JP7111358B2 - Garbage disposal equipment - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a garbage processing apparatus for decomposing and fermenting garbage to convert it into fertilizer.

The garbage disposer agitates the material to be treated by means of agitating means discretely installed on a rotary shaft to promote the decomposition and fermentation of the garbage by bacteria. For example, according to the garbage processing apparatuses of Patent Documents 1 and 2, the object to be processed contained in the processing chamber having a sideways peripheral wall portion is agitated by a stirring means to promote decomposition and fermentation of the garbage by bacteria. A technique is shown to make this possible. In order to easily and cleanly take out the contents in the processing chamber of the garbage processing apparatus, the discharge port is arranged at a position as low as possible, and a cover or opening/closing door is provided to normally close the discharge port.

JP-A-8-267038 Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 2-125942

For example, in Patent Document 1, the lid body or the opening/closing door (hereinafter referred to as the lid body) that closes the discharge port is one that opens downward by a hinge (Fig. 9 of the same publication), one that slides upward (see , FIG. 1) are shown. Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a hinge that opens upward (FIG. 2 of the same publication).

When the lid is opened downward, the contents are placed on top of the open lid. Otherwise your hands will get dirty. In addition, when the lid is opened upward by a hinge, the lid may drop due to some impact while inserting the hand under the lid to remove the contents. Moreover, when sliding upward, there is a problem that the contents accumulate in the slide groove for sliding the lid, and the lid cannot be closed unless this is removed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a kitchen garbage disposal apparatus in which a lid does not interfere with the work of removing the contents, and the work can be done cleanly.

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, there are provided a processing chamber whose bottom is a semi-cylindrical peripheral wall portion centered on a lateral axis, and a subject to be processed placed in the processing chamber about the lateral axis as a rotation center. In a garbage disposer provided with a stirring means for stirring things,
an extraction port opening in a front face of the peripheral wall portion with a width decreasing from the upper side to the lower side;
a pin receiving portion having a groove whose upper side is open on the left and right front sides of the upper side of the outlet;
A lid body having a similar shape that is the same as or slightly smaller than the outlet, and provided with flanges protruding from each side of the back side except for the top side. Moreover, the length of the projecting ends of the left and right flanges is the same as the length of the upper side of the outlet.

According to the garbage disposal apparatus of the present invention, the lid body can be separated from the garbage disposal apparatus by removing it from the pin receiving portion, so that the lid body does not interfere with the removal work. Further, the flange of the lid body contacts the inner wall surface of the peripheral wall portion, and there is no special structure on the inner wall surface of the contacting portion, and the inner wall surface may be a smooth continuous surface. For this reason, the inner wall surface of the peripheral wall portion can be configured to have no dent or the like in which the contents are accumulated.

1 is a perspective view of a garbage disposal apparatus 1 of this embodiment. FIG. 2A is a front view of the lid, FIG. 2B is a rear view, FIG. 2C is a side view, and FIG. 2D is a view of the outlet viewed from inside the processing chamber. It is a figure explaining the usage example and operation|movement of a garbage processing apparatus.

The food waste disposal apparatus 1 of the embodiment will be described below. Garbage processing apparatus 1 includes processing chamber 2 therein. The processing chamber 2 has a semi-cylindrical peripheral wall portion 3 centered on a horizontal axis C as a bottom portion, and has left and right end wall portions 4 and 5 closed at the left and right ends of the peripheral wall portion 3, and an upper half portion 6. . The upper half portion 6 forms the ceiling side of the peripheral wall portion 3 serving as the bottom portion of the processing chamber 2, and covers the front surface, back surface, bottom surface, and plane of the processing chamber 2 together.

The processing chamber 2 is provided with a rotating shaft 8 having a horizontal axis C as a center axis, and a plurality of stirring means 7 are protruding discretely from the rotating shaft 8 at intervals. A rotating shaft 8 is mounted between the left and right end wall portions 4 and 5 so as to be rotatably driven. The stirring means 7 is rod-shaped, and a blade member 9 is fixed to the tip thereof.

