KR20100082114A

KR20100082114A - Collecting apparatus for food garbage

Info

Publication number: KR20100082114A
Application number: KR1020090001444A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 김강선; 김승태; 김승희; 정은주
Original assignee: 주식회사 글로벌바이오
Priority date: 2009-01-08
Filing date: 2009-01-08
Publication date: 2010-07-16

Abstract

PURPOSE: A food waste collecting apparatus is provided to minimize the amount of food waste by calculating waste collection rates according to the weight of food waste measured by a metering unit. CONSTITUTION: A food waste collecting apparatus comprises a main body(110), a metering device(150), and a controller. The main body comprises a collection vessel(111) and an opening and closing part. The collection vessel comprises an accommodation space for accepting food waste. The opening and closing part selectively opens and closes the accommodation space of the collection vessel. The metering device is installed in one side of the main body and measures the weight of food waste. The controller calculates waste collection rates according to the weight of food waste measured by the metering device.

Description

{Collecting apparatus for food garbage}

The present invention relates to a food waste collection device, and more particularly, to a food waste collection device for inducing a discharge of food waste by imposing a discharge cost according to the weight of the food waste being discharged.

Currently, there are various ways to treat food waste in each municipality.

For example, in some areas, food waste bags are purchased and used, and the garbage collector collects them by collecting them at a designated location.In other areas, containers are arranged for each household, and stickers for the amount of food are used. The cleaning unit adopts a method of collecting the door by attaching the outside to the door, and in a building such as an apartment, a certain amount of money is received in advance for each household, and a large food container is placed at a predetermined position in the food container. Some people choose to throw away food freely.

However, if the collection method using the food waste bag is used as described above, not only the bad smell at home, but also the bad smell is generated by the wild animals such as cats, and the food leaked to the floor is intact. There was a problem that the water quality was contaminated due to the flow of sewage and aesthetic problems, and there was a problem caused by the cost of the disposal of food waste bags by the processing company. Pollutants on the back, there was a problem that the complaints caused by odor occurs.

In addition, when the collection method using the container is used, there is a problem that the cleaner needs to collect every house and the cost increases, and the surrounding environment is dirty along with the damage and loss of the container. There was a problem.

In addition, when a large food container is used, the user has to open the dirty cover by hand, and the general garbage can be used indefinitely at a fixed cost. It was frequently discharged together, and thus the amount of food waste was gradually increased without decreasing, and there was a problem in that treatment companies had difficulty in separating and disposing of general waste mixed with food waste, as well as an increase in treatment cost.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a food waste collection apparatus that can be induced to minimize the amount of food waste by imposing a food waste disposal cost according to the discharge of food waste.

Food waste collection apparatus according to the present invention for achieving the above object is a collection container provided with a receiving space for accommodating food waste, the main body including an opening and closing unit for selectively opening and closing the receiving space of the collection container, and It is provided with a control unit including a measuring unit for measuring the weight of the food waste discharged and installed on one side of the main body, and a processing unit for calculating the processing cost according to the weight of the food waste measured by the measuring means.

The food waste container is provided with an identification member printed with an identification bar code for identifying a household for discharging food waste. One side of the main body is provided with a barcode scanner capable of reading a bar code of the identification member. Preferably, the bar code scanner is configured to store and discharge the food wastes by the discharge households, and to open and close the openings after the discharge households of the food wastes are identified.

And one side of the main body is provided with a display unit for displaying the weight of the food waste measured by the measuring means, the cumulative weight of the food waste discharged during the unit time, the estimated processing cost, etc., the control unit in the measuring means And a transmitting unit capable of wirelessly transmitting the measured measured weight and emission information on the corresponding emission generation, and receiving and storing emission information transmitted through the transmitting units installed in a plurality of main bodies, and calculating a processing cost accordingly. It is preferable to further include a central processing unit.

The food waste collection device further includes a cost payment means including an amount indicator indicating a processing cost charged according to the discharge of the food waste measured by the measuring means, and a cash input unit configured to pay the charged processing cost. The control unit may be configured to open the opening and closing unit to feed the food waste into the collection container when the processing cost of the food waste is paid through the cost payment means.

The food waste collection apparatus according to the present invention has an advantage of reducing the processing cost of processing food waste and minimizing environmental pollution by inducing to minimize the emission of food waste.

