Food waste disposal apparatus

A food waste disposal apparatus comprising:

• a hopper part comprising an input part having an input hole into which food waste is input and having a drainage hole to which water is discharged, the hopper part comprising a discharge pipe having a first discharge part connected to the input part and configured to discharge the food waste and having a second discharge part configured to discharge water, the discharge pipe having an outer circumference provided with a corrugated part that has a spiral shape such that the discharge pipe is capable of being bent in all directions;
• a transferring part provided at a lower portion of the hopper part and configured to be rotated by driving a first motor, the food waste being introduced into the hopper part, thereby moving the food waste in a horizontal direction;
• a compressing, transferring, and cutting part configured to compress the food waste introduced therein through the transferring part, to move the food waste in a vertical direction, and to cut the food waste;
• a drying and discharging part configured to dry and discharge the food waste which is compressed and cut and which is introduced therein through the compressing, transferring, and cutting part;
• an air discharging part configured to transfer water vapor and odor that are generated in the drying and discharging part to a deodorizing and exhausting part;
• the deodorizing and exhausting part configured to remove the water vapor and the odor that are introduced through the air discharging part;
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• an odor cleaning part configured to purify and clean the deodorizing and exhausting part by supplying and spraying water to the deodorizing and exhausting part,
• wherein the hopper part comprises:
• a first opening and closing lid which is coupled to an inner side of the input part such that the first opening and closing lid is capable of being fixed to or released from the input part by a locking means and which is configured to open and close the input hole;
• a waste receiving drum mounted in the input hole of the input part and configured to accommodate the food waste;
• and
• a second opening and closing lid configured to open and close an opened upper portion of the input part, and
• the locking means comprises:
• a locking protrusion that protrudes on an outer border of the first opening and closing;
• and
• a locking groove formed in lid an inner circumference of the input hole such that the locking protrusion is capable of being inserted into or separated from the locking groove according to left and right rotation directions.