JPH07290030A - Household garbage disposal device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make the device compact and inexpensive in connection with the device contg. an impeller and the fermentation vessel provided above an electric motor by constituting so that the cooling air for the motor is introduced into the vessel. CONSTITUTION:A duct 60 for conducting the air having cooled an electric motor 40 is communicated with the inside of a fermentation vessel 50 through a passage 29 provided to a lid 20. The lid 20 is opened when garbage is treated, the garbage is charged into the vessel 50, then the lid 20 is closed, and the gearmotor 40 is driven. An impeller 54 and a cooling fan 41 are rotated by the motor 40. Consequently, the garbage in the vessel 50 is uniformly agitated in all directions, the cooling air (hot air) generated by the fan 41 and having cooled the motor 40 is introduced into the vessel 50 through the duct 60, and the fermentation of garbage is promoted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portal-type household garbage processing device for treating household garbage.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a processing apparatus for processing domestic food waste, there has been a processing apparatus which performs batch processing with a single unit. Alternatively, there is a type in which a plurality of fermenters are arranged in series, the fermented product in the former stage is sent to the latter stage, and by doing so, the next object to be treated is introduced into the empty former fermenter.

However, in the batch processing type, by continuously feeding the objects to be treated, the fermentation in the inside cannot be evenly distributed to each part, and the feeding is stopped when the fermentation is finally full. Since it is necessary to set a maturing period for each day,
There is a problem that a plurality of devices are required and the installation place is large.

On the other hand, in the case of having a plurality of fermentation tanks, a device for sending the material to be processed from the tank at the front stage to the tank at the rear stage is indispensable, so that the structure becomes complicated and the structural strength is required. However, the cost was large and the size was large, making it unsuitable for home use.

In view of this, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-149085 discloses a domestic food waste composting apparatus capable of performing a fermentation process without causing any trouble in continuously inputting food waste.

That is, as shown in FIG. 7, a plurality of fermentation tanks 61 are detachably provided in a housing 60 having a heat insulating structure having a lid, and a heater 62 for heating is provided on the outer surface of the fermentation tank 61. The processing chamber 63 and the air chamber 6 in which the inside of the fermenter 61 accommodates the object to be treated by the drainboard 65
When the object to be processed is charged into the processing chamber 63, the object to be processed is agitated by the stirring blade 66.

The driving force of the motor 70 is the driving shaft 6
It is transmitted to the support shaft 67 via 9 and the coupling device 68, and the stirring blade 66 is rotated. Also, the housing 6
The air sucked from the outside of 0 is sent to the air chamber 64 by the pump device 71 to promote aerobic fermentation, and when the temperature inside the fermenter 61 rises, a cooling effect is brought about. There is.

Therefore, in the domestic food waste composting apparatus having such a structure, the material to be treated is continuously put into one of the fermenters 61 in which the inoculum has been charged for about two weeks, and when it is almost full. The feeding is stopped, and the subsequently-generated object to be treated is introduced into another fermentation tank 61.

[0009] During this period, if the fermentation tank 61 is sufficiently fermented and can be taken out as compost in about two weeks, the two fermenters 61 are used alternately in sequence to continuously treat the material to be treated. It can be put in and composted.

[0010]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional domestic food waste composting device, at least two fermenters 61 are used for continuously feeding the material to be treated and composting it.
In addition to the need for a pump device 71 for sending air to the air chamber 64, and a heater 62 for promoting fermentation by the inoculum, the configuration is increased with the increase in the number of parts. It becomes complicated and hinders downsizing and cost reduction of the device.

The present invention has been made in consideration of such circumstances, and provides a domestic food waste processing apparatus which can be downsized and reduced in cost with a simple structure. The purpose is to

[0012]

The invention according to claim 1 is
An electric motor (40) is attached to a lower portion of a casing (10) having a lid body (20), and a fermentation blade (50) provided above the electric motor (40) has a stirring blade (54) built therein. At the same time, the output shaft (45) provided at the upper part of the electric motor (40) and the input shaft (53) provided at the lower part of the stirring blade (54) are engaged in the rotational direction, and The electric motor (40) is detachable.
The cooling air of (3) is sent into the fermentation container (50) from the upper part of the fermentation container (50).

