KR20010009086A - Apparatus for disposal garbage - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An apparatus for treating food waste is provided, to prevent a release hole from being plugged up by the crushed food waste. CONSTITUTION: The apparatus comprises a dehydration screen; a food waste entrance; a delivery screw(5) which is rotated freely by a drive motor; a release hole(33) where the crushed food waste is released; a cam member(54) which is mounted in the upper part of the delivery screw(5); and a racking-up member(6) which is set face to face with the release hole(33) and is capable of moving horizontally. The terminal part of the racking-up member(6) is always contact with the surrounding of the cam member(54) by a spring and the racking-up member(6) moves freely in horizontal direction between the axis center of the deliver screw(5) and the release hole(33) by the rotation of the delivery screw(5).

Description

Apparatus for disposal garbage

The present invention relates to a food waste processing apparatus for processing food waste discharged from a home kitchen or the like.

As a conventional food waste disposal apparatus, for example, as shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-110099, after disposing of the food waste introduced from the inlet formed in the sink bottom of the kitchen with a disposer, the ground food waste is crushed in the lower side of the dewatering screen. Introduced in the present invention, it is provided to dewater while being transported in an upward direction of the dewatering screen by a transport screw installed in the dewatering screen, and discharged to the outside from the outlet formed at the upper end of the dewatering screen.

However, the conventional food waste disposal apparatus described above has a problem that the crushed food waste transported to the outlet by the transport screw is blocked at the outlet unless it is smoothly discharged from the outlet.

An object of the present invention is to provide a food waste treatment apparatus that can smoothly discharge the pulverized food waste from the discharge port to prevent the pulverized food waste blocked.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a food waste treating apparatus according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view showing the upper end and the periphery of the transport screw constituting the food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for main parts of drawing>

2 ; Disposer (crushing means) 3; Dewatering screen

5; Transport screw 6; Scraper

7; Processing chamber 31; Inlet

32; Dehydration 33; outlet

53; Transport motors 54; Cam member

62; Tip

In order to achieve the above object of the present invention, a pipe-shaped dewatering screen having a plurality of dewatering holes formed on the peripheral surface is vertically installed, the lower end of the dewatering screen has an inlet for introducing the pulverized food waste crushed by the grinding means In addition, the transport screw is freely rotated by a driving means in the dewatering screen, and dehydrated food waste is introduced into the dewatering screen from the introduction port while the transport screen is rotated forward to transport upward. In the food treatment apparatus configured to discharge from the discharge port installed at the top of the, wherein the cam member is integrally installed with the shaft portion at the upper end of the transport screw and the member scraping against the discharge hole in the vicinity of the cam member, the horizontal direction Is installed to move freely, and that scratch The bearing member has its front end always in contact with the circumferential surface of the above-mentioned cam member by a spring, and is freely horizontally between the axial center side of the transport screw and the outlet port by rotation of the transport screw. There is provided a food waste disposal apparatus.

The discharge port installed on the top of the dewatering screen is characterized in that it is communicated to the processing chamber for decomposing the food waste discharged from the discharge port

Hereinafter, the food waste treating apparatus according to the present invention will be described according to the embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings.

1 shows a schematic configuration of a food waste treating apparatus according to the present invention.

1 to 1 are sinks installed in a kitchen such as a home. The inlet 11 is provided in the bottom position of this sink 1.

At the upper edge of the sink 1, a faucet 12 for supplying water into the sink 1 is provided.

A disposer 2 as a pulverizing means for pulverizing finely the food wastes fed from the inlet 11 is connected to the lower side of the inlet 11, and the spores are driven by the pulverizing motor 21. 2) to crush food waste.

The disposer 2 is connected to the inlet 31 formed at the lower end of the dewatering screen 3 via a connecting passage 22 formed as a flexible pipe or the like. The crushed food waste crushed by the disposer 2 is introduced into the dewatering screen 3 through the introduction port 31 described above together with the water discharged from the above-mentioned faucet 12.

