JPH10156206A - Apparatus for treating waste of food or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To remove moisture of waste of food or the like or to comminute said waste by forcibly supplying matter to be treated to a hopper having a plurality of cutters arranged therein in a rotatable manner so that the edge parts thereof are exposed to the interior of the hopper and removing and discharging moisture in the matter to be treated in the lower part of the hopper and charging the treated matter in a container. SOLUTION: The matter to be treated such as vegetable refuse charged in the section 21 of a hopper 20 is directly housed in a first cylinder 61 from a discharge port 23. Bone refuse or the like charged in a section 22 is forcibly supplied into a cutter 30 by a matter-to-be treated forcible supply means 50 to be comminuted by the cutter 30 and the ground matter is housed in the first cylinder 61. Moisture is removed from these matters to be treated is removed and a waste soln. is discharged by a waste water discharge means 100. At the same time, the matter to be treated is compressed to be charged in a container 90 as treated matter 41 from the lid element 64 opened by a lid member driving means 80. By this constitution, the vol. of waste is reduced and waste can be easily housed in a refuse bag to be transported.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for reducing waste such as food.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a cafeteria or the like, a large amount of waste containing water such as vegetable waste and waste with bones such as bone waste are generated. Such waste is usually stored in a garbage bag or the like and transported to a garbage collection point.

[0003]

However, the waste containing water as described above leaks water from a garbage bag or the like during transportation, which is not preferable in terms of hygiene.

[0004] In addition, waste such as bone debris is bulky in its original form and requires many garbage bags. For this reason, not only is labor required for transportation, but also the area occupied by the garbage collection site is increased, which inconveniences other users, which is not preferable. In addition, the collection of business-related waste generated in cafeterias and the like tends to be charged, and therefore, it is desired to reduce the size of waste such as food.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and has an object to remove water from waste such as food and to grind waste such as food. An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for treating waste such as food.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a waste disposal apparatus for foods and the like according to the present invention, comprising: A plurality of cutters rotatably arranged on the machine frame so that the blades are exposed in the hopper, and a forcibly supplied workpiece to be rotatably disposed so as to forcibly supply the workpiece between the cutters. And a water removing means for removing water contained in the processing object by facing a discharge port formed below the hopper, and a processed material disposed to be disposed at a processed material discharge port of the water removing means. It is characterized by comprising a charging means and a draining means. Further, in the waste disposal apparatus for foods and the like according to claim 2, the hopper is divided into a plurality of sections by sharing an outlet formed below the hopper, and the cutter is provided in at least one of the sections. It is characterized by being arranged.

In a third aspect of the present invention, a plurality of cutters are attached to a rotating shaft via a spacer.

Further, in the waste disposal apparatus for food and the like according to the fourth aspect, the forcible supply means has a plurality of forcible supply arms curved in a counter-rotating direction about a rotation axis. It is characterized by.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the food waste disposal apparatus, the water removing means includes a first cylinder having an opening which is opened to face a discharge port of a hopper, A second cylinder slidably inserted into
A driving means for reciprocating the second cylinder, a pressing piston slidably provided in the second cylinder via a spring, and a processing object discharge port side of the first cylinder are covered. And a lid opening / closing driving means for operating the lid in synchronization with the driving means.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the driving means for reciprocating the second cylinder comprises a crank means pivotally supported on a machine frame from a rotating drive source via a speed reducing means. A connecting link that is connected and supported on the free end side of the crank means, and the free end of the connecting link is connected and supported on the pressing piston via a bracket,
The rotation force of the drive source causes the pressing piston to reciprocate the second cylinder via a spring.

[0011] Also. In the waste disposal apparatus for food and the like according to claim 7, the lid opening / closing drive unit includes a cam plate attached to a shaft of a crank unit, which is a component of a drive unit that reciprocates the second cylinder, A bell crank having one side in contact with a cam surface formed on an outer periphery of a cam plate and an intermediate portion pivotally supported by a machine frame; and a link connecting a free end side of the bell crank to the lid. The second cylinder is advanced, and the lid is closed in synchronization with the timing when the pressing piston is at the most advanced position.

