CN211492930U - Household garbage classification treatment system - Google Patents

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CN211492930U
CN211492930U CN201922337409.3U CN201922337409U CN211492930U CN 211492930 U CN211492930 U CN 211492930U CN 201922337409 U CN201922337409 U CN 201922337409U CN 211492930 U CN211492930 U CN 211492930U
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A household garbage classification treatment system comprises a box body, an extrusion device, a filter pressing device and a sewage storage box. The two box bodies can collect the garbage in a classified manner; the extrusion device comprises an air cylinder, a hydraulic rod and a pressing plate, and can extrude the garbage, increase the garbage volume and reduce the transportation times; the filter pressing device comprises a filter press, a main liquid inlet pipeline, a liquid inlet pipe, a thrust plate, a movable partition plate and a liquid inlet hose pipeline, and can be used for carrying out filter pressing treatment on sewage extruded by the extruding device, separating sludge in the sewage and recycling resources; solves the problem of waste of the garbage volume of the existing device, reduces the difficulty of sewage treatment and is beneficial to the reutilization of resources.

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Household garbage classification treatment system
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the field of refuse treatment, concretely relates to domestic waste classification system.
Background
The domestic waste refers to solid waste generated in daily life or activities for providing services to daily life, and solid waste regarded as domestic waste by laws and administrative laws.
The existing household garbage classification treatment system actually has a large amount of idle space in the interior after being filled with garbage such as boxes or bottles; the domestic garbage can also comprise various kinds of garbage with sewage, the sewage is allowed to be accumulated at the bottom of the garbage collection device, the subsequent treatment of the garbage is disturbed, the sewage also comprises sludge which can be used for composting, and the sewage can cause serious pollution to the environment if being directly discharged.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the utility model is to provide a domestic waste classification system for solve the technical problem who exists among the prior art, if: the existing household garbage classification treatment system actually has a large amount of idle space in the interior after being filled with garbage such as boxes or bottles; the domestic garbage can also comprise various kinds of garbage with sewage, the sewage is allowed to be accumulated at the bottom of the garbage collection device, the subsequent treatment of the garbage is disturbed, the sewage also comprises sludge which can be used for composting, and the sewage can cause serious pollution to the environment if being directly discharged.
In order to achieve the above object, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:
a household garbage classification treatment system comprises a box body, an extrusion device, a washing device, a filter pressing device and a sewage storage box;
the box body comprises a first box body and a second box body, a filter plate is arranged in the first box body, the first box body is divided into two parts by the filter plate, the upper part of the first box body, which is divided by the filter plate, is a garbage collection box, the lower part of the first box body, which is divided by the filter plate, is a sewage collection box, a garbage throwing port is formed in the side wall of the garbage collection box, a garbage recovery port is formed in the side wall of the garbage collection box, which is far away from the garbage throwing port, an air inlet and an air outlet are formed in the upper end of the first box body, and a sewage pipe is arranged at the bottom end of the first;
the extrusion device comprises an air cylinder, a hydraulic rod and a pressing plate, the air cylinder is fixed at the top end of the first box body, one end of the hydraulic rod is fixed at the bottom end of the air cylinder, the other end of the hydraulic rod penetrates through the first box body and extends into the first box body, the other end of the hydraulic rod is connected with the pressing plate, and the pressing plate can vertically move up and down in the garbage collection box;
the first box body and the second box body are identical in structure, and the first box body and the second box body are placed side by side;
the filter pressing device comprises a filter press, a liquid inlet main pipeline, a liquid inlet pipe, a thrust plate, a movable partition plate and a liquid inlet hose pipeline, wherein the liquid inlet main pipeline is arranged at the upper side or the outer side of the filter press, one end of the liquid inlet main pipeline is connected with the sewage pipe at the bottom ends of the first box body and the second box body, the other end of the liquid inlet main pipeline is connected with the sewage storage box through a pipeline, the thrust plate is arranged at one end of the filter press, the movable partition plate is arranged at the middle section of the filter press, the liquid inlet main pipeline is communicated with the thrust plate through the liquid inlet pipe, a plurality of liquid inlet hose pipelines are arranged on the liquid inlet main pipeline along the extending direction of the liquid inlet main pipeline and are connected with the filter press, the inside of the filter press is provided with a pipeline for connecting the liquid inlet pipe and, the pipelines in the retractable structures at the two ends of the movable partition plate are also retractable structures.
