KR101418740B1 - Food waste collection system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a food waste collection system comprising a casing which is mounted at the lower side of a sink to be in connection with an outlet formed at the sink; a waste container which is in connection with the lower part of the casing to be able to be detachable and stores food waste introduced into the casing through the outlet; a filtering container which is installed in the casing to be arranged on the upper side of the waste container and filters waste water from the food waste introduced inside to the outside; a blocking part which is installed between the waste container and the filtering container to be able to be detachable and blocks the introduction of the waste water separated from the filtering container into the waste container; and a water drainage which is formed by passing through the casing such that the waste water blocked by the blocking part is discharged to the outside and is in connection with a water draining pipe or a fitting member for the water draining pipe. According to the present invention, after a task is completed at a sink, food waste can be treated at the sink without being moved to another place; bad odor is prevented from being leaked from the food waste; environment pollution due to the post-treatment of the food waste is minimized by sufficiently separating waste water from the food waste; a user desired capacity of a waste container can be selected and used; and a waste container can be simply attached and detached using a magnet and the like.

Description

{Food waste collection system}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a food garbage collection system, and more particularly, to a food garbage collection system that enables convenient collection of environmentally friendly food garbage without generating odors.

Food waste is inevitably generated after cooking and eating food in a home or a restaurant. In the collection process of such food waste, various problems are caused by discomfort and environmental pollution.

In order to dispose of food waste, separate garbage bins are placed around the garbage cans, so that they do not want to see them visually. When they are separated from the sewage drained by the sewage line provided in the drain of the dishwashing unit and then treated separately, There is a disadvantage that it has to be moved to a garbage bin and it must be separated from the garbage bin. In the process of transferring the sewage, there is a problem that the sewage is dumped from the food garbage to the bottom. In addition, since the food waste extracted by the filter screen contains a considerable amount of water, it is left as it is, or when it is buried in the ground, it easily causes bad odor due to leachate which is spoiled or leaking out, .

A conventional garbage collecting container disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2008-0111866 entitled " Fastening structure of food garbage collecting container for a sink "has a collecting pipe extending downward in a cylindrical shape at the bottom of the bottom, A sink having an annular drain port connected to a drain at an outer periphery of an upper portion of the collecting pipe, and a drain net in the form of a donut at an upper end of the drain port; And a circular collecting container in which an upper end is fastened and detachable through a fastening portion formed at a lower portion of the collecting pipe and an upper end is opened.

However, in addition to such a conventional food garbage collecting container, expensive collecting apparatuses with a single unit of a large number of units are complicated in structure and cause inconvenience to manufacture and use, and are difficult to install, And thus the inconvenience of not being able to use the water supply up to the point of time.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, the present invention not only simplifies the treatment of food waste, but also facilitates the use of a waste container for the purpose of preventing waste of malodor from food waste The objective is to provide hygienic environment by preventing sewage from falling on the floor. Other objects of the present invention will become readily apparent from the following description of the embodiments.

In order to achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a refrigerator comprising: a casing mounted on a lower side of a shower head and connected to a discharge port formed in the shower head; A garbage container detachably connected to a lower end of the casing and storing food waste introduced into the casing through the discharge port; A filtering vessel installed in the casing so as to be positioned on the upper side of the garbage container and filtering the sewage to be discharged from the food garbage introduced into the inside to the outside; A blocking unit detachably installed between the trash container and the trash container to block wastewater separated from the trash container from entering the trash container; And a drain port formed to penetrate the casing so that the wastewater cut off by the blocking unit is discharged to the outside and connected to a drain pipe or a fitting member for a drain pipe.

Wherein the blocking portion includes a collecting groove formed on an upper surface thereof for collecting wastewater separated from the filtration vessel, the collecting groove being provided in a lower portion of the collecting recess, And an upper shutoff cover connected to the drain hole such that the drain hole formed along the circumference of the side to be connected to the drain hole is connected to the drain hole.

Wherein the cut-off portion is formed with an inclined surface on an upper surface thereof so as to be inclined from a central portion to an edge side, the wastewater separated from the filtration vessel is supported by the support portion and the inclined surface And a lower blocking cover to which the inclined surface is connected to the drain port so as to be collected in a space formed by the drain port and discharged from the drain port.

