JP2004099253A - Discharge port structure for drum type waste storing/discharging machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a discharge port structure for a drum type waste storing/discharging machine for keeping constant the discharge amount of stored matter discharged out of a drum, and thereby facilitating transfer work to a storage tank, or the like. <P>SOLUTION: A discharge amount adjustment plate 7b having adjustment holes 7b2 for adjusting the discharge amount of fermented matter (stored matter) to be discharged out of the interior of the drum 2 into the exterior is provided on the discharge port 2b side of the drum 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a discharge port structure used in a drum-type refuse storage / discharge machine that temporarily stores refuse such as garbage in a rotary drum.
[0002]
[Prior art]
For example, some apartment houses have a sanitary living space by installing a drum-type garbage storage / discharge machine that can centrally manage garbage while preventing the scattering of garbage or the generation of odors and pests. In such a storage / discharge machine, a drum having an inlet and an outlet through which refuse is charged and discharged, respectively, is provided so that refuse discharged from each household can be temporarily stored in the drum. Has become. Further, the drum is configured to be rotatable, and blades spirally provided on the inner surface of the drum transfer refuse introduced from an input port along with rotation of the drum to a discharge port side and discharge the refuse. It is configured such that it can be discharged from the outlet to the outside of the drum (for example, see Non-Patent Document 1).
[0003]
[Non-patent document 1]
Drum type waste storage / discharge machine Crimper, Far Eastern Development Co., Ltd., October 1995, Crimper Cutter Catalog No. 1057
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, in recent years, in order to reduce the amount of waste discharged from households to incineration facilities, to save energy or to improve recyclability, the above-mentioned drum type waste storage and discharge machines have been used as, for example, garbage fermentation treatment equipment, and condominiums and plant facilities have been used. Etc. In other words, this conventional drum-type garbage storage / discharge machine is configured so that the above-mentioned drum is used exclusively for garbage and fermentation of garbage input by microorganisms put in the drum in advance. In order to use the material as fertilizer or the like, the material is automatically transferred from a drum outlet to a storage tank or the like via a conveyor, for example.
[0005]
However, in the above-mentioned conventional drum-type garbage storage / discharge machine, since the amount of fermentation-processed material (retained material) discharged from the drum discharge port is not regulated, the storage of the fermentation-processed material stored inside the drum is prevented. Depending on the amount, especially the amount of powdery stored material such as the above-mentioned fermentation product, a large amount of stored material may be discharged from the drum outlet at one time onto the conveyor. As a result, the stored material overflows from the transport conveyor and the transfer operation to the storage tank cannot be performed smoothly, or the stored material falls down on the ground and it is necessary to perform the cleaning work for the ground or the like.
[0006]
In view of the conventional problems as described above, a drum-type garbage storage and discharge machine that can make the amount of storage discharged to the outside of the drum constant and thus can easily perform a transfer operation to a storage tank or the like. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an outlet structure.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention is used in a drum-type refuse storage / discharge machine having a rotatable drum, and configured to be able to discharge a refuse stored in the drum with the rotation of the drum to the outside of the drum. The outlet structure,
A discharge amount adjustment plate having an adjustment hole for adjusting a discharge amount of the stored material discharged from the inside of the drum to the outside is provided on a discharge port side of the drum (claim 1). ).
[0008]
In the discharge structure of the drum-type waste storage / discharge machine configured as described above, the discharge amount adjusting plate having the adjustment hole is provided at the discharge port of the drum, so that the discharge of the drum with the rotation of the drum is performed. The discharge amount of the stored material discharged from the outlet to the outside of the drum can be adjusted to a desired amount, and the discharge amount can be constant.
[0009]
Also, in the discharge port structure of the drum type refuse storage / discharge machine (claim 1), the discharge amount adjusting plate is configured to be dividable into two or more, and is detachably attached to the discharge port of the drum. (Claim 2).
In this case, maintenance work such as cleaning the inside of the drum can be efficiently performed by removing a part or the whole of the discharge amount adjustment plate that can be divided into two or more parts from the drum discharge port.
[0010]
Further, in the discharge port structure of the drum-type refuse storage / discharge machine (Claim 1), an opening smaller than an adjustment hole of the discharge amount adjustment plate is formed, and the adjustment plate is configured to have a smaller opening. A small hole plate which is detachably attached to the vehicle may be provided (claim 3).
