JP2710036B2 - Garbage dryer - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a garbage dryer, and more particularly to a garbage dryer capable of efficiently drying garbage put in a garbage storage box in a garbage dryer installed in a kitchen sink. It relates to improvement of garbage dryers.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An apparatus for quickly drying garbage such as garbage generated in a kitchen by blowing air from a fan is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 6-21753, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-71247,
Many of them have been disclosed in other publications and are well known, but in any case, the air from the fan is circulated according to a predetermined flow path, and the air once passed through the garbage storage box is It is configured to be discharged to the outside of the apparatus through various flow paths without being returned to the garbage storage box, and a fan for blowing air and its drive motor are provided in a lower portion of the garbage storage box in the casing. It is arranged.

[0003]

Therefore, the air introduced into the garbage storage box passes through the central portion of the garbage without scattered throughout the garbage, so that the air is concentrated in that portion. Although the garbage is dried quickly, there is a problem that the drying speed of the garbage in other parts is low, and the drying efficiency of the garbage as a whole is poor.

Further, if the fan and its drive motor are installed in the middle of the casing, it is difficult to perform maintenance and inspection of the fan and it is necessary to disassemble and repair the casing when a failure occurs.

The present invention has been developed with the object of solving the above problems, and is capable of drying the whole garbage put in the garbage storage box provided in the garbage dryer efficiently in a short time. It is another object of the present invention to provide a garbage dryer having an advantage that maintenance and inspection of a blower and a motor for driving the blower can be easily performed.

[0006]

As a means for solving the above problems and achieving the object, the present invention comprises a garbage storage box and a blower inside, and an openable / closable upper part of the garbage storage box.
In a garbage dryer provided with a garbage input port provided with a lid and provided with an outside air inlet and an exhaust port, the blower is arranged above the garbage storage box, and a drive motor for the blower is provided. A circulating flow path for air provided outside the refuse dryer main body, and for circulating and introducing air from the blower repeatedly into the garbage storage box inside the main body ;
Air in the garbage dryer main body enters the outside air inlet through the inlet
Provide a check valve to prevent outflow, and
So that the mouth is connected to the drainage pipe of the sink
It is intended to provide a garbage dryer characterized in that it is constituted .

[0007] The present invention also provides a garbage drier configured as described above, wherein a partition is provided between the blower and the garbage storage box, and at least two air flow openings provided on the partition are provided. An object of the present invention is to provide a garbage dryer in which an air circulation channel is formed by an interval between a garbage dryer main body and a garbage storage box.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The garbage dryer according to the present invention is roughly divided into a garbage dryer main body 1 composed of a casing.
And a garbage storage box 2 stored in a lower part of the main body 1;
A garbage inlet 3, an air blower 4 housed in an upper part of the garbage dryer main body 1, an air circulation path 5 for circulating and introducing air from the air blower 4 into the garbage storage box 2 repeatedly. It is composed of

The garbage dryer main body 1 has a partition wall 6 provided inside, and an upper storage chamber 7 having a small capacity and a lower storage chamber 8 having a large capacity are vertically formed. Have been.

The garbage container 2 has a space 9 between the inner bottom surface 1a of the main body 1 and the inner side surfaces 1b, 1b for forming the air circulation channel 5. It is installed in the lower accommodation room 8, has an open upper side, and is placed in a drawer form on a rail (not shown), and is configured to be able to enter and exit the main body 1.

The garbage inlet 3 is constituted by a cylinder having an opening / closing lid 3a on the upper part thereof.
c is made to penetrate the upper part of the top plate 1c in a state where the c is penetrated, and the lower part is arranged so as to face above the garbage storage box 2 through an air circulation port 12 described later provided in the partition wall 6. I have.

Further, the blower 4 is disposed at a position close to one corner of the upper housing chamber 7 of the main body 1, and the top plate 1c of the main body 1 is provided.
It is arranged so as to be rotated by a driving motor 10 arranged on the upper surface.

In this embodiment, the air circulation flow path 5 is provided with two air circulation ports 11 and 12 opened on the left and right of the partition wall 6 and the inner side surface (the inner bottom surface 1) of the main body 1.
a, 9b between the inner side surfaces 1b, 1b) and the outer side surface of the garbage storage box 2, and more specifically, arrows formed by blowing air from the blower 4. It is shown as a circulating air flow denoted by A ₁ and A ₂ .

Reference numeral 13 denotes an outside air inlet provided with a check valve provided on the top plate 1c of the main body 1 in the vicinity of the blower 4. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. A short pipe 13a for introducing outside air, which is attached to the opening of the top plate 1c in communication with the inside of the main body 1, and a thin rubber ring-shaped check valve which is actuated sharply by air pressure above the short pipe 13a. Check valve mounting member 13 having a peripheral surface 13b
c is provided with a cover.
Denotes an exhaust port provided at a lower portion of the main body 1 at intervals of 9 parts.

Next, based on the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above, the usage state of the garbage dryer will be described together with its operation and effects.

