KR20110001428A - Garbage container - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A food waste container is provided to hold dried food waste since water from food waste is discharged to a drain pipe. CONSTITUTION: A food waste container consists of a body(200) and a lid unit(100). The body holds food waste. The lid unit enables the top opening of the body to be opened/closed. The lid unit comprises a lid(110) for covering the upper end of the body, an inlet pipe(120), and an opening/closing unit. The inlet pipe is installed on the lid and guides waste from a common discharge pipe into the body. The opening/closing unit opens/closes the path of the inlet pipe. The body comprises a drain. The drain is formed on the lower end of the body and discharges water from the food waste.

Description

Food waste collection container {GARBAGE CONTAINER}

The present invention relates to a food waste collection container for collecting food waste and draining the water contained in the food waste, and is particularly suitable for collecting and treating food waste disposed of in households and disposed of in households. It relates to a garbage collection container.

At home, a small amount or a large amount of food waste occurs every day. In the past, the wastes are disposed in a bag dedicated to food waste or disposed of in a food waste bin for disposal.

However, in the case of a temporary increase in the amount of food waste in apartments such as apartments, it is not only a good place to dispose of food waste, which is inconvenient for the residents. There is a problem that causes a bad odor due to decay, and was frequently polluted by the overflow of food waste.

Accordingly, in order to solve the above problems, the inventors of the present invention in Korea Patent Registration No. 10-0896657, the discharge pipe is installed up and down on all floors of the apartment house, and one end is installed in the room so that food waste can be put into each floor, 'Disposal of food waste in public housing', comprising a plurality of input pipes having a switch and the other end connected to the discharge pipe, and a plurality of exhaust pipes having one end connected to the discharge pipe at a position corresponding to the input pipe and having an exhaust fan at the other end. System '(hereinafter referred to as' prior patent'), which maximizes the convenience of residents by allowing food waste to be discarded in each household of a multi-family house.

The present invention has completed the present invention as a result of the intensive study to enable the effective collection and disposal of food waste discarded in each indoor of the apartment house as a continuous invention of the prior patent.

Accordingly, a first object of the present invention is to provide a food waste collection container that effectively collects and discards collected food waste in each household of a multi-family house, and enables convenient and hygienic collection and transport.

The second object of the present invention is to separate the water contained in the food waste without a separate drying means or dehydration means to collect and transport the dried food waste to treat the food waste to significantly reduce the processing cost of food waste It is to provide a collection container.

The present invention for achieving the above object, in the food waste collection container consisting of a container body 200 for receiving food waste therein, and a lid portion 100 for opening and closing the upper opening of the container body 200, The lid unit 100, the cap 110 is provided to cover the top of the main body 200; A flexible input pipe 120 installed at the lid 110 to guide the waste discharged from the common discharge pipe 40 into the main body 200; And opening and closing means for opening and closing the pipe of the inlet pipe 120, the container body 200, characterized in that comprises a drain port 220 formed to drain the water contained in the food waste at the bottom do.

According to the present invention, unlike the general food waste collection container, it is possible to drain the water discharged from the food waste to the sewage pipe in the lower part of the collection container, so that only the dried food waste can be collected.

Furthermore, in order to prevent leakage of food waste or odor gas generated therefrom to the outside during the transportation of the food container to the food waste disposal site or the reprocessing place, an opening and closing means is provided to easily close the inlet at the top of the container. Food can be moved hygienically without spilling or leaking gas, and waste can be easily disposed of.

In addition, the present invention because the food waste is put into the collection container through the inlet pipe, food waste is not leaked to the outside or odor gas is leaked even when the collection container is installed, it is possible to collect the waste hygienically.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings showing a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail the present invention.

1 is an exemplary view showing a state in which the food waste collection container according to the present invention is installed in a multi-family housing.