Further, in the waste disposal apparatus for foods and the like according to claim 8, the lid body faces the drainage means to form a drainage guide portion, and the pressing piston moves forward to compress the object to be processed. The drainage liquid squeezed out of the object is guided to the drainage means via the drainage guide.

[0013] According to the above-mentioned waste treatment apparatus for food and the like, relatively soft objects to be treated containing water such as vegetable scraps and the like put into one section of the hopper are directly discharged from the first discharge port to the first discharge port. Housed in a cylinder. A relatively hard workpiece such as bone chips introduced into the other section of the hopper is forcibly supplied into the cutter by the forcible workpiece supply means. To be housed. These objects are compressed by the moisture removing means, and the moisture is discharged to the outside by the discharging means. The processed material, from which the water has been removed and compressed, is introduced into the processed material charging means from the lid opened by the lid opening / closing drive means.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral E denotes a waste disposal apparatus for food or the like, which is disposed above the machine frame 10 and is provided with a hopper 20 for charging an object to be treated and a blade 33 exposed inside the hopper 20. A plurality of cutters 30 rotatably arranged on the frame 10
And an object forcibly supplying processing object 5 rotatably disposed so as to forcibly supply the object 40 between the cutters 30.
0, a water removing means 60 which faces the discharge port 23 formed below the hopper 20 to remove water contained in the processing object 40, and a treated material discharge port 61 b of the water removing means 60. It is composed of the already-processed material input means 90 and the drainage means 100 which are arranged tightly.

Further, the configuration of the embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail.

The hopper 20 has a discharge port 2 formed below.
3 are divided into a plurality of, for example, two sections 21 and 22 sharing the same. In one section 21, an inlet 21 into which a relatively soft workpiece 40 containing water such as vegetable waste is introduced.
a is formed, and the other section 22 is formed with an inlet 22a into which a relatively hard object 40 to be processed such as bone chips is introduced.

The cutter 30 is mounted on the frame 10 inside the machine frame 10.
A plurality of blades 33 are formed on a rotating shaft 31 rotatably supported by a at a predetermined interval through a plurality of spacers 32, and a blade portion 33 is formed on the entire outer peripheral surface.

The pulley 3 fixed to the rotating shaft 31
4, a pulley 36 fixed to an output shaft 35a of an electric motor 35 as a drive source disposed on a frame 10a in the machine frame 10, and a rotating shaft 37 rotatably supported by the machine frame 31. Between the fixed pulley 38 and the belt 39
Is wound, and the rotation shaft 31, that is, the cutter 30 is rotated by the rotation of the electric motor 35.

The forced supply means 50 comprises a plurality of, for example three, forced supply arms 52 arranged radially from the center at equal intervals. One half of the rotary shaft 53 is rotatably supported by the frame 10 a so as to face between the cutters 30.

The forced supply arm 52 is curved in the direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the rotating shaft 53 (the direction of arrow A in FIG. 1). A pulley 54 fixed to the rotating shaft 53
And a pulley 56 fixed to an output shaft 55a of an electric motor 55 disposed on a frame 10a in the machine frame 10.
A belt 57 is wound between the belt and the belt 57 (smaller than the pulley 54), and the forced supply arm 52 is configured to rotate by rotation of the electric motor 55. Here, between the pulley 54 and the rotating shaft 53, there is provided a torque keeper which generates a slip when a torque equal to or more than a predetermined value acts.

The water removing means 60 includes a first cylinder 61
, A second cylinder 62, a driving unit 70, a pressing piston 63, a lid 64, and a lid opening / closing driving unit 80.

The first cylinder 61 is a cylinder having a rectangular cross section and having both ends opened, and an opening 61 formed on the upper surface.
a is disposed and fixed to the frame 10 a in the machine frame 10 so as to face the discharge port 23 of the hopper 20, and one opening (the left side in FIG. 1) is a processed material discharge port 61 b. The first cylinder 61 is provided with a processed material discharge port 61.
It may be arranged obliquely with the b side down.

The second cylinder 62 is a cylinder having a rectangular cross section and having one open side. The second cylinder 62 is slidably inserted into the first cylinder 61, and the pressing piston 63 slides in the second cylinder 62. It is movably inserted.

