JPH08318251A - Sink apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To decompose garbage in a highly efficient manner by a small amt. of a decomposition medium material and to attach a sink apparatus to a sink stand by discharging water separated and an offensive smell generated in a system grinding garbage to dehydrate the same in a water separation part and subsequently decomposing garbage to the outside. CONSTITUTION: In such a state that a tank 27 is filled with water, an operation switch 17 is turned ON and only a stirring motor 42 is operated to intermittently drive a fork shaft 43 and a decomposition medium material 41 is stirred and mixed. Subsequently, a garbage grinding switch is turned ON and the water sending blades 25 of a pump 15 are rotated to allow the water in the tank 27 to flow down to a garbage housing part 11 through a sink 10. The garbage in the garbage housing part 11 is ground and the ground garbage is sent to a garbage treatment part 30 to be dehydrated by spiral rods 34. The dehydrated sewage is discharged from a discharge pipe 36 through a metal net member 32B and a water treatment part 32. The dehydrated garbage is sent into a garbage decomposition part 40 and mixed with the decomposition medium material 41 under stirring to the decomposed. The sewage and offensive smell issued from the decomposition medium material 41 are discharged from the discharge pipe 36 along a receiving tray 39.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sink device provided with a food waste processing device capable of crushing food waste and then decomposing the crushed food waste into a soil conditioner having a fertilizer effect. Regarding

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art This type of conventional food waste processing apparatus is generally installed outdoors, and the food waste such as vegetable scraps produced during cooking is treated by the above-mentioned food waste processing apparatus. It is dropped into the raw garbage storage part and is rotated at regular intervals. The decomposition medium material consisting of bacteria and wood chips (scraps) stored in the raw waste storage part is stirred and mixed with the carbon dioxide gas. And is configured to decompose into water.

However, since the above-mentioned conventional food waste disposal device is installed outdoors, such as on a veranda, the food waste generated in the kitchen sink will be
Since it has to be carried to the garbage processing device, such work is very complicated, and sewage is dropped on the floor or the like during transportation of the garbage, which is unsanitary. Further, in the conventional food waste processing device, since it is configured to process drained food waste, it has an inconvenience that it cannot directly process undrained food waste generated in a sink, etc. After draining the raw garbage in a plastic bag beforehand, take out the drained raw garbage from the plastic bag that cannot be decomposed by bacteria, put it in the garbage treatment device, and dispose of the used plastic bag separately. , Such work is very complicated, troublesome, and inconvenient to use,
Had a problem.

As a method for solving such a problem, a method of attaching a food waste processing device to a kitchen sink is conceivable. However, in the conventional food waste processing device, the shape of raw food waste generated in a sink or a dining table remains unchanged. That is, since it is put into the food waste treatment device in a state of not being crushed, a large amount of sawdust for decomposing food waste is required, and the amount of steam and carbon dioxide gas generated also increases, so it is directly exposed to the atmosphere. A means for exhausting gas must also be attached, which increases costs and
There was a problem that the sink became large.

The present invention was devised in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to make it possible to decompose food waste efficiently with a small amount of decomposition medium material, and to increase the size of the apparatus. -Since the cost does not increase, it is intended to provide a hygienic and easy-to-use sink device that can be attached to a sink.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a sink device is disposed in a kitchen waste storage portion disposed at the bottom of the sink and in the kitchen waste storage portion. A raw garbage crushing blade, a water separating section in which the raw garbage crushed by the raw garbage crushing blade is discharged together with sewage, and a raw garbage decomposing section for decomposing the raw garbage dehydrated in the water separating section. The water dewatered in the water separation section and the odor and sewage generated in the decomposition step in the food waste decomposition section are discharged from the drain pipe to the outside. Is.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to an embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the sink device according to this embodiment is provided with a sink 10, a garbage storage unit 11 arranged at the bottom of the sink 10, and an inside of the garbage storage unit 11. Raw garbage crushing blade 12 disposed in
A motor 13 for rotating the motor, a pump operating shaft 14 coaxially connected to the motor 13, a pump 15 operated by the rotation of the pump operating shaft 14, a flow passage 16 in which the pump 15 is interposed, It is composed of an operation switch 17 for controlling the on / off of the motor 13, and a bypass pipe 22 for carrying the food waste crushed by the food waste crushing blade 12 together with the sewage to the food waste processing unit 30.

