JP3045679B2 - Waste treatment equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a refuse disposal apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, garbage and the like generated in each household has been generally collected by a garbage collector after being collected at a designated common garbage dump in an area or an apartment. Since most of the garbage dumps are open-air, intense off-flavors occur when garbage is dumped one after another,
Fly becomes unsanitary. Therefore, dumping of garbage at dumping sites other than on the garbage collection day is prohibited, and garbage must be stored in each household for several days between the garbage collection day and the next garbage collection day. Did not. However, even at home, garbage or the like often rots during storage and emits an offensive odor, and handling of the garbage has become a problem.

Therefore, in recent years, a garbage disposal apparatus that can store garbage in a sanitary manner and that does not generate an odor even if the garbage and the like generated at home are sequentially discarded has been developed.
The number of condominiums installed at communal waste dumps is increasing.

[0004]

However, since the disposal capacity of the refuse disposal device is limited, if each resident of the apartment enters the garbage without planning, garbage exceeding the disposal capacity will be collected by the garbage collection date. It is thrown in, and the garbage disposal device may be overloaded and break down. There have been problems such as the inability of the resident of the apartment to dispose of the garbage in the garbage disposal device.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and manages the amount of refuse to be introduced into a refuse disposal apparatus and the refuse input user (user) to efficiently operate the refuse disposal apparatus. It is another object of the present invention to provide a refuse treatment apparatus capable of preventing trouble due to overload.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a waste disposal apparatus according to the present invention comprises an identification means for identifying whether a user is a legitimate person, and a weighing means for measuring the amount of waste. And determining means for determining whether the weighed value by the weighing means is equal to or less than an allowable value, wherein the user is identified as a valid person, and the weighed value is equal to or less than the allowable value. Only when the determination is made, the processing of the refuse related to the weighing is permitted.

[0007] If the refuse disposal apparatus having the above-mentioned configuration is used, only the authorized user can use the refuse disposal apparatus. Also,
If the garbage to be disposed of is below the allowable value, the disposal of the garbage is permitted, so the amount of garbage is controlled,
The waste disposal device operates efficiently and troubles due to overload are prevented.

[0008] In this case, if the weighing value by the weighing means is equal to or less than an allowable value grasped from the information recording medium possessed by the user, the processing of the garbage related to the weighing is permitted. Is desirable. With such a configuration, it is possible to set an allowable value depending on the information recording medium, thereby simplifying the configuration of the refuse processing apparatus,
The amount of waste can be managed by the distribution management of the information recording medium.

[0009]

Next, the present invention will be specifically described based on embodiments.

FIG. 1 shows the appearance of a waste disposal apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure,
(1) is a refuse treatment device, which is provided with a device main body (11) for treating refuse. The apparatus main body (11) is for treating inputted refuse and storing it for a certain period of time hygienically without generating odor. The disposal method and storage method of the refuse by the apparatus main body (11) are arbitrary, and for example, the refuse may be dehydrated and dried, or the volume may be reduced.

The apparatus main body (11) has a refuse inlet (11a) at the upper front part thereof, and a metering device (12) for measuring the amount of refuse is provided at a lower front part of the refuse inlet (11a). Is provided. This weighing device (1
The garbage weighing mechanism according to 2) is not particularly limited. For example, when the amount of garbage is taken as weight,
An example is a structure in which garbage is placed on a table on which a sensor for converting the weight of a piezoelectric element or the like into an electric signal is incorporated and the weight is measured. When the amount of garbage is taken as its volume, the volume of the garbage may be directly measured by a sensor or the like, or a container may be provided in the measuring means (2), and the container may be provided regardless of the amount of garbage. The volume of the refuse to be charged may be the volume of the container. in this case,
It is preferable to determine whether or not the refuse is out of the container, and if so, it is preferable not to receive the refuse. The weighing device (12) is configured to be vertically movable by a driving means such as a pneumatic or hydraulic cylinder or an electric motor, and is mounted on the weighing device (12) at the ascending position. The refuse can be automatically injected into the apparatus main body (11) through the input port (11a).

Further, a cover (1) is provided on the front surface of the device main body (11) so as to cover the periphery of the weighing device (12).
3) is attached, and a dust insertion port (13a) is formed below the cover (13), and a door (14) for opening and closing the dust insertion port (13a) is mounted. The opening and closing door (14) is opened and closed by driving means such as a pneumatic or hydraulic cylinder or an electric motor.
This allows the dust insertion opening (13a) to be freely opened and closed.

