KR20020083304A - A waste food disposing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A food waste disposer is provided to reduce the volume and weight of food waste and to simplify a refuse disposal process. CONSTITUTION: The food waste disposer comprises: a crushing-compressing assembly(10) provided with an inlet(11) for taking food waste, a crushing-compressing screw(16) for dewatering food waste by crushing and compressing, then discharging through an outlet(13), a drain-outlet(12) for draining sewage flew from the inlet(11) and moisture squeezed from food waste, and a strainer(15) for filtering the crushed food waste not to go down toward the drain-outlet(12); a feed pipe(32) for transferring food waste discharged from an outlet(13); a collecting tub(30) for collecting and drying food waste transferred through a feed pipe(32); and an odor remover(40) provided with a deodorizer(42) for removing odor from food waste collected in the collecting tub(30).

Description

Food Waste Processing Equipment {A WASTE FOOD DISPOSING APPARATUS}

The present invention relates to a treatment device for food waste introduced from the sink of the kitchen. More specifically, the present invention is to crush and compress various food wastes introduced from the sink of the kitchen by using a crushing and compression screw to remove the water primarily, and to separate and separate the crushed and compressed food wastes remaining The present invention relates to a food waste treatment device which processes water by evaporating water to make the water mostly removed.

Since most of the food waste discharged from the kitchen of a normal home or restaurant contains a large amount of water, it is difficult to burn and dispose of food waste, and most of it is landfilled. However, landfills of large amounts of food waste will cause serious environmental pollution such as water pollution and soil pollution. Therefore, it is highly recommended to dispose of the food waste after it has been completely drained. In recent years, dehydration of food waste has become almost mandatory.

In order to dehydrate food waste, a container having a perforated drainage hole is disposed at the inlet of a drainage hole and food waste is added thereto so that natural dehydration occurs, or a container having a perforated drainage hole is installed at the drainage drainage port and the container is mounted on a motor. Dehydration was performed by using a rotary motion.

However, the former is not only time-consuming but also difficult to expect complete dehydration. In the latter case, dehydration is possible to some extent and the volume of food waste can be reduced, but it is difficult to expect perfect dehydration, and the weight of garbage is not greatly reduced due to the remaining water. In addition, both of the above methods could not completely remove the odor and water generated from food waste, there was a feeling of rejection and inconvenience in handling garbage.

The present invention was developed to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, the object of the present invention is to remove the water contained in the food waste and at the same time to purify the odor generated from food waste, the volume of food waste It is to provide a food waste treatment device that greatly reduces the weight and weight and eliminates the discomfort and inconvenience in handling food waste.

1 is a perspective view of a food waste treating apparatus according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention.

It is sectional drawing of the crushing and crimping assembly part by the line A-A of FIG.

4 is a cross-sectional view of the strainer portion taken by line B-B in FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the sump and the odor removing device of FIG.

6 is an exploded perspective view of the malodor removing device.

7 is a block diagram of a food waste treatment process according to the present invention.

8 is a perspective view of another embodiment of a strainer portion;

9 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of a strainer portion.

10 is a perspective view of yet another embodiment according to the present invention.

11 is a cross-sectional view of the transfer pipe portion.

12 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment provided with a large capacity transfer pipe.

Figure 13 is a perspective view of another embodiment provided with a large capacity transfer pipe.

In the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, various food wastes introduced from the sink of the kitchen is crushed and crushed by using a crushing and pressing screw to remove the water primarily, and collected separately the crushed and compressed food wastes It is dried to remove the water by evaporating the remaining water to provide a food waste treatment apparatus for making a food dregs almost no moisture to process.

Specifically, in the present invention, the food waste is introduced into the inlet, and the food waste introduced through the inlet crushed and pressed to squeeze the water from the food waste and at the same time the crushed food waste is discharged into the outlet to discharge the crushing screw And a food waste crushing / compressing assembly having a drain hole for draining the water squeezed out from the inlet and drainage, and a strainer for filtering the crushed food waste out of the drain. A transfer pipe for transporting food waste discharged from the discharge port; A sump collecting and drying food wastes transferred through the transfer pipe; And it has a deodorant material is provided food waste processing apparatus comprising a odor removing device for removing odor generated from the food waste collected in the sump.

