JPH11128884A - Garbage treating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shorten the take-out time (replacement time) of decomposing material for decomposing garbage. SOLUTION: A take-out port 41 and a take-out mechanism 40 are installed in positions at which an area E of the operation locus of an agitating blade is avoided. I.e., a housing part 15a is formed in a position at which the operation locus area E is avoided. Thus, while the agitating blade is operated, a microorganism carrier can be taken off to outside a microorganism vessel 15 without hindering the operation of the agitating blade. As a result, the take-out time of the microorganism carrier can be shortened.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a garbage processing apparatus for processing garbage generated in a kitchen or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The applicant of the present invention has applied for a Japanese Patent Application No. 8-98319 as a garbage disposal apparatus. This prior application describes a structure for exchanging a carrier (decomposed product) carrying microorganisms that decompose garbage. Specifically, a carrier is placed in a lower portion of a carrier container that houses the carrier. An outlet for taking out the container is provided. This take-out port has a take-out device (suction device) from outside the garbage disposal device
Are connected, and the carrier is sucked out by the suction device. This makes it possible to remove and exchange the carrier.

[0003]

By the way, there is a demand for exchanging the carrier in as short a time as possible.
Then, the present inventors further studied the above-mentioned prior application apparatus, and as a result, noticed that there is a stirring blade in the carrier container that stirs the garbage to improve the decomposition ability of the garbage. In other words, while operating the stirring blade, disposing the outlet at a position that does not hinder the operation of the stirring blade, and removing the carrier, the carrier removal time can be shortened. I thought.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been conceived in consideration of the above points, and according to the first to fifth aspects of the present invention, the outlet (41) is provided with a stirring member (41). 1
It is characterized in that it is provided at a position that avoids the operation locus area (E) described by 8). Thus, since the outlet is provided at a position that avoids the operation trajectory region of the stirring member, the decomposition product is taken out of the decomposition container from the outlet while the stirring member is being operated without disturbing the operation of the stirring member. Can be taken out. As a result, the time required to remove the decomposed product can be shortened.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the take-out mechanism (40) is a screw mechanism that, when rotated, transfers the decomposed product (31) to the outlet (41). As a result, in the prior application apparatus, in order to take out the decomposed matter, it is necessary to use a large and generally inexpensive apparatus such as a suction apparatus. According to the invention of claim 3, a simple mechanism such as a screw mechanism is required. The decomposition product can be taken out by the structure taking-out mechanism. For this reason,
The user can easily take out the decomposition product by himself.

Further, in the invention according to claim 4, the take-out mechanism (40) is connected to the transfer section (44) in the form of a screw disposed in the disassembly vessel (15) and to the transfer section (44), An operation unit (4) for manually rotating the transfer unit (44)
5), wherein the operation section (45) is detachably provided on the transfer section (44a) from outside the decomposition vessel (15).

[0007] Thus, since the operating section is provided so as to be detachable from the outside of the disassembly container to the transfer section, there is no need to insert the transfer section into the disassembly container, and the usability of the take-out mechanism can be improved. Further, when the take-out mechanism is stored, only the operation unit side needs to be stored, so that the storage property of the take-out mechanism can be improved. In the invention according to claim 5, the stirring member (18) is configured to rotate in the up-down direction, and of the bottom portion of the disassembly container (15), the stirring member (18) is disposed in the front of the stirring member (18) in the rotation direction. On the side, a storage part (15a) in which a take-out mechanism (40) is arranged so as to expand outward.
Is formed.

[0008] With this configuration, since the storage section is located on the front side in the rotation direction of the stirring member, when the stirring member rotates, the decomposed material is scraped by the stirring member to the storage section. Therefore, the decomposition product can be efficiently taken out of the decomposition container.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a schematic overall configuration diagram of the garbage processing apparatus 1. The garbage processing apparatus 1 is installed in a kitchen, and in this example, installed below a sink (not shown) which is a sink for performing water work. And
The garbage input port 2 of the garbage processing apparatus 1 communicates with a drain hole opened at the bottom of the sink.

The inlet 2 is opened and closed by a spherical opening / closing gate (not shown). The opening and closing gate is opened and closed by a user's own operation force. In brief, in this embodiment, when a foot pedal (not shown) provided in a kitchen cabinet (not shown) for storing the garbage treatment apparatus 1 is depressed near the kitchen floor (not shown), the opening / closing gate is opened. When the door is opened and the foot is released from the foot pedal, the opening / closing gate closes.