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the duct (60) for guiding the cooling air of the electric motor (40) to the upper part of the fermentation vessel (50) is provided in the passage (29). ) Through the inside of the said fermentation container (50), It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

The invention according to claim 3 is the fermentation vessel (5
The gas of (0) is added to the deodorizing section (2) provided on the lid body (20).
It is characterized in that the air is released from the opening (20a) of the lid body (20) into the atmosphere via 8).

[0015]

In the domestic food waste processing apparatus of the present invention, the electric motor (40) mounted on the lower portion of the casing (10).
When is driven, the driving force of the electric motor (40) is transmitted to the input shaft (53) through the output shaft (45), and the stirring blades (54) are rotated, whereby the fermentation vessel (50).
The object to be treated put inside is stirred. At this time, the cooling air after cooling the electric motor (40) is cooled by the fermentation vessel (5
When the hot air is blown into the fermentation container (50) by being fed into the fermentation container (50) from the upper part of (0), the fermentation action of the inoculum is promoted.

Further, in the present invention, the fermentation vessel (5) is provided with a duct (60) for guiding cooling air after cooling the electric motor (40) through a passage (29) provided in the lid body (20).
0) Since it is communicated with the inside, the cooling air of the electric motor (40) can be guided into the fermentation container (50) through the passage (29).

Further, in the present invention, the opening (20a) of the lid (20) and the inside of the fermentation vessel (50) are communicated with each other via the deodorizing portion (28) provided in the lid (20). Therefore, the gas inside the fermentation vessel (50) is deodorized by the deodorizing section (2
After deodorizing by 8), the opening (20) of the lid (20)
It can be released into the atmosphere from a).

Therefore, even when the number of the fermentation vessel (50) is one, the stirring blades (54) are rotated and the object to be treated introduced into the fermentation vessel (50) is electrically driven. The cooling air of the motor (40) is the fermentation vessel (50)
By being fed into the fermentation container (50) from above, the temperature in the fermentation container (50) is increased and the fermentation action of the inoculum is promoted, so that it is possible to reliably treat domestic food waste. .

Further, by introducing cooling air (warm air) of the electric motor (40) into the fermentation vessel (50) through the duct (60), it is necessary to specially provide a blower which has been conventionally required. In addition to the above, since the temperature in the fermentation vessel (50) is increased, a heater is not required, so that the number of parts is reduced and the structure can be simplified.

[0020]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 are views showing an embodiment of the domestic food waste processing apparatus of the present invention. As shown in these figures, a lid 20 is attached to an upper portion of the casing 10 via a shaft 21 so as to be openable and closable. Details of the lid 20 will be described later.

The casing 10 is provided with a hollow panel body 11, which are fastened to each other by bolts 12 to model the outer shape of the casing 10. The hollow portion of each panel body 11 is filled with styrofoam, so that the heat retaining effect inside the casing 10 described later is enhanced.

A bottom plate 30 is fastened to the lower portion of each panel body 11 with bolts 31. A recess 33 having a plurality of vent holes 32 is provided in the center of the bottom plate 30, and the vent holes 3 are formed by the rotation of a cooling fan 41 that is driven simultaneously when a geared motor 40 described later is driven.
The outside air is taken in from 2.

A motor case 34 having a reinforcing plate 35 is integrally provided on the top of the bottom plate 30 to form a closed chamber A. Inside the closed chamber A, a geared motor 40 as an electric motor having a cooling fan 41 built in at the lower portion is arranged. This geared motor 4
An air guide port 40a is provided on the bottom surface of 0, and an air exhaust port 40b is provided on the top of the geared motor 40. The drive shaft 45 of the geared motor 40 is projected upward from the motor case 34.