In one embodiment of the food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention, a heater is further provided to force dry food waste in the sump. According to this embodiment, by almost forcibly drying the food dregs, first of which has been drained by pressing, by using a heater such as an electric heater, almost all of the food dregs can be removed. Reducing the weight and volume of the debris can reduce the economic burden on the user and make the waste disposal process easier and cleaner.

In addition, in another embodiment of the food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention, the food waste discharged from the drain pipe of the kitchen sink in the upper portion of the inlet of the shredding, crimping assembly can be introduced into the inlet without flowing out An inflow housing surrounding the drain pipe is installed, and a fan for forcibly discharging the gas generated from the food waste of the sump is provided at the lower portion of the deodorant to the odor removing device, and the strainer is directed toward the outlet of the crushing and pressing screw. It may be provided to surround the tip of the. Composing the strainer in this way makes it easier to squeeze the shredded food waste.

The food waste treatment apparatus of the present invention may be configured such that the sump is integrally assembled with the crushing and pressing assembly to form a combined device as a whole. Thus, it is preferable to use one combined device because it is easy to be mounted under the sink of a general household, so that it is used for individual general households.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the sump is spaced apart from the crushing and pressing assembly, and the sump is connected to one or more transfer pipes so that food waste from one or more crushing and pressing assemblies is collected in one sump. Provided is a food waste treatment device, characterized in that collected in. Such an embodiment is suitable for collecting food waste from multiple homes or users such as an apartment complex and processing them in one place. In this case, it is preferable that the feed pipe is provided with a spiral feed mechanism and the food waste discharged from the outlet as the spiral feed mechanism is rotated is transferred to the sump along the feed pipe by the spiral movement.

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

1 is a perspective view of one embodiment according to the present invention.

Food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention, the crushed and crushed food waste introduced from the sink of the kitchen is crushed and squeezed water from the food trash after crushing, compression assembly (10) for discharging the food waste through the outlet (13) It is.

In addition, in the present invention, the odor removal device 40 for removing the odor generated when drying the food waste in the sump (30) and the sump (30) for collecting and drying food waste discharged from the outlet (10) ) Is provided.

With reference to the separated perspective view disclosed in Figure 2 looks at in detail the configuration of an embodiment of the shredding, pressing assembly 10 provided in the present invention. First, the crushing and pressing assembly 10 is formed with inlets 11 through which food waste is introduced. The crushing and pressing assembly 10 is mounted below the sink of the kitchen, the inlet 11 formed on the upper surface of the crushing and pressing assembly 10 is connected to the drain of the sink, the food flowing through the drain of the sink. Accept the debris An inlet housing 20 may be installed between the inlet 11 and the drain of the sink, and when the inlet housing 20 is installed, food waste discharged from the drain of the sink is leaked to the outside. Can be easily introduced into the inlet (11).

The crushing and pressing screw 16 is provided inside the crushing and pressing assembly 10. The crushing and pressing screw 16 crushes and compresses the food waste introduced from the inlet 11 through the rotational movement to squeeze water from the food waste and advances the crushed food waste toward the outlet 13.

The crushing and pressing screw 16 is positioned so that the beginning of the blade of the crushing and pressing screw 16 is placed in the lower portion of the inlet 11, and in order to improve the pressing effect of the food waste in order to the end portion It is preferable to have a shape in which the pitch is reduced.

The crushing and crimping screw 16 is rotationally driven by a drive source 19 such as a motor mounted on one side of the crushing and crimping assembly 10. In the present invention, the drive source 19 may be configured to operate by a user's manual operation, and the drive source 19 so that the crushing and pressing assembly 10 automatically operates for a predetermined period according to the amount of food waste. It can also be comprised so that it may be controlled by the power supply control system provided with this timer.

The shredding and pressing assembly 10 is formed with a discharge port 13 through which the food waste that has been pressed out and pushed out is formed at the end of the shredding and pressing screw 16, and the lower surface of the shredding and pressing assembly 10 is formed. Drains 12 are formed to drain the water squeezed out of the sewage and food waste from the inlet 11 is formed. The drain 12 is equipped with a drain pipe 18 is connected to the sewer.