In this case, by attaching the small hole plate to the discharge amount adjusting plate, the discharge amount of the stored material discharged to the outside of the drum can be easily reduced.
[0011]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment showing a discharge port structure of a drum type refuse storage / discharge machine of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, a case where the present invention is applied to a garbage fermentation treatment apparatus will be described as an example.
FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway side view showing a main part configuration of a garbage fermentation treatment apparatus to which a discharge port structure according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. In the figure, the garbage fermentation treatment apparatus 1 of the present embodiment is provided with an inlet 2a and an outlet 2b on the left and right sides of the figure, respectively, around a horizontal axis on an installation floor 50 such as a plant facility in a food factory. The drum 2 is rotatably supported. The drum 2 is driven to rotate, for example, in the direction R in the figure by a drive mechanism 3 including a roller 3a in contact with a ring-shaped rolling contact wheel 2c provided on both left and right sides thereof and a hydraulic motor (not shown). Further, inside the drum 2, microorganisms such as bacteria and yeast that ferment the garbage fed from the input port 2a are previously put, and the powdery fermentation product obtained by fermenting the garbage is drummed. It is configured to be able to be generated within.
[0012]
Further, inside the drum 2, a plurality of protrusion members 2d and blade members 2e projecting from the inner surface thereof are provided, and the garbage in the drum is appropriately stirred according to the rotation of the drum 2 to perform the fermentation process. It can be done efficiently. Further, the blade member 2e is spirally disposed on the inner surface of the central portion of the drum 2, and when the drum 2 rotates in the R direction, the garbage stored in the drum with the rotation is rotated. It is configured such that stored matter in the drum, such as fermentation products and the like, is transferred to the discharge port 2b side, and can be automatically discharged from the drum 2 to the outside of the drum through the discharge port 2b.
[0013]
An input mechanism 4 for a user to input garbage into the drum 2 is connected to the input port 2a. The charging mechanism 4 includes a cylindrical portion 4a that communicates with the inside of the drum 2 via a charging port 2a, and a lid 4b for opening and closing the cylindrical portion 4a in an airtight manner. By opening the lid 4b, garbage can be put into the drum.
[0014]
The opening of the outlet 2b is selectively switched to an open state or a closed state by an opening / closing lid 5a provided in the gate mechanism 5. A transport mechanism 6 having a transport conveyor 6b installed on a floor plate 6a is disposed outside the outlet 2b, and the fermentation product discharged from the outlet 2b with the rotation of the drum 2 is disposed. They can be transferred to storage tanks or collection vehicles. In the transport mechanism 6, the left and right side plates 6c are erected at the left and right ends of the floor plate 6a so as to sandwich the discharge port 2b, so that the fermentation product is prevented from scattering around.
Further, an outlet structure 7 of the present invention is provided near the outlet 2b, and the outlet structure 7 allows the amount of the fermentation product discharged from the outlet 2b to the outside of the drum to be a desired amount. Is regulated.
[0015]
Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, the gate mechanism 5 includes the opening / closing lid 5a having an area larger than the opening area of the discharge port 2b, and a connecting member 5b having one end connected to the opening / closing lid 5a. And a rotating shaft 5c to which the other end of the connecting member 5b is connected. The rotation shaft 5c is rotatably supported around a vertical axis perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. 2 by a support base 5e attached to left and right support columns 5d erected on the left and right sides of the drum 2. . The other end of a driving member 5g whose one end is connected to the hydraulic cylinder 5f (FIG. 2) is connected to the rotating shaft 5c. The hydraulic cylinder 5f is supported by support rods 5h (FIG. 3) whose both ends are connected to the left and right support columns 5d. A support frame 5i extending in the front-rear direction of the drum 2 is connected to the lower end of each support column 5d. The gate mechanism 5 is provided separately from the drum 2 via the support frame 5i. (FIG. 1). In the gate mechanism 5, the hydraulic cylinder 5f performs an extension operation when the fermentation product is discharged, thereby sequentially rotating the driving member 5g and the rotating shaft 5c, and opening and closing as shown by a solid line in FIG. From the state where the lid 5a is in close contact with the opening end of the discharge port 2b and closes the discharge port 2b, the open / close lid 5a and the connecting member 5b are rotated as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. The discharge port 2b is opened by being separated from the opening end.
