| CPC E03C 1/2665 (2013.01) [B02C 18/0092 (2013.01); B02C 18/142 (2013.01); B02C 18/2216 (2013.01); B02C 18/2225 (2013.01)] | 4 Claims |
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1. A food waste disposer adapted to pulverize food waste introduced there to thus separate solids and water from the pulverized food waste, the food waste disposer comprising:
a box-shaped casing having a solid outlet formed on one side thereof to discharge the solids therefrom and a water outlet formed on a lower portion thereof to discharge the water therefrom;
a hopper located on top of the casing and configured to introduce the pulverization objects into the casing;
a pulverizing part located inside the casing to pulverize the pulverization objects introduced from the hopper;
a water discharging part for discharging the water of the pulverization objects pulverized by means of the pulverizing part to the outside of the casing; and
a driving part for transferring power to the pulverizing part and the water discharging part,
wherein the pulverizing part comprises:
a plurality of pulverizing means located inside the casing to pulverize the pulverization objects and thus to move the solids of the pulverization objects pulverized in a forward direction; and
a filter located on the outside of the pulverizing means and having water discharging holes adapted to discharge the water of the pulverization objects pulverized by means of the pulverizing means therethrough and at least one or more solid discharging holes adapted to discharge the solids of the pulverization objects pulverized by means of the pulverizing means therethrough,
each pulverizing means comprising: a pulverizing shaft whose front end periphery is connected to the casing; a pulverizing gear located under the hopper and configured to be fitted to the pulverizing shaft; and a compressing gear located in front of the pulverizing gear and configured to be fitted to the pulverizing shaft to compress the pulverization objects pulverized by the pulverizing gear thereagainst, and
the pulverizing means being spaced apart from each other in a transverse direction of the casing and configured to allow the pulverizing gears to engage with each other,
wherein the filter comprises:
a filter cover comprising a pair of compressing gear insertion portions having the shapes of hollow cylinders whose front surface are closed to insert the front end peripheries of the compressing gears thereinto and an extended flange extended outward from the rear end peripheries of the compressing gear insertion portions to connect the compressing gear insertion portions to each other;
a pair of front filters each having the shape of a pair of hollow semicircular cylinders connected to each other in a transverse direction and each provided with an insertion projection extended outward from the rear end periphery thereof so that as the front end peripheries thereof are inserted into the compressing gear insertion portions, the front filters are located above and under the compressing gears to thus surround the compressing gears; and
a pair of rear filters each having the shape of a pair of hollow semicircular cylinders connected to each other in a transverse direction so that as the front end peripheries thereof are inserted into the insertion projections of the front filters, the rear filters are located above and under the pulverizing gears to thus surround the pulverizing gears,
the front filters and the rear filters having a plurality of water discharging holes formed on the outer peripheral surfaces thereof, the upper side rear filter of the rear filters having a pulverization object introducing hole adapted to introduce the pulverization objects introduced from the hopper thereinto, and the filter cover having the solid discharging holes formed on the front surface thereof to discharge the solids of the pulverization objects therethrough.
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