KR102423438B1 - Food Disposer - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a food disposal apparatus. The food disposal apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a case connected to a drain; a food transfer part; a transfer part holder; and a flange part. According to the present invention, space utilization can be improved through disposal of food waste using dehydration, bioreaction, etc.

Description

Food Disposer {Food Disposer}

The present invention relates to a food processing apparatus for pulverizing and discharging food waste in each household, and storing and processing the food waste of each household thus discharged.

In general, the disposer was used to pulverize food waste and dispose of it as it is through a sewer, and in recent years, its use has been restricted or prohibited by law to prevent environmental pollution.

Meanwhile, in recent years, an eco-friendly treatment method in which food waste is separated and collected, pulverized, dried, compressed, and then recycled as organic fertilizer, etc. has been widely practiced.

However, separating and collecting food waste in this way requires a lot of labor and causes many sanitary problems. Therefore, in a household where there is not much food waste, the food waste is crushed using a disposer, dried using a dryer, etc., and then discharged. The need for a disposer is rising again as a way to do this is attempted.

As an example of the prior art, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2021-0044132 discloses a pulverizing unit for receiving and pulverizing water and food waste from the outside; a body frame forming a space inside which the crushing unit is disposed, and forming a body that protects the crushing unit from the outside; and an extrusion unit disposed around the crushing unit in the inner space of the body frame, receiving the food waste crushed by the crushing unit from the crushing unit, dehydrating or compressing the food waste, and discharging the food waste to the outside; There is provided a food waste treatment apparatus comprising a.

However, in the case of the prior art, after separating moisture from the pulverized food, it is transferred (discharged) to the sludge storage, but there is a problem in that the moisture cannot be completely dehydrated during the transport process.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2021-0044132

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, and each household pulverizes food waste and discharges it, and treats the food waste collected in a separate place by dehydration, bioreaction, etc., thereby improving space utilization and , to provide a food processing device that can completely remove moisture in the process of being transported (discharged) to the sludge storage after separating moisture from the pulverized food.

The present invention relates to a food processing apparatus, comprising: a case connected to a drain; a food transfer unit provided inside the case, a portion of which is exposed to the outside of the case, and is operated with power received from the drain to transfer the food provided from the drain hole to the outside of the case; a transporter holder having a through hole through which food is discharged, covering the partially exposed food transporting part, and coupled to the case; and a flange part having a discharging hole formed to correspond to the through hole and provided between the food conveying unit and the conveying unit holder, the discharging hole being opened and closed by the operation of the food conveying unit, and guiding the food to the discharging hole. .
In addition, the flange part may include a discharge hole rib that crosses the discharge hole so that a part of the food conveying unit is caught when the food conveying unit is operated to open and close the discharge hole.
The food transfer unit may include: a housing having a transfer screw rotating by receiving power from the outside, a portion of the transfer screw being partially exposed to the outside; It may include; a screw cover that is inserted slidingly into the exposed part of the feed screw and rotates together when the feed screw is rotated, and has a cover blade spirally formed on the outer periphery as a double blade.
In addition, the screw cover, the coupling hole formed with a groove corresponding to the discharge hole rib is drawn into the discharge hole to close, and the coupling hole is pushed to the discharge hole rib by the rotation of the screw cover to close the discharge hole It can be opened and the food can be expelled.

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In addition, the housing may include an upper housing in which a part of the transfer screw is partially exposed to the outside, and a lower housing provided in the upper housing and through which a part of the transfer screw is exposed; and a holder provided between the lower housing and the screw cover, the holder being in contact with the cover wing and having a holder bar provided to transport food through a predetermined gap.

In addition, the holder bar, one or more pairs disposed to face each other may be provided in the holder.

The method further includes a shredding unit provided between the drain port and the food transfer unit to crush the food introduced into the case through the drain port, wherein the shredding unit is disposed between the drain port and the food transfer unit for the case. It may include; a pair of rotation shafts supported by the shaft and rotated about the shaft, and a plurality of blades formed in the circumferential direction, and a gap body in which the blades are disposed to be engaged with each other along the axial direction of the rotation shaft.

In addition, the food blocking bracket provided between the crusher and the food transfer unit to block food other than the food that the crusher engages with each other to pulverize the food directly into the food transfer unit; may include.

The food blocking bracket may include a body portion provided between the blade and the food transfer unit, and a bracket rib extending between the plurality of blades in the body portion to block food.

Also, in the food blocking bracket, at least two or more blades are positioned to intersect each other when the crusher is operated to block the food flowing into the food transfer unit.

