EP0532848A2 - Poubelle comportant un récipient et un compacteur incorporé dans le couvercle du récipient - Google Patents

Poubelle comportant un récipient et un compacteur incorporé dans le couvercle du récipient Download PDF

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EP0532848A2
EP0532848A2 EP92111385A EP92111385A EP0532848A2 EP 0532848 A2 EP0532848 A2 EP 0532848A2 EP 92111385 A EP92111385 A EP 92111385A EP 92111385 A EP92111385 A EP 92111385A EP 0532848 A2 EP0532848 A2 EP 0532848A2
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Roman Dipl.-Ing. Schreck
Benno Kurtz
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von Lepel Freifrau Barbara
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B30—PRESSES
    • B30B—PRESSES IN GENERAL
    • B30B9/00—Presses specially adapted for particular purposes
    • B30B9/30—Presses specially adapted for particular purposes for baling; Compression boxes therefor
    • B30B9/306—Mechanically-driven presses
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B30—PRESSES
    • B30B—PRESSES IN GENERAL
    • B30B9/00—Presses specially adapted for particular purposes
    • B30B9/30—Presses specially adapted for particular purposes for baling; Compression boxes therefor
    • B30B9/3082—Presses specially adapted for particular purposes for baling; Compression boxes therefor with compression means other than rams performing a rectilinear movement
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F1/00—Refuse receptacles; Accessories therefor
    • B65F1/14—Other constructional features; Accessories
    • B65F1/1405—Compressing means incorporated in, or specially adapted for, refuse receptacles

