KR200296781Y1 - Food garbage processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a food waste treatment apparatus, and for this purpose, the present invention includes a drum member (20) provided to be filled with food waste inside the empty case member (10); Stirring means (30) made of a rod-shaped “b” shape in the drum member 20; Transfer member 40 made of a transfer screw 41 and screw case 42 and a heater 43 for circulating, drying and pulverizing the food waste between the drum member 20, the transfer member 40 for discharging the dried food waste to the outside )Wow; A cover member 50 provided at the inlet 53 formed to open upward while covering the upper end of the drum member 20 so that the food waste collection box 54 is inserted; An entanglement preventing member 60 for preventing tangling of food waste; The steam generated from the drum member 20 is provided as a steam discharge member 70 which discharges the purified steam by deodorizing and hydrating while passing through the sealer 72 through the discharge pipe 71. It offers the convenience and at the same time enables environmentally friendly sanitation.

Description

Food garbage processing apparatus

The present invention relates to a food waste processing apparatus, and more particularly, to a food waste processing apparatus that can effectively remove odors while food grinding and stirring are simultaneously performed in a drying furnace.

In general, food waste generated in the kitchen of a home or restaurant contains odors along with water, so it is very difficult to properly dispose of them by simple separate collection. In particular, a large amount of food, such as restaurants, food and other foreign matters, such as paper, vinyl and toothpicks, etc., and may be very hard and too large size, such as bone.

Therefore, in order to treat such various food wastes, it is preferable to first crush them, and to dry them, so that the odor is separately purified and discharged.

To this end, the applicant has previously proposed a configuration to enable hygienic treatment to prevent environmental pollution due to food waste through the patent application No. 2000-53723 (name: food waste treatment device).

That is, in the present invention, as shown in Fig. 1, the hopper 1, the foreign matter removing means 2, the conveying means 3, the drying means 4, the exhaust means 5, the stirring means 6 and the grinding means ( 7) and the discharge means (8).

The characteristic construction in the present application design allows the foreign matter such as excessively long or vinyl, which is once supplied to the conveying means 3 through the hopper 1 to be filtered by the debris removing means 2, and dried. Condensation phenomenon in the sealing member 5b is caused by the heater 4b being heated and forcibly dried in the furnace 4a and forced to discharge the gas evaporated by the fan heater 4c into the exhaust duct 5a. It is to be separated into water and steam by the discharge.

Therefore, in the present invention, the steam vaporized during drying while being stirred and dried at the same time in the drying furnace 4a is forced to be discharged by driving the fan heater 4c. ) To be in contact with water so that some of it is converted to water by condensation with water and some of it is released as steam.

However, there is a problem in that the input of food waste and the configuration of grinding the input waste and the configuration of stirring and drying separately have a very complicated structure.

Therefore, the present invention has been devised to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to make food waste easily sanitary by a more simplified configuration.

1 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a known food waste treatment apparatus,

Figure 2 is a schematic side cross-sectional view of the food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention,

Figure 3 is a side cross-sectional view of a state in which the subject innovation is separated,

Figure 4 is a side cross-sectional view showing a steam discharge structure through the water seal according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: case member 20: drum member

30: stirring means 40: transfer member

41: feed screw 43: heater

50: cover member 52: housing

54: collection box 60: tangle prevention member

70: steam discharge member 71: discharge pipe

72: seal box 73: suction means

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a drum member having a predetermined inclination angle and filling of food waste while allowing one end to be opened upward in an interior of an empty case member, and a part of a side cut into a predetermined size; Stirring means made of a "b" shaped rod-shaped close to the side with the bottom surface in the drum member, the horizontal sewing center is rotatably supported by a rotating shaft downward; A transporting member provided at one side of the drum member to discharge food waste to the outside while circulating food waste between the drum members to be dried and crushed; A cover member for inserting a food waste container into the inlet formed to open upward while covering the upper end of the drum member; An upper end is fixed to the cover member, and a bottom is It is shaped in shape and the upper part and is springed.

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

The present invention is largely as shown in Figures 2 and 3, the case member 10, the drum member 20, the stirring means 30, the conveying member 40, the cover member 50 and the anti-tangling means 60 and the seal It is a structure comprised as the enclosure member 70 and the intake member 80. FIG.

The case member 10 has an empty inside, and on one side there is a portion to which food waste is supplied, a portion to collect sanitized food waste, and a portion to discharge steam generated from the food waste to the outside.

The drum member 20 is in the shape of a cylinder that allows the inside to be opened upward and in particular, and is configured to be fixed to achieve a predetermined inclination angle inside the case member 10. In particular, the drum member 20 is in contact with the bottom surface of the side which is located in the lower side of the inclined side to be opened to the outside while being cut to a predetermined size.

Stirring means 30 is simply a bar member made of "b" shape, the stirring means 30 is provided in a configuration that is close to the side at the same time as the bottom surface of the drum member 20, the bottom of the stirring means 30 Axial rotation is provided to the surface bottom. That is, the stirring means 30 is fixed to the axis of rotation 32 in the center of the rod member 31 which is provided in parallel with the bottom surface of the drum member 20, the rod member 31 is upward so that one end is at right angles It is a structure which is made to be bent shape.