As shown in Figure 1, the food waste collection container of the present invention is to facilitate the collection and transport of food waste generated in the apartment house 10, the container body 200 and the main body 200 The lid is made of a lid 100 that can be opened and closed.

To this end, the food waste collection container of the present invention is installed in the basement of the multi-family house 10 and is configured to collect food waste generated in each household of the multi-family house 10. Inflow through the inlet 20 separately installed in the via the discharge pipe 30, and then through the common discharge pipe 40 is introduced into the food waste collection container of the present invention.

Here, the specific structure for collecting the food waste generated in each household through the common pipe line may refer to the discharge structure of the 'food waste discharge system of the common house' described in the above-mentioned patent. In addition, the apartment house ( The inlet 20 and the discharge pipe 30 installed in 10 may be variously changed in design, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted since it may obscure the subject matter of the present invention.

2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the collection container according to the first embodiment of the present invention is connected to the common discharge pipe, Figure 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the collection container according to the first embodiment of the present invention is separated from the common discharge tube; 4 is a view showing the operation structure of the collection container according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Figures 2 to 4, the food waste collection container, the container body 200 for receiving food waste therein, and the lid portion 100 for opening and closing the top opening of the container body 200 do.

The lid portion 100, the lid 110 is provided to cover the top of the main body 200, and installed on the lid 110 to guide the waste discharged from the common discharge pipe 40 into the main body 200 Injecting pipe 120, and opening and closing means for opening and closing the pipe of the inlet pipe 120, wherein the inlet pipe 120 is made of a flexible material, such as rubber or silicone is the joint discharge pipe ( 40 is wrapped around the end of the end so that it can be fixed with a fastening band (121).

The container body 200 includes a drain hole 220 formed at the bottom to drain the water contained in the food waste, wherein a plurality of holes 211 is formed in the inner bottom as shown in FIG. Install 210 to drain only the water contained in the food waste through the hole 211 to be discharged to the drain pipe 220.

In the opening and closing means of the lid portion 100 of the collection container according to the first embodiment of the present invention, a hinge portion 130 is formed on the lid 110 and the hinge shaft 141 fitted to the hinge portion 130 is hinged. It is installed to be rotatable from the base, the hinge shaft 141 is to be connected through the opening and closing bar 140 and the connecting portion 142.

In this case, when the opening and closing bar 140 rotates from the hinge shaft 141 to the starting point in the state of FIG. 2, the opening and closing bar 140 is brought into contact with the side of the feeding tube 120 when the opening and closing bar 140 is rotated as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. The pipe 120 is folded and laid so that the input pipe 120 can be closed. Of course, in order to perform this operation, separating the input pipe 120 from the common discharge pipe 40 must be preceded.

In addition, in order to prevent food waste from leaking from the common discharge pipe 40 when the input pipe 120 is separated, a separate opening and closing device (not shown) may be provided in the common discharge pipe 40 to close the pipe. The opening and closing device is sufficient to be closed only while the new collection container, that is, the food waste is full, and after the separation of the empty collection container to be replaced again, it can be configured in various forms.

As a preferred embodiment of the first embodiment of the present invention, when the closing the closing the input pipe 120 by using the opening and closing bar 140, the lid 110, the groove to press the fixed input pipe 120 fixed The formed support jaw 144 may be provided (see FIGS. 3 and 4).

The groove formed in the support jaw 144 corresponds to the cross-sectional shape of the opening and closing bar 140, and when the cross section of the opening and closing bar 140 is circular as illustrated, the groove is a semi-circular groove, and the opening and closing bar 140 If the cross section of the square is a 'c' shaped groove is formed, the folded inlet pipe 120 is pressed between the opening and closing bar 140 and the groove of the support jaw 144 is able to maintain the airtight. .

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a detailed structure of the hinge portion of the collection container according to the present invention, a specific position during the rotation of the opening and closing bar 140 to the hinge portion 130, for example opening and closing bar 140 of the input pipe 120 It is shown that the position fixing means for fixing the rotation of the hinge shaft 141 in the position of closing the conduit (state of Figure 3) or the position of fully open (state of Figure 2).

