JP2003047877A - Garbage storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a garbage storage device which is capable of preventing the malodors of the garbage within a storage chamber without upsizing and generating noise. SOLUTION: A housing 14a or cap member 14b is provided with a Peltier element 18 which is capable of cooling the storage chamber 16.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a garbage storage device. This garbage storage device is installed at the drain of the kitchen sink, and it is used as a garbage collection device that collects the garbage that flows into the drain along with the sewage. It can be used for food waste processing equipment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, a kitchen sink is provided with a garbage storage device having a drain port as a storage port. In this food waste storage device, a housing that forms an outer shell and a lid member that closes an opening of the housing form a storage chamber that stores food waste.

According to such a food waste storage device, food waste is stored in the storage chamber, and the stored food waste is transferred to another place for disposal.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional food waste storage device, since the inside of the storage room is kept at room temperature, when the garbage inside the storage room emits an offensive odor and the lid member is opened, etc. The strange odor drifts around.

In this respect, it is possible to incorporate a refrigerating device such as a compressor for compressing a refrigerant gas such as Freon gas into such a garbage storage device to cool the storage chamber by the heat of vaporization of the refrigerant gas. In this case, since the storage room is kept at a low temperature, the food waste in the storage room does not give off a strange odor, and even if the lid member is opened, it is possible to prevent the bad smell from drifting around.

However, if a refrigerating device such as a compressor is incorporated into the food waste storage device, the size of the food waste storage device becomes large and vibration of the compressor becomes noise.

The present invention has been made in view of the above conventional circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a food waste storage device capable of preventing the offensive odor of food waste in a storage room without causing an increase in size and noise. It is a problem to be solved.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A food waste storage device of the present invention is a food waste storage device in which a storage chamber for storing food waste is formed by a housing forming an outer shell and a lid member for closing an opening of the housing. In the above, the housing or the lid member is provided with a Peltier element capable of cooling the storage chamber.

In the food waste storage device of the present invention, since the storage room is cooled by the Peltier element, the storage room is kept at a low temperature, the food waste in the storage room does not give off a strange odor, and the lid member is opened. Also, it is possible to prevent a strange odor from drifting around.

Further, since the Peltier device is smaller than the refrigerating device such as a compressor, it is possible to avoid an increase in the size of the whole food waste storage device. Further, since the Peltier element does not generate vibration unlike the compressor, the garbage storage device does not generate noise.

Therefore, in the food waste storage device of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the offensive odor of the food waste in the storage room without increasing the size and generating noise.

It is preferable that the food waste storage device of the present invention comprises a crushing means capable of crushing the food waste in the storage chamber.
If the garbage in the storage chamber is crushed by the crushing means, it can be easily transferred to another place. Therefore, when the kitchen waste storage device of the present invention is provided at the drain of the kitchen sink, the kitchen waste after crushing is easily transferred to sewage or the like. Further, when the food waste storage device of the present invention is embodied as a food waste processing device, crushed food waste tends to be fertilizer. Further, when the food waste is frozen by being extremely cooled, the food waste is easily ground. Further, if the frozen and crushed food waste is stirred in the storage room, the storage room is sharpened, and the food waste collected in the storage room can be removed.
Therefore, the storage room can be kept clean.

In the food waste storage device of the present invention, the storage room is preferably provided in the kitchen sink. When the user cooks in the kitchen, kitchen waste will be collected in the kitchen sink. At that time, the food waste can be stored in a familiar food waste storage device.

Particularly, in the food waste storage device of the present invention, it is preferable that the storage chamber is provided at the drain of the kitchen sink. In this case, it is possible to suppress the offensive odor generated from the garbage collected in the drainage port. Further, if the crushing means is provided, it is possible to crush the food waste accumulated in the drainage port and prevent the drainage port from being clogged.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments 1 and 2 embodying the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. (Embodiment 1)

As shown in FIG. 1, a sink 90 provided with a water supply pipe 92 is provided with a kitchen sink 94, and an opening 12 and a drain port 96 are provided at the bottom of the kitchen sink 94. 12 is connected to the garbage storage device 10 of the first embodiment, and a drainage pipe 96 is connected to the drainage port 96. The drain port 96 of the drain pipe 98 is closed by a drain fitting 99 having a plurality of water holes 97.

