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`(19) [Publication country] JP
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`(11) [Publication number] 2013236989
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`(43) [Date of publication of application] 20131128
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`(54) [Title of the invention] GARBAGE TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD
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`(51) [International Patent Classification]
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`(21) [Application number] 2012110140
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`(22) [Filing date] 20120513
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`(71) [Applicant]
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`[Name] KYOWA KAKO KK
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`[Name] NIHON BIO ENERGY KK
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`(72) [Inventor]
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`[Full name] OIKAWA MUTSUO
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`[Full name] TANAKA HIROYUKI
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`[Full name] KAWAMURA EISEI
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`Overview
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`PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a garbage treatment apparatus requiring no
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`long garbage treatment time, having a simple structure, low in production cost, e
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`asy in maintenance and preferable as a treatment apparatus for business use.
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`SOLUTION: A garbage treatment apparatus is constituted so as to use a horizont
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`ally installed rotary drum type fermentation treatment tank and formedinto a si
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`mple structure such that the body part and side plate part of a rotary drum arein
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`tegrally rotated. Garbage is subjected to reverse stirring by the rotary stirring bla
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`de fixed to the body part and also subjected to the moving stirring by the fixed st
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`irring blade fixed to a piercing shaft to perform facultative anaerobic fermentation
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`| Scope of Claims
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`[Patent Claims]
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`[Claim 1]
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`It aims at loss in quantity of garbage,
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`A rotary drum type fermentation drying tank in a cylindrical shape, in which a dir
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`ection of an axis is arranged horizontally, and a shaft which passes through the c
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`enter of the drum and supports the drum are provided.
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`A driving mechanism for rotating the drum is provided.
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`The shaft is fixed.
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`A sealing mechanism is provided between the drum and the shaft.
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`A plurality of agitating blades are provided on an inner surface of the drum, and t
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`he agitating surface is inclined with respect to the rotating shaft.
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`On this shaft, a plurality of agitating blades are provided which are inclined in opp
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`osite directions to the rotating shaft with respect to the agitating blade.
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`The shaft is hollow, and an air supply pipe for supplying air from one end, an exh
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`aust pipe for discharging air and a generated gas and water vapor from the other
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`end are inserted into the shaft.
`The air supply pipe and the exhaust pipe extend abovethe shaft inside the drum,
`and the tip of the air supply pipe and the exhaust pipe opens downward.
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`A hot air generator is connected to the other end of the conduit for introducing th
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`e air.
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`A charging port for garbage garbage formed on a peripheral wall of a drum body
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`and a door for closing the inlet are provided.
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`A material discharge port formed on a side plate part of the drum and a door closi
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`ng the discharge outlet are provided.
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`An automatic operation control circuit for controlling rotation of the drum and tem
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`perature and humidity control is provided.
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`The garbage treating device is characterized in that the whole is covered with an
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`outer skin.
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`[Claim 2]
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`The garbage treatment apparatus of claim 1.
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`A moisture conditioner and a fermentation bacteria carrier are charged into the dr
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`This method for treating the garbage is characterized by simultaneously carrying
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`out a facultative anaerobic fermentation and an aerobic fermentation.
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`The garbage treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein :
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`A sensor for detecting the rotational position of the drum is provided.
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`The garbage disposal device is characterized in that the inlet automatically stops i
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`n a predetermined position by the signal.
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`[Claim 4]
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`The garbage treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein :
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`To open a charging port of an inlet at the time of inputting garbage.
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`A garbage disposal apparatus, comprising : a mechanism in which an inlet door a
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`nd an outer plate are locked to inhibit rotation of the drum.
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`[Claim 5]
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`The garbage treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein :
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`A hot air generator for temperature control and drying inside the drum is provide
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`d.
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`A humidity sensor and a temperature sensor are provided inside the drum ;
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`In this garbage treating device, a temperature and humidity are adjusted by an ai
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`r quantity and an air temperature of a hot air generator.
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`[Claim 6]
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`The garbage treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein :
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`The outer plate is formed of a net-like material.
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`A garbage disposal apparatus characterized by things.
