JPH0647560Y2 - Kitchen waste feeding device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial application] The present invention relates to a garbage feed device for feeding garbage to a disposer for crushing garbage.

[Prior Art] For example, in a cafeteria or the like, a disposer is used for processing the generated garbage.

However, the disposer has a certain amount of kitchen waste that can be processed at one time, and when it exceeds that amount, the disposer locks and stops operating. Therefore, in the past, a garbage feeding device having a long overall length was connected to a disposer to secure a long garbage feeding port, and the garbage was dispersed and fed in an appropriate amount.

In addition, this garbage feeding device is provided with the following two.

A rotatable screw arranged almost horizontally.

A trough that surrounds the lower side of at least the entire length of this screw, has a garbage throwing port in the upper part, and connects the lower portion on one axial side to the garbage throwing port of the disposer.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in such a conventional garbage feeding device, since the trough has a circular bottom, the following problems occur.

After the garbage treatment, water is applied to the screw or trough to clean it, but the kitchen waste dropped from the screw or trough cannot be sent to the disposer unless the screw is rotated. Therefore, the rotation of the screw cannot be stopped even during cleaning, which is very dangerous.

Further, since the screw rotates slowly, it takes a long time for the kitchen waste dropped from the screw or trough to be sent to the disposer, and the cleaning time becomes long.

An object of the present invention is to provide a garbage feeding device that can be easily cleaned and requires a small amount of water.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a rotatable screw that is disposed substantially horizontally, and surrounds the lower side of the screw for at least the entire length of the screw and has a kitchen waste at the top. In a garbage feeding device having a charging port and a trough in which a lower portion on one side in the axial direction is connected to a garbage feeding port of the disposer, a groove communicating with the garbage feeding port of the disposer is provided in the lower portion of the trough. It is arranged in the direction.

[Operation] Kitchen waste dropped from the screw or trough enters the groove and is washed away toward the disposer by the flow of water even if the screw does not rotate.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

Reference numeral 1 is a disposer, 2 is a garbage feeding device, and the disposer is arranged inside. 3 is a support for the garbage feeding device 2 and 4 is a screw which constitutes the garbage feeding device 2,
They are arranged almost horizontally. Reference numeral 5 denotes a screw support, which rotatably supports the screw 4 by a bearing (not shown) mounted inside. Reference numeral 6 denotes a drive device, which is composed of, for example, a motor with a speed reducer, and rotates the screw 4 via a chain 7, for example. Reference numeral 8 denotes a trough which surrounds the lower side of the screw 4 at least over the entire length of the screw 4 and opens the upper portion to serve as a garbage inlet 9, and also has a communication hole 10 at the lower portion on one side in the axial direction to provide the disposer It is connected to the kitchen waste input port 11. Reference numeral 12 denotes a groove, which is provided in the lower part of the trough 8 in the axial direction so as to communicate with the kitchen throwing port 9 of the disposer 1. 13 is a valve, which is provided on the end surface of the groove 12 on the side opposite to the disposer,
Supply water to 12. A water faucet 14 is provided on the other side of the trough 8.

In such a structure, the garbage is thrown into the trough 8 from the garbage input port 9 and sent to the disposer 1 side by the screw 4. And the communication hole 10 and the garbage input port
Sent to Disposer 1 through 11.

For cleaning after the garbage treatment, a hose or the like is connected to the water faucet 14, and the garbage is attached to the screw 4 and the trough 8 to wash it off with water. At this time, the screw 4 is stopped.

In this cleaning, the garbage attached to the screw 4 and the trough 8 is dropped to the bottom of the trough 8 together with water,
Collected in the groove 12.

Since water is supplied to the groove 12 by opening the valve 13, the garbage dropped into the groove 12 smoothly flows toward the disposer 1.

The valve 13 does not necessarily have to be provided, and the faucet 14 may be used.

[Effect of the Invention] Since the present invention is provided with the groove 12 communicating with the garbage supply port 11 of the disposer 1 in the lower portion of the trough 8 as described above, the screw 4 is rotated during cleaning of the garbage feeding device. Even if it is not necessary, the garbage dropped from the screw 4 and the trough 8 can be collected in the groove 12 at the bottom of the trough and can be made to flow toward the disposer 1 with water. Therefore, cleaning of the garbage feeder can be performed safely and It can be done in a short time.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a front view showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view, and FIG. 3 is a side sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG. 1: Disposer, 2: Garbage feeding device 3: Screw, 8: Trough 9: Garbage input port, 10: Communication hole 11: Kitchen input port, 12: Groove

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A rotatable screw which is disposed substantially horizontally, and surrounds the lower side of the screw at least along the entire length of the screw, and has a kitchen throwing port at the upper part, and the lower part on one side in the axial direction is a disposer. A garbage feeding device having a trough communicating with a garbage feeding port, wherein a groove communicating with a garbage feeding port of the disposer is axially provided in a lower portion of the trough.