The pressing piston 63 and the bottomed portion 62a of the second cylinder 62 have a plurality of parallel bolts 65, for example, four bolts up and down, and a total of eight bolts 65. The screw portion 65 is exposed outside the bottom portion 62a.
b is exposed and inserted outside the pressing piston 63, and a lock nut 65c is screwed into the screw portion 65b.

The bottomed portion 62a of the second cylinder 62
A compression spring 66 is wound around each bolt 65 between the pressure piston 63 and the pressure piston 63, and the pressing piston 63 is urged in the direction of arrow B in FIG. 63 is set to move to the position of the open end 62b of the second cylinder 62.

The driving means 70 for reciprocating the pressing piston 63 comprises a crank means 71 and a connecting link 72.

The crank means 71 is, as shown in FIG.
A pair of disks 7 fixed at predetermined intervals to a rotating shaft 73 rotatably supported by a frame 10a in the machine frame 10
1a and a crank pin 71b protruding from the free end side of the opposed side surface of the pair of discs 71a, that is, the outer peripheral surface side.
It consists of

The connecting link is composed of a pair of connecting links 72, and one end of each connecting link 72 is connected to and supported by a crank pin 71b. The other end, which is a free end of the connection link 72, is connected and pivotally supported by a pin 72 c to a bracket 63 a having a circular cross section protruding from the pressing piston 63.

The disk 71a of the crank means 71 is configured to be rotated by the electric motor 35 via the speed reducing means 74.

The deceleration means 74 includes a pulley 74a fixed to the rotating shaft 37 and a pulley 74c fixed to a rotating shaft 74b rotatably supported by the frame 10a in the machine frame 10 and having a larger diameter than the pulley 74a. , This pulley 74
a and 74c, a belt 74d wound between the
Pulley 74e fixed to b and having a smaller diameter than pulley 74c
And a pulley 74f fixed to the rotating shaft 73 and having a larger diameter than the pulley 74e, and a belt 74g wound between the pulleys 74e and 74f.
Is reduced by the speed reduction means 74 and transmitted to the disk 71a of the crank means 71. The disk 71a rotates in synchronization with the rotation of the cutter 30, and connects the second cylinder 62 and the pressing piston 63 to each other. It is configured to be reciprocated via 72.

The base of the lid 64 is supported by a frame 10a in the machine frame 10 so as to be openable and closable by a pivot 64a so as to cover the processed material discharge port 61b of the first cylinder 61. The drainage guiding portion 64b is formed to face the drainage means 100. And the second cylinder 6
2 is pushed forward by the pressing piston 63, and the workpiece 40
Is configured to guide the waste liquid compressed and squeezed out of the processing object 40 to the drainage means 100 via the drainage guide part 64b.

As shown in FIG. 2, a pair of lid opening / closing driving means 80 are provided symmetrically on the left and right sides of the first cylinder 61, and the driving means 70 for reciprocating the second cylinder 62 is constituted. A cam plate 81 fixed to a rotating shaft 73 which is a shaft of a crank means 71 which is an element;
2 and a link 83.

The cam plate 81 has a cam surface 81a formed on the outer periphery thereof, and is fixed to the rotating shaft 73 via a pair of mounting plates 81b arranged on both sides.

The bell crank 82 is composed of a pair of bell cranks disposed with a cam plate 81 interposed therebetween. The intermediate portion is rotatably supported by a rotating shaft 82a supported by a frame 10a in the machine frame 10. I have. On one side of the bell crank 82, a roller 84 that can come into contact with the cam surface 81a of the cam plate 81 is rotatably supported by a pin 84a. On the other side, which is the free end side of the bell crank 82, a link 83
Is connected and pivoted by a pin 83a, and the other end of the link 83 is connected and pivoted to the lid 64 by a pin 83b. Treated material charging means 90 and drainage means 1
00 is disposed in the machine frame 10 so as to face the processed material discharge port 61b of the first cylinder 61 which is a component of the water removing means 60.

A cup-shaped container 90 is used as the processed material charging means, and an inlet 90a for charging the processed material 41 is provided above. The drainage means 100 has a gutter 100a for receiving a waste liquid,
An exhaust pipe 100b communicates with the gutter 100a.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

The electric motors 55 and 35 are driven, and relatively soft workpieces 40 such as vegetable scraps are thrown in from the inlet 21a of the hopper 20, and relatively hard workpieces 40 such as bone scraps are removed. , From the inlet 22a of the hopper 20.

