon blades formed on the bottom surface of the crushing plate 120. The vortices are formed, and the vortices are doubled based on the structure of the vortex chamber 116, so that the top h of the discharge pipe 150 higher than the pre-stored filthy water level h passes through the crushed food waste and sewage. Based on the action, the siphon principle acts to discharge the sewage containing the food waste crushed through the discharge pipe 150 to the outside. As described above, the siphon principle acts on the shape of the discharge tube 150 to discharge the sewage and the crushed food waste to the outside, based on the lid 111 fastened to the crushing unit 110. 112 has a structure in which the outside air is blocked so that the vortex is formed in the vortex chamber 116 at the lower portion by rotating the siphon blades formed on the bottom surface of the crush plate 120 is rotated by rotating the crush plate 120 do. Sewage and crushed food waste by the vortex reaches the top (h) of the discharge pipe 150 to fall to the bottom to act by gravity. After that, the discharge pipe 150 discharges the sewage stored in the storage unit 130 as well as the inside of the crushing unit 110, thereby discharging the food waste that is crushed together.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention should not be limited to the contents described in the detailed description of the specification, but should be defined by the claims.

310: main body housing 330: filtration unit
350: filter portion casing 370: cake discharge portion
390: Feed screw

Claims (6)

A pulverizing portion communicating with the drainage port, the pulverizing portion including a space portion openable at an open top by a lid portion, and a pulverization plate disposed on the space portion;
A storage unit spaced apart from the crushing unit and communicating with the tube unit;
Includes; is connected to the discharge port, the upper end of the inverted "U" shaped discharge pipe higher than the pipe portion;
The grinding unit,
A container-shaped sieve mesh closely contacted with the inner circumference of the space part and provided at a position higher than the pipe part, a pulverization plate disposed at a lower position than the pipe part and coupled to a drive shaft, and formed in a lower direction of the pulverization plate and having a discharge port at one side thereof. Is formed in the vortex chamber is in close contact with the rim of the crushing plate is coupled to the inner periphery of the space portion, the side has a tubular polishing ring formed with a plurality of long holes,
The grinding plate,
One or more cutter blades protrudingly formed to have a gradient in the direction of rotation;
A discharge hole formed at a lower portion of the cutter blade, at least one siphon blade formed at a bottom surface, a plurality of discharge grooves formed at an edge thereof, and at least one mixer protrusion having one side formed with a relatively large asymmetric shape and coupled through a coupling pin; Is composed of a plurality of through holes formed in the radius of rotation of the mixer projections,
The vortex chamber is a food waste transport apparatus, characterized in that the spiral bottom surface having a slope in the downward direction from the first vortex surface to the second vortex surface is formed and the discharge port is formed at the end of the second vortex surface.
delete delete delete delete The method of claim 1,
Wherein,
An accommodation portion is formed therein, and an elbow pipe connected to the pipe portion is formed to be adjacent to the bottom surface of the accommodation portion, wherein the lower surface of the accommodation portion is characterized in that the food waste transport device.

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