JPH0560582U - Garbage dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] (Corrected) [Purpose] Efficiently dehydrates the raw garbage collected in the strainer container with a simple mechanism to eliminate the discomfort caused by the rotten odor and dripping, and dispose of the raw garbage. Provide a practical garbage drying device that is easy to use and has excellent usability. [Structure] A blower duct 3 and an exhaust duct 4 are connected to the strainer container 2 so as to communicate with each other, and the other ends of both ducts are connected to a dehumidifier 5 equipped with a fan device so that the exhaust air is circulated. At the same time, in the dehumidifier 5, the heater 30 device is arranged on the side of the air duct 3, and the dehumidification rotor 32 device is arranged on the side of the exhaust duct 4.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a garbage drying device for drying garbage collected in a drainage strainer container of a sink.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 The raw garbage collected in the strainer container of the kitchen sink gives off a rotten smell if left unattended for a while, and the flow of drainage is impaired. Therefore, it is necessary to take out the garbage collected frequently and keep the container clean.

However, the handling of raw garbage that causes a rotten smell or dripping often causes discomfort, and therefore various proposals have been made to remove the discomfort by removing water from the raw garbage.

As such a conventional device, a strainer container is rotated by a motor to remove water by a centrifuge separation method, or a strainer container is provided with a press mechanism to remove water from raw garbage by compression. Etc. are known.

[0005]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, these conventional dewatering devices are mechanically complicated, such as rotating the strainer container itself and attaching a press device to the strainer container itself, and also require maintenance, resulting in manufacturing costs and running costs. Had the problem of being bulky.

Further, in the case of centrifugal separation or press dehydration, the dehydration effect only removes the water adhering to the surface of the garbage, so that it is not possible to completely remove the water inside the garbage, and therefore the time At the same time, there was also the problem that the water exuding from raw garbage progresses putrefaction and produces a foul odor, and the dehydrating effect is not sufficient and it is not practical.

The present invention was devised in view of such a current situation, and its purpose is to dewater raw garbage accumulated in a strainer container more efficiently with a simpler mechanism, so that a rotten odor can be obtained. The purpose is to eliminate the discomfort caused by dripping and soup, and to provide a practical garbage drying device that is easy to use and that is easy to dispose of garbage.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, a dehumidifier having an air-drying device provided with a blower duct and an exhaust duct, which are connected to a strainer container for communication, and the other ends of the both ducts are provided with a fan device. The dehumidifier has a heating heater device on the air blow duct side and a dehumidifying rotor device on the exhaust duct side. To do.

[0009]

[Action]

 Therefore, in the garbage drying device according to the present invention, the hot air generated by the heating heater provided in the dehumidifier is sent to the strainer container by the air duct, and is collected in the lower part of the strainer container by the hot air. Directly heat raw garbage to remove water. After this, the moist air containing the removed moisture is sucked from the exhaust duct connected to the strainer container and circulates back to the dehumidifier. Since the dehumidifying rotor is arranged at the other end of the exhaust duct, the moisture in the air is removed by the dehumidifying rotor and discharged to the outside of the device. The dehumidified and dried air becomes hot air again by the heating heater, passes through the air blowing duct, and is circulated to the strainer container again.

[0010]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to an embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the garbage drying device according to this embodiment, a blower duct 3 and an exhaust duct 4 are connected to a strainer container 2 attached to a drain of a sink 1, and both of these ducts are connected. The other ends of 3 and 4 are connected to the dehumidifier 5 to form a circulation path for air supply / exhaust, and the dehumidifier 5 is drive-controlled via the operation unit 6 and the control unit 7, whereby forced air supply of hot air is performed. And suction dehumidification.

The strainer container 2 removably accommodates a strainer 10 made of a known mesh-like trash basket, and a so-called kikuwarigomu 11 is arranged in an upper opening of the strainer 10. Further, when the dehumidifier 5 is driven, a lid 12 for closing the upper opening (drainage port) of the strainer 10 is attached. By making the inside of the strainer container 2 airtight with the lid 12, the drying effect can be enhanced, and leakage of a foul odor can be completely prevented. It is more effective to provide the seal member 13 at the lower end of the strainer 10 in order to improve the airtightness. By providing this sealing member 13, the flow of the hot air blown from the bottom surface side of the strainer 10 is rectified, and the hot air flows around the side wall surface of the strainer 10 and is blown from the upper side of the garbage to disturb the air flow. It can be prevented (see FIG. 3).

Further, in order to improve drainage of drainage, the bottom surface 10b of the strainer 10 is provided with a large number of small holes 10c similar to those of a conventional strainer, for example, as shown in FIG. In the case of the present embodiment in which high temperature air is blown against garbage, it is also possible to blow dry air through the small holes 10c by using the small holes 10c, but in order to improve the permeation effect of hot air. In this embodiment, a mesh 10m, for example, is provided on the bottom surface 10d as shown in FIG. When this mesh 10m is used, the permeability of dry air is improved more than simply enlarging the opening of the small hole 10c, and it is possible to reliably prevent the fall of raw dust.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the strainer container 2 is composed of a container body 15 made of metal or heat-resistant resin, and a mounting portion 16 to the sink 1.