Wherein the drain port is formed in a plurality of up-and-down directions on the casing, and the blocking portion is provided on a lower side of the filter box with a side surface supported by a support portion formed in the casing, A collecting groove for collecting the sewage separated from the filtration vessel is formed on the upper surface, and a collecting groove is formed in the collecting groove, An upper blocking cover provided on the upper side of the drain hole, the drain hole formed along a circumference of the side wall so as to be connected to the drain hole; And an inclined surface is formed on an upper surface of the handle so as to be inclined from a central portion to an edge side of the upper shield cover, And a lower blocking cover connected to the drain port located below the slope so that the wastewater separated from the filter can be collected in a space formed by the supporting portion and the inclined surface and discharged from the drain port located below the drain hole have.

The garbage container may include a plurality of garbage containers having different diameters, and the casing may be provided such that a plurality of garbage container engaging parts are arranged at the center and the edge side, respectively, on the bottom surface so that the upper ends of the garbage containers are selectively coupled.

A plurality of fixed magnets fixed to any one of a lower end of the casing container and an upper end of the refuse container; A plurality of sliding grooves provided on the other of the lower end of the casing and the upper end of the waste container to correspond to the respective fixed magnets and each extending along the surface of the fixed magnet; A moving magnet mounted slidably in each of the sliding grooves and attached to the stationary magnet by magnetic force or separated by the stationary magnet according to a position in the sliding groove; And a knob fixed to the moving magnet so as to slide the moving magnet.

The food garbage collection system according to the present invention has the following effects.

First, at the same time as the work is finished in the sink, the food waste can be easily handled on the spot without having to move the food waste to another place. Thereby, there is no fear that the sewage falls on the floor during the food garbage disposal process,

Second, the garbage container in which the food garbage is stored is blocked from the outside, and the odor is prevented from leaking, thereby providing a sanitary environment,

Thirdly, the separation of sewage from the food waste will occur sufficiently to minimize the environmental pollution caused by the sewage in the post treatment of food waste,

Fourth, by not providing garbage containers outside the kitchen, not only visual comfort is provided, but also the space utilization of the kitchen is increased,

Fifth, the user can select and use the trash container having the capacity to be used, so that the user can determine the period of the trash discharge of the food garbage,

Sixth, the garbage container can be easily attached and detached using a magnet or the like, thereby enhancing the user's convenience.

1 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a garbage collection system according to an embodiment of the present invention,
2 is a perspective view illustrating a garbage collection system according to an embodiment of the present invention,
3 is a cross-sectional view of a garbage collection system according to an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a garbage container of a garbage collection system according to an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a state where a garbage container of a garbage collection system according to an embodiment of the present invention is separated from a magnet,
6 and 7 are sectional views for explaining the operation of the food garbage collection system according to an embodiment of the present invention on magnets,
8 is a sectional view showing another example of the garbage container in the garbage collection system according to the embodiment of the present invention,
9 is a cross-sectional view showing another example of a water bottle coupling part in a food garbage collection system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not to be limited to the specific embodiments, but is to be understood to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention, And the scope of the present invention is not limited to the following examples.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like or corresponding elements are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant explanations thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a garbage collection system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a garbage collection system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 2, a food waste collection system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a casing 110, a waste container 120, a fountain container 130, a blocking unit 140, And a drain 150.

The casing 110 is connected to the discharge port 2 (shown in Fig. 3) of the upper side and the upper side of the waste container 120 located at the lower side And a latching portion 114 for detachably mounting the lid 160 may be formed on the upper inner circumferential surface.

3, the casing 110 is installed on the lower side of the sink 1 provided in the sink and is connected to the drain 2 formed on the bottom of the sink 1, and the outlet 110 of the sink 1 2 may be provided at the upper portion thereof, for example, in a flange-shaped washer coupling portion 111 so as to be coupled by various methods such as screwing, tight fitting, bolting, riveting, bonding using an adhesive material such as silicone, .

The garbage container 120 is detachably connected to the lower end of the casing 110 and stores food waste to be introduced into the casing 110 through the discharge port 2, And may be made of various materials such as synthetic resin or stainless steel.

The filtering unit 130 is installed in the casing 110 so as to be located on the upper side of the waste container 120 and is formed by forming a plurality of holes 131 to filter the waste water discharged from the food waste to the outside. For example, the filter housing 130 may be formed of a mesh of a stainless steel or a synthetic resin container, and may be formed of a net having a mesh structure, A flange 133 may be formed.

