KR200462696Y1

KR200462696Y1 - Waste Collection Apparatus

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Publication number: KR200462696Y1
Application number: KR2020110010073U
Authority: KR
Inventors: 신석호
Original assignee: 신석호; 주식회사에이멕스
Priority date: 2011-11-14
Filing date: 2011-11-14
Publication date: 2012-09-26

Abstract

Food waste collection apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, the first housing for partitioning a space that can accommodate the waste container, and disposed above the first housing to partition the space above the first housing A second housing, a first door that opens or closes the second housing, and an upper space of the space in which the waste collection box is accommodated, and communicates or blocks an inner space of the second housing and an inner space of the first housing; And a second door and an anion generator disposed in the inner space of the second housing and generating negative ions.

Description

Waste Collection Apparatus {Waste Collection Apparatus}

The present invention relates to a garbage collection device.

Currently, there are various ways to dispose of garbage or food waste by residential area. Some areas, for example, have purchased and used trash bags and collected them at a designated location, so that cleaners can collect them in some places. The cleaner has adopted the method of collecting the door by attaching a suitable sticker to the outside of the door.In an assembly building such as an apartment, a certain amount of money is received in advance for each household, and then a large food container is placed in a predetermined position. Some people choose to throw away food freely.

Of these, in the aggregate buildings, a certain amount of money is received in advance for each household, and the method of freely discarding food in a large food container has the advantage that it is possible to collectively manage food waste without requiring a garbage bag. It is adopted.

In this way, when the waste ejector opens the door of the waste collection apparatus to drop the waste into the waste collection apparatus, odor may be transmitted to the waste ejector in the inner space of the waste collection apparatus. Since the odor inside the garbage collection apparatus may cause discomfort to the garbage discharger, it is very important to ensure that the odor inside the garbage collection apparatus is not transmitted to the garbage discharger for the comfortable use of the garbage collection apparatus.

In order to solve the above problems, an embodiment of the present invention, which can effectively remove the odor generated in the garbage collection device, and to provide a garbage collection device that can effectively suppress the transmission of the odor to the waste discharger have.

In order to achieve the above object, a food waste collection device according to an embodiment of the present invention, a first housing for partitioning a space that can accommodate a waste collection box, and disposed above the first housing and the first housing A second housing for partitioning an upper space of the first housing, a first door for opening or closing the second housing, and an upper space of the space in which the waste collection box is accommodated, and an inner space of the second housing and the first housing. And a second door for communicating or blocking the inner spaces with each other, and an anion generator disposed in the inner space of the second housing and generating negative ions.

According to the waste collection apparatus of the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to effectively remove the odor generated in the waste collection apparatus, and to effectively suppress the transmission of the odor to the waste discharger. Therefore, the waste discharger can greatly improve the comfort in using the waste collection device.

1 is a schematic perspective view of a garbage collection apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a perspective view schematically showing the interior of the garbage collection apparatus of FIG.
3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the waste collection apparatus of FIG. 1.
4 is a schematic perspective view of the negative ion generator of the garbage collection device of FIG. 1.
FIG. 5 is a view illustrating the deodorization filter assembly of the garbage collection device of FIG. 1 separately.
6 is a view schematically showing a state in which the negative ion generator of the waste collection device of FIG. 1 operates.
7 is a view schematically showing a state in which the first door of the garbage collection device of FIG. 1 is opened.
8 is a view schematically showing another example of the negative ion generator of FIG.
9 is a schematic perspective view of the negative ion generator of FIG. 8.
10 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the negative ion generator of FIG. 8.

Hereinafter, a waste collection apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 is a view schematically showing the external appearance of a garbage collection apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a perspective view schematically showing the inside of the garbage collection apparatus of FIG.

1 and 2, the waste collection apparatus 1 of the present embodiment includes a first housing 100, a second housing 200, a cover 250, a first door 300, and a second door 400. ), Anion generator 500, filter assembly 600, RFID reader unit 210, lamp 700 and load cell 150 is provided.

