JPH10156207A - Garbage shredding treatment apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To dispense with installing an air gap apparatus and a vacuum breaker separately or to form aperture parts exclusively for connection parts in a counter in a case an air gap apparatus or a vacuum breaker is installed to prevent wastewater of a garbage shredding apparatus from flowing backward through a water supplying pipe in the case the shredding apparatus is a type in which a water supplying pipe is connected to the shredding apparatus to directly supply water. SOLUTION: A main water route 42 to lead water sent through an outside supply pipe to a water discharging outlet 22 is formed in the inside of a faucet 16 installed in an upper side of a sink and a valve 44 to control water flow and stop in the main water route 42 and an operation lever 24 to operate the valve 44 are installed. Moreover, besides the main water route 42, an auxiliary water route 48 is installed in the inside and the auxiliary water route 48 communicates with a water supply pipe for directly supplying water to a shredding apparatus. An air gap device 52 or a vacuum breaker as a backward flow preventing device is installed in the auxiliary water route 48. Furthermore, an aperture 54 for overflowing water is formed in the front face of the faucet main body 18.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a garbage crushing apparatus for crushing garbage with water supplied by a crusher as a main body of the apparatus and discharging the garbage.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A garbage crushing apparatus for attaching a crusher to a lower portion of a sink and crushing and discharging garbage input from an inlet thereof has been conventionally known. This crusher is a crusher that crushes garbage under water supply and discharges the crushed garbage together with the supplied water. It is necessary to supply water to the crusher when using the device. It is.

[0003] As a means for supplying water to the crusher, water is discharged from a water outlet of a faucet device (sink faucet) provided on the upper surface of a sink toward a sink, and water is continuously supplied to the crusher through the sink. It is considered that a water supply pipe (pipe line) is directly connected to the crusher and water is directly supplied to the crusher through the water supply pipe.

[0004] In the former case, there is an air gap of a predetermined height between the water outlet of the faucet device and the sink, specifically, the crusher, and both are cut off. If the machine clogs and the water flows back, the water does not flow through the faucet to its upstream.

[0005] On the other hand, in the case of the latter method, if clogging occurs in the crusher, there is a risk that sewage in the crusher may flow backward through a water supply pipe connected to the crusher.

Therefore, in order to prevent this, an edge gap device such as an air gap device or a vacuum breaker is installed above the upper edge (overflow edge) of the sink to prevent wastewater from the crusher from flowing into the upstream side. Can be considered.

[0007] In this case, however, an air gap device, a vacuum breaker device, and the like are provided on the counter surface of the sink, and they are connected to a water supply pipe and further to an upstream pipe through an opening provided in the counter. It is necessary.

Therefore, the number of counters or sinks to which the air gap device or the vacuum breaker device can be attached is limited, and therefore, the air gap device or the vacuum breaker device cannot be retrofitted to the existing sink. And the like.

[0009]

The garbage crushing apparatus of the present invention has been devised to solve such a problem. Thus, the garbage crushing device according to claim 1 has a water outlet for discharging water from above the sink toward the sink, and circulates water sent through an external supply pipe to the water outlet. A faucet device having a main waterway for guiding the inside thereof, and further including a valve for controlling the flow and shutoff of water in the main waterway and an operation portion for operating the valve, which is installed above the sink of the sink; A crusher for crushing garbage under water is provided below the sink, a water supply pipe is connected to the crusher, and inside the faucet device, the water is supplied separately from the main waterway. A sub-channel for supplying water directly to the crusher through a pipe is formed, and a backflow prevention device for preventing a backflow from the crusher is provided on the sub-channel.

In a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a garbage crushing apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the faucet apparatus is provided with an operation switch for operating the crusher.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a garbage crushing apparatus according to any one of the first and second aspects, wherein the backflow prevention device divides the sub-channel and forms an air gap in the dividing portion. The device is characterized in that:

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the garbage crushing apparatus according to any one of the first and second aspects, the backflow prevention device is a vacuum breaker.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the garbage crushing apparatus according to any one of the first, second, third, and fourth aspects, wherein water overflowing back from the crusher side to the backflow prevention device side is overflowed to the sink side. An opening for overflowing water is provided in the faucet at an upper position of the sink.

[0014]

As described above, the garbage crushing apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention is used for supplying water directly to a garbage crusher separately from a main waterway for normal water discharge when a sink is used. The auxiliary waterway is built into the faucet and incorporates a backflow prevention device. According to this device, when water is directly supplied to the crusher through the water supply pipe, a separate backflow prevention device must be provided on the sink. There is no need to simply install the faucet on the sink.