The blocking portion 140 is detachably installed between the waste container 120 and the filtering container 130 to prevent the waste water separated from the filtering container 130 from flowing into the waste container 120.

The drainage hole 150 is formed to penetrate the casing 110 so that the wastewater cut off by the blocking portion 140 is discharged to the outside and the drainage pipe or the drainage pipe fitting member 153 provided on the outer surface of the casing 110 . The drain port 150 may be formed as a single unit, and may be formed in a plurality of, for example, two, such that the casing 110 is vertically arranged as in the present embodiment.

The blocking portion 140 may include an upper blocking cover 141 or may include a lower blocking cover 142 and both the upper blocking cover 141 and the lower blocking cover 142 . ≪ / RTI > Therefore, the blocking portion 140 can block the upper end of the waste container 120 only by the upper blocking cover 141 or the lower blocking cover 142, and the upper blocking cover 141 and the lower blocking cover 142 The upper end of the garbage container 120 may be cut off by the simultaneous use of the first and second discharge pipes 142 and 142.

The upper shutoff cover 141 is installed on the lower side of the fryer vessel 130 and has a collecting groove for collecting wastewater separated from the fryer vessel 130 141a are formed on the upper surface and the discharge holes 141b are formed in the collecting grooves 141a so as to discharge the collected wastes to the outside of the side surfaces and are connected to the discharge holes 141b, (141c) is connected to the drain hole (150), specifically, the drain hole (151) located on the upper side. The upper blocking cover 141 may be formed with a coupling groove 141d at an upper edge thereof so that the coupling protrusion 132 formed at the bottom edge of the filtering chamber 130 is detachably coupled by insertion or insertion. And a receiving groove 141e may be formed in the bottom surface.

The lower shielding cover 142 is provided on the lower side of the screening vessel 130 and the upper shielding cover 141 by being supported on the side of the support portion 115 formed in the casing 110 and has an inclined surface The waste water separated from the waste sieve 130 is collected in a space defined by the support portion 115 and the slope 142a and discharged from the drainage port 150, And the inclined surface 142a is connected to the drain port 152 located at the lower side so as to be discharged. The lower shielding cover 142 may be provided such that a handle 142b for receiving the receiving shield 141e of the upper shielding cover 141 protrudes from the upper surface.

The supporting portion 115 may be formed to be inclined so as to enlarge the degree of close contact between the upper shielding cover 141 and the lower shielding cover 142 and the contact area. The upper shielding cover 141 and the lower shielding cover 142 may be inclined so that their side surfaces correspond to the inclined surfaces of the supporting portions 115.

2 and 4, the waste containers 120 and 170 may be composed of a plurality of different diameter, for example, two, and the relatively large-diameter waste container 120 may have a large capacity of, for example, 5 to 10 liters , The relatively small-sized waste container 170 may have a small capacity of, for example, 2 to 3 liters, and the waste containers of various capacities may be replaced. 3, the casing 110 is provided such that a plurality of waste container coupling parts 112 and 113 are arranged on the edge side and the center side, respectively, so that the upper ends of the waste containers 120 and 170 are selectively coupled to each other .

The waste container coupling parts 112 and 113 include a first garbage container coupling part 112 positioned on the edge side of the bottom surface of the casing 110 and a second garbage container coupling part 112 located on the center side of the bottom surface of the casing 110 The first garbage container coupling portion 112 may be screwed to the casing coupling portion 121 (shown in FIG. 1) provided at the upper end of the large-capacity garbage container 120, The second waste container coupling portion 113 may be detachably coupled to the casing coupling portion 171 (shown in FIG. 5) provided at the upper end of the small-capacity garbage container 170 by the magnets. The coupling between the first and second trash receptacle coupling parts 112 and 113 and the trash receptacle 120 and 170 can not only reverse the screw coupling and the magnet coupling but also have various detachable coupling structures have.

5 to 7, in order for the second waste coupling portion 113 and the small-capacity waste container 170 of the casing 110 (shown in Fig. 3) to be coupled to each other by magnets, the fixed magnets 181 A sliding groove 182, a moving magnet 183, and a knob 184.

The fixed magnet 181 may be fixed to one of the lower end of the casing container 110 and the upper end of the waste container 170. In the present embodiment, a plurality of, for example, four of the stationary magnets 181 are inserted and fixed in the second garbage container engaging portion 113 provided at the lower end of the casing container 110 along the lower edge.

