JP3391702B2 - 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 food waste processing apparatus for drying food waste produced from restaurants, hotels, ordinary households and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an air-dry type in which raw garbage is temporarily stored in a raw garbage container and dried by blowing air on the raw garbage in the container,
There is known a centrifugal dehydration type in which food is subjected to centrifugal force to dry by rotating the container about its axis.

For example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 4-14187 discloses an air-drying type in which a suction pump, a suction port, and a discharge port are provided in the middle of a water pipe connected to a food waste container for containing food waste. It has been proposed that the valve be arranged so as to communicate with the water distribution pipe, and that an opening / closing valve be provided between the openings of the suction port and the discharge port. According to this, since the suction pump causes air to flow from the upper side to the lower side of the food waste in the food waste container, the food waste is dried faster than when it is left as it is.

Further, JP-A-3-223001 proposes, as a centrifugal dehydration type, one in which the garbage container is rotated about its own axis to exert a centrifugal force on the garbage to centrifugally dehydrate the garbage. Has been done. According to this, the water in the food waste is blown out of the container by the centrifugal force through the plurality of dehydration holes provided in the food waste container, so that the food waste dries faster than when left as it is.

[0005]

However, including the above-mentioned air-dry type and centrifugal dehydration type,
In the conventional food waste processing equipment that temporarily stores food waste in a food waste container and dry-processes it, only one food waste container is provided in each case. I had no choice but to put it in a container. Therefore, there is a risk that new food waste will be added to the food waste before it is sufficiently dried, and as a result, the water content of the food waste cannot be sufficiently removed. Also,
On the other hand, if a drying process is to be performed for a long time in order to sufficiently remove water from the garbage, it is necessary to wait until new garbage is put into the garbage container during the process, especially when the drying process is performed. When the garbage container is connected to a general household sink, there is a drawback that the sink cannot be used for a long time until the garbage is dried.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above drawbacks, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a food waste processing apparatus capable of accommodating food waste at any time and efficiently drying the food waste. To aim.

[0007]

To achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a plurality of food waste accommodating portions are detachably provided on a rotatable support and the support is rotated. A food waste processing device in which each food waste storage unit is cyclically arranged at a food waste receiving position by moving the food waste storage unit in the direction.
If the air is flown from the top to the bottom of the contained garbage,
Sending the air that has flowed downwards to the upper part of the garbage again,
It is characterized by the formation of an air circulation path for promoting dryness.
To do .

According to this food waste processing apparatus, as soon as a certain amount of food waste is accumulated in one food waste container, the support is rotated by a certain amount to arrange the next food waste container at the food waste receiving position. As a result, new food waste can be stored at any time. In addition, since the raw garbage in the raw garbage storage unit that has been removed from the raw garbage receiving position is dried without receiving additional raw garbage, the raw garbage can be efficiently dried. Then, the dried food waste is appropriately discarded to empty the food waste storage portion in order, and the empty food waste storage portion is circulated again to the food waste receiving position, and the same operation is repeated thereafter.

Moreover, since there are a plurality of food waste storage containers, it is possible to add the food waste generated each day to each food waste storage unit, or to add it to each meal of the day. You can and can use it in many ways.

Further, raw food stored in the raw food storage unit
For dust, let air flow from the top to the bottom and
The dried air is sent to the upper part of the garbage again to promote drying.
Since the air circulation route is formed, food waste is circulated in this way.
By contacting with air, the drying efficiency is further improved .

In the above, the food waste to be put into each food waste container may be crushed food waste discharged from the food waste crusher, or non-crushed food waste that does not pass through the garbage crusher. Although it is good, it is recommended to pass it through a dust crusher because it allows more efficient drying.

Further, each food waste container may be housed in one common food waste drying chamber. In this case, the entire device can be downsized, and the waste water generated from each food waste container can be collectively processed in the drying chamber, and the circulation of the drying promoting air can be performed in the drying chamber as described later. It can be done collectively.

