KR20090037110A - Apparatus for disposing garbage - Google Patents

Abstract

A food garbage disposer is provided to prevent environmental contamination by reducing volume of food waste and a hitch and to maintain a clean state of environment. A food garbage disposer(100) includes a hopper part(110), a crushing part(120), a dehydration part(130), and a discharge part(140). The dehydration part includes a housing, a screw, a drainage net, and a fixing door. A drain(137) is formed on a lower part of the housing. The screw combined with the housing moves waste into the discharge part. The food garbage disposer includes a washing part and a supply control part(150). The supply control part includes a shaft(152), a plurality of shaft arms(154), and a fixing arm(156).

Description

Food processor {APPARATUS FOR DISPOSING GARBAGE}

The present invention relates to a food processor.

Food is a general term for all food and drink that humans can consume, and there are various kinds of food such as rice, soup, side dishes, meat, vegetables, and fish. In the case of such foods, the food waste is not completely discharged as much as it is provided, but a large amount of food is left behind, and there are many foods that cannot be consumed after a period of time.

Conventionally, these food wastes are collected in a certain amount without a separate treatment and used as food for livestock, disposed of as general waste, or discharged through the sewers in many cases.

As described above, since food waste contains various seasonings, when left untreated or discharged, a considerable amount of water is consumed to dilute the seasonings, resulting in contaminating water resources.

In particular, when a large amount of food waste is discharged to sewage at once, it is not easily drained and concentrated in one place for a long time, resulting in severe odor and polluting surrounding environment by gathering harmful insects such as flies and mosquitoes. Are happening.

In order to solve these problems, various kinds of garbage disposal machines have been developed and used in recent years, but most of them are installed at the bottom of the sink for cooking food to remove moisture contained in food waste and to dry it to minimize the odor while minimizing the volume. Because it is in the form of removing the food waste is mainly suitable for families with a small amount of food waste.

However, when the amount of food waste is large, it is difficult to cope with household waste because of the large amount of garbage that is thrown away, and most businesses tend to dispose of it like general garbage, which makes it difficult to solve fundamental problems. there was.

The present invention is to provide a food processor that can reduce the volume of food waste to prevent environmental pollution, and to maintain a clean state without failure.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a hopper portion into which food is introduced, a crushing portion adjacent to a lower portion of the hopper portion, and a crushing portion of the food supplied from the hopper portion, and a crushing portion adjacent to a lower portion of the crushing portion. It is provided with a food processor having a dehydration unit which is dehydrated and the food is to be decomposed, and a discharge unit coupled to the dehydration unit to discharge the food dehydrated from the dehydration unit.

The dewatering part includes a housing in which a drain hole is formed at the lower part, a screw rotatably coupled to the housing to move the crushed food to the discharge part, and surrounds the outside of the screw, and one end of the dewatering part is detachably attached to the housing. It may have a drainage network to be coupled, and a fixed door rotatably coupled to the housing to fix one end of the drainage network to the housing, the discharge portion may be coupled to one end of the drainage network.

The screw and the drain net may be in the shape of a cone narrowing toward the outlet.

The discharge part may be screwed to one end of the drainage net so that a thread is formed at one end thereof.

It may be coupled to the dehydration unit, and further provided with a washing unit for washing the inside of the dehydration unit.

It may further include an opening door rotatably coupled to the housing.

The washing unit may include a pipe coupled to the dewatering unit along the longitudinal direction of the dewatering unit, and a nozzle formed in the tube to inject fluid into the dewatering unit.

Adjacent to the upper part of the crushing unit, the crushing unit may further include a supply adjusting unit for preventing the food from being excessively supplied from the hopper unit.

The supply adjustment part is located in an area partitioned by an axis extending through the inner wall of the hopper part so as to be rotatably coupled to the hopper part, a plurality of axis arms extending from the side of the axis, and an axis line extending due to the rotation of the axis. The fixing arm may be provided on the inner wall of the hopper portion.

