KR20090008650U - Food waste treatment apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a food processor, the body portion having a storage space therein; A door for opening and closing the body part; A storage container for storing food waste; A tray for accommodating the storage container; An air drying circulation system mounted inside the body part and including a blowing fan for circulating the introduced air, a heating element for drying the introduced air, and a purifying filter for purifying the air discharged to the outside; And a control module for controlling the air drying circulation system, wherein the tray is coupled to the inside of the door to seat the storage container, and the door is rotatably coupled to the front of the body part.

By this, the food waste can be hot-air-dried to reduce the weight and volume to easily handle the dried food waste, and to minimize the odor and bacteria discharged from the drying stage of the food waste by using a purification filter and anion generator, By adopting a plurality of sensing units in the food processor, it can control power consumption sources such as blower fans, heating elements and negative ion generators according to the detection of operating time, internal temperature, humidity, etc. .

Food waste, drying

Description

Food processor {FOOD WASTE TREATMENT APPARATUS}

The present invention relates to a food processor, and more particularly, a small-capacity structure used in a home, and to dry food wastes by hot air to reduce weight and volume, to remove odors and germs, and to facilitate the use relationship. And it relates to a food processor having a power saving function by adopting a plurality of sensing units.

Generally, a certain amount of food waste is inevitably generated at home or a restaurant every day, and the generated food waste contains a lot of water in itself, and thus, in a waiting process for a certain time for disposal, Severe odor is generated.

In addition, such a food waste is not only to increase the volume of the entire waste due to the large amount of water contained in itself, as well as the situation is a significant obstacle in incineration work due to the included moisture.

Thus, the conventional methods for treating such food waste are used in various ways, such as fermentation method, incineration method, recycling method of feed and fertilizer (compost), landfill method embedded in the ground.

However, the conventional food waste disposal methods as described above not only require a large-scale facility, but also cause a serious social problem of environmental pollution along with various side effects such as odor or inconvenience caused by collection, transportation or storage.

Therefore, there is an urgent need to reduce the environmental pollution caused by food waste and recycle and use it.

On the other hand, even though the current total number of households exceeded 10 million households, it can be seen that the measures and results for the disposal of food wastes related to environmental pollution are still far short of expectations.

The reason for this is that housewife's waste of resources and lack of awareness of environmental pollution have prevented the separate collection. However, the main reason is that the current method of separating and collecting food waste for recycling general food waste is This is because it is necessary to transport wet food wastes directly, which can make housewives troublesome and cause bad smells to housewives.

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 processor capable of solving such problems.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a food processor that can easily handle the dried food waste by reducing the weight and volume by hot air drying the food waste.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a food processor that can minimize the odor and bacteria discharged from the drying step of food waste by using a purification filter and an anion generator.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a food processor having a power saving function and a noise reduction effect by adopting a plurality of sensing units.

The object, according to the present invention, the body portion having a storage space therein; A door for opening and closing the body part; A storage container for storing food waste; A tray for accommodating the storage container; An air drying circulation system mounted inside the body part and including a blowing fan for circulating the introduced air, a heating element for drying the introduced air, and a purifying filter for purifying the air discharged to the outside; And a control module for controlling the air drying circulation system, wherein the tray is coupled to the inside of the door to seat the storage container, and the door is achieved by a food processor that is rotatably coupled to the front of the body. do.

Here, the food processor includes an internal temperature sensor, and the internal temperature sensor sends an operation stop signal to the control module when the internal temperature exceeds a preset temperature.

In addition, the food processor includes an internal humidity detection unit, the internal humidity detection unit transmits a power saving signal to the control module when the internal humidity is detected below a predetermined humidity.

In addition, the food processor further includes an external humidity sensor, and the internal humidity sensor and the external humidity sensor send a power saving signal to the control module when the difference between the internal humidity and the external humidity meets a preset condition.

Preferably, the food processor includes an operation time detection unit, and the operation time detection unit transmits a power saving signal to the control module when the operation of the air drying circulation system exceeds a preset time.

Here, the operation time detection unit initializes the measured operation time when the door is opened or closed during the operation of the food processor.

Here, the food processor may be turned on / off the air drying circulation system by opening and closing the door.

Here, the air drying circulation system is connected to one side of the circulation duct for circulating the internal air of the body portion and the re-inlet duct and the introduced air to re-introduce a portion of the air introduced into the body portion It can be provided with a discharge duct that discharges some to the outside.

Preferably, the food processor includes an anion generator, it is possible to further purify the air purified by the purifying filter.

According to the present invention, it is possible to easily process the dried food waste by reducing the weight and volume by drying the food waste hot air.

In addition, odors and bacteria discharged from the drying step of food waste can be minimized by using a purification filter and an anion generator.

In addition, by adopting a plurality of sensing units in the food processor, it is possible to control the operation of power consumption sources such as blower fans, heating elements and negative ion generators according to the detection of operating time, internal temperature, humidity, etc. to achieve power saving function and noise reduction effect. Can be.