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`| Detailed Description
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`[Detailed description of the invention]
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`[Technical field]
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`[0001]
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`The present invention ferments and dries garbage inside a fermentation dry tub, r
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`elates to the garbage disposal apparatus which decreases the quantity of garbag
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`e, in detail, it is a simple structure, is low power consumption, advances fermenta
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`tion for a short time, and is efficiency.
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`To provide a garbage treating device which is suitable for use in which * garbage
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`is reduced and reduced in weight.
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`[Background of the Invention]
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`Various devices for reducing the amount of garbage using fermentation bacteria h
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`ave been proposed and put into practical use.
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`[0003]
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`Conventionally, as described in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 200
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`4 25170, a rotary blade for stirring garbage is installed in a treatment tank to the
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`reby rotate a blade in order to ventilate garbage introduced into a fixed treatmen
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`t tank.
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`[0004]
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`In this stirring method using the stirring blade, sufficient ventilation is not perfor
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`med, and as a result, garbage is kneaded like a dumpling, so that the evaporatio
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`n property of water is deteriorated, and the anaerobic fermentation is easily caus
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`ed by excessive water.
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`Further, since the torque for stirring is large, the driving device becomeslarge, le
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`ading to a high cost, and the stirring time becomes long, so that the amountofel
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`ectric use is large.
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`[0005]
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`In order to remedy this drawback, a method has been proposed in which the proc
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`essing tank is a rotary drum. For example, as described in Japanese Patent Applic
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`ation Laid-open No. 55 74786, a process tank is used as a rotary drum, and dust
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`is introduced or discharged from a non-rotating side plate portion which forms a d
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`[0006]
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`Further, as described in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004 - 141
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`791, a process tank is also used as a horizontal rotary drum, and a hot air supply
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`port for maintaining a fermentation temperature, a gas supply port for dischargin
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`g generated water vapor or carbon dioxide gas, or a gas supply port for dischargi
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`ng methane gas, and an exhaust port are configured so as to pass through a non
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`-rotating side plate portion which forms a drum.
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`[0007]
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`Therefore, it is necessary to have a structure In which the body portion is rotated
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`and the side plate portion is fixed, so that it has been necessary to adopt a struct
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`ure in which the rotation receiving mechanism and the seal mechanism are place
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`d between the two.
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`[0008]
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`In other words, in the horizontal rotary drum type garbage disposer, since only th
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`e drum portion of the drum rotates and the side plate portion is fixed due to the a
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`bove-described circumstances, a support roll mechanism and a seal mechanism h
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`aving a large diameter which is equal to a diameter of the drum portion are requi
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`red in order to support the weight of garbage inside the drum portion and the insi
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`de of the drum portion and to support and support the drum portion.
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`[0009]
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`To solve the problem that a plurality of rotary rolls are required in a supportroll
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`mechanism, and it is expensive to manufacture a large diameter seal mechanism
`with high cost, and it is very troublesome for maintenance.
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`[Prior art reference]
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`[Patent document]
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`[0010]
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`[Patent document 1]Patent Publication 2004 - 25170
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`[Patent document 2]Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 55 74786
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`[Patent document 3]Patent Publication 2004 - 141791
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`[Summaryof the invention]
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`[Problem to be solved by the invention]
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`[0011]
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`To provide a garbage treating device which is a simple structure, has a simple str
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`ucture, has a low manufacturing cost, is easy to maintain, does not cause environ
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`mental problems such as malodor, can be operated safely, can be efficiently oper
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`ated, and can be used for the purpose of efficiently decomposing garbage.
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`[Means for solving the problem]
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`[0012]
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`The invention relates to a 1 aspect of the invention.
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`To reduce garbage.
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`A rotary drum type fermentation drying tank in a cylindrical shape, in which a dir
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`ection of an axis is arranged horizontally, and a shaft which passes through the c
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`enter of the drum and supports the drum are provided.
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`A driving mechanism for rotating the drum is provided.
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`The shaft is fixed.
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`A sealing mechanism is provided between the drum and the shaft.
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`A plurality of agitating blades are provided on an inner surface of the drum, and t
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`he agitating surface is inclined with respect to the rotating shaft.
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`On this shaft, a plurality of agitating blades are provided which are inclined in opp
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`osite directions to the rotating shaft with respect to the agitating blade.