The dewatering screen 3 is formed in a pipe shape, and a plurality of dewatering holes 32 are formed in the peripheral surface thereof, and is accommodated in a vertically installed state in the case 4.

Inside the dehydration screen (3), the transport screw (5) is installed to rotate freely.

The conveying screw 5 is comprised from the shaft part 51 and the screw part 52 spirally formed in this shaft part 51, and the shaft part 51 is arrange | positioned in the up-down direction coaxial with the axial center of the dewatering screen 3 It is done.

The tip of the screw part 52 is arrange | positioned with the small clearance between the inner wall of the dewatering screen 3, or between this inner wall. In addition, a transport motor 53 serving as a driving means is connected to the lower end of the shaft portion 51 which is arranged to penetrate from the bottom of the dewatering screen 3, and the transport screw 5 is moved in the forward and reverse direction by the transport motor 53. It is configured to transport the crushed food waste which is rotated and introduced into the dewatering screen 3 by the forward rotation of the transport screw 5 upward through the upper surface of the screw portion 52.

The upper end opening of the dewatering screen 3 is covered with a cover member 34 having an outlet 33, and dehydrated while being transported upwards by the transport screw 5 so that the crushed food waste is discharged from the outlet 33. It is configured to be discharged.

On the upper end of the transport screw 5, a cam member 54 as shown in FIG. 2 is integrally installed with the shaft portion 51, and a member 6 freely scraping close to the cam member 54 is horizontally free. It is installed to move.

The scraping member 6 has its reference portion 61 supported at the upper edge of the dewatering screen 3 by a vertical pin 63 so as to be able to move freely in the horizontal direction, and its tip portion 62. ) Is attached by a spring (not shown) so that the circumferential surface of the cam member 54 is always in contact. As a result, the scraping member 6 accompanies the rotation of the conveying screw 5, and the tip portion 62 repeats the movement in the direction of the arrow while the tip 62 contacts the circumferential surface of the cam member 54. By moving from the shaft center side toward the outlet 33, the ground food waste can be scraped outward of the outlet 33. The scraping member 6 also acts to scrape away the crushed food waste adhering to the circumferential surface of the cam member 54 by the tip 62.

The case 4 is formed with a drain 41 for draining the water separated from the crushed food waste by dehydration when the crushed food waste is transported upward by the transport screw 5. The drain hole 41 is an overflow groove not shown through the drain pipe 42 connected to the drain hole 41 by an overflow method in which the water separated by the above dehydration exceeds a predetermined level and is drained through the corresponding drain hole 41. Drain it to the outside of your back.

A processing chamber 7 for disassembling dehydrated pulverized food waste is disposed on the side of the case 4 facing the discharge port 33, and the dehydrated pulverized food waste is moved from the outlet 33 to the sliding plate 71. It slides down and is dropped to the floor in the processing chamber 7.

At the bottom of the processing chamber 7, a treatment tank 72 for storing and processing the introduced crushed food waste is provided, and a predetermined amount of decomposition chips is previously contained in the treatment tank 72.

Moreover, the stirring member 73 is provided in the processing tank 72. As shown in FIG. The stirring member 73 is composed of a stirring shaft 74 horizontally installed at a predetermined height in the treatment tank 72 and a plurality of stirring rods 75 protruding outwardly from the stirring shaft 74. As the stirring member 73 is rotated by the driving of the stirring motor 75 connected to the end surface of the 74, the ground food waste put into the treatment tank 72 at the tip of the stirring rod 75 and the treatment tank ( 72) Mix the disassembly chip contained in well.

The decomposition chip is used to promote the fermentation of the crushed food waste, for example, wood chips, chaff and the like can be used.