The first housing 100 includes an accommodation space of the garbage collection box C therein, so that the garbage collection box C for accommodating garbage can be disposed. The first housing 100 includes a door 110 on its front surface, and when the door 110 is opened, the internal space of the first housing 100 is exposed to the outside. An elastic member 112 is disposed on an inner side surface of the door 110 of the first housing 100 so that a gap does not occur between the door 110 and the first housing 100 when the door 110 is closed. . The elastic member 112 may be formed of a material having elasticity such as elastic rubber or silicone resin, and may be formed in a shape corresponding to the front opening of the first housing 100 opened and closed by the door 110. Therefore, the elastic member 112 increases the sealing property of the first housing 100 so that the odor generated in the waste collection box C does not escape between the gaps of the door 110.

The rear side of the first housing 100 is formed with a vent 120 for communicating the inner space and the outer space of the first housing 100. The ventilation hole 120 is disposed above the rear side of the first housing 100 and is located close to the opening of the waste collection box C.

The second housing 200 is disposed above the first housing 100 and partitions a space above the second housing 200. The second housing 200 may be manufactured separately from the first housing 100 to be coupled to the first housing 100, and the second housing 200 may be manufactured to be integrally formed with the first housing 100 continuously. have. Referring to FIG. 2, a partition wall is disposed between an inner space of the second housing 200 and an inner space of the first housing 100, so that the inner space of the second housing 200 and the second housing 200 are separated. The inner spaces can be separated from each other. The front surface of the second housing 200 is formed to be inclined so that the upper side is retracted.

The cover 250 is coupled to the front portion of the second housing 200 and is formed to extend in the front direction from the inclined front portion of the second housing 200. The cover may cover the upper and side surfaces of the front surface of the second housing 200 to prevent direct impact or direct sunlight on the front surface of the second housing 200.

The first door 300 is disposed on the front part of the second housing 200, and the upper side is hinged to the second housing 200 so as to open or close the front part of the second housing 200. That is, when the first door 300 is opened, the inner space of the second housing 200 is in communication with the outer space of the garbage collection device 1.

3 is a cross-sectional view of the waste collection apparatus of this embodiment, showing the internal structure of the waste collection apparatus of this embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 3, the upper side of the first door 300 is coupled to the second housing 200 by the hinge 310, and is elastic in a direction in which the front part of the second housing 200 is closed by the spring 320. Supported. Various elastic means such as a torsion spring, a coil spring or an air spring may be used as the spring 320 that applies the elastic force in the direction in which the first door 300 is closed.

The first cable 330 is connected to the first door 300, and the first cable 330 is connected to the actuator 340. The actuator 340 pulls or releases the first cable 330 to open or close the first door 300 connected to the first cable 330. That is, when the actuator 340 operates in the direction of pulling the first cable 330, the first door 300 is opened while retreating backward. On the contrary, when the actuator 340 releases the pulling force of the first cable 330, the first door 300 moves forward by the elastic force of the spring 320 and closes the opening at the front of the second housing 200. .

The second door 400 is disposed on the partition wall between the first housing 100 and the second housing 200 so as to be disposed above the space in which the waste collection box C is accommodated. The second door 400 may have a rear side hinged to the partition wall to open or close the upper side of the second housing 200. The inner space of the first housing 100 and the inner space of the second housing 200 in which the second door 400 is opened communicate with each other. When the second door 400 is closed, the first housing 100 and the first space are closed. The two housings 200 are blocked from communicating with each other.

As shown in FIG. 3, the first door 300 and the second door 400 are connected by a second cable 350. Accordingly, the first door 300 and the second door 400 are opened or closed together. That is, when the first door 300 retreats and opens, the second door 400 connected to the second cable 350 also opens while the front side is lifted upward.

The negative ion generator 500 is disposed above the inner side of the second housing 200. The negative ion generator 500 generates negative ions, and the negative ions formed in the negative ion generator 500 are moved to the inner space of the second housing 200.

4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the negative ion generator 500 of the present embodiment. Referring to FIG. 4, the negative ion generator 500 includes a case 510, a circuit unit 520, and a metal fiber 530.

The case 510 of the negative ion generator 500 is coupled to the inner surface of the second housing 200, and has a space for accommodating the circuit unit 520 and the metal fiber 530 therein. A plurality of openings 512 are formed in the inner space side of the second housing 200 of the case 510 to allow air to flow into and out of the case 510.

The circuit unit 520 is disposed in the inner space of the case 510 and receives a high voltage from the power source 524 to supply high voltage to the metal fiber 530 so that negative ions may be generated in the metal fiber 530. Is formed.

