JP3342265B2 - Garbage disposal device built into the cabinet - 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 disposal apparatus incorporated in a cabinet such as a kitchen cabinet such as a sink or a cooking counter.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There has been known a garbage disposal apparatus which fills a garbage disposal tank with a garbage disposal material and decomposes the garbage put in the garbage disposal tank with the garbage disposal material. I have. In this garbage processing apparatus, bacteria inhabit the garbage processing material, and the garbage is decomposed by the activity of the bacteria. And the garbage processing apparatus of the said structure is conventionally arrange | positioned and used outdoors.

[0003]

By the way, when the garbage disposal device is installed outdoors as described above, the garbage generated in the kitchen must be brought to the garbage disposal device installed outdoors and discarded. It is not troublesome. For this reason, it is conceivable to use the garbage disposal device indoors, but when installing it indoors, the garbage disposal device for outdoor installation is large, and if it is installed indoors as it is, the indoor space In addition, the odor is reduced, and the appearance becomes unsightly, and furthermore, garbage is treated, thereby generating an odor. Therefore, it is important to effectively solve these problems when installing the apparatus indoors.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and has as its object the purpose of installing it in a cabinet when installing it indoors even though it has a good appearance. It is easy to use and has a built-in cabinet that can reliably prevent odors from flowing into the room from the inlet when the garbage is put in by opening the lid after pulling out the garbage disposal device. To provide a waste treatment device.

[0005]

A garbage disposal apparatus incorporated in a cabinet according to the present invention is a garbage disposal apparatus 2 which is disposed in a cabinet 1 so as to be able to be drawn out. Drawer detecting means 11 for detecting
And a control unit 4 for activating the exhaust fan 5 of the garbage processing apparatus 2 when the drawer detection means 11 detects withdrawal of the garbage processing apparatus 2 from the cabinet 1. With such a configuration, the extraction detection means 11 detects that the garbage processing apparatus 2 is pulled out of the cabinet 1, and operates the exhaust fan 5 to exhaust the odor in the garbage processing tank 8. When the garbage disposal device 2 is pulled out and the garbage input port 10 is opened to input garbage, the odor does not flow out of the garbage input port 10 into the room at the same time that the input lid 26 is opened.

Further, it is preferable that the withdrawal detecting means 11 detects the start of the withdrawal of the garbage disposal apparatus 2. With such a configuration, the exhaust fan 5 starts operating and starts exhausting at the time of starting the withdrawal of the garbage processing apparatus 2, so that after the garbage processing apparatus 2 is pulled out, the input lid 26 is opened and the garbage processing apparatus is opened. A sufficient evacuation time is obtained before the refuse is charged, and the odor does not flow out of the garbage input port 10 into the room at the same time as the charging lid 26 is opened.

It is also preferable that the withdrawal detecting means 11 detects the completion of the withdrawal of the garbage disposal apparatus 2. With such a configuration, when the drawn-out garbage disposal device 2 is pushed even a little while the input lid 26 is closed, the operation of the exhaust fan 5 is stopped, and there is no energy loss. .

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, a kitchen garbage disposal device 2 is disposed in a cabinet 1 such as a kitchen cabinet such as a sink or a cooking table so as to be freely taken in and out. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the garbage disposal device 2 is arranged in the space below the counter 19 of the cabinet 1 so as to be able to freely enter and exit.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the garbage processing apparatus 2 includes a slider support member 12, a garbage processing tank 8 which is attached to the slider support member 12 via a slider device 13 so as to be able to be pulled out, and It comprises an exhaust hose 7 connected to a garbage disposal tank 8. Slider device 13
As shown in FIG. 5, the other rail portion 17 b is configured to be freely drawn out with respect to one of the inner and outer rail portions 17 a, and when the rail portion 17 b is drawn out to a certain length with respect to the rail portion 17 a, A stopper (not shown) prevents further withdrawal.

The slider supporting member 12 is a roller 1 for movement.
Slider mounting brackets 16 on both sides of a base 15 having
, And one rail portion 17a of the slider device 13 is mounted on the slider mounting bracket 16. The garbage processing tank 8 is mounted on a garbage processing tank mounting base 18, and the other rail portions 17b of the slider device 13 are mounted on both ends of the garbage processing tank mounting base 18, respectively. Therefore, the garbage processing tank 8 attached to the garbage processing tank mounting table 18 can be pulled out of the slider support member 12 via the slider device 13.