Hereinafter, the food waste collection apparatus according to the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in more detail.

1 to 5 illustrate an embodiment of the food waste collection apparatus 100. Referring to the drawings, the food waste collection apparatus 100 includes a main body 110, a metering means 150, and a controller 160. And a display unit 157.

The main body 110 includes a collecting container 111 for collecting food waste, a housing 115 which accommodates the collecting container 111 and provides an installation space in which the measuring means 150 may be installed on one side, and a housing. Opening and closing portion 130 is installed on the 115 and the support cart 112 for supporting the collection container (111).

The collection container 111 is open upward and has a predetermined accommodation space for accommodating food waste therein.

Although the collection container 111 of the present embodiment is formed in the shape of a square pillar with an open top surface, the collection container 111 may be formed in a cylindrical or polygonal shape in addition to this.

The support cart 112 supports the collection container 111, and when the food waste filled in the collection container 111 is collected through the collection vehicle, the collection container 111 is easily removed from the inside of the housing 115. It is to withdraw.

A first guide rail 114a is provided on the bottom surface of the support cart 112, and a second guide rail 114b coupled to the first guide rail 114a is installed on the inner bottom surface of the housing 115 to support it. By sliding the cart 112 from the housing 115, the collection container 111 can be easily taken out of the housing 115.

One side of the support cart 112 is provided with a handle (112a), the upper surface is provided with a second load cell 113 for measuring the weight of each collection container 111, which is to be described later in the metering means 150 This is to compare the measured weight of the food waste with the weight of the food waste actually discharged.

The housing 115 is to provide an accommodation space in which the collection container 111 can be accommodated, and an installation space of the metering means 150.

In the housing 115, the collection container 111 is accommodated therein, and an extracting unit 116 is formed at one side thereof to introduce or extract the collection container 111 into the housing 115.

The discharge door 117 is rotatably installed in the lead portion 116. The discharge door 117 is provided with a locking device 118, and only a collector who collects food waste can open the discharge door 117 and draw out the collection container 111.

The locking device 118 may be formed in the form of a general lock and key, or may be formed in the form of an electronic door lock that is opened by entering a password.

An inlet 119 is formed on the upper surface of the housing 115 to inject food waste into the collection container 111, and a skirt portion 120 protruding upward is provided at an edge of the inlet 119. .

The skirt portion 120 has a rotation hole 121 penetrating through the rear side of each of the facing sides, and has a long hole 123 extending a predetermined length along the circumferential direction to the outside of the rotation hole 121. .

One side of the housing 115 is provided with a mounting portion 124 that provides an installation space for installing the metering means 150 as described above. The mounting portion 124 is formed in the shape of an inlet groove that is introduced into the rear from the front of the housing 115 a predetermined depth, although not shown, a separate door for selectively opening the mounting portion 124 may be further installed. have.

Opening and closing unit 130 is for selectively opening and closing the inlet 119.

The opening and closing unit 130 includes a cover member 131 which is rotatably installed in the skirt 120, an elastic member 135 which elastically biases the cover member 131 so that the inlet 119 is kept open. The cover member 131 includes a fixing unit 140 for fixing the inlet 119 in a closed state.

The cover member 131 opens and closes the inlet 119, and has a rotation shaft 132 inserted into the rotation hole 121 and a pressing protrusion 133 inserted into the long hole 123 on one side. A locking groove 134 drawn forward is formed on the front inner circumferential surface of the cover member 131.

The cover member 131 is rotated about the rotation shaft 132 to close the inlet 119 or open the inlet 119, the long hole 123 extending in the circumferential direction to the skirt portion 120 is Since the cover member 131 moves along the long hole 123 when the cover member 131 rotates, the cover member 131 can be easily rotated.

The elastic member 135 is to elastically bias the cover member 131 to rotate in the direction of opening the inlet 119, in this embodiment was applied to the torsion spring 147 installed on the rotating shaft 132.

The torsion spring 147 surrounds the rotation shaft 132, and is supported by the support protrusion 136, one end of which is in contact with the pressing protrusion 133 and the other end of which is formed in the housing 115. By the elastic member 135, the cover member 131 may be maintained in the open state of the inlet 119 when no external force is applied.