[0011] Further, the drainage that has entered from the inlet 2 flows downward along the surface of the spherical opening / closing gate, and flows into the drainage channel 8.
It is designed to flow into. A pulverizing unit 5 for pulverizing garbage is provided below the input port 2. The pulverizing unit 5 is for pulverizing the garbage to make it easier to decompose the garbage. The pulverizing blade (not shown) and the garbage pulverized by the pulverizing blade are sent to a decomposing unit 6 described later. A built-in impeller (not shown) for blowing away is provided.

As a result, the garbage thrown in from the inlet 2 falls as shown by the arrow A in FIG. 1, is crushed by the crushing blade, and is transferred to the left side in the figure by the impeller.
It is transferred to the disassembly unit 6. The decomposition section 6 has a microorganism container 15 that stores a microorganism carrier 31 (decomposed product) that decomposes garbage. In the present embodiment, the microorganism carrier 31 is obtained by carrying a high temperature resistant aerobic bacterium on a wood chip such as a cedar.
The size of this piece of wood is 4 mm in diameter when converted to a spherical shape.
About the same as a sphere.

The microorganism container 15 is formed of, for example, a resin such as polypropylene. The inner surface of the bottom 11 of the microorganism container 15 is an arc surface, and the bottom 11 is provided with a mesh-shaped water passage 16 having a plurality of water passage holes 16a as shown in FIG. The plurality of water holes 16
a (a hole having a diameter of 1.5 mm in the present embodiment) is formed for flowing the decomposed water generated in the microorganism container 15 out of the microorganism container 15. In the present embodiment,
The water passage section 16 is formed of a square punching metal made of stainless steel, which is a metal having excellent corrosion resistance. Hereinafter, 16 is called a punching metal.

Outside the microorganism container 15, just below the punching metal 16, the decomposed water flowing out from the water passage 16 a flows down, and a decomposed water drain 17 for discharging the decomposed water to the drain 8 is provided. Is formed. The decomposed water flowing into the decomposed water drainage channel 17 is discharged to the drain pipe 8 via the discharge pipe 10 having the function of the drain trap as shown in FIG.

In the microorganism container 15, as shown in FIG. 1, the garbage transferred into the microorganism container 15 and the microorganism carrier 3.
1 is provided, and a stirring blade 18 serving as a stirring member for increasing the ability to decompose garbage is provided. The stirring blade 18 is provided with a rotation shaft 40 rotatably supported by the microorganism container 15, and a pulley 41 is attached to one end of the rotation shaft 40 in the axial direction. In addition,
The rotating shaft 40 has an axial direction corresponding to the front and back sides of the sheet of FIG.
It is arranged to be horizontal.

The stirring blade 18 is provided with a stirring motor 20.
Is driven, the driving force is transmitted from the belt 19 and the pulley 41, and is driven to rotate up and down in the direction of arrow C in FIG. Further, the stirring motor 20 automatically operates every two hours for two minutes when power is supplied to the garbage processing apparatus 1. The stirring blade 1
The rotation trajectory of the tip of the tip 8 coincides with the radius of curvature of the bottom 11.

A ventilation pump 24 is provided above the disassembly section 14.
The suction port of the ventilation pump 24 communicates with the inside of the microorganism container 15. On the other hand, a ventilation pipe 25 made of vinyl chloride is connected to a discharge port of the ventilation pump 24. The downstream part of the ventilation pipe 25 is connected to the drainage channel 8. The ventilation pump 24
Decomposed gas generated when garbage is decomposed in the microorganism container 15 is supplied to the garbage disposal device 1 through the discharge pipe 10.
It is discharged to the outside, that is, to the drainage channel 8.

A temperature control heater (not shown) for controlling the temperature of the microorganism carrier 31 in the microorganism container 15 to a predetermined temperature (about 50 ° C.) is provided on the outer surface of the microorganism container 15.
In this example, the ventilation pump 24 and the temperature control heater are configured to always operate as long as power is supplied from the power supply to the garbage disposal apparatus 1, that is, when the outlet is plugged in. .

