KR20070026895A - Apparatus for garbage disposal - Google Patents

Abstract

A disposal apparatus of waste food is provided to improve the installing efficiency through the adapter selectively mounted at the hopper and to keep fresh indoor air by removing the toxic gas with the catalyst. A disposal apparatus of waste food comprises an inlet part(20) whose one side is connected to a dish washing device; a housing(10) communicated with the other side of the inlet part; a first drum(30) inserted in the housing and installed with a grinding blade(31) and a transfer screw(33) to be rotated by a driving unit; a second drum(40) installed with a drying space(41), a heater(43), and a rotating blade(43); a third drum(50) rotatably installed with a transfer screw(55) by the driving unit; a draining pipe(60) communicated with the third drum by passing through the second drum; and a catalyst part(70) communicated with the draining pipe. The inlet part contains a hopper(21) communicated with a draining pipe(25), a filtering container(23) inserted in the hopper, an opening and closing part(23a), and a connecting pipe(27) whose one side is communicated with the other side of the hopper and other side is communicated with the housing.

Description

Apparatus for Garbage Disposal}

1 is a schematic view showing a food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention;

Figure 2 is a partial cross-sectional view showing the rotary blade and the second drum of Figure 1;

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

10: housing 20: inlet

21: Hopper 22: Adapter

23: filter box 23a: opening and closing portion

25: drain pipe 27: connector pipe

30: first drum 31: grinding blade

32: plate 33,55: transfer screw

35: perforated plate 36: brush

40: second drum 41: drying space

43: heater 45: rotary blade

50: third drum 51: inlet

53: spline 60: exhaust path

70: catalyst portion 71: suction pipe

73: catalyst 75: suction fan

M: electric motor 100: food waste disposal device

The present invention relates to a food waste treatment apparatus, and more particularly, to allow food waste to be systematically processed through a series of processes of dehydration, crushing and drying, and various sizes through adapters that can be selectively mounted on a hopper. The food waste treatment apparatus which can be installed in the dishwashing table of the kitchen can be installed steadily and easily, and it can remove various harmful gases generated from the food waste by the catalyst and maintain the pleasant indoor air even when storing and processing the food waste. will be.

In general, food waste generated after cooking food is separated from water drained by a strainer provided at the inlet of the dishwasher, and then treated separately, but the food waste extracted by the strainer contains a considerable amount of water. If you throw it away or bury it in the ground, it will cause severe odor by easily leaking or leaking leachate, which causes environmental pollution, and incineration is difficult or incineration takes a long time.

As such, food wastes discarded in homes or restaurants are decayed and contaminate soil and water quality. Therefore, there is an urgent need for a method for eliminating fundamental problems such as soil, water pollution, and odor caused by food waste.

In other words, food waste has been used as livestock feed until recently, but it has recently been neglected by farmers due to labor shortages and inconvenience in handling and use. Moreover, food waste is buried in soil or rivers because it contains many kinds of nutrients. When discharged to the air, various gases and odors emitted by decay cause environmental pollution and serious damage to the growth of crops.

Therefore, in recent years, a food waste treatment apparatus equipped with a high speed drying, odor removal, and a fermenter for weight loss has been provided as a food waste treatment apparatus for solving such problems.

However, the conventional food waste treatment apparatus as described above is very expensive and large, so it is impossible to install in a general home or a restaurant due to lack of installation space, and also cannot be installed in the lower space of the dishwasher used by housewives There is this.

In addition, even if installed in the lower space of the dishwasher of the home, it is not easy to install the odor removal device in a limited space, and also has a disadvantage that the treatment of dried food waste is not easy.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention to provide a food waste treatment apparatus that can systematically process food waste.

In addition, another object of the present invention to provide a food waste treatment apparatus that can be installed in a dishwasher of various sizes firmly and easily.

In addition, another object of the present invention to provide a food waste treatment apparatus that can effectively remove various harmful gases generated during the storage and processing of food waste.

The present invention devised to solve the above problems and the inlet portion is connected to the dishwasher one side to introduce food waste from the dishwasher; A housing having a predetermined space formed therein and communicating with the other side of the inlet; Food waste from the inlet is installed in the housing so that the food waste can be introduced therein, and a grinding blade for crushing the drinking water waste introduced therein and a conveying screw for transporting the food waste to the grinding blade side are rotated by a driving means. Each of the first drums respectively provided; A drying space communicating with the first drum is formed to introduce and dry the food waste pulverized from the first drum, and a heater installed to increase the temperature of the drying space, and by a driving means on the drying space. A second drum each having a rotary blade rotatably installed; It is formed inside the second drum so that food waste can be introduced from the second drum through an inlet formed in one wall, and a conveying screw for transferring the introduced food waste to the other side is rotatably installed by a driving means. A third drum; A discharge pipe passage passing through the second drum to communicate with the third drum so that the food waste of the third drum can be discharged; And a catalyst unit in communication with the discharge pipe to remove harmful gas from the discharged food waste.