Further, when the exhaust to escape to drain a portion of the air from above the garbage flowed downward, since the amount of air garbage upward is less than the lower, downwardly from reliably garbage upward air In addition to being able to flow, the offensive odor caused by food waste can be exhausted to the outside of the device through the drain pipe.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIGS. 1 to 4 are views showing a food waste processing device (2) according to the present invention installed in a sink (6) for general households. The food waste processing device (2) is It is provided at a position to receive the food waste discharged from the food waste crusher (1).

The food waste crusher (1) has a known structure, and is provided with a crushing unit (3) provided with a crushing cutter for crushing food waste into a predetermined size, and for driving the crushing cutter. It consists of a motor (4).

The crushing unit (3) has a circular opening at the top for receiving food waste, and the upper end of the opening (3a) is fixed to the discharge port (8) of the sink (7) and is provided on the side surface. Is equipped with one end of an inverted L-shaped food waste discharge cylinder (5). Therefore, the food waste mixed with water or the like supplied from the faucet (9) in the sink (7) is discharged from the discharge port (8) of the sink (7) into the crushing unit (3) of the food crusher (1).
After being supplied to the crusher, the crusher (3) is crushed to a predetermined size by the crushing cutter driven by the motor (4). Then, the crushed food waste is the food waste discharge tube (5) provided on the side surface of the crushing section (3).
And is discharged to the food waste processing device (2). A rubber raw garbage passage member (8a), which is radially cut away from the center, is provided at the opening edge of the discharge port (8) of the sink (7), and the raw garbage is crushed during crushing the raw garbage. Water and water are prevented from splashing upward from the discharge port (8) of the sink (7).

On the other hand, the food waste treating device (2) separates a box-shaped base (10), a food waste drying section (11) for storing and drying food waste, and water and air flowing out of the food waste. It is provided with a separation part (12), an air circulation part (13) that circulates air for food waste, and an air circulation part (14) that circulates circulating air.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the raw garbage drying section (11) is provided with a metal disk-shaped rotary table (1).
5), four cylindrical drainage receivers (16) arranged at equal intervals in the circumferential direction of the lower surface of the rotary table (15), and garbage disposed in the drainage receiver (16) detachably. A storage container (17) is provided. Then, the rotary table (1
As will be described later, 5) is integrated with the upper separation cylinder (19) of the separation part (12) and the upper distribution cylinder (25) of the air circulation part (14), and these cylinder parts are used as rotation axes to surround the circumference. It can be rotated in any direction.

The rotary table (15) is provided with four food waste introduction holes (15a) at equal intervals in the circumferential direction, and the cylindrical drainage receiving holes (15a) are formed under the periphery of the food waste introduction holes (15a). (16) are fixed. Further, a mounting hole (10a) having a diameter slightly smaller than that of the rotary table (15) is opened in the base (10), and the rotary table (15) has a lower surface peripheral edge portion at the mounting hole described above. The base (10) is mounted on the periphery of (10a).
The upper circulation cylinder (25) of the air circulation part (14) is attached to the shaft center of the rotary table (15). In addition, an upward annular rib (15b) is formed on the peripheral edge of the upper surface of the rotary table (15), so that the rotary table (15) can be filled with garbage even if it overflows onto the rotary table (15). It is designed so that it can be prevented from flowing out of (15) and overflowed garbage can be poured into another garbage container (17).

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the drainage receiver (16) is composed of a cylindrical container with an upper opening having a drainage port (16a) provided on the lower inner side surface thereof, and the upper end portion thereof is rotated by the rotation. The discharge hole (16a) is fixed to the peripheral portion of the input hole (15a) of the table (15), and the drain port (16a) is separated from the separation portion (1
2) It is connected to the mounting hole (19b) of the upper separation cylinder (19). Therefore, the rotary table (15) is attached to the base (1
When it is rotated in the circumferential direction on 0), the upper separation cylinder (19) and the upper distribution cylinder (25) rotate together with it, and each drain receiver (16) discharges the raw garbage of the raw garbage crushing section. It is designed to move directly below the cylinder (5).