The metal fiber 530 is formed of a plurality of metal fibers, the ends of which are exposed to air and the rest of the metal fibers 530 are covered by the coating member 532. When the power source 524 is applied to the circuit portion, a high voltage is applied to the end side of the metal fiber 530, and corona discharge is made at the end of the metal fiber 530. As a result, the air around the metal fiber 530 is ionized to generate negative ions. Anions generated at the end of the metal fiber 530 may be introduced into the inner space of the second housing 200 through the opening of the case 510.

The filter assembly 600 is disposed in the vent hole 120 formed at the rear side of the first housing 100. That is, the filter assembly 600 may be disposed in a movement path of air passing through the vent 120 to filter the air.

FIG. 5 is a schematic exploded perspective view of the filter assembly 600. Referring to FIG. 5, the filter assembly 600 includes a deodorizing filter 610, a support 630, and a blower 620.

The deodorizing filter 610 includes a filtering member 612 and a frame 614 supporting the filtering member 612. The filtering member 612 of the deodorizing filter 610 is formed in a planar shape, and made of a material capable of removing odor contained in the air passing therethrough, such as a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter, an activated carbon filter, and the like. Can be. The frame 614 supporting the filtering member 612 may be formed to surround the edge of the filtering member 612 so that the filtering member 612 may maintain a planar shape.

The support 630 is disposed to be fitted into the vent hole 120 of the first housing 100 and may be fixedly coupled to the first housing 100 by a fastening member (not shown) such as a screw.

The support 630 has an opening 634 formed to allow air to pass through the air vent 120, and a slot 632 to which the deodorization filter 610 may be inserted to be perpendicular to the flow direction of the air passing through the air vent 120. Is formed. That is, when the deodorizing filter 610 is inserted into the slot 632 formed in the support 630, the filtering member 612 of the deodorizing filter 610 is disposed in the movement path of the air passing through the vent hole 120, the air Eliminate odors contained in

The blower 620 may be disposed to correspond to the opening 634 of the support 630, and may forcibly discharge air in the first housing 100 to the outside through the vent 120. The blower 620 may include a fan rotatably disposed to force the flow of air. The blower 620 may be controlled to operate at all times regardless of whether the second door 400 is opened or may be configured to operate only when the second door 400 is opened.

The RFID reader unit 210 is disposed at the front side of the second housing 200 and the side of the first door 300. The RFID reader unit 210 may read the discharger's information and payment information from the garbage discharger when the RFID tag approaches. When the RFID reader unit 210 reads the information included in the RFID tag and determines that the garbage discharger has the authority to use the garbage collection device 1, the controller (not shown) connected to the RFID reader unit 210 may include an actuator 340. ) To open the first door 300 and the second door 400. When the first door 300 and the second door 400 are opened, the garbage discharger may inject waste into the garbage collection box (C).

The lamp 700 is disposed on the ceiling of the first housing 100 and may serve to illuminate the internal space of the first housing 100. The lamp 700 may be controlled by the controller to operate only when the first door 300 and the second door 400 are open.

The load cell 150 is disposed below the location where the waste collection box C is disposed, and can measure the weight change of the waste collection box C or the weight change of the waste collection box C. Therefore, the load cell 150 may measure the weight of the garbage dropped in the waste collection box (C). Information about the weight of the waste measured by the load cell 150 may be transmitted to the control unit and used to calculate the amount to be charged to the waste discharger.

Next, the operation method and effect of the waste collection apparatus 1 of this embodiment comprised as mentioned above are demonstrated with reference to drawings.

6 schematically shows the interior of the second housing 200 of the waste collection apparatus 1 of this embodiment. Referring to FIG. 6, the air inside the second housing 200 includes a substance P causing odor. Odor-inducing substance (P) may be generated from the waste contained in the garbage collection box (C). When the first door 300 and the second door 400 are closed, the controller may allow the negative ion generator 500 to operate. When the negative ion generator 500 is operated, negative ions I are emitted into the second housing 200. The air inside the second housing 200 includes substances P such as odor causing substances, microorganisms, fungi, tobacco smoke, etc., which are formed by garbage, and the anion I is attached to these substances. Toxic cations in this process can be neutralized to reduce toxicity or odor. In addition, the fine particles to which the anion (I) is stuck can be agglomerated with each other and stick to the wall or fall to the bottom, and can be removed from the air. Therefore, odors may be effectively removed from the air inside the second housing 200.