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

Prior to this, the terms used in this specification and claims should not be construed in a dictionary sense, but on the basis of the principle that the inventor can properly define the concept of terms in order to best explain his invention. In other words, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept consistent with the technical spirit of the present invention.

Therefore, the configurations shown in the embodiments and drawings described herein are only preferred embodiments of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical ideas of the present invention, and various equivalents may be substituted for them at the time of the present application. It is to be understood that water and variations may exist.

1 is an external perspective view of the food processor according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a conceptual diagram showing the connection and configuration of the air drying circulation system and the control module mounted on the food processor according to the present invention, Figure 3 according to the present invention A block diagram of a food processor.

1 to 3, the food processor according to the present invention, the body portion having a storage space therein; A door 20 for opening and closing the body portion 10; A storage container 30 for storing food waste; A tray 40 for receiving the storage container 30; Mounted inside the body portion 10, a blowing fan 52 for circulating the introduced air, a heating element 54 for drying the introduced air, and a purifying filter for purifying the air discharged to the outside ( An air drying circulation system 50 comprising 56); And a control module 60 for controlling the air drying circulation system 50. The tray 40 is coupled to the inside of the door 20 to seat the storage container 30, and the door ( 20 may be rotatably coupled to the front of the body portion (10).

Here, the body portion 10 is coupled to the front door 20 that is rotatably opened and closed, the operating state of the On / Off switch 12 and the operation state to select whether the food processor according to the present invention on the upper surface LED identifying unit 14 to identify the user may be arranged.

The LED identification unit 14 is connected to the display unit 64 of the control module 60, which will be described later, may be provided to emit light of a different color according to the operation status of the device, by installing a plurality of LEDs to change the state of the device It may be provided to display.

In addition, the lower portion of the body portion 10 may be provided with a water outlet including an activated carbon filter (not shown) for the discharge of the food waste contained in the water, which is generated from the water of the food waste through the activated carbon filter Odors and bacteria can be removed.

In addition, the storage container 30 in which food waste is directly accommodated may be provided in the same shape as in FIG. 1, but the shape thereof is not limited thereto.

Here, the tray 40 is a component for seating the storage container 30, is coupled to the inside of the door 20, by adopting a coupling method that is easy to detach and facilitate the easy removal of the tray 40. It may be desirable to implement.

Here, the operation of the food processor may be turned on / off by opening and closing the door (20). That is, when the door 20 is closed by sending an on / off operation signal to the control module 60 by using a magnetic sensor on the part where the door 20 and the body portion 10 are in contact. When the door 20 is opened, it may be provided to transmit an operation stop signal.

On the other hand, the air drying circulation system 50, as shown in Figure 2, operates in conjunction with the control module 60, the component for drying the food waste by heating and circulating the internal air of the food processor according to the present invention It includes a blowing fan 52 for circulating the introduced air, a heating element 54 for drying the introduced air, and a purifying filter 56 for purifying the air discharged to the outside.

The heating element 54 is preferably provided as a PTC (Positive Temperature Coefficient) element. The PTC element is a barium titanate-based semiconductor element, which is also referred to as a static thermistor.

In addition, the PTC element uses a so-called switch action that the electric resistance increases when the current flows for a very short time, so that the current does not flow. For the hot air element of the hair dryer, the element of the television shadow mask, the motor of the air conditioner and the heater. It is used as such uses.

Here, the heating element 54 may be installed as shown in FIG. 2, but the installation position of the heating element 54 is not limited thereto, and may be located at various places of the air drying circulation system 50 according to an air drying method. Of course, it can be installed.

The purifying filter 56 may be provided as various filters capable of purifying malodors and bacteria of food waste, and preferably, may be provided as a HEPA-class filter (capture 99.97% or more of 0.3 µm particles).

Here, the food processor according to the present invention preferably further includes an anion generator 90 at the rear end of the purification filter 56 to secondary purify the air purified by the purification filter 56.

In addition, the air drying circulation system 50, as shown in Figure 2, is connected to the circulating duct 57 for circulating the internal air and one side of the circulation duct 57, the portion of the air introduced into the body portion It may be provided with a reflow duct 58 for re-introduction into the interior of the (10) and a discharge duct 59 for discharging a portion of the introduced air to the outside.

Here, the ratio of the cross-sectional area of the reflow duct 58 and the discharge duct 59 connected to the circulation duct 57 may be composed of a ratio of about 7: 3.

On the other hand, the control module 60 is connected to the power supply unit 70, as shown in Figure 3, the operation of the power switch unit 62 and the air drying circulation system 50 responsible for the operation of the food processor. Controlling the input signal of the operating unit 66 and the display unit 64 for identifying whether the operation of the power switch unit 62 and the operation unit 66 and the air-drying circulation system 50 to the user The microcomputer 68 may be provided.

Here, the microcomputer 68 is connected to a plurality of sensing units, and performs appropriate control according to the signals sensed by each sensing unit.