The raw garbage container (17) arranged in the drainage receiver (16) is made of a stainless steel basket whose peripheral surface and bottom surface are formed into a mesh shape, and the annular collar (17b) at the upper end is rotated. The table (15) is detachably installed so that it can be suspended in the drainage receiver (16) by being placed on the peripheral portion of the garbage throwing hole (15a). As a result, only the garbage put in the garbage container (17) is retained, and the sewage and air introduced together with the garbage are mesh holes (17a) on the peripheral surface and the bottom surface.
It is said that it can be discharged from. Moreover, since the food waste container (17) is removable, when disposing of the food waste in the food waste container (17),
The garbage container (17) may be taken out of the drainage receiver (16), taken directly to the disposal site, and discarded there. In this embodiment, the garbage storage container (17)
Although it is made of stainless steel, it is not limited to this and may be made of copper, which is most suitable for preventing slime.

Further, in this embodiment, a paper net (18) is provided as a water drain bag inside the food waste container (17). As a result, even fine garbage can be caught, and it is possible to prevent the dirt of the garbage from adhering to the garbage container (17) and the drainage receiver (16), and to dispose of the garbage when disposing of it. The net (18) can be easily discarded. Although the paper net (18) is used as the water drain bag in this embodiment, the net is not limited to the paper net (18) as long as it is a net-shaped one such as a nylon net. However, since the paper net (18) has fine eyes, finer garbage can be captured as much as it is, and since the water of the garbage is absorbed in the paper net (18) and dried, the garbage can be dried faster. Therefore, it is preferable to use the paper net (18). Alternatively, the raw garbage may be directly stored in the raw garbage storage container (17) without using a paper net or the like.

The capacity of each food waste container (17) is formed in a size corresponding to the amount of food waste produced by a general household on average per day. Further, in this embodiment, the number of the food waste storage containers (17) installed is four, but any number may be provided as long as it is two or more.

The separation part (12) is a part for separating sewage flowing out from the food waste container (17) to the drainage receiver (16) and air passing through the food waste, and has a spigot structure. The upper separation cylinder (1
9) and the lower separating cylinder (20).

The upper separating cylinder (19) is composed of a cylindrical body whose lower end corresponds to the recess (19a) of the spigot structure, and has an upper circulation cylinder (25) on the upper surface thereof, which will be described later. ) Has been inserted. Further, four mounting holes (19b) · · (19b) are provided in the circumferential surface of the upper separation cylinder (19) at equal intervals in the circumferential direction, and the drainage receiver (16) is provided in the mounting holes (19b). The drainage port (16a) of is connected.

The lower separating cylinder (20) is a cylindrical body having an upper opening whose upper end corresponds to the convex portion (20a) of the spigot structure, and the drainage port (20b) and the air outlet (20) on the peripheral surface.
c), an air inlet (20d) is provided, and a drain pipe (21) and an air circulation hose (23) (2) are provided respectively.
4) is installed. In particular, said air outlet (20c)
Is provided on the side surface of the lower separation tube (20) at a position relatively higher than the drain pipe (21), and prevents the waste water of food waste from flowing into the air outlet (20c) to ensure the drain pipe. (2
It is designed to flow to 1). As shown in FIG. 1, the drain pipe (21) attached to the drain port (20b) is formed in a meandering shape up and down. As a result, water is always accumulated in the meandering portion, so that it is possible to prevent a strange odor from rising from below the drain pipe (21).

Thus, the concavo-convex portions (19a) (20) provided on the upper separating cylinder (19) and the lower separating cylinder (20) respectively.
When a) is fitted, the upper separation cylinder (19) and the lower separation cylinder (20) are rotatably attached to each other, and the upper separation cylinder (19) is attached.
Becomes a state in which the rotary table (15), the drainage receiver (16), and the upper flow tube (25) can rotate about its own axis. Further, in a state where the upper separation cylinder (19) and the lower separation cylinder (20) are in close contact with each other, the sewage and air of the food waste sent from the drain receiver (16) are as shown by arrows in FIG. , After entering the upper separation cylinder (19), the lower separation cylinder (2
0), the sewage is discharged from the drain port (20b) to the drain pipe (2
While flowing out to 1), air is circulated from the air outlet (20c) to the circulation hose (23) by the suction force of the circulation fan (22).
Is sucked through.

