JPH07116635A - Waste treatment apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the dangerousness caused by a drive system and to facilitate maintenance by arranging the drive system of a stirring shaft and electric machineries such as an air blower, a heater or the like in a distributed state in a waste treatment apparatus subjecting the garbage in a fermentation tank to fermentation treatment while stirring the same under the supply of hot air by stirring pawls. CONSTITUTION:A fermentation tank is formed into a T-shape and a drive system is received in the lower space part of the left-hand expanded part 23 formed to the T-shape part and electric machineries are received in the lower space part 2 of the right-hand expanded part 25 formed to the T-shape part. An air blower 40 is received in the right space part 26 and the outlet thereof is connected to the inlet of a heater 43 through a flexible pipe. The hot air heated by the heater is guided from an outlet 45 to the nozzle pipe 47 provided at the bottom part of a stirring tank main body 22 and spouted from the nozzle orifices 48 of the nozzle pipe 47. A drive motor 31 is received in the left space part 24 and a stirring pawl shaft 28 is rotated by the power of the drive motor 31 through a chain. The stirring pawl shaft 28 is supported at the central part of the main body 22 of the fermentation tank by bearings 29a, 29b and stirring pawls 27 are attached within the fermentation tank.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a waste processing apparatus for collecting food waste generated in business, food waste generated at home, etc., and treating the collected waste in a concentrated manner.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional waste treatment device is a hot air supply device for rotatably supporting a stirring claw shaft having a plurality of stirring claws in a fermentation tank and supplying hot air into the fermentation tank. Is attached, and the fermentation process is performed with warm air while stirring the food waste in the fermentation tank with the stirring claws.

[0003]

In the waste treatment apparatus as described above, the drive system of the stirring shaft and the drive motor thereof and the electric components such as the intake, exhaust blower and heater of the hot air supply device are concentrated in one place. It is arranged. Therefore, when the electric components are repaired, the drive system is also located at the same place, which may cause a danger due to the drive system and the maintenance is not easy. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a waste treatment device that is easy to maintain without the danger of a drive system.

[0004]

The present invention provides the following waste treatment equipment in order to achieve the above-mentioned objects. That is, a stirring shaft having a plurality of stirring claws is rotatably supported in the fermentation tank, and a warm air supply device for supplying warm air to the fermentation tank is attached to stir the food waste in the fermentation tank. In the organic waste treatment device that performs fermentation processing with warm air while stirring with, the drive system of the stirring shaft and the drive motor of the stirring shaft and the electric equipment such as the air blower and heater of the hot air supply device are distributed to the left and right of the fermentation tank. It is a waste treatment device.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A description will be given below with reference to the drawings. First, a conventional waste treatment device will be described. In Figures 9 and 10,
(1) shows a waste treatment device, and the treatment device (1) has a fermentation tank (3) having an input port (3a) at the top on a pedestal (2), and the center of the fermentation tank (3). Bearings (4
The stirring claw shaft (4) mounted on a) is installed and a plurality of stirring claws (5) are attached to the stirring claw shaft. The stirring claw (5) is configured as a knurled claw with a curved tip. A cutting blade is provided at the tip of the rotation path of the stirring claw (5), and the cutting blade and the stirring claw (5) jointly work into the fermentation tank (3) through the charging port (3a). It is designed to crush the raw garbage that is produced.

Further, on the side surface of the fermentation tank (3), a drive motor (7) for rotating the stirring claw shaft (4), an air blower (8) for supplying hot air to the fermentation tank (3), etc. are stored. A portion of the motor (7) disposed in the lower part of the casing (6a) from the output shaft (7a) to the chain (1
0) through the input claw shaft (4) input sprocket (9)
Is designed to drive. Also, the casing (6a)
The air blower (8) is housed in the heater, and a heater (12) for heating the air supplied into the fermentation tank (3) is provided in the middle of the hot air pipe (11) from the blower (8). The tip of the hot air pipe (11) is extended to the bottom of the fermentation tank (3) to form a hot air supply device. The fermentor (3) is divided into left and right sides by a partition wall (13), and accordingly, the warm air pipe (11) is branched from the middle part and disposed at the bottom of each fermenter. (14) shows two branch hot air tubes branched from the hot air tube (11) arranged in the central part of the ceiling in the fermenter (3), and the tips of the branch hot air tubes (14) (14) An outlet (11a) is provided in the section.

