Drier for food waste disposal system
AssigneeWoongjin Coway Co., Ltd.
InventorsKwang Jae Lee, Sung Jin Kim
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Abstract
A drier for a food waste disposal system. A hollow drum has a charge port and a discharge port for food waste. An agitating screw has a rotating thread which is rotatably disposed in an inner space of the drum and agitates and crushes the food waste, and a rotating shaft around which the rotating thread is disposed. A motor is installed on a first end of the drum, and provides a rotating force to the agitating screw. A crusher has a crush plate installed on a second end of the drum and a plurality of inclined crushing blades arranged radially, and a crush plate support installed around an upper portion of the crush plate. A heater is installed on an outer surface of the drum, and when powered provides high-temperature heat for the inner space of the drum, drying the food waste.
Claims5
A drier for a food waste disposal system comprising:
- a hollow drum having a charge port into which dehydrated food waste is charged and a discharge port through which dried food waste is discharged;
- an agitating screw having a rotating thread which is rotatably disposed in an inner space of the drum and agitates and crushes the dehydrated food waste charged into the drum, and a rotating shaft around which the rotating thread is helically disposed;
- a motor installed on a first end of the drum and providing a rotating force to the agitating screw;
- a crusher having a circular crush plate that is installed on a second end of in an inner space of the drum in which the motor is coupled with the agitating screw and which has a plurality of inclined crushing blades arranged radially, and an arcuate crush plate support which is installed around an upper portion of the crush plate;
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- a heater installed on an outer surface of the drum which when powered provides high-temperature heat for the inner space of the drum thereby drying the food waste.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.