[0016]
As shown in FIG. 4, the discharge port structure 7 has a cross-shaped mounting member 7a whose end is fixed to the inner surface of the drum 2, and is provided inside the drum near the discharge port 2b via the mounting member 7a. And an adjusted discharge amount adjusting plate 7b. The discharge amount adjusting plate 7b is composed of, for example, four fan-shaped plate members 7b1 divided into four, and two discharge member adjusting plates 7b1 are formed on each of the plate members 7b1. The amount of discharged fermentation product can be adjusted to a desired amount. As shown in the figure, a total of eight adjustment holes 7b2 are arranged along the rotation direction of the drum 2 so that the fermentation product is located on the lower side of the drum according to the rotation of the drum. , And is discharged appropriately and smoothly.
[0017]
Further, in the discharge amount adjusting plate 7b, of the four plate members 7b1, for example, two plate members 7b1 in the left half of FIG. 4 can be opened and closed to the outside of the drum with respect to the discharge port 2b. More specifically, in the two plate members 7b1 on the right half of the figure, the vertical and horizontal edge portions are directly attached to the cross-shaped vertical and horizontal axis portions of the mounting member 7a by bolts or the like, respectively. I have. On the other hand, in each of the left half plate members 7b1, the vertical edge portion is attached to the vertical axis portion of the mounting member 7a via the hinge 7c, and the horizontal edge portion is the movable portion 7a1 (cross section) provided on the corresponding horizontal axis portion. (Shown by hatches) with bolts or the like. The movable portion 7a1 is provided so as to be able to approach and separate from a base 7a2 fixed to the inner surface of the drum 2, and the movable portion 7a1 moves together with the left half plate 7b1 to move around the hinge 7c of the plate 7b1. An opening and closing operation is performed. The opening and closing operation of the left half plate 7b1 is locked by a lock device not shown.
[0018]
Further, a small hole plate 7d for reducing the opening of the adjustment hole 7b2 is detachably attached to the discharge amount adjustment plate 7b. The small hole plate 7d is formed with a small hole 7d1 having an area smaller than the opening area of the adjustment hole 7b2. The small hole plate 7d is attached to the discharge amount adjustment plate 7b with bolts or the like, thereby opening the adjustment hole 7b2. And the amount of discharged fermentation product can be easily reduced.
[0019]
As described above, in the discharge port structure 7 of the garbage fermentation treatment apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the adjustment hole for adjusting the discharge amount of the fermentation treatment product (reserved material) is provided inside the drum 2 near the discharge port 2b. Since the discharge amount adjusting plate 7b having 7b1 is provided, the discharge amount of the fermentation product discharged from the discharge port 2b to the outside of the drum with the rotation of the drum 2 can be adjusted to a desired amount. Accordingly, even when the stored amount of the fermentation product stored in the drum 2 is large, or when the fermentation product is to be discharged in a pulsating manner by the blade member 2e near the outlet 2b, the fermentation process product Emissions can be constant. As a result, unlike the above-described conventional example, it is possible to easily transfer the fermented product to a storage tank or the like without spilling the fermented product on the ground or the like, and perform a cleaning operation of the fermented product spilled on the ground or the like. No need.
[0020]
By changing the rotation speed of the drum 2 and the shape of the blade member 2e near the discharge port 2b, the discharge amount discharged from the discharge port 2b can be made constant without providing the discharge amount adjusting plate 7b. Conceivable. However, in the method of changing the rotation speed, the shape, and the like, it is necessary to perform complicated drum rotation control in accordance with the storage amount of the fermentation product in the drum 2 or increase the number of components such as blade members. Thus, the garbage fermentation treatment apparatus is more complicated and more costly than the product of the present embodiment.
[0021]
Further, in this embodiment, since the left half plate 7b1 is configured to be openable and closable to the outside of the drum with respect to the discharge port 2b, a cleaning worker or the like can easily enter the inside of the drum 2, and the inner surface of the drum 2 Maintenance work including cleaning work such as the above can be easily performed.
Further, in this embodiment, the small hole plate 7d having the small holes 7d1 is detachably attached to the discharge amount adjusting plate 7b, and the discharge amount of the adjustment holes 7b2 can be easily reduced. The discharge amount of the fermentation product can be finely adjusted easily and easily, and can be more surely matched with the desired amount.
