KR20090073390A - A drier of food treatment system having door exhausting apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

A drying furnace for a food garbage disposer is provided to operate the stable operation by installing a furnace horizontally while preventing corrosion of food garbage, and to prevent leakage of water inside the drying furnace. A drying furnace for a food garbage disposer includes a cylindrical drum part(110), a mixing screw(120), a motor part, a heat member, and a door discharge unit. The drum part includes an inlet(112) and an outlet(114). The mixing screw is comprised of a plurality of rotating vanes(123) and a rotary shaft(125). The door discharge unit includes a fixing frame(181), a first and a second door part transfer shafts(183,184), and a door part(187). The first door part transfer shaft is rotated by power supplied from a discharge gear(182). The door part reciprocates on the first and the second door part transfer shafts according to rotation movement of a first door part.

Description

A Drier of Food Treatment System having Door Exhausting Apparatus}

The present invention relates to a drying furnace of a food processor equipped with a door discharge device, and more particularly, a door discharge device provided horizontally so that the door inside the drying furnace does not count to the outside and can be stably operated. To a drying furnace of a processed food processor.

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 unprocessed water may be discharged to the outside through the outlet provided in the drying furnace during the drying process, and the food may be spoiled by the water moved to the discharger. There is a problem that may not be driven stably.

The present invention has been made in view of the above point, in particular, the drying furnace of the food processor equipped with a door discharge device is installed horizontally so that the door is provided so that the water inside the drying furnace does not count to the outside and can be operated stably. It aims to provide.

The drying furnace of the food processor provided with a door discharge device of the present invention provided to achieve the above object is a cylindrical drum unit having an inlet for 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 to provide 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; And a door discharge device installed at the front of the discharge port and controlling the opening and closing of the discharge port according to the drying state of the drum.

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 in the radial direction 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 door discharge device may include a plate-shaped fixing frame bent in a shape having a certain surface fixed to a coupling protrusion provided at an upper end of the outlet and spaced at a predetermined interval on a front surface of the support bracket provided at the bottom of the outlet and the outlet; A rod-shaped first door part feeding shaft having one end fixed to one side of the fixing frame and the other end fixed to the support bracket of the drum, and rotating by power supplied from an exhaust gear provided in contact with the fixing frame; A rod-shaped second door part feeding shaft provided at a predetermined interval from the first door part feeding shaft, and having one end fixed to the other side of the fixing frame and the other end fixed to the support bracket of the drum part; And a right angled door portion having first and second feed shaft fitting holes and second feed shaft fitting holes provided at both sides such that the first door portion feed shaft and the second door portion feed shaft are inserted therethrough. Preferably, the door part reciprocates on the first door part feed shaft and the second door part feed shaft according to the rotational motion of the first door part feed shaft supplied with power from the discharge gear.

It is preferable that a fitting member is provided between the first feed shaft fitting hole of the door part and the first door part feeding shaft to reduce friction during the reciprocating motion of the door part.

According to the drying furnace of the food processor having a food discharge structure provided with the door of the present invention described above, the water inside the drying furnace can be prevented from counting to the outside to prevent food decay, and the drying furnace is horizontally installed so that the drying furnace is stable. Can be enabled.

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 of the food processor equipped with a door 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 perspective view of a food processor drying furnace 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a side view of a food processor drying furnace 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is a view of the present invention Front view of the food processor drying furnace 100 according to an embodiment. In addition, Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view of the food processor drying furnace 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 5 is a door portion 187 in the door discharge device 180 of the food processor drying furnace 100 is closed. 6 is a view illustrating a state in which the door part 187 is opened in the door discharge device 180 of the food processor drying furnace 100.

1 to 6, the drying furnace 100 of the food processor provided with the door discharge device 180 according to an embodiment of the present invention is dried with an inlet 112 into which dehydrated food waste is input. Cylindrical drum unit 110 having a discharge port 114 for discharging food waste, rotatably disposed in the internal space of the drum unit 110, a plurality of pulverized while stirring the food waste introduced into the drum unit 110 It is provided on one side of the stirring screw 120, the drum unit 110 consisting of a rotating shaft 125 provided with a rotary blade 123 and the rotary blade 123 to provide power to drive the stirring screw 120 rotates The heater unit 140 and the outlet 114 which are provided on the outer surface of the body of the motor unit 130 and the drum unit 110 and provide high heat to the inner space of the drum unit 110 when power is applied to dry food waste. Installed on the front of the drum unit 110 inside It is configured to include a door discharge device 180 to control the opening and closing of the outlet 114 according to the dry state of the.

