Patent ID: 6569673
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: B01D,C05F,Y02A,Y02P,Y02W

Abstract:
A garbage disposing device comprising:a treatment chamber used to decompose food wastes by a microorganism, said chamber having an outlet; an intake passage for supplying a fresh air to said treatment chamber from an outside; an exhaust passage connected to said outlet of said treatment chamber at one end and having an exhaust port at the other end; a dehumidifier provided in said exhaust passage, said, dehumidifier including a dehumidifying agent and a regenerating unit for removing water adsorbed on said dehumidifying agent to regenerate said dehumidifying agent; a return path extending from a diverging portion in said exhaust passage, which is positioned at downstream of said dehumidifier, to said treatment chamber; a ventilator provided at upstream of said diverging portion to send an air containing unpleasant odor, which is generated in said treatment chamber during the decomposition of said food wastes, toward the outside through said exhaust passage; a deodorizer provided between said dehumidifier and said exhaust port in said exhaust passage to remove the unpleasant odor from the air to be exhausted through said exhaust port; an exhaust airflow adjuster provided at said diverging portion to adjust when said garbage disposing device is in an ordinary use mode, said exhaust airflow adjuster is set to a first position where a part of an air provided from said dehumidifier is exhausted through said exhaust port, and the remaining air is returned to said treatment chamber through said return path, and when said garbage disposing device is in a regenerating operation mode for said dehumidifying agent, said exhaust airflow adjuster is set to a second position where said return, path is closed at said diverging portion wherein said control unit includes means for setting said exhaust airflow adjuster to a third position where said exhaust passage is closed at said diverging portion such that all of the air provided from said dehumidifier is returned to said treatment chamber through said return path.