Patent ID: 8584977

Claim:
A food waste processing apparatus comprising: a motor having a rotary shaft; a housing through which the rotary shaft extends, the housing having a lower side installed in the motor, the housing having an introduction part formed at an upper surface thereof, through which food waste is introduced, the housing having a drainage hole and a discharge part formed at a lower surface thereof, wherein water extracted from the food waste is drained through the drainage hole and the food waste is discharged through the discharge part; and a drum having an upper drum part and a lower drum part, at least one of the upper drum part and the lower drum part being vertically movably installed so that the upper drum part and the lower drum part can come into contact with each other and be separate from each other to seal and open a space within the drum, the drum being installed within the housing to be rotatable about the rotary shaft and communicating with the introduction part, wherein the food waste is dehydrated when the upper drum part and the lower drum part accommodate the food waste introduced through the introduction part and rotate while sealing the food waste accommodated within the drum, and the dehydrated food waste is then discharged from the drum into the housing by a centrifugal force, and the food waste that was discharged into the housing is subsequently discharged to the outside of the housing through the discharge part when the upper drum part and the lower drum part rotate while being spaced apart from each other.