JPH09201576A - Garbage treatment machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently treat even large-sized garbage by easily crushing it and to prevent the insertion of rods, etc., from a discharge opening. SOLUTION: This garbage treatment machine 10 is provided with agitation blades 14 arranged in a garbage treatment tank 12, a feed port 16 and a condensation plate 18 arranged in the upper part of the tank 12, and a discharge opening 20 formed in the bottom part of the tank 12. The feed port is equipped with a cutter 22 for cutting the garbage and a crusher 24. The discharge opening 20 is equipped with grates 26, and a lid 28 is arranged on the lower side of the grates 26. The cutter 22 is equipped with blades arranged to cross the feed port 16 and pushing pieces which are inserted between the blades and between the blade and the inner surface of the feed port 16. Projections which are inserted between the grates 26 and between the grate and the inner surface of the discharge opening 20 are formed on the upper surface of the lid 28.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a food waste processing machine for decomposing food waste by microorganisms, and more particularly to a food waste processing machine having a shredder.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A garbage treating machine is equipped with a stirring blade for mixing garbage with microorganisms and treating it efficiently. In addition, a crusher is provided at the input port to crush the garbage into a proper size. In addition, the processing time can be shortened by crushing the raw garbage finely by the crusher.

[0003]

The size of raw garbage varies widely, and excessively large garbage cannot be bitten by the crusher. Therefore, it is inconvenient because large garbage needs to be shredded by hand beforehand.

[0004] A first object of the present invention is to provide a raw garbage processing machine capable of easily crushing even large garbage or raw garbage having a smooth surface which easily slides along a blade. To do.

In the conventional garbage disposal, however, the user sometimes inserts a rod or the like into the bottom discharge port in order to scrape off the deposits on the inner surface of the processing tank or on the stirring blade and damages the blade.

A second object of the present invention is to prevent a rod or the like from being inserted through the discharge port.

[0007]

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a garbage disposal machine, in which a manual cutter is provided on an upper side of a crusher at an input port.
The garbage is cut into small pieces.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, this garbage cutter is provided on the lower surface of the lid of the insertion port and a plurality of blades arranged substantially parallel and upward in the insertion port, and covers the insertion port with the lid. It is preferable to provide a pressing piece that enters between the blades and presses the garbage from above.

The pushing piece presses the raw dust against the blade, so that the raw dust is smoothly cut.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the pushing piece extends in the longitudinal direction of the blade, and the lid is pivotally supported by the garbage disposal tank at one side in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction. ,
It is preferable that the lower surface of the pushing piece is provided with a projecting piece that prevents raw garbage from sliding in the longitudinal direction.

By providing this protrusion, it is possible to prevent the raw dust from sliding (escaping) along the blade, and to reliably cut the raw dust.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the garbage processing machine is provided with a grid at the discharge port so as to prevent a rod or the like from being inserted.

In this case, it is preferable that, as in claim 5, a convex portion is provided on the upper surface of the lid, the convex portion entering between the lattices and the upper surface being substantially flush with the bottom surface of the garbage processing tank.

By doing so, garbage can be prevented from entering the spaces between the grids during the processing operation.

In this case, if a crusher and a cutter are provided at the charging port as claimed in claim 6, the amount of raw waste to be processed is reduced, the processing efficiency is improved, and the processed waste is prevented from being caught on the grid. Will be done.

[0016]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A garbage processing machine according to an embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In this garbage disposal 10, a stirring blade 14 is arranged inside the garbage disposal tank 12, an inlet 16 and a condensing plate 18 are provided on the top of the garbage disposal tank 12, and the garbage disposal tank 12 is discharged at the bottom. It has a structure provided with an outlet 20. The input port 12 is provided with a cutter 22 and a crusher 24 for shredding raw garbage. The outlet 20 is provided with a grate 26,
The lid 28 is arranged on the lower side thereof. The lid 28 is opened and closed by a handle 30.

The stirring blade 14 comprises a shaft 14a and a blade 14b attached thereto. The stirring blade 14 is connected to the motor 3 via a pulley 14c.
2 is driven to rotate.

