KR200348047Y1 - Sink ball attaching type food waste processor - Google Patents

Abstract

The sink-mounted food waste treatment device is housed inside the sink, and installed to communicate with an inlet provided on one side of the sink, so that the food waste treatment can be more easily performed, and a dehumidification device is installed therein to perform a dehumidification function. In addition, the waste container is installed on the moving means of the door that is opened in the drawer type to facilitate the withdrawal.

Description

Think Bowl Attached Food Waste Disposal Equipment {SINK BALL ATTACHING TYPE FOOD WASTE PROCESSOR}

The present invention relates to a food waste processing apparatus, and more particularly, to a sink attached food waste processing apparatus installed to be attached to a kitchen sink.

Generally, food waste is treated by fermentation, incineration, feed and fertilizer (compost), and landfilling. However, the above-mentioned methods are used for large-scale facilities. Not only is it necessary, it also causes various side effects such as odor or discomfort resulting from collection, transportation or storage and serious social problems such as environmental pollution.

Therefore, there is an urgent need to reduce the environmental pollution caused by food waste and recycle. On the other hand, although the current total number of households exceeded 10 million households, the measures and results for the disposal of food wastes related to environmental pollution have not yet reached much expectations.

The reason for this is that housewives are not able to separate the collections due to the lack of resources and environmental awareness. However, the main reason is that the current method of collecting and disposing of food wastes for recycling the general food wastes is by hand. This is because the food waste must be transported, which can be annoying to housewives and cause odor to give homemakers a sense of disgust.

Therefore, in order to efficiently control the generation and recycling of food waste, there is an urgent need for the development of a household food waste disposal system that can solve such problems.

Therefore, the present invention has been devised to solve the above-described problems, the first object of the present invention is to connect the food waste to the sink and built in the inside of the sink, so that the food waste is attached to the sink to simplify the food waste treatment To provide a waste disposal apparatus.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a sink-type food waste treatment apparatus for improving the usability by adopting a sliding opening and closing structure to open the food waste container for storing food waste when the door is opened.

The third object of the present invention is to provide a sink-type food waste treatment apparatus for installing a dehumidifying apparatus inside the food waste treatment apparatus to effectively remove moisture generated during food treatment and to prevent odors.

A fourth object of the present invention is to provide a sink-type food waste treatment apparatus that effectively prevents the odor of garbage from rising to the sink side when the food waste treatment apparatus is attached to the sink.

The fifth object of the present invention is to provide a sink-mounted food waste treatment apparatus to increase its utility as it is configured to use the operation of the food waste treatment apparatus as the user intended.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a sink unit provided with a think ball; A main body installed inside the sink and provided with a drawer type door by sliding means toward its front side; A waste storage container mounted on the sliding means and moved to the inside and the outside of the main body according to the opening and closing operation of the door to accommodate food waste; A garbage injector connected to one side of the main body via a connecting pipe and connected to the think ball at an upper opening thereof; A blowing means installed inside the main body to blow drying wind toward the waste container side; Dehumidifying means installed in the main body to perform a dehumidifying function; And a control unit installed at the front side of the main body to select / control a predetermined operation condition.

A handle is hinged to an upper end of the waste container; It is preferable that a locking jaw for catching the handle is provided on the inner front side of the door.

The connecting tube is preferably formed of a bellows type.

The connection of the connection pipe is to be made by the joint member for connecting the first and the second locking jaw protruding from the main body and the second locking jaw protruding from the lower end of the connecting tube to connect the first and second locking jaw. It is preferable.

The garbage injector and the cylindrical body of which the upper and lower ends are open; A cover for opening and closing an upper portion of the body; It is preferable to include an auxiliary body installed inside the body and the upper and lower ends thereof open.

It is preferable that a sensor is installed at one side of the body to detect an open and closed state of the cover and transmit a driving start signal to the controller.

In the lower inner side of the garbage dumping machine, it is preferable to further include odor / noise blocking means for blocking odor and noise.

