JPH08199650A - Drainage device for sink - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To prevent a refuse basket from being horizontally shaken even when rotated at high speed in order to remove the moisture contained in garbage, and surely prevent the generation of a noise resulted from the horizontal shaking and the deformation and damage of the refuse basket. CONSTITUTION: In a drainage device for sink constituted in such a manner that the contained moisture of garbage within a refuse basket 6 rotatably supported and arranged in a draining vessel 1 is separated and removed by the rotating centrifugal force of the refuse basket 6, the opening and closing lid 16 of the draining vessel 1 is formed of an upper lid 16a put on the opening part of the draining vessel 1 and a lower lid 16b mounted on the lower side center part so as to be rotatable and concentric to the refuse basket 6. A horizontal shaking preventing member 18 for the refuse basket 6 is suspended from the periphery of the lower lid 16b, so that the horizontal shaking preventing member 18 makes contact with the circumferential side of the opening part of the refuse basket 6 when the upper lid 16a is put on the opening part of the draining vessel 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement of a drainage device for a sink, and more specifically, to separate and remove water content of kitchen waste in a garbage basket arranged in a drainage container by a rotating centrifugal force of the garbage basket. The present invention relates to improvement of the drainage device of the sink.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, by separating and removing the water content of the garbage in the garbage basket of this kind, the sanitary condition in the garbage basket is kept good and the garbage collected in the garbage basket is easily discarded. For the purpose, electrically rotate the garbage basket at high speed, and to separate and remove water by the rotating centrifugal force, as a means for rotating the garbage basket, the rotating shaft of the motor can be directly or indirectly the rotating shaft of the garbage basket. A means for rotating the garbage basket by connecting to the same or a means for rotating the garbage basket by a linear motor system is well known.

[0003]

As described above, in order to smoothly rotate the garbage basket disposed in the drainage container, the garbage basket placed in the container and the inner wall of the container are in contact with each other. It is necessary to provide a required space between the two members so that they do not come into contact with each other, but on the other hand, the presence of this space causes the dust basket that is rotatably supported at the center of the bottom to rotate at high speed. Then, the garbage basket sways sideways with its bearing portion as a fulcrum due to its rotational centrifugal force, and in particular, the upper part of the garbage basket sways greatly and hits the inner wall of the drainage container strongly,
Not only the noise is generated, but also the upper peripheral side of the garbage basket is deformed and damaged in a short period of time to reduce the service life, and this problem cannot be avoided in any of the above conventional examples. Is the reality.

The present invention has been researched and developed with the object of solving the above-mentioned problems, and is included in the garbage by providing a horizontal shake preventing means for the garbage basket on the opening / closing lid of the opening of the drainage container. To provide a sink drainage device that does not laterally shake even if the garbage basket is rotated at a high speed for the purpose of removing water contained therein, and can surely prevent generation of noise due to lateral shake and deformation damage of the garbage basket. To aim.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] As a means for solving the above problems and achieving the object, the present invention provides a garbage basket containing water contained in kitchen waste in a garbage basket rotatably supported in a drainage container. In a drainage device of a sink configured to be separated and removed by the rotating centrifugal force of, the opening / closing lid of the drainage container is an upper lid that covers the opening of the drainage container, and the lower center of the lid is rotatably and dust basket. Consists of a lower lid attached concentrically,
When the horizontal shake prevention member of the dust basket is hung vertically on the periphery of the lower lid and the upper lid is covered on the opening of the drainage container, the horizontal shake prevention member provided on the lower lid is attached to the opening of the dust basket. It is intended to provide a drainage device for a sink, which is configured to come into contact with the circumferential side.

Further, according to the present invention, in the drainage device of the sink configured as described above, the horizontal drainage preventing device of the garbage basket is constituted by the peripheral wall vertically provided on the peripheral edge of the lower lid, and the drainage device of the garbage basket. The drainage device of the sink configured so that the lateral shake prevention member abuts on the inner peripheral side of the opening of the garbage basket, and the lateral shake prevention member of the garbage basket abutted on the outer peripheral side of the opening of the garbage basket It provides a drainage system for each sink.