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  • the present invention relates to a compressor for the content of wastebasket according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Purpose of the present invention is a compactor for waste paper baskets, in particular for compacting paper towels, such as those found in public and private toilets, it being a constant annoyance, especially in public toilets, that the use of paper towels after a relatively short period of time is required to accommodate the used paper towels, certain wastebasket are soon crowded. Such overfilled wastebaskets are unsanitary and form a source of contamination in the washroom in which they are placed.
  • the present invention is therefore based on the object of providing a compressor for paper containers only, which is easy to use, can be produced inexpensively and which also works reliably.
  • the invention is characterized by the technical teaching of claim 1.
  • An essential feature of the present invention is that now no longer a costly pressing device which exerts high pressing pressures is used, but that only a compression device is used with which the contents of the wastebasket are compressed only over a very specific stroke distance which is considerably smaller than the height of the wastebasket becomes.
  • the pressing or compression device consists of a rotatably driven compressor screw arranged in the container lid, the top of which can be covered by an insertion flap, and which receives the paper towel to be compressed between the screw turns and in the case of rotary drive into the Garbage container carried in.
  • the interior of the garbage container When the garbage container is initially filled, the interior of the garbage container will first be filled with non-compressed paper towels until the lower edge of the non-compressed paper towels reaches the lower edge of the compacting screw.
  • Each additional paper towel introduced into the interior of the refuse container by the compacting screw then leads to a compression of the contents of the refuse or paper container, so that the actual compression process does not take place through a large-volume compressor arrangement that takes up a large overall height and works over a large stroke length, but instead the compression process is carried out by the material itself.
  • the interior of the paper container is lined with a garbage bag so that the paper towels are compressed in the garbage bag itself. As soon as a sufficient compaction volume has been reached, the entire upper part can be removed and the garbage bag can be pulled out of the garbage container.
  • the garbage bag is designed to be easily closable and an aluminum band is glued, welded or attached via loops on its upper edge, so that only the upper edge of the garbage container needs to be crumpled in order to then twist this edge like a collar thereby closing the waste container accordingly.
  • the waste container consists of a plastic bag, because such a plastic bag is resistant to the moisture of the compressed paper towels.
  • a swivel flap which is pivotably mounted on one side on one side of the container is used as the compression device.
  • the swivel flap thus leaves an opening through which used paper towels can be thrown into the interior of the waste container.
  • the actual compression work is accomplished by the paper towels gradually filling up the container.
  • This in turn has the advantage that a relatively small-sized and inexpensive compression device can be used, which has only a relatively short stroke, because the actual compression work is done by the paper towels gradually filling the container.
  • such a swivel flap is arranged in the bottom region of the refuse container and works against the bottom of the refuse sack.
  • the inside of the garbage bag is then compressed from the bottom upwards against the underside of the lid.
  • this other embodiment preferably consists of a press plate which defines the bottom of the garbage container and on which the bottom of the garbage bag rests.
  • This press plate is supported on the underside by a lifting drive, which lifting drive is preferably designed as an eccentric drive.
  • Such an eccentric drive preferably consists of a rod which articulates at one end on the underside of the press plate and attaches to an eccentric pin of an eccentric disk at its other end.
  • the eccentric disc is driven in its center by an axis of rotation on which a motor is flanged.
  • the upper filling opening can be closed in order to ensure a continuous pressing surface for the paper towels that fill the entire waste container.
  • the waste paper basket 1 is formed in two parts and consists essentially of a lower container 2, which is lined with a garbage bag 3, and an upper part 11, which is detachably placed on the container 2.
  • connections are designed as plug connections, i.e. the upper part can be placed on an expanded flange of the lower part.
  • releasable connecting means between the upper part 11 and the container 2 also fall within the scope of the present invention.
  • other connecting means can also be used, e.g. a hinge-like attachment of the upper part to a side edge of the lower part and oppositely arranged latches between the upper and the lower part.
  • a worm 7 is rotatably arranged in the upper part and its outer circumference cuts off essentially flush with the inner circumference of the upper part 11.
  • the rotary drive of the worm 7 takes place via a motor 9 which is arranged in the upper region of the upper part and which acts on the drive shaft 12 via a gear 10, which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the worm 7 and drives it in the direction of rotation.
  • a throw-in flap is arranged here, which is designed to be pivotable in the direction of the arrows 14, 15.
  • the insertion flap 13 defines an insertion opening on the upper part, through which used paper towels can be inserted.
  • the paper towel that is thrown in is gripped by a screw flight 8 of the screw 7 and conveyed downward into the interior 4 of the container 2 like a screw.
  • the container 2 is therefore gradually filled with used paper towels that are not yet compressed.
  • the paper towels are generally indicated by number 16 in FIG.
  • corresponding securing devices are provided in the region of the insertion flap 13, in order to avoid that one can reach into the worm gear 8 of the worm 7 by hand.
  • a garbage bag 3 can be suspended in the container 2, which is suspended on the outwardly bent, circumferential flange 6 of the container 2.
