JPH0740502Y2 - Household garbage processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a domestic garbage disposal device for fermenting and reducing organic garbage generated at home into organic fertilizer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The garbage generated in each household is currently collected by each local government, and is incinerated, landfilled or otherwise treated. However, among these garbage, there is a problem in hygiene that raw garbage such as vegetable scraps and leftover food from the kitchen has a lot of water and is easily decomposed to cause a bad odor. Therefore, recently, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 2-15081, there has been proposed a domestic garbage processing device capable of processing household garbage generated at home.

In such a domestic garbage treatment device, a rotary container is pivotally supported on a rotary shaft pivotally supported by a container support, and the raw garbage inserted in the rotary container is stirred with microorganisms to ferment and reduce the weight. In the device that makes it possible to switch the rotating handle provided at the end of the rotating shaft, when rotating the rotating container itself according to the fermentation condition of raw garbage and the amount of input of raw garbage, etc. It is possible to switch between the case where the stirring body inside the rotary container is rotated.

[0004]

However, the above-mentioned household garbage processing device is a stirring by a handwheel, and
Although the stirrer cuts the raw garbage, the fermentation rate varies because the raw garbage is processed as it is without crushing it.Therefore, in order to accelerate the fermentation, the rotary handle is turned occasionally to turn the raw garbage in the rotary container. It was necessary to stir the dust. Then, in the above-mentioned garbage processing apparatus, it takes about 24 hours to completely ferment the garbage.

The present invention has been devised in view of such circumstances, and household garbage which is capable of fermenting garbage in a short time by automatically crushing and stirring the garbage put in the container. An object is to provide a processing device.

[0006]

In order to achieve such an object, a domestic garbage processing apparatus according to claim 1 is equipped with a fermentation tank into which raw garbage is put, and an upper part of the fermentation tank.
A lid for opening and closing the tank is mounted on the bottom of the fermentor, and grinding means for grinding the inserted food waste, is mounted on the lid, stir the garbage crushed fermentor with grinding means The stirring means, a timer for measuring the operation time of the crushing means and the stirring means, and a control means for controlling the operation of the crushing means and the stirring means based on a signal from the timer.

[0007] Then, devised Ru engaging in claim 2, claim 1
In the domestic garbage processing device according to the above, each activating / stopping switch of the crushing means and the agitating means is connected to the control means so that the crushing means and the agitating means are operated or stopped by operating the operation / stop switch. all SANYO was devised according to claim 3, at a household garbage disposal apparatus according to claim 1, connected to the control unit safety switch for detecting the opening of the lid, the opening of the lid The crushing means and the stirring means are stopped.

[0008]

According to invention according to the action] claim 1, garbage charged into the fermentor is first milled at a certain time grinding means, then constant at ground food waste is攪拌means time stirring As a result, fermentation and weight reduction will be achieved. So
At this time, the operations of the crushing means and the stirring means are controlled by the control means which inputs the signal of the timer. Also, operating according to the invention according to claim 2, the stirring means and breaking means are control means by operation, manual operation of the stop switch alone
・ Stop. And the automatic control by the timer is performed.
If the operation / stop switch is operated while the
The automatic control will be cancelled. In the device according to claim 3 , the lid is opened during the operation of the stirring means and the crushing means.
When released , the stirring means and the crushing means that are in operation stop for safety reasons.

[0009]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION real施例of the present invention in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a household raw material according to claims 1 to 3.
The partial cutaway side view of one Example of the garbage processing apparatus is shown, and in the figure, 1 is a fermenter and said fermenter 1 is stainless steel.
Fermentation tank main body 3 having a substantially U-shaped vertical section formed, and the fermentation
It consists of a plastic cover 5 that covers the outer circumference of the tank body 3.
The base 7 of the fermentor 1 is fixed to the fermenter main body 3 by the support base 7.
A pair of left and right handles 9 are bolted to the sides of the plastic cover 5 .

