JP2005306519A - Garbage storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a garbage storage device capable of easily and accurately recognizing an amount of garbage stored in an outdoor garbage storage vessel in a kitchen. <P>SOLUTION: The garbage storage device comprises a garbage throwing port 4 opened to an indoor side while getting through an outer wall 6; a chute 5 obliquely provided so as to penetrate the outer wall 6 in order to discharge the thrown garbage to the outdoor garbage storage vessel 2; a housing part 3 for storing the garbage storage vessel 2; and a position detection means 1 for detecting the position of the garbage stored in the garbage storage vessel 2 and a position display means 9 for displaying the position of the garbage. In the garbage storage device, a positioning projection 341 of the garbage storage vessel 2 is provided on the lowermost part of a side plate 34 hinge-bonded to a back plate 32 of the housing part 3 and a positioning stopper 331 is provided on a bottom surface 35 of the housing part such that it is internally contacted with a side plate 33 opposed to the side plate 34. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a garbage storage device. More specifically, the present invention relates to a structure of a garbage storage device that discharges garbage from a kitchen, in particular, raw garbage directly from an input port in the kitchen to an outdoor storage device and temporarily stores it.

Conventionally, when a certain amount of garbage generated in the kitchen accumulates, it is transferred to an outdoor garbage container and disposed of on the garbage collection day. However, it is troublesome to carry garbage to the outside each time, and since it leaks moisture and is unsanitary, in recent years garbage that can be discharged directly from the kitchen inlet to the outdoor storage. Storage devices have been developed. However, it is difficult to check the amount of garbage stored in the outdoor storage in the kitchen, and there is a problem that the garbage is often filled in the shooter and the garbage storage overflows. Therefore, there is a demand for a garbage storage device that can check the amount of garbage stored in the garbage storage while in the kitchen.
JP-A-8-229536 (page 1-3, FIG. 1)

  The above-mentioned document discloses a technique for recognizing the total amount of garbage and treatment material in the garbage treatment apparatus as a height occupied in the treatment tank, and detecting and displaying the height with a photoelectric sensor. However, it is difficult to immediately apply the above technique to a garbage storage device. The present invention has been conceived under such circumstances, and is a garbage storage device that can easily and accurately know the amount of garbage stored in an outdoor garbage storage in a kitchen. The issue is to provide.

  In order to solve the above problems, the following technical means are taken in the present invention. That is, according to the present invention, a dust input port that opens to the indoor side across the outer wall, a shooter that is provided obliquely through the outer wall to discharge the input waste to an outdoor garbage storage, It comprises a housing part for storing the garbage storage, a position detection means for detecting the position of the garbage stored in the garbage storage, and a position display means for displaying the position of the garbage, and is hinged to the back plate of the housing part. A dust storage device is provided in which a positioning convex portion of the garbage storage is provided at the lowermost portion of the side plate, and a positioning stopper is inscribed in the side plate facing the side plate and provided on the bottom surface of the housing portion.

  The dust position detecting means comprises a plurality of sets of infrared sensors, the light projecting parts constituting the infrared sensors are provided at a plurality of positions on the lower back surface of the front plate of the housing part, and the light receiving parts corresponding to the light projecting parts are housings. It is preferable to be provided at a plurality of positions below the part back plate. In general, it is preferable that the infrared sensor is provided at three locations, an upper stage, a middle stage, and a lower stage, corresponding to the upper, middle, and lower layers of the garbage stored in the garbage storage.

  It is preferable that a plurality of front transparent windows formed of a transparent member are provided on the front surface of the garbage storage, and a plurality of rear transparent windows formed of a transparent member are provided on the rear surface. Although it does not specifically limit as a transparent member, The thing formed from transparent plastics, such as polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene, a polypropylene, is used preferably.

  Preferably, the garbage position display means is provided in the room, and the garbage position display means displays the position of the garbage stored in the garbage storage by turning on the LED. In addition, it is preferable to provide a lock circuit that stops the operation of the dust position detecting means during the opening / closing operation of the dust inlet.

  The invention described in claim 1 is as described above, and in particular, a positioning convex portion of the garbage storage is provided at a lowermost portion of the side plate hinged to the back plate of the housing portion, and a positioning stopper. Is disposed on the bottom surface of the housing portion so as to be inscribed in the side plate facing the side plate, so that the garbage storage can be firmly positioned in the housing portion.

