JPH06157178A - Waste treating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the discharge of a treated material by forming a discharge port in the wall of a fermentation vessel, fixing a freely openable and closable discharge lid to the discharge port and fixing a detector to the lid. for stopping the rotation of an agitating claw shaft as the lid is opened. CONSTITUTION:A lid 29 is released from a feed port 3a which is obliquely provided at the upper part of a fermentation vessel 3, a detector is operated to stop the rotation of an agitating claw shaft 4, and garbage, etc., are charged into the vessel 3. Hot air is supplied to the vessel 3 from a suction blower, the 4 is rotated to operate an agitating claw 5, hence the contents are agitated, and fermentation is promoted. A discharge lid 22 is opened upward through a hinge 23 at the upper edge of a discharge port 21 formed in the wall of the vessel 3 to open the discharge port 21, and the treated material is scraped out toward the discharge port by the claw 5 due to the rotation of the shaft 4 and easily discharged. Further, the shaft 4 is stopped under the command of a detector fixed to the side of the discharge port 21 to facilitate the discharge of the treated material.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a waste treatment device for collecting food waste generated in business, food waste generated at home, and the like for intensive treatment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, household garbage is fermented and used as fertilizer. As a device for fermenting the garbage, a stirring claw shaft is rotatably supported in a fermentation container. , A plurality of stirring claws are coaxially installed to stir the food waste in the container, and hot air is blown into the container.
The heat was used to ferment the food waste.

Further, the fermentation vessel has an input port provided at the upper part thereof for inputting food waste through the input port, and an opening for taking out a processed product is opened on one side surface thereof. A take-out lid is attached to the take-out port, and the take-out lid is opened when necessary to take out the processed product in the fermentation container.

[0004]

However, the above-mentioned food waste processing apparatus has the following problems. That is, a charging lid and a discharging lid are attached to the charging port and the discharging port of the fermentation container, respectively, and the lids are opened to load the food waste and the processed product.

However, when the processed product is taken out from the fermentation container, the processed food is taken out without stopping the stirring claw shaft because the operation of the food waste processing device is complicated, and at the same time when the lid is opened, There was a problem that the processed material in the fermentation vessel was continuously scraped out by the rotating stirring claw.

[0006] In addition, when throwing in garbage, the throwing lid may be frequently opened, so that the garbage is thrown in while the stirring claw shaft is in operation, and the stirring claw shaft has operated. It was very dangerous to throw in the garbage in this state, because there is a risk of injury with the rotating stirring claw.

An object of the present invention is to provide a waste treatment device which can solve the above problems.

[0008]

In the present invention, an agitating claw shaft having a plurality of agitating claws is rotatably supported in a fermentation vessel, and hot air is supplied to the fermentation vessel to supply warm air therein. With a blower attached, in a waste treatment device that performs fermentation processing with warm air supplied while stirring the food waste in the fermentation container with stirring claws, the wall surface of the fermentation container has an outlet for taking out the processed product. A waste treatment device, wherein a take-out lid is attached to the take-out port so that the take-out lid can be opened and closed, and a detection body for stopping the rotation of the stirring claw shaft is attached to the take-out lid. Is provided.

Further, according to the present invention, at the upper part of the fermentation container, an input port for inputting food waste etc. is provided, and an input lid is attached to the input port so as to be openable and closable. Further, the input lid is opened. It is characterized in that a detector is attached to stop the rotation of the stirring claw shaft upon operation.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The embodiments of _the present invention will be described below. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 represents a waste treatment apparatus, which is a fermentation apparatus having a charging port 3a on a pedestal 2. A container 3 is placed, a bearing 4a is arranged at the center of the fermentation container 3, a stirring claw shaft 4 is installed, and a plurality of stirring claws 5 are attached to the stirring claw shaft 4.

The stirring claw 5 is formed as a claw having a curved tip end. A cutting blade is provided so as to project at the tip end position of the rotation path of the stirring claw 5, and the cutting blade and the stirring claw 5
The garbage is put into the fermentation container 3 through the input port 3a in a joint work with.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, a drive motor 7 for rotating the stirring claw shaft 4, an intake blower 8 for supplying warm air to the fermentation container 3 and the like are housed beside the fermentation container 3. The control unit 6 is provided, and the control unit 6 controls the pedestal 2
One end of the stirring claw shaft 4 projects into the center of the casing 6a placed on the upper side, and the input sprocket 9 is attached to one end of the coaxial shaft 4.
The output shaft 7a of the drive motor 7 arranged below the casing 6a is linked to the sprocket 9 via the chain 10 while being mounted.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, an intake blower 8 is housed in the casing 6a, and a warm air pipe 11 from the blower 8 is extended into the fermentation container 3 to obtain the same hot air pipe 11. Hot air is supplied into the fermentation container 3 through a plurality of outlets 12 provided in the. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, in the casing 6a, a heater H for supplying warm air into the fermentation vessel 3 is attached to a middle part of the warm air tube 11 from the intake blower 8, and the warm air tube 11 is also provided. Has its tip extended to the bottom of the fermentation vessel 3, and a plurality of outlets 12 are attached to the tip of a warm air tube 11 arranged at the bottom.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a partition wall 13 for partitioning the fermentation container 3 into left and right fermentation chambers is provided in the center of the fermentation container 3, and a warm air pipe 11 is provided in each fermentation chamber. It is branched from the middle part and arranged at the bottom of each fermentation chamber to supply warm air to each fermentation chamber. In addition, 14
Indicates two branched hot air pipes branched from a warm air pipe 11 arranged in the central portion of the ceiling in the fermentation vessel 3, and an outlet 12 is provided at the tip of each branched warm air pipe 14.