Moreover, the faucet apparatus can also perform normal water spouting when the sink is used. Therefore, according to the present apparatus, in addition to the normal faucet for spouting water from the spout to the sink. In addition, it is not necessary to separately provide a faucet device dedicated to supplying water to the garbage crusher.

Since there is no need to separately provide a dedicated faucet for supplying water to the crusher, the cost required for installing the dedicated faucet can be reduced, and This has the advantage that it is not necessary to secure a space for installing the dedicated faucet on the upper surface of the sink.

Further, in this apparatus, it is only necessary to provide a hole for mounting a faucet on the upper part of the sink, such as the counter of the sink, and an opening for connecting the backflow prevention device to the water supply pipe and the upstream pipeline. There is no need to provide a separate section.

Therefore, according to the present apparatus, the counter which can be used is not limited, and the existing sink can be easily provided with the backflow prevention device.

Next, in the apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, the faucet apparatus is provided with an operation switch for operating the crusher. In this case, the switch for operating the crusher is exposed to the outside of the sink. It is not necessary to separately provide the faucet equipment in the state where it is connected.Therefore, a hole for passing the wiring for connecting the operation switch and the crusher is separately provided in the sink, and the operation switch and the crusher are connected through the hole. There is an advantage that no work is required.

In the present invention, the backflow prevention device can be formed as an air gap device or a vacuum breaker that forms an air gap at the divided portion after dividing the sub-channel (claims 3 and 4). In this case, the downstream side and the upstream side of the backflow prevention device can be reliably cut off in the sub-channel.

In the present invention, the faucet apparatus may be provided with an overflow water opening for allowing water overflowing from the crusher to the backflow prevention device to flow out to the sink. (Claim 5). In this way, when overflow water occurs, it can be smoothly guided to the sink side.

[0022]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention; In FIG. 1, 10 is a sink and a counter 1
2 and a sink 14, and a faucet device (sink faucet) 16 is provided on the upper surface thereof. Faucet equipment 1
6 has a faucet main body 18, from which a water discharge pipe 20 extends upwardly of the sink 14, and discharges water from the downward water discharge port 22 of the tip toward the sink 14. I have.

In the faucet device 16, an operation lever 24 as a main operation portion is rotatably provided on the upper portion of the faucet body 18, and an operation handle 26 as a sub operation portion is provided at a lower end portion. Are provided so as to be rotatable up and down.

A supply pipe 28 for supplying water and hot water to the faucet device 16 is provided inside the sink 10, and the upper end thereof is connected to the faucet body 18. The other end is connected to a main pipe embedded in a wall (not shown).

From the faucet body 18, a further water supply pipe 30 is provided.
The tip is connected to a crusher 32 as an apparatus main body in the garbage crushing apparatus, so that water can be supplied directly to the crusher 32 through a water supply pipe 30.

Reference numeral 34 denotes whether or not water is supplied by the water supply pipe 30;
Specifically, it is a water flow switch that is turned on / off in response to the supply of water of a certain amount or more. The crusher 32 can be operated based on the ON operation of the water flow switch 34.

The crusher 32 is suspended by the sink bottom 14A. From the crusher 32, an electric cord 36 is provided.
Is extended, and a plug 38 at the end thereof is inserted and connected to a power outlet 40.

As shown in FIG. 2, a main water channel 42 is formed in the faucet device 16 for normal water discharge, that is, for discharging water from the water discharge port 22 when the sink 14 is used. . The main waterway 42 is located upstream of the valve 44.
Water and hot water inflow passage 42A communicating with the supply pipe 28
And a water discharge passage 42B downstream of the valve 44 and a water discharge passage 42C inside the water discharge pipe 20 following the discharge passage 42B. The operation of the valve 44 based on the operation of the operation lever 24 causes water discharge, water discharge stop, and water discharge amount adjustment. ， Water temperature is controlled.

In this faucet device 16, the faucet main body 1
8 is provided at the upper part of the sink 10, specifically, at the faucet mounting hole 46 provided in the mounting base 13 of the sink 14.
3 mounted on. It is of course possible to provide the faucet mounting hole 46 in the counter 12 and attach the faucet device 16 there.

Then, the supply pipe 28 and the water supply pipe 30 are connected to the faucet body 18, specifically, the main waterway 42 and a sub-waterway 48 to be described later through the faucet mounting hole 46.

