KR20020063037A - Apparatus of separating food dregs for sink - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A food refuse separator for a sink is provided to use conveniently by attaching simply to a sink, to prevent a counterflow of odor caused by food refuse, to remove food refuse easily by crushing effectively, to prevent a sewer pipe from being stopped by food refuse and to prevent water pollution. CONSTITUTION: The food refuse separator for a sink comprises: a separator body(10) provided with an installation space(10'), doors, a switch, a display part and a filtrate outlet(14); an input hopper(20) provided with an anti-counterflow unit for preventing a counterflow of odor; a crushing part(40) installed to the inner installation space(10') and provided with a drum(41) containing many through holes(41') and housing a feed shaft(42) with a screw(43), and a guide cover(50) guiding waste water dropped into the through holes(41') of the drum(41) downward; a filtering part(60) for filtering sludge of waste water discharged to the through holes(41') of the drum(41); and a sludge collecting container(70) for storing dehydrated food sludge dropped toward a bearing circular plate(44) of the crushing part(40).

Description

Apparatus of separating food dregs for sink}

The present invention relates to a food waste separator for a sink.

The present invention is simply installed in the sink drains of homes and offices to naturally discharge the filtered water of various food sludges generated after washing the dishes to the bottom, while crushing the food waste separated from the moisture and finely crushed at the same time This can be easily collected and when the use is not required, the food sludge inflow passage can be easily sealed to effectively prevent backflow of odor.

In general, most of the wastewater generated when washing food-stained dishes in the sink is drained directly through the sink's drain. The discharge of unfiltered wastewater is accompanied by a small amount of food sludge. The blockage will interfere with the smooth flow of sewage.

Therefore, to prevent food sludge from being discharged directly to the sewer with sewage, a filter net is installed at the inlet of the sink drain so that the food sludge can be filtered by the filter net, but the food sludge cannot be completely filtered by the filter net. In addition, the strain is frequently blocked by food sludge, and it is pointed out that the cumbersome problem of collecting the food sludge from the strain is collected.

The present invention is simply installed in the sink drains of homes and offices to naturally discharge the filtered water of various food sludges generated after washing the dishes to the bottom, while crushing the food waste separated from the moisture and finely crushed at the same time This can be easily collected, and when the use is not required, the food sludge inflow passage can be easily sealed to effectively prevent backflow of odor.

To this end, the present invention is provided with an installation space portion on the inside and the front and rear doors and the switch and the display portion is formed on the side, the separator main body formed with a filtered water discharge hole on the bottom; An input hopper coupled to an upper surface of the main body and coupled to a side hole and an upper end of the sink to a drain hole, the bottom of which is installed in communication with an installation space of the main body, and configured to prevent a backflow of odor rising from the bottom in the center; It is installed in the inner installation space of the main body in communication with the bottom of the input hopper, and a plurality of through holes are perforated throughout the outer periphery, and one end is built on the motor shaft and the other end is supported by the supporting disc, It is installed while being supported on the drum and the outer circumference of the drum that can accommodate the feed shaft with the screw for crushing compression, and the guide cover for downward guidance of sewage falling into the through hole of the drum is supported on the inner top and bottom of the main body. A crushing unit installed in a state; It is installed at one side of the bottom of the pulverization part and filters the sludge of the sewage discharged into the through hole of the drum and discharges it to the support disc of the pulverization part on one side. By providing a food sludge separation device that includes a sludge storage container for storage of sewage, the sewage generated after dish washing is filtered and discharged immediately, and the food sludge completely dehydrated can be accommodated in a separate collection container. We want to provide a related configuration.

1 is an exploded perspective view of the present invention

Figure 2 is a side cross-sectional view showing the internal configuration of the present invention

Figure 3a, 3b, 3c is an excerpt cross-sectional view showing a state in which the screw is installed in sequence on the feed shaft of the present invention