The shredding and pressing assembly 10 is provided with a strainer 15 for filtering the food waste from the drain 12, the strainer 15 may be simply mounted at the inlet of the drain 12 The strainer 15 is inserted into the front part of the crushing and pressing screw 16 so that the squeezed and pressurized screw 16 can be easily squeezed in the process of advancing the food waste crushed by the crushing pressing screw 16 to be removed. May be

3 is a cross-sectional view of the crushing and crimping assembly 10 by the line A-A of FIG. 1. When the strainer 15 is inserted into the front portion of the crushing and crimping screw 16, the front edge 22 of the strainer 15 is prevented from flowing up, down, left and right. Is preferably inserted into the groove 24 of the outlet casing 14. Then, a rubber bushing 17 is attached to the fastening portion between the outlet casing 14 and the body of the crushing and crimping assembly 10. It is preferable to prevent the food waste from being pushed out between the fastening sites by allowing the sites to be sealedly coupled.

4 is a cross-sectional view of a portion of the strainer 15 taken by line B-B in FIG. 3. In order to prevent the strainer 15 from being rotated by food waste positioned between the strainer 15 and the breaker / squeezing screw 16 due to the rotational movement of the breaker / press screw 16, the shredding / pressing assembly ( It is also preferable that the engaging projection 21 is formed in the inside of the 10 so that the engaging piece 23 provided at the end of the strainer 15 is caught by the engaging projection 21.

Next, with reference to Figure 5 will be described an embodiment of the sump 30 and the odor removing device 40 provided in the present invention. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the sump 30 and the odor removal device 40 by the line C-C of FIG.

The food waste, which is crushed and pressed in the crushing and pressing assembly 10 and the water is first removed, is transferred to the water collecting tank 30 through the transfer pipe 32 mounted to the outlet 13. The food waste collected in the sump (30) is evaporated moisture remaining by natural drying or by a heater (31) such as a heater provided in the sump (30) as in the following embodiment Removed. The position and type of the heater 31 can be changed in various ways.

The upper portion of the sump (30) is open to discharge the gas generated when the food dregs dry, and to remove the dried food dregs from the sump (30).

Odor is generated when the residual moisture of food waste is dried. In order to purify or remove the odor generated, the odor removing device 40 is provided. The odor removing device 40 is provided with a deodorizing material 42 for purifying the odor generated from food waste. 6 shows one embodiment of the malodor removing device 40 in a separate perspective view. In the embodiment shown in the figure, the deodorizing material 42 is provided inside the case body 41 of a predetermined size. The case body 41 is provided with a gas inlet 48 for receiving gas generated from food waste in the sump 30.

The case body 41 is preferably provided with a fan 43 in order to purify the gas generated in the sump 30 smoothly and quickly through the deodorizing material 42. The fan 43 is preferably mounted below the deodorizing material 42.

In the embodiment shown in Figure 6, one side of the case body 41 is provided with a case body opening and closing device 44 for the replacement of the deodorant material 42, the opening and closing device 44 is the case body 41 Open and close along the guide rail 46 provided on one side. In addition, a plurality of guide rails 47 are provided in the case body 41 to mount the deodorizing material 42 and the fan 43. A plurality of discharge holes 44 are formed in the upper portion of the case body 41 so that the purified gas passing through the deodorizing material 42 escapes from the odor removing device 40. Activated carbon may be used as the deodorizing material 42. In this embodiment, activated carbon made of a porous plate is used.

The case body 41, the case body opening device 44, the deodorizing material 42 and the configuration for mounting the fan 43 and the like are just one embodiment of the odor removing device 40 provided in the present invention, In the present invention, the odor removing device 40 is not limited to the structure illustrated above, and may be variously changed.

Next, the food waste treatment process according to the present invention will be described with reference to the block diagram shown in FIG.

When food waste enters the shredding / compression assembly 10 through the inlet 11, the food waste is shredded and compressed by the shredding / compression screw 16 to drain the food dregs through the strainer 15 through the drain pipe 12. It is discharged to (18) and water is firstly removed from food waste. The compressed food waste is advanced by the rotational movement of the crushing and pressing assembly 10 and is discharged through the discharge port 13 to be transferred to the sump 30. The food waste continuously introduced can be easily discharged to the discharge port 13 by the helical crushing and pressing screw 16 by the continuous rotational motion.

The food waste collected in the sump 30 is naturally dried or dried by a heater 31 such as a heater to remove most of the remaining water. Odor is generated from food waste during drying, the odor gas is sent to the odor removal device 40 is deodorized and purified by the deodorant material 42 provided in the odor removal device 40 is exhausted.