  • Such a refuse sack 3 preferably has the design according to FIG. 2. It essentially consists of a plastic sack, on the upper, peripheral edge of which an aluminum strip 5 is welded, glued or attached. This aluminum band is self-contained. To dispose of the garbage bag 3, it is pulled out of the container 2 and the upper collar of the garbage bag 3 is pressed together by hand and rotated, as a result of which the garbage bag is closed. During this pressing and rotating movement, the aluminum band 5 deforms permanently and thus forms the closure for the garbage bag 3. There is therefore no need for any further lacing and no further bands.
  • a swivel-driven swivel cover 17 is described, which is acted upon in its swivel bearing 18 by a swivel drive (not shown in more detail).
  • the swivel cover 17 In the use position, the swivel cover 17 is initially in its open and raised position in the direction of the arrow 14. As a result, a throw-in opening is opened in the upper container part 11, through which used paper towels can simply be thrown into the container 2 underneath.
  • the insertion process of one paper towel each is detected electrically in the region of the insertion opening in the upper part 11 by a sensor arrangement (not shown in more detail).
  • the swivel drive of the swivel cover 17 is activated in the direction of arrow 15, so that it is swiveled into its position 17 'and thereby a compression stroke 19 onto the interior 4 of the container 2 padding paper towels. It is characteristic of this exemplary embodiment that only a relatively low compression pressure has to be exerted in order to compress such paper towels, so that the swivel drive for the swivel cover 17 can be dimensioned relatively small. It is also characteristic of this design that the swivel cover is only a relatively small one Strokes in the container 2, whereby the actual compression work is carried out by the paper towels gradually filling the container 2.
  • the swivel cover 17 is swiveled upward again in the direction of the arrow 14 so as to open the insertion opening for a re-insertion of a paper towel that has been brought in.
  • safety measures can be provided in this exemplary embodiment in order to prevent grasping into the insertion opening with a free hand.
  • corresponding sensor devices can be arranged in the region of the insertion opening or above.
  • the swivel drive for the swivel cover is only activated when both sensor devices in series have detected the flyby or bypass of a paper towel.
  • the compacting device just described with a swivel cover 17 can be arranged not only in the cover area - as shown in FIG. 3 - but also in the floor area.
  • the swivel cover would then be arranged in the base area, as will be explained in more detail below with reference to exemplary embodiment 4 in connection with a thrust washer.
  • the swivel cover 17 is then provided with the swivel drive described above.
  • the upper lid is divided and forms a fixed container lid 20 which is fastened to the top of the container 2 with corresponding tensioning devices and which in turn is lined with a garbage bag 3.
  • the container 2 is gradually filled from below with used paper towels.
  • the bottom of the garbage bag 3 rests on a pressure disc 22 which is driven to be movable in the direction of the arrows 23, 24.
  • the movement drive consists of an eccentric drive which, according to FIGS. 4 and 5, consists of a motor 27 which drives an eccentric disk 26 via its drive axis, to which a rod 25 is attached eccentrically.
  • the insertion flap 21 also executes pivoting movements extending into the container interior 4 in order to ensure additional compression of the material and to create space for the insertion of new material into the region of the insertion opening.
  • the wastepaper basket 1 according to the invention is accommodated together with its lid 11 in a cabinet 28, an insertion opening 29 being provided on the side wall of this cabinet 28.
  • the insertion opening can be closed by a pivotable insertion flap 30.
  • the insertion flap 30 can either be opened by hand, which then opens the insertion opening 29, or in another embodiment it is provided that the insertion flap 30 is automatically opened and closed controlled by a sensor.
  • the dimension of the insertion opening 29 is chosen so small that the user of the paper towel is forced to compress it by hand first to a relatively small size in order to compress it in this compressed form through the opened insertion flap 30 into a to bring further opening 36 in the area of the upper part 11.
  • the user thus throws the paper towel he has crumpled up by hand into the top of a compression cylinder 31 which is arranged in the region of the upper part 11 and tapers conically in the direction of its ejection opening 39.
  • the paper will therefore jam in the compression cylinder 31.
  • the motor 27 is put into operation and drives a spindle nut 34 via its corresponding drive shaft.
  • the spindle 33 is moved downward in the direction of the arrow 35 and the plunger 32 acts from the top side in the compression cylinder 31 and is moved downward in its longitudinal axis.
  • the paper towels jammed in the compression cylinder 31 are further compressed and are conveyed out through the lower ejection opening 39 in this compressed form.
  • Either only the lower section 38 of the compression cylinder 31 can be tapered or the entire compression cylinder 31 can be conical.
  • the arrangement of the two insertion openings 29 and 36 arranged in alignment with one another can also be selected such that the paper is not inserted in the direction of the arrow 37 (angled), but that the press cylinder 31 is arranged directly below the opening 36 and the two openings 29, 36 are close together.
  • the plunger is driven hydraulically, or electromagnetically or pneumatically.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Refuse Receptacles (AREA)
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  • Refuse Collection And Transfer (AREA)
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EP92111385A 1991-07-25 1992-07-04 Poubelle comportant un récipient et un compacteur incorporé dans le couvercle du récipient Expired - Lifetime EP0532848B1 (fr)

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DE9109168U DE9109168U1 (de) 1991-07-25 1991-07-25 Verdichter für den Inhalt von Papierkörben
DE9109168U 1991-07-25

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