  A plurality of sets of infrared sensors that constitute the dust position detecting means are provided at a plurality of positions on the lower back surface of the front plate of the housing portion, and a plurality of light receiving portions corresponding to the light projecting portions are provided at the bottom of the housing back plate. Since it is provided at the position, it is possible to detect the degree of waste storage in stages.

  The front of the garbage storage is provided with a plurality of front transparent windows formed of a transparent member, and the rear surface is provided with a plurality of rear transparent windows formed of a transparent member. It is possible to penetrate the front transparent window and the rear transparent window to reach the light receiving part provided on the back plate of the housing part, and to detect the position of the dust accurately.

  The garbage position display means is provided in the room, and the position of the garbage stored in the garbage storage is displayed by turning on the LED. Therefore, it is possible to clearly know the position of the garbage with bright brightness and low power consumption. it can. Moreover, since the lock circuit which stops the operation | movement of the said dust position detection means is provided at the time of the opening / closing operation | movement of the said dust input port, it can prevent that a several group infrared sensor malfunctions by the dropped dust.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a part of the waste storage device according to the present invention in a cutaway manner, and FIG. 2 is a partial side sectional view taken along line XX in FIG. As can be understood from FIGS. 1 and 2, the main body of the waste storage device discharges the waste input to the waste storage port 2 installed outdoors and the waste input port 4 that opens to the indoor side with the outer wall 6 in between. For this purpose, the shooter 5 is provided obliquely through the outer wall 6 and the housing part 3 for housing the garbage storage 2. The housing part 3 exhausts odor generated in the garbage storage 2. The exhaust fan F is provided.

  As shown in the block diagram of FIG. 4 to be described later, the garbage position detection means 1 for detecting the position of the garbage stored in the garbage storage 2 includes an upper infrared sensor 11, a middle infrared sensor 12, and a lower infrared sensor 13 shown in FIG. The garbage position display means 9 for displaying the position of the garbage is provided in the indoor kitchen. A signal from the dust position detection means 1 is received by the control unit 8, and the control unit 8 instructs the dust position display means 9 to turn on the LED.

  The upper infrared sensor 11, the middle infrared sensor 12, and the lower infrared sensor 13 each include a light projecting unit and a light receiving unit, and the light projecting units 11a, 12a, and 13a are upper layers, middle layers, and lower layers of garbage in the garbage storage 2. Are provided on the lower back surface of the front plate 31 of the housing portion 3 so as to correspond to the positions of the above, and on the front surface 21 and the rear surface 22 of the garbage storage 2 so that infrared rays from the light projecting portions 11a, 12a, 13a are transmitted. Are respectively provided with front transparent windows 211, 212, 213 and rear transparent windows 221, 222, 223 formed of a transparent member. Further, the light receiving portions 11b, 12b, and 13b that receive the infrared rays that are projected from the respective light projecting portions 11a, 12a, and 13a and transmitted through the front surface 21 and the rear surface 22 of the garbage storage 2 as described above are provided on the housing portion 3. It is provided at the lower part of the back plate 32.

  As shown well in FIG. 1, the right side plate 34 of the housing portion 3 is hinged to the back plate 32 so as to be rotatable, and a positioning convex portion 341 is provided at the bottom of the right side plate 34. Yes. Since the right side plate 34 is hinged so as to be rotatable, it also functions as a door body. The right side plate 34 can be rotated as indicated by an arrow to take out the garbage storage 2. Further, when the empty waste storage 2 is set and closed, the right side plate 34 constituting the housing part 3 is obtained again. When the right side plate 34 is closed, the positioning convex portion 341 is pressed against the bottom right side surface of the dust storage case 2 to push the dust storage case 2, and the pressed dust storage case 2 includes the housing portion 3. And is received by a positioning stopper 331 provided on the bottom surface 35 thereof.

  FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part taken along line YY in FIG. 1 when the right side plate 34 is closed. From FIG. 3, it can be seen that the garbage storage 2 is housed in the housing portion 3 and is firmly positioned at a predetermined position of the garbage storage 2 by the positioning convex portion 341 and the positioning stopper 331. As a result, the infrared rays from the light projecting portions 11a, 12a, and 13a pass straight through the front transparent windows 211, 212, and 213 and the rear transparent windows 221, 222, and 223 provided in the garbage storage 2, and the housing Since it reaches the light receiving portions 11b, 12b, and 13b provided on the back plate 32 of the portion 3, the position of the dust can be detected without malfunction.

