KR20090073392A - A drier of food treatment system having cutting exhausting apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

A drying furnace for a food garbage processor is provided to discharge dried food waste easily to the outside by separating the food waste conveniently, and to prevent environmental contamination and other side effects due to the food waste. A drying furnace(100) for a food garbage processor includes the followings: a drum part(110) having a discharge hole and an inlet hole; a mixing screw(120) having a plurality of rotating vanes and a rotary shaft grinding and mixing food waste; a motor part supplying power to drive the mixing screw; a heater member(140) drying the food waste with high temperature heat; and a cutting part(180) cutting the discharged food waste. The drying furnace further includes a grinding part(160). The cutting part includes a rotary pillar part(183) and a cutting part(185). The cutting part is comprised of a rotary pillar inserting hole(186) and a cutting plate(187).

Description

A Drier of Food Treatment System having Cutting Exhausting apparatus

The present invention relates to a drying furnace of a food processor provided with a cutting discharge device, and more particularly, to a food processor provided with a cutting discharge device capable of separating food waste so that the dried food waste can be easily discharged to the outside. It is about a drying furnace.

In general, there are methods for treating food waste, such as fermentation, incineration, feed and fertilizer (compost), landfilling, etc. However, the methods described above may require large-scale facilities. In addition, various side effects such as odor or discomfort associated with collection, transportation or storage and serious social problems such as environmental pollution are caused.

Therefore, there is an urgent need for a method of reducing environmental pollution caused by food waste and recycling the same.

On the other hand, despite the current total number of households exceeding 10 million households, the measures and results for the disposal of food waste related to environmental pollution are still insufficient. The main reason may be housewives' lack of awareness of resources and environmental pollution.

Therefore, in order to efficiently control the generation and recycling of food waste, it is urgently required to develop a household food processor capable of solving such problems.

In general, a device that treats food waste by connecting to a sink in a home is capable of significantly reducing its volume by removing water from food waste through a series of processes such as dehydration, cutting, and drying, and reducing its volume.

The apparatus for processing food waste attached to a conventional sink includes an inlet through which food waste is input, a dehydration / cutting portion that compresses and dehydrates food waste while cutting and cutting it, and a transfer unit and a motor for moving dehydrated and cut food waste to one side. Equipped with a drying furnace to dry the food wastes by removing moisture by high heat while inverting and dispersing the food wastes dehydrated and cut by the rotary blades rotated one-way by It is composed.

Meanwhile, the food waste from which residual moisture is completely removed by the high heat inside the drying furnace is discharged in its entirety through the outlet formed through the bottom of the drying furnace, and the new food dehydrated and cut at the dehydration / cutting part in the drying furnace where all the food waste is discharged. Garbage is continuously re-injected and the drying operation of food waste is performed again.

At this time, the dried food waste discharged to the outlet of the drying furnace is easily separated and stored in the discharge bin, but it is not easily separated and accumulates around the discharge port to prevent the continuous discharge of food waste, contaminate the vicinity of the discharge port, and damage the drying furnace. There is a problem that can be made.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a drying furnace of a food processor equipped with a cutting discharge device capable of separating food waste so that the dried food waste can be easily discharged to the outside. do.

The drying furnace of the food processor provided with the cutting discharge device of the present invention provided to achieve the above object is a cylindrical drum unit having an inlet for the input of the dehydrated food waste and an outlet for discharging the dried food waste; A stirring screw rotatably disposed in the inner space of the drum unit, the stirring screw comprising a plurality of rotating blades for stirring and crushing the food waste introduced into the drum unit and a rotating shaft provided with the rotating blades; A motor unit provided at one side of the drum unit and providing power to rotate the stirring screw; A heater member provided on an outer surface of the body of the drum and configured to dry food waste by providing high heat to an inner space of the drum when power is applied; It is characterized in that it comprises a; cutting portion is provided on the inlet side of the discharge port for cutting the food waste discharged.

A pulverizing unit including a circular pulverizing plate provided on an inner wall surface of the drum unit to which the motor unit and the stirring screw are connected, and having a plurality of grinding blades obliquely in a radial direction, and an arcuate crushing plate support unit provided on the crushing plate. It is preferable to further include.

The crush plate support is preferably composed of a circular plate member provided to surround the crush plate and a rib member provided radially on the outer surface of the plate member.

The rotary blades are hook-shaped and the ends thereof are provided to face each other, and spaced spaces are formed between the plurality of rotary blades.

The rotary blade may be detachably provided on the circumference of the rotary shaft.