The conveying member 40 is configured to be connected to each other in communication with each other on the outside of the cut portion of the side of the drum member 20, the conveying member 40 is again the conveying screw 41, screw case 42 and the heater ( 43). That is, the screw case 42 is open so that one side is in communication with the drum member 20 and at the same time the upper end is opened, and the feed screw 41 is rotatably axially supported therein, thereby sanitizing the drum member 20. It is a component that is discharged to the outside while finely crushed food waste. In addition, the heater 43 is provided at the lower side in communication with the drum member 20 of the screw case 42 to dry the food waste while heating the outer peripheral surface of the lower side.

In particular, the upper end of the screw case 42 is provided with a guide means 44 so that the sanitized food waste that has been transferred through the upper end of the screw case 42 by the transfer screw 41 is collected to the outside. Residual gas generated from the food waste is introduced into the upper end of the drum member 20 through a portion in communication with the drum member 20 of the guide means 44.

The cover member 50 is configured to allow food waste to be inserted while being inserted into the open upper end of the drum member 20, and the cover member 50 is divided into a cap 51 and a storage unit 52, and then the drum. A cap 51 is coupled to the upper end of the member 20, and the cap 51 is formed in a housing portion 52 having an inlet 53 so as to protrude upward as a smaller size than the cap 51.

In the inlet 53 of the storage unit 52, the collection box 54 for collecting food waste can be accommodated. In particular, when the collection box 54 is separated, the inlet 53 is opened while the drum member 20 is opened. Since the inside of the inside is visible from the outside so that the inlet 53 is provided with a cover plate 55 which is hinged at the top. The cover plate 55 blocks the inlet 53 while standing vertically by its own weight with respect to the upper end in the state in which the collection box 54 in the inlet 53 is not stored, so that the inside of the drum member 20 is not visible from the outside. If the collection box 54 is accommodated in the inlet 53, it is pushed by the collection box 54 to rotate the top of the shaft.

The tangle preventing member 60 The upper end is coupled to the cap 51 of the cover member 50 and the lower end is close to the rod member 31 of the stirring means 30 adjacent to the bottom surface of the drum member 20. It is a configuration located in the upper portion. In particular, the anti-entanglement member 60 allows the upper part of the rod coupled to the cap 51 to be partially separated, and connects the separated rods with a spring 61 so that when the food waste is stirred inside the drum member 20. It is to prevent the food waste from becoming tangled between the food waste or the stirring means 30 while a slight flow occurs.

The steam discharge member 70 is simply configured to discharge the odorous steam generated during the sanitary treatment of food waste from the drum member 20, which in turn is the discharge pipe 71, the seal box 72, and the suction means 73. ) Discharge pipe 71 is one end is connected to the cap 51 of the cover member 50 in a state in communication with the interior of the drum member 20 to allow the steam generated in the interior of the drum member 20, the other end is It is connected to one side of the seal 72.

The sealer 72 is composed of a housing 72a having a constant size as shown in FIG. 4, and a plurality of partition walls 72b, 72c, 72d and 72e are filled in the inner space while the water is filled with a predetermined height therein. ) Is provided.

These partitions 72b, 72c, 72d and 72e serve as guides to discharge the steam generated from the food wastes introduced through the discharge pipe 71 to the outside. Among the partitions 72b, 72c, 72d, and 72e, the first partition 72b on the discharge pipe 71 side is attached to the upper surface of the housing 72a, and the lower portion thereof is lower than the water level filled in the bottom. The second bulkhead 72c is provided at a predetermined distance from the first partition 72b while the lower partition is attached to the bottom surface of the housing 72a and the upper end is a predetermined height rather than the water level. It is provided so as to be located on the upper side, the third partition (72d) is provided in the same manner as the first partition (72b) while being provided at a predetermined interval from the second partition (72c). On the other hand, the fourth partition 72e is provided at a predetermined interval from the third partition 72d, but the upper end is attached to the upper surface of the enclosure 72a while the lower end is lower than the water level from the bottom surface of the enclosure 72a. It is provided to be spaced apart by a predetermined height.

The drum member 20 and the conveying member 40 are in communication with each other, so that the projections 45 for filtering food of a predetermined size or more are provided to protrude inward.

In the figure, 80 is a collection box for containing dried food waste discharged through the transfer member 40, and 90 is a drive motor.

Referring to the operation by the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

In other words, once the food container is filled with a certain amount of food waste into the storage unit 52 of the cover member 50, the food waste is filled into the drum member 20 from the collection box 54.

When a certain amount of food waste is filled in the drum member 20, the driving motor 90 is driven to rotate the feed screw 41 together with the stirring means 30 that interlock with the driving motor 90.

At this time, the drive motor 90 is provided to enable the forward and reverse rotation, and in the present invention to drive while repeating a predetermined number of forward rotation and a predetermined number of reverse rotation.

