KR20000067110A - Apparatus for absorbing moisture in food remnants - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A machine crushes waste food and removes odor from wet crushed waste food for the final disposal. CONSTITUTION: The machine comprises: a case(10) having a faucet(14) on its top; a hopper(20) for receiving waste food from the above over the case(10); three crushers(30) for crushing waste food dropping from the hopper(20); a screw crusher(10) for crushing further the crushed waste food from the crushers(30); a deodorizing device(150).

Description

Food Waste Disposer {APPARATUS FOR ABSORBING MOISTURE IN FOOD REMNANTS}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a food waste disposal device, and more particularly, to a food waste disposal device for pulverizing food waste and preventing the smell of water.

A conventional case will be described with reference to FIG. 19.

Referring to FIG. 19, a conventional food waste disposal device puts food waste 313 into a waste basket 309 covered with a plastic bag 311, and opens a door 307 to open a waste basket 309 in a body 305. ). Then, the door 307 is closed.

When the fan apparatus 317 is driven in this state, the air in the main body 305 is recycled into the main body 305 by the distribution unit 323 through the fan apparatus 317, and the remaining 30% is discharged. It is discharged to the duct 321. On the other hand, fresh outside air is always introduced into the main body 305 through the air inlet 315. Due to the continuous air circulation, the pure water of the food waste 313 is evaporated and eventually discharged to the discharge duct 321. By the way, the water evaporation of the food waste discharged through the discharge duct 321 has a lot of smell, so that the end of the discharge duct 321 is connected to the sewer.

The conventional food waste residue as described above has a problem in that even if the discharge duct 321 is connected to the sewer, there is no device for removing the odor from the processor itself, so that odor is generated from the sewer. In addition, since only natural air is introduced into the fan motor and circulated in the main body, the drying rate of food waste is low. Moreover, since the structure of the main body is made of a sink built-in type, there is a problem that does not match in the country where the specifications of the sink are not purified. In addition, since the drying rate of the food waste is low, the throughput of the food waste is limited, and since the food waste is not crushed, the processing time takes a long time.

The food waste disposal system according to the present invention is to overcome the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to crush the food waste, increase the drying rate, improve throughput, and allow the smell of food to be absorbed in the processor, To provide a food waste handler that can be used externally as well as in a sink.

As an example of a food waste processor according to the present invention for achieving the object of the present invention,

A case with a tap water installed at the top,

Food waste is removed from the upper portion of the case, and a hopper for receiving it,

A pulverizer comprising three grinders for crushing food waste dropped from the hopper in the lower part of the hopper;

Compression screw device for crushing again while compressing the food waste crushed in the lower grinding device,

Waste passage for receiving the food waste completely ground from the compression screw device,

A fan and a heater that blows hot air into the waste bin to raise food waste odor air in the waste bin;

An odor removing device for removing odors in the odor air;

It is provided in the lower portion of the compression screw device, and accommodates the food waste water generated in the compression screw device, the water is discharged to the sewer through the discharge pipe with the final odor air generated in the odor removal device It consists of a tank.

As an example of the grinding apparatus according to the present invention,

A first mill formed of a triple screw blade, and further comprising an upstanding blade between the blades, and having a groove formed on the same vertical line as the upstanding blade;

A second grinder formed of a six screw blade, and further provided with an upright blade between the blades, and having a groove formed on the same vertical line as the upright blade;

It is composed of a third screw blade formed of eight screw blades, with no upright blades between the blades, and a groove formed on a vertical line.

As an example of the compression screw device according to the invention,

It has an inclined case, the blade is provided around the left end, the shaft is supported by the back cover, the connector is fixed to the shaft, the slider is fixed to the outer periphery of the connector, the right side of the slider A slider is provided with a screw fastened to the slider, and a rotary blade is fixed to the right side of the support, a spring is mounted between the support and the fixture fixed to the shaft, and food is discharged from the case. A plurality of slits are formed in the case to discharge the water discharged from the waste, and the water through the slits is discharged through the tube to the drain tank.

As an example of the odor removing device according to the present invention,

Zeolite receiving port for removing the moisture in the odor gas is received by the zeolite,

A low temperature catalyst carbon receiving device for accommodating low temperature catalyst carbon and adsorbing odor air;

It is provided on one side of the low temperature catalyst carbon acceptor, the ion generator to serve to increase the adsorption efficiency by + ionizing the carbon, -ionizing the odor gas, and

Ozone generator that causes ozone generated by passing odor gas that is not adsorbed by the low temperature catalyst carbon acceptor to the odor molecules

It consists of.