A relatively hard workpiece 40 such as bone debris is fed into the cutter 30 by the workpiece forced supply means 50 and crushed by the cutter 30. At this time, since the forcible supply arm 52 of the forcibly supplied workpiece 50 is curved in the anti-rotational direction, the workpiece 40 can be effectively fed into the cutter 30. Further, the forcible supply arm 52 stops when the feeding force exceeds a predetermined value due to slippage.
The workpiece 40 can be fed into the cutter 30 with an appropriate force, and the forced supply arm 52 and the cutter 30 are not damaged, and the durability can be improved. And
The workpiece 40 pulverized by the cutter 30 is
It moves to the discharge port 23 while being guided by the guide plate 22 b provided therein.

The workpiece 40 put into the hopper 20 in this manner is, as shown in FIG.
From the first opening 61a to the bottomed portion 62 of the second cylinder 62
a into the space 61 c formed by the lid 64 and the first cylinder 61.

At the same time, the rotating shaft 73, that is, the disk 71a of the crank means 71 rotates in the direction of arrow C, whereby the pressing piston 63 moves in the direction of arrow B with the second cylinder 62 via the connecting link 72. The first cylinder 61 slides. Then, as shown in FIG. 3, the second cylinder 62 compresses the compression spring 66 and
Compress 0. The waste liquid squeezed out of the compressed object to be treated 40 is guided to the drainage guide part 64b of the lid 64, and is discharged to the outside through the gutter 100a of the drainage means 100 and the water distribution pipe 100b. Here, when the first cylinder 61 is arranged obliquely with the processed material discharge port 61b side down, the dischargeability of the waste liquid squeezed out of the processed object 40 can be improved, and the first cylinder 61 can be improved. Of the waste liquid from the rear opening of the cylinder 61 can be prevented.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the compression of the workpiece 40 by the pressing piston 63 is completed, the cam surface 81a of the cam plate 81 is in contact with the roller 84 of the bell crank 82.

When the disk 71a of the crank means 71 further rotates in the direction of arrow C from the state shown in FIG.
The roller 84 is pressed by the first cam surface 81a, whereby the bell crank 82 rotates in the direction of arrow D, and the lid 64 rotates in the direction of arrow F via the link 83, as shown in FIG. The processed material discharge port 61b of the first cylinder 61 is opened.

Then, the space 61 of the first cylinder 61
The processed material 41 from which the moisture contained in the c has been removed and which has been compressed is subjected to the arrow B by the restoring force of the compression spring 66.
It is pressed by the second cylinder 62 sliding in the direction, discharged from the processed material discharge port 61 b of the first cylinder 61, and put into the container 90.

When the disk 71a of the crank means 71 further rotates in the direction of arrow C from the state shown in FIG.
The lid 64 is fully opened as shown in FIG. When the disk 71a further rotates in the direction of arrow C from this state, the cam surface 81a of the cam plate 81 and the rollers 84 of the bell crank 82
The lid 64 is rotated in the direction of arrow G by its own weight, and the lid 64 closes the processed material discharge port 61b of the first cylinder 61. At the same time, the second cylinder 62 and the pressing piston 63 are moved by the arrow H through the connecting link 72.
Then, the first cylinder 61 slides in the direction, and returns to the state shown in FIG.

As described above, according to the food or other waste treatment apparatus E of the present invention, the object to be treated 40 such as vegetable waste put into the section 21 of the hopper 20 is directly discharged from the first outlet 23 to the first discharge port 23.
In the cylinder 61. The workpiece 40 such as bone debris put into the section 22 of the hopper 20 is forcibly supplied into the cutter 30 by the workpiece forced supply means 50, and after being crushed by the cutter 30, the first Cylinder 6
1.

Then, the water is removed from the processing object 40 by the water removing means 60, and the waste liquid containing the water is discharged to the outside by the drainage means 100. at the same time,
The object 40 is compressed. The processed object 41 from which the water has been removed and compressed is removed from the lid 64 opened by the lid opening / closing drive means 80 to the container 90 serving as the processed object charging means.
It is thrown in.