The cutting portion is fixed to one side of the support bracket provided on the lower end of the outlet for rotating the pillar portion; It is preferable to include a; cutting device consisting of a cutting plate portion of a rectangular thin plate shape connected to the rotating pillar fitting hole portion to be inserted and fixed to the rotating pillar portion.

It is preferable that a sealing member is provided around the outlet.

According to the drying furnace of the food processor provided with the cutting discharge device of the present invention described above, the dried food waste can be easily discharged to the outside to prevent contamination around the discharge port and prevent damage to the drying furnace.

The above objects, features and other advantages of the present invention will become more apparent by describing the preferred embodiments of the present invention in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the drying furnace 100 of the food processor equipped with a cutting discharge device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

1 is a first perspective view of the food processor drying furnace 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a second perspective view of the food processor drying furnace 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. Side view of the food processor drying furnace 100 shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which the cutting unit cover 190 is removed from the food processor drying furnace 100 shown in FIG. 1, FIG. Side view of the illustrated food processor drying furnace 100, Figure 6 is a side view showing a state in which the cutting device 185 in the food processor drying furnace 100 of Figure 5, Figure 7 according to an embodiment of the present invention An exploded perspective view of the food processor drying furnace 100.

1 to 7 specifically, the drying furnace 100 of the food processor equipped with a cutting discharge device according to an embodiment of the present invention is the inlet 112 and the dried food waste into which dehydrated food waste is input. Cylindrical drum unit 110 having a discharge port 114 to be discharged, a plurality of rotary blades rotatably disposed in the inner space of the drum unit 110 to grind while stirring the food waste introduced into the drum unit 110 ( Stirring screw 120 consisting of a rotating shaft 125 provided with a rotating blade 123 and the rotating blade 123, the motor unit is provided on one side of the drum 110 to provide power to drive the stirring screw 120 ( 130, the inlet surface of the heater member 140, the outlet 114 is provided on the outer surface of the body of the drum unit 110 to provide high heat to the inner space of the drum unit 110 when the power is applied to dry food waste Food discharged in the It is configured to include a cutting unit 180 for cutting garbage.

The drying furnace 110 of the food processor of the present invention may partially reduce the food waste completely dried on the bottom surface of the drying space and mix it with the food waste that is continuously input to lower the viscosity of the entire food waste inside the drying space. .

The drum unit 110 has an inlet 112 formed on the upper surface of the outside of the body and an outlet 114 formed on the lower side of the outside of the body, respectively, and has an internal space of a predetermined size so that a predetermined amount of food waste can be filled. It is an approximate hollow cylindrical receiving member.

The inlet 112 is formed to have a predetermined size in the upper surface of the body of the drum unit 110 that is horizontally disposed so that the dehydrated, cut food waste through the hopper connected to the sink not shown.

Discharge port 114 is provided in the lower side of the outer side of the drum body 110 so that the water is removed by the heat source of the plateau in the inner space of the drum unit 110 to completely discharge the food waste.

The inlet surface of the outlet 114 is provided with a cutting unit 180 for cutting the food waste discharged through the outlet 114. The cutting unit 180 is fixed to one side of the support bracket 170 provided at the lower end of the outlet 114, the rotating pillar portion 183, the rotating pillar portion 183, the rotating pillar portion 183 is inserted into the rotating pillar to be fixed It includes a cutting device 185 consisting of a rectangular plate-shaped cutting plate portion 187 connected to the fitting hole 186 and the rotating column fitting hole 186.

The rotary pillar unit 183 rotates by receiving power from a power supply such as a motor mounted in the drum unit. Of course, a power transmission device such as a gear may be further provided between the power supply unit and the rotary column unit 183.

Rotating pillar portion 183 or the cutting device 185 is preferably made of a wear-resistant material because the wear caused by rotation or mutual contact frequently occurs.

In addition, it may be formed of a stainless material so as not to corrode by harmful substances or moisture contained in food waste.

 The cutting plate portion 187 may be in the form of a rectangular thin plate, to easily cut the food waste discharged through the discharge port.

In order to protect the cutting unit 180, the cutting unit cover 190 may be installed at the drum unit 110 at regular intervals from the cutting unit 180. This is to protect the cutting unit 180 against the impact from the outside.

Looking at the operation of the cutting unit 180, when the food waste pulverized by the crushing unit 160 is discharged to the outlet 114 by the stirring screw 120, the cutting device by the operation of the power supply device (not shown) ( 185 cuts the food waste by rotating to the outlet 114 side (counterclockwise).

After the cutting unit 180 is operated, the power supply device (not shown) is operated in the reverse direction to cut the food waste again, so that the cutting device 185 rotates away from the outlet 114 (clockwise). .