An additional crushing unit interposed between the crushing unit and the dehydrating unit may further include an additional crushing unit that additionally crushes the food to be crushed in the crushing unit.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, by reducing the volume of food waste can prevent environmental pollution, it is possible to maintain a clean state without failure.

An embodiment of a food waste processor according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and in the following description with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same or corresponding components are given the same reference numerals and redundant description thereof will be omitted. Let's do it.

Hereinafter, the rotation is used as a concept that includes both the rotational movement and the translational movement as well as the rotational movement around the predetermined axis or the translational movement on the predetermined plane.

In addition, the combination is not only a case of physically direct contact between each component, but also a concept encompassing a case in which a different configuration is interposed between each component and the components are in contact with each other. To be used.

1 is a perspective view showing a food processor according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the food processor according to an embodiment of the present invention cut along the line AA 'of FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the food processor according to an embodiment of the present invention cut along the line B-B 'of FIG.

1 to 3, the hopper part 110, the fixing hose 112, the crushing part 120, the dewatering part 130, the screw 132, the fixing plate 133, and the drainage net 134. , Fixing nut 135, housing 136, drain 137, fixing door 138, opening door 139, outlet 140, feed regulator 150, shaft 152, shaft Arm 154, fixed arm 156, washing unit 160, pipe 162, nozzle (nozzle, 164), flow hose 172, hook hook 174, hook hook 176, motor 180 ), Chain 182, and additional shreds 190 are shown.

The food processor 100 according to the present embodiment reduces the volume of the food waste by crushing, compressing, and dehydrating the food waste, but the dehydration unit 130 is assembled by disassembly so that the food waste can be dismantled. When the foreign matter is caught in the drainage net 134 by using for a long time is easy to clean, by forming the washing unit 160 for washing the dehydration unit 130, the food processor 100 that can be maintained in a clean state is presented do.

In addition, by forming the supply control unit 150, by preventing excessive food waste from being supplied to the crushing unit 120 at one time to prevent failure, by forming an additional crushing unit 190 consisting of a pair of helical gear In addition, there is provided a food processor 100 that can increase the efficiency of food processing by crushing even food that is not crushed in the crushing unit.

The hopper unit 110 may be fed with food and may be loaded with food waste. In order to perform a more efficient function, it may be formed to have a downwardly inclined section, and extended to the crushing unit 120 so that the crushing unit 120 may be coupled to the hopper unit.

The fixing hose 112 may be embedded in the upper portion of the hopper 110. Water may be supplied into the hopper unit 110 through the fixing hose 112 to wash food waste that may remain in the hopper unit 110.

The crushing unit 120 may be formed by staggering a plurality of crushing blades on the outer circumferential surface so as to finely crush the food waste, it may be formed adjacent to the lower portion of the hopper 110. The food waste put into the hopper 110 may be supplied to the crushing unit 120 through a predetermined path, and finely crushed by the crushing blade of the crushing unit 120 that receives power from the motor 180.

On the other hand, when a large amount of food waste is supplied to the crushing unit 120 at one time, the crushing blade is destroyed, or the motor 180 driving the crushing unit 120 may be broken. In order to prevent this, the supply adjusting unit 150 may be interposed between the hopper unit 110 and the crushing unit 120, which will be described in detail later with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.

Next, the dehydration unit for dehydrating the food crushed in the crushing unit, the discharge unit for discharging the dehydrated food and the washing unit for washing the dewatering unit will be described.

4 is a perspective view showing a state in which the dehydration portion of the food processor according to an embodiment of the present invention is disassembled, and FIG. 5 is a cutaway view of the food processor according to the embodiment of the present invention taken along line C-C 'of FIG. 4. Is a cross-sectional view.

4 and 5, the dewatering part 130, the screw 132, the fixing plate 133, the drain net 134, the fixing nut 135, the housing 136, the drain 137, and the fixing door ( 138, open door 139, outlet 140, cleaning 160, tube 162, nozzle 164 are shown.