In this embodiment, the torsion spring 147 is applied as the elastic means. Alternatively, however, the elastic means may be formed in the form of a coil spring 147 having both ends fixed to the housing 115 and the cover member 131 to pull the cover member 131 in the opening direction.

The fixing unit 140 is for fixing the cover member 131 in a state in which the inlet 119 is closed. The fixing unit 141 is fixed to the skirt 120 and the inside of the fixing body 141. Installed and provided with a through-hole fixing protrusion 142, the projection portion 122 formed in the skirt portion 120 protruding or leading to the front of the skirt portion 120 and the withdrawal member ( And a spring 147 for drawing the 143 forward and an electromagnet 148 for moving the drawing member 143 backward.

The withdrawal member 143 extends rearward from the end of the protruding portion 144 and the protruding portion 144 through the protruding hole 122 and passes through the through hole. The rod 145 and the magnetic member 146 formed at the end of the extension rod 145.

The protruding portion 144 is inserted into the locking groove 134 formed in the cover member 131, and is formed to be inclined downward as the upper surface extends forward. And the extension rod 145 has a diameter that can penetrate the through-hole, the spring 147 is installed to surround the extension rod 145, one end of the spring 147 to the fixing protrusion 142 It is supported and the other end is supported at the end of the protrusion 144 to apply an elastic force so that the protrusion 144 is maintained in the state protruded forward through the protrusion hole 122.

Since the magnetic member 146 has a relatively larger diameter than the through hole, the protruding length of the drawing member 143 is limited by the magnetic member 146. In addition, the magnetic member 146 is formed of a magnetic material that can be magnetized.

The electromagnet 148 is driven by the controller 160 to be described later. When power is applied to the electromagnet 148 by the controller 160, the electromagnet 148 is magnetized, and the magnetic body is pulled backward. When the electromagnet 148 is driven, the protrusion 144 is retracted and the engagement with the locking groove 134 is released, thereby releasing the fixed state of the cover member 131.

When the fixed state of the cover member 131 is released, the cover member 131 is rotated in the direction of opening the inlet 119 by the elastic force of the elastic member 135, and thus the inlet 119 is automatically opened.

When the cover member 131 is closed to close the inlet 119, the cover member 131 is rotated to close the inlet 119. When the cover member 131 is rotated, the lower end of the cover member 131 protrudes. 144 is moved along the inclined top surface, and the protrusion 144 is retracted backward by the cover member 131. When the cover member 131 is rotated completely, the locking groove 134 is a protrusion ( It is located in front of the 144, the projection 144 is protruded by the elastic force of the spring 147 to be caught by the locking groove 134 to secure the cover member 131 does not open.

The measuring means 150 is for measuring the discharge weight of the food waste discharged. The metering means 150 is provided in the mounting portion 124 of the housing 115 and includes a first load cell 151.

The first load cell 151 measures the weight of food waste, and the weight information measured by the metering means 150 is transmitted to the controller 160.

The mounting unit 124 is provided with a barcode scanner 152 on one side.

Each household has a designated discharge container 155 used for discharging food waste, and each discharge container 155 is equipped with an identification member 156 printed with a bar code for identifying the discharge household. The scanner 152 reads the bar code of the discharge container 155 to determine the discharge household to discharge while measuring the discharge weight of the food waste.

Recognition information of the barcode scanner 152 is also transmitted to the controller 160.

The display unit 157 is installed on one side of the upper surface of the housing 115, and the display unit 157 calculates the weight information measured by the first load cell 151 and the processor calculated by the processor of the controller 160 to be described later. Information such as cost is displayed for the user to recognize.

The controller 160 calculates a processing cost based on the input information.

When the weighing information measured by the weighing means 150 and the recognition information recognized by the barcode scanner 152 are input, the controller 160 calculates and stores the food waste processing cost of the home and charges it on a weekly or monthly basis. The processed costs are added together and output.

Food waste disposal costs may be calculated as the treatment cost per reference weight, or alternatively, the total disposal costs may be calculated by dividing by the emissions.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, the controller 160 transmits the recognition information and the measurement information input through the transmitter 161 to the CPU 163.

