JPH0814757A - Garbage processing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent floor from contamination with water falling in drops by a method wherein a drying basket can be removed together with the front face part of a drying chamber and the drying basket itself can be detachably attached to the front face part thereof. CONSTITUTION:A drying basket 4 for holding garbage is retained within a drying chamber 1 for disposing the garbage by drying. A front face part 14 of the drying chamber is freely detachably attached to the drying chamber with a thumbscrew 15 and the drying chamber 1 can be left open by unscrewing the thumbscrew 15 to remove the front face part 14. The drying basket 4 is provided with a hook 16, the front face part 14 of the drying chamber is provided with a ring 12 on its inner surface and the hook 16 is caught on the ring 12, so that the drying basket 4 is freely detachably attached to the inside of the drying chamber 1. The drying basket 4 is provided with an oil and fat receiver near its bottom part. When the garbage is placed into the drying basket, the contamination problems caused by the water falling in drops on the floor from the garbage can be solved and the trouble resulting from the difficulty in removing the garbag becoming sticky after drying due to the mixing with oils and fats can be prevented.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a garbage disposal device,
In particular, the present invention relates to a food waste processing apparatus that heats and drys food waste generated from general households or restaurants to sanitarily remove water and facilitates its handling, and also facilitates cleaning of the inside of the processing apparatus. It is a thing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, especially with the increase in the amount of raw garbage generated in metropolitan areas, it is becoming increasingly difficult to take measures against its disposal. That is, while construction of new incineration facilities and the like have various problems due to locational problems, there is a tendency that the conventional landfill system is already saturated. Under such circumstances, there is no doubt that providing a means by which each household can reduce the amount of garbage at least as much as possible can help the solution to the current situation of the garbage problem.

As one of such countermeasures, various types of methods of installing a garbage treatment device below a sink have been proposed and put into practical use. In the old days, as a garbage disposer, a method of simply crushing raw garbage and discharging it together with the water flow was known, but it seems that it requires reconsideration as it affects the quality of sewage. Therefore, for example, in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-15951, a drainage port of a sink and a drying furnace of a processing device are connected via an electric crushing machine to separate raw garbage from wastewater, and then the raw garbage is dried. Is proposing that.

However, this means tends to make the device bulky, and if the degree of tightness of the connection between the drainage hole and the electric crushing means for garbage is not sufficient, it may cause water leakage. On the other hand, according to the technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-49978, the water content of raw garbage containing the water charged in the basket-like raw garbage container is drained downward from the drain pipe and the gas content heated by the heating device is discharged. Is circulated to the solid content of raw garbage through a conduit to dry it. In this case, the valve leading to the drain pipe is closed during the drying process, but when the drainage from the sink flows in at a stretch, the drainage reaches the drying furnace through the gas conduit and overflows into the heater etc. It is possible that it may have an adverse effect.

[0005]

That is, FIG. 5 is a schematic explanatory view showing an example of a conventional food waste processing apparatus. In the figure, reference numeral 21 denotes a sink, below which is provided a food waste processing device having a drying chamber 1 and a fan 3 for sending heat from the heater 2 to the drying chamber 1 as hot air. is there. In the drying chamber 1, a drying basket 4 for storing raw garbage and a stirring blade 10 for stirring raw garbage (not shown) in the drying basket 4 are driven by a stirring motor 17 to rotate. It is provided. Further, excess water contained in the garbage is discharged to the outside through the drainage channel 9.

By the way, in such a construction, it is necessary to open and close the upper lid 13 in order to put in the raw garbage or to put in and take out the dry basket 4, that is, to take out the dried raw garbage. As a method not shown, the drying basket is fixed inside the processing device, and the bottom part can be opened and closed.
There is also a device which is configured to automatically discharge into a trash can provided below the apparatus after completion of drying. However, in the former method, since the stirring blade 10 is rotated along the inner wall of the drying basket 4 and the dead space is not generated as much as possible, the basket 4 has a substantially circular profile, and therefore the bottom portion is also generally formed. It has a round bottom, so when installing garbage in a sink, sink, etc.,
Becomes unstable.

On the other hand, in the latter method, since the dry basket cannot be moved, it is necessary to carry the raw garbage to the basket. Therefore, the raw garbage is included in the raw garbage on the floor during transportation. Problems such as water dripping and polluting the floor occur. Furthermore, since these raw garbage processing methods are so-called hot air drying methods, not burning raw garbage, for example, many oils and fats do not reach the temperature until they are decomposed, and are therefore included in the raw garbage. The fat content contained in the food is accumulated and mixed with other dried raw garbage by stirring, and the whole becomes sticky after the completion of the drying, which may cause difficulty in the discharging process.