The slider support member 12 has a counter 19
Is stored on the floor below, and is not pulled out forward by a stopper member 20 rotatably mounted on the kitchen cabinet 1 with the rollers 14 placed on the floor. When the locking is released, the slider support member 12 can be pulled out of the counter 19. A front plate 22 having the same appearance as the door 21 of the kitchen cabinet 1 is provided at the front of the garbage disposal tank 8 or at the front of the garbage disposal tank mount 18, as shown in FIG. The front plate 22 has the same appearance as the door 21 of the kitchen cabinet 1 in a state of being stored below the counter 19.

A casing 3 protrudes from one side of an upper portion of the garbage processing tank 8, and a control section 4 of the garbage processing apparatus 2 and an exhaust fan 5 are arranged on the casing 3. Therefore, the space 6 is formed below the casing 3 as shown in FIGS.
The exhaust hose 7 is accommodated in the space 6 below the casing 3.

The exhaust hose 7 is formed of a flexible hose, one end of which is connected to an exhaust port 23 of an exhaust path formed in the casing 3 as shown in FIG. The exhaust hose 7 is connected to the exhaust hole 25, and has a sufficient length so as not to hinder the drawing out of the garbage disposal apparatus 2. The garbage disposal apparatus 2 is stored below the counter 19. In this state, the exhaust hose 7 is accommodated in the space 6 below the casing 3 in a loosened state.

The exhaust path formed in the casing 3 has one end open to the upper side in the garbage treatment tank 8 and the other end formed in the lower surface of the casing 3 as described above. The part is open downward. The exhaust fan 5 is disposed in the middle of an exhaust path formed in the casing portion 3. The exhaust fan 5 is constituted by a sirocco fan that draws in air from the side and exhausts it downward. From 8, the odor can be exhausted by the exhaust fan 5 in a path from the side of the casing portion 3 to the exhaust hose 7 below the casing portion 3.

A garbage input port 10 is formed on the upper surface of the garbage processing tank 8, and an input lid 26 is attached to the rear end side of the garbage input port 10 by a pivot 25 so as to be openable and closable. . A stirring member (not shown) is provided in the garbage processing tank 8, and the stirring member is driven by driving means such as a motor. In the garbage processing tank 8, a garbage processing material (carrier) such as sawdust-like woody chips called a biochip in which microorganisms have inhabited is placed. As the garbage disposal material, conventionally known woody flakes (for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 2-10398, Japanese Patent Publication No. 2-30760, and Japanese Utility Publication No. 3-2)
2385) can be used.

In the present invention, a drawer detecting means 11 for detecting withdrawal of the garbage processing apparatus 2 is provided, and the drawer detecting means 11 detects that the garbage processing apparatus 2 has been withdrawn from the cabinet 1. The exhaust fan 5 is operated by a control signal from the control unit 4 based on the detection of the withdrawal of the garbage disposal device 2 by the withdrawal detection means 11.

Here, as the drawer detecting means 11, FIG.
In the embodiment shown in (1), an illuminance sensor 11a is provided on the upper part of the garbage disposal device 2 (for example, on the upper surface of the casing part 3) to serve as a drawer detecting means 11. That is, the garbage disposal device 2 is pulled out and the illuminance sensor 11a is extracted.
When the garbage is pulled out from the opening of the cabinet 1 toward the near side, a change in brightness between the inside of the cabinet 1 and the outside of the cabinet 1 is detected, whereby the drawer of the garbage disposal device 2 is detected.

FIGS. 7 and 8 show the drawer detecting means 11.
In this embodiment, a magnet 11b is provided in either the cabinet 1 or the garbage disposal device 2, and a reed switch 11c is provided in the other one to constitute the drawer detecting means 11. It is an example. This embodiment is an example in which a reed switch 11c is provided on the front side of the garbage processing apparatus 2, and a magnet 11b is provided near the front of the inner wall of the cabinet 1 in which the garbage processing apparatus 2 is stored. When the garbage disposal device 2 is housed in the cabinet 1, the magnet 11
b and the reed switch 11c face each other, the reed switch 11c is turned on, and when the garbage disposal device 2 is pulled out, the magnet 11b and the reed switch 11c are separated, and the reed switch 11c is turned off to process garbage. The magnet 11b and the reed switch 11c are arranged in such a positional relationship as to detect the start of the drawing of the device 2. That is, in this embodiment, the start of withdrawal of the garbage disposal device 2 is detected by turning off the reed switch 11c.

