JP2597964B2 - Garbage disposal cassette pack - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a garbage containing water generated in a kitchen sink during cooking, for example, which can easily remove and remove the water from the garbage, and can be replaced at any time. The present invention relates to a completely sealed garbage disposal cassette pack.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, sewage treatment facilities and the like have been expanded and enriched with the improvement of living environment, and sewers have become widespread in homes. However, the treatment capacity of such sewers is still inadequate in both quality and quantity, and mainly treats toilet waste and the like.

[0003] Therefore, if garbage generated from the kitchen of each household is discharged directly from the drain of the sink using a disposer capable of reducing the bulk of the garbage to 20 to 30%, the burden on the sewage treatment facility will be increased. It is common to put the bag together with other garbage or separate from the others, pack it in a bag for each household, and take it out to a predetermined place and collect it. Also, using this disposer,
If the garbage after crushing is collected, the bulkiness is reduced to about 1/3, which is convenient. However, the operation is troublesome and there is a problem that the hands are stained.

In order to pack such garbage in a bag, it is usually necessary to put the garbage in a mesh draining case or the like each time to remove moisture, and then collect the garbage from the draining case and collect it in a bag. Is common.

[0005]

By the way, if such a draining case is used, the garbage generated must be packed frequently every day and taken out. Although it is unsanitary due to the occurrence of small flies and the like, the bagging operation is not only troublesome, but also unclean because the hands are inevitably soiled. Therefore,
The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and is capable of being directly flown into a sink, and can be easily collected and discarded without soiling hands, and furthermore, is for garbage disposal in which generation of offensive odor is minimized. It is intended to provide a cassette pack.

[0006]

That is, the invention according to the first aspect of the present invention is a distributor and a merger for diverting and merging, each of which is formed of a combustible material and has a tapered shape with a tapered tip. A connecting means with a lid serving as an inlet and an outlet, the inside of which is divided into a plurality of rooms, and a filtering means for accommodating cut garbage and removing moisture from the garbage is provided for each of the rooms. And a filter arranged at the bottom, which is used by expanding a folded state.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the filtering means comprises a net bag for storing and dewatering garbage crushed by cutting means such as a disposer. Also,
According to a third aspect of the present invention, the filtering means includes a plurality of net bags each having a large, medium, and small hole, which are arranged in series along a direction in which the garbage flows. The invention according to claim 4 is configured to be mounted on a tray slidable on the sink side. Further, the invention according to claim 5 is provided with vacuum suction means for removing residual moisture from garbage in the filtration means on the receiving side.

[0008]

According to the present invention, crushed garbage (hereinafter referred to as crushed garbage) which is cut and discharged from a cutting means such as a disposer is supplied to the cassette pack by a distributor provided at a connection portion on the inlet side of the cassette pack. A plurality of internal filtering means, for example, each is distributed substantially evenly or in an appropriate amount in the net bag, and in each of these net bags, water is dropped downward from the crushed garbage and dewatered, and the water is removed by the filter. Unnecessary substances such as various fine particles contained therein are removed and filtered. In this way, water and the like that have been dewatered and filtered inside the cassette pack are collected by the merger provided at the outlet-side connection portion at the bottom of the cassette pack, pass through the drain port on the tray side on which the cassette pack is mounted, and enter the sewer. Released.

In the cassette pack in which the dewatering / filtration action is sufficiently performed and the crushed dust is fully contained, the tray is pulled out from the lower part of the sink, and the connection portions on the inlet side and the outlet side of the cassette pack are removed. After the connection portions on the entrance side and the exit side of these cassette packs are covered, the cassette packs can be carried as they are, discarded outside, and easily replaced with new cassette packs.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a garbage disposal apparatus provided with a cassette pack according to the present invention. This garbage disposal apparatus includes a disposer 1, a cassette pack 2, a receiving tray 3, and a water suction means 4 ( 16).

