US 12,383,909 B2
Food waste disposer
Yongjun Hwang, Suwon-si (KR); Keonpyo Koo, Suwon-si (KR); Kyoungmok Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Daegeon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Namsoo Park, Suwon-si (KR); Wonyoung Seo, Suwon-si (KR); Jiho Seo, Suwon-si (KR); and Hyunnam Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/984,845.
Application 17/984,845 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/015512, filed on Oct. 13, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0192746 (KR), filed on Dec. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0211352 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. B02C 18/12 (2006.01); B02C 18/00 (2006.01); B09B 3/35 (2022.01); B09B 3/38 (2022.01); B09B 101/70 (2022.01); F26B 25/06 (2006.01)
CPC B02C 18/12 (2013.01) [B02C 18/0084 (2013.01); B09B 3/35 (2022.01); B09B 3/38 (2022.01); B02C 2201/06 (2013.01); B09B 2101/70 (2022.01); F26B 25/06 (2013.01); Y02W 30/52 (2015.05)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A food waste disposer comprising:
a housing;
a grinding apparatus detachably mounted inside the housing and configured to grind food waste; and
a storage case arranged below the grinding apparatus so as to store ground food waste,
wherein the grinding apparatus comprises:
a grinding case comprising a discharge hole opened to allow the ground food waste to be transferred to the storage case;
a stationary grinder comprising a plurality of stationary blades coupled to a side wall of the grinding case and provided to extend inwardly within an interior of the grinding case;
a rotary body rotatably coupled to a bottom surface of the grinding case;
a first blade extending from the rotary body to grind food waste and provided to rotate between the plurality of stationary blades, the first blade having a first member positioned on a front side with respect to a rotation direction and a second member positioned on a rear side with respect to the rotation direction, the second member having a different shape from the first member; and
a second blade extending from the rotary body and provided to rotate between the plurality of stationary blades, the second blade having a shape different than a shape of the first blade;
wherein the first blade extends from the rotary body in a curved shape along the rotation direction, and the second blade extends from the rotary body in the curved shape along a direction opposite to the rotation direction.