KR200438100Y1 - System for refining cooking oil - Google Patents

Abstract

An cooking oil purification system is disclosed. The cooking oil refining system according to the embodiment of the present invention relates to a system for refining the used cooking oil to be reusable. The filter network is inherent, and a filter for filtering cooking oil, and a purification filter for purifying the cooking oil using an adsorbent. A vacuum is provided in the tank by sucking air from the tank through a purification unit having a tank installed at a lower portion of the purification filter, and a storage container installed at a lower portion of the tank, and a tube installed at one side of the tank. And a vacuum pump, wherein the refining unit receives the cooking oil from the filtration filter through a supply hose by maintaining the vacuum in the tank, and causes the refining filter to refine the cooking oil. According to the present invention, there is an advantage that the suction performance of the vacuum pump can be continuously maintained by separating the vacuum pump and the discharge pump for discharging the edible oil.

Cooking Oil Purification, Refinery Filter, Adsorbent

Description

Cooking oil refining system {System for refining cooking oil}

1 is a front sectional view showing an internal installation state of the cooking oil purification system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear cross-sectional view illustrating an internal installation state of the cooking oil refining system of FIG. 1.

3 is a plan view of the cooking oil purification system of FIG.

4 is a view for explaining an embodiment of the structure of the purification filter of FIG.

5 is a view for explaining another embodiment of the structure of the purification filter of FIG.

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

110: filtration filter 120: purified filter

130: vacuum pump 140: discharge pump

160: control box

The present invention relates to an edible oil refining system, and more particularly, to an edible oil refining system for refining the used edible oil to be reused using a filtration filter and a refining filter.

In general, vegetable cooking oil used for frying is contaminated by being mixed with animal fats, impurities, suspended solids, fatty acids, oxides, and so on, if used repeatedly. Harmful effects.

Accordingly, a technique for refining and reusing a used oil without disposing of it has recently been proposed.

In Utility Model Registration No. 0231418, a storage tank is installed at the lower part, and a plurality of bag filters are fixed to the lower part of the main body which protrudes the filter fixing projections on the outer periphery of the holes, and the technology for refining a large amount of waste cooking oil. Is disclosed.

However, this technique is structurally expensive because the bag filter is detachably attached, it is expensive to manufacture and replacement is not easy. In addition, by adopting a method of natural dropping and purification, it is limited to simply separating the animal fat and vegetable cooking oil, there is a problem that the characteristic odor, impurities, suspended solids, fatty acids, oxides and the like remain as it is.

In addition, in Utility Model Registration No.0203081, the booster pump for generating suction pressure connected to the lower outside of the refinery filter is forced to suck the waste cooking oil, but the booster pump refines the booster oil. Impurities, foreign matters, etc. accumulate in the air, and there is a problem in that the suction function of the booster pump is reduced.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a cooking oil refining system to install a vacuum pump on one side of the vacuum tank installed in the lower part of the refining filter, the vacuum pump makes the tank in a vacuum state and sucks the cooking oil so that the refining filter purifies the cooking oil. It is.

The edible oil purification system according to an embodiment of the present invention for solving the above technical problem relates to a system for refining the used edible oil to be reusable, there is a filter network is embedded, by using a filtration filter, adsorbent to filter the edible oil The air is sucked in from the tank through a refinery filter for refining the cooking oil, a refining unit having a tank installed under the refining filter, and a storage container provided under the tank, and a pipe provided at one side of the tank. And a vacuum pump for vacuuming the tank, wherein the refining unit receives the cooking oil from the filtration filter through a supply hose by maintaining the vacuum in the tank to cause the refinery filter to refine the cooking oil.

The purification filter is a housing structure that is inserted into the tank, the housing is filled with an adsorbent so that the lower portion of the housing is provided with a membrane so that the adsorbent does not come off, and the upper surface of the adsorbent to keep the upper portion of the adsorbent horizontal It has a pressing plate for pressing.

The pressing plate is a thin plate made of aluminum so that a plurality of holes are formed inside the plate so that the cooking oil entering the refinery filter can be evenly spread to the upper surface of the adsorbent. The purifying filter can be used continuously by replacing the adsorbent filled in the housing.