Further, an exhaust blower (16) arranged in a casing (6a) is connected to one end of an exhaust duct (15) having a plurality of blow-in openings (15a) on the ceiling of the fermentor (3). ing. The exhaust blower port (16a) is connected to an exhaust pipe (18) outside the casing (6a) via an exhaust connection pipe (17). And exhaust blower (16)
The air in the fermentation tank (3) sucked by the exhaust duct (15) which is communicated with the blower (16) by the operation of the blower (16) and the air in the fermentation tank (3) sucked by the exhaust blower (16) is the blower (16). ) Through the exhaust connection pipe (17) and is forcibly discharged from the exhaust stack (18) to the outside air.
Reference numeral (19) is a communication pipe that connects the casing (6a) and the fermentation tank (3) to each other, and the casing (6) is accompanied by the forced discharge of the air in the fermentation tank (3) by the exhaust blower (16).
The hot air in a) is supplied to the fermentation tank.

Further, a loading port lid (20) is attached to the loading port (3a) provided on the upper part of the fermentation tank (3) so as to be openable and closable, and the front side of the fermentation tank (3) is for opening and closing the processed product outlet. There is a lid (21).

In the waste treatment apparatus as described above, a drive motor (7) for rotating the stirring claw shaft (4), an air blower for supplying hot air to the fermentation tank (3), etc. are housed in the casing (6a). The control part (6) is provided, and the heater (12) is attached to the middle part of the hot air pipe (11) from the blower. Therefore, it is necessary to provide a control box called the casing (6a), and each device is housed in the casing (6a). Therefore, when one device is repaired, the other device becomes an obstacle and maintenance is not easy. When repairing electrical components during maintenance, the drive system may be activated and put in danger at unexpected times. The present invention improves on this.

That is, the drive system for the stirring shaft and the drive motor for the stirring shaft, the blower blower of the hot air supply device, the heater and its electrical components such as switches are distributed and arranged on the left and right sides of the fermentor.
Specifically, the drive system is arranged on one side of the fermenter and the electric equipment is distributed on the other side. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the outer shape of the fermentor is formed in a T shape, and the drive system for the stirring claw shaft and its drive motor, the air supply blower of the warm air supply device, and the heater are provided in the space below the T shape overhang. , Switches and other electrical equipment are arranged. Fermenter (2
One space (2) under the left overhang (23) of (2)
4) is formed, the drive system is housed therein, and one space portion (26) is formed below the right side overhanging portion (25) of the fermenter,
The electrical equipment is stored in this. The shaft (28) of the stirring claw (27) is provided at the left and right bearings (29) at the center of the fermenter body.
a) (29b) is mounted on the shaft, and stirring claws (27) are attached in the left and right fermentation tanks.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the drive system housed in the left space (24) is concave from the left space (24) toward the center of the main body and from the rear to the front. The large gear (3) of the intermediate shaft (34) driven by the drive motor (31) housed in the cave (30) that has been bitten into the gear and meshing with the small gear (33) of the drive shaft (32).
5) is driven by a drive motor, and then the large sprocket (38) is driven from the small sprocket (36) of the intermediate shaft (34) via the chain (37) to drive the stirring claw shaft (28). Therefore, the stirring claw shaft (28) is driven by the drive motor (31) in a two-speed shift. In the figure, (39) indicates a stay connecting the shaft (34) and the shaft (28).

Next, as shown in FIG. 5, the electrical equipment housed in the space (26) on the right side houses the air blower (40), and the heater is supplied from the outlet (41) thereof through the flexible tube (42). (4
3) Air is introduced into the inlet (44) of the heater (43) and heated by the heater (43) from the outlet (45) of the heater (43) to the bottom of the stirring tank main body (22) through the air intake (46). It is designed to be guided by a nozzle pipe (47) provided laterally and to eject hot air from its nozzle port (48) to accelerate the fermentation of the treated material with aerobic microorganisms. And fermenter (2
On the front surface of the main body of 2), there is a lid (49) for taking out processed material.