The air circulation part (13) is connected to a circulation fan (22), one end of which is connected to the air outlet (20c) of the lower separation cylinder (20) and the other end of which is a circulation fan (2).
2) and a circulation hose (23) having one end connected to the air inlet (20d) of the lower separation cylinder (20) and the other end connected to a circulation fan (22). 24) and. Therefore, the air in the separation part (12) is sucked into the circulation hose (23) by the rotation of the impeller (not shown) inside the circulation fan (22), and the circulation hose (22) is passed through the circulation hose (22). 24) is discharged.
The circulation fan (22) works in conjunction with a 24-hour timer, such as a strong wind mode during the daytime and a weak wind mode due to the quiet noise at night, to dry the garbage according to the life cycle of each household. It is preferably done.

The air flow section (14) stores the air entering from the air inlet (20d) in the garbage container (1).
7) The upper distribution cylinder (25), the lower distribution cylinder (26), and the upper distribution cylinder (25) are to be distributed to above the food waste inside.
And a blow-out part (27) provided on the upper part of the. The upper distribution cylinder (25) and the lower distribution cylinder (26) are rotatable with respect to each other due to the spigot structure.

The upper flow tube (25) is a cylindrical body whose lower end is open at both ends corresponding to the recess (25a) of the spigot structure, and the upper part is fixed by penetrating the center of the rotary table (15). At the same time, the lower part is fixed by penetrating the center of the upper surface of the upper separating cylinder (19). Further, the lower flow tube (26) has a convex portion (26a) having an inlay structure at the upper end.
It is composed of an L-shaped cylinder having openings at both ends, and its lower end is connected to the air inlet (20d) of the lower separating cylinder (20). Therefore, the upper distribution pipe (25) and the lower distribution pipe (2)
When the uneven portions (25a) and (26a) of 6) are fitted,
The upper and lower discharge cylinders (25) and (26) are rotatably attached to each other, and the upper distribution cylinder (25) is integrally rotatable with the rotary table (15) and the upper separation cylinder (19) so as to rotate about its own axis. Become.

The blow-out portion (27) provided at the upper end of the upper flow tube (25) has an inner cylinder (28) having an inner diameter substantially the same as the outer diameter of the upper flow tube (25). And an outer cylinder (29) with a lower opening larger than the inner cylinder (28), and four through holes (28a) are formed in the boundary wall between the inner cylinder (28) and the outer cylinder (29). It is provided. Therefore, the air sent from the air inlet (20d) passes through the upper and lower flow tubes (25) and (26), and then is discharged from the through hole (28a) of the inner tube (28), and the outer tube. While being guided by the inner wall of (29), it will flow out above the garbage container (17).

The food waste processing steps performed by the food waste processing apparatus configured as described above will be sequentially described.

First, the food waste crusher (1) and the circulation fan (22) are driven, and four food waste storage containers (1)
The rotary table (15) is rotated so that one of the items 7) is located below the discharge port of the food waste discharge tube (5) of the food waste crusher (1). In this state, sink (7)
When the raw garbage is introduced from the discharge port (8) while being mixed with water, the raw garbage is crushed into a predetermined size by the crushing cutter in the raw garbage crusher (1), and then the raw garbage discharging cylinder ( After passing through 5), it is thrown into the garbage storage container (17) below the discharge port of the garbage discharge cylinder (5).

The input garbage is received by the paper net (18) in the garbage container (17), is accommodated in the garbage container (17), and flows together with the garbage. The air blown from above the dirty water and food waste passes through the paper net (19) and the mesh hole (17a) of the food waste container (17) and drops into the drainage receiver (16), after which its discharge port (16a). ) To the separating part (12).

Then, in the separating part (12), the sewage flows out from the drain port (20b) of the lower separating cylinder (20) to the drain pipe (21) as it is, while the air sucks the circulation fan (22). Is sucked into the circulation hose (23). Further, the sucked air is supplied to the circulation fan (2
2), air inlet (20d) through circulation hose (24)
Enter the upper and lower distribution tubes (26) (25) from the upper distribution tube (2
5) The through hole (28) of the blowout part (27) provided at the upper part
Flow out from a). The air flowing out from the through hole (28a) is guided to the inner wall of the outer cylinder (29),
After being blown out above the garbage in the garbage container (17), it passes through the garbage in the garbage container (17) and is sent again to the drain port (16a) of the drain receiver (16). Thereafter, the same flow as described above is repeated, and air is circulated in the device (2) as shown by the white arrow in FIG. 2 to air-dry the food waste in the food waste container (16). In addition, the black arrow in FIG. 2 has shown the direction where the sewage of kitchen waste flows.