A plurality of sliding grooves 182 are provided corresponding to the stationary magnets 181 on the lower one of the casing container 110 and on the other one of the upper ends of the waste container 170, Respectively. A plurality of, for example, four, sliding grooves 182 may be formed along the upper edge of the casing coupling portion 171 at the upper end of the waste container 170, and the moving magnet 183, which will be described later, So that it can slide in the horizontal direction.

The moving magnet 183 is slidably mounted in each of the sliding grooves 182 and attached to the stationary magnet 181 from a magnetic force as shown in Fig. 6 depending on the position in the sliding groove 182, And is separated into a stationary magnet 181 as shown in Fig. On the other hand, the moving magnet 183 is installed so as to face the stationary magnet 181 so as to have a different polarity from the stationary magnet 181 in order to generate attraction with the stationary magnet 181. Meanwhile, the moving magnet 183 and the stationary magnet 181 may have different numbers depending on the capacity of the waste container 170.

The knob 184 is fixed to the moving magnet 183 so that the moving magnet 183 can slide to attach or detach the moving magnet 183 to or from the stationary magnet 181 as shown in Figs. ), Screwing, bonding, bolting, riveting, or the like.

On the other hand, the moving magnet 183 may have a sectional structure for sliding engagement with the sliding groove 182 so as to inhibit the vertical displacement from the sliding groove 182. Instead of this sliding coupling, The movable magnet 183 may be prevented from being displaced in the vertical direction by having a protruding or engaging structure which is coupled to the knob groove 182a formed in the sliding groove 182 and whose movement in the vertical direction is restricted.

As shown in FIG. 8, the waste container 220 according to another example may have a casing coupling portion 221 for detachably coupling the cover 260, and a hinge coupling The bar 223 may be hinged to be rotatable up and down, and the handle 222 may be provided on the hinge coupling bar 223. 1) and the lid 260, so that the handle 222 is moved upwards by the hinge coupling bar 223, and the handle 222 is pivoted downward by the hinge coupling bar 223 to avoid interference with the casing 110 So that the garbage container 220 can be easily transported.

9, the casing 310 according to another example has a plurality of trash containers 321, 322, 323, and 324 having different sizes such as capacity, diameter, etc., A plurality of, for example, one of the garbage container coupling portions 312, as in the present embodiment, may be provided between the fixed magnet 381 and the moving magnet 382). 323, and 324 by the blocking portion 340 formed of the upper blocking cover 341 and the lower blocking cover 342 stacked on the lower side of the filter box 330, 352 and 353 for moving to the side of the drain pipe 355 connected to the drain pipe fitting member 354 in a state in which the drain pipe 351 is cut off and the first drain pipe 351 for discharging the sewage discharged from the drain pipe 330 directly A second drain port 352 for draining the sewage collected by the upper blocking cover 341 and a third drain port 353 for draining the sewage collected by the lower blocking cover 342 up and down As shown in FIG.

The operation of the garbage collection system according to the present invention will now be described.

3, when food waste is put into the filtering container 130 through the discharge port 2 of the toilet bowl 1, sewage contained in the food waste is discharged through the holes 131 of the filtering container 130 . The wastewater is prevented from moving toward the waste container 120 located below the upper blocking cover 141 or the lower blocking cover 142 or the use thereof. At this time, the wastewater is collected in the collecting groove 141a of the upper blocking cover 141 and discharged to the upper drain port 151 through the discharge hole 141b and the discharge groove 141c, and is discharged to the outside through the drain pipe. The wastewater that has passed through the upper blocking cover 141 is secondarily blocked by the lower blocking cover 142 and can be introduced to the lower drain port 152 along the inclined surface 142a and discharged to the outside through the drain pipe.

The upper shielding cover 141 or the lower shielding cover 142 can be used independently and at the same time, the sewage can be effectively discharged from the food garbage to the outside while effectively preventing the sewage water from being blocked into the garbage container 120.