Further, the filter plate lower extreme is provided with the filter plate retaining ring.
Furthermore, a plurality of fine holes are arranged on the filter plate.
Furthermore, the air inlets of the first box body and the second box body are respectively provided with a one-way air inlet valve.
The first box body and the second box body are arranged to enable an operator to classify and collect garbage, when the garbage can is in operation, the air cylinder drives the hydraulic rod to stretch up and down, the pressing plate is enabled to extrude the garbage in the garbage collection box, the garbage is separated from sewage, the garbage volume is increased, and the transportation times are reduced;
the sewage extruded by the pressing plate is filtered by the filter plate and enters the sewage collecting box, so that the trouble of subsequent treatment caused by mixing and collecting the extruded solid garbage and the sewage is avoided;
sewage enters the main liquid inlet pipeline through the sewage pipe and then enters the filter press through the liquid inlet pipe, the telescopic structures at the two ends of the movable partition plate are in an extended state during liquid inlet, the telescopic structures at the two ends of the movable partition plate start to fold and contract after liquid inlet is finished, solid substances in the sewage are filtered and compacted, a filter cake is formed on the thrust plate, the filtered sewage is discharged through the liquid inlet hose pipeline and enters the liquid inlet pipeline again, and then enters the sewage storage tank, so that sludge in the sewage is separated out and can be used for composting treatment, and resource reutilization is facilitated;
the air inlet on the garbage collection box is provided with the one-way valve, so that the circulation direction of air is limited, and the odor in the garbage collection box is prevented from directly entering the outside air to pollute the environment.
Furthermore, a plurality of spikes are arranged on the lower end surface of the pressing plate.
Further, the main liquid inlet pipeline is provided with a flange connected with the liquid inlet hose pipeline.
Furthermore, the material used for the main liquid inlet pipeline is a seamless steel pipe and is made of stainless steel or carbon steel.
Furthermore, the liquid inlet hose passage is made of steel wires woven with inner and outer lining rubbers.
The lower end face of the pressing plate is provided with a plurality of sharp spines which can pierce the bottle body to enable liquid in the bottle to flow out when encountering garbage similar to the bottle, so that sewage residue is avoided;
and a check valve is also arranged at the air inlet tank to prevent the gas in the washing tank from flowing backwards under the condition of overlarge pressure.
The utility model has the beneficial technical effects that:
(1) the first box body and the second box body are arranged to enable an operator to classify and collect garbage, when the garbage can is in operation, the air cylinder drives the hydraulic rod to stretch up and down, the pressing plate is enabled to extrude the garbage in the garbage collection box, the garbage is separated from sewage, the garbage volume is increased, and the transportation times are reduced;
(2) the sewage extruded by the pressing plate is filtered by the filter plate and enters the sewage collecting box, so that the trouble of subsequent treatment caused by mixing and collecting the extruded solid garbage and the sewage is avoided;
(3) sewage enters the main liquid inlet pipeline through the sewage pipe and then enters the filter press through the liquid inlet pipe, the telescopic structures at the two ends of the movable partition plate are in an extended state during liquid inlet, the telescopic structures at the two ends of the movable partition plate start to fold and contract after liquid inlet is finished, solid substances in the sewage are filtered and compacted, a filter cake is formed on the thrust plate, the filtered sewage is discharged through the liquid inlet hose pipeline and enters the liquid inlet pipeline again, and then enters the sewage storage tank, so that sludge in the sewage is separated out and can be used for composting treatment, and resource reutilization is facilitated;
(4) the air inlet on the garbage collection box is provided with the one-way valve, so that the circulation direction of air is limited, and the odor in the garbage collection box is prevented from directly entering the outside air to pollute the environment.