The garbage processing apparatus 1 is configured to automatically perform garbage processing by a control device (not shown). Hereinafter, the process of processing garbage by the control device will be described in order. When processing the garbage, when the foot pedal is first depressed, the opening / closing gate is activated to open the input port 2, and the garbage is poured into the crushing section 5 from the input port 2. Subsequently, the foot is released from the foot pedal, and the opening 2 is closed by the opening / closing gate.

Then, the control device determines that the opening / closing gate has changed from the state in which the opening is opened to the state in which it is closed, and automatically rotates the crushing blade of the crushing section 5 for a predetermined time (two minutes). The open / close state of the open / close gate is detected by a switch element (not shown). Also,
When the foot pedal is operated again during the two minutes, the crushing blade stops.

Thus, the garbage is finely crushed by the crushing blade, and the crushed garbage is separated by the impeller in FIG.
It is transported so as to blow out to the middle left side, and is sent into the microorganism container 15 of the decomposition unit 6. When the crushing blade is operated for 2 minutes, the stirring motor 20 is automatically operated for 2 minutes, and the stirring blade 18 is rotated. Thereby, the garbage sent into the microorganism container 15 and the microorganism carrier 31 are stirred. Note that the stirring motor 20 operates for two minutes every two hours as described above without depressing the foot pedal as described above, and also operates when the foot pedal is operated in this manner.

Next, the microorganism carrier 31 which is a main part of the present invention is described.
A method for replacing the battery will be described. FIG. 2 is a schematic side perspective view seen from the direction of arrow B in FIG. For example, microorganism carrier 3
Although the process of decomposing garbage is performed in 1, when the microorganism carrier 31 is used for a long time, the decomposition ability of the microorganism carrier 31 is reduced. Therefore, replacement of the microorganism carrier 31 is required. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the following structure is used to take out the microorganism carrier 31 from the microorganism container 15.

At the lowest part of the bottom portion 11 of the microorganism container 15, a storage portion 15a is formed so as to swell downward (outside the microorganism container 15).
The microbial carrier 31 has entered into a. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an opening 41 for taking out the microorganism carrier 31 from the microorganism container 15 to the outside is formed in the storage portion 15a. The outlet 41 is formed so as to open to a lower part of the microorganism container 15 and to have an opening surface extending in the vertical direction. The take-out mechanism 40 is inserted into the take-out port 41 as shown in FIG. That is, the extraction mechanism 40
From the outlet 41, it is inserted and arranged in the storage part 15a.

The take-out mechanism 40 transfers (pumps out) the microorganism carrier 31 to the above-mentioned outlet 41, and takes out the microorganism carrier 31 from the outlet 41 to the outside of the microorganism container 15. Take-out port 41 and take-out mechanism 40 in this example
Is an operation trajectory region E drawn by the stirring blade 18 as shown in FIG. 2 (a region surrounded by a dotted circle in FIG. 1, a hatched region in FIG. 2).
It is provided in a position to avoid. In other words, the storage portion 15a is formed at a position that avoids the operation trajectory region E.

The take-out mechanism 40 has a screw portion (transfer portion) 44 formed in a screw shape from a resin material such as stainless steel or polypropylene having excellent corrosion resistance. The screw portion 44 has a configuration in which a male screw portion 44b is integrally formed on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft 44a. An operation unit 45 for manually rotating the rotating shaft 44a (the screw unit 44) is provided on one end side (right side in FIG. 2) of the rotating shaft 44a of the screw unit 44 in the axial direction.

The operation part 45 side of the screw part 44 is
As shown in FIG. 2, a cylindrical cup-shaped fitting portion 46 is provided. One end of the rotating shaft 44a is loosely fitted to the bottom 46a of the fitting portion 46. At the opening side of the fitting portion 46, a mounting portion 46b is formed with an enlarged diameter. The mounting portion 46b is fitted into a cylindrical fitting portion 41a protruding from the opening edge of the mounting port 41.

The fitting between the mounting portion 46b and the fitting portion 41a is performed by using a screw or an O-ring to seal the microorganism carrier 31, decomposed water, and unpleasant odor from leaking out of the outlet 31. It is good to do. When the removal mechanism 40 is not inserted and arranged in the microorganism container 15, a cap (not shown) is fitted into the fitting portion 41a. As a result, the microorganism carrier 31, decomposed water, and unusual odor are sealed so as not to leak from the outlet 41.