The drive power to the geared motor 40 is supplied via a cord 44 extending from a control unit 43 connected to a power cord 42. The drive of the geared motor 40 is controlled by the control unit 43. For example, the geared motor 40 is driven at a predetermined time interval for a certain period of time to rotate the stirring blade 54 described later.

A bearing unit 52 having an input shaft 53 is rotatably disposed at the center of the recess 51 at the lower end of the fermentation vessel 50. An engagement member 45 a is provided on the drive shaft 45 of the geared motor 40.

An engagement rod body 53a is fixedly provided under the input shaft 53 of the bearing unit 52.
3a and the above-mentioned engaging member 45a engage with each other in the rotational direction to transmit power, while the engaging rod 53a
The engaging member 4 by removing the fermentation container 50 upward.
It is configured so that the engagement with 5a can be easily released.
Further, a stirring blade 54 is attached to the upper portion of the input shaft 53 of the bearing unit 52. Here, the stirring blade 5
4 comprises short blades 55 and long blades 56, and short blades 5
5, the horizontal arm portion and the standing portion of the long blade 56 are formed to have a length of about ½, the short blade 55 agitates near the center of the fermentation container 50, and the long blade 56 is the fermentation container. 5
The inner wall of 0 is agitated. As a result, the food waste put into the fermentation container 50 is uniformly stirred in the left-right direction and the vertical direction.

An outwardly extending flange 57 is provided at the upper end of the fermentation vessel 50 so that it can be engaged with the engaging stepped portion 13 provided at the upper end of the panel body 11. ing. As a result, the fermentation container 50 has the flange 5
7 is engaged with the engagement stepped portion 13, and the lower end portion of the drive shaft 4 of the geared motor 40 is interposed by the bearing unit 52.
Since it is mounted on the casing 5, it is accommodated in a stable state inside the casing 10.

The duct 60 shown in the figure will be described later. 4 to 6 show the details of the lid 20 described above. A recess 22 is formed on one side of the lid 20 opposite to the side where the shaft 21 is provided. Recess 2
A holding hole 25 for rotatably holding the rotating shaft 24 of the lock lever 23 shown in FIG. As a result, in FIG. 2, the front end of the lock lever 23 engages with the engagement recess 14 of the panel body 11, whereby the lid body 20 is locked in the closed state.

The ring-shaped groove 26 formed inside the lid 20 has a packing 2 shown in FIGS.
7 is fitted. The deodorant unit 28a shown in FIG. 2 is fitted in the through groove 28 formed inside the lid 20. Here, since the inside of the lid 20 is hollow and plays a role of a duct, the air deodorized by the deodorant unit 28a has a plurality of slit holes 20a provided on one side of the lid 20. It is designed to be released from the outside.

Furthermore, the concave passage (29) formed inside the lid 20 is adapted to introduce the cooling air guided by the duct 60 described later into the fermentation vessel 50.

That is, in FIG. 1, the reinforcing plate 3
5 and the motor case 34 form a hermetically sealed space, the lower end 60b of the duct 60 is connected to the opening 60a formed in the motor case 34 in the upper part of this space, and the upper end 60c is a lid. It is fixed and arranged on the upper surface of the casing 10 in a state of facing the concave passage (29) provided on the side of the fermentation vessel 50 of 20. This allows
When the cooling fan 41 of the geared motor 40 is rotated through the inlet 40a to cool the geared motor 40, the cooling air is discharged from the air outlet 40b and taken into the motor case 34.
It is guided along the inside into the concave passage (29) of the lid body 20 and folded back inside the fermentation container 50.

A micro switch (not shown) is provided at a predetermined position inside the lid body 20.
When is closed, the power is turned on and the geared motor 40 can be driven.

Next, a method for treating domestic food waste by the household food waste processing device having such a configuration will be described. First, when putting garbage into the fermentation container 50, the lock lever 23 of the lid 20 is rotated to release the tip end thereof from the engaging recess 14 of the panel body 11, and the lid 20 is locked. After unwinding, the lid 20 is rotated in the opening direction. In this state, food waste is put into the fermentation container 50.
In addition, the fermented inoculum is mixed with sawdust and the like in a predetermined amount in addition to the input of food waste.