In order to eliminate such complication, for example, the storage part including the dry basket 4 for raw garbage can be taken out from the front side of the sink 21 in an open manner. As can be seen in the technology, no such proposal has ever been made. Therefore, the object of the present invention is to make the front part of the drying chamber detachably mount a part of the outer portion of the device so that the inside of the drying chamber can be opened and exposed, and the drying basket can be removed integrally. It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for treating garbage which is capable of increasing the stability of a dry basket and separating residual fat and oil remaining in garbage generated during drying.

[0009]

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the first of the gist thereof is an apparatus for drying raw garbage, which is in the sink of the apparatus. And has a drying chamber attached to the front surface of the drying chamber so that a part of the outer portion of the apparatus can be detachably attached.
In addition, the dry basket placed in the dry chamber is housed so as to be able to be taken out integrally with the front face portion, the dry basket can be detached from the front face portion of the dry chamber, and legs are provided near the bottom of the dry basket. It is in the garbage processing equipment.

A second aspect of the present invention is an apparatus for drying raw garbage, which has a drying chamber mounted in a sink of the apparatus, the front portion of the drying chamber being the front side of the apparatus. A part of the outer shell is configured to be detachable, and a dry basket arranged in the drying chamber is housed so as to be able to be taken out integrally with the front part, and the dry basket can be detached from the front part of the drying chamber. Along with the above, there is an apparatus for treating food waste in which an oil and fat sump is provided near the bottom of the dry basket.

Further, a third aspect of the present invention is an apparatus for drying raw garbage, which has a drying chamber mounted in a sink of the apparatus, and the front portion of the drying chamber is the apparatus. A part of the outer shell of the dry basket is detachably mounted, and the dry basket arranged in the drying chamber is housed so that it can be taken out integrally with the front face part, and the dry basket can be detached from the front face part of the drying chamber. In addition, the raw garbage disposal device is provided with legs and a grease reservoir near the bottom of the dry basket. In each of the above points, it is effective to provide a safety switch that detects the attachment / detachment of the front portion of the drying chamber and turns off the main power source of the garbage disposal when removing the front portion.

[0012]

In the present invention, since the front surface of the drying chamber is integrated with a part of the outer casing of the device, the front surface of the drying chamber is removed to completely expose the inside of the drying chamber. Further, since the front part of the drying chamber and the drying basket are integrated, the drying basket installed in the drying chamber can be removed at the same time. Furthermore, since the dry basket itself can also be detached from the front part, it is possible to move the dry basket and load garbage. Therefore, when raw garbage is loaded, the problem that water drips on the floor and contaminates is eliminated. At this time, since the legs are provided in the vicinity of the bottom of the dry basket, even if the profile of the bottom shape of the dry basket is round, it can be stably installed in the sink, the sink, or the like.

Further, in this case, if the oil and fat sump is provided near the bottom of the dry basket, even if the garbage contains oil and fat, it is separated and collected in the oil and fat sump. It is possible to prevent the inconvenience that these oils and fats are mixed with the dried garbage to cause stickiness and the discharge becomes difficult. Of course, it is more effective to use this together with the leg. Further, when the front part of the drying chamber is removed, a safety switch provided so as to contact the side surface of the front part of the drying chamber operates to turn off the main power source, thereby heating, stirring motor, fan motor switch ( Even if the machine switch) is turned on, these do not work, and the drying chamber can be safely opened.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view showing an embodiment of the garbage processing device of the present invention, showing a side view of the configuration of the drying chamber 1 and its periphery.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a drying chamber for drying raw garbage, which holds a drying basket 4 for storing raw garbage (not shown) therein. Reference numeral 5 denotes an input port through which raw garbage can be additionally input during the drying operation, if necessary.
Is to close.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a stirring blade which rotates to stir the raw garbage in the drying basket 4 to improve the drying efficiency, and which has a connecting portion and is detachably connected to the stirring blade connecting portion 18 It is interlocked with the shaft of the stirring motor 17 via. Further, 2 is a heater for heating a part of the air in the drying chamber 1, and air containing water vapor is circulated by the fan 3 driven by the fan motor 20.
Reference numeral 7 is a pipe for circulating the water, 8 is a dehumidifier for condensing the moisture in the circulating air to convert it into water, and 9 is a drain passage for removing the condensed water to the outside.

Next, an important essence of the present invention is that the front part 14 of the drying chamber of the food waste treating device is constructed such that a part of the outer portion of the treating device is detachable, and the drying basket itself is detachable. It is a point that a leg and / or an oil reservoir is formed near the bottom. That is, in the embodiment of FIG. 1, the drying chamber front face portion 14 is detachably attached by a locking means such as a thumbscrew 15. By removing the thumbscrew 15 which is the locking means, the drying chamber front face portion is detached. It is configured so that the drying chamber 1 can be opened by removing 14.

