KR101726976B1 - Food waste dehydration-dryer for sink - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a food waste dehydrating and drying machine for a sink. The disclosed machine includes: a body case including a cylindrical storage chamber connected to a drain of a sink, and installed in the lower part of the sink; a filter inserted into the storage chamber, and including a first clutch part formed on the center of the lower part; an operating member including installed in the body case, and including a rotary shaft protruding from the bottom of the storage chamber, and a second clutch part combined with the first clutch part; an electric heater installed in the body case; and a wind blow wing installed in the body case, but installed on the rotary shaft to generate wind by being rotated. As the operating member is operated, the filter (110) and the wind blow wing are rotated together, and thus, moisture of food waste in the filter is centrifugated while at the same time the wind, generated by the rotation of the wing, becomes hot through the electric heater and then is discharged through the filter, so the moisture of the food waste in the filter is dried with the hot air.

Description

{FOOD WASTE DEHYDRATION-DRYER FOR SINK}

More particularly, the present invention relates to a dehydrating dryer that is installed in a sink to remove moisture from food waste, and more particularly, to a system for separating moisture of food waste by centrifugal force generated by rotation of a filtering net, Which is capable of completely removing the moisture of the food waste.

Generally, the food waste left at home is collected separately in the garbage bag in addition to the garbage bag, but it is discharged in a state where the water is not removed. As a result, The problem with it has come to a serious situation.

As a means for removing moisture from food waste, there have been developed and used apparatuses for removing water from food waste in a filtering net by rotating a filter net of a sink such as a dewatering principle of a washing machine.

However, the conventional food waste dehydrator is not only complicated in structure, but also has a disadvantage in that efficiency of removing water from food waste is not high because only moisture is separated by centrifugal force.

The conventional dehydrator has various functions such as grinding function besides dewatering. However, such a multifunctional dehydrator is not only complicated in structure, but also has a disadvantage of occupying a lot of space under the sink.

Registered utility model 20-0181576 Patent Document 10-2007-0113846 Registered utility model 20-0241647

Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem [13] Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a food waste dewatering and drying machine for a countertop having a simple structure and improved moisture removal efficiency, There is a purpose.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a food waste dewatering and drying machine for a kitchen sink, comprising: a main body case provided at a lower portion of the sink with a cylindrical accommodating chamber connected to a drain of a sink; A squeezing net inserted into the accommodating chamber and having a first clutch portion at a lower center thereof; A driving member provided in the main body case and having a rotation shaft whose upper end protrudes to a bottom portion of the accommodation chamber and a second clutch portion which is engageable with the first clutch portion at an upper end of the rotation shaft; An electric heater installed in the main body case; An air bladder installed in the main body case and installed on the rotating shaft to generate wind according to rotation; As the driving member is driven, the filtering net (110) and the air blades rotate together to centrifuge the moisture of the food waste contained in the filtering net, and wind generated by the rotation of the air blading fan So that the moisture of the food waste contained in the filtering net is hot-air dried.

The main body case is provided with a hot air generating chamber connected to the accommodating chamber through a through hole. The electric heater and the air bladder are disposed in the hot air generating chamber, and air is moved from the hot air generating chamber to the accommodating chamber A check valve is provided to allow the check valve to be opened.

The main body case is formed with a motor chamber in which a driving member is installed,

The rotating shaft may be configured to protrude from the bottom of the hot air generating chamber and the bottom of the accommodating chamber and upwardly from the bottom of the accommodating chamber.

According to the above description, since the moisture of the food waste is centrifuged and the food waste is dried by the heat and the moisture of the food waste can be completely dried, the moisture removal efficiency is improved, It is possible not only to reduce the processing cost but also to prevent environmental pollution.

In particular, since the dehydrating dryer of the present invention has a structure in which the filter and the blades are rotated together by a single driving motor, it is possible to reduce the power consumption and satisfy the drying rate have.

1 is a schematic view of a food waste dewatering and drying machine for a sink according to an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a view showing a state in which a drain hole cover and a filtering net are separated in FIG. 1,
3 is a perspective view of the filter shown in Fig.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more readily apparent from the following description of preferred embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings. 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 the disclosure can be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art.

In this specification, when an element is referred to as being on another element, it may be directly formed on another element, or a third element may be interposed therebetween. Also in the figures, the thickness of the components is exaggerated for an effective description of the technical content.