In the drum member 20 by the driving motor 90, the stirring means 30 rotates to stir the food waste, and at this time, the entanglement preventing member provided in the drum member 20 directly above the stirring means 30. By 60, the food waste to be mixed is prevented from being entangled in the stirring means 30. In particular, the entanglement preventing member 60 is prevented by excessive control by the action that is slightly deformed while the upper end is connected to the spring (61).

Due to the forward and reverse action of the drive motor 90, a part of the drum member 20 is introduced through the lower part of the mutually open screw case 42 of the transfer member 40, thereby being heated by the heater 43 together with the grinding. Allow it to dry and perform the stirring, pulverization, and heating operations to be supplied to the drum member 20 continuously for a predetermined time.

In particular, when the food waste is moved from the drum member 20 to the conveying member 40, bones or foreign substances, such as a predetermined size or more, are crushed by the catching protrusions 45 provided therebetween.

When the food waste supplied to the drum member 20 is dried by such an action, steam generated during drying is discharged through the discharge pipe 71 by the suction means 73 of the vapor discharge member 90, and the discharge pipe ( The steam discharged through 71 is first introduced into the sealer 72 and is sucked through the water and the first partition 72b through the upper part of the second partition 72c and between the water and the third partition 72d. Is sucked into the means 73.

In this way, the steam flowing through the water becomes part of the water due to condensation with water and at the same time the odor contained in the steam is also removed. The steam guided to the suction means 73 is discharged while being in the form of pure gas and gas. It is discharged to the outside through the pipe 73a.

When the suction means 73 forcibly sucks and discharges the steam, leakage of the inside of the drum member 20 is prevented and the odor removal efficiency is greatly improved.

On the other hand, the water filled in the seal box 72 is to maintain a certain amount of water at all times while the water is discharged to the outside by an increased amount when the water storage is increased by the actualization of some steam.

The food waste heated by the drum member 20 is discharged through the upper end of the screw case 42 by the transfer screw 41 by the reverse rotation of the driving motor 90, and the gas remaining in the discharged food waste is Through the guide means 44 to be introduced again into the drum member 20 to be discharged through the discharge pipe (71).

The sanitized food waste discharged through the upper end of the screw case 42 is collected in the collection box 80 provided directly below it to be post-processed.

As such, the present invention carries out odor generated at this time while sequentially performing food waste by using one driving means, from stirring, pulverizing, drying, compressing, and discharging through the drum member 20 and the conveying member 40. The vapor is made up of a plurality of partitions (72b, 72c, 72d, 72e) to promote condensation to prevent the discharge of sewage and odor.

As described above, the present invention has an advantage of enabling environmentally friendly hygiene treatment while providing convenience of food waste disposal while sequentially performing grinding and compression, cutting, drying and deodorization in a drying furnace for stirring food waste.

In addition, the present invention can significantly reduce the production cost and purchase cost by a simpler configuration, easy installation and handling in a relatively small space, and provides a very useful effect that can significantly reduce the waste disposal cost.

Claims (4)

A drum member 20 in which an inside of the empty case member 10 is mounted at a predetermined inclination angle while being opened upward and filled with food waste, and a part of the side is cut into a predetermined size; The drum member 20 is formed in a bar shape having a “b” shape close to the side along with the bottom surface, and the rotating shaft 32 is pivotally supported downward in the center of the horizontal rod 31. Stirring means 30 and; Composed to the cut side of the drum member 20 is made of a feed screw 41 and screw case 42 and the heater 43 to circulate, dry and crush food waste between the drum member 20, A transfer member 40 for discharging the dried food waste to the outside; A cover member 50 provided at the inlet 53 formed to open upward while covering the upper end of the drum member 20 so that the food waste collection box 54 is inserted; The upper end is fixed to the cover member 50, the bottom is A tangle preventing member (60) having a shape and having an upper end connected to a spring (61) to prevent tangling of food waste in the conveying member (40); The steam generated during stirring, pulverizing, drying, compressing, and discharging the food waste from the drum member 20 and the conveying member 30 is deodorized and water while passing through the sealer 72 through the discharge pipe 71. A vapor discharge member 70 for discharging the purified and differentiated steam; Food waste treatment apparatus provided as. According to claim 1, Wherein the drum member 20 and the food waste disposal apparatus is provided with a projection (45) for projecting the food to filter the food of a predetermined size or more in a portion communicating with each other. The food waste processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the inlet (53) of the cover member (50) is opened and closed by a cover plate (55) hinged at an upper end by a storing action of the food waste collection box (54). According to claim 1, wherein the vapor discharge member 70 is discharge pipe (71) having one end connected to the cap (51) of the cover member 50 in communication with the interior of the drum member (20); One end is inserted into the other end of the discharge pipe 71, the inside is filled with a certain amount of water, the sealing box 72 is provided with a plurality of partitions (72b) (72c) (72d) (72e) at regular intervals in the longitudinal direction )and; It is provided with an end portion corresponding to the discharge pipe 71 of the seal box 72 and sucks steam generated in the drum member 20 through the discharge pipe 71 and the seal box 72 to the outside. Food waste treatment apparatus comprising a suction means (73) for discharging.