After the garbage is put in, the lid 20 is rotated in the closing direction, and the lock lever 23 is rotated to engage the tip of the lock with the engaging recess 14 of the panel 11 to lock the lid 20. And At this time, since the packing 27 provided on the lid 20 is pressed against the flange 57 of the fermentation container 50,
The outer peripheral portion of the lid 20 is held in a sealed state.

When the lid 20 is closed, as described above, a micro switch (not shown) provided at a predetermined position inside the lid 20 is turned on, and the geared motor 40 is turned on.
Can be driven. At this time, the cooling fan 4 of the geared motor 40 is driven as the geared motor 40 is driven.
1 rotates.

The driving force of the geared motor 40 is the driving shaft 4
By being transmitted to the input shaft 53 of the bearing unit 52 via 5, the stirring blades 54 rotate. Here, as described above, the drive of the geared motor 40 is driven by the control of the control unit 43, for example, every predetermined time for a fixed time.

At this time, the short blades 55 of the stirring blades 54 stir near the center of the fermentation vessel 50, and the long blades 56 stir the inner wall of the fermentation vessel 50.
The food waste put into the fermentation container 50 is evenly stirred in the vertical and horizontal directions.

When the temperature of the inside of the fermentation container 50 rises due to both the fermentation of the food waste becoming active due to the stirring by the stirring blades 54 and the cooling air after cooling the geared motor 40, After deodorizing the air inside the fermentation container 50 containing the water and the like contained in the deodorant unit 28a, the air is passed through the cavity inside the lid 20 and a plurality of side walls are provided on one side of the lid 20. Slit hole 20a
Is released from the outside.

Next, when new food waste is put into the fermentation container 50, as described above, the lock lever 23
After releasing the locked state of the lid body 20 by, open the lid body 20 and put the garbage into the fermentation container 50, close the lid body 20 to lock the lid body 20, and thereafter, by the same operation as above Ferment.

Then, for example, when the food waste inside the fermentation container 50 is fermented and reduced in weight, and the fermented product becomes full,
As described above, the locked state by the lock lever 23 is released, the outer peripheral edge portion of the fermentation container 50 is touched, and the fermentation container 50 is pulled out from the inside of the casing 10. At this time, the engaging member 52a of the drive shaft 45 and the engaging rod 53a of the input shaft 53
Since it is detachable, the fermentation container 50 can be pulled out without any trouble.

After discarding the food waste inside the fermentation container 50,
Put a new fermentation bed into casing 1 of fermentation container 50 again.
However, at this time, the engaging member 52a and the engaging rod body 53a are engaged with each other to close the lid body 20.

As described above, in this embodiment, the casing 1
When the electric motor 40 attached to the lower part of 0 is driven, the driving force of the electric motor 40 is transmitted to the input shaft 53 via the output shaft 45, and the stirring blades 54 are rotated, whereby the fermentation container 50 is rotated. The object to be treated put inside is stirred. At this time, after the cooling air of the electric motor 40 is guided to the upper passage 29 of the fermentation container 50 through the duct 60, the cooling air is fed into the fermentation container 50 and the temperature inside the fermentation container 50 is warm air. Since it is increased, the fermentation action of the inoculum is promoted.

Furthermore, the opening 20a of the lid 20 and the fermentation vessel 50 are placed via the deodorizing portion 28 provided on the lid 20.
Since it communicates with the inside, the gas inside the fermentation container 50 is deodorized by the deodorizing unit 28, and then the opening 2 of the lid 20 is opened.
0a can be released into the atmosphere.

Therefore, even when the number of the fermenting vessel 50 is one, the temperature inside the fermenting vessel 50 is increased by the cooling air of the electric motor 40 along with the stirring of the object to be treated by the rotation of the stirring blades 54. Therefore, the fermentation action of the inoculum is promoted, so that the domestic food waste is reliably treated.

