KR20080048582A - Food waste disposer - Google Patents

Abstract

A food garbage disposer is provided to prevent damage of a motor, install the food garbage disposer in a small kitchen work space within a sink, exhaust odor from food garbage effectively, and perform maintenance and repairing of the food garbage disposer easily. A food garbage disposer comprises: a cutting part(30) connected to a lower end of a food garbage hopper(22) to cut food garbage flown into the hopper while injecting water onto the food garbage; a transfer part(40) for transferring cut food garbage to the pressing part; a pressing part(50) for pressing, dewatering, and discharging the transferred food garbage; a drying part(60) for drying the pressed food garbage; a drain part(70) for discharging water drained from the pressing part; an exhaust part(80) for exhausting gas generated in the drying part; and a driving part(90) for transmitting rotary power to the cutting part and the pressing part, wherein the drying part includes a first drying part(60A) for drying food garbage dropped from a discharge connecting pipe to a high temperature, and a second drying part(60B) for secondly drying food garbage that has been transferred from the first drying part within a drying drawer that is easily removable. Further, a cover for opening and closing the food garbage hopper is installed at an inlet of the food garbage hopper.

Description

Food Waste Disposal Device {FOOD WASTE DISPOSER}

1a and 1b is a view showing a partial exploded cross-sectional view and an entire cross-sectional view of an embodiment of a conventional food waste treatment apparatus from different directions,

2 is a perspective view of a food waste treating apparatus according to the present invention, (a) is a front perspective view, (b) a rear perspective view,

3 is an internal configuration of the food waste processing apparatus shown in FIG.

4 is a detailed configuration diagram of a cutting unit according to the present invention;

5 is a perspective view of the dehydration container according to the present invention;

6 is a view for explaining a drying unit according to the present invention, Figure 6 (a) is a plan view, Figure 6 (b) is a side cross-sectional view,

7 is a detailed configuration diagram of the drain and exhaust according to the present invention.

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

20: enclosure 24: dry drawer

30: cutting part, 31: cutting housing

332: rotary blade, 333c: fixed blade

40: transfer part, 41: rotary blade

50: compression section, 52: compression screw;

55: discharge connector, 56: lowering device spring

60: drying part, 61: stirring blade

66a, 66b: heating plate, 71: dehydrating pipe

80: exhaust part, 81: blower

90: drive unit, 100: ultrasonic vibration device

The present invention relates to a food waste treating apparatus, and more particularly, to an improved food waste treating apparatus that is mixed with water to finely cut the incoming food waste, removes seasonings and salts, and then compresses and dries it to be discharged.

Inhabited living environments usually leave residues of food (ie food waste) as a by-product of eating and maintaining life. This residue is easy to rot and smells bad for people to deal with, and the corrupt residue is a cause of environmental pollution if processed incorrectly, so much research has been done on how to effectively treat food waste.

There are many ways to dispose of food waste, but one of the most effective methods is to dry out the food before it is spoiled. Especially, it is preferable to install it near the residential environment where people live. Do. To this end, many food treatment devices that can be attached to a sink are being developed.

1A and 1B illustrate an example of a conventional food waste treatment apparatus, which is a partial exploded cross-sectional view and an entire cross-sectional view of the "sink stand attachable food waste treatment apparatus" disclosed in Korean Patent Application Publication No. 10-2004-45087. It is a figure which shows.

