JPH06218350A - Garbage disposer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a garbage disposer adaptable for various kinds of sinks independently of the position of garbage receiving part of the sink by a method wherein, in the garbage disposer, a garbage charging opening and a garbage entrance opening are connected together and a grinding machine and a disposal tank are connected together by the respective elastic connecting materials to absorb the angular difference at each of the connections. CONSTITUTION:The garbage disposer is provided with a garbage receiving part 4 formed on the underside of a washbasin 2 of a sink 1, a garbage entrance opening 6 formed in the garbage receiving part 4, a garbage charging opening 10 in communication with the garbage entrance opening 6, a grinding machine 7 for grinding up the garbage placed therein from the garbage charging opening 10 and a disposal tank 18 for receiving the ground garbage from the grinding machine 7 and decomposing the same for disposal. The garbage charging opening 10 of the grinding machine 7 and the garbage entrance opening 6 are connected together and the grinding machine 7 and the disposal tank 18 are connected together by elastic connecting materials 11 and 20, respectively.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a garbage disposal device for treating garbage.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a composter has been widely used as this type of garbage processing device. The composter consists of a tubular body and a lid that covers the top opening of the tubular body. The composer is placed on the surface of the ground, and garbage is thrown into the tubular body through the top opening for composting. is there. However, the speed of composting was slow, and there was a problem in processing capacity.

[0003] Further, one that crushes garbage to dehydrate it and automatically discards it in a garbage bag or the like is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-1569.
It is proposed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 59 (B02C 21/00). However, in this method, it is necessary to dispose of the kitchen waste stored in the garbage bag and the like, and it takes time and effort to dispose of it.
It was also a problem from the viewpoint of environmental conservation.

In order to solve this problem, the applicant of the present invention has proposed a garbage disposal device capable of decomposing garbage in a short period of time in Japanese Patent Application No. 4-329338. The garbage disposal device is installed in a sink of a kitchen. In such a case, since the position of the garbage receiving portion with respect to the size of the sink varies depending on the type of the sink, there is a possibility that the material input port of the crusher cannot be connected to the material discharging opening formed below the garbage receiving portion of the sink.

Further, depending on the mounting angle of the material input port of the crusher to the material discharge opening, the mounting angle between the crusher and the processing tank may be different, and the processing tank may not be installed in the sink.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide a garbage disposal device which can dispose of garbage in a short time and can be installed in various sinks.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided a garbage receiving portion formed in a sink of a sink, a drainage opening and a material charging opening formed in the garbage receiving portion, and the drainage opening is connected to the drainage opening. Having a drainage pipe and a material input port connected to the material discharge opening, and crushing means for crushing the garbage thrown from the material input port, and the kitchen waste discharged from the garbage discharge port of the crushing means. A processing tank for decomposing the stored garbage is provided, and the crushing means and the processing tank are connected by an elastic material.

Further, the present invention provides a garbage receiving portion formed in a sink of a sink, a drainage opening and a material discharging opening formed in the garbage receiving portion, and a drainage pipe connected to the drainage opening. A crushing unit that has a material charging port connected to the material charging opening and crushes the garbage thrown from the material charging port; a processing tank that receives the kitchen waste discharged from the crushing unit; It is characterized in that it is provided with a processing medium housed in the tank for decomposing and processing the garbage, and the material charging opening and the material charging port, and the crushing means and the processing tank are connected by an elastic material.

[0009]

According to the structure of claim 1 of the present invention, when installing the garbage disposal, when connecting the material input port of the crushing means with the elastic member to the material input opening formed in the lower surface of the sink, Although the disposition position of the kitchen receiving portion differs depending on the type of the sink, since the material charging opening and the crushing means are connected by the elastic material, the difference in the connection angle can be absorbed by the connecting portion.

According to the second aspect of the present invention,
When arranging the processing tank in the sink, the connection angle between the crushing means and the processing tank changes depending on the connection angle between the material input opening of the garbage receiving part and the material input opening of the crushing means. Since and are arranged by the elastic material, the difference in connection angle can be absorbed.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

Reference numeral 1 is a sink, 2 is a sink, and has a kitchen receptacle 4 at the bottom for detachably accommodating a drainage basket 3. A drainage opening to which a drainage pipe 5 is connected and a material introduction opening 6 communicating with a material introduction opening 10 of a crusher 7 which will be described later are formed on the bottom surface of the garbage receiving portion 4. 6 is closed by mounting the water draining basket 3 so as to prevent the water flowing into the garbage receiving portion 4 from flowing into the material input port 10 during cooking.