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Fig. 1 is a front view of embodiment 1 of the present invention.
Fig. 2 shows a front view of a filter press apparatus according to example 1 of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the operation trace of the pressing plate according to embodiment 1 of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a schematic back view of the first and second cases according to embodiment 1 of the present invention.
In the figure: 1-a first tank, 2-a second tank, 3-a garbage input port, 4-a garbage collection tank, 5-a pressing plate, 6-a cylinder, 7-a hydraulic rod, 8-a filter plate, 9-a filter plate retainer ring, 10-a one-way air inlet valve, 11-a gas washing pipe, 12-a sewage pipe, 13-a water pump, 14-a liquid inlet pipe, 15-a thrust plate, 16-a liquid inlet main pipe, 17-a liquid inlet hose pipe, 18-a movable partition plate, 19-a sewage storage tank, 20-a material box, 21-a spray head, 22-an air inlet groove, 23-a handle, 24-a reaction block, 25-a pneumatic door, 26-a sewage collection tank, 27-a washing tank, 28-a garbage recovery port, and 29-an air outlet.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to fig. 1-4 of the present invention, and it should be apparent that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
Example 1:
a household garbage classification treatment system comprises a box body, an extrusion device, a washing device, a filter pressing device and a sewage storage box 19;
as shown in fig. 1 and 4, the box body comprises a first box body 1 and a second box body 2, a filter plate 8 is installed inside the first box body 1, the first box body 1 is divided into two parts by the filter plate 8, the upper part of the first box body 1 divided by the filter plate 8 is a garbage collection box 4, the lower part of the first box body 1 divided by the filter plate 8 is a sewage collection box 26, a garbage input port 3 is arranged on the side wall of the garbage collection box 4, a garbage recovery port 28 is arranged on the side wall of the garbage collection box 4 far away from the garbage input port 3, an air inlet and an air outlet 29 are arranged at the upper end of the first box body 1, and a sewage pipe 12 is arranged at the bottom end of the first box body 1;
as shown in fig. 3, the squeezing device comprises an air cylinder 6, a hydraulic rod 7 and a pressing plate 5, wherein the air cylinder 6 is fixed at the top end of the first box body 1, one end of the hydraulic rod 7 is fixed at the bottom end of the air cylinder 6, the other end of the hydraulic rod 7 penetrates through the first box body 1 and extends into the first box body 1, the pressing plate 5 is connected with the other end of the hydraulic rod 7, and the pressing plate 5 can move up and down in the vertical direction in the garbage collection box 4;
the first box body 1 and the second box body 2 have the same structure, and the first box body 1 and the second box body are arranged side by side;
as shown in fig. 2, the filter pressing device comprises a filter press, a main liquid inlet pipe 16, a liquid inlet pipe 14, a thrust plate 15, a movable partition plate 18 and a liquid inlet hose passage 17, wherein the main liquid inlet pipe 16 is installed at the upper side or the outer side of the filter press, one end of the main liquid inlet pipe 16 is connected with the sewage pipe 12 at the bottom end of the first box body 1 and the second box body 2, the other end of the main liquid inlet pipe 16 is connected with a sewage storage tank 19 through a pipeline, the thrust plate 15 is arranged at one end of the filter press, the movable partition plate 18 is arranged at the middle section of the filter press, the main liquid inlet pipe 16 is communicated with the thrust plate 15 through the liquid inlet pipe 14, a plurality of liquid inlet hose passages 17 are arranged on the main liquid inlet pipe 16 along the extending direction of the main liquid inlet pipe 16 and are connected with the filter press, a pipeline is arranged inside the filter press and, both ends of the movable partition 18 are retractable structures, and the pipes inside the retractable structures at both ends of the movable partition 18 are also retractable structures.