1 is a cross-sectional view showing a food waste disposal system according to the present invention.

2 is a cross-sectional view showing a food waste disposal system according to the present invention.

3 is a cross-sectional view showing a food waste processor according to the present invention.

4 is a cross-sectional view showing a food waste processor according to the present invention.

5 is a cross-sectional view showing a food waste processor according to the present invention.

6 is a cross-sectional view showing a food waste processor according to the present invention.

7 is a cross-sectional view showing a food waste processor according to the present invention.

8 is a cross-sectional view showing a food waste processor according to the present invention.

9 is a cross-sectional view showing a food waste processor according to the present invention.

10 is a cross-sectional view showing a food waste processor according to the present invention.

11 is a cross-sectional view showing a food waste processor according to the present invention.

12 is a cross-sectional view showing a food waste processor according to the present invention.

13 is a cross-sectional view showing a food waste processor according to the present invention.

14 is a cross-sectional view showing a food waste processor according to the present invention.

15 is a cross-sectional view showing a food waste processor according to the present invention.

16 is a cross-sectional view showing a food waste processor according to the present invention.

17 is a cross-sectional view showing a food waste processor according to the present invention.

18 is a cross-sectional view showing a food waste processor according to the present invention.

19 is a block diagram showing a conventional food waste processor

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10: case 12: control box

14: water supply device 20: hopper

22 tube mounting hole 30 grinder

32: first grinder 34, 44, 54: body

36, 46, 56: home 38, 48: upright day

40, 50, 60: day 42: second grinder

52: third grinder 70: compression screw device

71: shaft 72: case

73: blade 74: rotary blade

76: fastener 78: connector

80: spring 82: slider

84: support 88: slit

90 tube 94 waste container

96: blocking wall 150: odor removing device

152: zeolite receiving portion 154: low temperature catalyst carbon receiving port

156: ozone generator 158: ion generator

162: discharge tube 205: fan

206: tube 207: heater

210: motor 212: motor pulley

214: belt 216: reducer

218: reducer pulley 220: rotating shaft

222, 224 belt 250 drain tank

252: discharge pipe 254: water hole

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

1, a food waste disposal system according to the present invention is shown. In the food waste disposal system according to the present invention, it is preferable to install the water supply device 14 on the case 10. In addition, the lower portion of the case 10 may be attached to the wheel to enable movement.

Food waste is removed from the top of the case 10, and a hopper 20 for receiving it is provided.

The hopper 20 is provided with a crusher 30 consisting of three grinders, to crush the food waste falling from the hopper 20.

A compression screw device 70 is provided below the crushing device 30 to crush again while compressing the crushed food waste.

The food waste completely crushed from the compression screw device 70 is dropped into the waste container 94, the user can take out the waste container 94.

Blowing hot air through the fan 205 and the heater 207 to the waste container 94, and then the food waste odor air in the waste container 94 is raised, the odor air is odor removing device 150 To remove the odor.

The lower portion of the compression screw device 70 is provided with a drain tank 250 to receive the food waste water generated in the compression screw device 70, this water is also generated in the odor removing device 150 The discharged odor air is discharged through the discharge pipe 252 to the sewerage system (not shown).

Referring to FIG. 2, the pulverizer 30 includes three pulverizers, that is, a first pulverizer 32, a second pulverizer 42 engaged with and interlocked with the first pulverizer 32, and the It consists of a third grinder 52 that is geared to engage in the lower portion of the first grinder (32).

Power of the motor 210 is transmitted to the reducer 216 through the pulley 212, the belt 214, and the reducer pulley 218 of the motor 210, and then the gear reducer 216 decelerates at a constant rate, and the belt Power 224 is transmitted to the first mill 32. The reducer 216 also transmits power to the compression screw device 70 through the belt 222.

3 to 7, the first grinder 32 will be described. The first grinder 32 is formed of a triple screw blade 40, as shown in Figure 4, between the blade 40 is further provided with an upright blade 38, the same as the upright blade 38 Grooves 36 are formed on the line. The arrangement and shape of the upright blade 38 is as shown in Figure 5, the shape of the groove 36 is shown in Figure 6, the overall development of the first grinder is shown in FIG. The groove 36 is formed to allow the upright blade 48 of the second mill 42 to pass through.