A garbage storage bag B made of vinyl is exchangeably stored in the garbage storage box 2 to receive the garbage G such as kitchen garbage or the like introduced from the garbage input port 3. . In addition, since the blower 4 is always operated in principle, and an air flow is formed in the garbage dryer main body 1, the outside air inlet 13 with a check valve is open, as shown in FIG. In addition, outside air is introduced into the main body 1. In addition, the blower 4
During the operation of, a negative pressure in the direction of the arrow is constantly applied to the garbage input port 3 so that even if the open / close lid 3a of the garbage input port 3 is opened as shown in FIG. There is no possibility that the air containing the offensive odor comes up from the garbage inlet 3 toward the outside.

Most of the blast airflow from the blower 4 first passes through the distribution port 12 provided in the partition wall 6, is introduced into the garbage storage box 2, and is stored in the garbage storage bag B. after being returned from the circulation port 11 in the upper chamber 7 flows through the surface layer portion of the garbage G, to form a circulating air flow a ₁ extending in the flow port 11 through the flow opening 12 again, the circulating air flow a _1. Repeat the garbage G with ₁ to dry.

Furthermore, some of the circulating air flow A _1, flows into from the circulation port 12 into the gap 9 to form a circulating air flow A _2, while discharging a part of the exhaust port 14 to the outside flows again flow port 11 in the upper storage chamber 7, so to form the same circulating air flow a _1, a _2, the surface portion of the food waste G is always dried repeatedly repeated by circulating air flow a ₁ There is an effect and an effect that the garbage can be extremely efficiently dried.

Further, if the blower 4 stops unexpectedly and the air pressure in the main body 1 changes for some reason and the air in the main body 1 tries to flow out of the outside air inlet 13 to the outside,
As shown in FIG. 3, since the check valve 13b of the outside air inlet 13 works to close the outside air inlet 13, it is possible to prevent the air containing the foul odor from being released to the outside. Although not shown, the exhaust port 14, for example, the drainage tube of the drainage device of the sink, since it is intended to be connected to other member, air dirt containing malodor is discharged to the sewage pipe side like Things.

The main embodiments of the present invention have been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, but can achieve the object of the invention and do not depart from the gist of the invention. It goes without saying that various design changes are possible.

[0021]

According to the present invention, a garbage storage box and a blower are provided inside the garbage storage box, and a garbage input port having an opening / closing lid is provided above the garbage storage box, and an outside air introduction port and an exhaust port are provided. In the garbage dryer, the blower is disposed above the garbage storage box, and a drive motor for the blower is provided outside the garbage dryer main body, and the air from the blower is blown into the main body. the circulation flow path of the air to be introduced circulated repeatedly in the garbage receiving box and Katachi設, further raw to the outside air introduction port
Prevents air in the garbage dryer from flowing out of the inlet
A check valve is provided to stop the exhaust,
Since the present invention relates to a garbage dryer characterized by being configured to be connected to a member such as a drain pipe of a water device , the following excellent effects can be obtained.

(1) Since the garbage in the garbage storage box is repeatedly and repeatedly dried on the surface layer of the garbage by the circulating airflow, the drying efficiency can be remarkably improved.

(2) The blower is disposed in the upper part of the garbage dryer main body. In particular, the drive motor of the blower is
Since they are arranged outside the main body, their maintenance and inspection can be performed extremely easily.

(3) Compared with the above-mentioned conventional garbage dryer, the entire structure can be remarkably simplified, so that it can be provided at low cost and the occurrence of troubles is small.

(4) A garbage dryer main body at the outside air inlet
Check valve to prevent the air inside from flowing out from the inlet
The air pressure inside the main unit is
The air inside the main body flows out from the outside air inlet
The check valve works and closes the outside air inlet
This prevents the air containing odor from being released to the outside
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(5) Drainage pipe of drainage device with sink at exhaust port
Because it was configured to be connected to members such as
Dirty air can be discharged to the sewer pipe side.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional front view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a state in which outside air is introduced into a main body from an outside air introduction port with a check valve.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a state in which a check valve operates to close an outside air inlet.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 1 garbage dryer main body 1a inner bottom surface of main body 1b, 1b both inner side surfaces of main body 1c top plate of main body 2 garbage storage box 3 garbage input port 3a opening / closing lid 4 blower 5 circulation channel 6 partition 7 upper storage chamber 8 Lower accommodation room 9 Interval 10 Motor 11 ・ 12 Air circulation port 13 Outside air inlet with check valve 13a Short pipe for outside air introduction 13b Check valve 13c Check valve mounting member 14 Exhaust port A ₁・ A ₂ Circulating air flow

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A garbage drying box having a garbage storage box and a blower therein, a garbage input port provided with an opening / closing lid, and an outside air introduction port and an exhaust port provided above the garbage storage box. In the apparatus, the blower is disposed above the garbage storage box, a drive motor for the blower is provided outside the garbage dryer main body, and the air from the blower is supplied to the garbage storage box inside the main body. A circulation path for air to be repeatedly circulated and introduced into the inside is formed , and a garbage dryer is
A check that prevents air inside the body from flowing out of the inlet
Provide a valve and drain the drainage device at the exhaust port.
A garbage dryer characterized by being connected to a member such as a pipe . 2. A partition is provided between the blower and the garbage storage box, and at least two air circulation ports provided on the partition.
2. The garbage dryer according to claim 1, wherein an air circulation channel is formed by an interval between the garbage dryer main body and the garbage storage box.