JP3577650B2 - Garbage processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a garbage disposal apparatus suitable for home use, which can easily treat cooking wastes, leftovers, and other garbage generated in a kitchen to reduce weight and weight.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As this type of conventional garbage disposal apparatus, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 63-19192 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 146773/1993, a rotating container into which garbage is charged is rotated by a motor to rotate the container. As described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei 6-159935, a drying container is heated by a heater and dried by a hot air while rotating a rotating container filled with garbage by a motor. And so on.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Each of the above-mentioned prior arts has a structure in which a rotating container is driven to rotate by a motor, and a microwave oscillator is used as a heating source, or a heater and a fan are used in combination. Therefore, the power supply is required for all of the motor, microwave oscillator, heater, and fan, so the installation place is limited, and these parts are considerably expensive and consume a lot of power, so the structure is complicated. There is a problem that the apparatus itself becomes extremely expensive in combination with the development. In addition, there is no technique in the above-mentioned conventional technique to reduce the amount of dried garbage by crushing.
The above-mentioned problems are factors that have greatly hindered the spread of kitchen waste disposal equipment to ordinary households.
Then, this invention solves the said subject, and aims at provision of the cheap and easy kitchen waste disposal apparatus suitable for household use.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
A first garbage disposal device of the present invention that solves the above-mentioned problems,
A rotary drying kettle for storing garbage and agitating and drying,
Heating means for heating and drying the garbage thrown into the rotary drying kettle,
Rotation driving means for rotating the rotary drying pot with a mechanical driving force using a mainspring as a power source,
Manual means for pulverizing the dried garbage that has been dried in the rotary drying pot with human torque is provided.
According to the first garbage disposal apparatus of the present invention having the above configuration, the rotary drying pot into which the garbage is put is rotated by a mechanical driving force that uses the mainspring of the rotary drive means as a power source, and the garbage in the rotary drying pot is rotated. Is stirred upside down and heated at the same time by a heating means to be dried and lightened. The dried garbage that has been dried is crushed by a manual torque by a manual crushing means and reduced in weight. As a result, it is possible to provide an inexpensive kitchen garbage disposal apparatus that can easily carry out the crushing treatment of the dried garbage together with the drying treatment of the garbage.
[0005]
The second garbage disposal device of the present invention that solves the above-mentioned problems,
The gist of the invention is to provide a rotation restricting means for intermittently rotating the rotary drying kettle by the rotation driving means of the first invention.
In the second garbage disposal apparatus of the present invention having the above-described configuration, the rotary drying pot is intermittently rotated by the rotation restricting means, so that a new portion of the garbage which has been turned upside down by stirring can be dried. As a result, the drying process of the garbage can be performed efficiently.
[0006]
According to a third embodiment of the present invention, which solves the above-mentioned problems,
The gist of the present invention is to provide an interlocking means for winding the mainspring of the rotary driving means and storing power during the pulverizing operation of the manual pulverizing means of the first invention.
In the third garbage disposal apparatus of the present invention having the above-described configuration, when the dry garbage is crushed by the manual crushing means by a human torque, the mainspring of the rotary drive means is involved through the interlocking means to store the power. As a result, there is a convenience that the labor for winding the mainspring each time can be omitted.
[0007]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
As a rotary drying kettle for storing garbage and agitating and drying it, a kettle made of a heat-resistant material such as metal or synthetic resin is used. This kettle has an open upper surface and a plurality of stirring blades provided on an inner peripheral portion. It is set so that it can rotate freely upward and diagonally, uses a mainspring as its rotating power source, and transmits the mechanical driving force that uses the repulsive force as a power source to the rotary drying kettle via a bevel gear to rotate. By heating the lower part of the rotary drying kettle with a heating means such as a gas burner, the introduced garbage is subjected to a stirring and drying treatment.
As a manual crushing means for crushing the dried garbage dried in the rotary drying pot with a human torque, a compression crushing roller in which a pair of gear-shaped rollers is engaged is used, and one of the compression crushing rollers has a roller shaft. By manually rotating the provided handle, the dry garbage put on the compression and crushing roller is subjected to the compression and crushing treatment. Since this pulverizing process is performed with a human torque that can freely adjust the torque according to human will, it is possible to easily cope with, for example, softness or hardness of the dry garbage.
