Fecha de publicación: 15/01/2013 Fuente: WIPO Food Portada PURPOSE: A food waste treatment apparatus is provided to automatically open and close the inlet for food waste during the pressurizing process of the food waste. CONSTITUTION: A food waste treatment apparatus includes a receiving pipe(11), a supporting plate(12), a moving member(13), a pressurizing plate(15), an elevating member(16), a perforated net(17), a food waste introducing pipe(18), an opening and closing plate(19), and a rib(19a). The supporting plate is movably positioned at the lower part of the receiving pipe and supports food waste. The moving member horizontally moves the supporting plate in order to close or open the lower part of the receiving pipe. The pressurizing plate elevates into the receiving pipe in order to pressurize the food waste. The elevating member vertically elevates the pressurizing plate. The perforated net is installed at the lateral side of the receiving pipe in order to drain wastewater from the pressurized food waste to the outside of the receiving pipe. The food waste introducing pipe penetrates through the lateral side of the receiving pipe in order to introduce the food waste into the receiving pipe. The opening and closing plate pressurizes the food waste to close the food waste introducing pipe and releases the food waste to open the food waste introducing pipe. The rib is integrated with a part between the opening and closing plate and the pressurizing plate. COPYRIGHT KIPO 2013 null