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`The shaft is hollow, and an air supply pipe for supplying air from one end, an exh
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`aust pipe for discharging air and a generated gas and water vapor from the other
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`end are inserted into the shaft.
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`The air supply pipe and the exhaust pipe extend above the shaft inside the drum,
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`and the tip of the air supply pipe and the exhaust pipe opens downward.
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`A hot air generator is connected to the other end of the conduit for introducing th
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`e air.
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`A charging port for garbage garbage formed on a peripheral wall of a drum body
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`and a door for closing the inlet are provided.
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`A material discharge port formed on a side plate part of the drum and a door closi
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`ng the discharge outlet are provided.
`An automatic operation control circuit for controlling rotation of the drum and tem
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`perature and humidity control is provided.
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`This garbage treating device is characterized in that the whole is covered with an
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`outer skin.
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`[0013]
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`Further, according to the present invention, there is provided a garbage treatmen
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`t apparatus according to claim 2.
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`A moisture conditioner and a fermentation bacteria carrier are charged into the dr
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`This method for treating a garbage is characterized in that a facultative anaerobic
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`fermentation and an aerobic fermentation are carried out simultaneously.
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`[0014]
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`Further, the present invention relates to a garbage disposal apparatus according t
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`o claim 3.
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`A sensor for detecting the rotational position of the drum is provided.
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`According to the present invention, there is provided a garbage disposal apparatu
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`s in which the inlet is automatically stopped in a predetermined position.
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`[0015]
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`Further, the present invention relates to a garbage disposal apparatus according t
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`o claim 4.
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`To open the door of an inlet at the time of inputting garbage.
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`The garbage disposal device has a mechanism in which the door and the outer pl
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`ate are locked to prevent rotation of the drum.
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`[0016]
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`Further, the present invention relates to a garbage disposal apparatus according t
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`o claim 5.
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`A hot air generator for temperature control and drying inside the drum is provide
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`d.
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`A humidity sensor and a temperature sensor are provided inside the drum ;
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`This garbage treating device is characterized in that a temperature and a humidit
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`y are adjusted by an air volume and an air temperature of a hot air generator.
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`[0017]
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`Further, the present invention relates to a garbage disposal apparatus according t
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`The outer plate of the casing is formed of a net-like material.
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`It is a garbage disposal apparatus characterized by things.
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`[0018]
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`According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the weight reduction ti
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`me and reduce the amount of garbage in 1 days. In other words, a woody chip is
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`put into a treatment tank to adjust a moisture content to obtain an optimum hum
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`idity for fermentation, and the same woody chip is used as a bacterial bed materi
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`al for holding a fermentation bacterium at the same time, and a hotair is introdu
`ced into a tank for securing a fermentation temperature and evaporation (drying)
`of water, thereby maintaining an optimum temperature condition for fermentatio
`n.
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`[0019]
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`In addition, 2 double agitation is performed, I. e., reverse stirring by a rotary dru
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`m and flow agitation in an axial direction of a vane fixed on the inner surface of t
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`he rotary drum, and a vane having a different direction of a stirring surface fixed
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`on a fixed through central axis, so that the target is uniformly mixed.
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`[0020]
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`As a result, sufficient ventilation is made possible, and by simultaneously advanci
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`ng the facultative anaerobic fermentation / aerobic fermentation, the reduction tr
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`eatment of garbage is efficiently realized.
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`Further, according to the present invention, the structure can be simplified. In ot
`her words, stirring power is reduced by using a stirring method using drum rotati
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`on, and a stirring driving device is miniaturized.
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`[0022]
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`Conventionally, since a passage of a gas passing between an inside and an outsid
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`e of a processing tank and a passage of a processing material have to be installed
`in a non-rotating portion, the side plate portion of the rotating drum is fixed and
`used for the purpose.
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`[0023]
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`In the present invention, the central penetrating fixing shaft has a hollow structur
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`e so as to be used as a passage for introducing hot air and discharging steam. In
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`addition, since continuous supply and discharge of garbage are not performed in
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`a state in which the drum-side plate portion is always stopped, the drum portion
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`and the side plate portion of the drum can be connected.