As shown in FIG. 2, a discharge port 46c for finally discharging the microorganism carrier 31 to the outside of the microorganism container 15 is formed in a part of the outer peripheral surface of the fitting portion 46. Next, a method of using the take-out mechanism 40 will be described. For example, when the user takes out the microorganism carrier 31 in the microorganism container 15 in order to exchange the microorganism carrier 31, first, the cap is removed from the fitting portion 41a. Next, an extraction mechanism 40 is prepared, and the screw portion 44 is moved in the direction of arrow G in FIG.
5 (storage part 15a).

Thereafter, the mounting portion 46b is connected to the fitting portion 41a.
2 and a dust bag 50 such as a plastic bag is attached to the discharge port 46b as shown in FIG. In this state, the operation unit 45 is rotated in the direction of arrow H in FIG. 2 while operating the agitating blade 18 by operating the foot pedal. Then, the storing portion 15a is formed by the screw portion 44b.
The microorganism carrier 31 in the inside is transferred in the J direction in FIG. 2, and the microorganism carrier 31 reaches the fitting portion 46 and is finally taken out of the microorganism container 15 from the discharge port 46c, and is indicated by an arrow K in FIG. As shown, it is stored in the garbage bag 50.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the take-out port 41 and the take-out mechanism 40 are provided at positions avoiding the operation trajectory region E as described above, so that the stirring blade 18 does not hinder the operation of the stirring blade 18. The microbial carrier 31 can be taken out of the microbial container 15 with the 18 operated. As a result, the removal time of the microorganism carrier 31 can be shortened.

In the above-mentioned prior application device, the microorganism carrier 31
In order to take out, it was necessary to use a large device such as a suction device, which was not generally found in homes.
The microorganism carrier 31 can be taken out by the take-out mechanism 40 having a simple structure as described above. For this reason, the user can easily take out the microorganism carrier 31 by himself. As described above, when the stirring blade 18 is operated for two minutes, it stops, but during this time, the microorganism carrier 31 is sufficiently filled with the microorganism container 1.
If it cannot be taken out, the operation similar to the above may be performed by operating the foot pedal again.

(Second Embodiment) In the present embodiment, the formation positions of the storage portion 15a and the outlet 41 are different from those of the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the storage section 15 a in the present example is, on the bottom 11, on the front side in the rotation direction of the stirring blade 18,
It is formed so as to swell outside the microorganism container 15 (in the horizontal direction).

By doing so, the vertical physique of the garbage disposal apparatus 1 can be made smaller than in the first embodiment, and further, since the decomposed water hardly accumulates in the storage portion 15a, the decomposed water can be reduced. Can be discharged outside through the water passage hole 16a. Further, since the storage section 15a is located on the front side in the rotation direction, when the stirring blade 18 operates, the microorganism carrier 31 is drawn to the storage section 15a by the stirring blade 18. Therefore, the microorganism carrier 31 can be efficiently taken out.

(Third Embodiment) In the first and second embodiments, when the microorganism carrier 31 is taken out of the microorganism container 15, the take-out mechanism 40, that is, the screw portion 44b is pushed out of the outlet 41 to push the microorganism carrier 31 apart. Microorganism container 15
Had to be inserted inside. Therefore, in this example, as shown in FIG. 4, the screw portion 44b is previously housed in the storage portion 15a, and when the microorganism carrier 31 is taken out, the separate operation portion 45 is connected to the screw portion 44b. And Hereinafter, this will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 4, the rotating shaft 44a can be divided into two parts at a position indicated by M, and the operation unit 45 is detachably provided on the rotating shaft 44a from outside the microorganism container 15. The above-described male screw portion 44b is formed on the rotating shaft 44a on the left side disposed in the storage portion 15a in FIG. On the other hand, the above-described operation unit 45 is provided on the rotation shaft 44a 'on the left side in FIG.

The connecting portion M of the two rotating shafts 44a, 44a 'is fitted by male and female fitting as shown in FIG. In addition, the connecting portion M1 of the rotating shaft 44a on the left side in the drawing.
Is, for example, a polygonal detent shape, and the connecting portion M2 of the rotating shaft 44a 'on the right side in the drawing has a detent shape adapted to M1. A bearing 48 for the rotating shaft 44a is provided on the left side of the rotating shaft 44a in FIG. The bearing portion 48 is formed integrally with or separately from the storage portion 15a, and then is screwed into the storage portion 15a.
a.

