JP4571061B2 - Urine processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a urine processing apparatus for processing urine.

Prior art document information relating to the present invention includes, for example, the following Patent Documents 1 and 2.
In the inventions described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, organic waste such as manure is stirred and decomposed with a stirring blade together with sawdust in a processing tank.
JP 2002-35721 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-300344

By the way, when using the organic waste treatment apparatus described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 described above as a treatment apparatus in a toilet, both stool and urine are decomposed in the treatment tank, As a condition for efficiently performing the decomposition treatment of manure, there is a case where the moisture in the treatment tank is reduced to reduce the degradation treatment ability of microorganisms due to excessive moisture and to suppress the resistance of manure to the stirring blade during stirring.
And in order to reduce the reduction | decrease of the said water | moisture content, heating means, such as a heater and a warm air, are used.
However, since the heating means such as the heater and warm air is operated by electric power, when installing a processing device in a place where electric power cannot be used, this heating means cannot be used. In some cases, the ability to decompose microorganisms decreases, and the resistance of manure to the stirring blade during stirring increases.
Further, as means for reducing the water in the treatment tank without using the heating means, for example, stool and urine are separated, mainly stool is put into an organic waste treatment device, and urine is removed from a urinal. In this method, the water in the organic waste treatment device is reduced, but the urine stored in the urine container cannot be treated, so it can be used regularly. Inspection and disposal work becomes necessary.

  Therefore, the present invention has an object to treat urine separated from stool in order to reduce moisture in the organic waste treatment apparatus without using a heating means, and urine treatment that solves this problem The purpose is to provide a device.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention employs the following technical means. The first invention is a urine treatment device in which a drain pipe of a urinal is piped to process urine flowing from the drain pipe , and the upper surface is adjustable in total length and / or width and has a waterproof function. into the container side opening, a retaining material made of charcoal and / or soil, and the heat storage material consisting of gravel and / or sand, Ri Na is laid and the sawdust and / or deodorizer consisting charcoal, the water-retaining material The urine is retained with water, the retained urine is evaporated by the heat of the heat storage material in which solar heat is stored, and the ammonia odor generated in the process of evaporation of the urine is deodorized by the deodorant. This is a urine treatment device characterized by the above .

The laying form of the water retaining material, heat storage material, and deodorant material is arbitrary, but as in the second invention, it is preferable to lay the water retaining material, heat storage material, and deodorant material in a layered manner. More preferably, as in the third aspect of the invention, a deodorant material is laid in the lowermost layer, a water retention material is provided in the intermediate layer, and a heat storage material is laid in the uppermost layer .

  The water-retaining material, heat storage material, and deodorant material may be any material as long as it has the function. However, considering that these materials should be disposed of by replacement or the like, it is preferably a natural material. For example, as in the fourth invention, charcoal or / and soil can be used as the water retention material, gravel or / and sand can be used as the heat storage material, and sawdust or / and charcoal can be used as the deodorizing material.

In addition, when piping the urinal and the urine treatment device with a drain pipe, from the viewpoint of making the drain pipe invisible, in the fourth invention, the downstream side of the drain pipe of the urinal is placed on the container, A method of embedding in the top layer was adopted.
In this case, from the viewpoint of draining urine drained from the drain pipe in a wide range of the urine treatment device, in the fifth invention, a number of downward drain holes are provided on the peripheral surface of the drain pipe facing the uppermost layer. A hole was opened.

In addition, for example, from the viewpoint of evaporating urine by heat even when the temperature is low or when sunlight is not expected, the sixth invention provides a sheathed heater that generates heat with electric power generated by solar power generation and / or wind power generation. Laid.

The urine treatment apparatus of the present invention can be expected to have the following excellent effects by the above configuration.
According to the first invention, urine reaching the urine treatment device is absorbed by the water retention material, and the water of the urine absorbed in the water retention material is evaporated by the heat of the heat storage material in which solar heat is stored, and is generated at the time of evaporation. Deodorant deodorizes ammonia odor.
Therefore, it is possible to provide a urine processing apparatus that processes urine separated from stool in order to reduce moisture in the organic waste processing apparatus without using a heating means.
Further, the size of the container can be adjusted according to the situation of the installation site.

