JPH075161B2 - Kitchen waste storage method and storage container - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for accommodating kitchen waste and a container for accommodating the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, household waste such as cooking waste or leftover food (hereinafter referred to as kitchen waste) and paper waste generated from each household is collected by a garbage collection vehicle,
It is incinerated or landfilled.

[0003]

By the way, kitchen waste easily decomposes, and in particular in the summer, since the decomposition progresses rapidly and gives off a rotten odor, it cannot be stored at home and the garbage is generated. It is dumped at the collection station each time. Therefore, there is a problem that the collection work by the garbage truck is necessary every day, and the maintenance cost including the labor cost is increased.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is possible to reduce the number of collections by the garbage truck by storing the garbage in the home for a certain number of days without spoiling it. And a container for storing the same.

[0005]

The method for accommodating kitchen waste according to the present invention is such that the kitchen waste is crushed, the crushed kitchen waste is conveyed through tap water, and is spouted from below the filter, so that It is characterized in that the kitchen waste and the filter housed therein are washed, and the crushed kitchen waste is collected by the filter and housed.

Further, the kitchen waste container according to the present invention is a container for housing kitchen garbage crushed by a crusher,
This storage container has a base body that forms a drain port and is provided with a connection pipe for connection with a filter, and an insertion port that is detachable from the base body and that has an opening on the upper surface and into which the connection pipe of the base body can be fitted. A formed container body, and a drainer that is housed inside the container body, has an opening on the upper surface and an insertion port into which a base body connection pipe can be fitted in the bottom wall, and has many small holes formed in the peripheral wall and the bottom wall. A basket, a filter housed inside this drainage basket, which is attached and held at its insertion port through a fastening member, and a lid which covers the upper opening of the container body, and connects the crushed kitchen waste to the base body. By ejecting from the pipe upward through tap water,
It is characterized by being collected by a filter and stored.

[0007]

The kitchen waste generated during meals is crushed by a crusher and then conveyed to a container through tap water. The crushed kitchen waste conveyed to the storage container is jetted upward from the lower side of the filter stored inside, and tap water is used to wash the kitchen waste and the filter stored first while being crushed. Kitchen waste is collected by the filter.

[0008] Therefore, by crushing and transporting the kitchen waste every time when the kitchen waste is generated, the previously transported crushed kitchen waste and the filter are washed, and the kitchen waste is stored for a certain number of days without spoiling. be able to.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the overall structure of a garbage storage device 1. This storage device 1 includes a kitchen crusher 2 and kitchen crushed by the crusher 2 (hereinafter referred to as crushed material). ) Is accommodated in the container 3.

First, the crusher 2 is provided so as to face the drain of the sink 4 installed in the kitchen of each home, and is composed of an electric motor and a crushing blade provided on the output shaft of the electric motor. Then, the garbage thrown in from the sink 4 is crushed, and the crushed product is appropriately transported by tap water through the transport pipe 21.

The storage container 3 includes a base 31 fixed adjacent to the crusher 2, a container main body 32 which can be attached to and detached from the base 31, and a drainage basket 3 stored in the container main body 32.
3, a lid 34 that covers the upper opening of the container body 32, and a filter F that is mounted on the drainage basket 33.

A connecting pipe 35 is attached to the base 31 so as to pass through the center of the upper wall thereof, and one end of the carrier pipe 21 is formed in the connecting pipe 35 at an opening formed in the peripheral wall of the base 31. (Not shown). The upper wall is formed in a funnel shape in cross section so as to collect and discharge tap water carrying the pulverized material described later, and a drain port 31a is opened at the bottom thereof to lead to the sewer. 36 is connected. further,
An air vent pipe 31b is provided on the upper wall so that the inside of the container 3 is always kept at atmospheric pressure.

Further, the container body 32 is formed in a substantially cylindrical body having an open upper surface, and a bottom wall thereof is formed with an insertion opening 32a into which the connection pipe 35 can be fitted and is formed in the periphery thereof. A plurality of drain ports 32b are formed in the. A male screw is engraved on the lower portion of the outer surface of the peripheral wall and can be screwed into a female screw engraved on the inner surface of the upper edge of the base 31, so that the container body 32 can be attached to and detached from the base 31. Has become. Further, a male screw is also engraved on the outer surface upper part of the peripheral wall of the container body 32, and a female screw engraved on the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the lid 34 can be screwed into this male screw. On the other hand, the lid 34 can be attached and detached, and by attaching the lid 34 to the container body 32, the upper opening of the container body 32 can be closed.

On the other hand, the drainage basket 33 can be housed inside the container main body 32 and is formed into a stainless steel cylindrical body having a large number of small holes formed in the peripheral wall and the bottom wall and having an open top surface. An insertion port 33a into which the connection pipe 35 can be fitted is formed in the center of the wall. A packing 37 is attached around the insertion opening 33a so that the filter F inserted in the insertion opening 33a can be attached and held via a fastening member 38 having a substantially hat-shaped cross section having an opening in the ceiling. It has become.

Further, the filter F collects the crushed material while allowing tap water to pass therethrough, is formed of a stretchable material in the shape of a bag, and can be housed inside the drainage basket 33.