After that, when a certain amount of food waste is collected in the food waste container (17), the rotary table (15) is rotated by a predetermined amount so that the next empty food waste container (17) is put into the food waste container. It is set to be located below the discharge port of (5).
At this time, the upper separation cylinder (19) and the upper distribution cylinder (25) fixed to the rotary table (15) and the drainage receiver (16).
Are rotatable with respect to the lower separation cylinder (20) and the lower distribution cylinder (26), respectively.
When 5) is rotated, the rotary table (15), the drain receiver (16), and the food waste container (1) are rotated along with the rotation.
7), the upper separation cylinder (19) and the upper distribution cylinder (25) rotate smoothly as a unit.

In this embodiment, since the capacity of the raw garbage container (17) is formed corresponding to the average amount of raw garbage produced by a general household in one day, the garbage can be collected every day. It is desirable to perform the movement operation of the storage container (17), but when the amount of food waste is large, the movement operation may be performed for a shorter time, for example, every half day or every meal.

Further, the raw garbage contained in the raw garbage container (17) may be provided with a plurality of vertical holes to increase the air contact area of the raw garbage and accelerate the drying.

Thus, the rotary table (1
Repeating the movement operation of the raw garbage storage container (17) by rotating 5), all the raw garbage storage containers (1)
Garbage will be stored in 7). Therefore, when the last empty food waste container is moved to a predetermined position on the fourth day, the stainless steel food container (17) containing the food garbage of the first day is taken out. Then, the raw garbage container (17) is taken to the disposal place as it is, and the garbage is discarded together with the paper net (18) in the container, and a new paper net ( 1
8) is provided and it returns to the original drainage receiver (16). After that, the movement of the raw garbage container (17) described above and the disposal of the raw garbage in the raw garbage container (17) three days before may be performed every day, for example, before the dinner when the raw garbage is most produced.

By thus moving the raw garbage container (17), the raw garbage can be loaded into the raw garbage container (17) at any time. In addition, since the raw garbage stored in the raw garbage storage container (17) is dried while being blown with air for a total of three days when it is moved every day, the raw garbage is efficiently dried. Can be made.

FIG. 5 to FIG. 7 are diagrams in which the food waste processing apparatus (31) according to another embodiment of the present invention is applied to a general household sink, and the crushed food discharged from the food crusher (1) is crushed. It is located at the location where you can collect garbage.

The food waste processing device (31) includes a base (3
In 2), a food waste drying unit (33) for containing food waste and a separation unit (34) for separating sewage and air flowing out of the food waste.
And an air circulation unit (3) for sucking air in the separation unit (34).
5) and an air blowing section (36) for blowing the sucked air to the garbage.

The food waste drying section (33) is provided with a base (3
2) The drawer plate (41) of 2) is provided with a cylindrical drying chamber forming portion (38) provided in a downward protruding shape, four food waste storage containers (40), and these food waste storage containers (40). And a supporting board (39) for supporting the drying chamber forming section (3).
Each of the garbage storage containers (40) supported by the support board (39) is housed in the drying chamber (38a) formed inside 8).

The upper part of the drying chamber forming part (38) is fixed to the peripheral part of the installation hole (41a) opened in the drawer plate (41) of the base (32), and the discharge hole is formed on the bottom surface. (38b) is provided, and this discharge hole (38b)
Is detachably connected to the upper part of the separating cylinder (34a) of the separating portion (34) described later.

The support board (39) is for supporting the food waste container (40), and four support holes (39a) having a fan shape in plan view are opened in the circumferential direction, and the support board (39) is also provided. The peripheral portion is rotatably mounted on the peripheral portion of the installation hole (41a) of the drawer plate (41) of the base (32).