Further, according to the second invention, the water retention material, the heat storage material, and the deodorizing material are laid in a layered manner so that the water retention layer, the heat storage layer, and the deodorization layer are separated. The urine can be kept water, evaporated and deodorized without any unevenness.
Furthermore, according to the third invention, solar heat acts directly on the heat storage layer by laying the deodorant material on the lowermost layer, the water retention material on the intermediate layer, and the heat storage material on the uppermost layer, so that the heat is efficiently stored. The heat acts on the water retention layer immediately below the heat storage layer, evaporates the urine retained in the water retention layer, and further the ammonia odor of the water retention layer at the deodorizing layer immediately below the water retention layer. Can be deodorized.

  In addition, according to the fourth invention, the water retaining material, the heat storage material, and the deodorant material can be specifically provided, and since it is a natural material, it is easy to discard.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, the drain pipe that pipes the urinal and the urine treatment device can be concealed. Further, according to the fifth aspect of the invention, the urine drained from the drain pipe is widened by the urine treatment device. Can drain in range.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the urine can be evaporated by heat even when the temperature is low or when the sunlight cannot be expected by the sheathed heater that generates heat by the power generated by solar power generation and / or wind power generation. .

Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the urine processing apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a urine treatment device, reference numeral 2 is a container, reference numeral 3 is a heat storage layer, reference numeral 4 is a water retention layer, reference numeral 5 is a deodorizing layer, and reference numeral 6 is a drain pipe.

Container 2, be formed in a substantially box shape having an open top side with a strong material to rust stainless steel or the like, the container 2 is divided into two in the longitudinal direction, one of the container member 21 and the other The container member 22 is fitted in a superposed manner so as to be slidable along the longitudinal direction.
The container members 21 and 22 have side portions facing each other in the longitudinal direction, and have side walls only in three directions. The container member 21 is connected to the container member 22 from the open portion 21A side. By inserting it into the opening 22A, the container 2 is configured that can slide along the longitudinal direction.

The heat storage layer 3 constitutes the uppermost layer. In this example, for example, the gravel gravel laid as a decorative material on the surface of a garden or the like is laid as the heat storage material A.
The gravel of the heat storage material A laid on the heat storage layer 3 is excellent in the heat storage function and is also used as a cosmetic material as described above, so when installing the urine treatment device 1, At first glance, it can be prevented from being recognized as the urine processing apparatus 1.

The water-retaining layer 4 constitutes an intermediate layer. In this example, a soil layer 41 in which soil such as black soil having excellent water retention is laid as the water retention material B, and charcoal having excellent water retention and deodorizing properties are used. It consists of a charcoal layer 42 laid as the second water retention material B.
The charcoal of the second water-retaining material B laid on the charcoal layer 42 has a water retention function and a deodorizing function, and the deodorization of urine retained in the charcoal is also performed in the charcoal layer 42. .

The deodorizing layer 5 constitutes the lowermost layer, and in this example, sawdust is laid as the deodorizing material C.
The sawdust of the deodorizing material C laid on the deodorizing layer 5 has a deodorizing function, and the sawdust deodorizes the ammonia smell caused by the urine retained in the water retaining layer 4.

The urine treatment apparatus 1 having the above-described configuration is installed outdoors in order to use solar heat. Examples of the installation form include a form in which the urine treatment apparatus 1 is embedded in the ground as shown in FIG. .
Specifically, the urine treatment device 1 is embedded with the surface of the heat storage layer 3 that is the uppermost layer being substantially flush with the ground G, and the heat storage layer 3 is formed around the heat storage layer 3 exposed to the ground surface. By laying the same gravel as the gravel, the urine treatment device 1 is not recognized at first glance.

In addition, the urine treatment device 1 may be placed on the ground G. In this case, for example, the amount of the soil layer 41 constituting the water retaining layer 4 is increased to increase the thickness of the soil layer 4, and a plant is planted. By using it as a flower bed, it is possible to camouflage the urine treatment apparatus 1 so that it is not recognized at first glance even in the installation form placed on the ground G. (Not shown)
In this case, the camouflage of the urine processing apparatus 1 can be made more reliable by applying a pattern or coloring to the outer surface of the container 1.