The sink 10 is attached to a cooking washer portion W provided in parallel with the sink S for the sink on the top plate 18 of the sink cabinet, and the wash water supplied from the peripheral wall of the sink 10 is at the bottom of the sink 10. It is configured so as to flow from a drainage port 21 opened in 20 to the above-mentioned garbage storage 11. Reference numeral 19 in FIG. 1 is a faucet.

An upper part of the food waste storage portion 11 is connected to a drain port 21 of the sink 10, and a food waste crushing blade 12 is rotatably arranged inside.

The food waste crushing blade 12 is connected to an operating shaft 23 of a motor 13, and the motor 13 is liquid-tightly housed in a motor housing 24 attached to the lower part of the food waste housing section 11. ing.

The motor 13 thus housed in the motor housing 24 is rotated by turning on the operation switch 17, whereby the raw garbage crushing blade 1 is operated.
When 2 rotates at high speed to crush the food waste in the food waste storage unit 11 and turn it off, the operation of the motor 13 is stopped. Of course, by configuring the operation time of the motor 13 by a timer (not shown), the motor 13 can be automatically stopped.

The operating shaft 23 of the motor 13 extends below the motor 13 to form the pump operating shaft 14. The pump operating shaft 14 has a water supply blade 2
5 are connected to form the pump 15.

The pump 15 is formed in such a manner that the water supply blade 25 is rotatably housed in a pump housing 26 formed right below the motor housing 24 in the middle of the water flow passage 16. One end 16a of the flowing water channel 16 is disposed on the peripheral side wall 10a of the sink 10 and the other end 16b of the flowing water channel 16 is provided.
Are connected in communication with the tank 27. It should be noted that the one end portion 16a of the running water channel 16 has a height such that the water jetted from the one end portion 16a reaches the entire range of the bottom portion 20 of the sink 10 and the water is jetted in a wide range. In addition, for example, it is desirable to form it in a shower head shape. Of course,
One end 16a of the running water channel 16 may be branched into a plurality of branches, and the branched ends may be arranged at predetermined intervals on the peripheral side wall of the sink 10 so that water is supplied in a wide range. .

By the way, the tank 27 includes the sink 10
It temporarily stores the water for flowing the food waste that has been dropped into the food waste storage unit 11. When the water from the water supply is supplied to the tank 27 and the float switch 28 fills the water, the water supply It is configured to automatically stop the supply of water from.

The water level in the tank 27 is controlled by a water level switch 29 provided in the tank 27, and the water level switch 29 is provided in the tank 27.
When the water level inside the pump 15 drops so as to adversely affect the operation of the pump 15, as shown in FIG. 2, the operation switch 17 is opened to release the energized (ON) state of the operation switch 17 to forcibly operate the motor 13. It is configured to stop.

Further, the operation switch 17 is for controlling the on / off of the motor 13, and is attached to the upper part of the front side of the sink cabinet as shown in FIG. 1, for example.

Then, the crushed raw garbage is crushed by the raw crushing blade 12, and the crushed raw garbage is conveyed to the raw garbage processing section 30 through the bypass pipe 22 together with the water flowing into the raw garbage storing section 11. To be done.

As shown in FIG. 2, in this food waste processing section 30, the inside of the casing 31 is a water separating section 32 and a food waste decomposing section 4.
It is composed of 0 and 0.

The water separator 32 is a motor 3 with a transmission.
3, the spiral rod 34 that rotates by 3, the blower 35 disposed in the communication part between the water separation unit 32 and the food waste decomposing unit 40, and the carbon dioxide gas generated in the food waste decomposing unit 40 by rotating the blower 35. Blower motor 3 for exhausting the water to a drain pipe 36 connected to the bottom of the water separation unit 32
7 and the motor 33 and blower motor 37 are turned on in conjunction with the operation switch 17.
It is connected to be controlled off.

