Patent ID: 6827302
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: B03B,Y02W

Abstract:
A device for the in situ disposal of incontinence articles made of a nonwoven fabric, of an absorbent cellulose layer, with a gel embedded into the cellulose layer or with absorbent granulates, of an one-sided outer shell of synthetic material and of closing and retaining means, wherein the device (10) consists of a basic housing (11) in which are placeda device (20) made of a drum-type housing (21) with an upper filling opening (22) and a cylindrical drum (30) placed in an inner space (23) of the housing (21) so as to be one of stationary and rotatable about a horizontal axis of rotation (24) by a first driving device (25), the drum having a filling opening (32) for the material to dispose of and two wall plates (33, 34) closing both drum openings (30a, 30b) on the front side, the first wall plate (33) being connected with the drum housing and the second wall plate (34) being configured to be displaceable by a second driving device (35) in the drum rotation axis longitudinal direction, whereby both front side drum wall plates (33, 34) carry on their opposing wall faces (33a, 34a) cutting, separating and disintegrating knives (40, 140) that penetrate into the drum inner space (31), the housing (21) containing the drum (30) being provided with at least one inlet (41) for wash water, for a sanitary liquid for preventing odors and for chemicals, and the drum (30) being connected in the area of its first stationary wall plate (33) with one cylindrical hollow hub (36) connected with the first driving device (25), a pump (50) connected with the drum inner space (31) by a discharge muff (26) placed on the bottom of the drum-type housing (21), by means of which the wash water is sucked off from the drum inner space (31), with constituents of the material to dispose of which are dissolved in the wash water, and discharged, a heating plate (60) below the drum housing (21) for drying the constituents of the material to dispose of which remained in the drum (30) and which are not dissolved by the wash water, and a vacuum cleaner device (70) for sucking off the dried non water soluble constituents of the material to dispose of which remained in the drum inner space (31) through the hub (36) and for sucking off air from the inner space (31) of the drum (30) through hole-type openings (37) in the rotating drum wall (30b) for loosening and removing the solid constituents of the material to dispose of which are adhered to the inner drum wall face, a collecting receiver (71) connected with the vacuum cleaner type device (70) with a container receiving the sucked solid constituents of the material to dispose of, whereby the control of the supply for the washwater, for the sanitary liquid and for the chemical, the control of the first driving device (25) for the drum rotation and the alternate back and forward motion of the drum and of the second driving device (35) for the horizontal displacement of the displaceable wall plate (34) of the drum (30) and the control of the sucking device (70) for the solid constituents of the material to dispose of from the drum inner space (31) and the control of the pump (50) one of are combined in a program switching device (80) and are controllable by means of a free programmable control.