By repeating this operation, the food waste discharged through the discharge port 114 may be continuously cut. The operation of the cutting unit 180 is controlled by a controller (not shown), which controls the movement of the cutting unit 180 by measuring an internal state of the drying furnace 100.

The sealing member 175 is further provided around the hole of the outlet 114 to reduce friction when contacting the cutting plate 187 of the cutting device 185.

The drum unit 110 may be manufactured by a casting method using a metal having a high heat transfer rate. I will mainly use stainless steel.

The stirring screw 120 is rotatably disposed in the internal space of the drum 110 in a forward or reverse direction so as to be pulverized while stirring the food waste introduced into the internal space of the drum 110 through the inlet 112.

Stirring screw 120 is a rotating member in which a plurality or stage of rotating blades 123 is mounted on the outer surface of the rod-shaped rotating shaft 125, one end of the rotating shaft 125 is provided in the front cap 150 It is connected to the motor unit 130, the other end is installed and supported in the shaft hole (not shown) of the rear cap 155.

In this case, a predetermined size interval is formed between the inner surface of the drum unit 110 and the outer side end of the rotary blade 123 of the stirring screw 120 so that the rotary blade 123 is rotated without interference.

Rotating blade 123 is formed in the shape of a hook is bent end portion is rotatably disposed in the inner space of the drum unit 110 is pulverized while stirring the food waste introduced into the drum unit (110). The rotary blade 123 is provided on the rotary shaft 125.

Spaced spaces are formed between the plurality of rotary blades 123, the rotary blades 123 may be provided so that the ends of the hook-shaped face each other. The spaced space is formed by removing the central portion in a state in which the rotary blades 123 are connected as one, and thus the end portion of the rotary blades 123 is formed in a hook shape.

The rotary blade 123 may be detachably provided on the circumference of the rotary shaft 125. Therefore, if the rotary blade 123 is broken or bent, it is possible to use the stirring screw 120 for a long time by replacing the rotary blade 123.

If using the stirring screw 120 provided with the rotary blade 123 can prevent the accumulation of food waste during the rotation of the rotary blade 123, it can be prevented from overloading the motor unit 130.

That is, some of the food is drawn out between the rotary blades 123, and is not accumulated, and the food is dragged into the drying furnace by the hook-shaped end of the rotary blade 123, thereby moving to the motor unit 130. The risk of overloading is reduced.

The motor unit 130 serves as a driving source for rotationally driving the stirring screw 120 disposed in the inner space of the drum unit 110 in the forward or reverse direction.

The lower side of the rear cap 155 is provided with a support bracket 170 for enclosing the bottom end of the rear cap 155 and supporting the entire furnace. In order to couple the drying furnace 100 into the food processor main body, the coupling member may be mounted in a hole of a predetermined size formed in the support bracket 170.

At the end of the stirring screw 120, a grinding unit 160 for crushing the food waste transported by the stirring screw 120 is installed. When the stirring screw 120 rotates in the reverse direction, the food waste is transferred toward the crushing unit 160, and when the stirring screw 120 rotates in the forward direction, the food waste is transferred toward the outlet 114.

The heater member 140 is provided on the outer surface of the drum unit 110 to remove the moisture contained in the food waste introduced into the inner space by providing a high heat to the drying space which is the inner space of the drum unit 110 when the power is applied It is dried completely.

The heater member 140 is provided with a heat transfer plate having excellent thermal conductivity attached to the outer surface of the drum unit 110 and is electrically connected to the power supply unit 142 to which power is supplied. A sheath heater can be used as the heater member 140.

At the bottom of the drying furnace 110 of the food processor, a discharge box (not shown) for collecting food waste discharged from the discharge port 114 may be provided.

Food waste, which is introduced into the internal space through the inlet 112 of the drum unit 110 and dried so that moisture is completely removed by the heat source provided from the heater member 140, is stirred and pulverized by the stirring screw 120, and then discharged. It is moved to 114 side.

And, most of the food waste is discharged to the discharge bin (not shown) through the discharge port 114, some of the undried food waste or dried food waste is attached to the inner surface of the drum unit 110 will remain. . In particular, when the food screw is crushed by the crushing unit 160 by rotating the stirring screw 120 in a reverse direction, a portion of the food waste may be attached and fixed around the crushing unit 160. In addition, the motor unit 130 for driving the stirring screw 120 may be overloaded.

In order to solve the above problems, the structure of the crushing unit 160 may be modified and applied.

8 is a perspective view of the grinding unit 160 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The crushing unit 160 according to the present invention includes a crushing plate 162 for crushing food waste directly and a crushing plate support 165 for supporting the crushing plate 162.