8 to 12, the second grinder 42 will be described. The second grinder 42 is formed of a six screw blade 50, as shown in Figure 9, between the blades 50 is further provided with an upright blade 48, the same vertical as the upright blade 48 Grooves 46 are formed on the line. The arrangement and shape of the upright blade 48 is as shown in Figure 10, the shape of the groove 46 is as shown in Figure 11, the overall development of the second mill is shown in Figure 12. The groove 46 is formed to allow the upright blade 38 of the first mill 32 to pass through.

Referring to Figures 13 to 15, the third grinder 52 will be described. As shown in FIG. 14, the third grinder 52 is formed of an eight screw blade 60, and there is no upright blade between the blades 60, and a groove 56 is formed on a vertical line. The overall development is as shown in FIG. 15, and the reason why the groove 56 is formed is to allow the upright blade 38 of the first mill 32 to pass through.

With reference to FIG. 16, the compression screw apparatus 70 is demonstrated. In the inclined case 72, a shaft 71 having a blade 73 around it is rotatably installed. The left end of the shaft 71 is supported by a back cover 92.

A connector 78 is fixed to the shaft 71, a slider 82 is fixed to an outer circumference of the connector 78, and a supporter fastened with a screw to the slider 82 on the right side of the slider 82. 84 is provided, the rotary blade 74 is fixed to the right side of the support (84). A spring 80 is mounted between the support 84 and the fixture 76 fixed to the shaft 71. The fastener 76 has no left and right movement with respect to the shaft 71 and only rotates. The connector 78 and the support 84 are rotated together with the shaft 71, but the shaft 71 is moved to the left and right. It is possible to move.

The rotary blade 74 is an example of a triangular blade as shown in Figs.

In addition, a plurality of slits 88 are formed in the case 72 so that the water discharged from the food waste is discharged at the portion where the food is discharged from the case 72, and the water through the slits 88 is a tube ( 90 through the drain tank 250 of FIG.

Next, the odor removing device 150 will be described. While the food odor generated in the waste container 94 passes through the zeolite receiving port 152 of the odor removing device 150, moisture is removed by the zeolite, and then the low temperature catalyst carbon receiving tool 154 passes. The low temperature catalyst carbon adsorbs odor air.

One side of the low temperature catalyst carbon acceptor 154 is provided with an ion generator 158 to increase the adsorption efficiency by ionizing the carbon and ionizing the odor gas. The ion generator 158 is of a copper plate type and may be subjected to electricity.

The odor gas that is not adsorbed by the low temperature catalyst carbon acceptor 154 passes through the ozone generator 156 and the ozone generated is bound to the gas to destroy the odor molecules. The final gas is discharged to the sewer through the discharge pipe 252 together with the water in the drain tank 250 through the discharge tube 162.

In addition, the odor from the hopper 20 is sent to the waste container 94 by the fan 205 through the tube 24 connected to the two tube mounting holes 22 provided on both lower sides of the hopper 20. .

The upper and lower sides of the waste container 94 and the compression screw device 70 are separated by a barrier wall 96.

It will be described a process in which the food is crushed and discarded by the food waste processor according to the present invention by the configuration as described above.

When food falls into the hopper 20, the primary odor is sent to the waste container 94 by the fan 205 through the tube 24 connected to the tube mounting holes 22 provided on both sides of the hopper lower portion.

The food dropped from the hopper 20 is first crushed by the first mill 32 and the second mill 42, as shown in FIG. 2, and then the first mill 32 and the third mill 52. By secondary grinding.

The secondary crushed food is dropped into the compression screw device, and the water generated at the same time as the drop is discharged to the drain tank 25 through the connection pipe 97.

In the compression screw device 70, as shown in FIG. 16, food is pulverized by the blade 73, and the rotary blade 74 is located below the central portion 93 by the spring 80, but the food is compressed. As the spring 80 is compressed, the integral connector 78, the slider 82, the supporter 84, and the rotary blade 74 are moved to the left, so that the central portion 93 and the rotary blade 74 are moved. There is a gap between). Before the food arrives at the central portion 93, the water in the food is discharged through the slit 88 and discharged to the drain tank 250 by the tube 90. The food waste that has reached the central portion 93 is compressed. It has some strength, which causes the rotary blade 74 to be crushed in a fourth order.

The food pulverized product thus pulverized is dropped into the waste container 94. The user may empty the hand manually when a certain amount of food waste is loaded in the waste container 94.