[0008]
Further, as a rotation regulating means for intermittently rotating the rotary drying kettle by the rotation driving means, a plurality of protrusions are provided at equal intervals on an outer peripheral portion of the rotary drying kettle, and the protrusions are connected to the rotary drying kettle via a regulating rod. By applying a spring resistance, the garbage is efficiently dried as a structure in which the rotary drying pot rotates intermittently.
[0009]
Further, as the interlocking means for winding the mainspring of the rotary drive means and storing its power during the pulverizing operation of the manual pulverizing means, a gear freely rotatable on the rotary drive shaft of the rotary drying kettle; One of the roller shafts of the crushing roller is meshed with a gear provided via a torque clutch, so that the mainspring is wound when the dry garbage is crushed.
[0010]
Therefore, to dry and pulverize cooking garbage generated in the kitchen, such as food leftovers, etc., first put the garbage into the rotary drying pot, and then use the mechanical driving force of the mainspring to drive the rotary drying pot. The garbage is heated by a heating source such as a gas burner, and the garbage is efficiently agitated and dried in combination with the intermittent rotation by the rotation regulating means of the rotary drying pot.
Next, the dried garbage that has been dried in the rotary drying pot is transferred onto a compression and crushing roller as a manual crushing means, and the handle is manually rotated to compress and crush the dried garbage with the compression and crushing roller. At the same time as the compression and crushing of the dried garbage by the compression and crushing roller, the mainspring is wound through a gear mechanism as an interlocking means to store power for the next processing operation.
[0011]
In the above-mentioned dry garbage drying and crushing process, a mainspring is used as a power source for rotating the rotary drying pot, a cassette gas cylinder is used as a fuel gas for a gas burner of a heating means, and human crushing of the dry garbage is performed by a human. Thus, since human torque capable of freely adjusting the torque is used, it is particularly useful as a household garbage disposal apparatus.
[0012]
Although an example of the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to such an embodiment, and it goes without saying that the present invention can be implemented in various forms without departing from the gist of the present invention. is there.
[0013]
【Example】
In order to further clarify the configuration, operation, and embodiment of the present invention described above, an embodiment that specifically illustrates the kitchen waste disposal apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0014]
1 to 5, reference numeral 1 denotes a rotary drying pot, which has an opening 1a on the upper surface and a plurality of stirring blades 1b on an inner peripheral portion, and is made of a heat resistant material such as metal or synthetic resin. The rotary drying kettle 1 is installed at an angle to the upper part of the fuselage A so as to be rotatable freely. The rotary drying kettle 1 is detachably mounted on the upper part of the fuselage A. After the garbage is put into the apparatus 1, the garbage is set in the body A. After the drying process, the garbage can be taken out of the apparatus (not shown). A garbage inlet 2a is provided on a fixed lid 2 provided in advance in the upper part of the body A so as to cover the opening 1a so as not to hinder the rotation of the rotary drying pot 1, and from the garbage inlet 2a. The garbage may be put into the rotary drying pot 1 and the dried garbage may be taken out from the rotary drying pot 1. Reference numeral 2b denotes a lid of the garbage inlet 2a, and reference numeral 3 denotes an opening provided at an upper front portion of the body A, which serves as a setting port of the rotary drying pot 1 or a garbage inlet / outlet. ing. Reference numeral 4 denotes an exhaust chimney, which is connected to the fixed lid 2 and has an exhaust top 4a protruding above the fuselage A. A deodorizing catalyst 5 is provided on the way.
[0015]
Reference numeral 6 denotes a heating means for heating and drying the garbage 7 put into the rotary drying pot 1. In this embodiment, a gas burner is used, and the gas burner 6 is installed below the rotary drying pot 1 for combustion. By doing so, the garbage 7 in the rotary drying pot 1 is heated and dried. In addition, a cassette gas cylinder is used as a fuel gas for the gas burner 6, and a mainspring 8 described later is used as a power source so that the gas burner 6 can be used as a household garbage disposal device of an outdoor installation type.
