# US 9,869,472 B2 · Garbage supply device

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- Number: US 9,869,472 B2
- Document ID: US9869472B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/000,657
- Filed: 2011-03-11
- Published: 2013-12-12
- Granted: 2018-01-16
- Earliest claimed: 2011-03-11
- Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Environmental & Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Jun Sato; Toshimasa Shirai; Yoshihisa Saito; Norio Yoshimitsu; Yasunori Terabe
- Inventors: Jun Sato; Toshimasa Shirai; Yoshihisa Saito; Norio Yoshimitsu; Yasunori Terabe
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9869472B2

## CPC

- F23G 5/442: {Waste feed arrangements}
- B65G 33/18: with multiple screws in parallel arrangements {, e.g. concentric}
- F23G 5/444: {for solid waste (F23G5/448 takes precedence)}
- F23G 5/50: Control or safety arrangements
- F23G 2201/80: Shredding
- F23G 2205/10: using ram or pusher
- F23G 2205/121: Screw conveyor
- F23G 2207/101: for temperature
- F23G 2207/20: Waste supply
- F23G 2208/00: Safety aspects
- F23G 2208/10: Preventing or abating fire or explosion, e.g. by purging
- F23G: CREMATION FURNACES; CONSUMING WASTE PRODUCTS BY COMBUSTION
- B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D)

## Abstract

A garbage supply device, which supplies waste to a gasification furnace that gasifies waste, includes a casing, two feed screws provided in the casing, and a middle shaft that is provided between the two supply screws, has a plurality of protrusions, and is repeatedly rotated forward or backward.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A garbage supply device that supplies waste to a gasification furnace gasifying waste, the garbage supply device comprising:
a casing;
two feed screws provided in the casing;
a middle shaft that is located between the two feed screws, has a plurality of protrusions, and is repetitively rotated forward or backward; and
a hood provided above shaft sealing parts and covers the shaft sealing parts, the shaft sealing parts being provided between rotation axes of the feed screws and the casing, and the shaft sealing parts being provided between rotation axes of the middle shaft and the casing,
wherein the hood is configured of a hood main body and a pipe connected to the hood main body,
wherein the shaft sealing parts include a packing main body, a ground packing, and a lantern ring,
wherein the packing main body is arranged between a through-hole formed in the casing and the rotation axes of the feed screws and the middle shaft, and covers a portion which constitutes an outer circumferential surface of the rotation axes and faces the through-hole throughout a circumference thereof,
wherein the ground packing and the lantern ring are interposed between the packing main body and the rotation axes,
wherein the packing main body is provided with an oil supply passage configured to lubricate the lantern ring,
wherein a gas in the hood is drawn by suction fans and flows into a downstream appliance.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The garbage supply device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of protrusions include first protrusions that are provided at an upstream side and are formed in prism shapes and second protrusions that are provided at a downstream side and are formed in pyramid shapes.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The garbage supply device according to claim 2, wherein the casing includes an narrowed part that narrows from an upstream side to a predetermined position, and the first protrusions and the second protrusions are switched in the narrowed part.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The garbage supply device according to claim 3, wherein the feed screws have a spiral pitch that increases at the downstream side from the narrowed part.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The garbage supply device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a fire extinguishing unit which is provided above two feed screws and the middle shaft and which sprays water; and
a temperature sensor which detects a temperature of the casing,
wherein the fire extinguishing unit sprays water, when the temperature sensor detects a rise in temperature of the casing.