The food processing apparatus of the present invention has the effect of improving the space utilization by pulverizing food waste and discharging it, and treating the food waste collected in this way by dehydration, bioreaction, etc. in a separate place.

In addition, the food processing apparatus of the present invention has the effect of completely dehydrating the moisture in the process of being transferred (discharged) to the sludge storage after separating the moisture from the pulverized food.

1 is a perspective view showing a food processing apparatus of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view illustrating the food processing apparatus of FIG. 1 by disassembling it;
3 is a perspective view illustrating the crushing unit and the food blocking bracket of FIG. 2 .
4 is an exploded perspective view illustrating the food transfer unit of FIG. 2 .
5 is a perspective view showing the screw cover and the flange portion of FIG. 4 from the bottom.
6 and 7 are cross-sectional views illustrating the operation of the food transfer unit.

In describing the present invention, the terms or words used in the present specification and claims are based on the principle that the inventor can appropriately define the concept of the term in order to best describe his or her invention. It should be interpreted as meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of

1 is a perspective view showing the food processing apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the food processing apparatus of FIG. 1 disassembled, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the crushing unit and the food blocking bracket of FIG. 2; FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the food transport unit of FIG. 2 , FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the screw cover and the flange unit of FIG. 4 from the bottom, and FIGS. 6 and 7 are cross-sectional views illustrating the operation of the food transport unit.

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

1 to 7, the food processing apparatus of the present invention will be described. The food processing apparatus 1 includes a case 20, a transfer unit holder 25, a driving means 30, a crushing unit 40, and food. It may include a blocking bracket 50 , a food transfer unit 60 , and a flange unit 70 .

The case 20 has an accommodating space for accommodating the food flowing in from the drain 10 therein, and the shredding unit 40, the food blocking bracket 50, and the food transfer unit 60 are provided in the accommodating space. The driving means 30 may be provided on the outside of (20).

The case 20 is connected to the drain 10 in communication with the outside of one side, and the food conveying part 60 is provided by partially exposed to the outside of the case 20 inside the other side, and the drain 10 and the food conveying part 60 are provided. A crushing unit 40 may be disposed therebetween.

Accordingly, when the food introduced through the drain port 10 is crushed by the crusher 40 and discharged to the food transfer unit 60 , the crushed food may be discharged to the outside of the case 20 through the food transfer unit 60 . have.

Meanwhile, a plate (not shown) for preventing food or pulverized food introduced through the drain 10 from flowing into the driving means 30 may be provided on the case 20 .

This plate is fastened to the case 20 and seals the case 20 to prevent the introduced food or crushed food from flowing into the driving means 30 or other components in the food processing apparatus.

The transfer unit holder 25 has a through hole formed therein through which the food transferred from the food transfer unit 60 is discharged to the outside of the case 20 , and the lower housing 64 , the holder 69 , and the plan are formed therein. A branch 70 may be provided to be coupled to the case 20 .

The transfer unit holder 25 covers the food transfer unit 60 partially exposed to the outside of the case 20 , is coupled to the case 20 , and guides the crushed food to the outside of the case 20 , and the food transfer unit 60 . It is possible to prevent the separation of the food and to more firmly support the food transfer unit 60 .

The driving means 30 may be provided outside the case 20 by being connected to receive power (energy) from the outside. The driving means 30 may be connected to the food transfer unit 60 to transmit power to the food transfer unit 60 .

Meanwhile, the driving means 30 may be individually operated by being connected to the crushing unit 40 , the conveying screw 68 provided in the food conveying unit 60 , and the scraper 80 , respectively. It will be described as being connected to the transfer unit 60 and providing power to other components through the food transfer unit 60 .

In addition, the driving means 30 may provide power through the meshing of gears in each configuration, and such a driving means is a known technology and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The crusher 40, including the crusher rotating shaft 42 and the gap body 44, receives power from the food transfer unit 60, and removes the food introduced into the case 20 through the drain 10. It can be crushed by pressing.

The crushing unit 40 is a plate-shaped having a pair of parallel crushing unit rotation shafts 42 rotatably supported by the case 20 and a plurality of blades 441 at intervals in the circumferential direction at the outer peripheral end. It may include a plurality of gap bodies 44 on the top.

In addition, the crushing unit 40 may include a separation preventing member 46 for preventing the gap body 44 from being separated from the crushing unit rotating shaft 42 during operation by the crushing unit rotating shaft 42 .