[0016]
Reference numeral 8 denotes a rotary driving means for rotating the rotary drying pot 1 with a mechanical driving force using a mainspring (spiral spring) as a power source. And the outer end 8b is fixed to a pin 8d provided slidably through a slit hole 8c in a spur gear 29 of the interlocking means 2b, which will be described later, so that the mainspring 8 rotates the movable outer end 8b relative to the fixed inner end 8a. The retraction force (spring force) of the mainspring 8 is transmitted to the rotary drive shaft 9 as a rotational force, and the rotational force of the rotary drive shaft 9 is transmitted to the rotary drive shaft 9 (see FIG. 4). Is transmitted to the rotary drying kettle 1 via the bevel gear 10 fixed to the rotary shaft 11 and the bevel gear 12 fixed to the rotating shaft 11 of the rotary drying kettle 1, and the rotary drying kettle 1 is rotated by the rotary drive shaft 9 →, the bevel gears 10, 12 → rotated. In the predetermined direction with the mainspring 8 via the path of the shaft 11 Forms to rotate at a constant speed.
The rotary drive shaft 9 is provided with a lock mechanism 28 for locking the rotation of the rotary drying kettle 1 so that when the garbage is dried, the lock is released so that the rotary drying kettle 1 can be rotated. Is locked to prevent its rotation.
[0017]
Reference numeral 13 denotes a manual crushing means for crushing the dried garbage with a human torque, and is constituted by a compression crushing roller in which a pair of gear-shaped rollers 13a and 13b are engaged (see FIG. 3), and one roller shaft 14 is extended. A handle 14 is provided on a shaft 14a protruding from the back of the fuselage A, and by manually rotating the handle 15 in a predetermined direction, the pair of gear-shaped rollers 13a and 13b of the compression and crushing roller 13 mesh with each other. Therefore, they rotate inward (opposite direction) and compress and pulverize the dried garbage 17 put on the compression and crushing roller 13 at the meshing portion. Reference numeral 16 denotes a dry garbage inlet provided in the middle of the front of the machine body A. The dry garbage 17 introduced from the inlet 16 is supplied to the compression and crushing roller 13 via a guide chute 18. It has become. Reference numeral 16a denotes a lid for opening and closing the above-mentioned dry garbage inlet 16, which is provided so as to be able to open and close in a one-sided manner.
[0018]
The dried garbage 27 pulverized by the compression crushing roller 13 is dropped and stored in a trash box 19 provided below the compression crushing roller 13. The trash can 19 can be put in and taken out of a trash can opening 20 provided in the lower front part of the machine A. Reference numeral 20a denotes a lid for opening and closing the trash box opening / closing port 20, which is provided so as to be able to open and close in a one-sided shape. When a garbage bag (for example, a plastic bag) is placed in the garbage box 19 and the crushed dry garbage 27 is dropped and stored in the garbage bag, only the garbage bag can be replaced without taking the garbage box in and out. It is convenient because it only needs to be. Although not shown, a spare trash box storage unit may be provided in the trash box installation room.
[0019]
Reference numeral 21 denotes a rotation restricting means for intermittently rotating the rotary drying kettle 1 by the rotation driving means 8. A plurality of projections 22 are provided at equal intervals on an outer peripheral portion of the rotary drying kettle 1. The control rod 24 is pivotally supported by the support shaft 23 and is free to swing. The end of the control rod 24 is lifted, and the control rod 24 is pressed toward the protrusion 22 by a spring 25. By applying a spring resistance to the rotary drying pot 1 via the regulating rod 24, the rotary drying pot 1 rotates intermittently (see FIG. 5).
[0020]
Reference numeral 26 designates an interlocking means for winding the mainspring of the rotary driving means during the pulverizing operation of the manual pulverizing means 13 to compress and store the power, and is provided on the rotary driving shaft 9 of the rotary drying kiln 1 for free rotation. The gear 29 is applied to one of the roller shafts 14 of the compression and crushing roller 13 through a torque clutch 30, which is disengaged and idles when a constant torque, that is, a constant load is applied after the winding and compressing pressure of the mainspring 8 is completed. A gear mechanism is provided which meshes with the provided spur gear 31. The mainspring 8 is wound through the gear mechanism simultaneously with the pulverizing operation by the manual pulverizing means.