Embodiments described herein will be described with reference to cross-sectional views and / or plan views that are ideal illustrations of the present invention. In the drawings, the thicknesses of the films and regions are exaggerated for an effective description of the technical content. Thus, the shape of the illustrations may be modified by manufacturing techniques and / or tolerances. Accordingly, the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the specific forms shown, but also include changes in the shapes that are produced according to the manufacturing process. For example, the etched area shown at right angles may be rounded or may have a shape with a certain curvature. Thus, the regions illustrated in the figures have attributes, and the shapes of the regions illustrated in the figures are intended to illustrate specific forms of regions of the elements and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. Although the terms first, second, etc. have been used in various embodiments of the present disclosure to describe various components, these components should not be limited by these terms. These terms have only been used to distinguish one component from another. The embodiments described and exemplified herein also include their complementary embodiments.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of illustrating embodiments and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. In the present specification, the singular form includes plural forms unless otherwise specified in the specification. The terms "comprises" and / or "comprising" used in the specification do not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other elements.

In describing the specific embodiments below, various specific details have been set forth in order to explain the invention in greater detail and to assist in understanding it. However, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be understood by those skilled in the art without departing from such specific details. In some instances, it should be noted that portions of the invention that are not commonly known in the description of the invention and are not significantly related to the invention do not describe confusing reasons to explain the present invention.

Hereinafter, a food waste dewatering and drying machine for a sink according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The food waste dewatering and drying machine for a sink includes a main body case 101, a filtering net 110, a driving member 120, an electric heater 131, and an air bladder 120.

The main body case 101 is installed at a lower portion of the sink 10. The main body case 101 is formed with a water drainage passage 105 connected to a drainage passage w1 connected to a drain, And the drain port 13 of the sink 10 are connected to each other, and the receiving chamber 103 on which the filtering net 110 is placed is formed. In this case, the accommodating chamber 103 is formed in a cylindrical shape larger than the screen 110, and the bottom portion is formed to be inclined downward.

The main body case 101 is formed with a hot air generating chamber 107 connected to the accommodating chamber 103 through a through hole 107a and a motor chamber 108 accommodating the driving motor 120 is formed separately. At this time, the check valve 137 is provided in the through hole 107a. Although the check valve 137 allows the air to flow from the hot air generating chamber 107 into the receiving chamber 103, The air is prevented from moving from the hot air generating chamber 107 to the hot air generating chamber 107.

The main body case 101 may have a rectangular box shape. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. The outer shape may be any shape as long as the accommodating chamber 103, the water discharge passage 105, the hot air generating chamber 107, and the motor chamber 108 are formed.

A drain pipe 109 connected to one side of the upper surface of the sink 10 is connected to one side of the main body case 101 so as to connect the water drainage passage 105.

The screen 110 is formed in a circular shape and has a plurality of holes h formed on an outer circumferential surface and a bottom surface. The handle 117 is provided as shown in FIG. At this time, the handle 117 is formed of a wire having an arch shape, and both ends are rotatably connected to the upper end of the sieve 110. 3, the handle 117 is rotated to the upper portion of the sieve 110 so that the user can lift the sieve 110 or fold the sieve 110 on the side of the sieve 110 when not in use.

The filter 110 is configured to have a smaller diameter than the accommodating chamber 103, and the first clutch 113 is formed at the lower center.

The driving member 120 is composed of an electric motor and is installed in the motor chamber 108. The rotating shaft 121 passes through the bottom of the hot air generating chamber 107 and the bottom of the accommodating chamber 103, And project upward from the bottom. Further, a second clutch portion 123, which is engageable with the first clutch portion 113, is provided at an upper end of the rotating shaft 121. [ Since the configuration of the first clutch portion 113 and the second clutch portion 123 is a known configuration in a general food waste water dehydrator, a detailed description is omitted (a clutch in a normal dehydrator is also referred to as a coupling).

The electric heater 131 is formed of a hot wire coil and is installed in the hot air generating chamber 107 and the air blowing fan 135 is installed on the rotary shaft 121 in the hot air generating chamber 107.

In the present invention having the above-described configuration, when the user separates the sink drain cap cover 15 from the drain hole 13, the filter screen 110 is inserted into the accommodation chamber 103 through the drain hole 13, And the first clutch portion 113 of the filtering net 110 is engaged with the first clutch portion 123.