The food waste container (40) is made of a stainless steel basket, and the support hole (39a) of the support board (39).
It is a water-dried basket having a planar shape substantially the same as that of the above and having mesh holes (40b) formed on the peripheral surface and the bottom surface. In addition, an annular brim (4
0a) is provided, and its annular flange (40a) is mounted on the peripheral portion of the support hole (39a) of the support board (39) so that it can be attached / detached in a manner suspended in the drying chamber (38a). It is arranged freely.

Therefore, the support hole (39) of the support board (39) is
Insert each food waste container (40) into a) and pull out the support board (39) and the food waste container (40) from the drawer plate (4).
1) When it arrange | positions on it, four garbage storage containers (40) will be installed in the drying chamber (38). Further, since the support board (39) is provided so as to be placed on the drawer plate (41), when the support board (39) is rotated in the circumferential direction, the food waste storage container (40) also supports the food waste container (40). It becomes possible to switch the position of the garbage storage container (40) by rotating in the circumferential direction together with the above. Also in this embodiment, it is preferable to provide a paper net (18) as a water bag in the food waste container (40).

The separating section (34) is provided in the drying chamber (38).
a) A separation cylinder (3) with an upper opening at a location where sewage discharged from the inside of the garbage is separated from air that has passed through the inside of the garbage.
4a), a drainage port (34b) and an air outlet (34c) provided on the peripheral surface of the separation cylinder (34a). And
The drain port (34b) and the air outlet (34c) are respectively connected to a drain pipe (43) and circulation hoses (44) (45).
The air outlet (34c) is installed in the upper part of the side surface of the separating cylinder (34a) at a position relatively higher than the drain outlet (34b), and the waste water of the food waste is air outlet (34c). It is supposed to be able to prevent it from flowing into.

Further, when the upper part of the opening of the separating cylinder (34a) and the discharge hole (38b) of the drying chamber forming part (38) are fitted to each other to connect the separating cylinder (34a) and the drying chamber (38a), The dirty water and the air of the garbage sent from the drying chamber (38a) can enter the separation cylinder (34a) through the discharge hole (38b) as shown by the arrow in FIG. Then, the sewage is discharged from the drain port (34b) to the drain pipe (4
3), and air is drawn from the air outlet (34c) by the suction force of the circulation fan (22) into the circulation hose (4).
It is sucked in 4).

The air circulation unit (35) has a circulation fan (22) and an air outlet (34) of which one end is a separation unit (34).
a circulation hose (44) connected to c) and the other end of which is connected to a circulation fan (22), and one end of which is attached to the air blow-out portion (36) and the drain pipe (43) in a bifurcated shape. The other end is composed of a circulation hose (45) attached to the circulation fan (22).

As a result, the air in the separating section (34) is
By the rotation of an impeller (not shown) inside the circulation fan (22), it is sucked into the circulation hose (44) and the circulation fan (2
It is discharged to the circulation hose (45) via 2). Then, a part of the air discharged to the circulation hose (45) is sent to the air blowing part (36), while the other part is sent to the drain pipe (43) and flows in the drain pipe (43). It is exhausted to the outside of the equipment along with dirty water. By exhausting a part of the air circulated around the food waste to the drain tube (43) in this way, the circulation fan (22) is blown more than the air blown above the food waste from the air blowing unit (36). ), More air is sucked in, so the garbage container (4
With respect to the food waste in 0), the air can be surely made to flow from the upper side to the lower side, and furthermore, the air that gives off an offensive odor can be gradually discharged to the outside of the device in the circulation process. A check valve is preferably provided in the drain pipe (43) to prevent the air sent from the circulation hose (45) from flowing backward.

The blowout part (36) blows air from the circulation hose (45) over the raw garbage in the raw garbage container (40) and is attached to the rear surface of the base (32). It consists of a flow pipe (46) and a blowing member (47). Then, one end of the circulation hose (45) is attached to the distribution pipe (46), so that the circulation hose (4
The air flowing through 5) passes through the flow pipe (46) and is blown from the blowing member (47) to above the garbage in the garbage container (40).

