JP3249728B2 - Garbage disposal equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a garbage processing apparatus in which a garbage processing machine is incorporated in a kitchen cabinet such as a sink or a cooking table so as to be freely drawn out.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There has been known a garbage disposal machine which fills a garbage disposal tank with a garbage disposal material and decomposes the garbage put in the garbage disposal tank with the garbage disposal material. I have. In this garbage processing machine, bacteria inhabit the garbage processing material, and the garbage is decomposed by the activity of the bacteria. And the garbage processing machine of the said structure is conventionally arrange | positioned and used outdoors.

[0003]

As described above, the conventional garbage disposer is not built in a cabinet indoors. Therefore, it is considered that maintenance is performed indoors. In addition, there was no particular problem if the garbage disposal material in the treatment tank spilled around during maintenance. Therefore, the maintenance was carried out by forcing a plastic bag underneath, and the spilled garbage disposal material was packed in a plastic bag and discarded, and the odor of the spilled garbage disposal material was also a problem because it was outdoors. Did not become.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and it is possible to reliably receive a garbage disposal material at the time of maintenance in a room, and to provide a floor or garbage. It does not contaminate the slider device, etc. that allows the processing machine to be taken in and out, so that it can be cleaned cleanly, and that when the maintenance is not performed, the cleaning tray should not interfere with the loading and unloading of the garbage processing machine. It is an object of the present invention to provide a garbage disposal device that can be stored.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a food waste treatment apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a food waste treatment machine 2 which can be freely inserted into and removed from a storage section 60 having an open front portion of a cabinet 19. An external case 40 and a processing tank 8 provided inside the external case 40 are provided in the refuse treatment machine 2, an inspection lid 43 is provided in the processing tank 8, and an inspection lid 42 is provided in the external case 40 so as to face the inspection lid. A cleaning tray 41 for receiving the garbage disposal material in the processing tank 8 when the inspection lid 43 is opened between the inspection lid 43 and the inspection lid 42. It is. Thus, the inspection lid 43 is provided in the processing tank 8, the inspection lid 42 is provided in the outer case 40 so as to face the inspection lid 43, and the inspection lid 43 is provided between the inspection lid 43 and the inspection lid 42. By arranging the cleaning tray 41 for receiving the garbage processing material in the processing tank 8 when opened,
When maintenance is not performed, the cleaning tray 41 can be stored so as not to hinder the operation of pulling out and storing the garbage disposer 2 from the cabinet 19, while the maintenance lid 42 can be closed during maintenance. Open the inspection lid 4 with the cleaning tray 41 receiving garbage.
By opening 3, the garbage processing material in the processing tank 8 can be received by the cleaning tray 41 and maintenance can be performed, and the garbage processing material spills between the processing tank 8 and the outer case 40, or The slider device 13 for moving the garbage disposer 2 is no longer soiled, clogged, or soiled.

It is also preferable that the cleaning tray 41 is provided between the inspection lid 43 and the inspection lid 42 so as to be able to be turned upside down. With such a configuration, the cleaning tray 41 is tilted down during maintenance and is raised during storage,
The garbage disposal material can be effectively received or stored in the cleaning tray 41 by effectively utilizing the narrow space.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, a storage section 60 having an open front is formed in a cabinet 19 such as a sink or a cooking table, and the garbage disposal device 2 is disposed in the storage section 60 so as to be able to be taken in and out freely. In the illustrated embodiment, the cabinet 1
The undercarriage 9 is provided below the bottom plate 19 a below the bottom 9.
In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a counter constituting a top plate of a cabinet.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the garbage processing machine 2 includes a slider support member 12, a processing tank 8 which is attached to the slider support member 12 via a slider device 13 so as to be able to be pulled out, and a processing tank 8. An external case 40 that covers the outside of the tank 8 and an exhaust hose 7 connected to an exhaust hose connection port of the processing tank 8 are provided. The slider device 13 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 10, the other rail portion 17b is configured so as to be able to be pulled out with respect to one of the inner and outer rail portions 17a, and when the rail portion 17b is pulled out by a certain length with respect to the rail portion 17a, a stopper is formed. (Not shown) to prevent further withdrawal.

The slider support member 12 is constructed by providing a slider mounting bracket 16 on a base 15, and one rail portion 17 a of the slider device 13 is mounted on the slider mounting bracket 16. Processing tank 8 is processing tank mounting table 1
8, and the other rail portions 17 b of the slider device 13 are attached to both ends of the processing tank attachment table 18, respectively. Therefore, the processing tank 8 attached to the processing tank mount 18 can be pulled out of the slider support member 12 via the slider device 13.