The disposer 1 is provided with a drain port 1 of a sink 11.
An open / close valve 13 is attached to a part of a flexible drainage pipe 12 which is provided directly below 1A and is connected to the discharge port side, and a one-touch detachable joint is provided at a tip end side of the drainage pipe 12. The part 14 is attached. Note that when connected to the joint portion 14 shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 while being pushed with a single touch, the closed distributor 26A is pushed downward by the pushing operation, and the connection portion is easily and automatically connected. A flanged rubber packing 16 made of a sponge-based material that is constantly pressed down by the elastic force of the spring 15 for opening is provided. In the center of the opening, a distribution provided on the inlet-side connection portion 21 is provided. An opening pin 14D which pushes down the container 26 to communicate the passage with the cassette pack 2 projects vertically downward.

Further, the joint 14 has
When the cassette pack 2 is removed and replaced, if crushed dust containing moisture remains from the opened joint portion 14 downstream of the opening / closing valve 13, the crushed dust is temporarily removed so as not to spill. Is provided with a lid 14A (see FIGS. 2 and 3) for closing the opening portion, and manually shuts off the passage when crushed dust overflows from the disposer 1 on the sink side, as described above. An emergency opening / closing valve 13 is also provided.

The cassette pack 2 is formed of a combustible material, and is thinly packed in a compactly folded state (see FIG. 5) until it is used. The filter is folded with a thickness D only to accommodate the filter, and is expanded and used in a box shape as shown in FIG. 6 at the time of use.

The cassette pack 2 is connected to one-touch detachable joints 14 and 32 on the disposer 1 side and the receiving tray 3 side, respectively. Is protruding. Further, inside the substantially box-shaped housing 20 of the cassette pack 2, the internal space is divided into four rooms 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D as shown in FIG. (See FIG. 8) A large cross-shaped partition wall 20A, 20B, 20C, which is bent in a bellows shape for setting a large surface area to prevent the close contact of the net bag 7 and enhance the drainage effect. 20D is attached.

Further, the lower inside of the housing 20 of the cassette pack 2 is provided with partition walls 20A, 20B,
20C and 20D are partially removed to form an internal open space. In this area, a large number of filtration filters 2 each having a fine mesh shape and bent in a bellows shape are provided.
0E is provided. Further, in order to check how much crushed dust is currently stored in the cassette pack 2, a transparent window 20G (see FIG. 15) formed of a flammable transparent member is provided in the vertical direction on the front side. Is formed.

The connecting portion 21 on the inlet side has a substantially cylindrical cap 23 shown in FIGS. 2 and 9, a pedestal 24 which is opened at the side and has an internal thread which is screwed to the cap 23, and And a lifting spring 25A that pushes up the distributor 26A so as to close the lower opening of the cap 23. The external thread of the cap 23 is screwed into the female thread of the pedestal 24. Cap 2
3 and is attached to the housing 20 while being sandwiched between the upper surface of the base 24 and the flange 23A.

The number and the shape of the rooms to be divided in the cassette pack 2 of the present invention are not limited to those of this embodiment, but various types are possible. Further, the distributor is not particularly limited to the conical shape of this embodiment, and may be, for example, a quadrangular pyramid or another polygonal pyramid or a truncated cone or a truncated polygon according to the number or shape of the room. For example, various tapered shapes in which the tip side is narrowed are possible.

The cap 23 has a substantially L-shaped inner circumferential surface on the upper entrance side where the cap 23 is opened.
Engagement grooves 21B into which the stopper pins 14C for stopping rubber packing provided symmetrically at two positions are provided at the lower end portion are formed at two positions separated by 180 degrees. The inner diameter D2 of the upper opening of the cap 23 is slightly larger than the outer diameter D1 of the lower end of the joint portion 14 so that the cap 23 can be securely and smoothly fitted with almost no gap.

The net bag 7 is used to dewater pulverized dust passing through the distributor 26A from the connection 21 on the entrance side, and is connected to the connection 21 on the entrance side inside the cassette pack 2. Each of the rooms 2A to 2D is set so as to enclose a partition wall or the like in a state in which the upper part is opened. That is, this net bag 7 is shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, four rooms 2 separated by partition walls
Four bottomed shapes 7A to 7D set in A to 2D
It is composed of
Laminated with an adhesive or other appropriate material. Further, the net bag 7 integrated by bonding is held in a state where the opening end of the net bag 7 is supported from below through the through holes 70A to 70D provided in the fixing plate 70 from below. ing. The net bag 7 is, of course, formed of a flammable material, for example, various cloths, papers, and other materials. Or clogging,
It is desirable to apply a substance having a large bactericidal action, for example, a powder of a single metal such as wasabi extract, garlic extract, wood semen, and copper.