8 and 9 show another embodiment of the crushing and crimping screw 16 and the strainer 15.

FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of the crushing and crimping screw 16 and the portion of the strainer 15, and FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the strainer 15. FIG.

In the present embodiment, the strainer is divided into a drain 15a, a dewatering 15b, and a crimp 15c. In the lower part of the drain 15a, holes are drilled so that water squeezed out of the sewage and food waste introduced together with the food waste may fall into the drain 12. The drain 15a may have the same radius along the tip of the strainer 15.

The diameter of the hole formed in the drainage part 15a in the lower part of the dewatering part 15b so that the inherent water contained in the food waste or residual water not removed from the drainage part 15a can fall into the drain hole 12. Smaller diameter holes are drilled.

Food waste, which has already been removed from the drainage portion 15a and the dehydration portion 15b, by which a large amount of water is removed, is sufficiently compressed in the pressing portion 15c before being discharged through the discharge port 13. The crimping portion 15c is not perforated for a more effective crimping effect.

It is preferable that the dewatering part 15b and the crimping part 15c have a conical shape in order to enhance the dewatering and crimping effect.

The shape of the crushing and crimping screw 16 is also determined according to the shape of the strainer. When the crushing and crimping screw 16 is inserted into the strainer 15, the crushing and crimping screw is located at the drain 15a of the strainer 15. The portion 16 has a shape having the same radius along the tip direction, and the portions corresponding to the dewatering portion 15b and the pressing portion 15c of the strainer 15 preferably have a conical shape.

Another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 10.

The embodiments to be described below are suitable for treating food wastes in batches when large-scale food wastes are discharged, such as restaurants, or in communal residential areas such as apartments.

The biggest difference from the above-described embodiment is that the sump 30 and the odor removing device 40 are separated from the crushing and pressing assembly 10. That is, the embodiment described above is suitable for home use, and the sump 30 and the odor removing device 40 are combined with the crushing and pressing assembly 10. On the other hand, the embodiment to be described below has a structure in which the sump 30 and the odor removing device 40 are separated from the crushing and pressing assembly 10. This structure is suitable for the treatment of large-scale food waste, which collects large-scale food waste from multiple sinks in one large sump 30, or food waste discharged from each household in a common residential complex such as an apartment. It is suitable for use in collecting and processing in one large sump (30). The sump 30 of this structure is generally located far away from the crushing and pressing assembly 10 mounted on the sink, so that the device for transferring the crushed and compressed food waste to the distant sump 30 is seen. It is additionally provided in the embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 10, in this embodiment, a discharge pipe 32 is provided at an outlet of the crushing / compressing assembly 10, which is connected to a collecting container 30 at a long distance. It becomes a passage for conveying the crushed and compressed food waste to the sump (30). In this embodiment, the food waste transfer mechanism for easily transporting food waste to the sump (30) is provided.

Referring to the configuration of an embodiment of the transfer mechanism in detail, Figure 11 is a cross-sectional view of the portion of the transfer pipe 32, as shown in the drawing, connecting the transfer pipe 32 and the crushing and crimping assembly The connecting tube 50 and the transfer pipe 32 are provided with an iron core 51 having a spiral shape and extends to the sump 30. One end of the iron core 51 is connected to a driving source 52 provided at one end of the transfer pipe 32 to be rotated by the driving source 52.

When the iron core 51 is rotated by the drive source 52, the food waste discharged through the outlet 13 after being crushed is advanced forward along the rotating spiral iron core 52, so that the water can easily Are transferred to 30. Since the transfer pipe 32 and the spiral iron core 51 can smoothly transport food wastes even in a straight arrangement as well as in a curved arrangement, it does not affect the position of the sump 30 and the odor removing device 40. Do not.

Since the process after food waste is transported is the same as the above-described embodiment, repeated description of the same content is omitted.

Another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13.

When the sump 30 and the odor removing device 40 described above are separated from the crushing and pressing assembly 10, the large-scale transfer pipe 60 discharges the food wastes discharged from the crushing and pressing assembly 10. It may be accommodated in the sump container 30 by using. In case of a high-rise residential complex such as an apartment, food waste is disposed below the large-scale transport pipe 60 by using the large-capacity transport pipe 60 connected to the transport pipe 32 extending from the shredding and compression assembly 10 of each home. It is preferable to transfer to the sump (30).

