KR20100137857A - Joint connector and connecting structure of sinkball type waste treatment apparatus using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A joint connector and a connecting structure of a sink bowl type garbage disposer using the same are provided to ensure simple installation and removal of the joint connector housing without the need of disassembling a garbage disposer body. CONSTITUTION: A joint connector comprises a hollow housing(111) and a joint pipe. The top of the housing is connected to the bottom of a sink bowl while the bottom is connected to a garbage chute of a garbage disposer, and a fastening pipe(112) is formed on the exterior of the housing. One side of the joint pipe is fixed to the inside of the housing while the other is directly connected to the bottom of the sink bowl.

Description

Joint Connector and Connecting Structure of Sinkball Type Waste Treatment Apparatus Using the Same}

The present invention relates to a connection connector and a fastening structure in a sink type food processor using the same, and more particularly, in the outside of the food processor without an operator having to disassemble the whole food processor body when installing the sink type food processor. The present invention relates to a connection connector for easy disassembly and installation by only a simple operation and a fastening structure in a sink type food waste processor using the same.

In general, a method of managing food waste includes a method of fermenting food waste by using microorganisms to compost or decompose and treat the food waste, and a method of physically compressing or pulverizing and drying.

The method of using the microorganism in the above has the trouble of having to separately purchase and manage the pharmaceutical properties of the food and the purchase, storage, maintenance conditions of the microorganism, and moreover, there is an unrealistic disadvantage in Korean food containing a lot of salt. Therefore, as a method of treating food waste, a drying process is mainstream, and various forms of development and application have been made.

The food waste disposal apparatus may also be in a separate machine type, but in this case, it is inconvenient to collect food waste separately and put it in the treatment apparatus. Accordingly, a new product that connects to the sink and disposes food waste directly from the sink is emerging.

The conventional sink bowl type food processor is a food inlet for feeding food into the food processor, a feeder connected to the food inlet and transferring the injected food, a drying furnace for drying food, and a drying furnace generated in the drying furnace. It includes a deodorizing unit for removing odor. In order to connect the sink and the food inlet at the bottom of the sink in the process of installing the existing food processor in the sink, a corrugated pipe or the like can be used, and the connector is generally fixed to the top of the food inlet using an adhesive or the like. Made of structure.

On the other hand, when the user of the sink-type food processor is considering the previous installation, after dismantling the connection part fixed with the adhesive while the food processor body is open, the food processor is placed on the previous installation site and then connected again. There has been an inconvenience to repeat the process of connecting the sink and the food inlet by using. In other words, there is a problem in that the number of work that the worker has to increase in the process of relocating the food processor increases, as well as the installation time increases.

The present invention, in order to solve the above problems, without the need to disassemble the main body of the food processor through a simple operation from the outside of the connection to the food inlet and the connection connecting the sink connecting the sink sink bottom and the connection connector and An object of the present invention is to provide a fastening structure in the sink-type food waste processor.

Connection connector according to an aspect of the present invention provided to achieve the above object is connected to the lower portion of the sink and the inlet of the food processor to the lower portion, the coupling member is inserted into the outer peripheral surface Hollow-shaped housing in which the fastening tube is formed, and the connection side is directly connected to the lower end of the sink and the other side is fixed to the inside of the housing, the worker in the case of relocating the food processor is installed through the fastening tube By performing the process of assembling the coupling member is characterized in that the housing can be easily separated or combined from the food processor without the need of disassembling the outer body of the food processor.

Here, the housing has a shape extending to the upper side, the fastening tube may be made of a structure extending from the inner upper surface of the housing to the outer lower end of the housing.

Preferably, the connection tube may be a flexible material having wrinkles formed on the outer circumferential surface.

Fastening structure in the sink-type food processor according to another aspect of the present invention provided to achieve the above object is a hollow-shaped housing in which a fastening tube in which a coupling member is formed to be inserted is formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof, and The connector includes a connection connector having a connection passage fixed to one side of the inside of the housing, a food inlet disposed below the connection connector, and a sink provided at an upper portion of the connection connector, and the other side of the connection channel is a sink ball. Directly connected to the bottom of the, the housing is connected to the lower portion of the sink and to the lower portion is connected to the food inlet.