As shown in FIG. 10, the outlet side connection portion 22 also has a merging device 26 in which the moisture that has passed through the net bag 7 and the filter 20E of each of the rooms 2A to 2D is collected.
B, which has a configuration completely opposite to that of the distributor 26 provided at the connection portion 21 on the entrance side.

When the cassette pack 2 is expanded from the folded state shown in FIG. 5 to the developed state shown in FIG. 11, the reinforcing tool 5 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 14, a tag 27A in which each of the locking projections 5A to 5C of the reinforcing member 5 is provided on both upper and lower surfaces or both side surfaces.
Through 27C to prevent returning to the original state.

Further, when the cassette is replaced with a new cassette pack 2 after being used in this way, there is a possibility that garbage to be discarded is fully packed inside, and the garbage may be folded back to its original state. Therefore, even if the reinforcement 5 is removed, the same state is maintained, that is, the shape of the Boston bag or the suitcase as shown in FIG.
After the lids 21A and 22A have been placed on the connection portions 21 and 22 on both sides, the user can easily carry it to a predetermined place by holding the handle 20F and dump it. Of course, since the used cassette pack 2 has been substantially free of moisture,
They can all be incinerated at the incineration plant.

The receiving tray 3 is for mounting the cassette pack 2 as shown in FIGS. 16 to 18, and is slidably disposed on a sliding surface 33A of a base 33 fixed on the floor F. The slide body 30 slides in the front-rear direction below the sink along the rail 30A of the slide body 30 provided.
Has a three-stage slide structure in which the tray 3 moves forward from the lower part of the sink with the tray 3, and the tray 3 further advances from the slide body 30. As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the receiving tray 3 has a hole 3 </ b> A into which the locking projection 5 </ b> B of the reinforcing tool 5 is fitted and through which the cassette pack 2 is fixed and held. Is provided. Instead of such a configuration, for example, the reinforcing member 5 is composed of two vertical and horizontal bars, of which the vertical bar passes through the hole of the tag 27B, and
Of course, it may be configured to pierce A. In addition, on the bottom side of the receiving tray 3, a pump which is a water suction means 4 for completely removing water by suctioning / removing water remaining from garbage in the cassette pack 2 under negative pressure is provided on the sewer side. It is fixed in the middle of a flexible pipe 31 connected to the connection pipe 6 via a trap (not shown).

Inside the base 33, the flexible tube 31 is housed in a spiral or spiral shape with a certain amount of extra length inside, as shown in FIG. When the tray 3 is pulled out from the table 33, it can be pulled out following the tray.
A joint portion 32 is attached to a distal end portion of the flexible tube 31. The joint portion 32 projects upward from a central portion of the
A (see FIG. 17) is provided, and the connection portion 2 on the exit side is provided.
When the joint 2 is connected to the joint portion 32, the release pin 32A pushes up the merger 26B which has been closed so far to open the passage of the connection portion 22.

Therefore, according to this embodiment, the crushed dust cut and discharged from the disposer 1 is supplied to the plurality of net bags 7 inside the cassette pack 2 by the distributor 26A provided at the inlet side connection portion of the cassette pack 2. Since the garbage is distributed substantially uniformly or in an appropriate amount, there is no possibility that the crushed dust is stored in a part of the room in the cassette pack 2, and an efficient storing operation can be exhibited.

Further, according to this embodiment, since the cassette pack 2 is a detachable cassette which can be easily removed from the disposer 1 or the receiving tray 3, not only can it be easily replaced, but also it can be quickly attached and detached. In this case, the risk that the used cassette pack 2 emits a bad smell is suppressed as much as possible, and the hands and the like can be prevented from being stained.