[0010] The slider support member 12 is a cabinet 1
9 is mounted and fixed on the bottom plate 19a at the lower part of the base plate 9. The forced exhaust fan device 5 is disposed inside the pedestal 9 below the bottom plate 19 a of the cabinet 19, and the forced exhaust fan device 5 is attached to the inner surface of the pedestal 9 or the lower surface of the bottom plate 19. Here, most of the forced exhaust fan device 5 is disposed in the base wheel 9, but the intake port 55 at one end of the forced exhaust fan device 5 is located above the bottom plate 9 a from a hole provided in the bottom plate 19 a. It is protruding.

The lower portion of the processing tank 8 has a semicircular vertical section as viewed from the front as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, and an inspection port is provided on one side of the lower portion of the processing tank 8 having the semicircular vertical section. An inspection lid 43 is detachably attached to the inspection opening 44. In the embodiment shown in the drawings, the locking portion 45 at the lower end of the inspection lid 43 is locked to the locked portion 46 provided near the lower end of the opening of the inspection opening 44, and the upper end of the inspection lid 43 is screwed. 47 is attached to the screw hole 48 of the processing tank 2 by detachably screwing.

The processing tank 8 is covered so as to cover the outside of the processing tank 8.
The inspection opening 4 opposed to the inspection opening 44 of the processing tank 2 is provided on a side surface of the lower part of the outer case 40 attached to the processing tank 2 when viewed from the front.
The inspection lid 42 is detachably attached to the inspection opening 49 with a screw 50 as shown in FIG. An inspection lid 42 detachably attached to the outer case 40 to form a part of the outer case 40 and an inspection lid 43 attached to the processing tank 2 facing the inspection lid 43 to constitute a part of the processing tank 2. A cleaning tray 41 is arranged in the gap between them. The cleaning tray 41 is a container having a substantially semicircular vertical cross section, and one end is rotatably attached to the lower part of the processing tank 2 by a shaft 51 as shown in FIG. When the inspection lid 42 is attached to the inspection opening 49 with the cleaning tray 41 standing up, the cleaning tray 41 is stood up in the gap between the inspection lid 42 and the inspection lid 43 and stored. When the inspection lid 42 is removed, the cleaning tray 41 is removed.
Can be turned around the shaft 51 and tilted.

The front portion of the processing tank 8 or the processing tank mounting base 18
The door 21 of another cabinet 19 as shown in FIG.
A front plate 22 having the same appearance as that of the front plate 2 is provided.
Reference numeral 2 indicates the same appearance as the door 21 of the other cabinet 19 continuously. A casing 3 protrudes from one side of the upper part of the treatment tank 8, and a control unit of the garbage disposer 2 is disposed on the casing 3. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the gap 6 is formed between the side surface of the garbage disposal 2 below the casing 3 and the inner surface of the cabinet 19. An exhaust hose 7 is accommodated in a gap 6 below the casing 3.

The exhaust hose 7 is constituted by a flexible hose, one end of which is connected to the exhaust port 23 of the exhaust path formed in the casing 3, and the other end of which is the intake port 55 of the forced exhaust fan device 5. Connected to Here, the exhaust hose 7 has a sufficient length so as not to hinder the drawer of the garbage processing machine 2, and when the garbage processing machine 2 is stored in the cabinet 19, the exhaust garbage processing machine The exhaust hose 7 is accommodated in the gap 6 formed between the inner surface of the cabinet 2 and the inner surface of the cabinet 19 in a loosened state. An exhaust pipe (not shown) is connected to the forced exhaust fan device 7, and the exhaust pipe penetrates a floor or a wall to exhaust air to the outside.

The forced exhaust fan device 7 is driven when the garbage disposer 2 is pulled out, or when the lid 26 provided on the upper surface of the processing tank 8 described later is opened, or at regular intervals. Forcibly exhaust air by driving. A garbage inlet 10 is formed on the upper surface of the processing tank 8, and a lid 26 is attached to the rear end of the garbage inlet 10 by a pivot 25 so as to be openable and closable. A hanging piece (not shown) projecting downward is hung down the entire periphery of the garbage inlet 10 provided at the upper part of the processing tank 8, and when the odor is convected in the processing tank 8, the processing is performed. The odor that has risen along the inner wall of the tank 8 can be changed downward along the drooping pieces,
It is hard to leak from the garbage inlet 10.

A stirring member (not shown) is provided in the processing tank 8, and the stirring member is driven by driving means such as a motor. In the treatment tank 8, a garbage treatment material such as sawdust-like woody chips called a biochip in which microorganisms have inhabited is placed. As this garbage disposal material, conventionally known woody flakes (for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 2-10398)
No. 2, Japanese Patent Publication No. 2-30760, and Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-22385).