The purification filter is a housing structure inserted into the tank, the adsorbent is filled in the housing, the lower portion of the housing is provided with a first membrane so that the adsorbent does not come off, and the upper surface of the adsorbent is horizontally above the adsorbent. And a sponge-shaped nonwoven fabric pressed to hold the second membrane and a second membrane on the nonwoven fabric.

The purifying filter can be used continuously by replacing the housing. The tank is inclined in a conical shape so that the cooking oil can be collected downward, and is installed at the lowest point of the lower surface of the tank. It further comprises a check valve for passing through the reservoir.

The storage container has an inclined bottom surface so that the cooking oil can be gathered to one side, and is further provided with a discharge pump connected to a pipe installed at a bottom side of the bottom surface of the storage container to discharge the cooking oil to the outside. The adsorbent comprises porous particulate magnesium silicate.

Further comprising a control unit for controlling the temperature and pressure of the purification filter and the adsorption rate.

In order to fully understand the present invention, the operational advantages of the present invention, and the objects achieved by the practice of the present invention, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention and the contents described in the drawings.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail by explaining preferred embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like reference numerals in the drawings denote like elements.

1 is a front sectional view showing an internal installation state of the cooking oil purification system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear cross-sectional view illustrating an internal installation state of the cooking oil refining system of FIG. 1.

3 is a plan view of the cooking oil purification system of FIG.

Hereinafter, the structure and operation of the cooking oil purification system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

1 to 3, the refiner is installed in the cooking oil refining system 100, and the vacuum pump 130 and the discharge pump 140 are installed on the side of the refiner. The filtration filter 110 is installed behind the vacuum pump 130 and the discharge pump 140.

The filtration filter 110 has a filtering network (not shown) to filter the cooking oil primarily. The upper side of the filtration filter 110 is provided with a supply port 112 for receiving the edible oil used from the outside, a lid 113 of the filtration filter 110 is provided below the supply port 112. The lid may be a structure that is attached to or removed from the filter filter 110 by a coupling member such as a screw, or may be a structure in which one side is fixed and opened, such as an electric rice cooker.

The filter net is made of stainless steel and preferably has a mesh size of 50 to 120 mesh. The filtering net is not limited to stainless steel, and various types of filtration filters may be used.

A discharge port 116 is installed below the filtration filter 110 to discharge the filtered cooking oil, and the discharge port 116 is connected to the supply hose 118.

The refining unit is a refining filter 120 for refining the edible oil supplied from the filtration filter 110 using an adsorbent, a tank 152 installed below the refining filter 120, and a storage container installed under the tank 152. 154.

The refining unit receives the cooking oil from the filtration filter 120 through the supply hose 118 by maintaining the vacuum state of the tank 152 and causes the refining filter 120 to refine the cooking oil.

The purification filter 120 is provided with a supply port 122 on the upper side, and receives the edible oil from the outlet 116 of the filtration filter 110 through the supply hose 118.

4 is a view for explaining an embodiment of the structure of the purification filter of FIG.

The structure and operation of the purification filter 120 will be further described with reference to FIG. 4. The purification filter 120 is a housing structure inserted into the tank 152. The adsorbent 124 is filled in the housing and the lower portion of the housing is provided with a membrane 128 so that the adsorbent 124 does not fall out, and the upper side of the adsorbent 124 is pressed to keep the upper surface of the adsorbent 124 horizontal. 126).

The housing of the tablet filter 120 is made of aluminum. However, the material is not limited to aluminum, and may be used as a material of the housing as long as the material has chemical resistance and nontoxicity and heat resistance such as stainless steel or plastic.

The housing is adapted to engage the tank 152 with the lower side protruding sideways as shown in FIG. 4. When the housing is seated inside the tank 152, the empty space inside the tank is vacuumed by the vacuum pump 130, so that the edible oil coming into the refinery filter 120 through the supply port 122 is adsorbent 124 and the membrane. It is moved to tank 152 through 128.