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`[0024]
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`As a result, the drum side plate portion can be rotated integrally with the body po
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`rtion, and the airtight seal mechanism is reduced in size to about the diameter of
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`the center shaft portion, rather than a large diameter portion. As a result, it is po
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`ssible to use a commercially available seal member without requiring a specially d
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`esigned hermetic seal.
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`[0025]
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`Since the central axis of penetration is fixed, the temperature inside the drum an
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`d the humidity sensor are fixed along the central axis. As a result, there is no nee
`d for a rotation signal extraction device such as a brush or the like for signal extr
`action.
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`[0026]
`Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to facilitate maintenance
`by simplifying the structure. In other words, by eliminating the supportroller of t
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`he rotating drum, maintenance of the rotating portion becomes unnecessary. To r
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`educe the frequency of replacement of a seal member by miniaturizing an airtight
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`seal of a rotary drum. No maintenanceis required due to the absenceof a rotatin
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`g signal extractor.
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`[0027]
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`Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to promote the aerobic f
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`ermentation and consequently to suppress the generation of malodor, since it is s
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`ufficiently stirred by the rotating drum.
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`[0028]
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`Furthermore, according to the present invention, by storing a movable portion su
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`ch as a rotary drum, a rotary drive device, or a warm air blower inside a housing
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`formed of a net-like material, it is possible to visually confirm a situation in which
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`the drum rotates.
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`[0029]
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`Further, by opening the door of the input port, the door is locked to the outer plat
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`e of the casing, so that it is possible to safely prevent the drum from rotating sud
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`denly.
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`[Effect of the Invention]
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`[0030]
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`To provide a safe refuse disposal device which is small in weight reduction proces
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`sing time, small in size, low in cost, and not polluting an environment.
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`[Brief Description of the Drawings]
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`[0031]
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`[Fig. 1]The perspective view of an outside
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`[Fig. 2]The side surface cross sectional view except a shell
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`[Fig. 3]The side surface cross sectional view of a rotating drum
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`[Fig. 4]The front sectional view except a shell
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`[Fig. 5]The key map showing the processing situation of garbage
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`[Fig. 6]The figure open [ the entrance slot door ]
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`[Mode for carrying out the invention]
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`[Example 1]
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`[0032]
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`In this garbage treating device, a rotating drum installed horizontally for reducing
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`garbage is used as a treating tank for fermentation and drying. According to the
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`drawing, the configuration and operation will be described below.
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`[0033]
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`FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an outline of the dust treatment apparatus.
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`As shown in FIG. 1 (a), an apparatus constituting a garbage treatment apparatus
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`including a drum 1 is installed inside a housing 40 having a 5 square shape in whi
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`ch a part of a rectangle is scraped off. As shown in FIG. 1 b, the housing 40 has a
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`structure in which the periphery of a frame 41 in which a steel material is combin
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`ed is covered with an outer plate 45 made of a net-like material.
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`[0034]
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`FIG. 2 is a side view showing an internal state of the housing of the dust treatme
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`nt apparatus except for the outer plate 45. As shown in FIG. 2, a drum 1 serving
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`as a processing tank for performing fermentation and drying processing is an inte
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`grated body portion 10 as well as a side plate portion 11 and a side plate portion
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`12.
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`[0035]
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`Drum 1 is rotatably supported by a rotary bearing on a through shaft 20 which ex
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`tends through the center of drum 1. As shown in FIG. 3, the through shaft 20 is
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`mounted and fixed on a shaft support 42 mounted on a support post 46 which is
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`part of the frame 41 and does not rotate.
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`[0036]
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`As shown in FIG. 2, a mechanism for rotating the drum 1 is one in which a chain
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`51 is wound around a sprocket 23 fixed to a drum 1 and driven by a motor 54 via
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`a speed reducer 53.
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`[0037]
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`In operation, the drum 1 repeatedly rotates and stops at a specified time by ana
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`utomatic operation control circuit (not shown).
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`[0038]
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`FIG. 3 is a view similar to FIG. 2, but showing the dust treatment apparatus from
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`the side ;. FIG. 3 (a) is a cross-sectional view of the drum 1 taken along a vertica
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`| plane passing through the center line of the through shaft 20, I. e., at the positi
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`on B-B ‘ shown in FIG. 4, and FIG. 3 (b) is a view of removing unnecessary portio
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`ns other than the drum 10.