Drying furnace 100 of the food waste treatment machine of the present invention may partially reduce the food waste completely dried on the bottom surface of the drying space and mixed with the food waste that is continuously added to reduce 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 door discharge device 180 provided at the front of the discharge port 114 is fixed to a surface of the coupling protrusion 197 provided at the upper end of the discharge port 114 and is provided at the bottom of the discharge port 114 and the discharge port 114. The fixed frame 181 of the plate shape bent in a "c" shape installed at a predetermined interval on the front of the bracket 170, one end is fixed to one side of the fixing frame 181 and the support bracket 170 of the drum unit 110 The other end is fixed to the rod-shaped first door portion feed shaft 183, the first door portion feed shaft 183 that rotates by the power supplied from the discharge gear 182 provided in contact with the fixed frame 181 ) Is provided at a predetermined interval, the rod-shaped second door portion feed shaft (1) is fixed to the other side of the fixing frame 181 and the other end is fixed to the support bracket 170 of the drum unit 110 ( 184, the first door feed shaft 183 and the second door feed shaft 184 are inserted into the first The feed shaft fitting hole 185 and the second feed shaft fitting hole 186 include right-angled door parts 187 provided at both side ends.

The door part 187 is disposed on the first door part feed shaft 183 and the second door part feed shaft 184 according to the rotational movement of the first door part feed shaft 183 powered by the discharge gear 182. Can reciprocate

A fitting member 188 is provided between the first feed shaft fitting hole 185 of the door part 187 and the first door feed shaft 183 to reduce friction during the reciprocating movement of the door part 187. .

Looking at the operation of the door discharge device 180, when the food processor is dried in the food processor drying furnace 100, the door discharge device 180 is operated by the control unit. The operation of the discharge gear 182 causes the first door part feed shaft 183 to rotate, thereby moving the door part 187 in the forward direction, thereby opening the discharge port 114.

After a certain amount of food waste is discharged, the discharge gear 182 operates in the opposite direction, and the door part 187 moves in the direction of the drum part 110 by the rotation of the first door part feed shaft 183. As a result, the outlet 114 is closed.

 As a result, the water inside the drying furnace 100 of the food processor may be prevented from counting to the outside to prevent food corruption, and the drying furnace 100 may be horizontally installed to operate stably.

The door part 187 horizontally moves along the first door part feed shaft 183 and the second door part feed shaft 184 according to the rotation of the first door part feed shaft 183.

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 crushed 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, and the rotary blades 123 may be provided so that the end portions of the hook shapes 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 100 by drying. 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 conveyed toward the crushing unit 160, and when the stirring screw 120 rotates in the forward direction, the food waste is conveyed 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 a power supply unit (not shown) to which power is supplied. A sheath heater can be used as the heater member 140.

At the bottom of the drying furnace 100 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, but some of the undried food waste or dried food waste is attached to the inner surface of the drum unit 110 to 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.

Figure 7 shows the crushing unit 160 of the food processor drying furnace 100 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 perspective view of a food processor drying furnace 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a side view of the food processor drying furnace 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a front view of the food processor drying furnace 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view of the food processor drying furnace 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a view showing a state in which the door unit 187 is closed in the door discharge device 180 of the food processor drying furnace 100.

FIG. 6 is a view illustrating a state in which the door part 187 is opened in the door discharge device 180 of the food processor drying furnace 100;

7 is a view showing the crushing unit 160 of the food processor drying furnace 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of the 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 180: door discharge device

181: fixed frame 182: discharge gear

183: first door part feed shaft 184: second door part feed shaft

185: first feed shaft fitting hole 186: second feed shaft fitting hole

187: door portion 188: fitting member

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; And a door discharge device installed at the front of the discharge port to control the opening and closing of the discharge port according to the drying state inside the drum. 2. The drying furnace of the food processor provided with the door discharge device. The method of claim 1, A pulverizing portion provided on an inner wall surface of the drum portion to which the motor portion and the stirring screw are connected, and a pulverizing portion including a circular crushing plate provided with a plurality of grinding blades obliquely in a radial direction and an arcuate crushing plate support provided on an upper portion of the crushing plate. Drying furnace of the food processor provided with a door discharge device characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 2, The crush plate support of the food processor provided with a door 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 to face each other, the drying furnace of the food processor provided with a door 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 door discharge device, characterized in that detachably provided on the circumference of the rotating shaft. The method of claim 1, wherein the door discharge device A fixed frame having a plate shape bent in a shape having a certain surface fixed to a coupling protrusion provided at an upper end of the outlet and spaced at a predetermined interval on a front surface of the support bracket provided at the outlet and the lower end of the outlet; A rod-shaped first door part feeding shaft having one end fixed to one side of the fixing frame and the other end fixed to the support bracket of the drum, and rotating by power supplied from an exhaust gear provided in contact with the fixing frame; A rod-shaped second door part feeding shaft provided at a predetermined interval from the first door part feeding shaft, and having one end fixed to the other side of the fixing frame and the other end fixed to the support bracket of the drum part; And a right-angled door portion having first and second feed shaft fitting holes and second feed shaft fitting holes provided at both sides thereof such that the first door feed shaft and the second door feed shaft are inserted therethrough. The door unit may be reciprocated on the first door unit feed shaft and the second door unit feed shaft in accordance with a rotational movement of the first door unit feed shaft powered by the discharge gear. By drying of food processor. The method of claim 6, Drying of the food processor provided with the door discharge device, characterized in that the fitting member is provided between the first feed shaft fitting hole of the door portion and the first door feed shaft to reduce the friction during the reciprocating motion of the door. in.

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