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

10: main body 10 ': installation space

11,11 ': Opening and closing door 12: Switch

13: display unit 14: filtered water discharge hole

20: Input Hopper 21: Input Hole

22: connector 23: stopper

24: long hole 30: backflow prevention unit

31: link 32: support

33 packing 40 grinding part

41: drum 41 ': through hole

42: feed shaft 43: screw

44: support disk 45: coupling hole

46: sludge discharge hole 50: guide cover

60: filtration unit 61: locking jaw

62,62 ': mesh support member 63: strain mesh

64: outflow hole 70: sludge collection container

S, S ': Sensor M, M': Motor

In the present invention, the installation space portion 10 'is provided on the inner side, and the front and rear doors 11 and 11' and the switch 12 and the display portion 13 are formed on both sides and the filtered water discharge hole 14 is formed on the bottom. A separator main body 10 formed; The main body 10 is coupled to one side of the upper surface and the side hole 24 and the top is coupled to the drain hole 101 of the sink 100, the bottom portion is installed in communication with the installation space portion 10 'of the main body 10 and the bottom portion in the center An input hopper 20 configured with a backflow prevention part 30 for preventing backflow of odor that is raised from the back; Installed in the inner installation space portion 10 'of the main body 10 in communication with the bottom of the input hopper 20, a plurality of through holes 41' is perforated throughout the outer periphery, one end of the motor (M) shaft The drum 41 and the drum 41 which can be accommodated at the same time and the other end is coupled to the support disk 44, the feed shaft 42, which is recirculated to the screw 43 for grinding and crushing the food waste on the outer circumference can be accommodated. Crushing is installed in the state supported on the outer periphery of the guide 41 for the downward guidance of sewage falling into the through-hole (41 ') of the drum 41 is supported while being supported on the inner top and bottom of the body (10) Section 40; It is installed on one side of the bottom part of the crushing unit 40 and on the filter unit 60 and one side for filtering the sludge of the sewage discharged into the through hole 41 'of the drum 41 and discharging it to the filtered water discharge hole of the main body 10. The sludge collection container 70 for storing the food sludge that is discharged and dropped in a state in which water is dehydrated toward the support disc 44 of the crushing unit 40 is configured.

Reference numeral 100 in the drawing denotes a sink, a drain 101.

Referring to the operation of the present invention in detail as follows.

The present invention is installed on the bottom of the sink 100 to easily separate the water and the sludge of the food waste, so that the sludge is collected in the sludge collection container 100 and the sewage can be immediately discharged to the sewer.

The inlet hopper 20 of the present invention is placed in the state in which the upper end is coupled to the inlet port 21 and the bottom portion is in communication with the inner side of the drum 41 of the body 10, the sink 100 of the sink 100 When the food waste generated after washing the dishes into the drain 101 together with the sewage flows naturally down to the bottom through the inlet 21, the central part of the input hopper 20 is inclined toward one side, so mistakes This prevents the continuous influx of eating utensils such as spoons, forks and chopsticks that come with the food waste.

In addition, in the present invention, the input hopper 20 includes a backflow prevention part 30 for preventing odor generated from the bottom grinding part 40 from flowing back to the outside through the drain hole 101 of the sink 100. have.

The backflow prevention part 30 is installed at the inner central open portion of the input hopper 20 and is erected eccentrically with the motor M 'axis on the outside of the input hopper 20 and connected to one end of the link 31. The piece 32 is inserted inside the long hole 24 so that the packing 33 is coupled to one end of the support piece 32, and one end of the packing 33 driven by the motor M 'is supported by the support piece 32. Odorably coupled around the fixing pin of the) to easily seal the open part of the input hopper 20, when the use of the separation device is not required, odor flowing back from the bottom of the input hopper 20 To effectively block them.

In addition, the present invention is installed in the inner installation space (10 ') of the main body 10 in communication with the bottom of the input hopper 20, a plurality of through holes (41') is perforated throughout the outer periphery, one end is inside The drum 41, which is arranged on the motor M shaft and at the same time, is coupled to the support disk 44, and has a feed shaft 42 in which a screw 43 for crushing and feeding the food residues on the outer circumference is accommodated. And a guide cover 50 installed downwardly on the outer circumference of the drum 41 and for guiding the sewage falling into the through hole 41 'of the drum 41 to the inner upper surface and the bottom of the main body 10. The crushing unit 40 installed in the supported state is configured to effectively dehydrate the water of the food wastes supplied through the input hopper 20 and at the same time, crush and feed them to one side of the drum 41 to sludge the crushed food wastes. Through the collection container 70 is to be easily collected.

