KR19990074033A - Microwave Food Processing Device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a food processing apparatus using microwave, and in particular, to quickly evaporate / dry moisture of food waste by using the excellent moisture selective heating characteristics of microwaves, and in particular to compress the pulverized waste at the same time as the grinding / drying process in a drying chamber The purpose is to provide a food treatment device that can minimize the drying time by dehydration.

In order to achieve this, the present invention provides a microwave generator for evaporating food moisture in a drying chamber, stirring means for pulverizing and stirring the food in the drying chamber, and dehydration means for compressing and dehydrating the crushed food in the lower end of the drying chamber. Condensation means for condensing the water evaporated by the microwave generator to be discharged to the outside through the condensation tube and exhaust pipe, and the dried food by sensing the amount of moisture and exhaust gas components discharged from the drying chamber is stored by the on-off valve It was equipped with a trash box.

Description

Microwave Food Processing Device

The present invention relates to a food waste treatment apparatus, and in particular, to quickly evaporate / dry moisture of food waste by using excellent moisture selective heating characteristics of microwaves and to improve processing efficiency.

Looking at the configuration of a general food processing apparatus as shown in Figure 1 by the tray 2, the food waste is input, the screw 6 rotated by the skew flow motor (5), and by the screw (6) Distributor 10 for distributing the conveyed waste, transfer pipe 11 for guiding the waste distributed in the distributor 10 to the drying chamber 20, and a drying chamber rotation motor for rotating the drying chamber 20 13 and a heater 22 for heating external air introduced into the drying chamber 20 through the inlet pipe 21.

In the drawings, reference numeral 25 denotes a door.

In the conventional food processing apparatus configured as described above, when a user inputs food waste into the tray 2 and presses an operation button, the waste is conveyed along the rotating screw 6 and distributed from the distributor 10. The distributed waste is transported along the transfer pipe 11 and introduced into the drying chamber 20, and the drying chamber 20 rotates by the motor 13 to open the inflow pipe 21 from the outside using the heater 22. Heat the air flowing in to a high temperature to dry the input waste by using hot air. When the garbage is completely dried, the process is progressed by opening the door 25 to discharge the garbage from the drying chamber 20 to the outside.

However, since the conventional food processing apparatus operated in this way indirectly heats food using hot air, both waste and moisture are heated so that the thermal efficiency is very low and the drying time is long. In addition, there is a problem that the residue remains in the transport passage of the trash causing a bad smell caused by corruption.

The present invention has been invented to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, a microwave generator for evaporating food moisture in the drying chamber, a stirring means for pulverizing and stirring the food in the drying chamber, and at the lower end of the drying chamber Dehydration means for compressing and dehydrating the crushed food, condensation means for condensing the heat evaporated by the microwave generator to discharge through the condensation tube and exhaust pipe, and the amount of moisture and exhaust gas components discharged from the drying chamber It is an object of the present invention to provide a food waste treatment apparatus which improves treatment efficiency by quickly evaporating and drying the moisture of food waste by using the microwave's excellent moisture selective heating property by storing the dried food by an open / close valve.

1 is a structural diagram of a conventional food treatment apparatus.

Figure 2 is a structural diagram of the food waste treatment apparatus of the present invention.

3 is another embodiment of the present invention.

(A) is a side cross-sectional view.

(B) is front section view.

*** Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ***

101: door 102: drying chamber

103: rotating shaft 104: stirring rod

105: stirring blade 106: cutter

107: stirring motor 108: microwave generator

109: valve motor 110: valve

111: garbage bin 113: leak prevention device

114: entrance hall 115: exit hall

116: screw 117: dewatering motor

118: dehydration hole 119: exhaust pipe

120: condenser fan 121: condenser

122: condensation container 123: discharge motor

124: water purifier 125: outlet

126: deodorizer

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 2 shows the structure of the food waste treatment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Looking at the schematic configuration, a drying chamber 102 in which a door 101 is formed at one side wall and an electromagnetic wave generator 108 is provided at an upper end thereof. In the center of the rotating shaft 103, the stirring rod 104 and the stirring blade 105 is configured, the cutter 106 is formed on the inner wall surface of the drying chamber. In addition, the lower end of the drying chamber 102 is opened and closed by the valve 110, and the water purifying box 124 and the outlet for purifying the water passing through the discharge garbage box 111 and the dehydration device 116 are stored in the dried garbage ( 125). In addition, the dehydration means for compressing and dehydrating the food crushed by the stirring rod 104 and the cutter 106, the inlet hole 114 through which food is introduced and the food introduced through the inlet hole 114 is compressed / Screw 116 is dewatered and transported back to the drying chamber through the outlet hole 115, the water purifier 124, the water dehydrated by the screw 116 is stored, and the water in the water purifier 124 filter After the purification using a discharge port 125 is configured to discharge to the outside.