The odor / noise blocking means includes a pair of blades which are hinged to both sides of the trash injector and installed to maintain a predetermined angle through the elastic member; It is preferable to include a stopper for restricting the upward rotation of the blade.

The dehumidifier is installed on the bottom of the main body and the air leakage, the mouth hole is formed on the upper side and the dehumidification main body provided with a drain hole on the lower side; A thermoelectric element installed at a central portion of the dehumidifying base body; It is preferable to include a heat sink attached to both sides of the thermoelectric element.

The air inlet hole is preferably connected to the other end of the air supply pipe connected to the air discharge portion of the blowing means.

The dehumidifying base body is installed to be inclined at a predetermined angle, and the cooling part side of the thermoelectric element is directed toward the bottom side of the dehumidifying main body, and the drain port is preferably positioned at the bottom of the dehumidifying main body forming the cooling part.

The air supply pipe is preferably to be drawn to the side of the trash can.

Both sides of the main body where the upper end of the waste container is preferably further included a waste storage state detection sensor for detecting the amount of food stored in the waste container.

The waste storage state detection sensor is preferably composed of a light emitter for emitting a predetermined irradiation light, and a light receiver for receiving the light of the light emitter.

An upper end of the trash can having a length protruding a predetermined distance from one end of the trash can and further comprising a rotatable handle; It is preferable that the locking step is further configured in the door so that the handle is held while maintaining a predetermined angle.

The bracket is further installed on the front side of the main body; It is preferable that a sealing member is additionally installed inside the door in contact with the bracket.

The control unit includes a power button for turning on / off power; A continuous button for continuously performing a garbage disposal function; Preferably, the automatic button is configured to select the use cycle according to the user's intention.

1 is a perspective view schematically showing the configuration of a sink-type food waste treatment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention,

2 is a cross-sectional view along 1A-1A ′ of FIG. 1;

3 is an enlarged view illustrating the B display unit of FIG. 2 in an enlarged manner;

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the waste injector according to an embodiment of the present invention,

5 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the blade of FIG.

6 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the D display unit of FIG.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of the E display unit of FIG. 2;

8 is a perspective view illustrating a configuration of the operation unit of FIG. 2.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

110: body 130: door

150: garbage container 151: jam jaw

153: handle 170: garbage input

171 body 173 cover

175: auxiliary body 180: sensor

190: blowing means 191; motor

193: blower fan 195: duct

210: dehumidification means 211: dehumidifying basic body

213: thermoelectric element 215: heat sink

211a, 211b: Air outlet hole 211c: Drain

217: air supply pipe 230: control unit

231: power button 233: continuous button

235: automatic button 250: sliding means

270: connector 271: first locking jaw

113: second locking jaw 280: joint member

275: inner tube

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 to 8 will be described in more detail with respect to the configuration and operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the food waste treating apparatus 1 is installed inside the sink 10, but the input part is installed to communicate with the sink 11, and the main body 110, the door 130, and the garbage are largely installed. The storage container 150, the garbage injector 170, the blowing means 190, the dehumidifying means 210, the control unit 230.

The main body 110 is provided with an opening 111 at the front side thereof, and the door 130 is installed to open and close the opening 111 by the sliding means 250. Here, the sliding means 250 has a guide member 251 installed on both sides of the main body 110 and one end is connected to the door 130 to linearly reciprocate along the guide rail 251a of the guide member 251. It is composed of a moving member (253).

On the opening side of the main body 110, a separate bracket 160 having a rectangular frame shape made of a metallic material is adopted in consideration of the unevenness of the flat state as the main body 110 is manufactured by blow molding. The sealing member 131 is installed on an inner surface of the door 130 that contacts the front surface of the bracket 160.

The bottom of the main body 110 is provided with a leg member 117, the height of which can be adjusted.

As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the garbage injector 170 is installed inside the cover 173 and the body 173 for opening and closing the upper and lower ends of the cylindrical body 171 and the body 171. And the upper and lower ends are composed of an auxiliary body 175 is opened.