The dewatering unit 130 may include a housing 136, a screw 132, a drainage net 134, a fixed door 138, and an open door 139. In addition, the drain 137 is formed at the lower portion of the housing 136, the water discharged from the food waste through the dehydration unit 130 is discharged to the outside through the drain 137.

The screw 132 may be rotatably coupled to the inside of the housing 136 to move the food crushed in the crushing unit 120 to the discharge unit 140. The screw 132 may be rotated by receiving power from the motor 180 through gears and chains, and move the dehydrated food waste toward the discharge unit 140 and at the same time, in order to perform dehydration more effectively, the screw ( 132 may be formed in a cone (corn) shape that narrows toward the discharge portion (140).

The drain net 134 surrounds the outside of the screw 132, as shown in FIG. 2, and one end thereof may be detachably coupled to the housing 136. That is, the fixing plate 133 is coupled to one end of the drain net 134, and one end of the drain net 134 is detachably attached to the outlet 140 side opening of the housing 136 through the fixing plate 133. It can be combined to separate it from the housing 136, so that the drainage net 134 can be cleaned more easily.

By detachably coupling the drainage network 140, when the dehydration unit 130 is operated, food waste is entangled in the drainage network 134, thereby preventing the problem of deterioration or failure.

In addition, the drainage net 134 surrounds the screw 132 and may be formed in a cone shape narrowing toward the discharge part 140 to correspond to the screw 132. Accordingly, moisture can be more effectively removed from the food waste moved through the cone-shaped screw 132.

The fixed door 138 may be rotatably coupled to one side of the housing 136 to fix the drainage net 134. Accordingly, the drainage net 134 may be fixed to the housing 136 when the dewatering unit 130 is operated, and when the dewatering unit 130 is cleaned, the fixing door 138 is opened to open the drainage net 134. Can be separated.

That is, since the fixed door 138 is a plate that is rotatably coupled to one side of the housing 136 and a through hole formed therein, by closing the fixed door 138 and fixing it by using the fixing nut 135, the drainage network The outer periphery of the fixing plate 133 coupled to one end of 134 may be fixed so as not to move.

In addition, when washing the dewatering unit 130, the user can easily and effectively wash the drainage net 134, because the user can loosen the fixing nut 135 and open the fixed door 138 to separate the drainage net 134. Can be.

The discharge unit 140 may be coupled to the dehydration unit 130 to discharge the food dehydrated from the dehydration unit 130 to the outside of the food processor 100. That is, since the discharge portion 140 may be formed of a screw thread formed at one end and detachably screwed to one end of the drainage network 134, the discharge portion 140 may be discharged when the dewatering portion 130 is washed. Separating the 140 from the drainage net 134 may more effectively wash the drainage net 134.

In this case, as described above, since the fixing plate 133 may be coupled to one end of the drain net 134, the screw thread formed on the fixing plate 133 and the screw thread formed at one end of the discharge unit 140 are screw-coupled. Through, the discharge unit 140 may be detachably coupled to the drainage net 134 according to the user's needs.

On the other hand, during the operation of the dehydration unit 130, food waste is also tangled to the screw 132. At this time, since the drain net 134 may be separated, the inside of the screw 132 and the housing 136 may also be more efficiently cleaned using the washing unit 160 coupled along the longitudinal direction of the dehydrating unit 130. Can be.

In addition, since the open door 139 may be rotatably coupled to the housing 136 at the upper end of the housing 136, by using the cleaning set (170 in FIG. 1) in addition to the cleaning unit 160, The interior of the housing 136 can be cleaned effectively.

The washing unit 160 may include a nozzle 164 formed in the tube 162 and the tube 162 coupled along the longitudinal direction of the dewatering unit 130 to inject fluid into the dewatering unit 130. have. For example, the fluid injected through the nozzle 164 may be any one of water, steam, and compressed air, or may be a mixture of two or more.