Further, the cooling air of the electric motor 40 is supplied with the duct 6
By introducing it into the fermentation container 50 via 0, not only a blower which has been conventionally required is not required, but also the temperature in the fermentation container 50 is increased, so that a heater is not required, so the number of parts is reduced. It is possible to reduce the number and make the configuration simple. As a result, the device can be downsized and the cost can be reduced due to the simple structure.

[0046]

As described above, according to the domestic food waste processing apparatus of the present invention, when the electric motor (40) mounted on the lower portion of the casing (10) is driven, the electric motor (40) is driven. ) Is transmitted to the input shaft (53) via the output shaft (45), and the stirring blade (54) is rotated to stir the object to be treated put in the fermentation container (50). . At this time, the cooling air of the electric motor (40) is sent into the fermentation container (50) from the upper part of the fermentation container (50), so that the temperature in the fermentation container (50) is increased, so that the fermentation action of the inoculum is increased. Be promoted.

Further, since the duct (60) for guiding the cooling air of the electric motor (40) communicates with the inside of the fermentation vessel (50) through the passage (29), the electric motor (4
The cooling air of 0) is passed through the passage (29) to the fermentation vessel (50).
Can be guided inside.

Further, the opening (20) of the lid (20) is inserted through the deodorizing portion (28) provided on the lid (20).
Since a) is communicated with the inside of the fermentation vessel (50),
After deodorizing the gas inside the fermentation vessel (50) by the deodorizing section (28), unnecessary water can also be released to the atmosphere from the opening (20a) of the lid (20).

Therefore, even when the number of the fermenting vessel (50) is one, the rotation of the agitating blades (54) causes the electric power to be applied to the agitating of the object to be treated which has been put into the fermenting vessel (50). The cooling air of the motor (40) is the fermentation vessel (50)
By being fed into the fermentation container (50) from above, the temperature in the fermentation container (50) is raised and
The supply of new air (oxygen) promotes the fermentation action of the inoculum, so that it is possible to reliably treat domestic food waste.

Further, by introducing the cooling air of the electric motor (40) into the fermentation vessel (50) through the duct (60), not only the blower which has been conventionally required is not required but also the fermentation vessel (50) is required. Since the temperature inside) is raised,
Since no heater is required, the number of parts can be reduced and the structure can be simplified. As a result, the device can be downsized and the cost can be reduced due to the simple structure.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a case where one embodiment of a domestic food waste processing device of the present invention is viewed from the front.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a case where the household food waste processing device of FIG. 1 is viewed from the right side.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a case where the domestic food waste processing device of FIG. 1 is seen from a plane.

4 is a plan view showing a lid of the domestic food waste processing device of FIG. 1. FIG.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA showing the lid body of FIG.

6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB showing the lid body of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing a conventional household garbage composting device with a part cut away.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Casing 11 Panel Body 20 Lid Body 28a Deodorant Unit 40 Geared Motor 41 Cooling Fan 50 Fermentation Container 52 Bearing Unit 54 Stirring Blade 55 Short Blade 56 Long Blade 60 Duct

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A casing (1) having a lid (20).
The electric motor (40) is attached to the lower part of the electric motor (40), and the fermentation vessel (50) provided on the upper part of the electric motor (40) has the stirring blade (54) built therein and Output shaft provided at the top (45)
And an input shaft (5) provided below the stirring blade (54)
3) is engaged in the rotational direction and is detachable in the axial direction, and the cooling air of the electric motor (40) is supplied to the fermentation vessel (5).
A domestic food waste treatment device, characterized in that it is fed into the fermentation container (50) from the upper part of (0). 2. The fermentation is provided with a duct (60) for guiding the cooling air of the electric motor (40) to the upper part of the fermentation vessel (50) through a passage (29) provided in the lid (20). The household garbage processing device according to claim 1, wherein the device is in communication with the inside of the container (50). 3. The lid (2) is provided with the gas in the fermentation vessel (50) through a deodorizing section (28) provided in the lid (20).
The household garbage processing device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it is discharged into the atmosphere through the opening (20a) of (0).