At the upper part of the garbage processing tank 12, there is a ventilation port 3
4 and a ventilation outlet 36 are provided.

An opening 38 is provided in the ceiling portion of the garbage disposal tank 12, and the condensing plate 18 covers the opening 38 like a lid.

A gutter 40 is provided on the inner surface of the condenser plate 18. A downward L-shaped outflow pipe 42 is connected to the gutter 40, and a drop water receiver 44 is provided below the outflow pipe 42. A drain pipe for drainage is connected to the receiver 44.

A heater 46 is provided on the outer surface of the garbage processing tank 12.

The cutter 22 of the charging port 16 is
A plurality of blades 50 arranged so as to traverse the blades 50 and a pushing piece 52 inserted between the blades 50 and between the blades 50 and the inner surface of the charging port 16 are provided. Cutlery 50
Has a cutting edge on the upper side. Both ends of the blade 50 are fixed to the inner surface of the charging port 16.

The pushing piece 52 is attached to the lower surface of the lid plate 56 of the lid 54. One side of the lid 54 is pivotally supported on the insertion port 16 by a hinge shaft 58, and a grip 60 is provided on the other side. At the end of the lower surface of the pushing piece 52 on the side of the grip 60, the protruding piece 62 faces downward.
Is protruding.

The crusher 24 below the cutter 22 includes a pair of parallel rotary shafts 64, 64, a rotary blade 66 attached to the rotary shafts, and a motor for rotating the rotary shafts 64, 64. Abbreviation) and.

A guide 68 for guiding the raw dust dropped from the cutter 22 toward the rotary shafts 64, 64 is provided on the inner surface of the charging port 16.

The discharge port 20 is provided with the above-mentioned lattice (grate) 26 so that a user or the like does not push a rod or the like into the processing tank 12. A hinge shaft 72 is fixed to one side of the lower lid 28 of the grate 26, and a worm wheel 74 is fixed to one end of the hinge shaft 72. This warm wheel 7
Worm 76 is meshed with 4. Handle shaft 7
The wall 76 is fixed to the front end of the shaft 8, and the handle 30 is provided to the rear end of the shaft 78.

On the upper surface of the lid 28, there are provided convex portions 80 which enter between the grate 26 and between the grate 26 and the inner surface of the discharge port 20. When the lid 28 is closed, the upper surface of the convex portion 80 is flush with the bottom surface of the raw garbage processing tank 12 and is configured so that raw dust does not enter the grate 26. The lid 28 is opened and closed by a worm gear mechanism, and the lid 28 is always opened and closed slowly.

A processing medium is stored in the garbage processing tank 12. This processing medium is sawdust, chaff, rice bran,
Various materials such as coconut husk chips, zeolite, wood chips, and okara are used.

In order to dispose of the garbage by this garbage disposal, the crusher 24 is operated, the lid 54 of the charging port 16 is opened, and the garbage is charged into the charging port 16 and then the lid 5 is closed.
Close 4. Then, this food waste is pushed by the pushing piece 52, cut by the blade 50, crushed by the crusher 24, and then dropped into the food waste treatment tank 12. It should be noted that when the pushing piece 52 pushes the garbage on the blade 50 from above, the garbage tries to escape to the left in FIG. 3, but hits the protrusion 62 provided on the pushing piece 52, Further escape is prevented. Therefore, by closing the lid 54 so as to press it from above, it is possible to reliably cut the garbage with the blade 50.

Since the raw dust thus cut by the cutter 22 is supplied to the crusher 24, almost all of the raw dust is crushed by the crusher 24 into sufficiently fine pieces.

Thus, the finely crushed raw dust is stirred and mixed with the treatment medium by the stirring blade 14, and air (warm air or unheated atmosphere) is blown by a blower (not shown). Is supplied to the raw garbage processing tank 12 and air is exhausted from the raw garbage processing tank 12 by an exhaust fan (not shown).

The amount of air sent by the blower is so small that oxygen is supplied to the microorganisms, the power consumption by the blower is reduced, and the amount of heat taken away by the exhaust is made small.