The washing device comprises a material box 20, a washing box 27, a spray head 21, a reaction block 24, an air pressure door 25 and a washing air pipe 11, the material box 20 is connected with a material pipe, the material pipe extends into the washing tank 27 and is provided with a plurality of spray heads 21, the reaction block 24 is connected with a handle 23, the upper end of the washing box 27 is provided with a hole, the reaction block 24 is arranged in the washing box 27 through the hole at the upper end of the washing box 27, the upper end of the washing tank 27 is provided with an air inlet groove 22, one end of the air washing pipe 11 is simultaneously connected with the air outlet 29 at the upper ends of the first box body 1 and the second box body 2, the other end of the air washing pipe 11 is connected to the air inlet tank 22, the air pressure door 25 is arranged on the side wall of the washing tank 27 far away from the air inlet tank 22, the air pressure door 25 may be pushed open in case of an excessive pressure inside the washing tank 27.
Further, the lower end of the filter plate 8 is provided with a filter plate retainer ring 9.
Furthermore, a plurality of fine holes are arranged on the filter plate 8.
Further, the air inlets of the first box 1 and the second box 2 are both provided with one-way air inlet valves 10.
Example 1 working principle overview: the first box body 1 and the second box body 2 are arranged to enable an operator to collect garbage in a classified mode, when the garbage can is in operation, the air cylinder 6 drives the hydraulic rod 7 to stretch up and down, the pressing plate 5 extrudes the garbage in the garbage collection box 4, the garbage is separated from sewage, the garbage volume is increased, and the transportation times are reduced;
the sewage extruded by the pressing plate 5 is filtered by the filter plate 8 and enters the sewage collecting box 26, so that the trouble of subsequent treatment caused by mixing and collecting the extruded solid garbage and the sewage is avoided;
sewage enters the main liquid inlet pipeline 16 through the sewage pipe 12 and then enters the filter press through the liquid inlet pipe 14, the telescopic structures at the two ends of the movable partition plate 18 are in an extended state during liquid inlet, the telescopic structures at the two ends of the movable partition plate 18 start to fold and contract after liquid inlet is finished, solid substances in the sewage are filtered and compacted to form a filter cake on the thrust plate 14, the pressure-filtered sewage is discharged through the flexible pipe inlet pipeline 17 and enters the liquid inlet pipeline again, and then enters the sewage storage tank 19, and sludge in the sewage is separated out and can be used for composting treatment, so that resource reutilization is facilitated;
toxic and harmful combustible gas generated by a large amount of accumulated garbage in the garbage collection box 4 enters the washing box 27 through the air washing pipe 11, chemical liquid medicine or biological culture solution in the material box 20 is sprayed onto the reaction block 24 in the washing box 27 through the spray head 21, the reaction block 24 increases the reaction area of the toxic and harmful combustible gas and the chemical liquid medicine or the biological culture solution, the toxic and harmful combustible gas is subjected to preliminary deodorization in the washing box, and the pollution to the environment is reduced;
the air inlet on the garbage collection box 4 is provided with a one-way valve, which limits the circulation direction of air and ensures that the odor in the garbage collection box 4 can not directly enter the outside air to pollute the environment.
Example 2:
on the basis of the embodiment 1, a plurality of spikes are further arranged on the lower end surface of the pressure plate 5.
Further, the reaction block 24 may be removed through the handle 23.
Further, the liquid in the material box 20 may be a chemical liquid or a microorganism culture solution.
Further, a check valve is arranged at the air inlet slot 22.
Further, an air extractor is arranged at one end of the air washing pipe 11 close to the air inlet groove 22.
Further, the main liquid inlet pipe 16 is provided with a flange connected with the liquid inlet hose 17 by a flange.
Further, the main liquid inlet pipe 16 is made of seamless steel pipe, and is made of stainless steel or carbon steel.
Further, the liquid inlet hose passage 17 is made of steel wires woven with inner and outer lining rubbers.