When the garbage discharger places the RFID tag on the RFID reader, the control unit reads the information of the RFID tag to determine whether the garbage discharger has the authority to discharge waste or the amount of payment. If it is determined that the garbage discharger has a waste discharge authority or sufficient balance, the first door 300 is opened with retreat. In order to help the waste discharger understand in this series of processes, the front of the second housing 200 may be equipped with a display.

When the first door 300 is opened, the internal space of the second housing 200 is opened. Since the odor is removed by the negative ion generator 500 inside the second housing 200, the waste discharger is not exposed to the odor even when the second housing 200 is opened.

Meanwhile, when the first door 300 is opened, the second door 400 is also opened, so that the first housing 100 and the second housing 200 communicate with each other. When the blower 620 is operated while the first door 300 and the second door 400 are open, the air inside the first housing 100 and the air inside the second housing 200 are deodorized filter 610. It is discharged through the outside. Therefore, as shown by the broken line in FIG. 6, the air in front of the second housing 200 is sucked into the inlet of the second housing 200, and then passes through the first housing 100 and the deodorizing filter 610 to remove the waste. It is discharged to the rear of (1).

As such, the air on the side of the waste discharger is sucked into the second housing 200, so that the air inside the second housing 200 does not move to the waste discharger, and thus the possibility of the waste discharger being exposed to the odor is further reduced.

In particular, the blower 620 of the deodorizing filter 610 is disposed at a height corresponding to the opening of the waste collection box (C) to directly suck air from the opening side of the waste collection box (C), so that the odor of garbage is collected It is moved to the deodorizing filter 610 before exiting the opening of (C) and spreading to another space. Therefore, the spread of the odor of garbage can be prevented in advance.

As described above, according to the waste collection apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the air in the rear of the first door 300 is purified, and when the first door 300 is opened, the air inside the waste collection apparatus 1 is a waste discharger. By preventing the odor of the garbage from spreading to the inside of the trash collecting device 1, the odor is transmitted to the trash discharger in a double or triple manner. Therefore, the garbage discharger can easily discharge the garbage without feeling uncomfortable by the bad smell.

When the first door 300 and the second door 400 are opened, the garbage discharger may drop the garbage brought by him into the garbage collection box (C). At this time, the lamp 700 may be turned on so that the garbage discharger can see the inside of the garbage collection device 1 well.

When the waste is dropped into the waste collection box C, the weight of the dropped waste is measured by the load cell 150. Information measured by the load cell 150 is transmitted to the control unit, the control unit may calculate the amount to be charged to the waste discharger based on this.

When the garbage discharger drops all the garbage into the garbage collection box (C), the garbage discharger can perform the payment using the RFID tag. In this case, the first door 300 and the second door 400 may be controlled to move to the closed position, respectively.

Next, a waste collection apparatus 1 according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In the waste collection apparatus 1 of this embodiment, in the waste collection apparatus 1 of FIG. 1, the anion generator 500 is replaced with the anion generator provided with a photocatalyst. Parts other than the negative ion generator are substantially the same as the garbage collection apparatus 1 of the above-described embodiment, and thus redundant description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view schematically showing the negative ion generator of the waste collection apparatus of the present embodiment, and FIG. 10 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the waste collection apparatus of FIG. 9.

9 and 10, the negative ion generator 502 of the waste collection apparatus of this embodiment includes a UV lamp 550, a reflector 560, a container 570, a support member 580, and a photocatalyst 572. It is provided.

The UV lamp 550 receives power, and the UV lamp 550 may emit ultraviolet rays, and the reflector 560 is disposed behind the UV lamp 550 to include ultraviolet rays emitted from the UV lamp 550. It serves to reflect the light (L) to the front.

The container 570 is for holding the photocatalyst 572, and an opening is formed toward the UV lamp 550 so that the photocatalyst 572 can receive ultraviolet rays from the UV lamp 550. The photocatalyst 572 may be made of titanium dioxide (TiO 2) in powder form. Titanium dioxide forms electrons and holes when subjected to ultraviolet rays, and reacts with moisture in the air to form hydroxyl groups (OH-) corresponding to anions. The hydroxyl group is more oxidative than ozone, and can exert effects such as air purification, antibacterial and sterilization, and odor removal.

