KR200410480Y1 - Food waste apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention consists of a ring gear constituting the crushing unit and a storage chamber in a vertical (ie, free-falling manner), and a drying chamber provided with a stirrer under the ring gear to naturally crush and dry food waste, thereby treating food waste. We propose a food waste disposal system that can maximize efficiency.

Food waste, storage room, crushing unit, ring gear, vertical, free fall method.

Description

Food Waste Disposal Device {FOOD WASTE APPARATUS}

1 is a view showing the configuration of a food waste treatment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a detailed configuration of the crushing unit 12 shown in FIG. 1.

3 is a view showing a detailed configuration of the perforation network 20 shown in FIG.

4a and 4b are views showing the detailed configuration and operating state of the discharge means 35 shown in FIG.

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10: storage compartment 12: crushing unit

14: ring gear 20: perforation network

22: drying chamber 24: stirrer

26: heater 34: drive gear

35: discharge means 36: rotary gear

40: opening and closing door 44: sensor

46: heat sink 52: odor removal room

58: coolant 60: activated carbon

The present invention relates to a food waste processing apparatus, and more particularly, to a food waste processing apparatus capable of maximizing waste disposal efficiency by vertically installing a ring gear of a shredding unit.

As is well known, as the interest in environmental pollution caused by food waste increases, various food waste treatment devices are being studied. In general, the food waste is pressurized by a separate pressurization device to remove moisture contained in the food waste. As a result, the food waste treatment device that reduces the weight of food waste and discharges is becoming mainstream.

However, such a food waste processing apparatus has a disadvantage in that food waste, which is partially dehydrated, has to be collected and disposed of separately because the food waste processing apparatus cannot be completely decomposed.

In addition, such a food waste treatment device is not provided with a separate purification device for the sewage flowing out during the crushing and compression of food has been a problem that is discharged to the sewage pipe as it is to pollute the inner wall and rivers. In addition, some of the food wastes crushed and compressed by the treatment apparatus are recycled as feed or fertilizer, but most of them rely on landfills, causing serious environmental pollution.

On the other hand, in order to solve such drawbacks, recently, in each household, microorganisms are used to decompose food waste or breeding earthworms and using them as food for earthworms, but these methods require a lot of processing time. But there is a very limited disadvantage in throughput.

Referring to the above points, a treatment apparatus for artificially crushing and drying food waste by installing a separate pressurization device or a treatment method using microorganisms is no longer suitable in terms of processing efficiency, thus making waste more efficient and perfect. There is an urgent need for a food waste treatment apparatus that can deal with odors while processing the odor.

In order to satisfy the requirements as described above, the present invention provides a food waste processing apparatus that can maximize the waste disposal efficiency by adopting a free fall method without installing a separate pressurization device.

In addition, the present invention provides a food waste processing apparatus that can vertically install a ring gear for crushing food waste while crushing finely to increase the efficiency of the crushing treatment.

In addition, the present invention provides a food waste treatment apparatus that can prevent odors and minimize environmental pollution.

In view of achieving the above, the present invention comprises a ring gear constituting the crushing unit and a storage chamber in a vertical (ie, free-falling manner) and by installing a drying chamber having a stirrer below the ring gear to remove food waste. We propose a food waste disposal apparatus that can be crushed and dried naturally to maximize waste disposal efficiency.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description will be presented a representative embodiment in the present invention to achieve the above technical problem. And other embodiments that can be presented in the present invention is replaced by the description in the configuration of the present invention.

In the present invention, by installing the storage compartment for food waste and the ring gear for crushing the trash vertically (free fall method) can increase the crushing efficiency (that is, waste disposal efficiency), especially contained in finely crushed waste It is intended to implement a food waste treatment device to completely remove the moisture to dry and to remove the odor generated during drying to prevent environmental pollution.

To this end, food waste consisting of a storage compartment where a storage chamber and a ring gear are installed to perform a shredding process, a drying chamber that stirs and dries the crushed waste, and a odor removal chamber that completely removes the odor generated during drying The technical configuration of the processing apparatus should be specifically disclosed.