In addition, the feed shaft 42 of the present invention is divided into approximately three equal lengths, and the screw 43 for crushing and feeding the food residues on the outer circumference of the feed shaft 42 is sequentially installed toward the outlet of the crushing unit 40. In addition, the number of the screws 43 is increased in stages so that the crushing and feeding of the food waste can be carried out gradually.

On the other hand, the present invention is installed on one side of the bottom of the crushing unit 40, the filtration unit for filtering the sludge of the sewage discharged to the through-hole 41 'of the drum 41 to discharge to the filtered water discharge hole of the main body 10 ( 60) is installed.

The filtration unit 60 is formed in an enclosure shape in which an upper surface is opened and an outlet hole 64 is formed on the bottom surface, and a locking jaw 61 protrudes inwardly at the upper and middle portions of the inner surface, The structure is fixed by the mesh support members 62 and 62 'in the extended state, and the foreign matter mixed with the water in the food waste is completely separated in the process of passing the water separated from the food waste through the double strainer 63. Sludge collection container 70 is filtered to the outlet hole 64 and one side of the filtration unit 60 is discharged in a state in which water is dehydrated toward the support disc 44 of the crushing unit 40 to fall down. ) To facilitate the collection of dehydrated food waste.

In more detail, the present invention is introduced into the drain hole 101 with the waste water in a state in which the food waste generated after washing the dishes is not separated separately, and then downwards through the inlet port 21 of the inlet hopper 20. It will flow down naturally.

At this time, the entrance of the object such as a spoon or chopstick fork is naturally blocked by the input hopper 20, which is bent at the center, so that it can be easily withdrawn again to the inlet 21 and the food dregs supplied through the input hopper 20. And moisture contained therein is to be supplied into the drum 41 of the crushing unit 40 through the malodor backflow prevention unit 30.

Of course, the packing 33 of the backflow prevention part 30 maintains the normally open state by driving the outer motor M ', but returns to its original state after use, and the odor generated from the bottom grinding part 40 is introduced. The hopper 20 is prevented from flowing back to the drain hole 101 of the sink 100, and a series of operations are controlled by the sensor S ′ installed at one side of the input hopper 20.

On the other hand, the food debris supplied into the drum 41 of the crushing unit 40 is rotated by the feed shaft 42 by the driving of the motor M of one side of the crushing unit 40, the food debris is screw 43 The water contained in the food dregs is pressed toward the other side by)) and flows down to the bottom of the crushing unit 40 through a plurality of through holes 41 'perforated on the drum 41 outer periphery. The guide cover 50 is coupled to the support cover 50 to perform a water collecting function so that the moisture of the food waste is always supplied into the filtration unit 60.

3, the feed shaft 42 of the present invention is roughly divided into three lengthwise directions as shown in FIG. 3 to gradually increase the number of screws 43 toward the outlet of the crushing unit 40, that is, the support disc 44. Not only minimizes the load due to the crushing and conveying of food waste, but also closes the crimping state gradually, making water dehydration even more perfect, and easily crushing the food waste in the form of sludge.

On the other hand, the food waste crushed by the screw 43 of the feed shaft 42 is inserted into the central coupling hole 45 with one end of the feed shaft 42 turned to the bearing (B), and a plurality of sludges on the side. The food waste which is rotated while being supported by the support disk 44 on which the discharge hole 46 is formed and is continuously conveyed from the opposite side of the feed shaft 42 is discharged through the sludge discharge hole 46 of the support disk 44. When the discharged food sludge is accumulated in the sludge storage container which is coupled to the bottom of the inner installation space (10 ') of the main body 10 and the food sludge is fully filled inside the sludge collection container (70). One side sensor S detects this and informs the user of the sludge collection container 70 through the display unit 13 of the main body 10 through opening and closing doors 11 and 11 ′ in front of the main body 10. Simply take out the sludge collection container (70) It is easy to collect the sludge dehydrated completely.

In addition, the filtration unit 60 is installed on one side of the sludge collection container 70 is configured in the form of an enclosure having an upper surface is opened and the outlet hole 64 for water discharge on the bottom surface and the locking jaw ( 61) is inwardly fixed and fixed to the mesh support members 62 and 62 'with the upper circumference of the filtering network 63 being passed, and the water separated from the food waste passes through the double filtering network 63. Foreign matter mixed with water in food waste is completely separated into the bottom outlet hole 64 and is discharged through the discharge hole 14 of the main body 10 and discharged through a hose (not shown) connected thereto. The upper and lower sieve mesh 63 used may be used by adopting the same mesh size, but may be manufactured by changing the size of the mesh so that moisture can be filtered smoothly.

