KR19980029678A - Inclined Plate Food Waste Disposer - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an inclined plate flow type food waste treatment apparatus.

The food waste processing apparatus is provided with a closing door which is open and closed in an open upper part, and forms a fermentation chamber inside to ferment and decompose food waste introduced into the food waste by the microorganisms introduced therein, and gas generated on the upper sidewall. Deodorizer and exhaust fan is attached to the deodorization, discharge, the main body case is attached to the drainage pipe and drain valve for discharging the liquid material which is mainly water generated on the lower side wall; A plurality of inclined plate partitions fixed to and staggered alternately inside the main body case; A diaphragm separating the food wastes staggered so that the food waste flows in a zigzag flow over each of the inclined plate partitions; And it is characterized in that it comprises a microorganism storage box detachably mounted in the vicinity of the input door above the inclined plate partition of the top of the inclined plate partition.

Accordingly, even in a small size, the space of the fermentation chamber can be fully utilized, and the activity and proliferation of aerobic microorganisms can be effectively and actively fermented to effectively ferment and decompose food waste without a separate stirring device and an intake fan. Has the effect of.

Description

Inclined Plate Food Waste Disposer

The present invention relates to an inclined plate flow type food waste treatment apparatus, and more specifically, the inside thereof is separated by an inclined plate partition 33 and a diaphragm 33 'to be in contact with air in a large area in a narrow space. Accordingly, the present invention relates to an inclined plate flow type food waste treatment apparatus capable of improving fermentation efficiency.

In general, a large amount of food waste is discharged daily in each home or restaurant, and these food wastes are collected as they are, used as livestock feed, or filtered through only simple filtering means, and then disposed of as garbage. Such food waste increases the amount of garbage collection, and if it is not thrown away frequently, it causes bad smells and pollutes the surrounding air.

In order to solve this problem, a food waste disposal apparatus has been developed, and an example of the conventional food waste disposal apparatus is shown in FIG. 1.

In FIG. 1, the food waste treating apparatus is provided with a door 11 for injecting food waste on an upper portion of a case 10 of a main body made of a heat insulating material so as to be opened and closed, and a stirring treatment chamber 12 inside the case 10. ) Is detachably installed. The board 11 is provided with a circuit board 22 and an operation panel for controlling and manipulating the food waste treatment device, and the deodorizing device 20 is installed to be open or removable together when the door 11 is opened. In the stirring processing chamber 12, a stirrer 13 is rotatably installed by a motor and a speed reducer (not shown) to stir and ferment the injected food waste, and an inlet 14 is formed on one side wall of the stirring processing chamber 12. Is formed and an exhaust port is formed at the side wall facing the exhaust port, and an intake fan 16 and a heater 15 are installed in the intake port 14, and an exhaust fan 21 is provided in the exhaust port 19, The heater 17 is installed on the bottom of the outer surface. In addition, a temperature sensor 23 is installed on one inner wall of the stirring chamber 12 to control the heaters 15 and 17 to maintain a predetermined optimum fermentation temperature range.

In the operation of the food waste treatment apparatus of the above-described structure, first, the food waste is put into the stirring treatment chamber 12 through the door 11, and the operation switch of the operation panel 23 is turned on. 13) is rotated and the injected food waste is agitated with the aerobic fermentation agent 18 to easily decompose organic matter, which is food waste, into water, water vapor and gas through many contact with fermentation microorganisms.

In order to keep the fermentation conditions of the aerobic microorganisms in the agitating chamber thus treated, in particular, the temperature and oxygen amount of the agitating chamber 12 in an optimal state, the agitating chamber 12 is heated by the temperature sensor 21 and the heaters 15, 17. The temperature of the gas is controlled and the outside air is introduced by the intake fan 16 and the exhaust fan 21, and the internally generated steam and gas are deodorized through the deodorizer 20 and discharged. In this way, the food waste is decomposed and discharged into gas and steam, and the remaining residues are collected by separate removal means from the bottom of the stirring chamber 12 or the door 11 is opened, and the case of the stirring chamber 12 is removed. Desorption, debris collection and disposal or composting.