FIGS. 9 and 10 show the drawer detecting means 1.
Yet another embodiment of one is shown. In this embodiment, a reed switch 11 is provided on the rear side of the garbage processing apparatus.
c is provided, and the magnet 11b is provided near the front of the inner wall of the portion of the cabinet 1 in which the garbage disposal device 2 is stored. When the garbage disposal device 2 is stored in the cabinet 1, the magnet 11b is provided. And reed switch 11
c does not face, the reed switch 11c is turned off, the garbage disposal device 2 is pulled out, and when the drawing is completed, the magnet 11b and the reed switch 11c face each other, and the reed switch 11c is turned on. The magnet 11b and the reed switch 11c are arranged in such a positional relationship as to detect the start of withdrawal of the garbage processing apparatus 2. That is, in this embodiment, the completion of withdrawal of the garbage disposal device 2 is detected by turning on the reed switch 11c.

In the above embodiment, the magnet 11
b and the reed switch 11c constitute the drawer detecting means 11, but a limit switch is used in place of the reed switch 11c, and a protrusion for operating the limit switch is provided in place of the magnet, and the limit switch is turned on. , Off. Also,
In the case where the withdrawal detecting means 11 is an illuminance sensor 11a and a mush switch, the withdrawal detecting means 11 is set so as to detect the start of the withdrawal of the garbage processing apparatus 2,
Alternatively, it is needless to say that the withdrawal detecting means 11 may be set to detect the completion of the withdrawal of the garbage processing apparatus 2.

When the garbage disposal apparatus 2 having the above-described configuration dumps garbage, the garbage disposal apparatus is pulled out from the cabinet 1 to the near side. Withdrawal of the garbage disposal device 2 is detected by the withdrawal detection means 11, and the odor in the garbage disposal tank 8 is controlled by the control signal from the control unit 4 before the exhaust fan 5 is operated to open the input lid 26. Start exhausting. After that, the charging lid 26 is opened, and the garbage is charged into the garbage processing tank 8 from the garbage charging port 10. As described above, in the present invention, the extraction of the garbage disposal device 2 from the cabinet 1 is detected by the extraction detection means 11, and the exhaust fan 5 is operated to exhaust the odor in the garbage disposal tank. After the garbage disposal device 2 is pulled out, the garbage input port 10 is opened, and when the garbage is input, the input lid 26 is used.
When the garbage is opened, the odor does not flow out of the garbage input port 10 into the room, and the garbage can be input into the garbage input port 10 comfortably.

When the input of the garbage into the garbage input port 10 is completed, the input lid 26 is closed and the garbage processing apparatus 2 is stored below the counter 19. In this case, usually, the slider support member 12 is not pulled out by the stopper member 20, and the garbage processing tank mounting table 18 to which the garbage processing tank 8 is mounted is attached to the slider device 13.
Is to be withdrawn through.

In processing the garbage, the stirring member is driven to mix the garbage processing material and the garbage in the garbage processing tank 8 with stirring, so that the garbage is parasitic on the garbage processing material. It is decomposed by microorganisms. Here, odors and moisture generated in the process of garbage disposal are exhausted outdoors by operating the exhaust fan 5 from the garbage disposal tank 8 through the exhaust path of the casing 3 through the exhaust hose 7. It is.

When the garbage processing apparatus 2 is pulled out of the cabinet 1 by the drawer detecting means 11 and the exhaust fan 5 is operated to exhaust the odor in the garbage processing tank 8, the amount of air discharged from the garbage processing tank 8 is determined. The control unit 4 may control the air volume to be larger than that when the device 2 is housed in the cabinet 1 and the exhaust fan 5 is operated to exhaust air. In this case, the duty of the operation of the exhaust fan 5 is controlled so that the operating speed of the exhaust fan 5 when the garbage disposal device 2 is pulled out from the cabinet 1 is higher than the operating speed of the exhaust fan 5 at the time of storage. It is controlled so that Of course, apart from the exhaust fan 5 that is operated during normal operation when the garbage disposal device 2 is stored, a fan that exhausts the odor in the garbage disposal tank 8 when the garbage disposal device 2 is pulled out of the cabinet 1 Another exhaust fan 5 having a large air volume may be provided. Further, in addition to the exhaust fan 5 that is operated during normal operation when the garbage disposal device 2 is housed, another odor that exhausts the odor in the garbage disposal tank 8 when the garbage disposal device 2 is pulled out from the cabinet 1. An exhaust fan 5 may be provided, and when the garbage disposal device 2 is pulled out of the cabinet 1 and exhausted, the two exhaust fans 5 may be operated to exhaust air.