At the bottom of the fermenter 1, a mixer 11 for crushing the garbage put in the fermenter main body 3 is mounted. The mixer 11 is composed of a mixer motor 13 and a plurality of mixer blades 15 incorporated in a support base 7, and a rotary shaft 13a of the mixer motor 13 projects to the bottom of the fermenter main body 3 at its tip. A boss 17 having a plurality of mixer blades 15 attached thereto is detachably inserted. Then, when the mixer blades 15 rotate in the direction of arrow A by the operation of the mixer motor 13, the garbage put into the fermentation tank main body 3 is crushed by each mixer blade 15.

On the other hand, a hinge 1 is provided at the upper opening of the fermenter 1.
And attaching et been openably lid body 21 via a 9,
Agitating device 23 in the central portion of its stirring the garbage in the fermentation tank body 3 that is ground in the mixer 11 is mounted. The lid 21 is also composed of a stainless steel lid main body 21a and a plastic cover 21b covering the outside thereof, as in the fermentation tank 1. Further, the stirring device 23 and the agitating motor 25 mounted on the lid 21, is constituted by the stirring blade 27 rotating in the stirring motor 25,
The stirring blade 27 is, as shown in the figure, a stirring motor 25.
Is fixed to the tips of two stays 29 extending obliquely downward in the fermenter main body 3 from. When both stays 29 are rotated in the direction of arrow B by the agitating motor 25, the raw dust after the crushing process by the mixer 11 is agitated by the two agitating blades 27.

The mixer motor 13 and the agitating motor 25 are connected to the control means 31 as shown in FIG. 2 and controlled by the control means 31 . Signals from an operation switch 33 attached to the support base 7 and a timer 35 built in the support base 7 are input to the control means 31, and when the operation switch 33 is turned on, the signal is output. The mixer motor 13 first starts to operate in response to the input command from the control means 31. Further, the timer 35 starts its operation when the operation switch 33 is turned on and measures the operation time of the mixer motor 13 and the stirring motor 25. When the mixer motor 13 operates for a preset time , the timer 35 35
The control means 31, which has received a signal to that effect, stops the operation of the mixer motor 13. Then, the control means 31 is configured to operate the stirring motor 25 after stopping the operation of the mixer motor 13. Similarly, when the stirring motor 25 operates for a predetermined time, The control means 31 which receives a signal to that effect from the timer 35 stops the operation of the stirring motor 25.

[0013] and, in the present embodiment, 醗 the garbage
When inputting into the fermentation tank main body 3, as in the conventional case, an additive (microorganism) is added to ferment and reduce the amount of raw garbage, but the processing of raw garbage is performed in about 3 hours after the operation switch 33 is turned on. Is completed. Therefore, the operation of the stirring motor 25 is stopped
Also timer 35 measures the elapsed time, when 3 hours have elapsed from the ON operation of the operation switch 33, the control unit 31 is adapted to sound the completion buzzer 37 incorporated in the support base 7 as the processing is completed.

A signal from a safety switch 39 provided as a safety measure is input to the control means 31. That is, on the opposite side of the mounting portion of Dehi Nji 19 sandwiching the stirrer 23 as shown in FIG. 1, the locking device 41 is mounted between the fermentation tank 1 and the lid 21, the lever of the locking device 41 Four
Although the lid 21 locked is released by operating the 1a in the arrow C direction it can be opened, and the safety switch 39 is incorporated in the vicinity of the lock device 41.
When the lid 21 is opened while the mixer motor 13 and the agitating motor 25 are operating, the safety switch 39 outputs a signal indicating that the lid 21 has been opened to the control means 31, and the control means 31 ensures safety. order to achieve, a timer 35 simultaneously stops the operation of the mixer motor 13 and stirrer motor 25 is stopped, and is adapted to continue the subsequent process when the lid 21 is closed.