In the figure, reference numeral 113 denotes a leakage preventing device for preventing leakage of microwaves.

In this configuration, the user opens the door 101, injects food waste into the drying chamber 102, closes the door 101, and presses an operation button to start the drying process.

When the drying process starts, the stirring motor 107 rotates the rotary shaft 103 in accordance with the process sequence, and at the same time, the stirring rod 104 and the stirring blade 105 rotate to stir the food in the drying chamber 102. At this time, the food is crushed between the stirring blade 105 and the cutter 106 formed on the inner wall of the drying chamber. As this process is repeated over and over, the food waste is broken up finely.

On the other hand, the microwave generated by the microwave generator 108 in accordance with the drying process heat evaporates the moisture in the drying chamber. During the heating and pulverizing process, the crushed food waste is introduced into the screw 116 through the inlet hole 114 during the stirring process when its size is smaller than the compression inlet hole 114. At this time, the screw 116 is rotated by the dewatering motor 117 to transfer the waste introduced into the drying chamber 102 through the compression exit hole 115. In this process, the waste is compressed / dehydrated while being transferred to the screw 116, and the dehydrated water is transferred to the water purifier 124 through the dehydration hole 118. The water stored in the water purifier 124 is purified into small particles using a filter and then discharged to the outside through the outlet 125.

Then, the water evaporated by microwaves is converted into water by the condenser fan 120 while passing through the condenser 121, and is discharged through the condensation tube 122, and the remaining exhaust gas is discharged through the exhaust pipe 119. Deodorizing while passing through the deodorizer 126 is discharged. The sensor detects the discharged water and completes the drying process if it meets the set value.

When the drying process is completed, the valve 110 is opened by the discharge motor 109 to discharge the waste in the drying chamber into the waste bin 111.

Figure 3 is a side cross-sectional view (a) and a front cross-sectional view (b) of the food treatment apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention, the rotary shaft 103 is installed horizontally and rotates with the rotary shaft stirring blade 105 is drying chamber (102) The food waste is crushed using a gap with the cutter 106 formed on the inner wall. In this process, as in the structure of FIG.

As described above, the food treatment apparatus of the present invention selectively heats / evaporates the moisture of food in a drying chamber using microwaves to minimize moisture to be dried, improves drying efficiency, and automatically discharges dried garbage to It has the effect of enabling continuous feeding.

Claims (6)

A microwave generator for evaporating food moisture in a drying chamber, Stirring means for grinding and stirring food in the drying chamber; Dehydration means for compressing and dehydrating the crushed food at the lower end of the drying chamber; Condensing means for condensing the water evaporated by the microwave generator to be discharged to the outside through a condensation tube and an exhaust pipe; And a waste box for sensing the amount of moisture discharged from the drying chamber and the exhaust gas component to store the dried food by an opening / closing valve. The method of claim 1, The stirring means and the rotating shaft rotated by a motor; A stirring rod and a stirring blade rotating together with the rotating shaft and stirring food, Food processing apparatus, characterized in that consisting of a cutter that is formed on the inner wall of the drying chamber while maintaining a predetermined gap with the stirring blade. The method of claim 1, The dewatering means is an entrance hole through which food of a predetermined size or less flows in; A screw for compressing / dehydrating food introduced through the inlet hole and transferring the food to the drying chamber through the outlet hole; Purifying water that is dehydrated by the screw is stored, Food treatment apparatus characterized in that consisting of a discharge port for purifying the water in the purified water using a filter and then discharged to the outside. The method of claim 1, The condensation means is a condenser to which evaporated water is introduced; Food processing apparatus, characterized in that consisting of a condensation fan for converting the water of the condenser to water. The method of claim 2, The rotating shaft is a food processing device, characterized in that installed in the drying chamber vertically or horizontally. The method of claim 2, Food processing apparatus, characterized in that the microwave leakage shielding device is configured in the through-drying part of the rotary chamber.