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`[0039]
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`FIG. 4 shows a garbage disposal apparatus as seen from the front. FIG. 4 (a) sho
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`ws a State in which the outer plate 45 is removed, and FIG. 4 (b) is a cross-sectio
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`nal view taken along the line A-A ’ of FIG. 2, and shows an unnecessary portion o
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`ther than the drum 1.
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`[0040]
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`As shown in FIG. 3 a, the drum 1 has an airtight structure. Between the drum 1 a
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`nd the fixed through shaft 20, a rotation seal incorporated in the bearing 21 is us
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`ed to keep it airtight. A commercially available standard can be used as the rotar
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`y seal.
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`[0041]
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`As shown in FIG. 1, a large number of small rotary stirring blades 19 are fixed to
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`the inside of the drum 1 in a spiral line shape inside the drum 10. In FIG. 3 (a), a
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`Ithough only one rotary stirring blade 19 is shown in order to avoid complication,
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`in FIG. 3 (b), an unnecessary portion is removed from the rotary stirring blade 1
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`9, and all rotary stirring blades 10 attached to the half of the drum 1 are marked
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`with reference numerals.
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`[0042]
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`As can be seen in FIGS. 3 and 4, each of the blade surfaces of the rotary stirring
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`blade 19 is mounted perpendicularly to the plane of the drum 1 of the drum 1 an
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`d at an angle to the axis of rotation of the drum 10. The inclination of the wing su
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`rface is such that when the drum 1 rotates clockwise when viewed from the left si
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`de of the drawing, the processing object inside the drum 1 is sent from the side p
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`late portion 11 toward the side plate portion 12.
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`[0043]
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`As can be seen in FIG. 3 (a) and FIG. 4 (a) and FIG. 4 (b), a fixed stirring blade 2
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`4 is installed perpendicularly to the through shaft 20 and in 4 directions from the
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`center at right angles to each other, I. e., from the center of the *.
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`ly. Also, the w
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`ing surface is mounted at an angle with respect to the direction of the central axi
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`[0044]
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`When viewed from the left side of the drawing, the inclination of the blade surfac
`e is such that, when the drum 1 rotates clockwise and the processing target insid
`e the drum 1 reverses clockwise, it is fed from the side plate portion 12 toward th
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`e side plate portion 11, contrary to the case of the rotary stirring blade 19.
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`As also shown in FIG. 3, the through shaft 20 has a hollow structure, and an airs
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`upply pipe 31 is inserted from one end (right side in the drawing) of the hollow st
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`ructure. Inside the drum 1, the air supply pipe 31 rises at right angles from the t
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`hrough shaft 20 and is inclined in the rotation direction of the drum by a fixed an
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`gle in a rotation direction from a vertical direction, and a tip end portion thereofi
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`s curved in a U-shape, and an air supply port 32 is opened in a high position insid
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`e the drum 1.
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`[0046]
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`As shown in FIG. 4 (a), the other end of the air supply pipe 31 is connected to a
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`hot air generator 55 installed outside the drum 1, and hot air can be introducedi
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`nto the drum 1 as needed.
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`[0047]
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`Further, as shown in FIG. 3 (a), in the inside of the rotary drum, at a position clos
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`e to the side plate portion 11, an exhaust pipe 33 rises perpendicularly from the t
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`hrough shaft 20 in a posture similar to that of the air supply pipe 31, and a tip th
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`ereof curves in a U-shape, and an exhaust port 34 opens downward.
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`[0048]
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`The other end of the exhaust pipe 33 opens into a hollow portion of the through s
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`haft 20. As shown in FIG. 3 a, a partition plate 37 is provided at an intermediate
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`portion of the hollow portion of the through shaft 20, and the exhaust gas flows t
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`o the left side of the drawing and flows out to the external exhaust pipe 36 via th
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`e exhaust outlet 35.
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`[0049]
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`If necessary, an odor absorbing / decomposing device may be connected to the o
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`ther end of the external exhaust pipe 36.
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`[0050]
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`As shown in FIG. 2, a garbage inlet port 13 is formed in a drum portion 10 of the
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`drum 1, and an inlet port 14 for closing the inlet port 13 is connected by a hinge.