Further, an exhaust duct 15 having a plurality of suction ports 15a is housed in the ceiling portion of the fermentation vessel 3, and an exhaust blower 16 arranged in the casing 6a is connected to one end of the duct 15. Connected, exhaust port 16a of the blower 16
In addition, it is connected to a muffler 18 provided outside the casing 6a via an exhaust connection pipe 17.

Then, by operating the exhaust blower 16, the air in the fermentation container 3 is sucked through the suction port 15a of the exhaust duct 15 communicating with the blower 16, and the air in the fermentation container 3 sucked by the exhaust blower 16 is The blower 16 passes through the exhaust connection pipe 17 and is forcibly discharged from the silencer 18 to the outside air. In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, reference numeral 19 denotes a communication pipe that communicates the casing 6a and the fermentation container 3 with the exhaust blower 16 forcibly discharging the air in the fermentation container 3 through the communication pipe 19. The hot air in the casing 6a is supplied into the fermentation container 3.

Further, an input port 3a provided on the upper part of the fermentation container 3
Has an opening lid 20 that can be opened and closed freely, and opens and closes the lid 20 to put food waste etc. into the fermentation container 3 through the injection opening 3a, and stirs the food waste etc. by rotating the stirring claw 5. Meanwhile, hot air is supplied from the bottom of the fermentation container 3 by the intake blower 8 to accelerate the fermentation process of food waste.

In this embodiment, an outlet 21 is opened on one side wall surface of the fermentation vessel 3, and an outlet lid 22 is attached to the outlet 21 so as to be openable and closable, and the inside of the fermentation vessel 3 is inserted through the outlet 22. I'm going to take out the processed material. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the fermentation vessel 3 is provided with left and right outlets 21 and 21 which are elongated in the left-right direction from the wall surface of the fermentation vessel 3 which is slightly above the stirring claw shaft 4 to the lower portion thereof. Same exit
The upper portions of the left and right take-out lids 22, 22 are pivotally attached to the upper edge of 21 via a hinge 23, and the take-out lid 22 is opened and closed upward with the hinge 23 as the center.

With this structure, when the processed product in the fermentation container 3 is taken out, the take-out lid 22 is opened upward through the hinge 23 at the upper edge of the take-out port 21 to open the take-out port 21, and Since the outlet 21 is provided in the lower part of the side wall of the fermentation container 3, the stirring claw shaft 4 is rotated, and the processed material in the container 3 is scraped out toward the outlet 21 by the operation of the stirring claw 5. The processed product is easily taken out from the take-out port 21.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, one lid opening tool 22a is attached to the central portion of the left and right extraction lids 22 and 22 on the wall surface of the fermentation container 3, and each of the lid opening tools 22a is used to attach the lid opening tool 22a. The ejection lids 22 and 22 are each opened. Such a lid opening tool 22a connects the base end of a chain 22b having a certain length to the wall surface of the fermentation container 3, and hooks 22c at the tip thereof.
Is provided, the hook portion 22c is engaged with the take-out lid 22, and the lid 22 is held in an open state. When the lid opening tool 22a is not used, the hook portion 22c is locked to the base end portion of the chain 22b for storage.

As another embodiment, a plurality of lid opening tools 22a are attached to the central portion of the wall surface of the fermentation container 3 to remove each of the extraction lids.
It is also possible to open 22 and 22 at the same time, and to attach a locking ring instead of the hook portion 22c at the tip of the chain 22b, and to lock the removal lid via the ring.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
The left and right lid fixing mounting seats 24a are provided at the lower part of the lid 21, and the lid fixing mounting seats 24a are provided at the left and right lower parts of the extraction lid 22.
The left and right protruding holes 24b are provided so that when the take-out lid 22 is closed, both ends of the elongated lock rod 24d are fitted into the mounting holes 24c of the left and right lid fixing mounting seats 24a protruding from the side surfaces. The closed extraction lid 22 is fixed by being inserted. 24e indicates a handle provided on the lock rod 24d.