In the embodiments shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the same components as those shown in FIG. 1, such as the garbage crusher, are designated by the same names and reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

The food waste processing steps performed by the food waste processing apparatus thus configured will be described in order.

First, the food waste crusher (1) and the circulation fan (22) are driven, and one of the food waste storage containers (40) is fed to the food waste crusher (1) of the food waste crusher (1). )
The support board (39) is rotated so as to be located below the discharge port of the. In this state, the outlet (8) of the sink (7)
When the raw garbage is added while being mixed with water, the raw garbage is crushed to a predetermined size by the crushing cutter in the raw crusher (1), and then passed through the raw garbage discharge tube (5), It is thrown into the garbage storage container (40) below the discharge port of the garbage disposal pipe (5).

The introduced garbage is stored in the paper net (18) of the garbage container (40), while the sewage flowing with the garbage and the air blown from above the garbage are paper net. (19), food waste container (4
0) through the mesh hole (40a) of the drying chamber (38
It is sent to the separation part (34) from the discharge hole (38b) of a). Then, in the separation part (34), the sewage flows out from the drain port (34b) to the drain pipe (43),
Air is sucked into the circulation hose (44) by the suction force of the circulation fan (22). The air sucked into the suction hose (44) is partially sent to the blow-out part (36) through the circulation hose (45), while the other part is drained (4).
3) and is discharged to the outside of the device together with the sewage flowing in the drain pipe (43).

The air sent to the blowing section (36) is blown from the blowing member (47) to above the garbage in the garbage container (40), and then the garbage container (4).
It passes through the inside of the garbage of 0) and is sent again to the separating part (34) through the discharge hole (38a). Thereafter, the same flow as described above is repeated, and the air is circulated in the device (31) as shown by the white arrow in FIG. 2 to air-dry the food waste in the food waste container (40).

After that, when a certain amount of food waste is collected in the food waste storage container (40), the support board (39) is rotated by a predetermined amount, and the empty food waste storage container (16) arranged in the next stage is moved. It is located below the garbage dump (5).

On the other hand, when the dried food waste in the food waste container (40) is to be discarded, the drawer plate (41) is slightly raised, and the drying chamber forming part (38) and the separating cylinder (34) are disposed.
After releasing the engagement with, the drawer plate (41) may be pulled out to the front, and the food waste container (40) may be removed.

As described above, in the food waste processing device shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, since each food waste container (40) is housed in one drying chamber (38a), the whole structure becomes small and
Like the food waste treatment device shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, a separate waste water receiver (16) is provided for each food waste container (40), or each waste water receiver (16) is separated into a separating cylinder (19). It is not necessary to connect to the common drying chamber (38a), and the drainage treatment can be performed on the common drying chamber (38a), which simplifies the configuration.

In this embodiment, the support board (39)
However, as shown in FIG. 8, the supporting plate (39) may be provided with a partition plate (51) having a cross shape in a plan view and extending downward. According to this, in the state where the support board (39) and the garbage storage container (40) are set, the waste water of the garbage thrown into one garbage storage container (40) is replaced with the other garbage storage container (40). Since it is possible to prevent the garbage from being scattered in the inside, it is possible to efficiently dry the garbage.

In this case, corresponding to the arrangement space of the food waste container (40) located immediately below the discharge port of the food waste discharge cylinder (5) formed by the partition plates (51) (51),
As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, it is also recommended to provide an L-shaped partition member (34d) for partitioning the inner space of the separation cylinder (34a) in the circumferential direction. As a result, sewage produced from the raw garbage discharged from the raw garbage discharge tube (5) is concentrated in the corresponding space in the separation tube (34a) partitioned by the partition member (34d), which enables smooth discharge. . Moreover, the air blown to each food waste container (40) is excluded except for the food waste container located immediately below the discharge port of the food waste discharge tube (5) due to the flow resistance of the partition member (34d). It will be circulated after passing through the other three garbage storage containers, and sufficient drying can be performed after sufficient drainage. In addition, when sewage is generated from a food waste container other than the one directly below the outlet of the discharge tube (5), this sewage also needs to be drained. Therefore, as shown in FIG. The bottom of (34d) and the separation tube (34
A space is provided between the inner bottom surface of a) and the drain port (34b).
It is designed to lead to.