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

1 is a view showing the configuration of a food waste processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The treatment apparatus of the present invention is composed of a storage chamber 10, a crushing unit 12, a drying chamber 22, an odor removing chamber 52, a discharge unit 35, and a microwave 70. The storage chamber 10 is composed of a ring gear 14 and the perforated network 20, the drying chamber 22 is composed of a stirrer 24 and a heater 26, the odor removal chamber 52 is a cooling water (58) ) And activated carbon (60).

In addition, the discharge means 35 by discharging the food waste residue after crushed and dried, it is composed of a drive gear 34, a rotary gear 36 and the opening and closing door (40). And the microwave device 70 refers to a magnetron for generating a microwave as a heat source for evaporating moisture of food waste, which is the patent application No. 2005-76569 filed by the present inventors on August 21, 2005 (Food Waste Handler Using Microwaves).

Referring to FIG. 1, the storage compartment 10 is a place where food waste is stored, and a crushing unit 12 for finely crushing the food waste stored in the storage compartment 10 is installed at the bottom surface thereof. The storage compartment 10 and the crushing unit 12 are installed vertically (preferably, free-falling method), to finely crush the food waste by its own weight without using a separate pressurizing device.

The crushing unit 12 includes a ring gear 14 rotating at a constant speed by the motor 32 and the speed reducer 30, and a perforated network 20 for discharging the crushed waste into the drying chamber 22. That is, the motor 32 is provided with a reducer 30 for decelerating a predetermined driving force at a constant speed, and the shaft 28 is assembled to the reducer 30. In addition, the shaft 28 is assembled with a ring gear 14 for finely crushing the food waste stored in the storage compartment (10).

As shown in FIG. 2, the ring gear 14 includes a sun gear 18 into which a shaft 28 is inserted to receive a driving force, and a planetary gear 16 that rotates in engagement with the sun gear 18. 18) and food waste is naturally broken by the rotational force of the planetary gear (16).

Also, as shown in FIG. 3, a perforated network 20 having a plurality of holes 20a regularly formed therein is installed below the ring gear 14, and the perforated network 20 is crushed by the ring gear 14. It serves to move the food waste toward the drying chamber (22).

According to such a configuration, specifically, when the storage compartment 10, the ring gear 14, and the drying compartment 22 are installed to be vertically arranged, the food waste may be lowered according to the free fall method without installing a separate pressurization device. As it falls down, it is naturally broken and moved to the drying chamber. The technical configuration of the food waste treatment apparatus can implement the simplification of the structure, and in particular, there is an advantage of increasing the crushing efficiency by crushing the food waste finely.

On the other hand, the above-mentioned drying chamber 22 is provided with a stirrer 24, the stirrer 24 is assembled to the shaft 28 to rotate the crushed waste while rotating at a constant speed. In addition, a heater 26 is installed on the bottom surface of the drying chamber 22, and the heater 26 dissipates predetermined heat to dispose of trash (ie, finely divided food waste) stored in the drying chamber 22. It serves to dry. That is, when the food waste stored in the storage chamber 10 is finely crushed by the ring gear 14, and then falls into the drying chamber 22 through the perforated network 20, the agitator 24 installed in the drying chamber 22. ) Mixes the crushed waste evenly with the rotational force and at the same time the heater 26 emits high heat to dry the crushed waste.

In this way, finely crushed and completely dried food waste is discharged to the outside through the outlet 22a, the outlet 22a is opened and closed by a separate discharge means 35, this discharge means 35 The technical configuration and operation will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4A and 4B to be described later.

4A and 4B, the discharge means 35 is composed of a drive gear 34, a rotary gear 36 and the opening and closing door 40, the opening and closing door 40 is O-ring along the circumferential surface (42) is attached to prevent food waste or odor from spilling out during drying. In addition, the opening and closing door 40 is provided with a shaft 38, the shaft 38 is provided with a rotary gear 36, the rotary gear 36 is a drive gear that rotates by receiving a predetermined driving force ( 34).

