CN116118248A - An environmental science kitchen waste collection and treatment device - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of kitchen waste treatment and discloses an environmental science kitchen waste collection and treatment device, which comprises supporting feet, wherein kitchen waste treatment boxes, solid treatment boxes and liquid treatment boxes are respectively and fixedly arranged at the top ends of the supporting feet, the solid treatment boxes and the liquid treatment boxes are respectively positioned at two sides of the kitchen waste treatment boxes, treatment cavities are formed in the kitchen waste treatment boxes, connecting pipes are fixedly arranged at two sides of the kitchen waste treatment boxes, a feeding pipe is fixedly arranged at the top end of each connecting pipe, an adjusting box is fixedly arranged at two sides of each feeding pipe, and a baffle is arranged in each feeding pipe.

Description

An environmental scientific kitchen waste collection and treatment device

technical field

The invention relates to the technical field of kitchen waste treatment, in particular to an environmental scientific kitchen waste collection and treatment device.

Background technique

Kitchen waste generally refers to raw materials and finished products (cooked food) or leftovers used in family life and diet, organic waste from vegetable farms, foot waste from restaurants, hotels, and canteens, etc. The amount of food waste in my country is very large, and it is showing a rapid upward trend. Surveys show that general large cities produce more than 3,000 tons of domestic waste every day, of which kitchen waste accounts for about 50%. Kitchen waste contains a lot of water (the maximum water content of food waste is about 85%). Treatment methods include: landfill treatment, incineration treatment, composting treatment and so on.

However, with the continuous development of society, more and more attention has been paid to environmental issues. According to statistics, tens of millions of tons of leftover dishes are left by the catering industry, canteens, and residents every day. environmental pollution, and the existing treatment method is to pour kitchen waste directly into the trash can, and the garbage in the garbage bin is basically open, the smell is scattered, mosquitoes breed, causing environmental pollution; Increase labor intensity and garbage removal cost.

Contents of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide an environmental scientific kitchen waste collection and treatment device to solve the problems raised in the above-mentioned background technology.

Technical solutions

The present invention provides the following technical solutions: an environmental scientific kitchen waste collection and treatment device, including support feet, and the top ends of the support feet are respectively fixed with a kitchen waste treatment box, a solid treatment box and a liquid treatment box. The kitchen waste treatment box and the liquid treatment box are respectively located on both sides of the kitchen waste treatment box. A treatment chamber is opened inside the kitchen waste treatment box, and connecting pipes are fixedly installed on both sides of the kitchen waste treatment box. Feeding pipes are fixedly installed on the top of the connecting pipes, adjusting boxes are fixedly installed on both sides of the feeding pipes, baffles are arranged inside the feeding pipes, and the top of the kitchen waste disposal box is fixed A first motor is installed, and the inside of the kitchen waste treatment box is fixedly installed with a first partition and a slanting plate, the first baffle is located above the slanting plate, and the height of the sloping plate is from the solid processing One side of the tank gradually lowers toward the side of the liquid treatment tank until the lowest point of the inclined plate is flush with the bottom of the treatment cavity in the kitchen waste treatment tank. Kitchen waste channels and liquid kitchen waste channels.

Preferably, a first threaded column is movably installed between the top of the first partition and the top of the processing chamber, and the output shaft end of the first motor passes through the top inner wall of the kitchen waste disposal box and connects with the first threaded column. The top ends of the columns are fixedly connected, and the outer sides of two adjacent first threaded columns are threadedly connected with pressure plates.

Preferably, the height of the first partition gradually decreases from the middle to both sides, and the inside of the first partition is provided with a liquid through hole, and the bottom end of the pressure plate is provided with a groove shape, and is connected with the anastomosis of the first separator.

Preferably, a second motor is fixedly installed at the bottom of the solid processing box, a rotating column is movably installed inside the solid processing box, and a stirring rod is fixedly installed on the outside of the rotating column, and each of the stirring rods Scrapers are fixedly installed at the tail ends, and the scrapers are slidably connected with the inner wall of the solid processing box.