The upper end of the body 171 is connected to the opening 11a formed in the sink ball 11, and the lower end thereof is connected to the upper end of the main body 110 through the connection pipe 270.

The auxiliary body 175 is configured to be detachable from the body 171 can be easily cleaned when foreign matter is attached to the inner surface.

At the inner bottom side of the garbage dumper 170, odor / noise blocking means 290 is further configured to block odor and noise as shown in FIGS. Odor / noise blocking means 290 is composed of a pair of blades (293) hinged to both sides of the inside of the garbage thrower 170 and installed to maintain a predetermined angle via the elastic member 291) and the blade A stopper 171a for pressing the upper surface of the blade 293 is configured inside the body of the garbage dumper 170 so as to restrict the upward rotation of the 293. Here, the elastic member 291 is made of a torsion spring, one end is fixed to the inner surface of the garbage dumper body 171, the other end is fixed to one surface of the blade 293.

Such blade 293 is in the state that the food is not administered to block the inside of the waste container 150, the odor generated from the waste contained in the waste container 150 rises upwards, or is housed inside the main body 110 The blower means 190 has an effect of blocking the noise generated while operating.

On one side of the body 171 of the garbage dumper 170, a sensor 180 is installed to detect an open and closed state of the cover 173 and transmit an operation start signal to the controller 230 as shown in FIG. Sensor 180 may be applied in various forms, but preferably employs a magnetic sensor.

This is installed by applying the magnet 181 to the cover 173 and the sensor 183 to form a contact point by the magnetic force of the magnet on the body 171, the user opens the cover 173 and put food waste cover Closing 173 transmits a signal to the controller 230 so that the food waste is operated, and the controller 230 does not need to provide a separate start button.

The connecting pipe 270 is formed in a bellows type as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 to provide some fluidity between the main body 110 and the sink ball 11 so that the garbage injector 170 and the main body 110 are provided. To provide the advantage of good binding with.

Coupling of the connection pipe 270 and the main body 110 is made by the joint member 280.

In more detail, a first catching jaw 271 is formed at a lower end of the connecting pipe 270 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, and the first catching jaw 271 is provided at the body 110 corresponding thereto. The second engaging jaw 113 of the shape corresponding to the () is formed to slide the joint member 280 to engage the first and second engaging jaws (271, 113). At this time, the joint member 280 forms a "c" shape and a guide groove 281 is formed on the inner circumferential surface thereof so that the first and second locking jaws 271 and 113 are fitted and slide.

An inner tube 275 for slidingly moving food waste is further installed in the connection pipe 270. The inner tube 275 is preferably configured to be easily replaceable by adopting a soft material, for example, a vinyl material, the combination is sandwiched between the top of the garbage input device 170, the body 171 and the connection pipe 270 is engaged. To be fixed.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the waste storage container 150 is configured to protrude from both sides of the locking jaw 151 so as to be placed on the upper surface of the moving member 153 to interlock with the opening and closing operation of the door 130. And installed in and out of the main body 110.

The upper end portion of the waste container 150 is hinged to the handle 153 of the long rod-shaped or circular bar-shaped member in the form of an arc, the other end side of the hinge is coupled to the waste container 150 It is manufactured to have a length beyond one end of.

At this time, the locking jaw 133 in which the handle 153 is caught is provided inside the door 130 so that the handle 153 is always held at a predetermined position, for example, as shown in FIG. 2. Prepared.

Blowing means 190 is installed on the inside of the main body 110, as shown in Figure 2, the motor 191 to generate a predetermined power and the blower to rotate in a predetermined direction by the power of the motor 191 The fan 193 and the duct 195 which discharges the air blown by the blower fan 193 to the upper side of the waste container 150 are comprised.

Dehumidification means 210 is installed in the bottom of the main body 110, as shown in Figures 2 and 7, the air outlet, the mouth hole (211a, 211b) is formed on the upper side and the drain hole (211c) on the lower side A dehumidifying base body 211 provided; The thermoelectric element 213 is installed in the central portion of the dehumidifying body 211, and the heat sink 215 attached to both sides of the thermoelectric element 213.