  Next, the operation of the dust position detecting means 1 comprising the upper infrared sensor 11, the middle infrared sensor 12, and the lower infrared sensor 13 will be described with reference to the block diagram shown in FIG. First, the control unit 8 includes a lock circuit 7 that detects signals from the infrared sensors 11, 12, and 13 only when the dust inlet 4 is closed so as not to detect infrared blocking due to dust discharged from the shooter 5. In addition, when the garbage is stored in the garbage storage 2 and the infrared ray is cut off, the infrared ray cut-off signal is received, and the LED is instructed to the garbage position display means 9 installed in the room.

  That is, when garbage begins to accumulate in the garbage storage 2, infrared rays from the light projecting unit 13 a of the lower infrared sensor 13 are blocked by the dust, and the light receiving unit 13 b detects the infrared blocking and transmits a blocking signal to the control unit 8. The control unit 8 that has received the shut-off signal instructs the garbage position display means 9 to turn on the LED 3, and when further dust accumulates, the control unit 8 instructs the LED 2 to turn on in the same manner as described above. Command to turn on.

  When the user knows that the storage state of the garbage in the garbage storage 2 is stepped indoors by turning on the LED 3, LED 2, LED 1, and knows that the garbage storage 2 is full by turning on the LED 1. Then, the right side plate 34 of the housing part 3 is rotated to take out the garbage storage 2. Thus, since it is possible to know the state of waste storage in the waste storage 2 installed indoors, it is possible to solve problems such as clogging of the shooter 5 and overflow of the waste storage 2 due to excessive input of waste. it can.

It is explanatory drawing which fractures | ruptures and shows a part of refuse storage apparatus concerning this invention. It is a fragmentary sectional side view which follows the XX line in FIG. It is a principal part longitudinal cross-sectional view which follows the YY line when the right side board in FIG. 1 is closed. It is a block diagram explaining operation | movement of the garbage position detection means of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Garbage position detection means 11 Upper stage infrared sensor 11a Light projection part 11b Light reception part 12 Middle stage infrared sensor 12a Light projection part 12b Light reception part 13 Lower stage infrared sensor 13a Light projection part 13b Light reception part 2 Garbage storage 21 Front surface 211 Front transparent window 212 Front transparent window 213 Front transparent window 22 Rear surface 221 Rear transparent window 222 Rear transparent window 223 Rear transparent window 3 Housing portion 31 Front plate 32 Back plate 33 Left side plate 331 Positioning stopper 34 Right side plate 341 Positioning convex portion 35 Bottom surface 4 Garbage inlet 5 Shuter 6 Outer wall 7 Lock circuit 8 Control unit 9 Garbage position display means F Exhaust fan

Claims (5)

  A waste inlet opening on the indoor side across the outer wall, a shooter obliquely installed through the outer wall to discharge the thrown-in waste to an outdoor waste storage, and a housing portion for storing the waste storage And a position detection means for detecting the position of the garbage stored in the garbage storage and a position display means for displaying the position of the garbage, and the lowermost part of the side plate hinged to the back plate of the housing part has the above-mentioned A garbage storage device provided with a positioning convex portion of the garbage storage and having a positioning stopper inscribed in the side plate facing the side plate and provided on the bottom surface of the housing portion.   The dust position detecting means comprises a plurality of sets of infrared sensors, the light projecting parts constituting the infrared sensors are provided at a plurality of positions on the lower back surface of the front plate of the housing part, and the light receiving parts corresponding to the light projecting parts are housings. The garbage storage device according to claim 1, which is provided at a plurality of positions below the back plate.   2. The garbage storage device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of front transparent windows formed of a transparent member are provided on the front surface of the garbage storage, and a plurality of rear transparent windows formed of a transparent member are provided on the rear surface.   2. The garbage storage device according to claim 1, wherein the garbage position display means is provided in the room, and the garbage position display means displays the position of the garbage stored in the garbage storage by turning on the LED.   2. The garbage storage device according to claim 1, further comprising a lock circuit that stops the operation of the garbage position detecting means during the opening / closing operation of the garbage input port.

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