US 12,458,976 B2
Food waste disposer
Daegeon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Yongjie Jin, Suwon-si (KR); Namsoo Park, Suwon-si (KR); and Wonyoung Seo, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/313,166.
Application 18/313,166 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2023/005638, filed on Apr. 26, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0083393 (KR), filed on Jul. 6, 2022; and application No. 10-2022-0106281 (KR), filed on Aug. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0009678 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. B02C 18/00 (2006.01); B02C 18/12 (2006.01); B02C 18/22 (2006.01); B02C 18/24 (2006.01); B09B 3/35 (2022.01); B09B 101/70 (2022.01); A47J 43/08 (2006.01)
CPC B02C 18/0092 (2013.01) [B02C 18/0084 (2013.01); B02C 18/2216 (2013.01); B02C 18/24 (2013.01); B09B 3/35 (2022.01); A47J 43/085 (2013.01); B02C 18/12 (2013.01); B02C 2201/06 (2013.01); B02C 2201/063 (2013.01); B02C 2201/066 (2013.01); B09B 2101/70 (2022.01); Y02W 30/40 (2015.05); Y02W 30/52 (2015.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A food waste disposer comprising:
a housing;
a grinding case positioned inside the housing, separable from inside of the housing to outside of the housing, and configured to treat food waste;
a rotating grinder rotatably coupled with respect to a bottom surface of the grinding case and configured to treat the food waste by rotating inside the grinding case;
a grinder rotating shaft configured to be inserted in the rotating grinder and to rotate together with the rotating grinder; and
a driver positioned below the grinding case and configured to provide rotation power of the rotating grinder,
wherein the driver comprises:
a driving motor configured to generate power;
a shaft driving gear configured to rotate by receiving the power of the driving motor; and
a connecting shaft configured to be rotatable within a range of a first angle with respect to the shaft driving gear, wherein one end of the connecting shaft is inserted in the grinder rotating shaft and another end of the connecting shaft is inserted in the shaft driving gear to transfer power from the shaft driving gear to the grinder rotating shaft.