Preferably, the side of the solid treatment box far away from the kitchen waste treatment box is provided with a solid food waste outlet and a cover plate, and the solid treatment box and the adjacent side of the kitchen waste treatment box are provided with a The solid kitchen waste entrance, and the solid kitchen waste entrance and the solid kitchen waste passage are interconnected, the solid kitchen waste entrance and the solid kitchen waste passage are from left to right, the solid kitchen waste entrance and the solid kitchen waste passage The interior is all sloped.

Preferably, the bottom end of the liquid treatment box is provided with an outlet for liquid kitchen waste, and the side of the liquid treatment box close to the kitchen waste treatment box is provided with an inlet for liquid kitchen waste. The garbage passage and the liquid kitchen waste inlet are connected to each other, and the liquid kitchen waste passage and the liquid kitchen waste inlet are from right to left, and the solid kitchen waste inlet and the inside of the solid kitchen waste passage are inclined. The shorter side is in contact with the liquid kitchen waste channel.

Preferably, the inside of the adjustment box is provided with an adjustment cavity, and the inside of the adjustment cavity is respectively fixed with a second partition, a third motor and a protective plate, and the output shaft end of the third motor is fixed with a driving gear , the bottom end of the second partition is fixedly installed with a fixing plate;

One side of the fixed plate is movably installed with a second threaded column, the outer side of the second threaded column is threaded with a moving block, the inside of the moving block is movably installed with a sliding column, and the top of the moving block is fixedly installed There is a connecting plate, one side of the connecting plate is fixedly installed with a connecting column, one side of the connecting column is fixedly connected with the baffle plate, and the outer side of the connecting column is fixedly installed with a limiting plate, and the limiting plate is connected with the baffle plate connected at the edges.

Preferably, one end of the second threaded column passes through the fixing plate and is fixedly installed with a driven gear, and the driving gear and the driven gear are meshedly connected;

A sliding through hole matched with the connecting plate is opened through the inside of the second partition.

Preferably, the connecting column runs through the protective plate, and the limiting plate and the baffle are located on the opening side of the protective plate, and the opening side of the protective plate communicates with the feed chamber of the feed pipe, and the bottom of the protective plate The end sides are provided with inclined edges.

Beneficial effect

Compared with the prior art, the present invention provides an environmental science kitchen waste collection and treatment device, which has the following beneficial effects:

1. In this environmental scientific kitchen waste collection and treatment device, after the kitchen waste enters the kitchen waste treatment box, the first motor drives the pressure plate through the first threaded column to process the kitchen waste, so that the solid waste in the kitchen waste The water is squeezed out, and the separated kitchen waste is processed separately through the solid treatment box and the liquid treatment box.

2. In the environmental scientific kitchen waste collection and treatment device, the bottom end of the pressure plate is provided with a groove shape that matches the top of the first partition, and is connected to the first partition. When the pressure plate is pressed downward, the first Solid kitchen waste above the partition will not stay on the first partition to prevent kitchen waste from staying.

3. The environmental scientific food waste collection and treatment device drives the stirring rod through the second motor and the rotating column to stir, preventing the solid food waste from being too large to be collected, and the scraper prevents the solid food waste from staying in the solid treatment box on the inner wall.

4. The environmental scientific kitchen waste collection and treatment device drives the second threaded column to rotate through the work of the third motor. When the second threaded column rotates, it will drive the connecting plate to slide in the sliding through hole through the moving block, and ensure that the connecting plate Stability during movement, when the connecting plate moves, it will drive the connecting column to move, and when the connecting column moves, it will drive the baffle to move, and the distance between the two baffles will control the amount of kitchen waste discharged in the feeding pipe.

5. In this environmental scientific kitchen waste collection and treatment device, when the connecting column drives the baffle to retract, the food waste in the feeding pipe can fall normally, and when the baffle retracts, the limit plate will prevent the food waste from entering the feeding pipe. Kitchen waste enters the conditioning box.

6. In this environmental scientific kitchen waste collection and treatment device, two adjacent baffles will block the feeding cavity in the feeding pipe to limit the speed of kitchen waste passing through the feeding pipe. One is to prevent the feeding pipe from being The other is to increase the processing rate of the kitchen waste disposal bin.