In the food waste treatment apparatus disclosed in the above-described patent, the food waste introduced into the inlet 1 is dropped into the food waste disposal apparatus at the bottom through the drain hole 2, and the dropped food waste is driven by the motor 3. 1 is introduced into the compression / cutting part 5 by the conveying screw 4 and is compressed and conveyed upward by the second conveying screw 6 while finely cutting the food waste by the rotary blade 7, It is made to be transferred to the drying / discharging portion (8). When transported to the drying / discharging portion 8, the food waste finely cut by the rotary blade (7) is discharged through the discharge hole (9) of the lid and at the same time by the rotation of the rotary blade (10) It is made to flow back into the drying / discharging unit (8) through (11). In addition, in the drying / discharging unit 8, the food waste introduced into the first dryer 12, the second dryer 13, and the third dryer 14 is sequentially lowered, so that the first heater 15 and the second heater 16 are lowered. After drying in a row of), it is dropped into the bin 18 through a hole formed in the center of the plate 17 to be collected. On the other hand, a blower 19 is installed in the lid is configured to suck the odor generated in the drying / discharge unit 15 to discharge to the outside.

However, the conventional food waste processing apparatus disclosed in the above-mentioned patent is configured to compress and dehydrate food in a first step of processing food waste introduced into the food waste processing device, which is compressed and dehydrated in food in the first step. When a hard object (hard bone such as fish bones) is difficult to process in the process, an excessive force is applied, thereby causing damage to the motor, which is a driving force, which may cause a defect in the product.

And the second process is the process of cutting the compressed food waste, the third process is the process of drying to remove the residual moisture of the food waste in the cut state, because the drying device is disposed inside the machine Food waste is stuck inside the dryer, and food waste gradually accumulates therein. Accordingly, the flow of food waste inside the dryer is not smooth, and thus, the food waste cannot be discharged out and damage to the motor.

In addition, if the food waste in the dryer more than the rated capacity can not be easily handled because the food waste device itself is not available, there was an inconvenience to have after-sales service by a professional repairman.

In addition, there is a problem that the dryer is difficult to repair if there is a failure in the internal fixed space out of reach, if there is a lot of food waste, there is a problem that can not be carried out continuous processing.

The present invention has been invented in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is not to exert excessive force on the process of compression and dehydration by first cutting the food waste and then proceeding to the next compression and dehydration order. It is to provide a food waste disposal apparatus that can prevent damage to the motor.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a food waste disposal apparatus that is easy to install in a cooking space inside a sink space having a narrow space.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a food waste disposal apparatus that can effectively discharge odor and is easy to maintain.

Food waste treatment apparatus of the present invention for achieving the above object, the cutting portion for cutting while spraying water to the food waste introduced through the inlet; A transfer unit for transferring the cut food waste; A compression unit configured to compress and dehydrate and discharge the food waste transported through the transfer unit; A drying unit for drying the compressed food waste; A drain for discharging water drained from the compression unit; An exhaust unit for discharging the gas generated in the drying unit to the drainage unit; And a driving unit for transmitting rotational force to the cutting unit and the compression unit.

In addition, the food waste treatment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises an enclosure; It is installed inside the housing, the food waste inlet is installed on the upper side to be stretchable, the water spray nozzle is installed on one side and the cutting housing is installed in the lower portion; A rotary blade installed at the lower portion of the cutter to transfer finely cut food waste; Spiral compression screw is installed adjacent to the cutting housing, and compresses and transports food waste in the upward direction inside, discharged to transport the food waste transported to the upper side installed on the upper end of the rotating shaft of the compression screw A compression housing having wings; A discharge connection tube which communicates with the upper end of the compression housing and guides the food waste transported by the discharge wing to the lower collecting device by the lowering device spring; A drying housing installed below the discharge connection pipe and having a stirring blade which is rotated by a motor drive inside the discharge pipe, and having a discharge part formed on one side thereof, and a heating plate installed on a bottom thereof; A drying drawer detachably installed in the housing so as to accommodate the dry housing and collect food waste discharged from the discharge unit; And a geared motor for providing rotational force to the cutter, the rotary blade, the compression screw, and the discharge blade.

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

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the lid 21 of the food waste disposal apparatus according to the present invention in an open state, (a) is a front perspective view, (b) is a rear perspective view, respectively.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, an inlet 22 through which food waste is introduced is installed at an upper portion of the housing 20 forming an outer shape, and a dry drawer 24 is detachably installed at a lower portion thereof. The dry drawer 24 is provided with a recognizable window 24a which can identify the inside, and it is preferable to install a drawer handle 24b to facilitate attachment and detachment.