FIGS. 6, 7 and 8 show the upper part of the fermenter tank, in which the top surface (51) of the upper part of the fermenter tank (50) is inclined downward toward the front and has a horizontal hem opening. Edge (5
2) is fitted onto the rim (53) of the fermenter main body (22) as shown in FIG. At the center of the top surface (51) of the upper main body (50) of the fermenter, there is a control box (54), a control device is built in, and there is a lid (55) that can be removed for maintenance. On the left and right sides of the control box (54) are openable and closable lids (56) (56) for loading the processed products into the left and right fermentation tanks. A metal fitting (57) for supporting the lid body (56) is attached to one of the rims (58) of the processed material inlet (51), and the hem edge (59) of the lid body (56) is attached to the pin (61). ) Is openable and closable. On the other edge (58) facing the pin hinge, there is a proximity switch (62) for detecting opening / closing of the lid.

The upper fermentor main body (50) has a discharge hole (63) for deodorizing the odor generated in the fermentor and discharging it to the outside. A deodorizer equipped with a deodorizing tank and an exhaust fan is attached to the discharge hole (63). In the fermenter (22), the legs (64) are integrally molded with the main body and made of synthetic resin.

Since the present invention is constructed as described above,
Fermenter (22) from the opening (51) with the lid (56) open
The food waste and the like put into the inside is stirred by the stirring claw (27) and thus is crushed and the fermentation is accelerated by the warm air to perform the fermentation treatment. The processed matter after the fermentation treatment is the fermentation tank,
The lid (49) can be opened and taken out from the take-out port provided on the front surface. However, the drive system is stored in the left space (24) of the fermentation tank (22), and the electrical equipment is stored in the right space (26) of the fermentation tank (22). Since you do not touch it, you can avoid the danger caused by unexpected drive of the drive system.

[0016]

According to the present invention, the driving system for the stirring claw shaft and the driving motor for the stirring claw shaft, and the electric components such as the air blower and the heater of the warm air supply device are separately arranged on the left and right sides of the fermentation tank. The devices are distributed to the left and right so that they are not concentrated in one place. Therefore, maintenance is easy, and the drive system and electrical components can be maintained separately, and the drive system is not touched when performing maintenance on the electrical components, thus avoiding danger from unexpected operation of the drive system. You can Further, since the drive system and electric equipment can be housed in the main body of the fermenter without providing a control box, the structure is easy and the cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a space portion that houses a drive system.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a drive system

FIG. 4 is a side view of a space portion for housing electrical equipment.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the warm air supply device.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the upper main body of the fermenter.

FIG. 7 is a half plan view of the upper main body of the fermentation tank.

FIG. 8 is a vertical sectional view of a half part of the upper main body of the fermentation tank.

FIG. 9 is a front view of a conventional fermenter.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view of the same as above.

[Explanation of symbols]

 22 Fermenter main body 24 Left side space 26 Right side space 27 Stirring claw 28 Stirring claw shaft 30 Drive motor storage cave hole 31 Drive motor 33 Small gear 35 Large gear 36 Small sprocket 38 Large sprocket 40 Air blower 43 Heater 47 Nozzle tube 48 Nozzle Mouth 50 Fermenter upper body 51 Input port 54 Control box 56 Lid 63 Discharge hole

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Takayoshi Hoshino 1-32, Chayamachi, Kita-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture Yanmar Agricultural Machinery Co., Ltd. Within the corporation

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Garbage in the fermentation tank is provided with a stirring claw shaft having a plurality of stirring claws rotatably supported in the fermentation tank and a warm air supply device for supplying warm air into the fermentation tank. In an organic waste treatment device that performs fermentation processing with warm air while stirring with a stirring claw, the drive system of the stirring shaft on the left and right of the fermentation tank and its drive motor and the blower of the hot air supply device, electrical equipment such as heater Waste disposal equipment that sorts and arranges items.