[0007]

According to the present invention, the opening / closing lid 16 of the drainage container 1 is provided on the circumferential side of the opening of the garbage basket 6 which is rotatably supported in the drainage container 1 and is constructed as described above. Since the lateral shake prevention member 18 (18 ') of the dust basket 6 hung vertically around the periphery of the rotatable lower lid 16b (16b') of
Even if the garbage basket 6 is rotated at a high speed in order to dehydrate from the garbage in the garbage basket 6, the garbage basket 6 is normally rotated without shaking and the desired dehydration is smoothly performed. Further, due to its structure, when the dust basket 6 is rotated, the lower lid 16b (16
b ') rotates with the garbage basket 6 or rotates with a slight delay, and does not hinder the rotation operation of the garbage basket 6 at all, and is taken out of the drainage container 1 together with the upper lid 16a. It is something.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to FIG.
Describing with reference to FIG. 7, the drainage device of the sink according to the present invention, in this embodiment, is roughly divided into a drainage container 1 and an insertable / detachable drainage container 1 as shown in FIG. It comprises a garbage basket 6 provided, a rotation drive mechanism 11 for rotating the garbage basket 6 in the drainage container 1 at high speed, and an opening / closing lid 16 of the drainage container 1.

Thus, the drainage container 1 is provided with a known attachment member 2 for attaching the sink S of the sink to the periphery of the upper opening, and a known deodorizer 3 and drainage port 4 in the lower portion. A protrusion 5 for supporting the rotation of the dust basket 6 described below is provided at the center of the upper surface of the top plate of the deodorizer 3 so as to be provided.

Further, the garbage basket 6 is composed of a basket having a large number of pores 7 for dehydration, and as shown in FIG. 2 on an upper surface or a lower surface of an outwardly facing flange 8 provided on an upper peripheral edge thereof. Is provided with a ring-shaped filter body 9 having good water permeability formed by densely and radially projecting a large number of short-length brushes 9a in the horizontal direction, and the drainage is provided at the center of the outer bottom. A fitting portion 10 for fitting the protrusion 5 of the container 1 is provided. In place of the filter body 9 composed of the brush 9a,
As shown in FIG. 3, a filter body 9 having good water permeability, which is formed by continuously providing a large number of split tongue pieces 9b on a ring-shaped rubber thin plate, may be used.

Further, the rotation drive mechanism 11 of the dust basket 6 described above.
In this embodiment, a so-called magnetic levitation type linear motor is used. Specifically, a ring-shaped magnet is fixed to the circumferential surface of the dust basket 6 so as to form a concentric circle with the dust basket, and the movable member 12 is provided. And a fixed member 15 in which a coil 14 is wound around a large number of annular yokes 13 is fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the drainage container 1 facing the movable member 12, and is not shown. However, when the switch is turned on and the power is turned on, the garbage basket 6 in the drainage container 1 is floated while rotating in one direction, and the centrifugal force of the rotation separates and removes the water from the kitchen waste, and then reversely rotates the garbage basket 6. It is configured to stop the rotation after scraping off the garbage attached to the inner surface.

The opening / closing lid 16 of the drainage container 1 has a double structure of upper and lower parts, and an upper lid 16a for covering the opening of the drainage container 1 and a rotary bearing composed of a ball bearing in the center of the lower surface thereof. The lower lid 16b is rotatably mounted via a lower lid 16b, and the lower lid 16b is arranged concentrically with the dust basket 6 and has an opening of the dust basket 6 at its lower peripheral edge. A ring-shaped lateral shake prevention member 18 having a peripheral wall facing downward and having an outer diameter slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the opening of the garbage basket 6 for preventing lateral shake during insertion of the garbage basket 6 during rotation. Is installed vertically.

Therefore, the upper lid 1 is attached to the opening of the drainage container 1.
When the lid 6a is covered, the lateral shake preventing member 18 of the lower lid 16b is inserted in a state of abutting against the inner peripheral side of the opening of the dust basket 6, so that the lower lid 16b is above-mentioned when the dust basket 6 is rotated. It rotates together with the garbage basket 6 via the rotary bearing 17 or rotates with a slight delay, and does not hinder the rotation operation of the garbage basket 6 at all, and ensures the lateral shake of the garbage basket 6. In addition, when the upper lid 16a is removed from the opening of the drainage container 1, the lower lid 16b is also removed from the drainage container 1.