Further, a temperature adjusting heater 76 is disposed below the bottom of the processing tank 72, and the stirring member 73 is heated by heating the pulverized food waste and decomposition chips in the processing tank 72 by the heater 76. In combination with the stirring action, the processing of the crushed food waste is promoted.

The treatment tank 72 is provided with a fullness sensor (not shown in the drawing) for detecting the case where the processing material gradually contained in the treatment tank 72 is full by the decomposition treatment of the crushed food waste.

An exhaust port 77 is formed in an upper portion of the processing chamber 7, and an end of an exhaust pipe 78 having an exhaust fan 79 is connected to the exhaust port 77, and the other end of the exhaust pipe 78 is connected to the case. It is connected to the space part 43 which contacted the drain port 41 in (4).

The space portion 43 is blocked by the side surface of the dewatering screen 3 and the partition 44. The lower end of the partition 44 is separated by dehydration and always immersed in the water accumulated in the case 4, whereby the space 43 in the case 4 is completely sealed to the side of the dewatering screen 3. It becomes the state that became. Therefore, the odor and water generated in the processing chamber 7 by the exhaust fan 79 through the exhaust pipe 78 are not leaked to the side surface of the dewatering screen 3 but are overflowed in the drain opening 41. It is exhausted to the outside through the drain pipe 42 like the (overflowed water) water.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the processing chamber 7 and the case 4 configured as described above are integrated.

Here, the sensor 55 is installed at the lower end of the transportation motor 53, and this sensor 55 uses a photo sensor, for example, and is not shown connected to the rotating shaft of the transportation motor 53. It is comprised so that the conveyance speed of the pulverized food waste by the conveyance screw 5 can be detected indirectly by detecting the rotation speed of the unheated pan.

Next, the processing of the food waste by the food waste processing apparatus comprised in this way is demonstrated.

Food wastes discharged from homes and the like are put together with water into the inlet 11 of the sink 1 of the kitchen.

The food waste put into the inlet 11 is pulverized by the disposer 2 and then the dewatering screen 3 from the inlet 31 of the dewatering screen 3 through the connecting passage 22 together with the above water. It is introduced inside and transported upward along the upper surface of the screw portion 52 of the transport screw 5 by forward rotation of the transport screw 5.

The crushed food waste is dehydrated as water is separated from the dehydration hole 32 to the outside of the dewatering screen 3 by the transportation of the screw portion 52, and is transported from the upper end of the dewatering screen 3 to the outlet 33. It is done.

The horizontality of the scraping member 6 by contacting the circumferential surface of the cam member 54 accompanied by the rotation of the transport screw 5 by the leading end 62 of the scraping member 6 around the outlet 33. The movement is repeated in the direction. The scraping member 6 is forcibly scraped of the crushed food waste to the outside of the outlet 33 by an operation of moving from the shaft center side of the transport screw 5 toward the outlet 33.

In this way, the scraping member 6 can smoothly discharge the crushed food waste to the outside of the outlet 33 by scraping the crushed food waste.

In addition, the scraping member 6 can crush the crushed food waste adhering to the circumferential surface of the cam member 54 by the contact of the tip portion 62, and from the circumferential surface of the cam member 54, By reliably preventing the adherence of the crushed food waste, it can contribute to the smooth discharge of the crushed food waste outward from the outlet 33.

Meanwhile, the water discharged from the dehydration hole 32 to the outside of the dewatering screen 3 is discharged to the outside of the case 4 through the drain pipe 42 at the drain hole 41.

In this way, when the pulverized food waste and water are separated from the inside of the dewatering screen 3, the crushed food waste is disposed between the tip of the screw portion 52 of the transport screw 5 and the inner wall of the dewatering screen 3. If the transport speed of the pulverized food waste by the transport screw 5 is lower than a preset value due to being stuck or the like, the sensor 55 detects a drop in the rotation speed of the rotation shaft of the transport motor 53. Indirectly detect cases.