The spiral rod 34 is rotatably supported in a cylindrical casing 32A, and the lower cylindrical portion of the casing 32A facing the water treatment section 32 is dehydrated sewage. Is formed of a wire mesh body 32B for flowing water to the water treatment section 32.

The lower end of the casing 32A is connected to the end of the bypass pipe 22. The crushed food waste and waste water supplied from the bypass pipe 22 are moved upward by the spiral rod 34. It is transported while being compressed to and dehydrated.

Further, in the illustrated example, the blades 34B spirally formed on the outer periphery of the shaft portion 34A of the spiral rod 34 are formed at the same intervals, but the dehydration efficiency is considered. In this case, it is desirable that the distance be gradually narrowed from the bottom to the top.

Therefore, the food waste and the waste water supplied to the lower end of the casing 32A by the bypass pipe 22 are sent to the upper part of the casing 32A by the rotating spiral rod 34, and during the transfer, the food waste is removed. It is compressed and dehydrated, and this dehydrated sewage is the above-mentioned wire mesh body 3
It flows down from 2B to the water treatment part 32 and is drained.

The thus-dehydrated food waste is thereafter dropped from the upper end opening 32C of the casing 32A to the food waste processing section 40.

The food waste decomposing section 40 previously stores a required amount of decomposing medium material 41 produced by bacteria and wood chips (scraps), and the decomposing medium material 41 is intermittently supplied by a stirring motor 42. Rotating fork shaft 43
The water vapor and carbon dioxide gas decomposed and produced by the decomposition medium material 41 are sucked by the blower 35 to the drain pipe 36 from the water separator 32. Is discharged.

The bottom portion of the food waste decomposing portion 40 and the bottom portion of the water separating portion 32 are, for example, a bottom plate material 3 such as a very fine wire mesh or a filter material excellent in air permeability and water permeability.
8 is formed, and the sewage that oozes out from the decomposition medium material 41, the sewage of the water separation part 32, and the odor (steam or carbon dioxide gas)
Along the saucer 39 disposed below the bottom plate 38,
It is discharged to the drain pipe 36 connected to the receiving tray 39.

FIG. 3 shows an example of an electric circuit diagram of the sink device having the above-mentioned configuration. In this example, the sink device is
AC power source 44 and switch contact 4 of operation switch 17
5, 46, a stirring motor 42 connected in parallel between the switch contacts 45, 46, a motor 13 for crushing food waste,
The operation is controlled by a motor 33 and a blower motor 37, and a garbage crushing switch 47 arranged between the contact points of the stirring motor 42 and the motor 13 for crushing garbage. There is.

Therefore, according to this example, the operation switch 1
When 7 is turned on, only the agitation motor 42 operates and the fork shaft 43 is intermittently rotated at every required time to agitate and mix the decomposition medium material 41. This stirring and mixing operation is continued unless the operation switch 17 is turned on.

From this state, for example, when the food waste crushing switch 47 arranged on the upper part of the front side of the sink cabinet is turned on, the motor 13 for crushing food waste and the motor 33 are turned on.
Also, the blower motor 37 operates in synchronization. These operations turn off the garbage crushing switch 47, or
It can be stopped by turning off the operation switch 17.

In the above example, when the operation switch 17 is turned on, only the stirring motor 42 is operated. However, in order to prevent the odor from flowing back to the indoor side, the stirring motor 42 and the blower motor are operated. 37 can be configured to always operate when the AC power supply 44 is energized, regardless of whether the operation switch 17 is turned on or off.

Next, a case will be described in which the garbage is crushed by the sink device configured as described above, and the crushed garbage is decomposed into a soil improving agent having a fertilizer effect.