7 is stored in the lower space of the sink 1,
In the crusher supported by the support base 8, the material input port 10 of the transfer cylinder 9 is connected to the material input opening 6 of the garbage receiving portion 4 by the elastic material 11, and the support base 8 is used for the sink 1 It is fixed to. The crusher 7 is swingably supported on the support base 8, and is fixed by tightening a screw 12 arranged near the swing shaft. Reference numeral 13 is a handle attached to the swing shaft of the crusher 7, and the handle 13 is rotated to swing the crusher 7 with respect to the support 8.
Reference numeral 14 denotes a spiral body which is disposed in the transfer cylinder 9 and is driven to rotate by an electric motor 15, and has rotating teeth 16 attached to its tip. 17
Is a fixed tooth attached to the tip of the transfer tube 9, and the garbage supplied from the material inlet 10 is transferred to the tip of the transfer tube 9 by the rotation of the spiral body 14 and crushed by the rotary tooth 16 and the fixed tooth 17. It is supposed to be done.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a cylindrical processing tank, which is made of a corrosion-resistant material such as synthetic resin or stainless steel. Reference numeral 19 is a connection port formed on one side of the processing tank 18 so that the tip of the transfer cylinder 9 penetrates through the elastic material 20, and the garbage crushed by the crusher 7 is a processing tank. It will be supplied within 18. The connection port 19 is formed substantially at the center in the depth dimension of the sink 1.

Reference numeral 21 denotes a stirring blade which is rotatably disposed in the processing tank 18 and has a spirally formed wire rod made of a corrosion-resistant material such as synthetic resin or stainless steel.
The shaft is supported by a bearing 23 provided in the lower part, and is driven to rotate by an electric motor 24 fixed to the upper surface of the processing tank 18, and the kitchen waste fed from the crusher 7 and the processing medium 29 described later are mixed. The stirring blade 21 may have a surface coated with a corrosion resistant material such as synthetic resin.

Reference numeral 25 denotes a draining portion formed at the bottom of the processing tank 18, which is partitioned by a draining plate 26 having a large number of small holes so that a processing medium 29 described later does not leak.
The water and carbon dioxide gas generated by decomposing the garbage at 29 are discharged, and the water discharged to the water draining portion 25 is discharged to the drain pipe 5 through the connection pipe 27. Has become.

Reference numeral 28 denotes an opening / closing door that opens and closes the opening formed in the processing tank 18, and the processing medium 29 described later is inspected by opening the opening / closing door 28 and generated in the processing medium 29 described later. It is designed to take out vinyl or the like that cannot be decomposed by bacteria and to perform maintenance and inspection of the crusher 7.

A processing medium 29 is housed in the processing tank 18. The treatment medium 29 is a wood piece such as sawdust, a chaff, a rice bran, a microbial culture substrate such as soil, in the present example, Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 2-34679 (C02F 11/02) `` Wooden piece of sludge The microbial culture substrate shown in "Microbial treatment method" is used. When garbage is put into this processing medium 29 and mixed, bacilli and cocci are generated, and the bacillus corrodes the garbage, and the cocci eats and decomposes into water and carbon dioxide gas to eliminate the garbage.

When the kitchen waste treatment apparatus is installed on the sink 1 of the kitchen, the ordinary kitchen waste receiving section arranged on the lower surface of the sink 2 is removed, and the drainage opening and the material charging opening 6 are removed. The formed garbage receiving portion 4 is arranged. Then, the drainage pipe 5 is connected to the drainage opening, and the material input opening 10 formed in the transfer cylinder 9 of the crusher 7 is connected to the material input opening 6 with the elastic material 11. The disposition position of the garbage receiving portion 4 differs depending on the type of the sink, but since the material charging opening 6 and the crusher 7 are connected by the elastic material 11, the difference in the connection angle can be absorbed by the connection portion. Further, when the treatment tank 18 is arranged in the sink 1, the connection between the crusher 7 and the treatment tank 18 depends on the connection angle between the material input opening 6 of the garbage receiving portion 4 and the material input port 10 of the crusher 7. The angle changes, but the connection port between the crusher 7 and the processing tank 18
Since the elastic member 20 is arranged on the member 19, the difference in connection angle can be absorbed.

At the time of cooking, the drainage basket 3 is attached to the garbage receiving portion 4 and the material charging opening 6 is closed. In this state, the water from the sink 2 is drained to the drain pipe 5 via the water drain basket 3.