The sub waterway 48 extends from the inflow passage 42A of the main waterway 42, more specifically, branches off from the inflow passage 42A on the water side.
Through the water supply pipe 30.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 50 denotes a valve provided on the auxiliary water passage 48, which is opened and closed by the operation handle 26. The sub-water passage 48 is provided with an air gap device 52 as a backflow prevention device that divides the sub-water passage 48 downstream of the valve 50 and forms an air gap at the divided portion.

Further, in the faucet main body 18, an overflow water opening 54 is provided on the front side, that is, on the sink 14 side at a position above the sink 14. The overflow water opening 54 is for letting the spilled water from the crusher 32 flow back to the outside when clogging occurs in the crusher 32 and sewage from the crusher 32 flows back.

FIG. 3 shows another example of the present invention. In this example, a branch pipe 56 is branched from the supply pipe 28 outside the faucet device 16 and guided to the inside of the faucet body 18 so as to communicate with the sub-water channel 48 inside the faucet body 18. is there.

In this embodiment, an electromagnetic on-off valve 58 is provided on the branch pipe 56, and a vacuum breaker 60 is provided in the faucet main body 18 on the auxiliary water passage 48 instead of the air gap device 52. It is provided as. In the example of FIG. 3, it is of course possible to provide the air gap device 52 inside the faucet main body 18. Conversely, in the embodiment of FIG. 1 and FIG.
A vacuum breaker 60 can also be provided inside 8.

In the present embodiment, the upper part of the faucet body 18 above the sink 14 has its front side, that is, the sink 1
The point that the overflow water opening 54 is provided on the fourth side is the same as in the previous embodiment. Further, a water flow switch 34 is provided on the water supply pipe 30.
The same applies to the point that is provided.

As described above, in this embodiment, the faucet device 1
6 has a built-in air gap device 52 and a vacuum breaker 60 therein, and connects the water supply pipe 30 or the branch pipe 56 to the sub-water channel 48 inside the faucet device 16 by using the faucet mounting hole 46. be able to.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, there is no need to separately provide a backflow prevention device on the sink 14, specifically on the upper surface of the sink 10, and it is sufficient to simply install the faucet device 16 on the sink 14. . In addition, this faucet device 16 is provided with the sink 1
4 also has a normal water discharging function of discharging water to the sink 14 when the device 4 is used. Therefore, by simply installing a single faucet device 16 on the sink 14, the normal water discharging and the direct water supply to the crusher 32 are combined. It can be carried out.

According to the present embodiment, the counter 12 does not need to have a dedicated opening for mounting the backflow prevention device, so that the existing sink can be easily provided with the backflow prevention device. it can.

FIGS. 4 and 5 show still another embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment is a modification of the embodiment of FIG. 3, that is, the embodiment in which the vacuum breaker 60 is provided on the sub-water channel 48 in the faucet main body 18, and the description of the same configuration is omitted.

In this example, an operation switch 62 for operating the pulverizer 32 is provided below the faucet main body 18. As shown in FIG. 4, the operation switch 62 has a lever portion 62A which can be turned up and down, and the contact portion 62 is turned by turning the lever portion 62A up and down.
B (see FIG. 5) is opened / closed (on / off).

The operation switch 62 is connected to a control unit 66 in the pulverizing apparatus via an electric wiring 64 as shown in FIG. The control unit 66 includes a water flow switch 34 on the water supply pipe 30 and an electromagnetic on-off valve 58 on the branch pipe 56 in addition to the operation switch 62.
, And a power supply / interruption circuit 68 for supplying or interrupting power to the crusher 32 is connected via an electric wiring 64.

Here, the electric cord 36 is connected to the motor 70 in the crusher 32, and when power is supplied to the motor 70 through the electric cord 36, the motor 70
Rotates and the crusher 32 crushes the garbage.
That is, in the present embodiment, the crusher 32 is operated or stopped based on the supply and cutoff of the power by the power supply and cutoff circuit 68. In the figure, reference numeral 72 denotes a constant flow valve or a flow control valve provided on the branch pipe 56.

FIG. 6 shows an operation pattern of the pulverizing apparatus according to the present embodiment. The operation of the pulverizing apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In this example, the operation switch 62
Is turned on, the control unit 6 is controlled based on the on operation signal.
6 opens the electromagnetic on-off valve 58 on the branch pipe 56. When the electromagnetic valve 58 is opened, water is supplied to the crusher 32 through the water supply pipe 30.

At this time, if water is normally supplied, the water flow switch 34 provided on the water supply pipe 30 is turned on, and this ON signal is transmitted to the control unit 66. The control unit 66 receives an ON signal from the water flow switch 34, the supply after a predetermined time T ₁ elapses in order to perform adequate water supply to the grinder 32, the power supply-interrupting circuit 68 in order to power the motor 70 Side, the motor 70 is operated, whereby the crusher 32 performs the garbage crushing process under water supply.