In addition, an operation panel 26 for controlling the operation of the food waste processing apparatus is installed on one side of the front surface of the housing 20, and as described later, a water spout 27 and food for supplying water to be sprayed when cutting the food waste as described below. A drain 28 is provided which discharges the dewatered water at the time of compression of the waste and is connected to an external drain hose.

In addition, a cover 21 is provided at the inlet of the inlet 22 to cover the inlet 22, and a magnet 23a is embedded in the cover 21. When the cover 21 is closed, a sensing switch 23b in which a switching state is changed depending on whether or not the magnet 23a is approached is installed at one side of the housing 20 adjacent to the magnet 23a. ) And the detection switch (23b) is a set to act as a lid opening and closing detection sensor (23). The lid opening and closing sensor 23 is used to control the operation of the device by detecting the opening and closing of the lid.

3 is a view showing the internal configuration of the food waste treatment apparatus shown in FIG.

Food waste processing apparatus according to the present invention is connected to the bottom of the food waste inlet coupled to the food waste outlet of the sink cutting section 30 for cutting while spraying water to the food waste introduced into the inlet 22, cut food Transfer unit 40 for transporting the waste to the compression unit 50, the compression unit 50 for compressing and dewatering the discharged food waste to discharge, the drying unit 60 for drying the compressed food waste, the compression unit 50 Drain part 70 for discharging the water drained from the), the exhaust unit 80 for discharging the gas generated in the drying unit 60, the driving unit 90 for transmitting the rotational force to the cutting unit 30 and the compression unit 50 ) The drying unit 60 detaches and removes the food waste transported after the first drying in the primary drying unit 60A and the primary drying unit 60A for drying the food waste falling from the discharge connection pipe 55 at a high temperature. Easy drying drawer 24 is composed of a secondary drying unit (60B) for secondary drying at lukewarm.

First, the cutting unit 30 will be described, and the cutting unit 30 is installed so that the lower end of the inlet 22 is inserted into and communicates with the cutting housing 31. In particular, the lower end of the inlet 22 is in close contact with the inner circumferential surface of the cutting housing 31, the lower end of the inlet 22 is installed so as to be movable up and down a predetermined distance without falling out of the cutting housing (31). This is because the height of the bottom surface of the sink and the food waste discharging section of the sink is different for each product when installing the food waste treating apparatus main body according to the present invention, so that it can be flexibly installed everywhere.

In addition, the water spray nozzle 32 is installed on one side of the upper side of the cutting housing 31, and the cutter 33 is installed on the lower side. The water spray nozzle 32 is connected to the water inlet 27 through a pump (not shown), and the water inlet 27 is connected to a water supply line (not shown), thereby controlling a controller (not shown) in the cutting of food waste. Under the control of the food waste is to spray water.

Since food and waste are usually mixed with most food waste, in the device of the present invention, the food is finely chopped during the cutting process and water is sprayed at the same time to remove the seasoning and salt. At this time, the apparatus of the present invention is to install the ultrasonic vibration device 100 at the lower end of the dehydration container 53 to operate like water spray to remove the salt more effectively.

A cutter 33 rotated by the driving unit 90 is installed at the lower end of the cutting housing 31, and the cutter 33 is mounted on the driving unit 90 as shown in FIG. 4A. Rotating blade 332 and the fixed blade plate 333 is disposed to be fixed up and down on the rotating shaft 331 is rotated by, the blade guard 334 is fixed to the upper end of the rotary blade 332.