On the other hand, water vapor containing the odor generated during the drying process (hereinafter referred to as "water vapor") is collected in the odor removing chamber 52, the odor removing chamber 52 is connected to the storage chamber (10). That is, the storage chamber 10 and the odor removing chamber 52 are connected by a pipe 48, and the pipe 48 is provided with a heat sink 46 to which a sensor 44 is attached. At this time, the heat sink 46 serves to lower the temperature of the water vapor introduced through the pipe 48. In addition, the sensor 44 detects the temperature of the steam when the steam discharged through the storage chamber 10 moves to the odor removing chamber 52 through the pipe 48, thereby turning on / off the heater 26 described above. . That is, the sensor 44 senses this when the temperature of the water vapor discharged from the storage compartment 10 is lower than the installed temperature, stops the heater 26, and simultaneously operates the driving gear 34 to open and close the door 40. Open it.

On the other hand, the odor removing chamber 52 is separated into two parts by the plate 54, the cooling water 58 is contained in the lower portion and the activated carbon 60 is filled in the upper portion. In this case, the nozzle 50 installed at the end of the pipe 48 is located where the cooling water 58 is contained, and water vapor containing malodor is ejected through the nozzle 50. In addition, the activated carbon 60 serves to filter the first diluted odor once more.

Hereinafter, the operation state of the food waste treatment apparatus of the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4B.

First, when food waste is contained in the storage compartment 10 shown in FIG. 1, the food waste falls freely and falls toward the crushing unit 12. Then, the ring gear 14 of the crushing unit 12 removes the food waste. Finely grind. That is, the driving force of the motor 32 is decelerated at a constant speed by the reducer 30, and the reduced driving force rotates the sun gear 18 shown in FIG. 2 and at the same time, the planetary gear 16 meshed with the sun gear 18. ) Rotate and chop up food waste.

Thereafter, the finely crushed waste is introduced into the drying chamber 22 through the perforation network 20, and the heater 26 installed in the drying chamber 22 generates high heat and at the same time the stirrer 24 connected to the shaft 28 is It turns. Accordingly, the crushed garbage contained in the drying chamber 22 is evenly rotated by the stirrer 24 and is gradually dried by the heater 26. That is, the drying process is performed.

At this time, the water vapor generated during the drying process (that is, water vapor containing odor) rises toward the storage chamber 10 and is discharged to the odor removing chamber 52 through the pipe 48. When the temperature of the water vapor falls below the installed temperature during such an operation, for example, when the temperature of the water vapor moving through the pipe 48 is lower than the set temperature (100 ° C.), the sensor 44 detects this. The heater 26 is turned off and the drive gear 34 is operated as shown in Fig. 4B.

Thereafter, the rotary gear 36 is rotated according to the operation of the drive gear 34, and thus the opening / closing door 40 connected to the rotary gear 36 and the shaft 38 is opened downward, and thus, the drying chamber ( The food wastes (ie, food wastes finely crushed, dried, and odors neatly removed) are discharged to the outside through the outlet 22a.

Meanwhile, the water vapor introduced into the odor removal chamber 52 through the pipe 48 is discharged through the nozzle 50 and firstly diluted by the cooling water 58, and then the remaining odors of the remaining residues are neatly removed by the activated carbon.

As described above, in the present invention, by vertically arranging the storage compartment, the shredding unit, and the drying chamber, a separate pressurization device is not necessary, and since food waste is crushed and dried in a free-falling manner, the structure can be simplified and a compact design can be realized. . In addition, by separately configuring the drying chamber and drying using a heater it has the advantage of shortening the drying time and increase the drying efficiency.

In addition, by installing a separate sensor can be arbitrarily controlled the temperature in the drying chamber, in particular, by completely removing the odor generated during the drying process has the advantage of preventing environmental pollution and always keep a clean state.

Claims (2)

In the apparatus for processing food waste, A storage compartment 10 for storing food waste and a crushing unit 12 for crushing the food waste are vertically installed so that the food waste falls finely while falling in a free-falling manner; A perforated network 20 having a plurality of holes 20a is installed in the lower part of the shredded part 12, and a drying chamber 22 for drying the crushed food waste is installed below the perforated network 20. Food waste disposal device. The method of claim 1, The shredding unit 12 is a food waste treatment apparatus, characterized in that the planetary gears 16 and the ring gear 14 is rotated in engagement with the sun gear (18).

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