The container body 15 is formed into a cylindrical shape having a wide opening 17 at the upper part, a drain port 18 is formed at the lower surface, and a duct connector 20 on the blower side is provided at the lower part of the side wall. Further, an exhaust side duct connector 22 is disposed at a position above the side wall facing the duct connector 20.

The duct connectors 20 and 22 may be integrally formed with the container body 15. However, when the duct connectors 20 and 22 are formed as separate members from the container body 15, the container body 15 is joined by means such as screwing or fitting adhesion. Fixed to. A connection opening 21 for connecting the air supply duct 3 to the air supply side duct connector 20 by means such as fitting is arranged upward, and the exhaust duct 4 is fitted into the one exhaust side duct connector 22. The connection opening 23 for making the connection is arranged slightly upward.

The arrangement positions and directions of the connection openings 21 and 23 are designed in consideration of the flow of the air supply and exhaust, so that the dry air permeates from the lower surface of the strainer 10 to the whole garbage at the time of air supply. It is configured to send hot air downward and to draw air upward slightly so that the rising air can be efficiently drawn in during exhaust.

Further, the exhaust-side duct connector 22 is provided with an overflow 24 which is attached downward just before the connection opening 23 for exhaust. This overflow 24 allows excess water to flow into the drainage duct 8 when the drainage overflows due to the drainage cutoff of the strainer 10 or when excess water seeps out of the garbage due to the forced air supply of hot air. Therefore, it is desirable that the opening position of the overflow 24 is provided near the lower end of the strainer 10 and slightly above the lower end surface. The overflow 24 is connected to the drain duct 8 via a T-shaped pipe joint 9.

As shown in FIG. 2, the attachment portion 16 of the strainer container 2 has, for example, a fastening ring 26 fitted and fixed to the container body 15, and this is attached to the drain port 28 of the sink 1 via a packing 27. It is mounted and fixed to the lower part of the drainage port 28 'by being screwed into the mounting fitting 28 arranged on the upper side. Of course, the mounting member is not limited to these, but various types can be used. Further, the shape of the container or the shape of the member does not matter.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4, the dehumidifier 5 includes a heater 30, a blower fan 31, a dehumidifying rotor 32, a rotor drive motor 33, and an exhaust fan 34. The dry air (hot air) is sent out and the humid air is dehumidified. The dry air is blown by forcibly blowing the air warmed by the heater 30 with the blower fan 31, and the dehumidifying rotor 32 dehumidifies the humid air.

The dehumidifier 5 includes an air treatment unit 41 that removes water from the circulating air in a dehumidifying space having a dehumidifying rotor 32 as a core, and air that releases removed moisture (humidity) as moist air to the outside air. The reproduction section 42 and the partition plate 35 are used as a partition. The division ratio between the air processing unit 41 and the air regenerating unit 42 is set to, for example, 3: 1 as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 6 (a), the dehumidifying rotor 32 has, for example, a ventilation and water absorption structure configured in a honeycomb shape using a water absorbing material such as silica gel, and as shown in FIG. 6 (b). In addition, when air passes through a large number of air passages 37 made of silica gel, moisture is taken from the air and discharged as dry air to the subsequent stage (blower fan 31 side). The reason why the entire external shape is cylindrical is to rotate around the center point P, and the rotation in this case is performed using the drive motor 33 and the timing belt 38. It is desirable that the rotation speed be controlled at a slow speed of, for example, about 1/3 rotation per minute so that the air passages 37 can sufficiently remove moisture. Of course, the dehumidifying rotor 32 is configured to always rotate when the organic waste is dried.

The air treatment section 41 acts to remove the moisture of the circulating air returning through the exhaust duct 4, and the moist circulating air sucked from the circulation side inlet 43 by the blower fan 31 is removed. When passing through the air passage 37 of the dehumidifying rotor 32, the water content in the air is taken and sent to the blower fan 31 side. About 80% or more of the water content of the air that has passed through to the blower fan 31 side in this way is removed in the ventilation passage 37, and the dry air is blown again into the strainer 10 from the blower duct 3 by the blower fan 31. It

The air regenerating section 42 heats the outside air sucked by the exhaust fan 34 by the heater 30 and blows the heated air from above into the ventilation path 37 of the dehumidifying rotor 32 to the ventilation path 37. It removes adsorbed moisture and releases it as moist air to the outside. The air regenerating unit 42 is for drying the dehumidifying rotor 32, and by constantly drying the air passage 37 of the dehumidifying rotor 32, the water removal efficiency in the air processing unit 41 can be improved.

Further, since the air regenerating section 42 is configured to blow the hot air heated by the heater 30 directly onto the air passage 37 of the dehumidifying rotor 32, the dehydration efficiency is very high, When the heated air circulates through the blower duct 3 → strainer 10 (garbage) → exhaust duct 4 and is compared with the air treatment unit 41 that removes moisture in the dehumidification rotor 32, the efficiency of moisture exchange in the dehumidification rotor 32 is The air regeneration unit 42 becomes higher. Therefore, the division ratio by the partition plate 35 is set to 3: 1 as described above. In the figure, a portion indicated by reference numeral 35a is an area where the air flows in the air processing section 41, and a portion indicated by 35b is an area where the hot air in the air regeneration section 42 flows.