[0021]
In the figure, reference numeral 32 denotes an operation panel, which is provided on the front surface of the body A, and is provided with an unlock button 32a and a lock button 32b for unlocking the rotary drying pot 1 by the lock mechanism 28 at the time of starting operation, a blinking operation button 32c of the gas burner 6, and the like. It has.
[0022]
In the above-described configuration, when the operation is stopped, the mainspring 8 is wrapped and reduced in pressure to a full capacity, stores power for the next operation, and stands by. Therefore, when performing the drying process of the garbage, the garbage inlet / outlet 3 of the body A is opened by opening its lid 3a, and the rotary drying pot 1 into which the garbage such as cooking waste and leftover food is put is put in the body A. Insert and set and close the lid 3a, or open the lid 2b of the garbage input port 2a of the fixed lid 2 in the rotary drying pot 1 previously installed in the fuselage A and open the garbage such as cooking waste and leftover food. 7 is closed, and the lid 2b of the food waste inlet 2a and the food waste inlet 3 are closed 3a.
[0023]
Thereafter, the lock release button 32a and the blinking operation button 32c of the operation panel 32 are operated to release the lock of the rotary drying pot 1 by the lock mechanism 28, and the power of the mainspring 8 is transmitted to the rotary drying pot 1 by the rotary drive shaft 9 → the bevel gear. 10, 12 → transmitted through the path of the rotating shaft 11 to rotate the rotary drying kettle 1 and, at the same time, ignite the gas burner 6 to stir the garbage 7 in the rotary drying kettle 1 up and down together with the action of the stirring blade 1b. Dry while heating.
In the stirring and drying process, the rotary drying kettle 1 is provided with a spring resistance by the spring 25 via the regulating rod 24 by the protrusion 22 to rotate the rotary drying kettle 1 intermittently. That is, when a spring resistance is applied to the rotary drying pot 1 by the protruding portion 22, the rotation of the rotary drying pot 1 is suppressed, but the power of the mainspring 8 overcomes this, and the rotary drying pot 1 is slowly set close to a stationary state. When the spring resistance by the protruding portion 22 is released, the rotation becomes normal. Therefore, when the food waste 7 in the rotary drying pot 1 is close to a stationary state, a sufficient time is required to sufficiently dry a new portion that has been turned upside down, so that the stirring and drying process of the food waste 7 is efficiently performed. Then, the dried exhaust gas is discharged from the exhaust chimney 4 to the atmosphere outside the machine, but the generated odor is deodorized by the catalyst 5 on the way.
[0024]
When the stirring and drying process for a predetermined time by the rotary drying pot 1 is completed, the rotation of the rotary drying pot 1 is stopped by the lock mechanism 28 by operating the lock button 32b and the blinking operation button 32c of the operation panel 32, and the gas burner 6 is extinguished at the same time. I do.
After a certain period of time, the dried garbage in the rotary drying pot 1 cools, and then the lid 3a of the garbage inlet 3 is opened, and the lid 2b of the garbage inlet 2a is opened and rotated. The dried garbage 17 in the drying pot 1 is taken out, and is put into the compression crushing roller 13 from the dried garbage inlet 16 through the guide chute 18.
When the amount of the dried garbage 17 on the compression crushing roller 13 reaches an appropriate amount, the charging is stopped, and the handle 15 on the back of the body A is manually rotated in a predetermined direction to rotate the compression crushing roller 13. The dried garbage 17 is compressed and pulverized by the compression and pulverizing roller 13. That is, when the handle 15 is rotated clockwise in the figure, the pair of gear-shaped rollers 13a and 13b are meshed with each other, so that the pair of gear-shaped rollers 13a and 13b rotate inward (opposite direction), and the dried garbage 17 is removed from the pair of gear-shaped rollers 13a. , 13b and is compressed and pulverized at the meshing portion and falls downward.