In this embodiment, when the water flow switch 34 is not turned on even when the operation switch 62 is turned on, the motor 70 is not operated. This is to prevent crushing of garbage from being performed in a state where water is not supplied to the crusher 32 for some reason. Therefore, the operation switch 62 in the present example functions as a safety switch. Things.

On the other hand, the crusher 32 automatically shuts down after a lapse of a set time T sufficient to perform one garbage crushing process. Specifically, after the set time T has elapsed since the water flow switch 34 was turned on, the control unit 66 causes the power supply / cutoff circuit 68 to operate on the cutoff side to stop the motor 70,
Further close the solenoid valve 58 of the water supply after the water supply delay time T ₂ elapses required for cleaning of the grinder 32 therefrom, to end the milling process than Te garbage.

The measurement of the set time T may be started after the operation switch 62 is turned on.
The measurement can be started after the valve 8 is opened. In some cases, the measurement can be started from the start of the motor 70.

In this embodiment, the crushing process of garbage can be forcibly terminated by turning off the operation switch 62 before the set time T elapses. In this case, as clearly shown in FIG.
2 at almost the same time as the turning-off operation of the electromagnetic valve 58 for supplying water.
And the motor 70 is stopped.

As described above, in the crushing apparatus of this embodiment, since the operation switch 62 for operating the crusher 32 is provided on the faucet device 16, the switch for operating the crusher 32 is provided outside the sink 10. It is not necessary to provide the faucet device 16 separately from the faucet device 16 in an exposed state. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, a hole for passing the wiring connecting the operation switch 62 and the crusher 32 is formed in the sink 10 with the faucet mounting hole 46. There is no need to separately provide and connect the operation switch 62 and the crusher 32 through the holes.

As shown in FIG. 7, FIGS.
In the embodiment of FIG.
In the embodiment in which the air gap device 52 is provided above, it is of course possible to provide the faucet device 16 with the operation switch 62 of the embodiment of FIG.

The operation switch for operating the crusher 32 is not limited to the lever-type operation switch 62 shown in FIG. 4, but may be a push button-type operation switch 74 shown in FIG. it can.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, but these are merely examples. For example, a fixed-quantity water stopping means, a strainer, a check valve, etc., which automatically stops water supply when a fixed amount of water is supplied to the crusher 32 from the start of water supply to the crusher 32 on the sub water passage in the faucet body. May be provided. In addition, the present invention can be configured in a form in which various changes are made without departing from the gist thereof.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram of an apparatus for crushing garbage according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a flow path of water inside the faucet device in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing still another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a main part in the embodiment of FIG. 4;

6 is a diagram showing an operation pattern in the embodiment of FIG. 4 as a time chart.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing still another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a view showing still another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 10 sink 14 sink 16 faucet device (sink faucet) 18 faucet main body 22 water outlet 24 operation lever (main operation unit) 26 operation handle (sub-operation unit) 28 supply pipe 30 water supply pipe 32 crusher (apparatus main body) 42 Main waterway 44,50 Valve 48 Secondary waterway 52 Air gap device (Backflow prevention device) 54 Overflow water opening 60 Vacuum breaker (Backflow prevention device) 62,74 Operation switch

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A water outlet for discharging water from above the sink toward the sink, and a main water passage for flowing water sent through an external supply pipe and leading the water to the water outlet. A faucet device provided with a valve for controlling the flow and shutoff of water in the main waterway and an operating part for operating the valve is installed above the sink of the sink, while a water supply device is provided below the sink. A crusher for crushing garbage is provided, a water supply pipe is connected to the crusher, and water is directly supplied to the crusher through the water supply pipe separately from the main water passage inside the faucet device. And a backflow prevention device for preventing a backflow from the crusher is provided on the sub-water channel. 2. A garbage crushing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said faucet device includes an operation switch for operating said crusher. 3. The garbage according to claim 1, wherein the backflow prevention device is an air gap device that divides the sub-channel and forms an air gap in the division portion. Crushing equipment. 4. The apparatus for crushing garbage according to claim 1, wherein the backflow prevention device is a vacuum breaker. 5. The overflow water opening according to claim 1, wherein the overflow water for flowing back water that overflows from the crusher side to the backflow prevention device side and flows out to the sink side is provided. A garbage crushing device, which is provided on the faucet device at a position above the sink.