4 (b) is a perspective view of the rotary blade 332, Figure 4 (c) shows a perspective view of the fixed blade plate 333, respectively, the rotary blade 332 is the blade is the center of the rotation axis 331 Are arranged in a straight line on the same plane as opposed to each other and rotated together with the rotation shaft 331, the fixed blade plate 333 is fixed blade 333c over a plurality of discharge grooves (333b) formed on the surface of the fixed disk (333a), respectively. ) Is placed radially in a state of being laid down and is disposed at a position slightly spaced apart from the rotary blade 332 to be installed to maintain a fixed state without rotating with the rotary shaft 331, so that the rotary blade 332 is fixed blade plate Whenever it encounters the fixed blade 333c of 333, it cuts food waste like a scissors. In particular, the rotary blade 332 is bent in an arc shape, such as the center line of the taegeuk blade is formed in the protruding direction side is to be cut from the center portion to the edge direction when cutting the food waste.

A discharge groove 333b is formed through the lower portion of each of the fixed blades 333c disposed in the horizontal direction of the fixed blade plate 333 so that the cut food waste falls to the lower transfer part 40. It is.

On the other hand, the blade guard 334 to prevent the rotary blade 332 or the fixed blade (333c) is damaged when a solid obstacle that is not cut well by the blade, such as chopsticks or solid foreign objects into the cutting housing 31. To this end, the blade guard 334 is repeatedly rotated with the rotation of the rotary shaft 331.

The transfer part 40 is formed integrally with the cutting housing 31, and fixed to the rotary shaft 331 in the space provided at the lower end of the fixed blade plate 333 to cut the food waste cut by the rotary blade 41 is rotated together It is transferred to the compression unit 50 through the connecting pipe (43). Rotating blade 41 is extended so that the outer edge to the inner wall of the conveying portion 40, and serves to scrape and transport the food waste attached to the inner wall of the conveying portion (40). That is, the cut food waste dropped to the transfer unit 40 is rotated together in accordance with the rotation of the rotary blade 41 is transferred to the compression unit 50 through the connecting pipe 43.

In particular, the cutting housing 31, the conveying portion 40 and the compressing portion 50 has a bottom surface of which is inclined downward toward the compression portion 50, the food waste pushed out by the rotary blade 41 is the conveying portion 40 It is made to be smoothly conveyed in the direction of the compression unit 50 in the).

Next, the compression unit 50 will be described in detail. Compression unit 50 is to act to compress the water contained in the food waste transported to dehydration and then transfer to the drying unit 60, the lower end is made of a cylindrical of the same radius as shown in FIG. The upper end is a compression housing 51 formed in a cylindrical shape of the upper and lower light beams, the compression screw 52 made of a spiral screw gradually smaller as the radius of the compression housing 51 rises to the upper end, and the pitch is also reduced, and the compression housing. A discharge connection pipe installed inside the lower end of the 51, that is, a cylinder having the same radius and having a plurality of through-holes formed therein, and a food waste that is raised to the upper side while being compressed by the rotation of the compression screw 52 to the side. It consists of the discharge blade 54 which pushes to 55 and falls. Discharge connection pipe 55 is formed in the form of a fallopian tube of the upper and lower light, it is possible to smoothly discharge the food waste by turning the spring 56-shaped lowering device to the roller (57).

As shown in FIG. 5, the dewatering container 53 is formed with a plurality of through holes 53a penetrating the inside and the outside of the cylindrical body, and the through holes 53a are formed in a cramped shape, for example, as a circular through hole. In the case of forming, there is a case that clogging phenomenon occurs in the through hole when the head is dehydrated, so that it can be drained smoothly without clogging by foreign matter. In particular, the screw outer diameter of the compression screw 52 disposed in the dehydration barrel 53 is preferably formed to the same size as the inner diameter of the dehydration barrel 53 so that the dehydration action can be performed smoothly.

The lower side of the compression housing 51 is connected to the drainage portion 70 via a dehydration pipe 71 to discharge the dehydrated water, which will be described later with reference to FIG. 7.

6 is a view for explaining the drying unit 60 according to the present invention, Figure 6 (a) is a schematic plan view, Figure 6 (b) is a side cross-sectional view.