As a result, in the control device (not shown), the transport screw 5 is rotated counterclockwise to counterclockwise rotation (for example, three revolutions) in accordance with the detection result of the sensor 55, and then rotated forward again.

And when the sensor 55 detects the fall of the rotation speed of the rotating shaft of the transportation motor 53 about forward rotation, the transportation screw 5 is reversely rotated by the method as mentioned above.

As a result, the forward rotation operation and the reverse rotation operation are repeatedly executed until the rotation axis of the transport motor 53 is forward rotated at a predetermined rotation speed or more.

By driving control of the conveying screw 5 in this way the conveying screw 5 is actually used to remove the trapped material only when the crushed food waste is caught in the screw portion 52 and the inner wall of the dehydrating screw 3. The reverse rotation is performed, whereby the crushed food waste can be efficiently transported upward and dehydrated.

Then, the dehydrated pulverized food waste discharged to the processing chamber 7 through the sliding plate 71 from the discharge port 33 is properly mixed with the decomposition chip by the stirring member 73 in the processing tank 72, and the heater ( 76) is heated, rapidly fermented and decomposed.

In this decomposition treatment, odors and moisture generated in the processing chamber 7 are introduced into the space 43 in the case 4 through the exhaust pipe 78 from the exhaust port 77 by the exhaust fan 79 and into the drain 43. Is discharged to the outside through the drain pipe 42 together with the drain.

When the processed material is gradually contained in the processing tank 72 by the decomposition process of the crushed food waste in the processing chamber 7, and the processed material becomes full in the processing tank 72, the fullness sensor detects this. . If this detection is detected, the operation is stopped and the processing object is taken out of the processing chamber 7 through the opening / closing door (not shown), and a new predetermined amount of decomposition chips is placed in the processing tank 72. As described above, the pulverized food waste is decomposed.

As described above, according to the food waste treating apparatus of the present invention, the cam member is provided at the upper end of the transport screw, and at the same time, the member scraping against the discharge port near the cam member is freely moved in the horizontal direction. And the tip of the scraping member is always brought into contact with the circumferential surface of the cam member to accompany the rotation of the transport screw, thereby moving the scraping member horizontally between the shaft center side of the transport screw and the outlet port to scrape off the scraping member. Movement of the screw toward the outlet from the shaft center of the transport screw can forcibly scrape the crushed food waste out of the outlet, thereby preventing the crushed food waste from clogging at the outlet and thereby It can be discharged smoothly.

In addition, the scraping member can crush the ground food waste adhering to the circumferential surface of the cam member by the contact of its tip, and pulverize it by reliably preventing the crushed food waste from adhering to the circumferential surface of the cam member. It can contribute to the smooth discharge of food waste.

Furthermore, by installing a processing chamber that disassembles crushed food waste at the discharge port, it is possible to provide a food waste processing device that can completely dispose of food waste discharged from the home, etc. It is convenient.

Claims (2)

A pipe-shaped dewatering screen with a plurality of dewatering holes formed on the peripheral surface is vertically installed, and an inlet for introducing pulverized food waste pulverized by a crushing means is formed at the lower end of the dewatering screen, and a transport screw is driven in the dewatering screen. The food is arranged to be rotated freely by means and configured to dehydrate the crushed food waste introduced into the dewatering screen from the inlet port while being transported upward by forwardly rotating the transport screen and discharged from the outlet installed at the top of the dewatering screen. In the processing apparatus, On the upper end of the conveying screw, a cam member is integrally installed with the shaft portion, and near the cam member, a scraping member is disposed to move freely in the horizontal direction, and the scraping member is disposed freely in the horizontal direction. The food waste disposal apparatus characterized in that it is always in contact with the circumferential surface of the cam member mentioned above by a spring, and is freely horizontally between the shaft center side and the discharge port side of the transport screw by the rotation of the transport screw. . The discharge port installed at the top of the dewatering screen is in communication with the processing chamber for decomposing the food waste discharged from the discharge port.