In the figure, symbol H is a sheathed heater, and the sheathed heater H generates heat by electric power generated by solar power generation (not shown) or / and wind power generation (not shown), and when the temperature is low or sunlight In the present embodiment, the urine is evaporated by heat even during a time when it cannot be expected. In this embodiment, the urine is laid in the charcoal layer 42.
In addition, although the form which laid the sheathed heater H in the charcoal layer 42 was illustrated in this form, the laying position of the sheathed heater H is arbitrary.

The drain pipe 6 is piped, for example, between the urinal 71 and the urine processing apparatus 1 in the temporary toilet 7, and guides the urine from the urinal 71 to the urine processing apparatus 1.
Specifically, the drainage pipe 6 has the urine treatment device 1 side as a drainage portion 61, and the drainage portion 61 extends along substantially the entire longitudinal direction of the urine treatment device 1 and is embedded in the heat storage layer 3. Piping.
Further, the downstream end of the drainage part 61 is closed, and a drainage hole 62 for draining the urine to the urine processing device 1 is opened downward on the lower surface of the drainage part 61.
As shown in FIG. 2, the drain holes 62 are opened obliquely downward in the left-right direction of the drain part 61, and a large number of holes are opened in substantially the entire area in the axial direction of the drain part 61 in this mode.

According to the urine treatment apparatus 1 having the above-described configuration, when sunlight directly hits the heat storage layer 3, solar heat is efficiently stored in the heat storage layer 3, and the heat is applied to the water retention layer 4 immediately below the heat storage layer 3. warm.
The urine from the urinal 71 is drained from the drain hole 62 in the drain 61 to the water retaining layer 4 through the drain pipe 6.
The urine drained to the water retaining layer 4 is retained in the soil layer 41 and the charcoal layer 42 in the water retaining layer 4, and the retained urine evaporates by heat acting on the water retaining layer 4 of the heat storage layer 3, and the evaporation The ammonia odor generated in the process is deodorized by the deodorizing function of the charcoal layer 42 and the deodorizing function of the sawdust of the deodorizing layer 5.

  It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiments, and can be implemented with configurations within a range that does not deviate from the contents described in the respective claims.

Sectional drawing of the urine processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. The (2)-(2) line expanded sectional view of FIG. FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway plan view of FIG. 1.

Explanation of symbols

A: heat storage material B: water retention material C: deodorant material 1: urine treatment device 2: container 3: heat storage layer 4: water retention layer 5: deodorization layer 6: drain pipe 7: temporary toilet 21: container member 22: container member 41: soil layer 42: charcoal layer 61: drainage part 62: drainage hole 71: urinal

Claims (6)

A urine treatment apparatus for treating urine flowing from a drain pipe, the drain pipe of the urinal being piped , and having an adjustable top length and / or width and having a waterproof function in an open container on the upper surface side and water retention and water retention member made of charcoal and / or soil, and the heat storage material consisting of gravel and / or sand, Ri Na is laid and a deodorizer comprising a sawdust and / or charcoal, the urine in the water-retaining material The water-retained urine is evaporated by the heat of the heat storage material in which solar heat is stored, and the ammonia odor generated in the process of evaporation of the urine is deodorized by the deodorizing material. Urine processing device. It said water-retaining material, and the heat storage material, the urine processing apparatus according to claim 1 in which the deodorizer is characterized in that it is laid so as to form a layered. Wherein the lowermost layer Shonioizai, the water-retaining material in the intermediate layer, urine processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that laying the heat storage material in the top layer. The urine treatment device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a downstream side of the drain pipe is arranged on a container and embedded in an uppermost layer.   The urine treatment device according to claim 4, wherein a number of downward drain holes are formed in a peripheral surface of the drain pipe facing the uppermost layer. The urine treatment device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a sheathed heater that generates heat by electric power generated by solar power generation and / or wind power generation is laid.

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