The peripheral wall portion 3 follows the locus of rotation of the stirring means 7 , and the contents are moved and stirred on the peripheral wall portion 3 by the blade member 9 of the stirring means 7 . The upper half portion 6 is separated upward from the rotation locus of the stirring means 7, and a space is formed between the left and right end wall portions 4 and 5 above the rotation locus of the stirring means 7. there is An exhaust port 12 to which the suction force of an intake fan 11 is applied is provided in the end wall portion 5 on the right side of the processing chamber 2 .

A main air intake port 13a is provided near the left end wall portion 4 of the processing chamber 2 and at a substantially intermediate height position in the vertical direction of the peripheral wall portion 3 to allow atmospheric suction. The end wall portion 4 is provided with an auxiliary intake port 13b. The auxiliary air intake 13b provides the right and left directionality of air flow in the processing chamber 2, and the interaction between the main air intake 13a and the auxiliary air intake 13b causes the air flow in the processing chamber 2 to flow. is made into a swirling flow to uniformly ventilate and supply oxygen in the processing chamber 2 as a whole.

The opening 19 is for maintenance or for throwing garbage or the like. The opening 19 is a relatively large rectangular opening formed in the front slope portion 6 a of the upper half portion 6 . The processing chamber 2 is installed in a housing case 10 which surrounds the periphery via a suitable heat insulating material, and a lid body 20 is attached to the upper side via a hinge so as to cover the opening 19 along the slope portion 6a. ing. The inside of the processing chamber 2 can be accessed through the opening 19 by opening and closing the lid 20 . The lid body 20 is formed with a small opening/closing opening 21 that is used for throwing in everyday garbage.

An operation panel 22 is fixed on the front left side of the storage case 10, and an electric motor or the like for rotating the stirring means 7 is provided. The electric motor is interlocked with the right end of the rotary shaft 8 via a transmission mechanism 23 formed inside the housing case 10 and operates in conjunction with a temperature sensor provided inside the processing chamber 2 .

An outlet 15 for taking out the contents is provided near the center of the lower front side of the processing chamber 2 . A slope 16 for dropping contents from the outlet 15 and guide walls 14 and 18 on the left and right of the slope 16 are provided in front of the outlet 15 . A removable lid 17 for closing the outlet 15 is also provided. The cover 17 has pins protruding left and right on the upper side. A pin receiving portion having a groove whose upper side is open is provided on the left and right front sides of the upper side of the outlet 15 . In this embodiment, the pin receiving portions 14a and 18a are formed by extending the upper portions of the guide walls 14 and 18 to the upper side of the outlet 15 and cutting out a portion of the processing chamber 2 side so that the processing chamber 2 and the guide wall 14 are separated. , 18.

In FIG. 2, the relationship between the lid 17 and the outlet 15 will be further described. 2A, B, and C show the front, rear, and side surfaces of the lid 17. FIG. 2D is a view of the outlet 15 viewed from inside the peripheral wall portion 3. FIG. The outlet 15 has a width that decreases from the upper side 15p to the lower side 15s, and has a shape in which there is no portion where the interval between the left and right sides 15q and 15r is wider than the length L3 of the upper side 15p. The lid body 17 is formed corresponding to this, and flanges 17b are provided on three sides 17q, 17r, and 17s excluding a main body 17c and an upper side 17p. The flange 17b is provided on the back side of the main body 17c. A handle 17e is provided on the front upper side. A heat insulating material 17d is attached to the front side of the main body 17c. In the example, the length L4 of the lower side was set to 300 mm, and the length L3 of the upper side was set to 350 mm.

The iron plate that forms the main body 17c has the same shape as or a slightly similar shape to the outlet 15 and has a smaller shape. In the example, when the outlet 15 was cut out from the iron plate forming the peripheral wall portion 3, a cut iron plate was used. The length L1 (width direction) of the overhanging ends of the left and right flanges 17b is equal to or shorter than the length L3 of the upper side 15p of the outlet 15. As shown in FIG. In addition, the length L2 that protrudes from the left and right sides of the main body 17c is longer on the side of the lower side 17s of the lid body 17 . The pin 17a is provided above the upper side 17p and on the front side of the main body 17c.