When dumping garbage, the garbage disposer 2 constructed as described above draws the garbage disposer 2 toward the front of the cabinet 19, opens the lid 26 and opens the garbage inlet. From 10 garbage is put into the treatment tank 8. on the other hand,
When the charging is completed, the lid 26 is closed and the garbage disposer 2 is pushed into the cabinet 19 and stored. In processing the garbage, the stirring member is driven to mix and mix the garbage processing material and the input garbage in the processing tank 8, whereby the garbage is decomposed by microorganisms parasitic on the garbage processing material. Things. Here, the odor generated in the process of garbage disposal is operated from the treatment tank 8 through the exhaust path of the casing 3, the exhaust hose 7, the forced exhaust fan device 5, and the exhaust pipe by operating the forced exhaust fan device 5. Is exhausted.

On the other hand, the garbage disposal material is maintained about once every several months (that is, foreign materials such as beer plugs which are erroneously put into the garbage disposal material are removed,
It is necessary to replenish the new garbage processing material), but at the time of this maintenance, the garbage processing machine 2 is pulled out in front of the cabinet 19, and the inspection lid attached to the side of the outer case 40. The body 42 is positioned closer to the front side than the cabinet 19, and in this state, as shown in FIG.
0, the inspection lid 42 is removed from the inspection opening 49, and the cleaning tray 41 is turned around the shaft 51 as shown in FIG. 3, and then the screw is removed as shown in FIGS. 4
7, the locking portion 45 is removed from the locked portion 46, the inspection lid 43 is removed, and as shown in FIG.
To release. In this state, the garbage processing material in the processing tank is put into the cleaning tray 41, and maintenance of the garbage processing material is performed.

When the maintenance of the garbage disposal material is completed,
The inspection lid 43 is attached, the inspection opening 44 is closed, the garbage disposal material in the cleaning tray 41 is collected and re-entered into the processing tank 8, the cleaning tray 41 is raised, and the inspection lid 42 is attached. The inspection opening 49 is closed, and the garbage disposer 2 is pushed in and stored in the storage section 60 of the cabinet 19 for normal use.

[0020]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, as described above, the garbage disposer is disposed so as to be able to be freely taken in and out of the storage section having the front opening of the cabinet. Provide an outer case and a processing tank inside the outer case, provide an inspection lid in the processing tank, provide an inspection lid facing the inspection lid in the outer case, and place an inspection lid between the inspection lid and the inspection lid. A cleaning tray is provided to receive the garbage disposal material in the processing tank when the inspection lid is opened, so when maintenance is not performed, the cleaning tray pulls out the garbage disposal machine from the cabinet or stores it. It can be stored so as not to disturb the operation of garbage disposal.In addition, when performing maintenance of the garbage disposal material by opening the inspection lid and inspection lid, the garbage disposal material is cleaned with a cleaning tray. Receive and spill around The garbage disposal material is spilled between the treatment tank and the outer case to make it dirty, or the garbage disposal machine is moved because it is easy to clean and does not spill around. It does not cause the trouble of driving the slider device by soiling or clogging the slider device, or the floor is soiled, so that the attached dirt and odor do not collect and flies, It is sanitary, and as a result, it has become possible to install a food waste disposer indoors.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effects of the first aspect of the present invention, a cleaning tray is provided between the inspection lid and the inspection lid so that the cleaning tray can be turned upside down. Since the cleaning tray is tilted during maintenance and raised when stored, the cleaning tray can be effectively used to receive or store garbage processing material in the cleaning tray effectively.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway front view showing the same with the front plate omitted.

FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway front view showing a state in which the front plate with the inspection lid removed is omitted and the front plate is omitted.

FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway front view of the above-mentioned inspection cover with the inspection cover removed and the front plate omitted.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an attached state of the inspection lid according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state in which the inspection lid is removed.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which the inspection lid is removed.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a state in which the inspection lid is removed.

FIG. 9A is a side view showing a state in which a cleaning tray is attached to the processing tank, and FIG. 9B is a cross-sectional view.

FIG. 10A is a front view of a portion where a processing tank mounting base is attached to a slider support member via a slider device, and FIG. 10B is a schematic diagram of the slider device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Garbage disposal machine 8 Processing tank 13 Slider device 19 Cabinet 40 External case 41 Cleaning tray 42 Inspection lid 43 Inspection lid

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A garbage disposer is disposed so as to be able to be taken in and out of a storage portion having a front opening of a cabinet, and the garbage disposer is provided with an outer case and a treatment tank housed in the outer case. A lid is provided, and an inspection lid is provided on the outer case so as to face the inspection lid. When the inspection lid is opened between the inspection lid and the inspection lid, the garbage disposal material in the treatment tank is received when the inspection lid is opened. A garbage disposal apparatus characterized by comprising a cleaning tray. 2. The garbage disposal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning tray is provided between the inspection lid and the inspection lid so that the cleaning tray can be turned upside down.