Description of drawings

The accompanying drawings are used to provide a further understanding of the present invention, and constitute a part of the description, and are used together with the embodiments of the present invention to explain the present invention, and do not constitute a limitation to the present invention.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a schematic front view of the kitchen waste disposal box of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is the front schematic view of the solid processing box of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a schematic front view of a liquid processing tank of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is the connection schematic diagram of connecting pipe and feeding pipe of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is the front sectional view of connecting pipe, feeding pipe and regulating box of the present invention;

Figure 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the regulating box of the present invention;

Fig. 8 is an internal view of the regulating box of the present invention.

In the figure: 1. Supporting feet; 2. Kitchen waste disposal box; 3. Solid treatment box; 4. Liquid treatment box; 5. Connecting pipe; 6. First motor; 7. Feed pipe; 8. Regulating box; 9. The first partition; 10. The first threaded column; 11. The liquid through hole; 12. The solid kitchen waste passage; 13. The liquid kitchen waste passage; 14. The inclined plate; 15. The second motor; 16. Rotating column; 17, stirring rod; 18, scraper; 19, solid kitchen waste outlet; 20, solid kitchen waste import; 21, liquid kitchen waste outlet; 22, liquid kitchen waste import; 23, second compartment Plate; 24, the third motor; 25, the baffle;

26. Fixed plate; 27. Second threaded column; 28. Moving block; 29. Connecting plate; 30. Connecting column;

31. Limiting plate; 32. Protective plate; 33. Sliding through hole; 34. Sliding column; 35. Driving gear;

36, driven gear; 37, pressing plate.

Detailed ways

The following will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some, not all, embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

Embodiment one:

Please refer to Fig. 1-Fig. 4, the present invention provides a technical solution: an environmental scientific kitchen waste collection and treatment device, including a support foot 1, and the top of the support foot 1 is respectively fixed with a kitchen waste treatment box 2, a solid treatment The box 3 and the liquid treatment box 4, the solid treatment box 3 and the liquid treatment box 4 are respectively located on both sides of the kitchen waste treatment box 2, and a treatment chamber is opened inside the kitchen waste treatment box 2, and the two sides of the kitchen waste treatment box 2 Both sides are fixedly equipped with connecting pipes 5, and the top of each connecting pipe 5 is fixedly installed with a feeding pipe 7, and both sides of the feeding pipe 7 are fixedly installed with an adjustment box 8, and the inside of the feeding pipe 7 is provided with a baffle 25. A first motor 6 is fixedly installed on the top of the kitchen waste disposal box 2, and a first partition 9 and an inclined plate 14 are fixedly installed inside the kitchen waste disposal box 2 respectively, and the first partition 9 is located on the inclined plate. 14, and the height of the inclined block plate 14 gradually decreases from the side of the solid treatment box 3 to the side of the liquid treatment box 4, until the lowest point of the inclined block plate 14 and the bottom end of the treatment chamber in the kitchen waste treatment box 2 The inner walls of both sides of the kitchen waste disposal box 2 are flush with each other, and a solid kitchen waste passage 12 and a liquid kitchen waste passage 13 are opened respectively.

Please refer to FIG. 2 , in this embodiment, a first threaded post 10 is movably installed between the top of the first partition 9 and the top of the processing chamber, and the output shaft end of the first motor 6 passes through the kitchen waste disposal box 2 The inner wall of the top is fixedly connected with the top of the first threaded column 10, and the outer sides of two adjacent first threaded columns 10 are threadedly connected with a pressure plate 37. After 2, the first motor 6 drives the first threaded column 10 to rotate when it is working, and when the first threaded column 10 rotates, it will drive the pressure plate 37 to squeeze the kitchen waste on the first partition 9, and the food waste in the solid kitchen waste Moisture will flow to the bottom of the first partition 9 through the liquid through hole 11 , while liquid kitchen waste will automatically flow downward through the first partition 9 .

In this embodiment, the height of the first partition 9 gradually decreases from the middle to both sides, and the inside of the first partition 9 is provided with a liquid through hole 11, and the bottom end of the pressing plate 37 is provided with a The groove shape of the matching top, and the anastomosis connection with the first dividing plate 9, when the pressing plate 37 squeezes downward, the solid kitchen waste above the first dividing plate 9 will not stay on the first dividing plate 9, preventing kitchen Residual garbage stays.

