JP3243944B2 - Garbage processing equipment - 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 processing apparatus for drying garbage such as garbage generated in a kitchen.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional kitchen garbage disposal apparatus, there is a garbage disposal machine for crushing garbage or dewatering and collecting garbage. These have been problems of environmental pollution, and have been decomposed when left to stand even after dehydration, generating an offensive odor. There is also a type of treatment using microorganisms, but it takes too much time for the treatment, and a bad smell is generated during the treatment.

[0003] In recent years, a kitchen waste treatment apparatus for heating and drying has been developed. However, since it was only to send hot air from above while stirring the garbage in the treatment container, it took too much time to dry.

[0004]

As described above, the conventional garbage disposal apparatus may cause environmental pollution, may not be able to uniformly stir the entire inside of the processing container, or may be required to treat the garbage after being processed by the garbage disposal apparatus. There was a problem that it took time and required a countermeasure against odor.

The present invention solves the problems of the above-mentioned conventional kitchen garbage processing apparatus. By cooking and drying garbage, the odor during processing is converted into the odor of normal cooking, and the generation of odor is reduced. In addition to reducing waste, the original volume and weight are greatly reduced.Also, a garbage disposal device that can be dried simply by pressing a switch without drying or decomposing even if left unattended Its primary purpose is to provide.

Further, even if the temperature of the outside air changes or the input amount of garbage changes, the temperature of the steam generated from the garbage and the temperature of the lower portion of the garbage container are detected, and the drying is automatically completed without malfunction. And a third purpose is to control the electric power according to the amount of garbage to improve the dry finish.

It is a fourth object of the present invention to be able to monitor the operation state in the cooking room even when installed outdoors or in a place separated from the cooking room.

It is a fifth object of the present invention to prevent burns and injuries in a high-temperature portion and a rotating portion.

It is a sixth object of the present invention to provide a method for efficiently discharging steam generated in a garbage storage container to the outside by clearly distinguishing the intake and exhaust paths during cooking and drying.

Further, it is a seventh object of the present invention to make it easier to lift a poly-bucket or the like which becomes a considerably heavy material when putting in garbage.

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the first object, the present invention provides a rotating means having a plurality of stirring blades for scraping garbage, and a bottom in which the rotating means is rotatably and horizontally mounted. a circular-arc cross section garbage container, a suction part for flowing outside air into the garbage storage container, garbage of the garbage storage provided in the upper side the garbage storage container in the container
Means for blowing hot air to the garbage, and an exhaust unit for discharging steam generated from the garbage to the outside of the garbage storage container
If, comprising a temperature detection means for detecting the temperature in the drying process, the hot-air agitating means from above the heater and the blower fan
And the upper heater flows from the intake section.
This is a kitchen waste treatment device that heats the incoming outside air . The invention described in claim 2 of the present invention is the same as that in claim 1.
In addition to the above-described invention, an intake unit is provided on a top surface.
Further, the invention described in claim 3 of the present invention relates to claim 1 or
In addition to the invention described in 2 above, the lower part provided on the outer periphery of the blower fan
A hood having an opening on the side, and
It is made to come inside. Also, claim 4 of the present invention
According to the invention described above, the stirring blade is tilted, and the rotation means repeats normal rotation and reverse rotation during the drying process.

[0012] The invention of claim 5, wherein the present invention in order to achieve the second object, a temperature sensing means disposed in the upper space of the garbage storage container, the end of the drying the temperature rise of said temperature detecting means In the invention according to claim 6 of the present invention, the temperature detecting means is disposed on the outer bottom surface of the garbage container, and the drying is terminated by the temperature rise of the temperature detecting means. In order to achieve the third object, the invention according to claim 7 of the present invention is arranged such that the temperature detecting means is disposed on the outer bottom surface of the garbage storage container, and the temperature rising rate of the temperature detecting means after the start of operation is determined. The amount of input garbage is determined, and the amount of electric power is controlled according to the amount of garbage.

[0013] The fourth invention of claim 8, wherein the present invention in order to achieve the object of the is obtained by comprising means for outputting a signal for notifying the state or halted during the drying process operation to an external device garbage It is a processing device.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a garbage disposal apparatus comprising a lock means for closing and holding a garbage inlet during a drying operation. Is what you do.

In order to achieve the sixth object, the invention according to claim 10 of the present invention comprises an intake means having a check valve function for inhaling air only when the inside of the garbage container becomes a negative pressure. Kitchen waste disposal device.

In order to achieve the seventh object, an invention according to claim 11 of the present invention is a kitchen garbage disposal apparatus provided with a lifting means for raising and lowering a heavy object such as a garbage bucket when putting garbage. .