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`[0051]
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`Whena rotation stop switch is pressed when a drum 1 is automatically operated
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`by an automatic operation control circuit (not shown), a rotation position sensor
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`(not shown) detects a rotation angle of a drum 1, and stops a motor 54 so that a
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`charging port 13 in a drum 10 of a drum 1 is at the same position as an external
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`charging port 44 of a housing 40.
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`[0052]
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`FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view of the drum 1, the frame 41 of the housing
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`40, and the outer plate 45 seen from the front side, and shows an openstate of t
`he inlet door 14. As shown in FIG. 6, when the inlet port 13 of the inlet port 44 is
`opened via the external inlet port 1 when the drum 14 stops, the inlet port door 1
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`4 is locked to the external inlet port 44 formed on the outer plate 45 of the housi
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`ng. As a result, the drum 1 and the outer plate 45 are integrated, so that the dru
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`m 1 does not rotate in the drum 10.
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`[0053]
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`Accordingly, when the inlet door 14 is opened and garbage is supplied, the drum
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`1 does not careiessly rotate.
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`[0054]
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`As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 (b), there is provided a discharge port
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`door i6 for closing the discharge port 15 by forming a discharge port 15 for the r
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`esidue of the residue of the processed material on the side plate portion 12 of the
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`drum 10. When the inlet 13 stops at the position of the external inlet 44, the outl
`et 15 is at the lowest rotation position.
`[0055]
`As shown in FIG. 3, a temperature sensor and humidity sensor 61 is provided nea
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`r the center of the surface of the through shaft 20. The signals of both sensors re
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`ach the control panel 60 shown in FIG. 4 via a wiring 62 arranged along the hollo
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`w portion of the through shaft 20. A signal which has reached an automatic contr
`| ol circuit (not shown) inside the control panel 60 is used to measure the humidity
`and temperature inside the drum 1.
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`[0056]
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`Specifically, the air volume and the hot air temperature of the hot air generator 5
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`5 are controlled.
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`[0057]
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`A state in which the garbage disposal apparatus is operated will be described with
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`reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram of a process situation
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`of garbage in which only a necessary portion is drawn in addition to a cross sectio
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`n of the drum 1 when viewed from the front of the dust disposal apparatus.
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`[0058]
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`First, an inlet door 14 of a drum 1 which is stopped is opened, and a humidity adj
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`usting agent consisting of a wood chip is previously charged. Fermented bacteria
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`are previously mixed with fermentation bacteria so as to be simultaneously used
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`as a fermentation bacteria carrier.
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`[0059]
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`Since woodchips are hardly fermented and eliminated by fermentation bacteria, t
`hey can be used without replenishment for a long period of time.
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`[0060]
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`Next, a sprocket 24 is driven by a chain 51, and air of an appropriate amount and
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`temperature is generated by a blower of a hot air generator 55 while rotating a dr
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`um 1, is fed into an air supply pipe 31, and is introduced into a drum 1 through a
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`n air supply port 32, so that the inside is brought into a humidity and temperatur
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`e suitable for the activity of fermentation bacteria.
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`[0061]
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`Next, once the drum 1 is stopped, the garbage inlet door 14 is opened, and garba
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`ge is charged. Since the door is locked to the outer plate 45 of the housing 40, th
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`e drum 10 is not unexpectedly rotated due to some reason during the loading ope
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`ration, so that the work can be safely performed.
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`[0062]
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`After the garbage is thrown into the drum 1, the inner wood chips and garbage ar
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`e agitated and homogenized, and then the garbage is immediately fermented.
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`The inside is maintained at the optimum humidity and temperature for the activit
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`y of the fermenting bacteria, and the rotating drum is rotated and stopped appro
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`priately, and aerobic fermentation and facultative anaerobic fermentation are sim
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`ultaneously carried out.
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`[0063]
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`Intermittently, for example, rotates between 15 to 45%of a fixed time and stops
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`between 55 to 85%. In this way, the fermentation proceeds in an optimum state,
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`and electric power can be saved.