In this state, when the food waste is discarded in the drain hole 13, the discarded food waste is accommodated in the drain line 110.

When electric power is applied to the electric heater 131 and the driving motor 120 is driven in the state where the food waste is accommodated in the sieve 110, the rotating force of the rotating shaft 121 of the driving motor 120 is transmitted to the second clutch The water in the food waste contained in the sieve 110 is transferred to the sieve 110 through the centrifugal force by the centrifugal force, (h), and is discharged to the sewer through the drainage flow path (w1) via the water discharge flow path (105). As the rotary shaft 121 of the driving motor 120 rotates, the air blades 135 also rotate together to generate wind. The wind generated by the air blades 135 passes through the electric heater 131, And the hot air is discharged toward the filtering net 110 of the accommodating chamber 103 through the check valve 137. [ Thus, hot air blows the food waste contained in the sieve 110 through the hole h of the sieve 110.

As described above, the present invention not only removes the moisture of the food waste contained in the sieve 110 by centrifugal separation by rotating the sieve 110, but at the same time provides hot wind to the sieve 110 to remove moisture from the food waste By drying by evaporation, the drying efficiency of the food waste can be improved. That is, it is possible to discharge more dried food waste, thereby improving the environmental pollution and significantly reducing the social treatment cost of food waste.

Particularly, since the present invention is a structure in which not only the filtering net 110 but also the air bladder 135 are rotated together by driving one driving member 120, only one driving member 120 is driven, Power can be reduced. That is, according to the present invention, since the driving motor for driving the filtering net 110 and the air bladder 135 is not separately configured but driven by one driving motor, the power consumption can be remarkably reduced.

On the other hand, when the user removes moisture from the food waste contained in the sieve 110, the drain hole cover 15 is opened and the sieve 110 (110) is turned off while the driving member 120 and the electric heater 131 are off. And the dried food waste can be discharged to the food garbage bag, the food waste container, and the like after the pulling wire 110 is taken out of the accommodating chamber 103.

Although not shown, a control unit is configured in the present invention, and the driving member 120 and the electric heater 131 can be controlled under the control of this control unit.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that many changes and modifications of the present invention can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Accordingly, all such appropriate modifications and changes, and equivalents thereof, should be regarded as within the scope of the present invention.

10 ... sink
13 ... sink drain
15 ... drain cover
101 ... body case
103 ... accommodating chamber
105 ... water discharge channel
107 ... hot air generating chamber
108 ... motor chamber
109 ... drain channel
110 ... filter
113 ... First clutch portion
117 ... handle
120 ... driving member
121 ... rotation shaft
123 ... second clutch portion
131 ... electric heater
135 ... blades
135 ... check valve

Claims (3)

A main body case 101 having a cylindrical accommodating chamber 103 connected to a drain port 13 of the sink 10 and installed at a lower portion of the sink 10;
A sieve 110 inserted into the receiving chamber 103 and having a first clutch part 113 formed at a lower center thereof;
And a rotating shaft 121 installed in the main body case 101 and having an upper end protruding from the bottom of the accommodating chamber 103. The rotating shaft 121 is rotatably coupled to the first clutch portion 113, A driving member 120 having a second clutch portion 123;
An electric heater 131 installed in the main body case 101;
A blowing vane 135 installed in the main body case 101 and installed on the rotating shaft 121 to generate wind according to rotation;
As the driving member 120 is driven, the filtering net 110 and the fan blades 135 are rotated together to centrifuge the moisture of the food waste contained in the filtering net 110. At the same time, the fan blades 135 The wind generated by the rotation of the electric heater 131 flows through the electric heater 131 and is discharged into the sieve 110 by the hot wind so that the moisture of the food waste contained in the sieve 110 is hot-
The body case 101 is provided with a hot air generating chamber 107 connected to the accommodating chamber 103 through a through hole 107a,
The electric heater 131 and the blowing fan 135 are disposed in the hot air generating chamber 107,
The through hole 107a is provided with a check valve 137 for allowing air to flow only from the hot air generating chamber 107 to the accommodating chamber 103,
The main body case 101 is provided with a motor chamber 108 in which a driving member 120 is installed,
Wherein the rotary shaft (121) is formed so as to protrude upward from a bottom of the accommodating chamber (103) through a bottom of the hot air generating chamber (107) and a bottom of the accommodating chamber (103) Dehydration dryer.
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