First, the assembly of the container 3 will be described. The filter F is attached to the drainage basket 33.
That is, the filter F is housed inside the drainage cage 33 with the constricted portion facing downward, and the constricted portion is accommodated in the drainage cage 33.
Is pulled out from the insertion opening 33a. Then, by inserting the fastening member 38 into the insertion port 33a, the constricted part of the filter F pulled out from the insertion port 33a is sandwiched between the packing 37 and the packing member 37, and the filter F is attached and held in the drainage basket 33 so as not to be removed. (See FIG. 4A).

After that, the water drainage basket 33 holding the filter F is inserted from the upper opening of the container body 32 and housed therein (see FIG. 4B). Then, the container body 32
The lid 34 is attached to the upper end of the lid 34 and the upper opening is closed (see FIG.
(See (c)), and further, the container body 32 having the filter F and the drainage basket 33 accommodated therein is mounted on the base 31. At this time, insert the filter F into the insertion port 33 of the drainage basket 33.
The connection pipe 35 can be fitted into the fastening member 38 that is sandwiched and held by a. As a result, the crusher 2 and the filter F can be communicated with each other via the transport pipe 21 and the connection pipe 35.

When the assembling of the storage container 3 is completed in this manner, the kitchen waste generated in the kitchen is crushed into a paste by the crusher 2 and then transported by the tap water through the transport pipe 21. Then, the conveyed pulverized material is connected to the connection pipe 3
When it is supplied to the inside of the filter F through 5, the pulverized material is ejected upward from the connection pipe 35 by the transportation pressure of the tap water, and as a result, the transported pulverized material expands the filter F. At this time, the tap water passes through the filter F, but the crushed material is collected by the filter F. When the crushed material is collected by the filter F, the water contained in the crushed material passes through the filter F,
The drainage pipe 31 is formed through the small hole of the drainage basket 33, the drainage port 32b of the container body 32, and the drainage pipe 31.
It is discharged through 6. Then, as the crushed material is drained, the filter F gradually withers and returns to its original state.

As described above, when the crushed material is conveyed by tap water, it is ejected from the lower side to the upper side of the filter F, so that the crushed material, the filter F, and the drainage basket 33 which are stored in advance are stored. The container body 32 is washed away with tap water for transporting the crushed product every time the crushed product is transported. As a result, even if spoilage bacteria attach to the crushed product and attempt to rot it, the spoilage bacterium is washed with tap water every time the crushed product is generated, that is, every meal of several times in a day. Can be interrupted,
The kitchen waste can be stored for a certain number of days without spoiling. Since the kitchen waste is crushed, it can be uniformly housed inside the filter F without any gap, and the filling efficiency is improved as compared with the case where it is discarded as it is.

When the crushed material is stored for a certain number of days and the filter F is filled with the crushed material, the container body 32 is removed from the base 31, and then the lid 34 is removed from the container body 32. Furthermore, after pulling up the drainage basket 33 while holding the filter F containing the pulverized product from the container body 32,
The drainage basket 33 is turned over, the fastening member 38 is removed, and the filter F and the drainage basket 33 are separated. Then, while the filter F containing the crushed material is discarded, a new filter F is attached to the drainage basket 33 again, and then the storage container 2 is assembled as described above and prepared for the next kitchen waste.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, the garbage is crushed, and the crushed garbage is conveyed through tap water and ejected from the lower side of the filter so that it is first accommodated by tap water. It is possible to wash the kitchen waste and the filter that are being washed and to collect and store the crushed kitchen waste with the filter, and it is possible to store the kitchen waste for a certain number of days without spoiling, for example, within one week. Since it is only necessary to devote only one day to the collecting work, it is possible to suppress the expense of the maintenance and management cost and the labor cost accompanying the collecting work.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration of a kitchen storage device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the container of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing an enlarged part of the storage container.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing an assembling procedure of a storage container.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Storage Device 2 Crusher 3 Storage Container 31 Base Body 32 Container Body 33 Drain Basket 34 Lid F Filter

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. The kitchen waste is crushed, and the crushed kitchen waste is conveyed through tap water and jetted from below the filter to wash the kitchen waste and the filter previously housed by the tap water and crush them. A method for accommodating kitchen waste, characterized in that the collected garbage is collected by a filter and stored. 2. A storage container for storing kitchen waste crushed by a crusher, wherein the storage container forms a drain port and a base body provided with a connection pipe for a filter,
A container body which is detachable from the base body and has an opening on the top surface and an insertion port into which a connection pipe for the base body can be fitted, and a bottom wall which is housed inside the container body and opens on the top surface. A drainage basket having a base pipe and a plurality of small holes formed in the peripheral wall and the bottom wall, into which the connection pipe of the base body can be inserted, and the drainage basket, which is housed inside the drainage basket and has a fastening member at the insertion port. It consists of a filter that is attached and held, and a lid that covers the upper opening of the container body, and collects the crushed garbage with a filter by ejecting it upwards from the connection pipe of the base body through tap water. A storage container for kitchen waste, which is characterized by being stored.