Please refer to Fig. 3, in the present embodiment, the bottom end of solid treatment box 3 is fixedly installed with second motor 15, and the inner movable column of solid treatment box 3 is installed with rotating column 16, and the outside of rotating column 16 is fixedly installed with stirring rod 17, A scraper 18 is fixedly installed at the tail end of each stirring rod 17 , and the scraper 18 is slidably connected with the inner wall of the solid processing box 3 .

In this embodiment, the side of the solid treatment box 3 away from the kitchen waste treatment box 2 is provided with a solid kitchen waste outlet 19 and a cover plate. The solid treatment box 3 and the adjacent side of the kitchen waste treatment box 2 There is a solid kitchen waste inlet 20 throughout, and the solid kitchen waste inlet 20 communicates with the solid kitchen waste passage 12. The solid kitchen waste inlet 20 and the solid kitchen waste passage 12 are from left to right, and the solid kitchen waste inlet 20 and the inside of the solid kitchen waste passage 12 all present an inclined shape.

The solid kitchen waste passes through the solid kitchen waste channel 12 and the solid kitchen waste inlet 20, and flows to the solid treatment box 3 through the protruding end of the first partition 9, and the stirring rod 17 is driven by the second motor 15 and the rotating column 16 for stirring , to prevent the solid kitchen waste from being too compact to be collected, and the scraper 18 will prevent the solid kitchen waste from staying on the inner wall of the solid treatment box 3 .

Please refer to Fig. 4. In this embodiment, the bottom end of the liquid treatment box 4 is provided with a liquid kitchen waste outlet 21, and the side of the liquid treatment box 4 close to the kitchen waste treatment box 2 is provided with a liquid kitchen waste outlet 21. Inlet 22, the liquid kitchen waste passage 13 and the liquid kitchen waste entrance 22 communicate with each other, and the liquid kitchen waste passage 13 and the liquid kitchen waste entrance 22 are from right to left, and the solid kitchen waste entrance 20 and the solid kitchen waste passage The interior of 12 is inclined, and the shorter side of the inclined plate 14 is in contact with the liquid kitchen waste passage 13, and the liquid kitchen waste will enter the liquid treatment tank 4 through the liquid kitchen waste passage 13 and the liquid kitchen waste inlet 22 , and carry out liquid disinfection treatment.

The working principle of this embodiment: when in use, after the kitchen waste enters the kitchen waste treatment box 2, the first motor 6 drives the pressure plate 37 to process the kitchen waste through the first threaded column 10, so that the solid waste in the kitchen waste The water is squeezed out, and the separated kitchen waste is processed through the solid treatment box 3 and the liquid treatment box 4 respectively.

Embodiment two:

Please refer to Fig. 5-Fig. 8, the present invention provides a technical solution: an environmental scientific kitchen waste collection and treatment device, including a support foot 1, and the top of the support foot 1 is respectively fixed with a kitchen waste treatment box 2, a solid treatment The box 3 and the liquid treatment box 4, the solid treatment box 3 and the liquid treatment box 4 are respectively located on both sides of the kitchen waste treatment box 2, and a treatment chamber is opened inside the kitchen waste treatment box 2, and the two sides of the kitchen waste treatment box 2 Both sides are fixedly equipped with connecting pipes 5, and the top of each connecting pipe 5 is fixedly installed with a feeding pipe 7, and both sides of the feeding pipe 7 are fixedly installed with an adjustment box 8, and the inside of the feeding pipe 7 is provided with a baffle 25. A first motor 6 is fixedly installed on the top of the kitchen waste disposal box 2, and a first partition 9 and an inclined plate 14 are fixedly installed inside the kitchen waste disposal box 2 respectively, and the first partition 9 is located on the inclined plate. 14, and the height of the inclined block plate 14 gradually decreases from the side of the solid treatment box 3 to the side of the liquid treatment box 4, until the lowest point of the inclined block plate 14 and the bottom end of the treatment chamber in the kitchen waste treatment box 2 The inner walls of both sides of the kitchen waste disposal box 2 are flush with each other, and a solid kitchen waste passage 12 and a liquid kitchen waste passage 13 are opened respectively.