12 is a cross-sectional view of a portion of the transfer pipe 32 and the large capacity transfer pipe 50 of the food waste treatment apparatus provided with a large capacity transfer pipe 60. One end of the transfer pipe 32 in which the spiral transfer mechanism 51 is embedded is connected to the large capacity transfer pipe 60. A plurality of transfer tubes not shown in FIG. 12 may be connected to the large capacity transfer tube 60, respectively.

Figure 13 is a perspective view of the food waste treatment apparatus equipped with a large-capacity transfer pipe (60). The sump container 30 is connected to the lower portion of the large capacity transfer pipe 60, and the odor removing device 40 is provided at the upper part of the sump container 30. The food wastes shredded and compressed in each shredding / compression assembly 10 are transferred to the mass transfer pipe 60 by the spiral transfer mechanism 51 and the food wastes reaching the mass transfer pipe 60 under the influence of gravity. It falls down and is received in the sump 32. The large-capacity collection container 60 is preferably located vertically so that the drinking water can be accommodated in the collection container 30 smoothly.

However, the shape and the installation direction of the large-capacity transfer pipe 60 can be freely deformed under any condition that food waste can be accommodated smoothly into the sump (30). In addition, the shape and structure of the sump 30 and the odor removing device 40 can also be modified as long as it does not depart from the gist of the present invention.

Since the process after food waste is accommodated in the sump (30) is the same as the above-described embodiment, repeated description of the same content is omitted.

According to the present invention, by first separating the water contained in the food waste through the crushing, pressing process and finally removed by the dryer, by removing most of the water in the food waste to reduce the weight and volume of food waste users It can reduce the economic burden on the operator and make the waste disposal process easy and clean.

In addition, the food dregs completely dried according to the present invention may reduce the recycling process step of removing water in terms of recycling of food waste, which may have a beneficial effect.

Further, by effectively purifying the odor generated when the food dregs are dried, the rejection and inconvenience in handling the food dregs can be eliminated.

In addition, in a common residential complex such as an apartment, food waste can be processed in a batch, so that the residents can reduce the trouble of disposing of food waste and the manager can easily manage the common residential complex.

Claims (7)

Inlet 11 into which food waste is introduced and crushed and crushed food waste introduced through the inlet 11 to squeeze out water from food waste and simultaneously break up the crushed food waste and discharge it to the outlet 13. A pressing screw 16, a drain 12 for draining the water squeezed out from the inlet 11 and the squeezed food waste, and filtering the crushed food dregs out of the drain 12; Food waste crushing and pressing assembly (10) having a strainer (15); Transfer pipe 32 for transporting the food waste discharged from the outlet 13; A water collecting container 30 for collecting and drying food waste transported through the transfer pipe 32; And Food debris treatment device comprising a deodorant (42) to remove the odor generated from the food waste collected in the sump (30). The method of claim 1, The food waste treatment apparatus, characterized in that the heater (31) is provided so as to forcibly dry the food residue. The method of claim 2, The inlet housing 20 which surrounds the drain pipe of the sink so that the food waste discharged from the drain pipe of the kitchen sink can flow into the inlet 11 without flowing out to the upper portion of the inlet 11 of the crushing and pressing assembly 10 Installed; A lower portion of the deodorizing material 42 of the odor removing device 40 is provided with a fan 43 for forcibly discharging the gas generated from the food waste of the sump 30; The strainer (15) is a food waste treatment apparatus, characterized in that provided to surround the tip of the crushing, pressing screw (16) in the direction of the outlet (13). The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The sump (30) is a food waste treatment apparatus, characterized in that integrated with the crushing, pressing assembly (10). The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The sump (30) is spaced apart from the crushing and pressing assembly (10); One or more transfer pipes 32 are connected to the sump 30 so that food waste from one or more shredding and pressing assemblies 10 is collected in one sump 30. . The method of claim 5, One or more transfer pipes (32) is connected to the large-capacity transfer pipe (60) and the food waste treatment apparatus, characterized in that the sump (32) is connected to the large-capacity transfer pipe (60). The method of claim 5, The transfer pipe 32 is provided with a spiral feed mechanism 51 so that the food waste discharged from the discharge port 13 as the spiral feed mechanism 51 rotates along the feed pipe 32 by the spiral movement. Food waste treatment apparatus, characterized in that the transfer to the water bottle (30).