When the operation switch 17 is turned on while the tank 27 is full of water, only the stirring motor 42 is operated to intermittently rotate the fork shaft 43 at required time intervals to decompose the decomposition medium material. Stir mix 41.

When the garbage crushing switch 47 is turned on from this state, the motor 13 operates to rotate the water supply blade 25 of the pump 15 so that the water in the tank 27 passes through the water flow passage 16 and the peripheral side wall portion of the sink 10. The water supplied from the inside of the sink 10 to the inside of the sink 10 flows through the bottom portion 20 of the sink 10 and causes the garbage collected in the sink 10 to flow down into the garbage storing portion 11.

At this time, since the motor 13 is operated and the food waste crushing blade 12 is also rotating, the food waste in the food waste storing section 11 is crushed by the food waste crushing blade 12, The crushed food waste is stored in the above-mentioned food waste storage unit 1
The water that has flowed into the inside 1 is transported into the casing 32 </ b> A of the food waste processing unit 30 via the bypass pipe 22. Of course, when there is not enough water in the tank 27, even if the operation switch 17 is turned on, the motor 13 does not operate because the contact of the water level switch 29 is separated.

The crushed food waste and the sewage transported into the casing 32A of the food waste processing section 30 are dehydrated by the spiral rod 34 which is rotating when the food waste crushing switch 47 is turned on, and is dehydrated. The garbage is put into the garbage decomposing section 40, and the dehydrated sewage is discharged to the drain pipe 36.

Then, the food waste put into the food waste decomposing section 40 is agitated and mixed with the decomposing medium material 41 by the fork shaft 43 which is intermittently rotated by the agitating motor 42 at a required time, thereby producing steam and carbon dioxide gas. Is decomposed into.

The water vapor and carbon dioxide gas generated by this decomposition are sucked by the blower 35 and are then separated by the water separation unit 32.
Is discharged to the drainage pipe 36, and after a lapse of a predetermined time, the food waste becomes a soil improving agent having a fertilizer effect.

In the above embodiment, the food waste container 11 having the food waste crushing blade 12 is provided in parallel with the sink S for the sink, for example, a sink 10 such as a cooking washer.
However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the sink S for the sink is provided with a food waste storage unit including a food waste crushing blade. You may.

[0040]

As described above, in the sink device according to the present invention, when the motor is operated, the garbage is crushed by the garbage crushing blade, so that the garbage comes into contact with the decomposition medium material. Since the surface area is large, the amount of generated steam and carbon dioxide gas can be greatly suppressed, and a small amount of decomposition medium is obtained because the crushed food waste is dehydrated and then contacted with the decomposition medium material for decomposition. Even if it is wood, the efficiency of decomposing food waste can be significantly improved, and as a result, the device can be made extremely compact, and the sewage generated during dehydration and decomposition and the odor due to decomposition can be drained. Since it is discharged from the pipe, there is no risk of odors leaking indoors and damaging the living environment at all, which is hygienic.In addition, the user puts garbage generated in the kitchen etc. into the garbage storage as it is. And drop Nde because it requires operation only by operating the garbage pulverizing blade exhibits very good usability and the like, an excellent effect of many.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing the configuration of a sink device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the configuration of the sink device.

FIG. 3 is an example of a switch circuit of the sink device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Sink 11 Raw Waste Storage Section 12 Raw Waste Crushing Blade 13 Motor 16 Flow Channel 22 Bypass Pipe 30 Raw Waste Processing Section 32 Water Separation Section 34 Spiral Rod 35 Blower 40 Raw Waste Decomposition Section 41 Decomposition Media Material

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A food waste storage unit disposed at the bottom of a sink, a food waste crushing blade disposed in the food waste storage unit, and food waste crushed by the food waste crushing blade is discharged together with sewage. A water separating section, and a food waste decomposing section for decomposing food waste dehydrated in the water separating section, and water dewatered in the water separating section and the food waste decomposing section. A sink device characterized in that the odor and sewage generated in the decomposition process in step 1 are discharged from the drain pipe to the outside.