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`[0064]
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`By rotating the drum 1, the processing object 70 comprising garbage and wood c
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`hips is lifted by the rotary stirring blade 24 in the rotation direction R indicated by
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`the arrow shown in FIG. 5, and is reversely stirred. When the arrangementof the
`fixing stirring blade 24 and the direction of a surface area which were installed in
`the rotation stirring blade 19 and the penetration shaft 20 which wereinstalled in
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`the rotating drum differ from each other, flow stirring is carried out in an axial dir
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`ection at order.
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`[0065]
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`In this manner, sufficient air can be easily sent to garbage, and the aerobic ferme
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`ntation can be easily progressed, and reduction in weight can be achieved in a sh
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`ort time by fermentation treatment.
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`[0066]
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`When garbage is reversely stirred, fine garbage and wood chips are scattered int
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`he drum 1, but the air supply port 32 and the exhaust port 34 which are located
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`at the U-shaped tip of the air supply pipe 31 and the exhaust pipe 33 and open d
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`ownward do not easily come into contact with each other and are not clogged.
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`[0067]
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`The torque for rotating the drum 1 is much smaller than the torque required to ro
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`tate the stirring blades in a fixed processing tank. Further, since it is only necessa
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`ry to rotate intermittently, the power consumption can be reduced.
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`[0068]
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`As fermentation progresses, the easy fermentation component of garbage is finall
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`y converted into steam and carbon dioxide by aerobic fermentation. The generate
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`d steam and carbon dioxide gas are diffused from the external exhaust pipe 36 th
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`rough the exhaust port 34 into the atmosphere through the exhaust pipe 33. The
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`reby, loss in quantity proceeds.
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`Further, moisture is reduced by being dried by the heat generated by the hotair
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`generator, and the weight reduction proceeds.
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`[0069]
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`Since aerobic fermentation is active, no malodor is generated.
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`[0070]
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`Fermentation for approximately 1 days ends the treatment of the input garbage a
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`nd almost no residue occurs. Therefore, it is possible to cope with a place where
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`garbage regularly occurs everyday, such as a restaurant or a food supply cooking
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`place, or a food sales sales room, which generates a large amount of garbage dail
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`y.
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`[0071]
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`Normally, the processing object 70 in the drum is operated so as to occupy 50 to
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`70%of the internal volume of the drum. Since the residue is not at all 0, the amo
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`unt of the object to be processed 70 increases, but if it exceeds about 80%, ane
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`xcess amountis discharged. Further, the humidity-adjusting agent and the ferme
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`nting bacteria carrying material which have been changedin quality after being u
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`sed for a long time are replaced. In such a case, when the rotation is stopped, th
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`e drum 1 is automatically stopped so that the overflow port 17 is in a predetermi
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`ned position, and thus the overflow door 18 is opened to scrape out the contents.
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`[0072]
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`The housing 40 hasa structure in which the frame 41 is covered with an outerpla
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`te 45 made of a net-like material, and a person and an animal do not touch the
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`movable equipment inside. Also, since the drum 1 is easily seen to be rotating, th
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`e operating situation can be checked and secured at any time.
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`[Explanation of letters or numerals]
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`[0073]
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`1 Drum
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`10 Drum Section
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`11 Side Plate Part
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`12 Side Plate Part
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`13. Entrance Slot
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`14 Entrance Slot Door
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`15 Discharge Port
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`16 outlet door
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`17 Overflow Port
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`18 Overflow Door
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`19 Rotation Stirring Blade
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`20 Penetration Shaft
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`21+Bearing Section
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`23 Sprocket
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`24 Fixing Stirring Blade
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`31 Airpipe
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`32 Air Supply Port
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`33 Exhaust Pipe
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`34 Exhaust Port
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`35 Exhaust Outlet
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`36 Outside Exhaust Pipe
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`40 Housing
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`41 Frame
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`42 Shaft Supporting Part
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`43 axis support plate mounting plate
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`44 External Entrance Slot
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`45 Shell
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`46 Supporting Post
`‘51. Chain
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`52 Drive Sprocket
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`53 Reduction Gears
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`54 Motor
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`55 hot air generator
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`56 Stand
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`60 Operator Control Panel
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`61 temperature sensor and humidity sensor
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`62 Wiring
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`70 Processing Obj

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