The pressing plate 126 is a thin plate made of aluminum so that a plurality of holes are formed inside the plate so that the cooking oil coming into the refining filter 120 can be evenly spread to the upper surface of the adsorbent 124. The adsorbent 124 is made of powder so that the adsorbent 124 may be directed to one side when the purification filter 120 moves. If the light oil edible oil passes through the portion where the oil is accumulated, the refining effect may be lowered. Therefore, the adsorbent 124 is always kept horizontal.

In addition, due to the drop of the cooking oil coming into the refinery filter 120 through the supply port 122, the portion where the cooking oil hit the adsorbent 124 is recessed. The pressing plate 126 is formed so that a plurality of holes are formed in order to prevent this, the edible oil coming into the purification filter 120 can be evenly spread to the upper surface of the adsorbent 124. The shape of the holes of the pressing plate 126 shown in FIG. 4 may vary.

Membrane 128 may be made of nonwoven and prevents adsorbent 124 from falling down. Membrane 128 has a membrane structure with selective permeability. The purification filter 120 having the structure of FIG. 4 is a method of filling the adsorbent 124, and thus, the purification filter 120 may be continuously used by replacing the adsorbent 124 filled in the housing.

5 is a view for explaining another embodiment of the structure of the purification filter of FIG.

The purification filter 120 is a housing structure inserted into the tank 152. The adsorbent 124 is filled in the housing, and the lower part of the housing is provided with a first membrane 515 to prevent the adsorbent 124 from falling out, and the upper side of the adsorbent 124 is pressed on the upper side of the adsorbent 124 to maintain a horizontal level. The master has a sponge-shaped nonwoven fabric 513 and a second membrane 510 mounted on the nonwoven fabric.

At this time, the housing is made of plastic material. In addition, the housing, the first membrane 515, the sponge-shaped nonwoven fabric 513, the adsorbent 124, and the second membrane 510 may be made in a single cartridge method so that the housing may be replaced at a predetermined time. Then, the purification filter 120 may continue to be used.

In FIG. 5, the shapes of the adsorbent 124, the first and second membranes 515 and 510, and the sponge-shaped nonwoven fabric 513 are all illustrated in the form of a cylinder, but this is only an example, and the shape thereof is determined by the shape of the housing. It may vary.

The adsorbent 124 is an inorganic chemical material in which a diatom plant, which lived in a new generation, was deposited as a montmorinite-based natural magnesium silicate mineral as a main component of magnesium silicate. Magnesium silicate has an excellent antacid effect and contains beneficial ingredients for the human body. The adsorbent 124 has a porous granular structure.

The cooking oil purification system 100 may further include a controller configured to control the temperature, pressure, and adsorption rate of the refinery filter 120 outside the refinery filter 120. The apparatus for controlling the temperature and pressure of the purification filter 120 and controlling the adsorption rate can be manufactured in various ways, such as by using an electronic circuit, and thus the detailed structure or operation thereof will be omitted.

The pipe 132 installed on one side of the tank 152 is connected to the vacuum pump 130. The vacuum pump 130 sucks air from the tank 152 to make the tank 152 in a vacuum state. By maintaining the vacuum state of the tank 152, the edible oil is supplied from the filtration filter 110 to the refinery filter 120 through the supply hose 118.

Vacuum pump 130 is a compressor (compressor) for generating a vacuum using the compressed air, the configuration and operation of such a compressor can be easily understood by those skilled in the art will be omitted detailed description.

The tank 152 is inclined in a conical shape so that cooking oil can be collected downward. The cooking oil refining system 100 is installed at the lowest point of the lower surface of the tank 152, and when the cooking oil is stored above a certain amount, the check valve 156 opens the passage by the pressure and passes the cooking oil to the storage container 154. It is further provided.

The check valve 156 is automatically opened and closed according to the pressure to allow the material to flow in only one direction and prevent the material from flowing in the opposite direction. Accordingly, the check valve 156 prevents the cooking oil from flowing back from the storage container 154 to the tank 152 when the tank 152 maintains the vacuum state.