Next, the operation of the garbage drying device according to this embodiment will be described.

In the state where the garbage is collected in the strainer 10, the drain port is closed with the lid 12 to seal the drain, and the switch of the operation unit 8 is turned on. The switch panel can be provided with a switch for setting the operating time and the blowing strength. Each control is performed by the control unit 7. By providing a temperature detection sensor at a predetermined position of the exhaust duct 4, the blow-off timing can be automated.

When the switch of the operation unit 6 is turned on, the heater 30 and the blower fan 31 are activated to send hot air to the lower portion of the strainer container 2 via the blower duct 3. The hot air is prevented from wrapping around to the side of the strainer 10 by the seal member 13 here, and the raw dust passes through the mesh 10m provided at the bottom of the strainer 10 so that the moisture content of the raw dust is reduced. Ascends while rising, and is sent from the exhaust side duct connector 22 to the dehumidifier 5 through the exhaust duct 4. When the wastewater is cut off by the garbage, the excess water flows from the overflow 24 to the exhaust duct 8. Therefore, for example, there is no possibility that the excess water will flow into the dehumidifier 5. Further, since the overflow 24 is opened downward, the air containing moisture flows straight to the four exhaust ducts that are opened laterally, which hinders the dewatering and regenerating work of the circulating air by the dehumidifier 5. There is no fear of it occurring.

When the air returned to the dehumidifier 5 passes through the ventilation path 37 of the dehumidification rotor 32, moisture and moisture are removed, and the air is returned to dry air and heated by the heater 30 and then blown fan again. It is sent to the ventilation duct 3 by 31 and continues to dry the garbage.

On the other hand, the dehumidifying rotor 32 needs to be kept in a dry state at all times because the circulating air adsorbs moisture when the garbage is dried. Therefore, the ventilation passage 37 of the dehumidifying rotor 37 is dried by the air This is performed by the reproducing unit 42 according to the above procedure.

That is, after the outside air is introduced and the air heated by the heater 30 is blown to the ventilation passage 37 to remove the moisture in the ventilation passage 37, the moist air is discharged to the outside by the exhaust fan 34. discharge. Since this air release only removes the moisture adhering to the air passage 37 of the dehumidifying rotor 32, it does not cause a bad odor. The components that cause an offensive odor are adsorbed by the garbage itself during the circulation of the circulating air and can be discharged together with the garbage. By this process, 80% or more of the water content of the raw garbage can be dried, and the raw garbage in such a state has no dripping or rotten odor. The conventional dehydration means such as centrifugal separation and press dehydration was not suitable for dehydration of about 20%, so that the dehydration effect is remarkable.

[0032]

As described above, the present invention is configured such that the air supply / exhaust duct connected to the strainer container is connected to the dehumidifier to circulate the air supply / exhaust, and the moisture in the dehumidifier is externally connected. Since it is configured to discharge to the outside, the hot air can directly heat the raw garbage to remove the moisture, and the dehumidified moisture can be discharged from the dehumidifier to the outside, so that the dehydration rate of the raw trash can be significantly improved. In addition, the strainer itself does not need to be equipped with a complex device mechanism, so the reliability of the device system can be improved and the need for maintenance can be reduced. The excellent effect of.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing the configuration of a garbage drying device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory exploded perspective view showing a mounting example of a strainer container of the raw garbage drying device.

FIG. 3A is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the structure of the strainer container, and FIG. 3B is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a state in which a blower duct is connected to the strainer container.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a dehumidifier of the same garbage drying device.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing an example of a partition ratio of a partition plate of the same garbage drying device.

FIG. 6A is a perspective view showing a configuration of a dehumidifying rotor of the same garbage drying apparatus, and FIG. 6B is an enlarged perspective view showing a partial configuration of the dehumidifying rotor.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a configuration of a strainer bottom portion of the same garbage drying apparatus.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a configuration of a conventional strainer bottom portion.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Strainer container 3 Blower duct 4 Exhaust duct 5 Dehumidifier 30 Heating heater 32 Dehumidification rotor

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁵ Identification code Office reference number FI technical display location F26B 9/06 Q 9140-3L 21/04 C 9140-3L 23/06 Z 9140-3L (72) Inventor Satoshi Sato 3-25-3 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Sun Wave Industry Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Tetsuaki Nakajima 3-25-3 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Sun Wave Industry Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A blower duct and an exhaust duct which are connected to a strainer container for communication are provided, and the other ends of the both ducts are connected to a dehumidifier equipped with a fan device so that the exhaust air is circulated. The above-mentioned dehumidifier is provided with a heating heater device on the side of the ventilation duct and a dehumidification rotor device on the side of the exhaust duct, and is a garbage drying device.