[0017]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the garbage put into the garbage container is boiled and cooked by the heating means at the bottom of the garbage container in the same manner as in normal cooking. The raised garbage is promoted to be dried by the hot air generating and stirring means at the top. The water vapor generated from the garbage is discharged from the exhaust unit together with new air taken in from the intake port. When all the water contained in the garbage is dried, the temperature inside the garbage storage container rapidly rises because the steam filled in the garbage storage container disappears, so this phenomenon is captured by the temperature detecting means. Thus, it can be determined that the drying of the garbage has been completed. In addition, although the dried garbage remains in the garbage storage container, the bulk is greatly reduced, and since the dried garbage is reduced in water activity,
Even if it is put in the garbage storage container as it is, it will not rot or mold, and therefore, until the garbage storage container is full, put garbage on top of the dried garbage one after another and dry it. can do. Further, the drying degree of the garbage is detected simply by pressing a switch, and the drying process is automatically performed. Further, according to claim 2 of the present invention.
According to the invention, since the intake section is provided on the top surface,
The outside air flowing into the top of the garbage container is
Construct hot air generation and stirring means provided above the container
Heated by the upper heater and sprayed on garbage to promote drying
It is something that advances. The invention according to claim 3 of the present invention.
According to this, an opening is provided on the outer periphery of
With a hood having an air intake section facing the hood
Outside air that has flowed into the hood
The hot air generation and stirring means together with the blower fan
Heated by the upper heater and sprayed on garbage to promote drying
It is something that advances. According to the invention of claim 4 of the present invention, during the drying process, the garbage is further moved to the left and right while scraping up the garbage by repeating the inclination of the tip of the stirring blade and the forward rotation and the reverse rotation of the rotating means. In addition, the heating heat can be more uniformly added to the garbage.

According to the fifth or sixth aspect of the present invention, the temperature of the bottom surface of the garbage container in which the garbage is stored, the temperature of the upper space in the garbage container, and both of them By detecting when the temperature rises sharply and automatically terminating the drying, even if the outside air temperature changes or the input amount of garbage is different, the drying can be accurately terminated without malfunction. According to the invention of claim 5 of the present invention,
The amount of garbage input is determined based on the temperature rise rate of the bottom of the garbage container after the operation starts, and the amount of electric power is controlled according to the amount of garbage, so that a good dry finish is obtained regardless of the amount of garbage. .

According to the invention of claim 8 of the present invention, even when the apparatus is installed outdoors or in a place separated from the cooking room, the operating state can be monitored by connecting a signal to a terminal placed in the cooking room. Things.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the temperature of the inside of the garbage container becomes high during the operation and the mechanical rotating part is provided, so that the opening of the inlet is not opened during the operation. By mechanically locking the work, safety is ensured from dangers such as burns and injuries of workers.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention,
By installing a check valve at the intake port to open only when the inside of the garbage container becomes negative pressure during the drying process, the steam generated in the garbage container can be efficiently discharged in one direction during cooking and drying. Thus, the path of the intake air and the path of the exhaust air can be clearly distinguished in order to discharge the air to the outside.

According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention,
The garbage can be easily input by integrally providing a lifting means for raising and lowering a heavy object such as a polybucket near the garbage input port.

[0023]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a garbage storage container fixed to a main body 2 and having an arc-shaped bottom section. In the garbage storage container 1, a plurality of stirring blades 4 are fixed via a blade fixed shaft 3A to rotating means 3 which is rotatably arranged horizontally as garbage crushing and stirring means.

The rotating means 3 is provided so as to be driven by a drive motor 5 and a chain 6 fixed to a lower portion of the main body 2, and a heating means 7 for heating the outer bottom surface of the garbage container 1 from below and a garbage container 1 Lower temperature detecting means 8 for detecting the temperature of the garbage is fixed through the bottom wall to detect the heating state of the garbage. An upper heater 9 serving as a heating means as a hot-air generating and stirring means and a blower fan 10 for sending heat of the upper heater 9 into the garbage storage container 1 are provided above the container. A hood 11 having an opening below is provided. Further, an opening 12 facing the inner diameter of the hood 11 and a duct 13 with a check valve communicating with the outside air are arranged on the top surface of the garbage container 1, and an exhaust fan 14 is built in the top surface. Exhaust cylinder 15 is provided.

When the blower fan 10 rotates, the duct 13
The outside air is drawn from the top opening 12 through the through hole and is sent into the garbage container 1 as hot air. At the same time, the steam generated from the garbage by the rotation of the exhaust fan 14 is smoothly discharged to promote drying. A control device 17 is provided at the upper side of the garbage storage container 1 for detecting the ambient temperature inside the container, and taking in temperature information from both the lower temperature detecting device 8 and the upper temperature detecting device 16.
Is provided at the lower part of the main body 2. Reference numeral 18 denotes a driving operation unit for performing a driving / stopping operation. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 19 denotes a garbage input port 20 provided above the front of the garbage storage container 1.
It is a closing door that opens and closes.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 21 denotes the driving operation unit 1.
8 is a signal drawer provided in the device 8 for extracting a status display signal such as energized / operating / drying, depending on the installation location of the device, and connecting it to a terminal installed in a kitchen room or the like remote from the device. , Enabling monitoring.