In order to evenly wash the dewatering unit 130, the tube 162 may be formed to correspond to the length of the dewatering unit 130. In addition, a plurality of nozzles 164 may be formed, and the nozzles 164 may be spaced apart from each other by a predetermined interval along the pipe 162.

Water injection through the nozzle 164 may be made while the screw 132 is in operation, or may be made while the screw 132 is inactive. Through this method, the drain net 134 or screw 132 can be cleaned to maintain a clean state.

In addition, referring to Figure 1, the food processor 100 according to the present embodiment may be provided with a washing set 170 to clean the inner wall of the hopper unit 110 or any other portion. The washing set 170 is a means for washing any place according to the needs of the user, and thus may be composed of a flow hose 172 that can be freely flowed.

However, when the washing set 170 is not used, in order to fix it, the locking hook 174 is coupled to the flow hose 172, and the locking hook 174 corresponding to the outer surface of the hopper part 110 corresponds to the locking hook 174. By engaging the engaging ring 176, it can be fastened to each other. Of course, it is possible to freely change the position where the engaging ring 176 is coupled. Furthermore, of course, the washing set 170 may be fixed by various methods other than the fixing method using the hook 174 and the hook 176.

This makes it possible to perform a more efficient cleaning than fixed hoses.

Next, a description will be given of the supply control unit for preventing the food from being excessively supplied from the hopper unit.

6 is a plan view showing a food processor according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 7 is a perspective view showing a supply control unit of the food processor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 and 7, a feed adjuster 150, a shaft 152, a shaft arm 154, and a stationary arm 156 are shown.

The supply control part 150 is formed adjacent to the upper part of the crushing part (120 of FIG. 1), and prevents a large amount of food waste from being supplied to the crushing part (120 of FIG. 1) at the same time, and at the same time, Large food waste may be roughly ground in advance to assist the crushing unit (120 of FIG. 1).

In order to perform this function, in this embodiment, the shaft 152 penetrating through the inner wall of the hopper portion 110 toward the inside of the hopper portion 110 and two extending in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction from the shaft. The supply control part 150 which consists of the axial arm 154 and the fixed arm 156 formed in the inner wall of the hopper part 110 was shown. The specific structure is as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7.

6 and 7, when the shaft 152 is rotated by the power provided from the motor (180 of FIG. 1), the two shaft arms 154 can also rotate together. In this case, the fixing arm 156 may be positioned in an area partitioned by an extension line of the shaft arm 154.

Through this structure, when food waste, such as Chinese cabbage, is supplied to the hopper portion 110, a considerable amount of food waste cannot be directly supplied to the crushing portion (120 of FIG. 1), the shaft arm 154 or the fixed arm 156 Will be stacked on top of the).

In this situation, when the shaft 152 and the shaft arm 154 rotate, food accumulated in the upper portion of the shaft arm 154 or the fixed arm 156 by the shaft arm 154 is gradually interposed in the lower portion of the shaft arm. To the crushed portion (120 of FIG. 1). That is, it is possible to prevent a large amount of food to be supplied to the crushing unit (120 in FIG. 1) at one time.

In addition, the shearing force is applied to the food waste by the fixed arm 156 and the rotating shaft arm 154, so that the food waste may be roughly crushed, thereby further reducing the burden of the crushing part (120 in FIG. 1). have.

Since the supply control unit 150 is for preventing a large amount of food waste from being supplied to the crushing unit (120 of FIG. 1) at one time, the supply control unit 150 has a function of finely crushing the food waste like the crushing unit (120 of FIG. 1). You don't have to. However, since the operation is made for a larger and larger number of food wastes than the crushing unit (120 of FIG. 1), it may be formed of a material or structure having high strength. The width and the width of the shaft arm 154 and the fixed arm 156 may be variously designed according to the food waste to be treated.

The supply control unit 150 of this structure may be formed in plurality, in order to prevent food from being driven to one side of the hopper unit (110 of FIG. 1), each supply control unit 150 may be formed to be symmetric with each other. Can be.

