US 12,186,760 B2
Food waste disposer
Wonyoung Seo, Suwon-si (KR); Keonpyo Koo, Suwon-si (KR); Daegeon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Namsoo Park, Suwon-si (KR); Kyoungmok Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jiho Seo, Suwon-si (KR); Donghyun Chun, Suwon-si (KR); and Yongjun Hwang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/662,025.
Application 17/662,025 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/005427, filed on Apr. 14, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0087915 (KR), filed on Jul. 5, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0108107 (KR), filed on Aug. 17, 2021; and application No. 10-2022-0009436 (KR), filed on Jan. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0001423 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B02C 18/00 (2006.01); B02C 18/22 (2006.01)
CPC B02C 18/2216 (2013.01) [B02C 18/0084 (2013.01); B02C 18/0092 (2013.01); B02C 2201/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A food waste disposer comprising:
a housing;
a grinding device positioned inside the housing and configured to grind food waste; and
a storage device positioned below the grinding device and configured to store the grinded food waste; and
an accommodating frame fixed inside of the housing and accommodating the grinding device;
wherein the grinding device comprises:
a grinding case with an interior providing a surface for grinding the food waste, and including an outlet opening to transfer the food waste to the storage device; and
one or more of a fixed grinder and a rotating grinder, wherein the fixed grinder and the rotating grinder comprise one or more blades proportioned to grind food waste against the interior of the grinding case; and
a valve assembly positioned below the grinding case and comprising a valve to open and close the outlet, and a valve shaft blocking upward movement of the grinding device when the valve is in a position opening the outlet,
wherein, when the valve is in a position closing the outlet, the valve shaft does not block upward movement of the grinding device, which can be separated from the accommodating frame by lifting the grinding device away from the accommodating frame.