In a place such as a large apartment complex, a plurality of housings 115 may be installed in each region, and the entire processing cost is often charged in one management office. Therefore, the central processing unit 163 is provided in the management office, and when the measurement information and the recognition information are transmitted through the transmitting units 161 provided in the respective housings 115, the information transmitted by the receiving unit 162 of the central processing unit 163 is received. Thus, overall data management is achieved.

The process of discharging food waste through the food waste collection device 100 according to the present invention is as follows.

First, when the user places the food waste discharge container 155 on the first load cell 151 of the measuring means 150, the first load cell 151 measures the weight of the food waste, and at the same time the barcode in the barcode scanner 152 Read the document to determine the food waste household.

The measured weight of food waste, accumulated discharge weight, recognition information, etc. are displayed on the display unit 157, and the controller 160 drives the electromagnet 148 of the fixing unit 140 to open the inlet 119. do.

The control unit 160 transmits the measured information and the recognition information to the central processing unit 163 through the transmitting unit 161, and the user inputs the food waste to the collection container 111 through the open inlet 119.

When food waste is put in, the second load cell 113 detects an increase in the weight of the collection container 111, and when the increased weight is greater than the weight measured in the first load cell 151, it is regarded as a negative discharge and A warning sign will be displayed.

The warning display is represented by visual and audio signals through the light emission of the speaker 158 and the warning lamp 159 installed in the housing 115.

When the input of food waste is completed, the user rotates the cover member 131 to close the inlet 119, and the cover member 131 is automatically fixed in the closed state by the above-described fixing unit 140.

The food waste collection apparatus 100 of the present embodiment may be installed in a multi-family house such as an apartment or a villa, and may be used when processing costs may be imposed per unit period.

6 shows a food waste collection device 100 having a cost payment means 170, which calculates a treatment cost according to the weight of the food waste measured by the weighing means 150, and pays a corresponding treatment cost. The member 131 can be opened.

In the present embodiment, the cost payment means 170 is provided with an amount display unit 171 for displaying the processing cost calculated by the control unit 160 and a cash input unit 172 for inserting bills and coins, B. Coin is charged to pay the disposal cost and discharge food waste.

Of course, the cost payment means 170 may alternatively be formed to pay the discharge cost using a separate alternative payment means such as a rechargeable card or credit card.

Other components of the food waste collection apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 6 are the same as those of the embodiment shown in FIG.

1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a food waste collection device according to the present invention;

Figure 2 is a partial excerpt perspective view showing the container and opening and closing portion of Figure 1,

3 is a cross-sectional view of the opening and closing part of FIG.

Figure 4 is a partial excerpt perspective view showing the metering means of Figure 1,

5 is a block diagram showing a driving relationship of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

Figure 6 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the food waste collection apparatus provided with a cost payment means.

100; Food waste collection device

110; main body

130; draw

140; Fixed unit

150; Measure

160; Control

170; Means of payment

Claims

A main body including a collecting container having a receiving space for accommodating food waste, and an opening and closing portion for selectively opening and closing the receiving space of the collecting container;

Measuring means for measuring the weight of food waste discharged and installed on one side of the main body;

And a control unit for calculating a processing cost according to the weight of the food waste measured by the measuring means.

The method of claim 1,

The food waste container is provided with an identification member printed with an identification bar code for identifying the food waste household.

One side of the main body is provided with a barcode scanner that can read the barcode of the identification member,

And the control unit classifies and stores the amount of food waste discharged by the discharge households through the bar code scanner, and opens and closes the opening and closing unit after the discharge household of the food waste is identified.

3. The method of claim 2,

One side of the main body is a food waste collection device, characterized in that the display unit for displaying the weight of the food waste measured by the measuring means, the cumulative weight of the food waste discharged during the unit time, the estimated processing cost and the like.

3. The method of claim 2,

The control unit is provided with a transmission unit for wireless transmission of the measured weight measured by the weighing means and the discharge information about the discharge generation,

And a central processing unit for receiving and storing the discharge information transmitted through the transmitting units installed in the plurality of main bodies, and calculating a processing cost accordingly.

The method of claim 1,

It further comprises a cost payment means including an amount of money indicating the processing costs charged according to the discharge of food waste measured by the measuring means, and a cash input unit formed to pay the processing costs,

The control unit is a food waste processing apparatus, characterized in that formed to be able to put the food waste into the collection container by opening the opening and closing portion when the disposal of food waste through the cost payment means.