However, the above-mentioned small household waste disposal apparatus for home use mechanically agitated and fermented, so that the efficiency of fermentation can be shortened and the processing time can be shortened. Compared to the active activity and growth, the air contact area is only the cross-sectional area of the case, and there is a problem in that the intake fan alone cannot expect the active growth and degradation of the microorganism.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide an inclined plate flow type food waste treatment apparatus capable of increasing the growth and action of aerobic microorganisms in contact with air in a large area.

1 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view schematically showing the configuration of a conventional food waste treatment apparatus;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the slant plate flow type food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention,

Figure 3 is a schematic plan view of the inside of the main body case of Figure 2 seen from above;

4 is a partial cross-sectional view of A-A of FIG.

Explanation of Signs of Major Parts of Drawings

10, 30: main body case 11, 31: Fig. 12: stirring treatment chamber

13: agitator 14: intake port 15, 17: heater

16 intake fan 18 aerobic fermentant 19 exhaust port

20, 35: deodorizer 21, 36: exhaust fan 22: circuit board

23: operation panel 32: microorganism holder 33: inclined plate partition

33 ': Horizontal partition 34, 37: Exhaust pipe 38: Drain valve

39: drain pipe 40: air spray nozzle 41: compressor

In order to achieve the above object, the inclined plate flow type food waste processing apparatus of the present invention is a food waste processing apparatus for fermenting, decomposing and discharging food waste: an open door is opened and closed to be opened and closed in an open upper part, and The fermentation chamber is formed to ferment and decompose the food waste introduced into the inside by the microorganisms inserted therein, and a deodorizing device and an exhaust fan are attached to the upper sidewall to deodorize and discharge the generated gas. A main body case to which a drain pipe and a drain valve are attached to discharge the liquid substance, which is mainly water: a plurality of inclined plate partitions fixed to and staggered alternately inside the main body case; A diaphragm separating the food wastes staggered so that the food waste flows in a zigzag flow over each of the inclined plate partitions; And it is characterized in that it comprises a microorganism storage box detachably mounted in the vicinity of the input door above the inclined plate partition of the top of the inclined plate partition.

When the diaphragm is inclined in the downhill inclined direction of the inclined plate partition to facilitate the flow of food waste, the food waste can be easily flowed, and an air spray pipe is fixed to the bottom of the main body case to eject air to the internal fermentation chamber. The fermentation conditions are met, and a heater may be installed if necessary.

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

Figure 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing in detail the configuration of the slant plate flow type food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention.

The slant plate flow type food waste treatment apparatus of the present invention shown in FIG. 2 is basically a main body case 31, a plurality of slant plate partitions 33, a plurality of diaphragm 33's, and a microorganism storage box 42 usually made of a heat insulating material. And an air injection pipe 40, a deodorizer 35, and an exhaust fan 36 on the bottom bottom.

The main body case 30 is usually made of a heat insulator, the upper portion of the main body case 31 is installed to be opened and closed to inject food waste, the inside of the main body case 31 constitutes a fermentation chamber, The fermentation chamber is composed of a plurality of layers of fermentation chambers in which a plurality of inclined plate partitions 33 are alternately and inclinedly attached to each other. The angle of inclination is determined by the length of the inclined plate partition 33 and the fermentation time so that the food waste flows gradually.

As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the transverse partitions 33 'are staggered so that the food waste flows zigzag on their respective inclined partition partitions 33, and the opposite ends are opened. Moreover, the horizontal partition 33 'is attached so as to incline in the downhill inclination direction of the inclined plate partition 33 as shown in FIG.

In addition, a deodorizing device 35 and an exhaust fan 36 are attached to the upper sidewall of the main body case 3 to deodorize and discharge the generated gas. A drain pipe 39 and a drain valve 38 are attached.

The microorganism holder 32 is detachably mounted on the top of the inclined plate partition 33 in the vicinity of the input door 31 of the inclined plate partition 33. It is formed into a network structure to allow liquid to enter and exit therein, and the microorganisms are wrapped in a microorganism preservation member such as a mesh and stored therein.

In addition, an air injection pipe 40 may be fixed and installed at the bottom of the main body case 30. The air injection pipe 40 may be provided with a plurality of fine injection nozzles so that the compressed air is supplied to the compressor 41. Is connected, and the compressor 41 is installed at the outside and the bottom of the main body case 30. Therefore, the operation of the compressor 41 is configured to blow air through the air injection pipe 40 to the internal fermentation chamber.