Next, an example of use and operation of the garbage processing apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG. 3B to 3D show how the lid 17, which has been removed in FIG. 3A, is attached to the outlet 15. As shown in FIG. 3B, the lower side 17s of the cover 17 is inserted from the upper side of the outlet 15. In FIG. This is because the length L3 of the upper side 15p of the outlet 15 is the widest opening. The cover 17 is inserted into the processing chamber 2 as it is, and the pins 17a are hooked on the pin receiving portions 14a and 18a (FIG. 3C). The cover 17 is rotated and dropped by gravity with the pin 17 a as a fulcrum, and is installed with the flange 17 b in contact with the inside of the peripheral wall 3 . FIG. 2D shows the range of contact between the flange 17b and the inside of the peripheral wall portion 3 by a dashed line b. By increasing the contact area between the flange 17b and the peripheral wall portion 3 toward the lower side 15s of the outlet 15, leakage of the contents is prevented. Further, as shown in FIG. 3D, if the stirring means 7 is rotated in the direction of the arrow a from the upper side to the lower side of the outlet 15, there is no danger of the contents overflowing. Also, when the lid 17 is removed and the contents are taken out from the outlet 15, they can be automatically taken out by rotating them in the opposite direction of the arrow a.

According to the garbage disposal apparatus 1 of this embodiment, the lid 17 can be separated from the garbage disposal 1 by removing it from the pin receiving portions 14a and 18a, so that the lid 17 does not interfere with the removal work. no. The flange 17b of the lid 17 abuts against the inner wall surface of the peripheral wall portion 3. There is no special structure on the inner wall surface where the flange 17b abuts, and the inner wall surface may be a smooth continuous surface. . For this reason, the inner wall surface of the peripheral wall portion 3 can have a structure in which there is no dent or the like in which contents are accumulated.

In the above embodiment, a door 24 that opens and closes to the right is provided in front of the outlet 15 and the slope 16. When the door 24 is closed, the front of the outlet 15 and the slope 16 is covered. , the lid 17 cannot be removed by an outsider. Further, when the lid body 20 is closed, the flap part 20a overhanging on the front side of the lid body 20 covers the closed opening/closing door 24 and restricts the opening/closing of the opening/closing door 24.例文帳に追加When the lid body 20 is locked, the opening/closing door 24 can also be locked integrally.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 Garbage disposal device 2 Processing chamber 3 Peripheral wall 4, 5 End wall 6 Upper half 6a Slope 7 Stirring means 8 Rotating shaft 9 Blade member 10 Storage case 11 Suction fan 12 Exhaust port 13a Main suction port 13b Auxiliary suction port Reference Signs List 14, 18 Guide walls 14a, 18a Pin receiving portion 15 Outlet 16 Slope 17 Lid 17a Pin 17b Flange 17c Main body 17d Heat insulating material 17e Handle 19 Opening 20 Lid 20a Flap portion 21 Small opening/closing port 22 Operation panel 23 Transmission mechanism 24 Opening and closing door

Claims (2)

A processing chamber whose bottom is a semicylindrical peripheral wall portion centered on a horizontal axis, and stirring means for stirring the object to be processed put into the processing chamber about the horizontal shaft as a rotation center are provided. In the kitchen garbage disposal machine,
an extraction port opening in a front face of the peripheral wall portion with a width decreasing from the upper side to the lower side;
a pin receiving portion having a groove whose upper side is open on the left and right front sides of the upper side of the outlet;
A lid body having a similar shape that is the same as or slightly smaller than the outlet, and provided with flanges protruding from each side of the back side except for the top side. and the length of both ends of the projecting left and right flanges is equal to or shorter than the length of the upper side of the outlet.
2. The garbage disposal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said stirring means rotates in a direction along the lower side of said outlet when said stirring means stirs the object.

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