Here, the food processor further includes a transport device disposed below the food inlet, the transport device is disposed to be inclined with the ground so that the waste water discharged from the food passing through the transport device is discharged to the lower side and the remaining residue is upper You can go to

The connection connector of the present invention described above has the convenience of allowing the operator to dismantle or combine the connection easily without disassembling the food processor body in the process of connecting the food inlet of the sink-type food processor and the sink below the sink. have. In the previous installation of the food processor, it is possible to work in a short time by using only the standardized connection connector, which has the advantage of making an efficient installation process.

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 it will be described in detail the connection connector and the fastening structure in the sink bowl type food processor using the same according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a perspective view showing a sink bowl type food processor is installed in the lower portion of the sink using the connection connector according to the present invention, Figure 2a is a perspective view of the connection connector according to the present invention from one side, Figure 2b is B of Figure 2a 2c is a plan view as seen from the direction C of FIG. 2a, and FIG. 2d is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 2a.

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

First, the structure and installation state of the sink-type food waste processor 100 will be described with reference to FIG. 1. Food processor 100 is discharged from the food inlet pipe 130 is disposed on the upper side in the outer body 101, the conveying device 120 is connected to the lower portion of the food inlet pipe 130, the conveying device 120 The deodorizing device 140, in which the odor is added and purged, the food wastes transferred from the conveying device 120, are put into a drying furnace (not shown), which is agitated, pulverized or dried, and disposed in the lower portion of the drying furnace and processed food. It is provided with a recovery box 150 through which waste is discharged.

The transfer device 120 is disposed to be inclined with the ground so that the waste water discharged from the food passing through the transfer device 120 is discharged to the sewage pipe 104 of the lower side and the remaining residue moves upward. The conveying apparatus 120 includes a rotating part 122 disposed at an upper side, a sewage part 124 disposed at a lower side, and a cover 126 blocking an upper surface of the rotating part 122 and the sewage part 124.

Referring to FIG. 1 again, a state in which the connecting connector 110 according to the present invention is installed on the sink stand will be briefly described. Based on the connection connector 110, the sink ball 20 is connected to the upper portion, and the food inlet tube 130 is connected to the lower portion. On the outer surface of the connection connector 110, a fastening tube 112 having an empty space therein is installed. The fastening pipe 112 is disposed to form a straight line with the fastener 133 formed on the fastening ring 132 disposed on the top of the food inlet pipe 130 in the process of connecting the connection connector 110. That is, after the coupling member 119 enters through the inside of the fastening pipe 112, the end may be coupled to the groove (not shown) formed in the fastener 133 in a screwing manner.

The sink 10 is disposed at an upper end of the sink 20, and food waste introduced into the sink 20 through the sink 10 is primarily discharged to the drain 22 by a strainer (not shown) mounted therein. Can be drained. Food waste that has passed through the sink 20 and the connecting connector 110 is agitated or compressed in a circular motion by a rotating body (not shown) disposed in the rotating unit 122. The leachate generated in this process is Discharge is made through the sewage unit 124.

Hereinafter, the connecting connector 110, which is the core of the present invention, will be described with reference to FIGS. 2A to 2D.

Connection connector 110 has a hollow housing 111 and a connecting pipe 114, one side of which is connected to the housing 111. The housing 111 is connected to the lower end of the sink ball 20 to the upper side and to the food inlet tube 130 of the food processor 100 at the bottom thereof, and a fastening tube 112 is formed on the outer circumferential surface thereof. The connection pipe 114 has a structure in which one side is fixed to the inside of the housing 111 and the other side is directly connected to the lower end of the sink 20.

The housing 111 may be formed in a cylindrical shape. The housing 111 has a structure in which a radius thereof increases toward an upper side thereof, and has a shape that is enlarged. The fastening tube 112 has a hollow hollow tubular shape, and the coupling member 119 penetrates into the inside of the fastening tube 112, and one side thereof protrudes through the first through hole 112 a formed at the bottom thereof. Can be. One side of the protruding coupling member 119 has a structure that is coupled to the fastener 133 on the food inlet tube 130.

The fastening tube 112 may have a structure extending from an inner upper surface of the housing 111 to an outer lower end of the housing 111. 2C and 2D, the second through hole 112b formed at the upper end of the inner surface of the housing 111 and the first through hole 112a at the lower end of the fastening pipe 112 may be disposed in a vertical line. When the coupling member 119 is fastened or dismantled in the above structure, the worker may proceed with the fastening process using a work tool such as a driver parallel to the outer circumferential surface of the connection pipe 114.