Position fixing means of the hinge portion 130 with reference to Figure 5, the projection 143 is formed on the outer surface of the hinge shaft 141, the outer surface of the hinge shaft 141 is spaced apart from the outer surface a certain distance to surround the hinge shaft The housing 131 is formed in the lid 110.

In addition, a band spring 133 having one end fixed to the housing 131 is installed between the hinge shaft 141 and the housing 131, and the band spring 133 is located at a specific position, that is, the protrusion 143. The grooves 134 and 135 are formed at positions corresponding to the rotation of the hinge shaft 141.

In this case, when the protrusion 143 is inserted into the first groove 134 located at any one of the band springs 133, the rotation of the hinge shaft 141 is prevented by the elastic force of the band spring 133, which is For example, the opening and closing bar 140 is in a state of opening the input pipe 120 as shown in FIG. In addition, when the user rotates the opening and closing bar 140, the hinge shaft 141 is rotated so that the projection 134 is out of the first groove 134, the opening and closing bar 140 as shown in Figure 3 the injection pipe 120 When rotated to the closed position of the projection 143 is inserted into the second recess 135 is fixed in position.

The position fixing means of the hinge portion 130 according to the first embodiment is a structure that can be applied to both the hinge portion 130 of the second and third embodiments to be described later, the same operation as the illustrated position fixing means Of course, it can be changed in other ways.

6 is a view showing the operation structure of the collecting container according to the second embodiment of the present invention, Figure 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which the collecting container according to the second embodiment of the present invention is separated from the common discharge pipe.

6 and 7, the opening and closing means of the inlet pipe 120 formed on the lid 110 may be rotatably arranged in the hinge portion 130 and the hinge portion 130 formed on the lid 110. It includes an opening and closing cover 150.

Of course, hinge openings are formed on both sides of the opening and closing cover 150, and the position fixing means as described above may be provided, and the position fixing means of the hinge portion 130 is excluded. 6 and 7, the fastening part 160 may be provided on the lid 110 to fix the opening and closing cover 150 when the closing cover 150 is rotated.

For example, the fastening part 160 may have a protrusion formed on a side of the fastening part 160 protruding from the lid 110, and a groove formed on one side wall of the opening / closing cover 150 to correspond to the protrusion. In addition, the other opening and closing cover 150 may be modified in various forms as long as it does not open arbitrarily.

In the closed position of the opening and closing cover 150, the input pipe 120 is bent in the opening or closing cover 150 or is pushed into the lower portion of the lid 110, in any case the opening and closing cover 150 Since the opening of the input pipe 120 of the lid 110 is closed, food waste or odor gas generated therefrom does not flow back when the container is moved.

8 is a view showing the operation structure of the collecting container according to a third embodiment of the present invention, Figure 9 is a perspective view showing a state in which the collecting container according to the third embodiment of the present invention is separated from the common discharge pipe, An opening and closing means having a suitable structure is illustrated when the pipe 120 is a flexible structure.

8 and 9 when the inlet pipe 120 is in the form of a corrugated pipe is stretched in the longitudinal direction or stretched in the longitudinal direction by the antenna method may be connected to or separated from the common discharge pipe (40). .

At this time, if you want to replace the collection container, reduce the length of the input pipe 120 to separate from the common discharge pipe 40, and then opened and closed the cover 150 is opened through the hinge portion 130 to the lid 110 Rotate to cover the input pipe (120). At this time, the hinge portion 130 is provided with the above-described position fixing means or as shown in the upper portion of the lid 110, the fastening portion 160 is provided to open and close the cover 150 when rotating the closing cover 150 It can be fixed, the fastening unit 160 is satisfactory in any form as long as the structure to prevent the opening and closing cover 150 to open arbitrarily.