When ultraviolet rays are applied to the photocatalyst 572, a hydroxyl group is formed from moisture contained in the air inside the second housing 200, which may effectively remove odors caused by garbage. Therefore, according to the waste collection apparatus 1 of this embodiment, generation | occurrence | production of odor can further be suppressed further.

The support member 580 is used to fix the container 570 to the front of the UV lamp 550. The support member 580 may be a mesh. The mesh is coupled to the front of the reflector 560 and may be formed of a plurality of wires. Since the container may be fixed to one surface facing the UV lamp 550 of the mesh, the mesh may stably support the container. Since the mesh has a plurality of through holes, air and negative ions can enter and exit through the mesh. Therefore, the air inside the second housing 200 can be effectively purified by the photocatalyst 572.

Meanwhile, although the mesh may be used as the support member 580, the support member may not include the mesh, and may further include a member capable of supporting the container together with the mesh. The support member 580 may be anything as long as the container 570 is supported to be positioned in front of the UV lamp 550 while not completely covering the front of the UV lamp 550.

The waste collection apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment has the advantages of the waste collection apparatus 1 of FIG. 1, and has a more powerful odor removal effect by using the photocatalyst 572. Therefore, the waste collection apparatus 1 of this embodiment can provide a more comfortable use environment for a waste discharger.

Although the waste collection apparatus according to some embodiments of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited thereto and may be embodied in various forms.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the first door 300 and the second door 400 are connected and operated together, but the first door 300 and the second door 400 are not connected to each other. It may be opened and closed independently.

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, the filter assembly 600 is described as being disposed on the rear side of the first housing 100, but the filter assembly 600 may be disposed on the side of the first housing 100.

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, the connecting member connecting the first door 300 and the second door 400 is a second cable 350 so that the first door 300 and the second door 400 are opened and closed together. Although described as), the connecting member may be made of a link, not a cable.

In addition, the present invention may be embodied in various forms within the scope of the technical idea.

1 ... garbage collection unit
100 ... First Housing
200 ... 2nd Housing
300 ... first door
400 ... second door
500 ... negative ion generator
600 ... filter assembly
700 ... lighting

Claims

A first housing that partitions a space that can accommodate a waste collection box,
A second housing disposed above the first housing and partitioning a space above the first housing;
A first door that opens or closes the second housing;
A second door disposed at an upper side of a space in which the waste collection box is accommodated, communicating or blocking an inner space of the second housing and an inner space of the first housing, and being opened or closed together with the first door;
An anion generator disposed in an inner space of the second housing and generating an anion;
A vent formed in an upper portion of the first housing so as to correspond to the opening of the waste collection box, and communicating an inner space and an outer space of the first housing;
A blower for forcibly discharging air in the inner space of the first housing to the outside of the first housing through the ventilation opening as the first door and the second door are opened;
It is provided with a deodorization filter disposed in the movement path of the air passing through the vent,
The negative ion generator,
With UV lamp,
A reflection member formed to have a curved surface to surround the UV lamp and reflecting the light emitted from the UV lamp to the inside of the second housing;
A mesh coupled to the reflective member so as to be positioned inwardly of the second housing from the UV lamp, and having a plurality of apertures;
A photocatalyst disposed on the mesh and receiving the light emitted from the UV lamp to form the anion;
Anion formed from the photocatalyst,
Food waste collection apparatus, characterized in that the entry and exit into the inner space of the second housing through the through-hole of the mesh.

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The method of claim 1,
The first door is disposed in front of the second housing,
Food vent collection device, characterized in that the vent is arranged on the side or rear of the first housing.

The method of claim 1,
It is further provided with a support disposed in the ventilation opening of the first housing, the support having a slot into which the deodorization filter can be inserted,
The deodorization filter,
A filtering member on the face to remove odors in the air,
And a frame disposed on an edge of the filtering member to support the filtering member.

The method of claim 1,
When the first door opens the inner space of the second housing, the first door and the second door are configured to communicate the inner space of the second housing with the inner space of the first housing. Food waste collection device, characterized in that it further comprises a connecting member for connecting and operating together.

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The method of claim 1,
The photocatalyst includes titanium dioxide (TiO ₂ ) powder,
A container to hold the photocatalyst,
And a container support member for supporting the container such that the container is positioned in front of the UV lamp.