One side of the crushing unit rotating shaft 42 is rotated by receiving power when the food transport unit 60 and the gear are engaged, and the other side is rotatably supported by the case 20, and several gap bodies 44 between one side and the other side. The temporary crushing unit is fixed to the rotation shaft 42 and may be stacked.

The crusher rotating shaft 42 is provided as a pair so as to be axially supported with respect to the case 20 between the drain port 10 and the upper housing 62 to be described later to rotate about the shaft. The gap body 44 is slidably inserted into the pair of crushing unit rotation shafts 42, respectively, and when the rotation shaft rotates, the gap body 44 may also rotate.

The gap body 44 has a plurality of blades 441 formed in the circumferential direction, and the blade 441 is disposed to engage with the blades of the other gap body along the axial direction of the crusher rotation shaft 42 to compress and crush the food. can do it

The gap body 44 may be provided so as to be spaced apart from each other in the axial direction to the respective crushing unit rotation shafts 42 , and to have opposing blades positioned between adjacent blades.

The food blocking bracket 50 is provided between the crushing unit 40 and the upper housing 62 to be described later, and the crushing unit 40 is engaged with each other and crushed food other than the food, that is, the unpulverized food is transferred to the food transfer unit 60 . direct inflow can be blocked.

The food blocking bracket 50 includes a body 52 provided between the blade 441 and the food transfer unit 60, and a bracket rib extending from the body 52 to the plurality of blades 441 to block food. 54) may be included.

At least two or more blades are positioned to cross each other between the bracket ribs of the food blocking bracket 50 and the bracket ribs when the crushing unit 40 is operated, so that food flowing into the food transfer unit 60 may be blocked.

The food transfer unit 60 may receive the crushed food from the crusher 40 and transfer the food to the outside of the case 20 . The food transfer unit 60 includes the housings 62 and 64 , the sieves 63 , the transfer screw 66 , and the scraper, and receives the pulverized food (sludge) from the crusher 40 and receives the food (sludge) from the outside of the case 20 . can be transported (discharged) to

The housings 62 and 64 may transport food pulverized therein. The housings 62 and 64 cover an upper housing 62 that surrounds a part of the transfer screw 66 and a lower housing 62 that covers the transfer screw 66 partially exposed from the upper housing 62 and is fastened to the upper housing 62 ( 64) may be included.

In the upper housing 62, an opening through which food is introduced corresponds to the drain 10, and a through portion 621 facing the opening and provided with a sieve 63 for separating crushed food and moisture may be provided. have.

The opening may be provided on one side of the upper housing 62 to face the drain 10 . Accordingly, food may be introduced into the upper housing 62 through the opening. The penetrating portion 621 may be provided to pass through the upper housing 62 opposite to the opening, and a sieve 63 may be provided in the through portion 621 to prevent the pulverized food from leaking out.

The sieve 63 is provided in the penetrating portion 621 to separate the pulverized food and water, thereby preventing the pulverized food from leaking out. The sieve 63 is finely perforated to separate sludge and water. As such a sieve is a known technology, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

A portion of the pulverized food passing through the sieve 63 and flowing out of the upper housing 62 may be removed by a scraper that closely adheres to the sieve 63 and scrapes it off.

The lower housing 64 may be provided in the upper housing 62 by penetrating in the longitudinal direction. The lower housing 64 may be provided on the lower side of the upper housing 62 through a portion of the transfer screw 66 to be exposed to the outside.

One side of the lower housing 64 may be provided in contact with the upper housing 62 , and the other side may be seated on the transfer unit holder 25 . The lower housing 64 may include a holder 69 therein to be in contact with the screw cover 67 .

The transfer screw 66 may be provided in the upper housing 62 so as to be pivotally supported between the opening and the through portion 621 , rotate about an axis, and transfer food to the outside of the case 20 .

The feed screw 66 is inserted into the screw rotation shaft 661 to receive power by being engaged with the driving means 30 and a gear, and the screw body 662 which is inserted into the screw rotation shaft 661 and rotates together with the rotation of the screw rotation shaft 661. may include.

The screw body 662 has a round bar shape and is fixed by being slidably inserted into the screw rotation shaft 661 on one side, and the screw cover 67 can be coupled to the other side. The screw body 662 may include a spiral-shaped screw blade 663 on the outer periphery to transport the pulverized food.

The screw blades 663 are configured to be substantially the same as or slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the upper housing 62 and assembled inside the cylindrical tube, thereby minimizing the space between the upper housing 62 and the transfer screw 66 so that food is absorbed into the upper housing. (62) to avoid being caught in the interior, and to provide a movement path in the discharge direction to enable smooth movement. The shape and pitch interval of the screw blades 663 may be variously provided.