Further, the start of the withdrawal of the garbage disposal device 2 is detected by the withdrawal detection means 11, and the exhaust fan 5 is operated and controlled by the control section 4 so as to exhaust air. Exhaust fan 5 from the start of
Will start to exhaust gas, so that a sufficient evacuation time will be obtained between the time when the garbage disposal device 2 is pulled out and the time when the input lid 26 is opened and the garbage is input. The odor can be reliably prevented from flowing out of the garbage input port 10 into the room at the same time when the input lid 26 is opened.

Further, by detecting the completion of the withdrawal of the garbage disposal apparatus 2 by the withdrawal detection means 11 and controlling the control unit 4 to operate the exhaust fan 5, the garbage disposal apparatus 2 is moved into the cabinet 1. When the storage state is insufficient, the exhaust fan 5 does not operate, and therefore, the food waste treatment apparatus 2 which has been fully pulled out with the closing lid 26 closed.
Pressing any of them causes the operation of the exhaust fan 5 to be stopped, and the operation of the exhaust fan 5 stops even in such a state where the exhaust fan 5 is not completely pushed. 5, the operation of the exhaust fan 5 is not stopped until the operation of the exhaust fan 5 is completely stopped, so that energy can be saved.
Overdrying of the garbage disposal material can be prevented.

[0027]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a garbage disposal apparatus which is disposed in a cabinet so as to be capable of being pulled out, wherein a drawer detecting means for detecting the drawer of the garbage disposal apparatus; A control unit is provided to activate the exhaust fan of the garbage disposal device when the drawer is detected from the cabinet of the garbage disposal device by the withdrawal detection means. The odor can be exhausted by the exhaust fan when the garbage is pulled out of the cabinet, and the odor does not diffuse into the room even if the opening cover is opened, so that the garbage can be input comfortably in the room. Further, since the garbage disposal device is housed in the cabinet, the appearance is good even when the garbage is provided indoors, and when the garbage is put in, the garbage is pulled out from the cabinet and used.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect of the present invention, since the withdrawal detecting means detects the start of the withdrawal of the garbage processing apparatus, the exhaust gas is discharged. This allows a longer time from when the fan is activated to when the charging lid is opened to exhaust the odor in the garbage disposal tank more reliably. According to the third aspect of the invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect of the present invention, since the withdrawal detecting means detects the completion of the withdrawal of the garbage processing apparatus, the garbage processing apparatus can be used. After pulling out and putting in the garbage, closing the loading lid and pushing in the garbage disposal device even a little, the operation of the exhaust fan will be stopped even if the garbage disposal device is not completely pushed in Accordingly, energy can be saved, and overdrying of the garbage disposal material can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the garbage processing apparatus of the above.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the garbage disposal apparatus of the above.

FIG. 5A is a front view of a portion where a garbage disposal tank mount is attached to a slider support member via a slider device, and FIG. 5B is a schematic diagram of the slider device.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state in which the garbage processing apparatus showing one embodiment of the drawer detecting means is drawn out of a cabinet.

FIG. 7 shows another embodiment of the drawer detecting means according to the above,
(A) is a perspective view which shows the state which the garbage processing apparatus was accommodated in the cabinet, (b) is an enlarged explanatory view of a drawer detection means part.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a state where the garbage processing apparatus is drawn out.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing still another embodiment of the drawer detecting means according to the present invention, in which (a) is a perspective view showing a state in which the garbage disposal device is pulled out of the cabinet, and (b) is an enlarged view of the drawer detecting means. FIG.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a state where the garbage processing apparatus is housed in a cabinet.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cabinet 2 Garbage processing apparatus 4 Control part 5 Exhaust fan 10 Garbage input port 11 Extraction detection means 26 Input lid

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A garbage disposal apparatus disposed so as to be able to be pulled out in a cabinet, wherein a drawer detecting means for detecting a drawer of the garbage processing apparatus and a drawer detecting means for extracting the garbage processing apparatus from the cabinet. A garbage disposal apparatus incorporated in a cabinet, comprising a control unit for operating an exhaust fan of the garbage disposal apparatus when the garbage disposal is detected. 2. A garbage disposal apparatus incorporated in a cabinet according to claim 1, wherein said withdrawal detection means detects the start of withdrawal of said garbage disposal apparatus. 3. A drawer detecting means for detecting completion of withdrawal of a garbage disposal apparatus.
A garbage disposal device incorporated in the cabinet described.