Reference numeral 26 denotes a garbage storage unit for effectively discharging the garbage by effectively utilizing the vector of the self-weight falling force of the dried garbage and the lateral force generated by the inclined surface of the rotating stirring blade 4. A lid 27 which is openable and closable at a discharge port provided such that a lower edge thereof is positioned 45 degrees above a lower surface of the garbage storage container 1 with respect to a vertical line passing through a rotation center of the rotating means 3 on a side surface of the container 1. Is provided. A shooter 28 is provided on the outer surface facing the discharge port 26.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 22 denotes a door guide provided at a side end of the input door 19, which abuts a part of the main body 2 when the door is opened and stops when it is closed, and when closed, it is electrically operated by a solenoid or the like. A stopper 23 that engages with a lock mechanism 24 to hold the door closed, and controls the stopper 23 in conjunction with the operation state so that the lock mechanism 24 continues to be engaged and locked during the drying operation; This is to ensure safety.

In FIG. 5, a check valve 25 that opens only at the time of suction is provided at the tip of a duct 13 provided above the intake opening 12 on the top surface of the garbage storage container 1. Configuration.

In FIG. 6, an electric or mechanical elevating means 26 for assisting elevating is provided integrally with the main body 2 on the front surface of the apparatus, and a polybucket containing garbage is put on the elevating means to assist elevating. This can reduce the labor for lifting a heavy object such as a plastic bucket to the garbage inlet 20.

The operation of the garbage disposal apparatus configured as described above will be described. The garbage put into the garbage storage container 1 is boiled and cooked by the heating means 7 on the outer bottom surface of the garbage storage container 1 in the same manner as normal cooking while being scooped up by the stirring blades 4. The garbage is uniformly heated and dried by the upper heater 9 and the blower fan 10. After starting the operation, all the heating means (heating means 7 and heater 9) are set to full power, and when the lower temperature detecting means 8 reaches a predetermined temperature, the heating means 7 on the outer bottom of the garbage container 1 is turned off. Power down and evaporate water with the power needed to maintain boiling.

When the steam inside the garbage container 1 is exhausted and drying is nearing completion, the temperature of the upper space, that is, the temperature detected by the upper temperature detecting means 16 becomes 100 ° C. while water vapor is present.
Although the temperature is kept before and after, when the steam disappears, it is detected that the internal temperature of the storage container 1 sharply rises, and the detected temperature of the lower temperature detecting means 8 starts to increase with the temperature increase inside the container. According to this information, the drying is completed and all the processes are completed.

When heating is performed at full power after the start of operation, the lower temperature detecting means 8 is controlled by the amount of dust introduced.
Because the initial rise speed of the garbage is different, based on this information, the boil is maintained so that if the amount of garbage is large, large power is used, and if the amount of garbage is small, the appropriate amount of small power is used. The required power can be appropriately controlled, and uniform drying of the finish can be achieved.

The outside air taken in from the duct 13 is heated by the upper heater 9 to be heated and blown to the garbage, and then is forcibly forced by the exhaust fan 14 provided in the exhaust pipe 15 together with the vapor from the garbage. Is discharged outside the device. Even if the exhaust fan 14 stops, the check valve 25 is provided in the intake-side duct 13 so that hot air does not flow backward and is discharged from the duct 13 side to the outside of the apparatus. It is discharged from the 15 side, and safety can be ensured.

During the drying process, the garbage is further moved to the left and right while scraping up the garbage by repeating the inclination of the tip of the stirring blade 4 and the forward rotation and the reverse rotation of the rotating means 3, so that the heating heat can be evenly distributed to the garbage. That can be added.

The cover 27 of the discharge port 26 is opened, and the rotating means 3
Is rotated only in the forward direction, so that all the dried debris is brought to the discharge port 26 side, and a vertical line passing through the center of the rotating means 4 due to the lateral force of the inclined stirring blades 4 and the dead weight of the debris. Can be automatically discharged from a discharge port 26 provided such that the lower edge is positioned at 45 degrees above.

Further, by providing an electric or mechanical elevating means 26 at the front of the apparatus, it is possible to use as an auxiliary means for lifting a heavy object containing garbage to the height of the garbage inlet 20. Things.

In the above embodiment, the lower heating means 7 is attached to the outer bottom surface of the garbage container 1, but it may be integrated into the bottom surface of the garbage container 1.