The screw cover 67 may be slidably inserted into the other side of the transfer screw 66 and coupled thereto. The screw cover 67 has a cover body 671 having an inner diameter and an outer diameter smaller from one side toward the other (end portion), and a helical cover blade 672 extending from the screw blade 663 on the outer periphery may be formed. The screw cover 67 rotates together with the rotation of the transfer screw 66 to transfer food.

One side of the screw cover 67 is opened and can be slidably inserted into the exposed part of the transfer screw 66 . A locking groove may be provided inside the screw cover 67 so that it is caught on the other end of the screw body 662 to transmit the rotational force of the transfer screw 66 .

Accordingly, the screw cover 67 may be coupled to the transfer screw 66 partially exposed from the upper housing 62 and rotate together when the transfer screw 66 rotates. The screw cover 67 may be provided with a coupling hole 673 having a recess 674 corresponding to the discharge hole rib 76 to be described later on the other side.

The coupling hole 673 of the screw cover 67 can be opened and closed by drawing out and entering the discharge hole 74 of the flange part 70 by the rotation of the screw cover 67 . The screw cover 67 may have a coupling hole 673 inserted into the discharge hole 74 to close the discharge hole 74 . The screw cover 67 may discharge food by opening the discharge hole 74 while the coupling hole 673 is pushed to the discharge hole rib 76 by the rotation of the screw cover 67 .
The coupler 673 may have a predetermined curvature toward the concave groove 674 so that the screw cover 67 is not caught by the discharge hole rib 76 and rotates smoothly when the screw cover 67 is rotated.

A stepped portion is formed on the other side of the screw cover 67 so that when the groove 674 is seated on the discharge hole rib 76, the stepped portion is in contact with the inner periphery of the flange portion 70 to block the sludge heading toward the discharge hole 74. can Accordingly, the sludge may be stacked between the screw cover 67 and the holder 69 .
The pitch distance between the cover blades 672 is provided to be narrower than the pitch distance between the screw blades 663 , so that the sludge can be compressed by the rotation of the screw cover 67 . On the other hand, the cover blade 672 may be provided with a double blade to improve the compression force.

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The holder 69 penetrates in the longitudinal direction and is provided between the lower housing 64 and the screw cover 67 , and a holder bar 691 contacting the cover wing 672 may be provided therein. The holder 69 can discharge the food transported along the screw cover 67 , and is formed to be larger than the inner diameter of the screw cover 67 , so that the screw cover 67 can be seated therein.

The holder bar 691 may contact and support the cover wing 672 between the cover wing 672 and the holder 69 . The holder bar 691 forms a predetermined gap G between the cover wing 672 and the holder 69 to guide food to the flange portion 70 .

At least one pair of holder bars 691 may be provided on the inner periphery of the holder 69 , and may be disposed and supported to face each other with a thickness corresponding to the distance between the screw cover 67 and the holder 69 .

The holder bar 691 may be provided longer than the longitudinal direction of the holder 69 to guide the pulverized food to the flange portion 70 . In addition, the amount of food transported may be adjusted according to the thickness of the holder bar 691 to control the discharge amount.

The flange portion 70 may be provided between the food transfer unit 60 and the transfer unit holder 25 by having a penetrating discharge hole 74 corresponding to the opening. The flange portion 70 may be mounted on the transfer unit holder 25 between the transfer unit holder 25 and the holder 69 to be provided on the bottom surface of the holder 69 . In the flange portion 70 , the discharge hole 74 may be opened and closed by the coupling hole 673 by the operation of the food transfer unit 60 .

The flange portion 70 includes a flange body 72, a discharge hole 74 passing through the flange body 72 in correspondence with the through hole, and a discharge hole rib 76 crossing the discharge hole 74. The pulverized food (sludge) transferred from the screw cover 67 may be discharged through the discharge hole 74 .

The flange body 72 has an inner periphery formed in a hemispherical shape toward the holder 69 around the discharge hole 74 and the discharge hole 74, the coupling hole 673 is the discharge hole 74. ) can be inserted and shielded.

In addition, a stepped portion may be provided on the outer periphery of the flange body 72 so that a part of the other end of the screw cover 67 is drawn in and the discharge hole 74 is shielded. The flange body 72 crosses the discharge hole 74 and the discharge hole rib 76 in which the recess 674 is seated is formed. can be opened and closed.

As described above, when the operation method of the food processing apparatus 1 of the present invention is described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7 , when food is introduced into the case 20 through the drain hole 10, the driving means ( 30), as the food transfer unit 60 is operated, the crusher 40 rotates to crush the introduced food.