The food waste separated from the waste water is charged into the waste container 120 opened by the upper blocking cover 141 and the lower blocking cover 142 and then the upper blocking cover 141 and the lower blocking cover 142 are closed, The container 120 is sealed so that odor generated from the food waste is not released to the outside, thereby providing a sanitary environment. Meanwhile, if the garbage container 120 is filled with the predetermined amount of garbage, the garbage container 120 may be separated from the casing 110 to collect the garbage during the external collection. 6 and 7, the moving magnet 183 is attached to the stationary magnet 181 only by changing the position of the moving magnet 183, So that the garbage container 170 can be easily attached and detached.

As described above, according to the present invention, at the same time as work is finished in the water tank, the food waste can be easily handled on the spot without having to move the food waste to another place, thereby preventing the sewage from falling on the floor during the food garbage disposal process , The garbage container in which the food garbage is stored is blocked from the outside and the odor is not leaked to provide a hygienic environment and sufficient separation of sewage from the food garbage is caused to minimize the environmental pollution caused by the sewage in the food garbage post- do.

In addition, since the garbage container is not provided on the outside of the kitchen, not only the visual comfort is provided, but also the space utilization of the kitchen is increased, and the user can select and use the garbage container of the capacity to be used, The user can determine the discharge cycle, and the garbage container can be easily attached and detached using a magnet or the like, thereby enhancing the user's convenience.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined by the scope of the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

1: Sink 2: Outlet
110: casing 111:
112: first garbage container engaging portion 113: second garbage container engaging portion
114: fastening part 115:
120: Trash container 121: Casing coupling part
130: Manure container 131: Hole
132: engaging projection 133: flange
140: breaking portion 141: upper blocking cover
141a: Collection groove 141b: Discharge hole
141c: discharge groove 141d: engaging groove
141e: receiving groove 142: lower blocking cover
142a: inclined surface 142b: handle
150: drain hole 151: upper drain hole
152: Lower drainage port 153: Fitting member for drain pipe
160: cover 161:
170: Garbage container 171: Casing coupling part
181: stationary magnet 182: sliding groove
182a: knob groove 183: moving magnet
184: Knob 220: Trash container
221: casing coupling portion 222: handle
223: collar 260: cover
310: casing 312: waste container coupling portion
321, 322, 323, 324: Trash container 325:
330: Breeding vessel 340:
341: upper blocking cover 342: lower blocking cover
351, 352, 353: a drain hole 354: a fitting member for a drain pipe
355: drain pipe 381: stationary magnet
382: moving magnet

Claims (6)

A casing mounted on a lower side of the shower head and connected to an outlet formed in the shower head;
A garbage container detachably connected to a lower end of the casing and storing food waste introduced into the casing through the discharge port;
A filtering vessel installed in the casing so as to be positioned on the upper side of the garbage container and filtering the sewage to be discharged from the food garbage introduced into the inside to the outside;
A blocking unit detachably installed between the trash container and the trash container to block wastewater separated from the trash container from entering the trash container; And
And a drain port formed to penetrate the casing so that the wastewater cut off by the blocking portion is discharged to the outside and connected to a drain pipe or a fitting member for a drain pipe,
The cut-
A collecting groove for collecting sewage separated from the filtration container is formed on the upper surface of the collecting groove, and a collecting groove is formed on the outer side of the collecting groove And an upper blocking cover connected to the drain hole such that a discharge groove formed along a circumference of the side to be connected to the discharge hole is connected to the drain hole. delete The apparatus according to claim 1,
A slope is formed in the upper surface of the support portion formed in the casing so as to be inclined from the central portion to the edge side of the support, and the wastewater separated from the filter is formed by the support portion and the slope And a lower blocking cover connected to the drain port such that the inclined surface is collected in the space and discharged from the drain port. delete The garbage container according to claim 1,
And is composed of a plurality of different diameters,
The casing includes:
Wherein a plurality of garbage container coupling portions are provided on the bottom surface so that the upper ends of the garbage containers are selectively coupled to the center portion and the edge side, respectively. [6] The apparatus of claim 1 or 5, further comprising: a stationary magnet fixed to a lower end of the casing and an upper end of the refuse container;
A plurality of sliding grooves formed in the other of the lower end of the casing and the upper end of the garbage container to correspond to the respective fixed magnets and each extending along the surface of the fixed magnet;
A moving magnet mounted slidably in each of the sliding grooves and attached to the stationary magnet by magnetic force or separated by the stationary magnet according to a position in the sliding groove; And
A knob fixed to the moving magnet so as to slide the moving magnet;
Further comprising a controller for controlling the operation of the food garbage collecting system.

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