Further, in the embodiment of FIG. 1, the dry basket 4
While having attaching / detaching means such as a hook 16, for example, a locking means such as a ring 12 is provided on the inner surface side of the front surface portion 14 of the drying chamber, and the hook 16 is locked to the ring 12 so that the inside of the drying chamber 1 is The dry basket 4 is detachably arranged on the above. It is more effective to use two or more sets of these attaching / detaching means and locking means. In addition, 1
9 is when the drying chamber front face portion 14 is removed as described later,
This is a safety switch that detects this and turns off the main power.

Next, an example of one embodiment of the drying basket 4 used in the garbage disposal of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a schematic explanatory view showing an example of one embodiment of the dry basket 4 used in the present invention, and shows the configuration of the dry basket housed in the apparatus shown in FIG. 1 described above as a front view. . As described above, the inside of the drying basket 4 should be close to the inner wall of the drying basket 4 as shown in FIG.
Since the stirring blade 10 shown in FIG. 4 passes through by rotation, the shape from the front is substantially circular, and the bottom of the drying basket 4 is also substantially circular. In the figure, 31 is a leg, and a plurality of legs can be provided if necessary, but one ring-shaped one can be used as a leg.

On the other hand, 32 is an oil and fat sump, which is a dry basket 4
The oil and fat leaching with the drying of the food waste inside is dripped and stored in the oil and fat sump 32 provided near the bottom of the drying basket 4, and by the rotation of the stirring blade 10 in FIG. 1 during the drying process. The oil and fat component pushed toward the wall of the dry basket 4 is removed to the oil and fat sump 32 via the oil groove 33 provided on the outer periphery of the dry basket 4. The oil groove 33 is formed by covering an arbitrary range including the lower portion of the outer periphery of the drying basket 4 with an outer wall made of a heat-resistant material such as metal or an outer skin having a plurality of grooves formed as necessary. The double wall structure or the multiple groove structure may be used. In addition, in the mode of FIG. 2, the mode in which both the leg 31 and the oil and fat sump 32 are provided is shown, but this is an example, and in the present invention, either one or both of them may be provided.

Next, the operation of the garbage disposal of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 and FIGS. 3 and 4. First, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of a sink having an embodiment of the garbage disposal of the present invention mounted therein, and FIG. 4 shows an example of a circuit used in the garbage disposal of the present invention. FIG. In these figures, 6 is a switch for starting / stopping this apparatus, 21 is a sink, 22 is a humidity sensor, 23 is an electronic circuit for controlling the operation of this processing apparatus, and 24 is a main circuit. Power.

As a processing procedure, the dry basket 4 is installed in the sink 21 shown in FIG. 3 or other suitable place by the legs 31 and raw garbage (not shown) is put into the dry basket 4, and then the dry basket 4 and the dry basket 4 are dried. The chamber front surface portion 14 and the above-mentioned attaching / detaching means and locking means, that is, the hook 16 and the ring 12 are connected to each other.
And then put it in the drying chamber 1. After that, the locking means of the front face portion 14, that is, the thumbscrew 15 is tightened, and the switch 6 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 is urged to start the operation of the processing apparatus.

In this case, the heater 2 is heated by energization, and the fan 3 drives the fan motor 20 (denoted by M _{2 in} FIG. 4) to send hot air into the drying chamber 1 to circulate air containing water vapor. A portion of the water vapor is condensed in the dehumidifier 8 through the pipe 7 and is discharged to the outside through the drainage channel 9 as removed water. During this period, the stirring motor 17 (see FIG.
Since M ₃ and display) is biased may also rotated with a stirrer 10 from time to time by the driving, whereby, by stirring the garbage in a drying basket 4, it is possible to increase the drying efficiency.

When the treatment is continued as described above, the garbage in the drying basket 4 gradually loses its water content and is dried. In this case, the humidity sensor 22 as shown in FIG. 4 is installed at an appropriate place in the processing apparatus, and the humidity of the garbage 30
If a program for operation control by the electronic circuit 23 is prepared in advance so that the operation of the apparatus is stopped when the internal atmospheric humidity corresponding to the% is detected, the operation can be automatically stopped.

Further, as the drying progresses, the oil and fat contained in the garbage is leached out, and the dried basket 4 is not decomposed.
2 is pushed out in the outer peripheral direction of the dry basket 4 and is separated and stored in the oil and fat sump 32 provided near the bottom of the drying basket 4 via the oil groove 33 shown in FIG. In this case, while the drying process is in progress, the temperature in the drying chamber 1 has risen considerably and the fats and oils have not decomposed, but their viscosity has dropped considerably and they are liable to flow. Separation from other food waste is relatively easy.