The present invention having the features as described above will be more clearly described through the preferred embodiment accordingly.

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

1 is a schematic view showing a food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a partial cross-sectional view showing the rotary blade and the second drum of FIG.

As shown, the food waste treatment apparatus 100 according to the present invention is largely composed of the inlet 20, the housing 10, the first, second, third drum (30, 40, 50).

The inlet 20 includes a hopper 21 for introducing food waste from a dishwasher (not shown). One side of the hopper 21 is connected to the dishwashing rack, and a side portion thereof is in communication with a drainage pipe 25 for draining water. At this time, the hopper 21 is preferably connected to the dishwasher through the adapter 22 coupled to one side of the hopper 21. According to this, the diameter of the end connected to the dishwasher by the adapter 22 can be varied. That is, if necessary, when the adapter 22 having a size corresponding to the portion of the dishwashing water and food waste is discharged to one side of the hopper 21, a more firm coupling of the hopper 21 and the dishwashing table may be achieved. Can be implemented. Here, the coupling of the hopper 21 and the adapter 22 is possible by screw coupling, bolt nut coupling, simple fitting coupling, tooth coupling and the like. In this embodiment, the hopper 21 and the adapter 22 are coupled by tooth coupling.

In addition, the hopper (21) is provided with a filter box 23, the filter box 23 is configured to pass only the particles of a predetermined size to prevent the discharge of food waste into the drain pipe (25). And the opening and closing portion (23a) is provided on the bottom of the strainer (23). The opening and closing part 23a is configured to be opened and closed by a user so that the food waste can be selectively dropped into the housing 10. In configuring the opening and closing part 23a, a member such as a plate is hinged to the filter box and a handle is coupled to an outer surface thereof, and this is a very general known technology, and thus a separate description or illustration is omitted. In addition, the other side (lower side in the drawing) of the hopper 21 is connected to the hopper 21 and the housing 10 to be described later as a connecting pipe 27 is configured. That is, the connection pipe 27 is one side is in communication with the other side of the hopper 21 and the other side is in communication with the housing 10. At this time, the connecting pipe 27 is preferably configured by two or more pipes are slidably coupled to each other so that its length can be changed.

The housing 10 has a predetermined space is formed to accommodate the components, including each drum (30, 40, 50) and the like described later, the other side of the inlet (20 side of the side connected to the dishwasher) On the other side).

The first drum 30 is installed in the housing 10 to allow food waste from the inlet 20 to be introduced therein. Inside the first drum 30, a grinding screw 31 and a transfer screw 33 for transferring the introduced food waste to the grinding blade 31 are rotatably driven by an electric motor M as a driving means. Each is installed. At this time, the first drum 30 is preferably configured to be inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the horizontal plane. (Here, the second drum and the third drum described below are also configured to be inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the horizontal plane, similar to the first drum.) Then, the transfer screw 33 and the grinding blade 31 It is preferable that a plate 32 having a plurality of holes (not shown) formed therebetween. In addition, the one end of the first drum 30 is preferably coupled to the porous plate 35 through which only water can pass. In addition, the first drum 30 may be rotatably co-rotated with the transfer screw 33 and a brush 36 may be installed in surface contact with the porous plate 35. According to the configuration as described above, the food waste introduced into the interior of the first drum 30 is temporarily accumulated on one side of the inside of the first drum 30, the food waste accumulated by the porous plate 35 The water is separated and discharged from it. And, the food waste dehydrated as described above is conveyed to the grinding blade 31 by the transfer screw 33 is pulverized by the grinding blade 31. In addition, the brush 36 which is in surface contact with the porous plate 35 removes food waste attached to the porous plate 35 in real time, thereby preventing the hole of the porous plate 35 from being blocked.

The second drum 40 includes a drying space 41 for introducing and drying the food waste pulverized from the first drum 30. For this purpose, the drying space 41 includes the first drum 30. ) And a heater 43 is installed on the wall surface of the drying space 41 so as to increase the temperature of the drying space 41. And, on the drying space 41 (preferably low side), the rotary blade 45 is rotatably installed by the electric motor (M) as a driving means. According to the configuration as described above, the food waste introduced into the second drum 40 is dried in the drying space 41 to maintain a high temperature by the heater 43. At this time, as described above, the second drum 40 is configured to be inclined at a predetermined angle so that the food waste is collected on the rotary blade 45 side, the rotary blade 45 is again the food waste into smaller particles As well as crushing, by allowing the food waste to be repeatedly blown in the drying space 41 to enable faster drying of the food waste.