When treating the kitchen waste, the water drainage basket 3 is removed, and the electric motor 15 is driven by the operation of a switch (not shown) to rotate the spiral body 14 and the material is introduced through the material introduction opening 6 of the garbage receiving section 4. Put garbage in mouth 10. The garbage that has been put into the crusher 7 through the material input port 10 is transferred to the front end side of the transfer cylinder 9 by the spiral body 14, crushed by the fixed teeth 17 and the rotary teeth 16 and discharged to the processing tank 18.

The electric motor 24 for rotating the stirring blade 21 starts to rotate at the same time in synchronization with the electric motor 15 of the crusher 7,
The kitchen waste discharged from the machine is treated by the rotation of the stirring blade 21.
Mixed with 29.

The kitchen waste in the processing tank 18 is decomposed into water and carbon dioxide by the naturally occurring bacilli and cocci in the processing medium 29 and disappears. Since the kitchen waste supplied to the processing tank 18 is crushed by the crusher 7, the kitchen waste decomposes and disappears in a relatively short time.

The water generated by decomposing the garbage by the naturally occurring bacteria in the treatment medium 29 flows through the draining plate 26 to the draining part 25, and is discharged from the drain pipe 5 through the connection pipe 27.

When the garbage has been charged into the material charging port 10, the switch (not shown) is operated to stop the operation. However, the garbage remains in the crusher 7 and the kitchen rots in the crusher 7. In order to prevent this, after the switch is stopped, the electric motor 15 of the crusher 7 is stopped after a sufficient time has passed for the kitchen waste in the crusher 7 to be discharged into the processing tank 18. Further, in order to sufficiently mix the garbage supplied from the crusher 7 with the processing medium 29, the stirring blade 21 rotating motor 24 is stopped after a predetermined time has passed since the operation of the motor 15 of the crusher 7 was stopped.

If a processing bag 29 such as a vinyl bag that cannot be disassembled is accidentally put in, or the transfer cylinder 9 of the crusher 7 is clogged with garbage, the opening / closing door 28 of the processing tank 18 is opened. The foreign matter in the processing tank 18 is taken out and maintenance / inspection of the crusher 7 is performed. The crusher 7 is swingably arranged with respect to the support 8, and the transfer cylinder 9 and the processing tank 18 are Connection port 19
Since they are connected with the elastic member 20, loosen the screw 12 and operate the handle 13 of the crusher 7 to perform maintenance and inspection with the opening of the transfer cylinder 9, that is, the garbage discharge port fixed upward. You can

[0027]

According to the structure of claim 1 of the present invention, since the material input opening and the material input opening of the processing means are connected by the elastic material, the difference in the connection angle can be absorbed by the connection portion, and the garbage receiving device can be used. It can be installed on various sinks regardless of the position of the section.

According to the structure of claim 2 of the present invention,
Since the material input opening and the material input port of the crushing means are connected by the elastic material, the difference in connection angle can be absorbed by the connecting portion, and the processing tank and the crushing means are connected by the elastic material, so that the garbage receiving part The difference in the connection angle between the crushing means and the processing tank caused by the connection angle between the material input opening and the material input port of the crushing means can be absorbed, and it can be installed in various sinks regardless of the position of the garbage receiving part.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a garbage processing apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a top view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the same garbage disposal when the crusher is inspected.

FIG. 4 is a top view showing a state in which the mounting angle of the support base is changed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Sink 2 Sink 4 Garbage receiving part 6 Material input opening 7 Crusher (crushing means) 10 Material input port 11 Elastic material 18 Processing tank 20 Elastic material 29 Processing medium

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A kitchen receiving part formed in a sink of a sink, a drainage opening and a material charging opening formed in the kitchen receiving part, a drainage pipe connected to the draining opening, and the material charging. And a crushing means for crushing the garbage thrown from the material throwing port, and a processing for receiving the kitchen waste discharged from the kitchen waste outlet of the crushing means and decomposing the kitchen waste A garbage treatment device comprising a tank, and the crushing means and the processing tank are connected by an elastic material. 2. A garbage receiving portion formed in a sink of a sink, a drainage opening and a material discharging opening formed in the garbage receiving portion, a drainage pipe connected to the drainage opening, and the material input. Crushing means for crushing the garbage thrown in through the material charging port, a processing tank for receiving the kitchen waste discharged from the crushing means, and a storage container in the processing tank And a processing medium for decomposing and processing the garbage, wherein the material charging opening and the material charging port, and the crushing means and the processing tank are connected by an elastic material.