US 11,731,177 B2
Used paper diaper processing apparatus
Genichiro Matsuda, Nara (JP); Hidenao Kataoka, Osaka (JP); and Naofumi Hino, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Filed by Panasonic Corporation, Osaka (JP)
Filed on Sep. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/24,025.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-169943 (JP), filed on Sep. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0086242 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. B09B 5/00 (2006.01); B09B 3/80 (2022.01); A61L 2/00 (2006.01); A61L 2/16 (2006.01); A61L 2/18 (2006.01); B09B 3/00 (2022.01); B08B 13/00 (2006.01); B03B 7/00 (2006.01); B09B 101/02 (2022.01)
CPC B09B 3/80 (2022.01) [A61L 2/00 (2013.01); A61L 2/16 (2013.01); A61L 2/18 (2013.01); B03B 7/00 (2013.01); B08B 13/00 (2013.01); B09B 3/00 (2013.01); B09B 5/00 (2013.01); B09B 2101/02 (2022.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A used paper diaper processing apparatus, comprising:
a processing tank that processes a used paper diaper;
a liquid supply unit that supplies a processing liquid to the processing tank;
a liquid discharge unit that discharges the processing liquid from the processing tank; and
a take-out unit that takes out a paper diaper processed in the processing tank below the processing tank,
wherein the processing tank has:
an inner tank having a cylindrical shape that stores the used paper diaper and has a plurality of through holes smaller than the paper diaper on at least either a side surface thereof or a bottom surface thereof, and an outer tank that surrounds the side surface and the bottom surface of the inner tank;
at least one peeling member inside the inner tank;
a switching mechanism that performs switching between a state in which the peeling member and the inner tank rotate in an interlocking manner and a state in which the peeling member is disconnected from the inner tank,
the used paper diaper processing apparatus further comprising:
a rotation drive unit that rotates the inner tank or the peeling member around an axis of the inner tank; and
an opening and closing unit that discharges the paper diaper processed in the processing Lank from a bottom of the processing tank to the take-out unit.