The stirring of the raw dust and the treatment medium by the stirring blade 14 does not lower the temperature of the raw dust in the processing tank, and moreover, excess water from the mixed layer of the raw dust and the treatment medium is above the raw dust storage chamber. Slow enough to be discharged into the space,
Alternatively, it should be of a low frequency to reduce power consumption due to stirring.

As a result, the power consumption is low, and sufficient oxygen is supplied to the microorganisms so that the water content in the mixed layer of raw waste and the treatment medium is properly maintained, and the mixed layer of raw waste and the treatment medium is maintained. By maintaining the internal temperature at an appropriate temperature of about 60 ° C. and sufficiently enhancing the microbial activity, it is possible to perform microbial treatment of garbage.

The air containing moisture that has risen in the garbage processing tank 12 comes into contact with the condenser plate 18 to condense the moisture. These water droplets travel along the condensing plate 18 and immediately fall into the gutter 40,
It is discharged to the outside of the machine through the outflow pipe 42, the receiver 44 and the drain pipe. The condenser plate 18 is air-cooled by the outside air, but cooling means such as water cooling may be provided.

A device such as a trap may be provided in the drain pipe. The exhaust gas from the ventilation outlet 36 may be returned to the ventilation inlet 34 after being heated by an air heater after passing through a condenser.

The condenser plate 18 is rotated upright at any time to inspect and clean the lower surface of the condenser plate 18, the gutter 40, the outflow pipe 42, the receiver 44, or the garbage disposal tank. in this case,
When the condensing plate 18 is rotated upright, the water in the gutter 40 collects toward the outflow pipe 42 and is discharged to the receiver 44, so that the water does not spill from the gutter 40 into the processing tank.

When the processed food waste is stored in the garbage processing tank 12, the lid 28 of the discharge port 20 is opened, the processed food waste is discharged, and the lid 28 is closed again.

[0039]

As described above, according to the garbage processing machine of the inventions of claims 1 to 3, the garbage is surely crushed into fine pieces,
Can be efficiently treated with highly active microorganisms.

According to the garbage processing machine of the fourth and fifth aspects of the present invention, since the sticks and the like are prevented from being thrust into the garbage processing tank from the discharge port, the stirring blade is prevented from being damaged.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a garbage disposal according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an input port.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a charging port.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of an outlet, (a) is a side view,
5B is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 5, and FIG. 6C is a sectional view when the lid is opened.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line VV of FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Garbage Disposer 12 Garbage Disposal Tank 14 Stirring Blade 16 Input Port 18 Condensing Plate 20 Discharge Port 22 Cutter 24 Crusher 26 Lattice (Great) 30 Handle 38 Open 40 Gutter 42 Outlet Pipe 44 Receiver 50 Blade 52 Pushing Piece 54 Lid 62 Projection piece 74 Worm wheel 76 Worm 80 Convex part

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A raw waste treatment tank having an input port at the top, a stirring blade installed in the raw waste treatment tank, a crusher provided at the input port, the input port and the output port. And a lid provided on each of the above, wherein a manual garbage cutter is provided above the crusher at the charging port. 2. The garbage cutter according to claim 1, wherein the garbage cutter is provided on a lower surface of a lid of the charging port, and a plurality of blades arranged substantially parallel and upward in the charging port. And a pushing piece that presses the raw dust from above when the blades are pressed against each other. 3. The pressing piece according to claim 2, wherein the pushing piece extends in a longitudinal direction of the blade, and the lid is pivotally supported at one side portion in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction to the garbage disposal tank. The garbage processing machine is characterized in that a projection piece is provided on the lower surface of the pushing piece to prevent the garbage from sliding in the longitudinal direction. 4. A raw garbage treatment tank having a charging port at the top and a discharging port at the bottom, a stirring blade installed in the garbage processing tank, and the charging port and the discharging port, respectively. A garbage disposal device having a lid, wherein a grid is provided above the lid of the discharge port. 5. The raw garbage processing machine according to claim 4, wherein a convex portion is provided on an upper surface of the lid of the discharge port so as to enter between the lattices and an upper surface thereof is substantially flush with a bottom surface of the raw garbage processing tank. . 6. The garbage processing machine according to claim 4 or 5, wherein a crusher is provided at an input port, and a manual garbage cutter is provided above the crusher.