In this embodiment, a mesh net bag is used as the filtering means. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a plurality of net bags each having a large, medium and small hole may be used. Are arranged in series along the direction in which the garbage flows, or a combination of boxes with multiple stitches that can be stored together in a cassette pack, or a porous sponge-like hole The bacterium may be embedded therein, and the waste may be decomposed by the bacterium. Further, the filter provided at the bottom of the cassette pack is not limited to a mechanically stitched filter as in this embodiment, and for example, a configuration in which the particles are laminated on the bottom in a state where the diameter of each particle gradually decreases. Is possible.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, crushed refuse crushed and discharged by the cutting means such as a disposer or the like is discharged to the inside of the cassette pack by the distributor provided at the inlet side connection portion of the cassette pack. Is efficiently distributed in each of the filtration means, and water is dropped downward from the crushed garbage in each of these filtration means to be dehydrated, and further, unnecessary matter such as various fine particles contained in the moisture is further filtered. Since it is removed, filtered, and efficiently collected by the merger provided at the outlet-side connection portion at the bottom of the cassette pack and discharged to the outside, the cassette pack can contain only the crushed dust. .

Further, according to the present invention, the cassette pack in which the dewatering / filtration action is sufficiently performed and the garbage is stored is detached from a drain pipe or the like connected to the inlet and outlet connection portions. After quickly closing the connection parts on the inlet and outlet sides of these cassette packs, they can be easily discarded to the outside as they are, and can be easily replaced with new cassette packs. Not only is it unnecessary but also less likely to stain the hands, and at the same time, there is less risk of generating offensive odor during replacement.

Further, according to the present invention, since the cassette pack before use can be stored thinly and compactly and can be stored anywhere, it is convenient, and if it has an internal capacity of about 20 liters. A family of four can store about one month of garbage at once.

Further, according to the present invention, since the cassette pack is constituted completely independently of the cutting means such as a disposer and the receiving tray, in other words, it is separated from these. The present invention can be easily applied to any type of sink, and can be applied to a conventional disposer, which is very effective from the viewpoint of environmental protection.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view showing a state in which a garbage disposal apparatus according to the present invention is mounted on a sink.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a connection state between the deposer and the cassette pack.

FIG. 3 is a schematic explanatory view showing the vicinity of a water outlet on a deposer side.

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a side view showing an unused state in which the cassette pack is folded.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state where the cassette pack is unfolded and unfolded.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the inside of the unfolded cassette pack.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a state in which the net bag is attached.

FIG. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing an inlet-side connection part at the top of the cassette pack.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing a distributor and a merger provided at an inlet side and an outlet side connection part of an upper part and a lower part of a cassette pack.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing the appearance and the like of a cassette pack;

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a reinforcing member of the cassette pack.

FIG. 13 is a main part side view showing a state in which a reinforcing member is attached to the cassette pack.

FIG. 14 is a back view of the same.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing a state in which crushed dust is fully stored.

FIG. 16 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a connection state between a cassette pack and a receiving tray.

FIG. 17 is a sectional view of the same.

FIG. 18 is a plan view showing a receiving tray.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram showing a state when the cassette pack is pulled out from the lower part of the sink.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Disposer 2 Cassette pack 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D room 3 Receiving tray 4 Moisture suction means 5 Reinforcement 6 Connection pipe 13 Opening / closing valve 14, 32 Joint part 20E Filter 22, 22 Connection part 26A Distributor 26B Merging device

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A distributing and merging distributor and a merging device, each formed of a combustible material having a tapered shape with a tapered end, and each of the connecting portions with a lid serving as an inlet and an outlet is provided. The interior is divided into a plurality of rooms, a filter is provided in each of the rooms for accommodating the cut garbage and removing moisture from the garbage, and a filter is arranged at the bottom, A garbage disposal cassette pack characterized in that the garbage disposal is developed and used. 2. The cassette pack for garbage disposal according to claim 1, wherein the filtering means is a net bag for containing and dewatering garbage crushed by cutting means such as a disposer. 3. The garbage according to claim 1, wherein the filtering means comprises a plurality of net bags having large, medium, and small holes each arranged in series along a direction in which the garbage flows. Cassette cassette for processing. 4. The garbage disposal cassette pack according to claim 1, wherein the cassette pack is mounted on a tray slidable with respect to the sink. 5. The garbage disposal cassette pack according to claim 1, further comprising a vacuum suction means for removing water remaining from the garbage in the filtering means on the receiving side.