In this case, the upper end of the inner surface of the opening and closing cover 150 is in contact with the upper end of the opening of the inlet pipe 120 having the reduced length to move the collection container in a state in which food waste or odor gas generated therefrom is prevented from leaking to the outside. Can be.

Although the above description has been made based on the limited structure of the accompanying drawings and some drawings have been omitted, the present invention is not limited to the structure of the illustrated drawings and the description thereof, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is to be understood that, based on the above description, necessary parts may be changed as necessary as necessary and such changes are within the same or equivalent scope of the following claims.

1 is an exemplary view showing a state in which the food waste collection container according to the present invention is installed in a multi-family house.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the collection container according to the first embodiment of the present invention is connected to the common discharge pipe.

3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the collecting container according to the first embodiment of the present invention is separated from the common discharge pipe.

Figure 4 is a view showing the operation structure of the collection container according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view of the hinge portion of the collection container according to the present invention.

6 is a view showing the operation structure of the collection container according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a perspective view showing a state in which the collection container according to the second embodiment of the present invention is separated from the common discharge pipe.

8 is a view showing the operation structure of the collection container according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a perspective view showing a state in which the collection container according to the third embodiment of the present invention is separated from the common discharge pipe.

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Claims (8)

In the food waste collection container consisting of a container body 200 for receiving food waste therein and a lid part 100 for opening and closing the upper opening of the container body 200, The lid unit 100, the cap 110 is provided to cover the top of the main body 200; An inlet pipe 120 installed at the lid 110 to guide the waste discharged from the common discharge pipe 40 into the main body 200; And It includes an opening and closing means for opening and closing the pipe of the input pipe 120, The container body 200, the food waste collection container, characterized in that it comprises a drain port 220 formed to drain the water contained in the food waste at the bottom. According to claim 1, The opening and closing means of the inlet pipe 120, Hinge 130 formed on the lid 110; A hinge shaft 141 arranged in the hinge portion 130 to be rotatable; The opening and closing bar 140 is connected to the hinge shaft 141 and provided to close the input tube in the form of folding in contact with the side of the input tube 120 is flexible when rotating from the hinge portion; Garbage container. According to claim 2, Food waste collection, characterized in that the support jaw 144 has a groove formed to press the folded inlet pipe 120 by seating the opening and closing bar 140 on the lid 110, the top Vessel. According to claim 1, The opening and closing means of the inlet pipe 120, Hinge 130 formed on the lid 110; The food and drink, characterized in that the opening and closing cover 150 is formed in the hinge portion 130 to be rotatable, and to be closed in the form of pressing the flexible injection tube 120 when the hinge portion is rotated from the starting point Garbage container. According to claim 1, The opening and closing means of the inlet pipe 120, Hinge 130 formed on the lid 110; It is made of the opening and closing cover 150 is arranged in the hinge portion 130 to be rotatable, and to be closed in the form of pressing the inlet pipe 120 when the hinge portion is rotated from the starting point, Food waste container, characterized in that the inlet pipe 120 is stretchable in the longitudinal direction. The food waste container according to any one of claims 2, 4 and 5, wherein the hinge part 130 has a position fixing means for fixing the pivot of the hinge shaft at a specific position. The method of claim 6, wherein the position fixing means, A hinge shaft having protrusions 143 formed on an outer surface thereof; A housing 131 formed on the lid 110 and surrounding the hinge shaft at a predetermined distance from an outer surface of the hinge shaft; Interposed between the hinge shaft and the housing, one end of which is fixed to the housing 131, and made of a band spring 133 is formed with a groove for preventing the rotation of the hinge shaft by correspondingly coupled to the protrusion 143 at a specific position Food waste container characterized by the above. According to claim 4 or 5, Food waste collection, characterized in that provided with a fastening portion 160 for fixing the opening and closing cover 150 at the top of the lid 110, the closing cover 150 is rotated Vessel.

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