In this embodiment, the inside of the adjustment box 8 is provided with an adjustment cavity, and the inside of the adjustment cavity is fixedly installed with the second partition plate 23, the third motor 24 and the protective plate 32, and the output shaft end of the third motor 24 is fixedly installed with an active The gear 35, the bottom end of the second partition 23 is fixedly installed with a fixed plate 26;

One side of the fixed plate 26 is movably installed with a second threaded column 27, the outer thread of the second threaded column 27 is connected with a moving block 28, the inside of the moving block 28 is movably installed with a sliding column 34, and the top of the moving block 28 is fixedly installed with a Connecting plate 29, one side of connecting plate 29 is fixedly equipped with connecting column 30, one side of connecting column 30 is fixedly connected with baffle plate 25, and the outer side of connecting column 30 is fixedly installed with limiting plate 31, limiting plate 31 and baffle plate 25 are connected to each other at the edges.

Two adjacent baffles 25 will block the feeding cavity in the feeding pipe 7, and limit the rate at which kitchen waste passes through the feeding pipe 7. One is to prevent the feeding pipe 7 from being blocked, and the other is to increase the speed of kitchen waste. The processing rate of the waste disposal bin 2.

In this embodiment, one end of the second threaded column 27 penetrates through the fixing plate 26 and is fixedly installed with a driven gear 36, and the driving gear 35 and the driven gear 36 are meshed and connected;

A sliding through hole 33 matched with the connecting plate 29 is opened inside the second partition plate 23 .

When the connecting column 30 drives the baffle 25 to retract, the food waste in the feeding pipe 7 can fall normally, and when the baffle 25 is retracted, the limit plate 31 will prevent the food waste in the feeding pipe 7 from entering the regulating box 8 in.

In this embodiment, the connecting column 30 runs through the protective plate 32, and the limiting plate 31 and the baffle plate 25 are located on the opening side of the protective plate 32, and the opening side of the protective plate 32 communicates with the feeding chamber of the feeding pipe 7. , The bottom end side of the guard plate 32 is provided with an inclined edge.

The working principle of this embodiment: when in use, the second threaded column 27 is driven to rotate by the work of the third motor 24, and the second threaded column 27 will drive the connecting plate 29 to slide in the sliding through hole 33 through the moving block 28 when the second threaded column 27 rotates, and Ensure the stability of the connecting plate 29 when it moves. When the connecting plate 29 moves, it will drive the connecting column 30 to move. When the connecting column 30 moves, it will drive the baffle plate 25 to move. The amount of remaining waste and the speed of feeding can prevent the feeding pipe 7 from being blocked, and increase the processing efficiency of the kitchen waste disposal box 2.

Claims (9)

1. The utility model provides an environmental science kitchen waste collection processing apparatus, includes supporting legs (1), its characterized in that: the kitchen garbage treatment device is characterized in that the top ends of the supporting legs (1) are respectively and fixedly provided with a kitchen garbage treatment box (2), a solid treatment box (3) and a liquid treatment box (4), the solid treatment box (3) and the liquid treatment box (4) are respectively located at two sides of the kitchen garbage treatment box (2), a treatment cavity is formed in the kitchen garbage treatment box (2), connecting pipes (5) are fixedly arranged at two sides of the kitchen garbage treatment box (2), a feeding pipe (7) is fixedly arranged at the top end of each connecting pipe (5), an adjusting box (8) is fixedly arranged at two sides of the feeding pipe (7), a baffle (25) is arranged in the feeding pipe (7), a first motor (6) is fixedly arranged at the top end of the kitchen garbage treatment box (2), a first baffle (9) and an inclined block plate (14) are respectively and fixedly arranged in the kitchen garbage treatment box (2), the first baffle (9) is located above the inclined block plate (14), the inclined block plate (14) is gradually lowered from the top end of the kitchen garbage treatment box (2) to the bottom end of the kitchen garbage treatment box (2), the inner walls of the two sides of the kitchen waste treatment box (2) are respectively provided with a solid kitchen waste channel (12) and a liquid kitchen waste channel (13).