A method of using the take-out mechanism 40 of this embodiment will be described. First, after removing the cap fitted in the outlet 41 in the same manner as described above, the rotating shaft 44a 'is connected to the rotating shaft 44.
a and connected. Further, at the same time, the fitting portion 46b is fitted into the fitting portion 41a. When the operation unit 45 is rotated in this state, the microorganism carrier 31 is stored in the garbage bag 50 as in the first and second embodiments.

As described above, in this embodiment, since the operation section 45 is detachably provided on the screw section 44a from the outside of the microorganism container 15, the operation section 45 accommodates the screw section 44a as in the first and second embodiments. There is no need to insert it into the portion 15a, and the usability of the extraction mechanism 40 can be improved. Furthermore, in this example, when the take-out mechanism 40 is stored, only the operation unit 45 side needs to be stored, so that the storage property of the take-out mechanism 40 can be improved.

(Modification) In the first embodiment, when exchanging the microorganism carrier, the extracting mechanism 40 is inserted from the outlet 41 into the storage section 15a (microorganism container 15). It may be built in the unit 15a. In the above embodiments, the take-out mechanism 40 for taking out the microorganism carrier 31 is a screw mechanism. However, the take-out mechanism 40 may be performed by a suction device instead of the above-described prior application device, and any structure may be provided in the storage portion 15a. An extraction mechanism may be provided.

In each of the above embodiments, the garbage is pulverized and then transferred into the microorganism container 15, but the garbage may be directly transferred into the microorganism container 15 without pulverization. In this case, a blade for crushing garbage may be provided on the stirring blade 18. In addition, the garbage processing apparatus 1 of each of the above embodiments is a so-called built-in type that is installed below the sink, but the present invention is not limited to this.

In the third embodiment, a male screw 44b may be formed on the rotating shaft 44a '. Also,
In each of the above embodiments, when the stirring blade 18 is operated for 2 minutes,
Stopped unless you step on the foot pedal again,
For example, a switch that is used only during maintenance for removing the microorganism carrier 31 may be provided, and the stirring blade 18 may be always operated as long as this switch is turned on.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a garbage processing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a detailed view of an extraction mechanism 40 according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an overall configuration diagram of a garbage processing apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a detailed view of an extraction mechanism 40 according to the third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Garbage disposal apparatus, 15 ... Microorganism container, 18 ... Stirring blade, 31 ... Microorganism carrier, 41 ... Outlet.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Hatsuru Ishikawa 1-1-1, Showa-cho, Kariya-shi, Aichi Prefecture Inside Denso Corporation (72) Inventor Hidekazu Matsumura 1-1-1, Showa-cho, Kariya-shi, Aichi Prefecture Denso Corporation Inside

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A decomposition container (15) for storing a decomposition product (31) for decomposing garbage, and provided in the decomposition container (15) to stir the garbage and the decomposition product (31). A garbage disposal device having a stirring member (18), wherein the garbage disposal device is provided to be open at a lower portion of the decomposition container (15),
It has an outlet (41) for taking out the decomposition product (31) to the outside of the decomposition container (15), and the outlet (41) is an operation trajectory region (E) drawn by the stirring member (18). A garbage disposal device, wherein the garbage disposal device is provided at a position where the garbage is avoided. 2. In the disassembly container (15), at a position avoiding the operation trajectory region (E), the decomposed product (31) is transferred to the outlet (41), and the outlet (41) is transferred. 2. The garbage disposal apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a take-out mechanism (40) for taking out the decomposed matter (31) from the garbage. 3. The production mechanism according to claim 1, wherein said take-out mechanism (40) is a screw mechanism which, when rotated, transfers said decomposed product (31) to said take-out port (41). Waste treatment equipment. 4. The unloading mechanism (40) is connected to the screw-shaped transfer unit (44) disposed in the decomposition container (15), and is connected to the transfer unit (44). An operating unit (45) for rotating the unit (44), wherein the operating unit (45) is detachably provided to the transfer unit (44a) from outside the decomposition container (15). The garbage disposal device according to claim 3, characterized in that: 5. The stirring member (18) is configured to rotate vertically, and of the bottom portion of the disassembly container (15), a front side in a rotation direction of the stirring member (18). The storage section (15a) in which the take-out mechanism (40) is arranged so as to expand outward.
The garbage disposal device according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the garbage is formed.