The storage container 154 is inclined when the cooking oil can be collected to one side. The discharge pump 140 is connected to the tube 142 installed on the lowest side of the lower surface of the storage container 154 is installed. The discharge pump 140 discharges the refined cooking oil through an outlet 144 to an external storage container (not shown). Discharge pump 140 may be configured using a booster pump.

Since the cooking oil does not flow into the vacuum pump 130 by separating the vacuum pump 130 and the discharge pump 140 discharging the cooking oil, there is no fear that the suction performance of the vacuum pump 130 is lowered as compared with the prior art.

Edible oil refining system 100 having the above structure is relatively simple in structure and can be small in size, can be easily used in a narrow place, can be used not only for business, but also for industrial use and convenient to move.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains may devise the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined in the appended claims. It will be appreciated that modifications or variations may be made. Therefore, changes in the future embodiments of the present invention will not be able to escape the technology of the present invention.

According to the present invention, by installing a vacuum pump on the side of the tank installed in the lower part of the purification filter and having a separate discharge pump for extracting the refined cooking oil, the vacuum pump makes the tank in a vacuum state and uses the suction force through the purification filter. When the cooking oil is purified, the cooking oil does not enter the vacuum pump to maintain the suction performance of the vacuum pump, thereby improving the efficiency of the cooking oil purification system.

In addition, the structure of the edible oil refining system is relatively simple and small in size, can be easily used in a narrow place, can be used not only for business, but also for home use and lower the production cost. If the filter is configured as a replacement type for a certain period of time, there is an advantage that it can be easily replaced with a new one.

Claims (10)

In the system for refining the used cooking oil to be reused, A filtration filter inherent in the filter net and filtering cooking oil; A refining unit including a refining filter for refining the edible oil using an adsorbent, a tank installed under the refining filter, and a storage container provided under the tank; And It is provided with a vacuum pump for sucking the air from the tank through a tube installed on one side of the tank to make the tank in a vacuum state, The refining unit is a cooking oil purification system, characterized in that for receiving the cooking oil from the filtration filter through the supply hose by maintaining the vacuum in the tank and the refinery filter to refine the cooking oil. The method of claim 1, The purification filter is a housing structure inserted into the tank, The edible adsorbent is filled in the housing and the lower portion of the housing is provided with a membrane so that the adsorbent does not come off, and the upper portion of the adsorbent is provided with a pressing plate for pressing so that the upper surface of the adsorbent is horizontal. The method of claim 2, wherein the pressing plate, A thin plate made of aluminum, a plurality of holes are formed in the inside of the cooking oil refining system, characterized in that the cooking oil coming into the refinery filter can be evenly spread to the upper surface of the adsorbent. The method of claim 3, wherein Edible oil purification system, characterized in that the purified filter can be continued by replacing the adsorbent filled in the housing. The method of claim 1, The purification filter is a housing structure inserted into the tank, An adsorbent is filled in the housing, and the lower part of the housing is provided with a first membrane to prevent the adsorbent from falling out, and the upper portion of the adsorbent is placed on a sponge-shaped nonwoven fabric and the nonwoven fabric pressed to keep the upper surface of the adsorbent horizontal. Edible oil refining system, characterized in that it comprises a second membrane. The method of claim 5, Edible oil purification system, characterized in that the purification filter can continue to be used by replacing the housing. The method of claim 1, The tank is inclined in a conical shape so that the cooking oil can be collected downward, And a check valve installed at the lowest point of the lower surface of the tank to open a passage by the pressure when the cooking oil is stored in a predetermined amount or more and to pass the cooking oil to the storage container. The method of claim 1, The storage container is inclined when the cooking oil can be gathered to one side, Edible oil purification system characterized in that it further comprises a discharge pump connected to the pipe installed on the bottom side of the lower surface of the storage vessel for discharging the cooking oil to the outside. The method of claim 1, wherein the adsorbent, An edible oil refining system comprising a porous granular magnesium silicate. The method of claim 1, Cooking oil purification system characterized in that it further comprises a control unit for controlling the temperature and pressure of the refinery filter and the adsorption rate.

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