On the other hand, the smell in the hopper 20 and the smell scattered above and below the compression screw device 70 enters the waste container 94 on the left side of the blocking wall 96 through the tube 206 by the operation of the fan 205, A heater 207 is provided in the middle of the tube 206 to heat odor air.

The odor air generated from the right side of the blocking wall 96 and the odor air generated from the waste container 94 enter the odor removing device 150.

The odor gas is passed through the zeolite receiving port 152 of the odor removing device 150, the moisture is removed by the zeolite, and then, the odor gas by the low temperature catalyst carbon while passing through the low temperature catalyst carbon acceptor 154. Is adsorbed.

By the ion generator 158, the carbon is + ionized, the odor gas is-ionized, and the adsorption efficiency to carbon is increased. The odor gas that is not adsorbed by the low temperature catalyst carbon acceptor 154 passes through the ozone generator 156 and the ozone generated is bound to the gas to destroy the odor molecules. The final gas is discharged to the sewer through the discharge pipe 252 together with the water in the drain tank 250 through the discharge tube 162.

Drinking waste treatment device according to the present invention, after use, put the water into the hopper 20 by turning the water supply device 14, the water is cleaned of the crushing device 30, the compression screw device 70 and drain tank 250 Got to).

In Figure 1, arrow A represents the flow of food, arrow B represents the flow of air, and arrow C represents the flow of water.

The food waste disposer according to the present invention may be embedded in the sink and is movable as an external type.

As described above, the food waste disposal system according to the present invention has the effect of crushing the food waste qualitatively, having a discharge path of water separately, and having a special odor removing device to remove odors.

What has been described above is only one embodiment for implementing a food waste disposal system according to the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, which is outside the gist of the present invention as claimed in the following claims. Without departing from the scope of the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art can make various changes.

Claims (4)

A case 10 having a water supply device 14 installed thereon, Food waste is removed from the upper portion of the case 10, and the hopper 20 for receiving it, A crusher (30) consisting of three grinders for crushing food waste dropped from the hopper (20) below the hopper (20); Compression screw device 70 for crushing again while compressing the food waste crushed in the lower grinding device 30, Waste container 94 for receiving the food waste completely ground from the compression screw device 70, A fan 205 and a heater 207 for blowing hot air into the waste container 94 to raise food waste odor air in the waste container 94; Deodorizer 150 to remove the odor in the odor air, It is provided in the lower portion of the compression screw device 70, and accommodates the food waste water generated in the compression screw device 70, the water is also with the final odor air generated in the odor removing device 150 Drain tank 250 to discharge to the sewer through the discharge pipe 252 Food waste processor characterized in that consisting of. The method of claim 1, The grinding device 30 The first grinder 32 is formed of a triple screw blade 40, and is further provided with an upright blade 38 between the blades 40, the groove 36 is formed on the same vertical line as the upright blade 38 Wow, The second grinder 42 is formed of a six screw blade 50, the blade 50 is further provided with an upright blade 48, the groove 46 is formed on the same vertical line as the upright blade 48. , And The third grinder 52 is formed of an eight screw blade 60, there is no upright blade between the blade 60, the groove 56 is formed on a vertical line Food waste processor characterized in that consisting of. The method of claim 1, The compression screw device 70 has an inclined case 72, a blade 73 is provided on the periphery, a left end is provided with a shaft 71 supported by a back cover 92, the shaft ( A connector 78 is fixed to 71, a slider 82 is fixed to an outer circumference of the connector 78, and a supporter 84 screwed to the slider 82 is provided on the right side of the slider 82. Is provided, the rotary blade 74 is fixed to the right side of the support 84, the spring 80 is mounted between the support 84 and the fixture 76 fixed to the shaft 71, and In the case where the food is discharged from the case 72, a plurality of slits 88 are formed in the case 72 so that the water discharged from the food waste is discharged. Food waste processor, characterized in that the discharge through the drain tank (250). The method of claim 1, Odor removal device 150 Zeolite receiving port 152 to receive the zeolite to remove moisture in the odor gas, A low temperature catalyst carbon receiving device 154 for accommodating low temperature catalyst carbon and adsorbing odor air; An ion generator 158 which is provided on one side of the low temperature catalyst carbon acceptor 154 to increase the adsorption efficiency by ionizing the carbon and ionizing the odor gas; Ozone generator 156 that causes ozone generated while passing through the odor gas that is not adsorbed by the low temperature catalyst carbon acceptor 154 to bind to the gas to destroy odor molecules Food waste disposer, characterized in that consisting of.