Operation of the inclined plate flow-type food waste treatment apparatus according to the configuration of the present invention described above is as follows.

First, in Figures 2 and 3 open the dosing 31, the microorganisms are stored in the microorganism holder 32, suspended by a bar or a string and put on the inner top slope plate partition 33, and then put the food waste. In this way, after the food waste is put into operation, when the compressor 41 installed at the bottom is operated, air is ejected from the fine nozzle of the air injection pipe 40 to the upper part, and the food is brought into contact with food waste and microorganisms through which the air is fermented. Or action is further increased. The food waste thus injected is gradually flowed as shown by the arrow in FIG. 3 along the first diaphragm 33 'inclined downward on the first inclined plate partition 33 on the first floor to form the second diaphragm 33'. ) And then to the third diaphragm 33 'side, and as shown in Figure 4 fall to the first diaphragm 33' of the two-layered diaphragm partition 33 to repeat the above process. do. Accordingly, the fermentation occurs along the longest distance over a long time because the plurality of inclined plate partitions 33 and the plurality of transverse partitions 33 'flow, and a large area is exposed to the outside to contact with air. It acts to increase the action and proliferation of aerobic microorganisms.

On the other hand, the gas generated by the operation of the exhaust fan 36 installed on the upper side wall passes through the deodorizer 35 and is discharged through the exhaust pipes 34 and 37. When the fermentation and decomposition are completed in the fermentation chamber, the compressor 41 is completed. The operation of the food waste is terminated by stopping the operation and opening the drain valve 38 to discharge the decomposed liquid material through the drain pipe 39. The discharged liquid substance can be used as a good liquid ratio and can be discharged through disinfection or deodorization to avoid contamination of the water environment.

In this way, one cycle is completed and the next cycle is waited. It is also possible to operate the microcomputer by connecting the operation so that the operation is performed completely automatically according to a predetermined program. In order to operate automatically as described above, a sensor such as a micro switch may be installed in the dosing device 31 and a sensor having a temperature or humidity may be installed inside the fermentation chamber to receive an input signal therefrom and be controlled by a predetermined program. In this case, the internal temperature may be supplied to the fermentation chamber by heating the air supplied from the compressor 41 through a separate heater.

According to the configuration and operation of the inclined plate flow type food waste treatment apparatus according to the embodiments of the present invention described above, the space of the fermentation chamber is sufficiently reduced by the plurality of inclined plate partitions 33 and the plurality of horizontal partitions 33 '. There is an effect that can be effectively and actively fermented to increase the activity and proliferation of aerobic microorganisms to effectively ferment, decompose food waste without a separate stirring device and intake fan.

While the invention has been shown and described with respect to certain preferred embodiments, it will be understood that the invention can be variously modified and modified without departing from the spirit or field of the invention as set forth in the following Utility Model Claims. Those skilled in the art will readily recognize that there is a.

Claims (3)

In the food waste treatment apparatus for fermenting, decomposing and discharging food waste: A microorganism in which food waste introduced into the food waste is introduced into the food waste by inserting a door 31 which is openable and sealed in an open upper portion and forms a fermentation chamber. By fermentation and decomposition, and a deodorizing device 35 and an exhaust fan 36 for deodorizing and discharging the generated gas are attached to the upper sidewall, and a drain pipe for discharging the liquid substance, which is mainly water generated by decomposition, on the lower sidewall. A main body case 30 to which the 39 and the drain valve 38 are attached; A plurality of inclined plate partitions (33) fixed to and staggered alternately inside the main body case (30); A transverse partition 33 'that separates the food wastes on the inclined plate partition 33 so that the food waste flows zigzag; And a microbial storage box (42) detachably mounted on the top of the inclined plate partition (33) of the inclined plate partition (33) in the vicinity of the feed dog (31). The compressor (41) of claim 1, wherein an air spray pipe (40) is fixed to the bottom of the main body case (30) to blow air into the internal fermentation chamber, and to supply compressed air to the air spray pipe (40). ) Is installed on the lower portion of the main body case 30, the food waste treatment apparatus of the inclined plate flow type. The device of claim 1 or 2, wherein the horizontal partition (33 ') is inclined in the downhill inclined direction of the inclined plate partition (33) to facilitate the flow of food waste.