Here, the food processor according to the present invention includes an internal temperature detection unit 80, the internal temperature detection unit 80 stops operation in the control module 60 when the internal temperature exceeds a predetermined temperature. It may be arranged to send a signal.

Here, the internal temperature detection unit 80 may be provided with various types of sensors for detecting the temperature, preferably, a bimetal member is installed in the control module 60 to perform control according to the internal temperature. It may be arranged to.

The bimetal member is a rod-shaped member made of one sheet by laminating two kinds of thin metal plates having very different thermal expansion coefficients, and may control a device according to temperature by using a bending property as the temperature increases.

For example, when the temperature inside the food processor exceeds approximately 70 ° C., the bimetal member may be disconnected from the microcomputer 68 to stop the operation of the food processor.

On the other hand, the food processor includes an internal humidity sensor 82, the internal humidity sensor 82 transmits a power saving signal to the control module 60 when the internal humidity is detected below the predetermined humidity. do.

For example, when the humidity in the food processor is less than 25%, the internal humidity sensor 82 sends a cutoff signal to the control module 60, and the microcomputer 68 receiving the power saving signal receives the blowing air. Control to reduce the rotation RPM of the fan 52, to lower the temperature of the heating element 54, or to reduce the negative ion output of the negative ion generator (90).

In addition, the food processor further includes an external humidity detection unit 84, wherein the internal humidity detection unit 82 and the external humidity detection unit 84 is the difference between the internal humidity and the external humidity meets a preset condition In addition, a power saving signal is sent to the control module 60.

For example, when the difference between the outside humidity and the inside humidity of the food processor is 20% or more, the internal and external humidity detection units 82 and 84 may be provided to transmit a power saving signal to the control module 60. .

Preferably, the food processor includes an operation time detection unit 86, the operation time detection unit 86, when the operation of the air drying circulation system 50 exceeds a predetermined time, the control module The power save signal is sent to (60).

For example, when the continuous operation time of the air drying circulation system 50 exceeds 19 hours, the operation time detection unit 86 may be provided to transmit a power saving signal to the control module 60.

Here, the operation time detection unit 86 may be provided to initialize and re-measure the measured operation time when the door 20 is opened or closed during the operation of the food processor.

For example, when the continuous operation time of the air drying circulation system 50 is 16 hours, when the door 20 is opened and closed, the operation time detection unit 86 is based on the time when the door 20 is closed. It can be provided to re-measure the operating time.

As described above, although the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, the technical idea of the present invention is not limited thereto, and the person of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs, Various modifications and variations will be possible within the equivalent scope of the utility model registration claims to be described below.

1 is an external perspective view of a food processor according to the present invention,

Figure 2 is a conceptual diagram showing the connection and configuration of the air drying circulation system and the control module mounted on the food waste processor according to the present invention,

3 is a block diagram of a food processor according to the present invention.

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

10: body 20: door

30: storage container 40: tray

50: air dry circulation system 60: control module

70: power supply unit 80: internal temperature detection unit

82: internal humidity detection unit 84: external humidity detection unit

86: operation time detection unit 90: negative ion generator

Claims (9)

A body part having a storage space therein; A door for opening and closing the body part; A storage container for storing food waste; A tray for accommodating the storage container; An air drying circulation system mounted inside the body part and including a blowing fan for circulating the introduced air, a heating element for drying the introduced air, and a purifying filter for purifying the air discharged to the outside; And a control module for controlling the air drying circulation system. The tray is coupled to the inside of the door to seat the container, the food processor, characterized in that the door is rotatably coupled to the front of the body portion. The method of claim 1, The food processor includes an internal temperature sensor, wherein the internal temperature sensor sends an operation stop signal to the control module when the internal temperature exceeds a preset temperature. The method of claim 1, The food processor includes an internal humidity sensor, wherein the internal humidity sensor transmits a power saving signal to the control module when the internal humidity is detected to be lower than a preset humidity. The method of claim 3, wherein The food processor further includes an external humidity detecting unit. When the difference between the internal humidity and the external humidity meets a preset condition, the internal humidity detecting unit and the external humidity detecting unit transmit a power saving signal to the control module to consume electricity. Food processor characterized in that to reduce the. The method of claim 1, The food processor includes an operation time detector, wherein the operation time detector sends a power saving signal to the control module when an operation of the air drying circulation system exceeds a preset time. The method of claim 5, wherein And the operation time detecting unit initializes the measured operation time when the door is opened and closed during the operation of the food processor. The method of claim 1, The food processor is a food processor, characterized in that the air drying circulation system on / off by opening and closing the door. The method of claim 1, The air drying circulation system is connected to one side of the circulation duct for circulating the internal air of the body portion and the re-inlet duct and part of the introduced air to re-introduce a portion of the air introduced into the body portion A food processor characterized in that provided in the discharge duct to discharge to the outside. The method of claim 1, The food processor includes an anion generator, the food processor characterized in that to further purify the air purified by the purification filter to freshen the ambient air.

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