On the inner wall surface of the drum unit 110 to which the motor unit 130 and the stirring screw 120 are connected, a circular grinding plate 162 having a plurality of grinding blades 161 inclined in a radial direction is installed, and the grinding plate ( An arcuate crush plate support 165 is installed at the upper portion of the 162.

The food waste transported by the stirring screw 120 will be crushed in the radial direction by the circular crushing plate 162.

Since the support plate 165 is formed in an arc shape, it can be seen that when the stirring screw 120 rotates, the grinding plate support member 165 does not contact the outer side end of the rotary blade 123 of the stirring screw 120.

The crush plate supporter 165 includes a circular plate member 163 provided to surround the crush plate 162 and a rib member 164 provided in a radial direction on an outer surface of the plate member 163. .

Since the rib member 164 supports the plate member 163 in the radial direction, the shape of the plate member 163 may be prevented from changing even when a large amount of food waste is stuck and pushed.

In addition, by providing the crush plate support 165, it is possible to adjust the amount of food waste directed to the crush plate 162, thereby preventing damage to the crush unit 160 or the stirring screw 120 and caught in the crush unit 160 Food waste may be prevented from sticking to prevent overloading of the motor unit 130.

While preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described specific embodiments. That is, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains can make many changes and modifications to the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims, and all such appropriate changes and modifications are possible. Equivalents should be considered to be within the scope of the present invention.

1 is a first perspective view of a food processor drying furnace 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a second perspective view of the food processor drying furnace 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention,

3 is a side view of the food processor drying furnace 100 shown in FIG.

4 is a perspective view showing a state in which the cut portion cover 190 is removed from the food processor drying furnace 100 shown in FIG.

Figure 5 is a side view of the food processor drying furnace 100 shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a side view illustrating a state in which the cutting device 185 operates in the food processor drying furnace 100 of FIG. 5.

7 is an exploded perspective view of a food processor drying furnace 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and

8 is a perspective view of the grinding unit 160 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

100: drying furnace 110: drum unit

112: inlet 114: outlet

120: stirring screw 123: rotary wing

125: rotation shaft 130: motor portion

140: heater member 142: power supply

150: front cap 155: rear cap

160: grinding unit 161: grinding blade

162: grinding plate 163: plate member

164: rib member 165: grinding plate support

170: support bracket 175: sealing member

180: cutting portion 183: rotating pillar portion

185: cutting device 186: rotary pillar fitting hole

187: cutting plate section 190: cutting section cover

Claims (7)

A cylindrical drum unit having an inlet through which dehydrated food waste is input and an outlet through which dried food waste is discharged; A stirring screw rotatably disposed in the inner space of the drum unit, the stirring screw comprising a plurality of rotating blades for stirring and crushing the food waste introduced into the drum unit and a rotating shaft provided with the rotating blades; A motor unit provided at one side of the drum unit and providing power to rotate the stirring screw; A heater member provided on an outer surface of the body of the drum and configured to dry food waste by providing high heat to an inner space of the drum when power is applied; Drying furnace of the food processor provided with a cutting discharge device, characterized in that it comprises a; cutting portion for cutting the food waste discharged is provided on the inlet side of the discharge port. The method of claim 1, A pulverizing unit including a circular pulverizing plate provided on an inner wall surface of the drum unit to which the motor unit and the stirring screw are connected, and having a plurality of grinding blades obliquely in a radial direction, and an arcuate crushing plate support unit provided on the crushing plate. Drying furnace of the food processor provided with a cutting discharge device characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 2, The crush plate support of the food processor provided with a cutting discharge device, characterized in that consisting of a circular plate member provided to surround the crush plate and a rib member provided in the radial direction on the outer surface of the plate member As drying. The method of claim 1, The rotary blades are hook-shaped and the ends thereof are provided so as to face each other, the drying furnace of the food processor equipped with a cutting discharge device, characterized in that the space is formed between the plurality of rotary blades. The method of claim 1, The rotary blade is a drying furnace of the food processor provided with a cutting discharge device, characterized in that detachably provided on the circumference of the rotating shaft. The method of claim 1, wherein the cutting portion Rotating pillar portion is fixed to one side of the support bracket provided at the lower end of the outlet opening to rotate; And a cutting device comprising a rotating pillar fitting hole part for inserting and fixing the rotating pillar part and a rectangular thin plate-shaped cutting plate part connected to the rotating pillar fitting hole part. By drying. The method of claim 1, Drying furnace of the food processor provided with a cutting discharge device, characterized in that the sealing member is provided around the discharge port.

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