Therefore, the crushing unit 40 having a simple structure capable of efficiently crushing food waste inside the installation space 10 'of the main body 10 can be configured to reduce the appearance of the collecting device and to further reduce the appearance. Reinforced crushing and pressurized structure completely separates the water contained in the food waste, so that it is easy to collect the food sludge completely dehydrated, even when the use is not required backflow prevention part 30 of the input hopper 20 This has the advantage of being able to completely block backflow of odor generated inside the crushing unit 40 by.

While the present invention has been shown and described with reference to certain preferred embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and the general knowledge in the art to which the present invention pertains without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Various changes and modifications may be made by a person having the same authority.

The present invention is an improved structure that can be conveniently used by simply installing in the sinks of homes and businesses, as well as preventing the backflow of odor generated by food wastes introduced into the drains of the sinks, as well as food wastes discarded with sewage. Not only can it be effectively pulverized to collect it, but the present invention also allows the water to be quickly discharged to the bottom of the main body in the filtered state by filtering water, thereby preventing the blockage of the drain pipe as small as possible. Of course, it can also contribute to water pollution prevention.

Claims (4)

Separation device having an installation space portion 10 'is provided on the inside, a switch 12 and a display portion 13 are formed on the front and rear doors (11, 11') and sides, and the filtered water discharge hole (14) is formed on the bottom surface. A main body 10; The main body 10 is coupled to one side of the upper surface and the side hole 24 and the top is coupled to the drain hole 101 of the sink 100, the bottom portion is installed in communication with the installation space portion 10 'of the main body 10 and the bottom portion in the center An input hopper 20 configured with a backflow prevention part 30 for preventing backflow of odor that is raised from the back; Installed in the inner installation space portion 10 'of the main body 10 in communication with the bottom of the input hopper 20, a plurality of through holes 41' is perforated throughout the outer periphery, one end of the motor (M) shaft The drum 41 and the drum 41 which can be accommodated at the same time and the other end is coupled to the support disk 44, the feed shaft 42, which is recirculated to the screw 43 for grinding and crushing the food waste on the outer circumference can be accommodated. Crushing is installed in the state supported on the outer periphery of the guide 41 for the downward guidance of sewage falling into the through-hole (41 ') of the drum 41 is supported while being supported on the inner top and bottom of the body (10) Section 40; It is installed on one side of the bottom part of the crushing unit 40 and on the filter unit 60 and one side for filtering the sludge of the sewage discharged into the through hole 41 'of the drum 41 and discharging it to the filtered water discharge hole of the main body 10. Sludge collection container for the storage of food sludge that is discharged in a state in which water is dehydrated toward the support disc 44 of the crushing unit 40 is dropped. According to claim 1, the backflow prevention portion 30 is installed in the inner central open portion of the input hopper 20 and is erected eccentrically to the motor (M ') axis on the outside of the input hopper 20 and the link 31 One end of the packing 33 connected to one end of the support piece 32 is inserted into the inside of the long hole 24 so that the packing 33 is coupled to one end of the support piece 32 and is driven by the motor M '. Sink separation device for the sink, characterized in that rotatably coupled around the fixing pin of the support piece (32). 2. The feed shaft 42 according to claim 1, wherein the feed shaft 42 is roughly divided into three lengths, and the screw 43 for crushing and feeding the food residues on the outer circumference of the feed shaft 42 is sequentially installed toward the outlet of the crushing unit 40. By, but the food waste separation device for the sink, characterized in that the number of screws (43) increases step by step. The method of claim 1, wherein the filtration unit 60 is configured in the form of an enclosure in which the upper surface is opened and the outlet hole 64 for water discharge on the bottom surface, and the locking jaw 61 is protruded inwardly at the upper and middle portions of the inner surface. Food waste separation device for a sink (100), characterized in that the upper periphery of the strainer (63) is installed to be fixed to the mesh support member (62, 62 ').