Next, the use state of the embodiment constructed as described above will be described. When a considerable amount of garbage is accumulated in the garbage basket 6, the rotary drive mechanism 11 is turned on to turn the garbage basket 6 on. When is rotated at a high speed, the water contained in the kitchen waste is centrifuged and drained into the drainage container 1, keeping the sanitary condition of the dehydrated kitchen waste good and stopping the rotation of the garbage basket 6. The garbage in the garbage basket 6 can be easily and hygienically discarded.

Further, since the garbage basket 6 does not shake sideways as described above even when it is rotated at a high speed, it smoothly rotates to maintain a desired dewatering effect, and at the same time, due to the shakeout of the garbage basket 6. It is possible to reliably prevent the generation of noise and the deformation and damage of the dust basket 6.

Further, the space between the waste basket 6 and the drainage container 1 which is indispensable for the smooth rotation of the waste basket 6 is arranged in a horizontal radial pattern on the outward flange 8 at the upper peripheral edge of the waste basket 6. Since it is covered and closed by the ring-shaped filter body 9 having a good water permeability composed of a large number of protruding brushes 9a, a part of the kitchen waste thrown away in the sink passes through the above-mentioned interval carelessly inside the drainage container 1. Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent kitchen waste from accumulating in the bottom portion of the drainage container 1, the bent portion of the drainage pipe, and the like, and there is an effect that the drainage function can always be kept good.

FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 respectively show other arrangements of the well-permeable water filter in the sink drainage device according to the present invention. FIG. 4 shows a large number on the inner peripheral surface of the upper part of the drainage container 1. FIG. 5 shows an arrangement of a ring-shaped filter body 9 having good water permeability formed by densely and horizontally inwardly projecting the short-sized brush 9a of FIG. Arrangement of a ring-shaped filter body 9 having good water permeability, which is formed by continuously providing a large number of split tongue pieces 9b on a ring-shaped rubber thin plate on the inner peripheral surface of the upper portion of the drainage container 1 instead of 9a. It shows the mode, and in any case, these filter bodies 9 are dimensioned and arranged so that the space between the drainage container 1 and the garbage basket 6 can be covered.

FIG. 7 shows another structural example of the opening / closing lid 16 described in the above embodiment. What is different from the above-mentioned configuration is that the ball bearing is provided at the center of the lower surface of the upper lid 16a. Without a rotating bearing 17
7a is used and the lower lid 16b is rotatably attached.

Next, FIGS. 8 to 10 show another embodiment of the present invention, which is different from the above embodiment in that the structure of the opening / closing lid 16 and the filter body 9 having a good water permeability. In this embodiment, a lower lid 16b 'having a diameter slightly larger than that of the lower lid 16b is used as the lower lid rotatably attached to the lower surface of the upper lid 16a. The outer diameter of the outwardly facing flange 8 projecting on the upper peripheral edge of the dust basket 6 is fitted to the opening of the dust basket 6 to prevent lateral shake when the dust basket is rotated. A ring-shaped lateral shake prevention member 18 'having a downward facing peripheral wall with a large inner diameter
Is installed vertically.

Therefore, the upper lid 1 is attached to the opening of the drainage container 1.
When the lid 6a is covered, the lateral shake preventing member 1 of the lower lid 16b '
Since 8 ′ is fitted in a state of abutting on the outer peripheral side of the outward flange 8 of the opening of the dust basket 6, the lower lid 16 b ′ is attached via the rotary bearing 17 when the dust basket 6 rotates. It rotates with the garbage basket 6 or rotates with a slight delay, and does not hinder the rotation operation of the garbage basket 6 at all.
Moreover, the lateral shake of the dust basket 6 can be reliably prevented.

Further, in the case of this embodiment, because of its configuration,
Since it is extremely difficult or impossible to surround the filter body 9 having good water permeability between the upper peripheral edge of the garbage basket and the peripheral surface of the upper portion of the drainage container as in the above embodiment, it is extremely difficult or impossible. Is not provided. Therefore, although the action and effect of the above-described embodiment brought about by this filter body 9 cannot be achieved,
Other actions and effects can be achieved in the same manner as in the above embodiment. In this embodiment diagram, the same parts as those in the above embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals.