[0022]
In the above description, a case has been described where the present invention is applied to the garbage fermentation treatment apparatus 1 which can ferment garbage thrown into the inside of the drum 2 to generate a powdery fermentation product and discharge it to the outside of the drum. The present invention can be applied to a storage / discharge machine for various types of garbage configured to automatically discharge the garbage stored in the drum from a discharge port as the drum rotates.
Further, in the above description, the configuration in which the discharge amount adjusting plate 7b is provided inside the drum near the discharge port 2b has been described. However, the present invention is directed to the storage of the stored material in the drum discharged from the discharge port with the rotation of the drum. What is necessary is just to provide the discharge amount adjustment plate having an adjustment hole for adjusting the discharge amount on the discharge port side, and the configuration, shape, attachment location, and the like of the discharge amount adjustment plate are not limited to those described above. Specifically, for example, a configuration in which a swingable discharge amount adjusting plate is provided and the discharge port 2b is closed by the adjusting plate only at the time of discharging to adjust the discharge amount of the fermentation treatment product may be employed. Further, a discharge amount adjusting plate that does not rotate with the drum 2 can be provided outside the discharge port. In the case of such a configuration, for example, a semicircular opening can be used as the adjustment hole instead of the plurality of adjustment holes arranged along the drum rotation direction.
[0023]
Further, in the above description, the case where the two plate members 7b1 are configured to be openable and closable to the outside of the drum with respect to the discharge port 2b by using the hinge 7c has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The above-mentioned divided discharge amount adjustment plate is detachably attached to the discharge port, and a part or all of the adjustment plate is removed from the discharge port, so that a cleaning worker or the like can enter the inside of the drum from the discharge port. I just need. However, it is preferable to use the hinge 7c since the opening and closing operation of the adjustment plate can be easily performed.
[0024]
【The invention's effect】
The present invention configured as described above has the following effects.
According to the discharge structure of the drum-type waste storage and discharge machine of claim 1, the discharge amount of the stored material discharged from the drum discharge port to the outside of the drum can be adjusted to a desired amount and the discharge amount can be made constant. Therefore, it is possible to easily carry out the work of transferring the stored matter to a storage tank or the like without spilling on the ground or the like.
[0025]
Further, according to the discharge structure of the drum-type refuse storage / discharge machine of claim 2, since a part or the whole of the discharge amount adjusting plate can be removed from the drum discharge port, maintenance work such as cleaning inside the drum can be performed. Can be performed efficiently, and the performance of the drum-type refuse storage / discharge machine can be easily maintained for a long period of time.
[0026]
Further, according to the discharge port structure of the drum-type waste storage and discharge machine of claim 3, since the discharge amount of the stored material discharged from the drum discharge port can be easily reduced, the discharge amount can be more easily and easily. Fine adjustment can be made, and the work of transferring the stored material to a storage tank or the like can be performed more easily.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway side view showing a configuration of a main part of a garbage fermentation treatment apparatus to which a discharge port structure according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged side view showing a specific configuration example near a drum outlet of the processing apparatus.
FIG. 3 is a structural diagram showing a main part configuration of the processing apparatus as viewed from the drum discharge port side.
FIG. 4 is a structural diagram showing a main configuration of the processing apparatus when the opening / closing lid shown in FIG. 3 is raised, as viewed from the drum outlet;
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Garbage fermentation treatment equipment (drum-type garbage storage and discharge machine)
2 Drum 2b Discharge port 7 Discharge port structure 7b Discharge amount adjusting plate 7b1 (divided) plate 7b2 Adjusting hole 7d Small hole plate 7d1 Small hole

Claims (3)

It has a rotatable drum, and has a discharge port structure used in a drum type garbage storage / discharge machine configured to be able to discharge the refuse stored in the drum with the rotation of the drum to the outside of the drum. So,
A drum type garbage storage and discharge machine, wherein a discharge amount adjustment plate having an adjustment hole for adjusting the discharge amount of the stored material discharged from the inside of the drum to the outside is provided on the discharge port side of the drum. Outlet structure. The drum type refuse storage / discharge machine according to claim 1, wherein the discharge amount adjusting plate is configured to be dividable into two or more parts, and is detachably attached to a discharge port of the drum. Outlet structure. 2. An opening which is smaller than an adjusting hole of the discharge amount adjusting plate, and a small hole plate which is removably attached to the adjusting plate so as to make the opening of the adjusting hole smaller is provided. The outlet structure of the drum-type refuse storage / discharge machine described in (1).

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