The working principle of the embodiment 2 is summarized as follows: the lower end face of the pressing plate 5 is provided with a plurality of sharp spines which can pierce the bottle body to enable liquid in the bottle to flow out when encountering garbage similar to the bottle, so that sewage residue is avoided;
a check valve is also arranged at the air inlet groove 22 to prevent the gas in the washing tank 27 from generating reverse flow under the condition of overlarge pressure.
In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "counterclockwise", "clockwise", "longitudinal", "lateral", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description of the present invention, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

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1. A household garbage classification treatment system is characterized by comprising a box body, an extrusion device, a filter pressing device and a sewage storage box (19);
the garbage can comprises a box body and is characterized in that the box body comprises a first box body (1) and a second box body (2), a filter plate (8) is arranged inside the first box body (1), the filter plate (8) divides the first box body (1) into two parts, the upper part of the first box body (1) divided by the filter plate (8) is a garbage collection box (4), the lower part of the first box body (1) divided by the filter plate (8) is a sewage collection box (26), a garbage input port (3) is formed in the side wall of the garbage collection box (4), a garbage recovery port (28) is formed in the side wall of the garbage collection box (4) far away from the garbage input port (3), an air inlet and an air outlet (29) are formed in the upper end of the first box body (1), and a sewage pipe (12) is arranged at the bottom end of the first box body (1);
the extrusion device comprises an air cylinder (6), a hydraulic rod (7) and a pressing plate (5), the air cylinder (6) is fixed at the top end of the first box body (1), one end of the hydraulic rod (7) is fixed at the bottom end of the air cylinder (6), the other end of the hydraulic rod (7) penetrates through the first box body (1) and extends into the first box body (1), the other end of the hydraulic rod (7) is connected with the pressing plate (5), and the pressing plate (5) can vertically move up and down in the garbage collection box (4);
the first box body (1) and the second box body (2) have the same structure, and the first box body (1) and the second box body are placed side by side;
the filter pressing device comprises a filter press, a liquid inlet main pipeline (16), a liquid inlet pipe (14), a thrust plate (15), a movable partition plate (18) and a liquid inlet hose pipeline (17), wherein the liquid inlet main pipeline (16) is installed at the upper side or the outer side of the filter press, one end of the liquid inlet main pipeline (16) is connected with the sewage pipe (12) at the bottom end of the first box body (1) and the second box body (2), the other end of the liquid inlet main pipeline (16) is connected with a sewage storage box (19) through a pipeline, the thrust plate (15) is arranged at one end of the filter press, the movable partition plate (18) is arranged at the middle section of the filter press, the liquid inlet main pipeline (16) is communicated with the thrust plate (15) through the liquid inlet pipe (14), and the liquid inlet main pipeline (16) is arranged on the liquid inlet main pipeline (16) along the extending direction of the liquid inlet main pipeline (16) and, the inside pipe connection that is provided with of pressure filter feed liquor pipe (14) and a plurality of feed liquor hose way (17), the both ends of removing baffle (18) all are collapsible structure, the inside pipeline of collapsible structure at removing baffle (18) both ends also is collapsible structure.
2. A household waste sorting system according to claim 1, wherein the lower end of the filter plate (8) is provided with a filter plate retainer ring (9).
3. A classification system for household waste according to claim 1, characterized in that said filter plate (8) is provided with a plurality of fine holes.
4. The household garbage classification system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the air inlets of the first box (1) and the second box (2) are provided with one-way air inlet valves (10).
5. The household garbage classification processing system according to claim 4, wherein the lower end surface of the pressing plate (5) is provided with a plurality of spikes.
6. A domestic waste classification system according to claim 5 wherein the main inlet pipe (16) is flanged to the flexible inlet pipe (17).
7. The household garbage classification and treatment system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the main liquid inlet pipe (16) is made of seamless steel pipe, stainless steel or carbon steel.
8. The household garbage classifying and processing system according to claim 7, wherein the liquid inlet hose passage (17) is made of steel wire woven with inner and outer rubber linings.
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