The third drum 50 is formed inside the second drum 40, and an inlet 51 is formed at one wall to allow food waste to flow from the second drum 40. In addition, a conveying screw 55 for conveying the introduced food waste to the other side, that is, the side in which the discharge pipe 60 is formed, is rotatably installed by the electric motor M as a driving means. In addition, a spline 53 is formed on the outer circumferential surface of the third drum 50 to maintain a predetermined distance from the rotary blade 45. Here, it should be noted that the spline 53 may be formed in the forming process of the third drum 50 instead of being combined with a separate member. According to the above, the spline 53 formed on the outer circumferential surface of the third drum 50 to crush the food waste together with the rotary blade 45 can further increase the grinding efficiency. In addition, the inlet 51 allows only food waste particles of a size that can pass through the inlet 51 so that only small particles of food waste flow into the third drum 50.

On the other hand, reference numeral 60 is a discharge pipe line 60, the discharge pipe line 60 to allow the food waste of the third drum 50 to be discharged, for this purpose, the discharge pipe line 60 is the second drum It passes through 40 and communicates with the third drum 50.

In addition, reference numeral 70 is a catalyst unit 70, the catalyst unit 70 is coupled to the suction pipe passage 71 and the one end of the suction pipe passage 71 in communication with the discharge pipe passage (73) ) And a suction fan 75 coupled to the outside of the catalyst 73. According to this configuration, the harmful gas generated from the drinking water waste discharged to the discharge pipe line 60 is forcibly sucked into the suction pipe line 71 by the suction fan 75 and the harmful gas forced to suck the catalyst ( 73).

As described above, the present invention has the effect that the food waste can be systematically processed through a series of processes of dehydration, grinding, drying to reduce environmental pollution caused by food waste.

In addition, the present invention has the effect that it can be installed firmly and easily in dishwashers of various sizes through an adapter that can be selectively mounted to the hopper.

In addition, the present invention is effective to remove various harmful gases generated from food waste by a catalyst to maintain a comfortable indoor air even during storage and processing of food waste.

Claims (9)

An inlet 20 connected to one side of the dishwasher in order to introduce food waste from the dishwasher; A housing 10 having a predetermined space formed therein and communicating with the other side of the inlet 20; Food waste from the inlet 20 is installed in the housing 10 to be introduced, the grinding blade 31 and the food waste to crush the waste water introduced into the crushing blade 31 First drums 30 each of which has a feeding screw 33 for feeding to the side rotatably by a driving means; In order to introduce and dry the crushed food waste from the first drum 30, a drying space 41 communicating with the first drum 30 is formed, and installed to increase the temperature of the drying space 41. A second drum 40 having a heater 43 and a rotary blade 43 rotatably installed by a driving means on the drying space 41; It is formed in the second drum 40 so that the food waste from the second drum 40 through the inlet 51 formed on one side wall, the transfer screw for transferring the introduced food waste to the other side A third drum (50) rotatably installed by a drive means; A discharge pipe path 60 communicating with the third drum 50 through the second drum 40 so that the food waste of the third drum 50 can be discharged; A catalyst unit 70 in communication with the discharge pipe 60 to remove harmful gas from the discharged food waste; Food waste treatment apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 1, The inlet 20 is A hopper 21 having one side connected to the dish washing basin for introducing food waste from the dish washing basin and having a side portion communicating with a drain pipe 25 for draining water; A filter barrel 23 installed in the hopper 21 to prevent food waste from being discharged into the drainage pipe 25; An opening and closing portion (23a) positioned at the bottom of the filter box (23) to selectively drop food waste into the housing (10); A connection pipe line 27 having one side communicating with the other side of the hopper 21 and the other side communicating with the housing 10, wherein two or more tubes are slidably coupled to each other so that their length can be changed; Food waste treatment apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 2, One side of the hopper 21, the food waste treatment device, characterized in that the adapter 22 is coupled to vary the diameter of the end connected to the dishwasher. The method of claim 1, The first, second, and third drums (30, 40, 50) are food waste, characterized in that configured to be inclined at a predetermined angle so that the incoming food waste can be temporarily accumulated on one side of each drum (30, 40, 50) Processing unit. The method of claim 1, One end of the first drum 30, the food waste processing apparatus, characterized in that the perforated plate 35 is combined so that water is separated and discharged from the accumulated food waste. The method of claim 5, The first drum 30 is rotatably co-rotated with the transfer screw 33 to remove food waste attached to the porous plate 35, and a brush 36 is installed in surface contact with the porous plate 35. Food waste processing apparatus, characterized in that the. The method of claim 1, Food waste, characterized in that formed on the outer circumferential surface of the third drum (50) together with the rotary blade 45, a spline 53 for maintaining a predetermined interval with the rotary blade 45 so as to crush the food waste again. Processing unit. The method of claim 1, The drive means is a food waste treatment apparatus, characterized in that the electric motor (M). The method of claim 1, Food waste processing apparatus, characterized in that the plate 32 is formed between the transfer screw 33 and the grinding blade 31 is formed with a plurality of holes.

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