In the garbage storing device 10, a housing 14a forming an outer shell and an opening 12 of the housing 14a.
The storage chamber 16 is formed by the lid member 14b that closes the housing. An external power source P1 is provided on the inner wall of the housing 14a.
A Peltier element 18 connected to the. The cooling surface 18a of the Peltier element 18 is arranged toward the inside of the housing 14a, and the heating surface 18b of the Peltier element 18 is arranged toward the outside of the housing 14a. The heating surface 18b of the Peltier element 18 is provided with a radiation fin (not shown) capable of radiating the heat generated from the heating surface 18b. Further, a crusher 19 as a crushing means connected to the external power source P2 is provided at the bottom of the housing 14a.

The garbage storing device 1 configured as described above
In 0, by opening the lid member 14b, the garbage collected when the user cooks in the kitchen 90 can be easily stored in the storage chamber 16. Since the inside of the storage chamber 16 is kept at a low temperature by the cooling surface 18a of the Peltier element 18, the garbage in the storage chamber 18 does not give off a strange odor. Therefore, even if the lid member 14b is opened, a strange odor does not drift around. Further, the Peltier element 18 is smaller than a refrigerating device such as a compressor, and does not generate vibration unlike a compressor. Therefore, this food waste storage device is downsized, does not generate noise, and can prevent the offensive odor of food waste in the storage chamber 16.

Further, in this food waste storage device 10, when the cooling surface 18a of the Peltier element 18 is extremely cooled to freeze the food waste in the storage chamber 16, the crusher 19 easily crushes the food waste. be able to. The thus-frozen and crushed food waste is agitated in the storage chamber 16 to sharpen the inside of the storage chamber 16, and the food waste collected in the storage chamber 16 can be removed. Therefore, the inside of the storage chamber 16 is kept clean. Also,
Garbage after crushing can be easily transported. Thus
When raw garbage is transferred to a garbage treatment device, etc., the raw garbage after crushing is more likely to be fertilizer.

(Embodiment 2) As shown in FIG. 2, a sink 80 having a water supply pipe 82 is provided with a kitchen sink 84, and the kitchen drain 84 has a first drain port 22 of the second embodiment. A garbage storage device 20 is provided.

In the kitchen waste storage device 20, the kitchen sink 84
24a having the first drainage port 22 as an opening, and a lid member 24 for closing the first drainage port 22 of the housing 24a
and a storage chamber 26 formed by b. Here, the lid member 24b has a water passage hole 27. A water distribution pipe 83 that communicates from the water supply pipe 82 into the housing 24a is connected to the upper side wall of the housing 24a. Also,
The inner wall of the housing 24a is provided with a Peltier element 28 connected to the external power source P3. Peltier element 2
The cooling surface 28a of No. 8 is arranged toward the inside of the housing 24a, and the heating surface 28b of the Peltier element 28 is arranged toward the outside of the housing 24a. The heating surface 28b of the Peltier element 28 is provided with a radiation fin (not shown) capable of radiating the heat generated from the heating surface 28b. Further, on the bottom of the housing 24a, a crusher 2 as a crushing means connected to an external power source P4 is provided.
9 is provided. A second drain port 86 that opens to the side of the propeller of the crusher 29 is formed on the side wall of the housing 24a, and a drain pipe 88 that communicates with the sewage (not shown) from the housing 24a is connected to the second drain port 86.

Garbage storage device 2 configured as described above
At 0, the water supplied from the water supply pipe 82 is supplied into the storage chamber 26 through the water passage hole 27 of the lid member 24b. Further, the water distributed from the water distribution pipe 83 is also supplied into the storage chamber 26. The water thus supplied into the storage chamber 26 sends the raw garbage crushed by the crusher 29 in the storage chamber 26 to the second drain port 86. Then, the food waste is transferred to the sewage through the drain pipe 88.
Therefore, in the garbage storage device 20, the second drain port 8
Does not clog 6. Other actions and effects are similar to those of the first embodiment.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a food waste storage device according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view of a food waste storage device according to a second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

14a, 24a ... Housing 12 ... Openings 14b, 24b ... Lid members 16, 26 ... Storage rooms 10, 20 ... Garbage storage devices 18, 28 ... Peltier elements 19, 29 ... Crushing means (crushers) 94, 84 ... Kitchen sink 22 , 86 ... Drainage port (22 ... First drainage port, 86 ... Second drainage port)

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A food waste storage device in which a storage chamber for storing food waste is formed by a housing that constitutes an outer shell and a lid member that closes an opening of the housing, wherein the housing or the lid member has the storage space. A garbage storage device characterized by being provided with a Peltier element capable of cooling a room. 2. The garbage storage device according to claim 1, further comprising crushing means capable of crushing garbage in the storage chamber. 3. The food waste storage device according to claim 1, wherein the storage room is provided in a kitchen sink. 4. The garbage storage device according to claim 3, wherein the storage chamber is provided at a drain of the kitchen sink.