In the present invention, when the take-out lid 22 is opened while the stirring claw shaft 4 is in operation, the rotation of the stirring claw shaft 4 is stopped. The structure will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. . That is, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
A switch for stopping the rotation of the stirring claw shaft 4 is provided on the side of 21.
Mount S1 and remove switch lever 25 from the same switch S1
The lever 25 is projected in the 21 direction so that the lever 25 is actuated when the take-out lid 22 is opened and closed.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the cord 26 from the switch S1 is connected to the CPU incorporated in the control unit 6 and the drive motor 7 for driving the stirring claw shaft 4 is connected to the CPU. To connect the signal from switch S1 to CP
The signal is transmitted to U, and a drive signal is transmitted from the CPU to the drive motor 7 based on the signal to control the drive of the motor 7.

Further, the control unit 6 is provided with a drive switch for the drive motor 7. When the take-out lid 22 is opened, the switch is operated to forcibly drive the drive motor 7. The processing object is scraped by the stirring claw 5.

Next, the structure of the charging lid 20 provided in the fermentation container 3 will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. That is, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, in the upper part of the fermentation container 3, an input port 3a is provided in an inclined state, and on the left and right side parts of the input port 3a, a left and right side via a pivot pin 28. One end of the lid 29 is pivotally attached to each lid
29 is the double door. Note that 29s indicates the engaging portions of the left and right lids 29. In addition, the moisture absorbent 30
The moisture absorbing material 30 absorbs moisture in the fermentation container 3 to prevent dew condensation in the container 3.

As another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, a lid 29 is provided with an opening 29a and the opening 29a is formed.
A moisture-permeable waterproof material 31 made of Airtex, Cyclotex, etc. is attached to 29a, and the moisture in the fermentation container 3 is diffused to the outside by the waterproof material 31.
Prevents condensation inside. Reference numeral 31a indicates a pressing guide plate of the moisture-permeable waterproof material 31 provided on the peripheral portion of the opening 29a.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the switch S2
Is connected to a CPU incorporated in the control unit 6, transmits a signal from the switch S2 to the CPU, and based on the signal, the CPU sends a drive signal to the motor 7 to drive the motor 7. Have control.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, in each fermentation chamber of the above-mentioned fermentation container 3, the bottom surface 3c is formed in a concave shape, and a drain plug 33 is attached to the bottom surface 3c of each fermentation chamber. By connecting the drain hose 34 to the plug 33 in a detachable manner, the water generated during the fermentation process is stored in the concave bottom surface 3c, and the drain hose 34 is drained from the plug 33.
I try to drain it through.

[0030]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION In the present invention, the food waste is put into the fermentation container, and while the food waste is stirred by the stirring claws, warm air is supplied into the container by the intake blower, thereby performing the fermentation process of the food waste. After the processing is completed, when the take-out lid is opened and the processed product in the fermentation container is taken out, the switch is operated in conjunction with the opening and closing of the take-out lid, and the stirring claw in the fermentation container is used by the switch. By stopping the shaft, it is possible to prevent the processed material from being discharged by the stirring claw when the extraction lid is opened.

On the other hand, when the garbage is put into the fermentation container, the switch operates when the opening lid is opened, the rotation of the stirring claw shaft is stopped, and the injury caused by the stirring claw is prevented. Can be safely input.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall side view of a waste treatment device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a fermentation container.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a casing of a control unit.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a switch.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a motor control unit.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a charging lid.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a charging lid.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Waste treatment device 3 Fermentation container 4 Stirring claw shaft 5 Stirring claw 8 Intake blower 21 Outlet port 22 Outlet cover S1 Detector

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A fermenting vessel (3) is rotatably supported by a stirring claw shaft (4) having a plurality of stirring claws (5), and the fermentation vessel (3) has warm air inside thereof. Intake blower to supply
Attach (8) and stir the garbage in the fermentation container (3) with a claw.
In a waste treatment device that performs fermentation treatment with warm air supplied while stirring in (5), an outlet (21) for taking out the treated substance is opened on the wall surface of the fermentation container (3), and the same outlet (21 ) Is attached to the extraction lid (22) so that it can be opened and closed.Furthermore, the detection lid (22) stops the rotation of the stirring claw shaft (4) when the lid (22) is opened. Waste disposal device characterized by being attached. 2. A fermenting vessel (3) is provided with an input port (3a) for inputting garbage and the like, and an input lid (20) is attached to the input port (3a) so as to be openable and closable. On the charging lid (20),
The waste treatment device according to claim 1, further comprising a detector (S2) attached to stop the rotation of the stirring claw shaft (4) when the lid (20) is opened.