That is, the fixing arms 156 are formed to be symmetrical with respect to the center of the hopper portion (110 in FIG. 1), and each shaft 152 is formed so as to face opposite surfaces of the inner wall of the hopper portion (110 in FIG. 1). It may be formed so as to face the inside of the hopper portion (110 of FIG. 1).

The shaft 152 may rotate forward or reverse, respectively, by the power provided from the motor (180 of FIG. 1). In addition, for more efficient operation, each axis 152 may be rotated to deviate from each other, and for this purpose each axis 152 may be rotated in the same direction (eg, all clockwise). In this case, since each shaft 152 may be disposed to face each other, each shaft arm 154 may have an effect such as rotating in opposite directions to each other.

Next, it will be described with respect to the additional crushing unit to additionally crush the food crushed in the crushing unit.

8 is a perspective view showing an additional shredding portion of the food processor according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 8, an additional shred 190 is shown.

Food crushed through the crushing unit (120 of FIG. 2) may be supplied to the additional crushing unit 190 to be described below. That is, the additional crushing unit 190 may be interposed adjacent to the lower portion of the crushing unit 120 to perform the function of crushing the food that is primary crushed again through the crushing unit (120 of FIG. 2).

Thin and long ones, such as fruit peels and potato peels, may not pass through properly crushed at the crushing part (120 of FIG. 2) consisting of a plurality of blades. Such shells may be a factor that prevents dehydration and drainage by blocking the drainage network (134 of FIG. 2) of the dewatering part (130 of FIG. 1).

In consideration of such shells, the food processor 100 according to the present exemplary embodiment, as illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 8, is provided with an additional crushing unit 190 adjacent to a lower portion of the crushing unit (120 of FIG. 2). Can be.

Due to the peculiarities of shells, a tool that can crush food using a contact surface like a pair of helical gears is more efficient than a thin and sharp tool such as a blade. In addition, it is also necessary to consider that there is a risk that the crushed food is discharged through the drainage network of the dehydration unit (130 of FIG. 1) when the crushed to reach the powder.

In consideration of this comprehensively, in the present embodiment, an additional crushing unit 190 consisting of a pair of helical gears is presented. The additional crushing unit 190 may be driven by receiving power from a motor (180 in FIG. 1) through a gear. The food crushed again through the additional crushing unit 190 may be supplied to the dehydrating unit (130 of FIG. 2), as described above.

Next, it will be described the operation of the food processor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When a large amount of food waste is put into the hopper unit 110, the bulky one of the food waste is roughly crushed by the supply adjusting unit 150, and the small one of the food waste is crushed by the supply adjusting unit 150. It may be supplied directly to the crushing unit 120 without this.

In addition, even if the volume is small, if it is tangled with the bulky, it may not be immediately supplied to the crushing unit 120, it may be gradually supplied to the crushing unit 120 in accordance with the rotational movement of the shaft arm (154).

Through this process, a large amount of food waste can be prevented from being simultaneously supplied to the crushing unit 120, and as a result, the breakdown of the food processor 100 can be prevented.

The food waste first crushed by the crusher 120 may be supplied to the additional crusher 190 provided adjacent to the lower portion of the crusher 120. The additional crushing unit 120 may again crush foods that are not properly crushed in the crushing unit 120 such as potato peel through a pair of helical gears, and supply the crushed foods to the dehydrating unit 130 again.

The dewatering unit 130 may dehydrate the crushed food waste through the cone-shaped screw 132. Water generated by the dehydration is discharged through the drain net 134 surrounding the screw 132, the water discharged through the drain net 134 is completely discharged to the outside of the food processor 100 through the drain 137. Can be.

Food waste dewatered through the screw 132 and the drainage network 134 may be discharged through the discharge unit 140 in the form of solids.