By the above operation, the dried garbage 17 in the rotary drying pot 1 is subjected to compression and crushing processing by a compression and crushing roller 13 by human torque, reduced in volume, and stored in a trash box 19 immediately below. In this pulverization process, a human torque whose torque can be freely adjusted by human will is used. For example, soft dry garbage can be crushed with a small force, and hard dry garbage can be crushed with a large force. Has the convenience of easily dealing with the type of garbage.
[0025]
When the compression and crushing process of the dry garbage 17 by the compression and crushing roller 13 is completed, the lid 16a of the dry garbage input port 16 is closed, and the cover 20a of the garbage box entrance 20 is opened, and the compression and crushing process accommodated in the trash box 19 is opened. The dried garbage 27 thus collected is taken out of the machine through the trash box entrance 20 together with the trash box 19 and discarded, and an empty trash box 19 is inserted into the body A again through the trash box entrance 20 and installed, and the lid 20a is closed. The garbage drying and crushing process ends.
[0026]
When the handle 15 is rotated clockwise in the drawing during the compression and crushing process of the dry garbage 17 by the compression and crushing roller 13, the spur gear 31 connected to the roller shaft 14 via the torque clutch 30 also rotates. The spur gear 29 meshing with 31 is rotated, and the outer end 8b of the mainspring 8 is turned by the pin 8d provided in the spur gear 29 through the slit hole 8c, and the mainspring 8 is entrained and compressed. When the winding compression pressure of the mainspring 8 becomes full, the torque clutch idles due to the load, and thereafter, only the compression and crushing roller 13 can be rotated, so that only the compression and crushing of the dry garbage 17 can be continued. . Therefore, the winding pressure of the mainspring 8 can always be reduced to the maximum, so that there is no shortage of power for rotationally driving the rotary drying pot 1.
[0027]
【The invention's effect】
Since the first garbage processing apparatus of the present invention described above is capable of performing the crushing process together with the drying process of garbage generated in the kitchen and garbage such as leftovers by human torque, particularly, Simple and inexpensive garbage disposal that can easily realize weight reduction by garbage drying and weight reduction by crushing, because human torque is used for the crushing of dry garbage, and the torque can be freely adjusted. Equipment can be provided.
[0028]
Further, in the second garbage disposal apparatus of the present invention, since the rotating drying oven is intermittently rotated so as to allow time to dry a new portion of the garbage which has been turned upside down by stirring, the drying process of the garbage is efficient. Can be done.
[0029]
Further, since the third garbage disposal apparatus of the present invention wraps and compresses the mainspring of the rotary drive means and stores the power by crushing the mainspring at the same time as the crushing operation of the manual crushing means, it is convenient to save the trouble of winding the mainspring each time. .
[0030]
As described above, the kitchen waste treatment apparatus of the present invention uses a cassette gas cylinder as the fuel gas for the gas burner of the heating means, uses a mainspring for rotating the rotary drying kettle, and can freely adjust the torque for crushing the dried garbage. Since human torque is used, it can be effectively used as an outdoor installation type household garbage disposal device.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an overall sectional view showing an embodiment of a kitchen waste disposal apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front view thereof.
FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing only a part of a manual crushing means.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing only a portion of the rotation driving means.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing only a part of the rotation restricting means.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Rotary drying pot, 6 ... Gas burner, 8 ... Spring, 13 ... Compression and crushing roller, 21 ... Rotation regulating means, 26 ... Interlocking means.

Claims (3)

A rotary drying pot that stores garbage and agitates and drys it,
Heating means for heating and drying the garbage thrown into the rotary drying kettle,
Rotation driving means for rotating the rotary drying pot with mechanical driving force using a mainspring as a power source,
A garbage disposal apparatus comprising: manual crushing means for crushing dry garbage dried by the rotary drying pot with human torque. 2. The garbage disposal apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a rotation restricting means for intermittently rotating the rotary drying pot by the rotation driving means. 2. The garbage disposal apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an interlocking means for storing the power by winding the mainspring of the rotary driving means during the crushing operation of the manual crushing means.

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