In this case, a partition wall 212 is formed inside the dehumidifying base body 211 in contact with the upper and lower ends of the thermoelectric element 214 to partition the cooling part C and the heating part H formed by the thermoelectric element 214. At the lower end of the partition wall 212, a communication hole 212a for communicating the cooling part C and the heating part H is further configured.

As shown in FIG. 2, the air inlet hole 211a communicates with the discharge portion of the duct 195 constituting the blowing means 190 through the air supply pipe 217. At this time, the air supply pipe 217 is connected to a part of the discharge portion of the duct 195, the main air discharged from the duct 195 is discharged to the waste container 150 side, some of the air to the air supply pipe 217 Induced to be supplied to the dehumidifying means 210 side.

The dehumidifying base 211 is inclined at a predetermined angle, and the cooling unit C side of the thermoelectric element 213 faces the bottom side of the dehumidifying base body 211, and the drain hole 211c is the cooling unit C. It is preferable that the cooling water generated in the cooling unit C is smoothly discharged to the outside of the dehumidifying base body 211 by being configured to be positioned at the bottom of the dehumidifying base body 211 forming the bottom. At this time, the drain 211c is connected to the drain pipe (not shown) located inside the sink 10 to be discharged through the drain pipe.

The pipe state of the air supply pipe 217 is preferably in a position that does not interfere with the waste storage container 150 in consideration of the draw-out state of the waste storage container 150, and is drawn out to the side of the waste storage container 150. .

The thermoelectric element 214 is a device that allows one side of the material to be cooled and the other side to generate heat so as to exchange heat and electricity. According to this principle, the dehumidifying operation may be performed by configuring the heating unit H and the cooling unit C to receive the air blown from the duct 195 and to carry out the heating operation, and then discharge it through the cooling unit C. Will be.

On the other hand, in addition to such a configuration it is desirable to detect the amount of food waste accumulated in the waste storage container 150 to prevent food waste from overflowing.

The configuration is to employ a waste storage state detection sensor 290 for detecting the storage amount of the food waste accumulated in the waste container 150 on both sides of the main body 110, the upper end of the waste container 150 is located. As an example of the configuration, the light emitter 291 may be provided at one side of the predetermined main body 110 to emit predetermined irradiation light, and the light receiver 293 may receive light from the light emitter 291. At this time, the positions of the light emitter 291 and the light receiver 293 is a position where the irradiation light is emitted to the central side of the waste container 150 in consideration of the accumulation of a large amount of food waste relative to the central portion of the waste container 150. It is preferable to install.

When the food waste is accumulated in the waste container 150 by this configuration, the irradiated light emitted from the light emitter 291 is blocked by the pile of food waste that is overlaid and is not transmitted to the light receiver 293. Inform the user to take prompt action.

The controller 230 includes a power button 231 for turning on / off power as shown in FIG. 8; A continuous button 233 for continuously performing a waste disposal function; It is preferable to provide an automatic button 235 to select the use cycle according to the user's intention. Here, the use cycle means that when the food waste treatment apparatus is operated, the operation of the food waste is intermittently, for example, at predetermined intervals.

The control unit 230 is installed in an upright position on the upper side of the main body 110, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, more preferably installed in a stand up state on the bracket 160 can be separated from the main body 110 Do it.

Food waste treatment apparatus as described above has several advantages as follows.

1. By connecting food waste to the sink and putting it inside the sink, there is an advantage of making food waste disposal simpler.

2. There is an advantage of improving the usability by adopting a sliding opening and closing structure so that the food waste container for storing food waste is opened together when the door is opened.

3. The dehumidifier is installed inside the food waste disposal device, which effectively removes moisture generated during food disposal and has the advantage of preventing bad smell.

4. When the food waste disposal device is attached to the sink, there is an advantage of effectively preventing the odor of garbage from rising to the sink.