Thereafter, the pulverized food is discharged from the crusher 40 and transferred to the food transfer unit 60 , and is discharged to the outside of the case 20 by the transfer screw 66 .

At this time, a predetermined pressure is generated inside the case 20 while the food is crushed by the crushing unit 40 , and this pressure is discharged to the outside of the case 20 or moisture introduced with the food is absorbed into the case 20 . When discharging to the outside, food and moisture are separated by the sieve 63, and the sludge attached to the sieve 63 can be removed by scraping it with a scraper.

The sludge may be transferred to the discharge hole 74 by the cover blade 672 of the screw cover 67 by the rotation of the transfer screw 66 .

The sludge attached to the cover blade 672 is guided to the flange portion 70 by the holder bar 691 , and the sludge is transferred between pitches between the cover blades 672 . While the screw cover 67 rotates with the rotation of the feed screw 66 in a state in which the coupling hole 673 is inserted into the discharge hole 74 and is shielded, the coupling hole 673 is seated on the discharge hole rib 76. When the discharge hole 74 is opened, the sludge may be discharged through the discharge hole 74 .

At this time, the groove 674 may be partially opened from the inside of the flange portion 70 , and the sludge may be guided to the groove 674 and guided to the discharge hole 74 .

The food processing apparatus of the present invention as described above improves space utilization by pulverizing food waste and discharging it, and treating the food waste collected in this way by dehydration or bioreaction in a separate place, and after separating moisture from the pulverized food It has the effect of completely dehydrating moisture in the process of being transported (discharged) to the sludge storage.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and a combination of two or more embodiments or a combination of at least one embodiment and a known technology may be included as a new embodiment.

Although preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements by those skilled in the art using the basic concept of the present invention as defined in the following claims are also provided. is within the scope of the

20: case
25: transport holder
30: driving means
40: crusher
50: food blocking bracket
60: food transfer unit
70: flange portion

Claims (10)

case connected to the drain;
a food transfer unit provided inside the case, a portion of which is exposed to the outside of the case, and is operated with power received from the drain to transfer the food provided from the drain hole to the outside of the case;
a transporter holder having a through hole through which food is discharged, covering the partially exposed food transporting part, and coupled to the case; and
a flange portion having a discharge hole formed to correspond to the through hole and provided between the food conveying unit and the conveying unit holder, the discharge hole being opened and closed by the operation of the food conveying unit, and guiding food to the discharge hole; and
The flange portion,
and a discharge hole rib that crosses the discharge hole so that a part of the food conveying unit is caught during operation of the food conveying unit to open and close the discharge hole;
The food transport unit,
a housing in which a feed screw rotating by receiving power from the outside is provided therein, and a part of the feed screw is partially exposed to the outside;
A screw cover that is slide-inserted into an exposed part of the feed screw and rotates together when the feed screw is rotated, and has a cover blade spirally formed on the outer periphery as a double blade; and
The screw cover,
Food for discharging food by opening the discharge hole while a coupling hole having a groove formed corresponding to the discharge hole rib is drawn into the discharge hole to close it, and the coupling hole is pushed to the discharge hole rib by rotation of the screw cover processing unit.
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The housing is
an upper housing in which a part of the transfer screw is partially exposed to the outside;
a lower housing provided in the upper housing and through which a part of the transfer screw is exposed; and
and a holder provided between the lower housing and the screw cover, the holder having a holder bar in contact with the cover wing and provided to transport food through a predetermined gap.
6. The method of claim 5,
The holder bar,
A food processing apparatus provided in the holder at least one pair disposed to face each other.
According to claim 1,
Further comprising; a crusher provided between the drain port and the food transfer unit to crush the food introduced into the case through the drain port;
The crushing unit,
a pair of rotating shafts axially supported with respect to the case between the drain port and the food transfer unit and rotating about the shaft;
and a gap body in which a plurality of blades are formed in a circumferential direction so that the blades are engaged with each other along an axial direction of the rotation shaft.
8. The method of claim 7,
and a food blocking bracket provided between the crusher and the food transfer unit to block food other than the food that the crusher interlocks with each other to pulverize the food directly into the food transfer unit.
9. The method of claim 8,
The food blocking bracket,
a body part provided between the blade and the food transport part;
and a bracket rib extending between the plurality of blades in the body to block food.
10. The method of claim 9,
The food blocking bracket,
At least two blades are positioned to intersect each other during operation of the crusher to block food flowing into the food transfer unit.

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