[0039]

As described above, according to the first, second , and third aspects of the present invention ,
According to the inventions described in the items 3 and 4, since the garbage can be heated and dried as if it were cooked, it is possible to prevent the generation of a peculiar odor in the garbage disposal.

According to the fifth and sixth aspects of the present invention, even if the temperature of the outside air changes or the amount of garbage is different, the drying can be accurately finished without malfunction.
Further, according to the invention of claim 7 of the present invention, the amount of garbage input is determined based on the temperature rising speed of the bottom of the garbage storage container after the start of operation, and the amount of electric power is controlled in accordance with the amount of garbage. Therefore, a good dry finish is obtained regardless of the amount of garbage.

According to the invention of claim 8 of the present invention, it is possible to monitor in a remote kitchen room or the like by extracting a status display signal such as operation, stop, and end from the operation operation unit.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the inside of the garbage container during operation has a high temperature and a mechanical rotating portion, so that it is safe from the danger of accidental burns and injuries. It becomes possible to secure.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention,
The steam generated from the garbage can be exhausted in only one direction and the garbage can be dried efficiently.

According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, when putting the garbage in the garbage container, the work of lifting the heavy plastic bucket containing the garbage into the inlet becomes easy, and the workability can be greatly improved. Things.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the front of a kitchen waste treatment apparatus showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a side of the kitchen waste disposal apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing the inside of a kitchen waste treatment apparatus showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a detailed side view of an input port of a garbage disposal apparatus showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a detailed vertical cross-sectional view of a suction unit of a kitchen waste treatment apparatus showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an external perspective view of a garbage disposal device showing another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Garbage storage container 3 Rotation means 4 Stirring blade 7 Heating means 8 Lower temperature detection means 9 Upper heater (Hot air generation and stirring means) 10 Blow fan (Hot air generation and stirring means) 12 Opening (intake part) 15 Exhaust cylinder (Exhaust part) 16) Upper temperature detecting means 17 Control device 25 Check valve 29 Elevating means

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Shuji Asada 1006 Kadoma, Kadoma, Osaka Pref. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-4-87644 (JP, A) JP-A-6- 142634 (JP, A) JP-A-6-99096 (JP, A) JP-A-3-265591 (JP, A) JP-A-6-82159 (JP, A) JP-A-6-82160 (JP, A) JP-A-5-240582 (JP, A) JP-A 1-158094 (JP, U) JP-A 64-28996 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B09B 3/00 B09B 3/00 303 B09B 5/00

Claims (11)

(57) [Claims] 1. A garbage container having a plurality of stirring blades for scooping garbage, a garbage container having an arc-shaped bottom cross section to which the rotator is rotatably and horizontally mounted, and a garbage container for storing outside air. an intake unit for flowing within, provided in the upper side of the garbage storage container garbage of the garbage storage container
Means for blowing hot air to the garbage, and an exhaust unit for discharging steam generated from the garbage to the outside of the garbage storage container
If, comprising a temperature detection means for detecting the temperature in the drying process, the hot-air agitating means from above the heater and the blower fan
And the upper heater flows from the intake section.
A kitchen waste treatment device that heats the outside air that enters . 2. The kitchen according to claim 1, wherein the suction unit is provided on the top surface.
Garbage processing equipment. 3. An opening provided on an outer periphery of a blower fan and opened downward.
A hood having an air intake section,
The garbage disposal device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the garbage disposal device is provided. 4. with tilting the stirring blades, garbage treatment according to any one of claims 1 to repeat the forward and reverse rotation of the rotating means during the drying process 3 apparatus. 5. The kitchen waste disposal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the temperature detecting means is disposed in an upper space in the garbage storage container, and the drying is terminated by a temperature rise of the temperature detecting means. 6. The temperature sensing means is disposed on an outer bottom surface of the garbage container, garbage treatment apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to dry terminated by the temperature rise 4 of the temperature sensing means. 7. A temperature detecting means is disposed on an outer bottom surface of the garbage container, and an amount of garbage introduced is determined based on a temperature rising speed of the temperature detecting means after the start of operation. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the amount of electric power is controlled.
2. The garbage disposal device according to claim 1. 8. A drying operation or during garbage treatment apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7 a signal for notifying the state of the stopped consisting comprises a means for outputting to an external device. 9. A garbage input port for inputting garbage into the garbage container, a door for opening and closing the input port, and a lock means for closing and holding the door during a drying operation. 9. The kitchen waste treatment apparatus according to any one of 1 to 8 . 10. A garbage processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to garbage storage container is comprises a check valve function intake means only air when a negative pressure 9. 11. The garbage treatment apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 10 provided with the lifting means for lifting the like Gomibaketsu during garbage charged.