A card reader (15) is provided at a side position of the cover (13). The card reader (15) plays a role of reading an information recording medium such as a magnetic card from the card insertion slot (15a) and reading the identification information recorded therein.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a control mechanism of the waste disposal apparatus shown in FIG. In the figure,
(1) is a refuse treatment device, (11) is an apparatus body, (15)
Is a card reader, and (12) is a weighing device, which are the same as those described above.

FIG. 1A shows an information recording medium which is owned by a user. This information recording medium (A) is formed of, for example, a magnetic card or the like, and has identification information for identifying a person who carries the information recorded in advance.

A storage means (16) stores predetermined identification information in advance, as well as a maximum processing amount for each user and a predetermined period (one day in this embodiment) for the user. The assigned waste disposal amount, the actual processed amount, and the like are stored in advance.

(17) is an identification means. The identification means (17) collates the identification information read from the information recording medium (A) with the identification information previously stored in the storage means (16). Then, it is determined whether or not the identification information is valid, in other words, whether or not the user is a valid person permitted to use. When it is determined that the user is a valid user, an open / close door drive signal is output.

(18) is an opening / closing door driving means for driving the opening / closing door. When the identification means (17) determines that the user is valid, the opening / closing door (14) is moved in the opening direction. On the other hand, if it is determined that the door (14) is not valid, the door (14) is kept closed without driving.

(19) is a judging means, which is a weighing device (1)
The amount of refuse measured by 2) and storage means (16)
In addition to adding the processed amount in the past stored in, comparing the added value with the maximum processed amount for the user, adding the measured value and the processed amount per day by the same person,
The addition value is compared with the quota per day, and when each addition value is less than the maximum processing amount and the quota amount, a permission signal is output.

Reference numeral (20) denotes a weighing device driving means. The weighing device (1) is driven by a permission signal from the determination means (19).
2) is operated to drive the refuse placed on the weighing device (12) into the device body (11).

The identifying means (17) and the judging means (1)
9) The storage means (16) may be constituted by a computer system including an input / output interface, a CPU, a memory, and the like.

Next, a method of using the waste disposal apparatus (1) according to the above embodiment will be described.

An information recording medium (A) composed of a magnetic card or the like is distributed in advance to a legitimate user of the waste disposal apparatus (1). In the information recording medium (A), identification information for specifying the user is recorded in advance, and this identification information is also stored in advance in the storage means (16) in the garbage disposal device (1). deep. On the other hand, the maximum processing amount and the quota per day are set for each user according to the fee and the like, and these are also stored in the storage means (16) in advance.

A person who intends to use the waste disposal apparatus (1) inserts the information recording medium (A) into a card insertion slot (15a) of a card reader (15) provided in the waste disposal apparatus (1). . The card reader (15) reads the identification information recorded on the inserted information recording medium (A). Then, the read identification information is compared with the identification information stored in the storage means (16) by the identification means (17), and it is determined whether or not there is a valid user. When it is determined that the user is a valid user, a door driving signal is output from the identification means (17), and the door driving means (18) drives the door (14) by this signal, The dust insertion opening (13a) of the cover (13) is opened.

Next, the user puts the refuse into the weighing device (1) in the cover (13) through the refuse insertion port (13a).
2) Place on top. The method of placing the garbage is not particularly limited, but a container for receiving the garbage may be provided in advance in the weighing device (12), and the garbage may be directly put into the container from a garbage box at home or the like. Then, the garbage in a garbage bag may be placed on a dish-shaped placing member provided in the weighing device (12), or a disposable trash can dedicated to the refuse disposal device. May be distributed, and garbage may be stored in the trash box and placed.

The amount of the placed refuse is measured by the weighing device (12), and the value is determined by the determination means (1).
It is sent to 9). The determining means (19) adds the weighed value and the past processed amount stored in the storage means (16), compares the added value with the maximum processed amount for the user, and further calculates the weighed value. And the processed amount for the user on the same day (the processed amount is zero for the first processing of the day), and the added value and the daily amount stored in the storage means (16). Is compared with the assigned amount. Then, when each of the added values is smaller than the maximum processing amount or the assigned amount, an allowable signal is output.