Furthermore, the control means 31 receives signals from the mixer motor operation / stop switch 43 and the stirring motor operation / stop switch 45 provided on the support base 7. Both of the operation / stop switches 43, 45 manually actuate and stop the mixer motor 13 and the stirring motor 25. When the control means 31 inputs signals from the operation / stop switches 43, 45, the control is performed. The means 31 is adapted to individually operate and stop the mixer motor 13 and the stirring motor 25. That is, garbage contains a large amount of water.
It also contains a lot of solids such as mums and fish bones, and its contents are
There is a wide variety. Therefore, take the soft garbage over time
It is necessary to pulverize and stir even the finest particles in terms of breathability.
It is disadvantageous for the sliding of aerobic fermentative fungi, and also for fish bones.
Even if the crushed raw garbage is not sufficiently crushed, it may interfere with the fermentation.
The uniform processing of the control means 31 by the timer 35 described above.
There may be cases where the reason is not sufficient. Therefore, both actuation / stop
When the switches 43 and 45 are operated, the operation switch 33
The automatic control of the control means 31 by the ON operation is not performed,
Allows crushing and stirring for a time depending on the contents of the garbage
It has become. Further, if the operation / stop switches 43 and 45 are stopped while the automatic control is being performed, the mixer motor 13 and the stirring motor 25 are stopped and the automatic control is released. It has become.

In addition, in FIG. 1, 47 is an operating lamp and 49
Is a socket, 51 is a plug, and the domestic food waste processing apparatus according to the present embodiment can be operated with a domestic 100 volt. Further, the vent tube was inserted into the lid 21 in order to promote the fermentation of the garbage, a deodorizer 55 filled with activated carbon to the vent tube 53 as fermentation odor measures attached fermenter body 3 53 Has been.

[0017] The food waste treatment apparatus according to the present embodiment is constituted as this, then, based on the flow chart of FIG. 3, illustrating the processing steps that by the the garbage disposal apparatus. First, the lid 21 is opened and raw garbage is put into the fermenter main body 3, and at the same time, additives are put. The ratio between the amount of raw garbage and the additive is calculated in advance according to the type and amount of raw garbage. Then, the lid 21 is closed and the operation switch 33
May be turned on (step S1).

When the operation switch 33 is turned on in this manner, the timer 35 starts operating (step S
2), the control means 31 that receives the signal from the operation switch 33
The mixer motor 13 starts to operate in response to a command from the mixer blade 15 to rotate (step S3), and the garbage in the fermentation tank main body 3 is crushed. The timer 35 measures the operating time of the mixer motor 13, and the step S4
Then, it is determined whether or not the mixer motor 13 has operated for a predetermined time. Then, when it is determined in step S4 that the certain time has elapsed, the process proceeds to step S5, and the mixer motor 13 is stopped by the instruction of the control means 31 and the rotation of the mixer blade 15 is stopped. If it is determined in step S4 that the fixed time has not elapsed, the process returns to step S3.

Since the control means 31 stops the operation of the mixer motor 13 and then operates the stirring motor 25 to rotate the stirring blade 27 (step S6), the powder is crushed.
The garbage in the fermenter main body 3 is then stirred by the stirring blade 27. Similarly, it is determined in step S7 whether the stirring motor 25 has operated for a preset fixed time, and if it is determined in step S7 that the fixed time has elapsed, the process proceeds to step S8. 25 stops, and the stirring blade 27 stops rotating. If the fixed time has not elapsed, the process returns to step S6.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the fermentation and weight reduction processing of the garbage is completed and the composting is completed in about 3 hours after the operation switch 33 is turned on. It is determined whether or not 3 hours have elapsed since the operation switch 33 was turned on. And
If it is determined in step S9 that 3 hours have passed, it is determined that the processing of the garbage has been completed, the process proceeds to step S10, the completion buzzer 37 sounds to notify the completion, and then the timer 35 is stopped (step S11). A series of processing of dust ends.

Further, for example, when the lid 21 is opened while the mixer motor 13 is operating, the safety switch 39 outputs a signal to that effect to the control means 31, so that the control means 31 which has received the signal is safe. For the purpose of operation, the operation of the mixer motor 13 is stopped, and when the lid 21 is closed, the subsequent processing is continued. At this time, the tie 35 stops moving.

Further, without performing the steps of the flow chart shown in FIG. 3, the mixer motor operation / stop switch 43 and the agitation motor operation / stop switch 45 provided on the support base 7 as described above are operated to operate the mixer. The motor 13 and the agitating motor 25 are individually operated to handle the contents of the garbage.
Flip fermentation, Ri also der to perform a reduction process, also the way in stopping these operating switches of the steps of FIG. 3 43,4
When 5 is stopped, the mixer motor 13 and the agitating motor 25 are stopped and the series of steps are released.