5. As the operation of the food waste treatment apparatus is configured to be used and used by the user's intention, there is an advantage of increasing its utility.

Claims (19)

Think University with Think Bowl; A main body installed inside the sink and provided with a drawer type door by sliding means toward its front side; A waste storage container mounted on the sliding means and moving in and out of the main body according to the opening and closing operation of the door to accommodate food waste; A garbage injector connected to one side of the main body via a connecting pipe and connected to the think ball at an upper opening thereof; A blowing means installed inside the main body to blow drying wind to the waste container side; Dehumidifying means installed in the main body to perform a dehumidifying function; And And a control unit installed at one side of the main body to select / control a predetermined operation condition. The waste container according to claim 1, wherein a handle is hinged to an upper end thereof; The sink-attached food waste processing apparatus, characterized in that the locking jaw is provided on the inner front side of the door. The method of claim 1, wherein the tube is a think-type food waste treatment apparatus, characterized in that formed in a bellows type. The method of claim 1, wherein the connection of the connecting pipe is positioned so that the first catching jaw protruding from the main body and the second catching jaw protruding from the lower end of the connecting tube to connect the first, second catching jaw And a sink ball attachable food waste treatment device, characterized in that by the joint member. According to claim 1, wherein the garbage injector and the cylindrical body of which the upper and lower ends are open; A cover for opening and closing an upper portion of the body; Installed in the inside of the body, the upper and lower ends of the sink attached food waste processing apparatus, characterized in that it comprises an auxiliary body. The device of claim 5, wherein a sensor is installed at one side of the body to detect an open and closed state of the cover to transmit an operation start signal to the controller. According to claim 1, Inside the lower end of the garbage dumping device attached to the waste food waste treatment device characterized in that it further comprises odor / noise blocking means for blocking odors and noise. The method of claim 7, wherein the odor / noise blocking means and a pair of blades hinged to the both sides of the inside of the trash injector and installed to maintain a predetermined angle via the elastic member; And a stopper for restricting upward rotation of the blade. The dehumidifying apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a dehumidifying base body installed at a bottom of the main body, and having an air outlet and an inlet hole at an upper end thereof, and a drain hole provided at a lower end thereof; A thermoelectric element installed at a central portion of the dehumidifying base body; And a heat sink attached to both sides of the thermoelectric element. The device of claim 9, wherein the air inlet hole has an air supply pipe connected to the air outlet of the air blowing unit at the other end thereof. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the dehumidifying main body is installed to be inclined at a predetermined angle so that the cooling portion side of the thermoelectric element is directed toward the bottom side of the dehumidifying base body and the drain hole is located at the bottom of the dehumidifying base body forming the cooling part Think-attach food waste treatment apparatus characterized in that the. 11. The device of claim 10, wherein the air supply pipe is drawn out to the side of the trash can. According to claim 1, wherein both sides of the main body where the upper end of the waste container is attached to the sink bowl attached food, characterized in that it further includes a waste storage state sensor for sensing the amount of food stored in the waste container Waste disposal device. The food waste disposal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the waste accommodating state sensor comprises a light emitter for emitting a predetermined irradiation light and a light receiver for receiving the light of the light emitter. According to claim 1, wherein the top of the waste container has a length protruding a predetermined distance from one end of the waste container and is further provided with a rotatable handle; The inside of the door is a sink attached food waste processing apparatus, characterized in that the locking jaw is further configured to be caught while maintaining the predetermined angle. According to claim 1, wherein the bracket is further provided on the front side of the main body; And a sinking member attached to the inside of the door in contact with the bracket. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller comprises: a power button for turning on / off power; A continuous button for continuously performing a garbage disposal function; A device for treating a waste food with a sink attached to a bowl, characterized in that an automatic button is configured to select a use cycle according to a user's intention. According to claim 3, The inside of the connecting pipe is attached to the sink waste food waste treatment apparatus, characterized in that the inner tube is further installed to move the food waste. 17. The sink of claim 16, wherein the control unit is installed in an upright position on the upper side of the bracket.