In response to the permission signal, the weighing device driving means (20) drives the weighing device (12), and the weighing device (1).
The waste placed in 2) is thrown into the apparatus body (11) from the waste inlet (11a) and processed. Further, the added value is stored in the storage means (16) as a processed amount, and if the next use is made on the same day, the added value becomes a target for addition at that time. After the refuse is put into the apparatus main body (11), the door (14) is driven, and the refuse insertion port (13a) of the cover (13) is closed.

On the other hand, when each of the added values exceeds the maximum processing amount or the allocated amount, the weighing device (12)
Is not driven and refuse disposal is rejected. In this case, a mechanism for returning the refuse placed on the weighing device (12) to the outside of the processing device (1) may be provided.

In this way, the amount of waste processed by each user per day is limited within the allocated amount, so that the amount of waste processed is managed within the processing capacity range of the processing apparatus (1), and the waste processing apparatus (1) is controlled. ) Can be operated efficiently.

On the next day, the processed amount in the storage means (16) is set to zero, and can be used until the allocated amount is reached.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the information recording medium (A) is used to determine whether or not the user is a legitimate person, but the information recorded on the information recording medium (A) is used. In addition to the collation of the identification information, a password may be input so that the password is collated. Further, a configuration may be adopted in which whether or not the user is a legitimate person is determined based on a fingerprint or a voice print.

FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the maximum amount that can be disposed of, the allocated amount per day, and the processed amount are not stored in the storage unit (16), but are recorded in advance on the information recording medium (A) of the prepaid system. In addition, the processed amount can be written on the information recording medium (A).

In FIG. 3, reference numeral (21) denotes a writing device, and the same components as those shown in FIG. 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the card reader (15) reads not only the identification information but also the maximum processing amount, the daily allocated amount and the processed amount from the information recording medium (A). Then, the amount of waste weighed by the weighing device (12) and the past processed amount read are added by the determination means (19), and the added value is compared with the read maximum processed amount. The weighing value and the processed amount on the same day are also added by the determination means (19), and the added value is compared with the allocated amount to determine whether to permit or reject the waste disposal. If the waste processing is permitted, the weighing value is written as a new processed amount by the writing device (21) on the information recording medium (A). In this way, the usage history is recorded on the information recording medium (A), and it is determined on each basis whether the waste disposal is permitted or rejected. The other operation is the same as that of the embodiment shown in FIG.

In the above embodiment, the door (14) is provided so that the door (14) is opened when the user is a legitimate user. The measurement by the weighing device (12) may be started only when the user is a user. The point is that the user is identified as a legitimate person, and the weighed value is assigned to the quota or the maximum processing amount. It is sufficient that the processing of the refuse related to the weighing is permitted only when it is determined that the value is equal to or less than the allowable value such as. Although the case where the maximum processing amount and the assigned amount are provided for each user is shown, it is also possible that each user can use the processing device (1) without limitation until it reaches the processing capacity. However, providing the maximum processing amount and the assigned amount for each user can achieve fair use of the processing device (1), which can be particularly suitable for shared use in condominiums and the like.

[0036]

As described above, according to the present invention, only the authorized user can use the refuse disposal apparatus, so that the use of the refuse disposal apparatus can be eliminated, and the refuse input user can be eliminated. Can be managed. Also,
If the garbage to be treated is below the allowable value, the waste is allowed to be treated, so that the amount of waste can be managed effectively, the waste treatment equipment can be operated efficiently, and Can be prevented.

When the weighing value by the weighing means is equal to or less than the allowable value obtained from the information recording medium possessed by the user, if the garbage processing related to the weighing is permitted. In addition to the above, in addition to the above, it is possible to set an allowable value depending on the information recording medium, simplify the configuration of the waste disposal device, and manage the amount of waste by managing the distribution of the information recording medium. It will be easier.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a waste treatment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which (A) is a side sectional view and (B) is a front view.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing a control mechanism of the processing apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Garbage disposal apparatus 12 ... Measuring apparatus (weighing means) 17 ... Identification means 19 ... Judgment means A ... Information recording medium

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An identification means for identifying whether a user is a valid person, a weighing means for measuring an amount of refuse, and a determination means for determining whether a weighed value by the weighing means is equal to or less than an allowable value. Only when it is determined that the user is a valid person and it is determined that the weighed value is equal to or less than the allowable value, the processing of the garbage related to the weighing is permitted. A refuse treatment device characterized by the following. 2. When the weighing value of the weighing means is equal to or less than an allowable value obtained from an information recording medium possessed by a user, the refuse related to the weighing is permitted. A refuse treatment apparatus according to claim 1.