As described above, the garbage processing apparatus according to this embodiment is
According to the arrangement, it is of course possible to compost the raw garbage generated in the home, and of course, after the raw garbage put into the fermentation tank main body 3 is crushed by the mixer 11, the raw garbage is stirred by the stirring device 23. Since it was done, the above-mentioned actual Kaihei 2-1500
According to the present embodiment, the fermentation and weight reduction of raw garbage, which took 24 hours in the domestic garbage treatment device of No. 81, is completed in 3 hours according to the present embodiment, and the processing speed of raw garbage is dramatically increased. It will be improved.

Further , in this embodiment, since the crushing and stirring of the garbage is automatically performed by the timer 35 , it is troublesome to sometimes rotate the handle by hand to stir the garbage in order to accelerate the fermentation as in the conventional case. Gana has. Therefore, in this embodiment
According to this, the processing work becomes extremely easy, and since a household power source can be used, there is no particular problem in terms of energy saving measures. As described above, according to this embodiment, for example,
If the lid 21 is opened while the service motor 13 is operating,
Since the control means 31 stops the operation of the motor 13,
The safety of work can be secured, and the garbage generated by the timer 35
In addition to crushing and stirring, the operation / stop switches 43, 45
The mixer motor 13 and the stirring motor 2 are manually operated.
5 starts / stops independently, time depending on the contents of garbage
It is also possible to crush and stir.

The crushing means and the agitating means in the present invention are not limited to the structures of the mixer 11 and the agitating device 23 of the above-mentioned embodiment, but can be the ones that can crush the garbage surely and stir it. Of course, if any, other structures may be used.

[0026]

As described above, according to the inventions according to the claims , fermentation and weight reduction of raw garbage, which took a long time in the conventional domestic garbage treating apparatus, are completed in a short time. As a result, the processing speed of raw garbage is dramatically improved. In addition, the present invention is pulverized garbage, stirring so automatically performed by the timer, conventionally there is no proportional troublesome processing operation becomes very easy. Also, for garbage
Contains a lot of water and solids such as fish bones,
Although the contents are various, the invention according to claim 2
According to the above, stirring is performed by manually operating each operation / stop switch.
Means and crushing means can be activated and deactivated independently.
As a result, crushing and stirring can be performed for a period of time depending on the contents of the garbage.
It is possible. And, in the garbage disposal according to claim 3,
According to the above, in addition to the effects described above, the operation of the crushing means and the stirring means
If the lid is opened during the movement, the control means will
Since the operation of the stirring means is stopped, the safety of work is ensured.
It has the advantage that it can be maintained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 Household garbage treatment according to claims 1 to 3.
FIG. 3 is a side view with a partial cutaway of an embodiment of the device .

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the household garbage processing device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the domestic garbage processing device shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Fermenter 3 Fermenter main body 7 Support stand 11 Mixer 13 Mixer motor 15 Mixer blade 21 Lid 23 Stirrer 25 Stirrer motor 27 Stirrer blade 31 Control means 33 Operation switch 35 Timer 39 Safety switch 43 Mixer motor operation / stop Switch 45 Stirring motor start / stop switch

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A fermentation tank into which raw garbage is put, and a fermentation tank
Trims the part, a lid for opening and closing the fermentor, is mounted on the bottom of the fermentor, and grinding means for grinding the inserted food waste, is mounted on the lid, fermentor milled by grinding means < and a timer for measuring the operating time of the crushing means and the stirring means, and a control means for controlling the operation of the crushing means and the stirring means based on a signal from the timer. A domestic garbage processing device characterized by the above. 2. The control means is connected to respective operation / stop switches of the crushing means and the agitating means, and the crushing means and the agitating means are operated or stopped by operating the operation / stop switch. The domestic garbage processing device according to claim 1, which is characterized in that. 3. The control means is connected to a safety switch for detecting the opening of the lid, and the crushing means and the stirring means are stopped when the lid is opened. Alternatively, the domestic garbage processing device according to claim 2.