The lower part of the enclosure 20 is provided with a drying unit 60 which is divided into partition plates 29 and detachably installed in a horizontal direction.

The primary drying unit 60A of the drying unit 60 is installed under the discharge connection pipe 55 of the compression unit 50. For this purpose, the food waste processed by the compression unit 50 is disposed in the partition plate 29. Grooves 29a are formed to communicate with each other so as to fall into the drying unit 60. A stirring blade 61a is installed inside the groove 29a, that is, the discharge connection pipe 55, and one side of the side is opened. The discharge part 62 is formed and consists of the primary dry housing 64a in which the high temperature heating plate 66a is installed in the bottom surface. The stirring blades 61a installed in the primary dry housing 64a are installed to face each other, and their diameters are formed to be substantially the same size as the inner diameter of the dry housing 64a. Accordingly, one wing serves to collect the food waste in one side, while the other wing repeatedly removes the food waste while the food waste is not attached to the inner wall of the drying housing 64a. It is made to be stirred and stirred. As the stirring process is repeated, the dried food waste is pushed out to the secondary drying unit 60B of the drying drawer 24 through the discharge unit 62. The stirring blade (61a) is fixed to the rotating shaft of the gear (63a) receives power from the motor (65) with a worm gear installed on one side, the rotation and rotation speed is controlled by the motor (65).

The secondary drying unit 60B is also fixed to the rotary shaft of the gear 63b in the drying housing 64b by the stirring blade 61b and the stirring blade 61a of the primary drying unit 60A by the motor 65. Is rotated. And the heating plate 66b is provided also in the bottom face of the secondary drying part 60B.

The drying unit 60 is stir-dried and dried by high temperature heat heated by the heating plate 66a while stirring the food wastes conveyed from the compression unit 50 according to such a configuration by the stirring blade 61a. Subsequently, the dried food waste is discharged to the second drying unit 60B through the discharge unit 62 to perform the secondary drying process by the heating plate 66b. The heating plate 66a at the bottom of the drying housing 64a, which is the primary drying unit 60A, sets the heating temperature higher than the heating plate 66b at the bottom of the drying drawer 24 to quickly remove a considerable amount of moisture contained in the food waste. Then, the secondary drying unit 60B gradually dries the remaining moisture by lukewarm heat.

A socket (not shown) is installed at the rear of the drying drawer 24, and a plug (not shown) is installed at the enclosure 20 at a position corresponding to the socket, so that the socket is inserted into the plug according to the detachment of the drying drawer 24. Electrical connections are made or released.

On the other hand, the gas discharge groove 29b for discharging the air of the drying drawer 24 is formed at one side of the partition plate 29 at the upper end of the drying drawer 24, the blower (b) in the gas discharge groove (29b) 81 is installed to suck the contaminated gas in the dry drawer (24).

In addition, the sucked gas is discharged to the sewage discharge pipe through the exhaust connection pipe 82 connected to the discharge port of the blower 81, as shown in FIG. To this end, the end of the exhaust connection pipe 82 is connected to the T-type joint 73 is installed on one side of the sewage discharge pipe while the sewage discharge pipe is connected to the drain 28. At this time, the exhaust connection pipe 82 is connected to the "∩" type higher than the sewage discharge pipe to prevent the back flow of water, the one-way valve 72 is connected to the dehydrating pipe 71 and the T-type joint 73 It is installed.

As such, the polluted gas generated in the dry drawer 24 is exhausted together with the sewage through the sewage discharge pipe so as not to pollute the indoor air in which the polluted gas does not leak outside the enclosure 20.

On the other hand, the drive unit 90 is for transmitting the rotational force to the cutting unit 30 and the compression unit 50, by transmitting the force of the reduction gear motor to the cutting unit 30 and the compression unit 50, respectively, a single motor ( 91) it is possible to reduce the cost and to simplify the volume and structure of the product to drive the cutting unit 30 and the compression unit 50 at the same time.