In addition, as shown in the embodiment of FIG.
Is fixed to the drying chamber front surface portion 14 by the attaching / detaching means and the locking means, while the stirring blade 10 is configured such that the connecting portion 18 between the rotating shaft of the stirring motor 17 and the stirring blade 10 is detachable. When removing the drying chamber front face portion 14, it is possible to integrally remove the drying basket 4 and further the stirring blade 10, so that the inside of the drying chamber 1, the drying basket 4, and the stirring blade 10 can be removed from the outside. It becomes possible to perform cleaning at.

Further, when the inside of the drying chamber 1 is opened and the drying basket 4 and the like are removed in this way, the electric system is changed to the drying chamber 1.
It is possible to configure so that it is not exposed to the inner surface, and this ensures the electrical safety at the time of opening, but if the switch 6 is accidentally touched during work, the main power supply 24 will be turned on and the heater 2 As a result of the fan motor 20 and the like being energized, hot air may blow out and the operator may be burned. Therefore, as described above, a safety switch 19 for detecting attachment / detachment of the drying chamber front face portion 14 is provided as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, and when the drying chamber front face portion 14 is removed, the safety switch 19 is cut off. Since the main power supply 24 is turned off, the above-mentioned problems such as the generation of hot air do not occur, and the apparatus is in a state of being completely stopped. During that time, cleaning work or the like can be performed safely.

[0027]

According to the garbage disposal of the present invention, the drying basket can be detached integrally with the front part of the drying chamber, and the drying basket itself can be detached from the front part of the drying chamber. Therefore, the drying basket can be a sink or a sink. It is possible to install raw garbage by installing it in a desired place such as inside, so that water contained in raw garbage is not drip and contaminated on the floor. In this case, since the legs are provided near the bottom of the dry basket, the dry basket can be stably installed.

Further, since the oil and fat reservoir is provided near the bottom of the drying basket, the oil and fat are separated and removed when drying the garbage containing the oil and fat, and thus the oil and fat is added to the dried garbage. It is possible to avoid the problem that the mixture becomes mixed and becomes sticky. Further, when the front portion is removed, the main power supply is cut off, so that safe work is secured. Of course, it goes without saying that the original effect of the food waste processing device is excellent.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view showing an embodiment of a garbage processing device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic explanatory view showing an example of a drying basket used in the garbage disposal of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a sink having an embodiment of the garbage disposal according to the present invention mounted therein.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a circuit used in the garbage processing device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic explanatory view showing an example of a conventional garbage processing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Drying Room 2 Heater 3 Fan 4 Drying Basket 5 Input Port 6 Switch 7 Pipe 8 Dehumidifier 9 Drainage Channel 10 Stirring Blade 11 Input Lid 12 Ring 13 Input Port 14 Drying Room Front Part 15 Thumbscrew 16 Hook 17 Stirring Motor 18 Stirring Blade Connecting part 19 Safety switch 20 Fan motor 21 Sink 22 Humidity sensor 23 Electronic circuit 24 Main power supply 31 Leg 32 Oil and fat reservoir 33 Oil groove

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A device for drying raw garbage, comprising a drying chamber mounted in a sink of the device, wherein a front portion of the drying chamber is detachable from a part of an outer shell of the device. And a dry basket placed in the dry chamber so that the dry basket can be taken out integrally with the front part, and the dry basket can be detached from the front part of the dry chamber, and the bottom of the dry basket is near Garbage disposal device characterized in that legs are provided in the. 2. A device for drying food waste, comprising a drying chamber mounted in a sink of the device, wherein a front part of the drying chamber is detachable from a part of an outer shell of the device. In addition, the dry basket placed in the dry chamber is stored so as to be able to be taken out integrally with the front part, and the dry basket can be detached from the front part of the dry chamber,
An apparatus for treating food waste, characterized in that an oil and fat sump is provided near the bottom of the dry basket. 3. A device for drying raw garbage, comprising a drying chamber mounted in a sink of the device, wherein a front part of the drying chamber is detachable from a part of an outer shell of the device. In addition, the dry basket placed in the dry chamber is stored so as to be able to be taken out integrally with the front part, and the dry basket can be detached from the front part of the dry chamber,
An apparatus for treating food waste, characterized in that legs and an oil reservoir are provided near the bottom of the dry basket. 4. The raw material according to claim 1, further comprising a safety switch for detecting attachment / detachment of the front portion of the drying chamber and turning off the main power source of the raw garbage processing apparatus when the front portion is removed. Garbage disposal equipment.