On the other hand, in the process of dehydrating the food waste, the residue tangled in the screw 132 and the drainage net 134. To remove this, water may be sprayed through the pipe 162 and the nozzle 164 formed in the pipe 162 coupled along the longitudinal direction of the dewatering unit 130. Water injection through the nozzle 164 may be made while the screw 132 is in operation, or may be made while the screw 132 is inactive.

Since the drain net 134 may be coupled to the housing 136 to be detachably detached, when the dewatering unit 130 is cleaned, the drain nut 134 is opened and the fixed door 138 is opened to open the drain net 134 in the housing ( 136, and the separated drainage net 134, the screw 132, and the housing 136 may be individually washed to more effectively clean the dewatering unit 130.

In addition, in order to clean the inner wall of the hopper unit 110 or any other portion, the flow hose 172 may be used to spray water. This makes it possible to perform a more efficient cleaning than fixed hoses.

Many embodiments other than the above-described embodiments are within the scope of the claims of the present invention.

1 is a perspective view showing a food processor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the food processor according to an embodiment of the present invention cut along the line AA 'of FIG.

3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the food processor according to an embodiment of the present invention cut along the line BB 'of FIG.

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which the dehydration portion of the food waste processor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the food processor according to an embodiment of the present invention cut along the line C-C 'of FIG.

Figure 6 is a plan view showing a food processor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 7 is a perspective view showing a supply control portion of the food processor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a perspective view showing an additional shredding portion of the food processor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings>

100: food processor 110: hopper portion

112: fixed hose 120: crushed portion

130: dewatering portion 132: screw

133: fixing plate 134: drainage network

135: fixing nut 136: housing

137: drain port 138: fixed door

139: open door 140: discharge part

150: supply control unit 152: shaft

154: shaft arm 156: fixed arm

160: washing unit 162: tube

164: nozzle 170: washing set

172: flow hose 174: hook hook

176: hook ring 180: motor

182: chain 190: additional shredding

Claims (9)

A hopper unit into which food is put; A crushing unit adjacent to a lower portion of the hopper unit for crushing the food supplied from the hopper unit; A dewatering unit adjacent to a lower portion of the crushing unit, dehydrated food crushed in the crushing unit, and assembled to be decomposed; Is coupled to the dewatering portion and includes a discharge portion for discharging the food dehydrated from the dewatering portion, The dewatering part, A housing in which a drain hole is formed at a lower portion thereof; A screw rotatably coupled to the housing to move food crushed in the crushing portion to the discharge portion; A drainage net surrounding the outside of the screw and having one end detachably coupled to the housing; A fixed door rotatably coupled to the housing to fix one end of the drain network to the housing; The discharge portion is a food processor, characterized in that coupled to one end of the drainage network. The method of claim 1, The screw and the drainage net, characterized in that the food processor characterized in that the width (corn) narrows toward the discharge portion. The method of claim 1, The discharge portion is a food processor, characterized in that the screw thread is formed at one end is detachably screwed to one end of the drain. The method of claim 1, Food processor further comprises an open door rotatably coupled to the housing. The method of claim 1, The food processor is coupled to the dewatering portion, further comprising a washing unit for washing the inside of the dewatering portion. The method of claim 5, The washing unit, A pipe coupled to the dewatering unit along a longitudinal direction of the dewatering unit; And a nozzle formed in the pipe to inject fluid into the dewatering part. The method of claim 1, Adjacent to the top of the shredding portion, the food processor further comprises a feed control unit for preventing the food from being excessively supplied from the hopper portion. The method of claim 7, wherein The supply control unit, A shaft which is pivotally coupled to the hopper portion through the inner wall of the hopper portion; A plurality of shaft arms extending from the side of the shaft; And a fixed arm formed on an inner wall of the hopper portion so as to be located in a region partitioned by an extension line of the shaft arm due to the rotation of the shaft. The method of claim 1, And an additional crushing unit interposed between the crushing unit and the dehydrating unit to additionally crush the food crushed by the crushing unit.

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