As described above, the present invention has a merit that it does not strain the mechanism mechanism for compression, in particular, by performing a process of cutting the finely while spraying water, and then compressing the food waste.

In addition, the present invention has the advantage that can be used as a substitute for fertilizer is left in a small amount of seasoning and salt in the final processed food waste is removed by the considerable amount of seasoning and salt contained in the food waste in the process of cutting while spraying water.

In addition, the present invention has the advantage of not polluting the indoor air around the device because the gas discharged in the drying process of food waste is also discharged to the drainage sewage.

Although the above has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art will be able to variously modify and change the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the claims below. It will be appreciated.

Claims (11)

Cutting unit for cutting while spraying water to food waste introduced through the inlet; A transfer unit for transferring the cut food waste; A compression unit configured to compress and dehydrate and discharge the food waste transported through the transfer unit; A drying unit for drying the compressed food waste; A drain for discharging water drained from the compression unit; An exhaust unit for discharging the gas generated in the drying unit to the drainage unit; And And a driving unit for transmitting rotational force to the cutting unit and the compression unit. Outer enclosure; It is installed inside the housing, the food waste inlet is installed on the upper side to be stretchable, the water spray nozzle is installed on one side and the cutting housing is installed in the lower portion; A rotary blade installed at the lower portion of the cutter to transfer finely cut food waste; Spiral compression screw is installed adjacent to the cutting housing, compressing and transporting the food waste in the upward direction, and installed to the upper side of the rotating shaft of the compression screw to transport the food waste transported to the upper side to the side A compression housing having discharge blades; A discharge connection tube which communicates with the upper end of the compression housing and guides the food waste transported by the discharge wing to the lower collecting device by the lowering device spring; A drying housing installed below the discharge connection pipe and having a stirring blade which is rotated by a motor drive inside the discharge pipe, and having a discharge part formed on one side thereof, and a heating plate installed on a bottom thereof; A drying drawer detachably installed in the housing so as to accommodate the dry housing and collect food waste discharged from the discharge unit; And And a geared motor for providing rotational force to the cutter, the rotary blades, the compression screw, and the discharge blade. The food waste processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a lid for opening and closing the inlet is installed at the inlet of the food waste inlet, and a lid open / close detection sensor is installed at one side of the housing of the inlet adjacent to the closed lid. According to claim 2, The food waste device, Food waste treatment apparatus characterized in that the ultrasonic cleaning device is installed at the bottom of the dehydration net to operate when water is sprayed to remove the salt. The food waste of claim 2, wherein a lower portion of the compression housing is formed of a porous inner cylinder and an outer cylinder connected to a drain pipe, and a one-way valve is disposed at an end of the drain pipe to block odor from an outside outlet. Processing unit. The food waste treatment apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the pores formed in the inner cylinder of the compression housing are formed by the cramped through grooves to slow the blockage due to foreign matter. The food waste of claim 2, wherein the cutter comprises rotating blades in which arc-type blades are symmetrically disposed about a rotating shaft, and fixed blade plates having fixed blades and holes at inner lower ends of the porous strainer. Processing unit. According to claim 7, Food waste treatment apparatus characterized in that the blade guard is installed on the upper end of the cutter is rotated with the rotating shaft of the cutter is installed. The food waste processing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the cutting housing including the cutter and the compression housing including the compression screw are installed at an angle to be inclined on the same straight line to facilitate the transfer of the cut food waste. According to claim 2, characterized in that the partition plate is installed on the upper end of the drying drawer is separated spatially from the upper side, one side of the partition plate is formed in communication with the discharge connection pipe, the gas discharge groove for discharging gas Food waste disposal device. The food waste treatment apparatus according to claim 10, wherein a blower is installed at an upper portion of the gas discharge groove, and an exhaust pipe is installed at an outlet of the blower to communicate with a wastewater discharge pipe of the drain trap.

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