Although the main embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For example, as the rotary drive mechanism 11 of the dust basket 6, the rotary shaft of a normal motor is used. May be directly or indirectly connected to the rotary shaft of the garbage basket 6, and the lateral shake prevention member 18 (18 ′) of the garbage basket 6 is formed in a continuous ring shape instead of It may be formed by being provided in several places at a required interval, and in short, various design changes can be made within a range where the object of the present invention can be achieved and the gist of the present invention is not deviated. is there.

[0023]

Industrial Applicability The present invention provides a sink drainage device configured to separate and remove water content of kitchen waste in a garbage basket rotatably supported in a drainage container by the centrifugal force of rotation of the garbage basket. The container opening / closing lid is composed of an upper lid that covers the opening of the drainage container, and a lower lid that is rotatably attached to the center of the lower side of the drain lid and is concentric with the garbage basket. When the horizontal shake prevention member of the basket is laid vertically and the upper lid is covered on the opening of the drainage container, the horizontal shake prevention member provided on the lower lid is brought into contact with the circumferential side of the opening of the dust basket. Since it relates to the drainage device of the sink characterized by being configured,
Even if there is a gap between the inner wall of the drainage container and the garbage basket, which is indispensable for the smooth rotation of the garbage basket at high speed, the lateral swing of the garbage basket due to the high speed rotation of the garbage basket is surely prevented, therefore Not only can the garbage basket be rotated normally at high speed to improve the desired dehydration effect, but also the generation of noise and deformation damage of the garbage basket can be reliably prevented.

Further, since the lower lid provided with the lateral shake preventing member of the dust basket is rotatably attached to the lower center of the upper lid and concentrically with the dust basket, the dust basket can be smoothly rotated at high speed. There is no risk of adverse effects, and when the upper lid is removed from the drainage container, the lower lid is removed together with the upper lid, so that the garbage basket can be taken in and out of the drainage container.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional front view of an entire apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a garbage basket.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing another example of a garbage basket.

FIG. 4 is a simplified plan view showing a state in which a filter body is attached to the drain container side.

FIG. 5 is a simplified plan view showing a state in which another example of the filter body is attached to the drain container side.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged vertical front view of an opening / closing lid.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged vertical front view showing another example of the opening / closing lid.

FIG. 8 is a vertical sectional front view of the entire apparatus showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged vertical front view of the opening / closing lid.

FIG. 10 is an enlarged vertical front view showing another example of the opening / closing lid.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Drain container 2 Mounting member 3 Deodorizer 4 Drainage port 5 Rotation support protrusion 6 Garbage basket 7 Pore 8 Flange 9 Filter body 9a Brush 9b Split tongue piece 10 Fitting part 11 Rotation drive mechanism 12 Movable member 13 Yoke 14 Coil 15 fixing member 16 open / close lid 16a upper lid 16b lower lid 16b 'lower lid 17 rotary bearing 17a loose fitting structure 18 lateral shake preventing member 18' lateral shake preventing member S sink

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A drainage device for a sink configured to separate and remove water content of garbage in a garbage basket rotatably supported in the drainage container by a centrifugal force of rotation of the garbage basket. Is composed of an upper lid that covers the opening of the drainage container and a lower lid that is rotatably attached to the lower center of the drain container and is concentric with the garbage basket. When the prevention member is hung vertically and the upper lid is covered on the opening of the drainage container, the lateral shake prevention member provided on the lower lid is configured to abut the circumferential side of the opening of the dust basket. A drainage device for the sink. 2. The drainage device for a sink according to claim 1, wherein the lateral shake preventing member of the garbage basket is constituted by a peripheral wall which is vertically provided on a peripheral edge of the lower lid. 3. The sink drainage device according to claim 1, wherein the lateral shake preventing member of the garbage basket is configured to abut on an inner peripheral side of the opening of the garbage basket. 4. The sink drainage device according to claim 1, wherein the lateral shake preventing member of the garbage basket is configured to contact the outer peripheral side of the opening of the garbage basket.