[0048]

As described above, according to the present invention, waste such as foods generated in a cafeteria or the like can be treated by removing moisture by a moisture removing means and compressing the waste.
The volume of the waste can be reduced, and accommodation in a garbage bag or the like and transportation of a rubber bag or the like can be easily performed.

Further, waste such as bone debris can be crushed by the forcible supply means and the cutter, so that waste such as food can be treated very easily.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory front view of an apparatus for treating waste such as food, showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view explanatory view of the food or other waste disposal apparatus.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of the operation of the food waste disposal apparatus.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of the operation of the food waste disposal apparatus.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the food or other waste disposal apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Machine frame 20 Hopper 21 Section 22 Section 23 Discharge port 30 Cutter 32 Spacer 33 Blade part 35 Drive source (electric motor) 40 Workpiece 41 Workpiece 50 Workpiece forced supply means 52 Forced supply arm 60 Water removal means 61 First cylinder 61a Opening 61b Processed material discharge port 62 Second cylinder 63 Pressing piston 63a Bracket 64 Lid 66 Spring (compression spring) 70 Driving means 71 Crank means 72 Connecting link 73 Shaft (rotating shaft) 74 Reduction means Reference Signs List 80 lid opening / closing drive means 81 cam plate 81a cam surface 82 bell crank 83 link E food waste disposal device

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Yuichi Takeshita 7060 Komaba, Ryuyo-cho, Iwata-gun, Shizuoka Pref.

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A hopper for charging an object to be processed disposed above a machine frame, a plurality of cutters rotatably disposed on the machine frame so that a blade portion is exposed in the hopper, and a plurality of cutters disposed between the cutters. An object forcibly supplying an object to be processed rotatably disposed so as to forcibly supply the object to be processed, and moisture for removing water contained in the object to be processed by facing a discharge port formed below the hopper. A waste treatment apparatus for foods and the like, comprising: a removing means; a treated substance input means and a drainage means arranged at a treated substance discharge port of the water removing means. 2. The hopper is divided into a plurality of sections by sharing a discharge port formed below the hopper, and the cutter is disposed in at least one of the sections. Waste treatment equipment for food etc. as described. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the cutters are mounted on a rotating shaft via spacers.
Food and other waste treatment equipment. 4. The disposal of foods or the like according to claim 1, wherein said forcible supply means has a plurality of forced supply arms which are curved in a counter-rotating direction about a rotation axis. Object processing equipment. 5. The water removing means includes a first cylinder having an opening facing an outlet of a hopper, and a second cylinder slidably inserted into the first cylinder. A driving means for reciprocating the second cylinder, a pressing piston slidably provided in the second cylinder via a spring, and a workpiece discharge port side of the first cylinder. 2. A waste treatment for food and the like according to claim 1, further comprising a lid provided so as to be openable and closable, and a lid opening and closing driving means for operating the lid in synchronization with the driving means. apparatus. 6. A driving means for reciprocating the second cylinder, a crank means pivotally supported on a machine frame from a rotating drive source via a deceleration means, and a connecting and supporting means connected to a free end side of the crank means. A free end of the connecting link is pivotally connected to the pressing piston via a bracket via a bracket, and the pressing piston reciprocates the second cylinder via a spring by a rotational force of the driving source. The food or other waste disposal apparatus according to claim 1 or claim 5, wherein 7. The cover opening / closing drive means is formed on a cam plate attached to a shaft of a crank means which is a component of a drive means for reciprocating the second cylinder, and is formed on an outer periphery of the cam plate. A bell crank having one side in contact with the cam surface and an intermediate portion pivotally supported by the machine frame, and a link connecting the free end side of the bell crank and the lid, the second cylinder is advanced, The lid is opened in synchronization with the timing when the pressing piston is at the most advanced position, and when the second cylinder starts to retreat, the lid is closed in synchronization with this. The food waste disposal apparatus according to claim 1, claim 5, or claim 6. 8. The drainage body forms a drainage guide portion facing the drainage means, and the pressurized piston advances to compress the workpiece and squeeze the wastewater from the workpiece. The food and other waste disposal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the wastewater is guided to the drainage means via a section.