2. An environmental science kitchen waste collecting and treating device according to claim 1, wherein: a first threaded column (10) is movably mounted between the top end of the first partition plate (9) and the top end of the treatment cavity, the output shaft end of the first motor (6) penetrates through the inner wall of the top end of the kitchen garbage treatment box (2) and is fixedly connected with the top end of the first threaded column (10), and two adjacent outer side threads of the first threaded columns (10) are connected with a pressing plate (37).

3. An environmental science kitchen waste collecting and treating device according to claim 2, wherein: the height of the first partition board (9) is gradually reduced from the middle to two sides, a liquid through hole (11) is formed in the first partition board (9) in a penetrating mode, and a groove-shaped groove matched with the top end of the first partition board (9) is formed in the bottom end of the pressing board (37) and is connected with the first partition board (9) in a matching mode.

4. An environmental science kitchen waste collecting and treating device according to claim 1, wherein: the bottom fixed mounting of solid treatment case (3) has second motor (15), the inside movable mounting of solid treatment case (3) has spliced pole (16), the outside fixed mounting of spliced pole (16) has puddler (17), every the equal fixed mounting of tail end of puddler (17) has scraper blade (18), the inner wall sliding connection of scraper blade (18) and solid treatment case (3).

5. An environmental science kitchen waste collecting and treating device according to claim 4, wherein: the kitchen garbage treatment device is characterized in that a solid kitchen garbage outlet (19) is formed in one side, far away from the kitchen garbage treatment box (2), of the solid treatment box (3) in a penetrating manner, a cover plate is arranged, a solid kitchen garbage inlet (20) is formed in the adjacent side, penetrating manner, of the solid treatment box (3) and the kitchen garbage treatment box (2), the solid kitchen garbage inlet (20) is communicated with the solid kitchen garbage channel (12), the solid kitchen garbage inlet (20) and the solid kitchen garbage channel (12) are from left to right, and the solid kitchen garbage inlet (20) and the solid kitchen garbage channel (12) are inclined.

6. An environmental science kitchen waste collecting and treating device according to claim 1, wherein: the bottom of liquid treatment case (4) runs through and has offered and liquid kitchen garbage export (21), one side that liquid treatment case (4) is close to kitchen garbage treatment case (2) runs through and has offered and liquid kitchen garbage import (22), liquid kitchen garbage passageway (13) communicate each other with liquid kitchen garbage import (22), and liquid kitchen garbage passageway (13) and liquid kitchen garbage import (22) are from right to left, and solid kitchen garbage import (20) all present the slope form with solid kitchen garbage passageway (12) inside, the shorter one side of sloping block board (14) contacts each other with liquid kitchen garbage passageway (13).

7. An environmental science kitchen waste collecting and treating device according to claim 1, wherein: an adjusting cavity is formed in the adjusting box (8), a second partition plate (23), a third motor (24) and a protection plate (32) are fixedly installed in the adjusting cavity respectively, a driving gear (35) is fixedly installed at the output shaft end of the third motor (24), and a fixing plate (26) is fixedly installed at the bottom end of the second partition plate (23);

one side movable mounting of fixed plate (26) has second screw thread post (27), the outside threaded connection of second screw thread post (27) has movable block (28), the inside of movable block (28) runs through movable mounting and has sliding column (34), the top fixed mounting of movable block (28) has connecting plate (29), one side fixed mounting of connecting plate (29) has spliced pole (30), one side and baffle (25) fixed connection of spliced pole (30), and the outside fixed mounting of spliced pole (30) has limiting plate (31), the edge interconnect of limiting plate (31) and baffle (25).

8. An environmental science kitchen waste collecting and treating device according to claim 7, wherein: one end of the second threaded column (27) penetrates through the fixing plate (26) and is fixedly provided with a driven gear (36), and the driving gear (35) is in meshed connection with the driven gear (36);

a sliding through hole (33) matched with the connecting plate (29) is formed in the second partition plate (23) in a penetrating mode.

9. An environmental science kitchen waste collecting and treating device according to claim 8, wherein: the connecting column (30) penetrates through the protection plate (32), the limiting plate (31) and the baffle (25) are both located on one side of the opening of the protection plate (32), one side of the opening of the protection plate (32) is communicated with the feeding cavity of the feeding pipe (7), and the bottom end side of the protection plate (32) is provided with an inclined edge.

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