On the other hand, the fastening tube 112 is installed at least one or more at regular intervals along the outer periphery of the housing 111, in the present invention is seen that a pair of fastening tube 112 is provided to be symmetrical with respect to the center of the outer periphery. Can be. Of course, the number of the fastening pipes 112 can be increased or decreased according to changes in installation environment and design conditions. On the other hand, the guide rib 117 may be formed on the outer circumferential surface of the housing 111 separately from the fastening tube 112, the guide rib 117 is auxiliary to enhance the structural stability of the housing 111 In addition to functioning as a function, it can also serve as a baseline for whether or not the alignment is properly aligned with the food inlet tube (130).

The connection pipe 114 may have protrusions 115 formed on the outer circumferential surface thereof in a corrugated shape, and the protrusions 115 may be interposed between the protrusions 115 to form a flexible structure as a whole. The auxiliary connecting pipe 116 extends from the lower end of the housing 111 and has protrusions formed on its outer circumferential surface similarly to the connecting pipe 114. Auxiliary connecting pipe 116 is a structure that is primarily connected to the food inlet pipe 130 in the process of connecting the connecting connector 110, to take the first position before the coupling is made through the coupling member 119 Play a role. In FIG. 2D, reference numeral 118 shows a path through which the coupling member 119 is fastened.

In the above, referring to FIGS. 1 to 2D as a whole, the fastening process after disassembly of the connecting connector 110 according to the present invention will be briefly described.

In order to dismantle the connecting connector 110 prior to the transfer of the food processor 100, a process of removing the coupling member 119 inserted into the fastening tube 112 by using a work tool such as a driver is performed in advance. . Thereafter, a process of separating the sink 20 from the sink 10 and separating the connection connector 110 from the food processor 100 may be performed. In the above state, after the food processor 100 is moved to another place, the connection connector 110 that has been separated may be installed by proceeding in a reverse process from the dismantling. Here, the connection connector 110 may be recyclable, but may be provided as a standardized consumable to supplement hygienic problems when installed.

As described above, when the food processor 100 is previously installed, the worker disassembles the outer body 101 of the food processor 100 by performing a process of assembling the coupling member 119 through the fastening pipe 112. There is an advantage in that the housing 111 can be easily separated or combined from the food processor 100 without requiring a process.

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 perspective view showing a state in which a sink-type food waste processor is installed below the sink using the connection connector according to the present invention;

Figure 2a is a perspective view of the connecting connector according to the present invention from one side,

FIG. 2B is a front view as seen from the direction B of FIG. 2A,

FIG. 2C is a plan view as seen from direction C of FIG. 2A, and

FIG. 2D is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A of FIG. 2A.

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

100: food waste processor 101: the main body

104: sewage pipe 110: connection connector

111 housing 112 fastening tube

113: pipe line 114: connection pipe

115: projection 116: auxiliary connection pipe

117: guide rib 119: coupling member

120: feeder 122: rotating part

124: sewage part 126: cover

130: food input pipe 133: fastener

140: deodorizer 150: recovery box

Claims (5)

A hollow housing connected to a lower portion of the sink and a lower portion thereof connected to an inlet of a food processor, and a fastening tube formed on the outer circumferential surface thereof to allow a coupling member to be inserted therein; And One side is fixed to the inside of the housing and the other side is connected to the connection pipe directly connected to the bottom of the sink; In the case of relocating the food processor, the operator simply assembles the housing from the food processor without having to disassemble the outer body of the food processor by performing the process of assembling the coupling member through the fastening tube. Connection connector characterized in that it can be separated or combined. The method of claim 1, The housing has a shape extending to the upper side, the connecting pipe is characterized in that the connecting pipe is made of a structure extending from the inner upper surface of the housing to the outer lower end of the housing. 3. The method of claim 2, The connecting tube is a connecting connector, characterized in that the flexible material is formed on the outer peripheral surface. A connecting connector including a hollow housing in which a coupling tube into which the coupling member is formed to be inserted is formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof, and a connection pipe in which one side is fixed in the housing; A food inlet disposed below the connection connector; And Includes; a sink provided on the upper portion of the connection connector, The other side of the connection pipe is directly connected to the lower end of the sink, the housing is connected to the lower portion of the sink and the lower portion of the fastening structure in the food processor of the sink type, characterized in that connected to the food inlet. The method of claim 4, wherein The transport device is disposed below the food inlet; further comprising, the transport device is disposed inclined with the ground so that the waste water discharged from the food passing through the transport device is discharged to the lower side and the remaining residue is moved to the upper portion Fastening structure in the sink type food processor.

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