In the above embodiment, the forced drying process by spraying and circulating air is always performed continuously, but the forced drying process may be performed only at night by a timer operation.

Further, in both of the above embodiments, the food waste processing device is provided at a position for receiving the crushed food waste from the food waste crusher (1), but without providing the food waste crusher (1). Alternatively, the food waste from the food waste discharge port (8) of the sink may be directly received by the food waste processing device. According to this, since the food waste crusher (1) is not required, the structure is simple and the cost can be reduced.

[0065]

As described above, according to the present invention, a plurality of food waste accommodating portions are detachably provided on a rotatable support, and the food waste accommodating portions are moved by rotating the support in the rotation direction. Is arranged in a cyclical manner at the garbage receiving position, and as soon as a certain amount of garbage is collected in one garbage container, the support is rotated by a certain amount and the next By arranging the food waste container at the food waste receiving position, the next food waste can be stored at any time. Moreover, since the raw garbage in the raw garbage storage unit sent from the raw garbage receiving position to the next position is dried without receiving additional raw garbage, the raw garbage can be efficiently dried. In addition, it is stored in the garbage storage section.
If the air is flown from the top to the bottom of the contained garbage,
Sending the air that has flowed downwards to the upper part of the garbage again,
Since an air circulation path for drying promotion is formed, kitchen waste
Is in contact with this circulating air to further improve the drying efficiency.
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Further, when each food waste storage unit stores the crushed food waste discharged from the food waste crusher, finer food waste can be dried, so that more efficient drying can be performed. You can

When each food waste container is housed in one common food waste drying chamber, the entire apparatus can be compactly compacted and can be reduced from each food waste container. The generated sewage can be collectively processed in the drying chamber, and also when the drying promoting air is circulated, it can be collectively processed in the drying chamber.

[0068] In the case where it is assumed that the exhaust to escape to drain a portion of the air from above the garbage flowed downward, since the amount of air garbage upward is less than the lower, to ensure the air It is possible to flow the garbage from above to below and to discharge the offensive odor caused by the garbage to the outside of the device through the drainage pipe.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a state in which a food waste processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided inside a sink.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the food waste processing device of FIG.

3 is an exploded view of the food waste processing device of FIG. 2. FIG.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the food waste processing device of FIG. 2.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a state in which a food waste processing device according to another embodiment of the present invention is provided inside a sink.

6 is a front view of the food waste processing device of FIG. 5. FIG.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of a support board that supports the food waste container and the food waste container.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a modified example of a support board.

9 is a cross-sectional perspective view showing a modified example of the separation cylinder when the support board of FIG. 8 is used.

10 is a cross-sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Garbage crusher 2 ... Garbage disposal and drying device 3 ... Garbage crushing unit 4 ... Motor part 5: Garbage dumper 6 ... sink 7 ... Sink 8 ... kitchen waste outlet 9 ... faucet 10 ... base 11 ... Food Drying Department 12 ... Separation part 13 ... Air circulation unit 14 ... Air distribution section 15 ... rotary table (support) 16 ... Drainage receiver 17: Raw garbage storage container (raw garbage storage section) 21 ... Drainage pipe 38a ... Drying room 39 ... Support board (support) 40 ... Kitchen waste container (garbage container)

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A plurality of food waste containers are detachably provided on a rotatable support, and each food waste container receives a food waste by moving the supports in a rotational direction. A food waste processing device arranged to be circulated at a position, for supplying air to the food waste stored in the food waste storage section.
The air that has flowed from the top to the bottom and the air that has flowed downwards is reused.
An air circulation path is formed to accelerate drying
A garbage processing device characterized by being used . 2. The food waste processing device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the food waste storage units stores crushed food waste discharged from the food waste crusher. 3. A garbage disposal apparatus according to claim 1 or claim 2 each garbage receiving portion of the are housed in a common garbage drying chamber. 4. A claims have been made as to exhaust to escape to drain a portion from above the garbage air flowed downward
The food waste processing device according to claim 1 .