Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B30—PRESSES
  • B30B—PRESSES IN GENERAL
  • B30B9/00—Presses specially adapted for particular purposes
  • B30B9/32—Presses specially adapted for particular purposes for consolidating scrap metal or for compacting used cars
  • B30B9/321—Presses specially adapted for particular purposes for consolidating scrap metal or for compacting used cars for consolidating empty containers, e.g. cans

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• This invention regards a combined horizontal/vertical compacting machine for the separate collection of non organic solid refuse, in particular bulky plastic, glass, aluminium, cans and tins.
• a compacting machine produced by the holder of the present invention Patent Application for an Italian Industrial Invention, protocol number AR2001A00036, submitted on 14th december 2001 and extended to an International Application with international protocol number PCT/IT 02/00777, submitted on 11th december 2002, introduced several innovative characteristics: of minimum bulk, it requires minimum internal movement and has been designed with very few components in order to reduce the need for maintenance to the minimum, allowing for maximum reliability, easy cleaning and the straightforward substitution of parts.
• This machine doesn't allow for the vertical compacting of the refuse that has been deposited in a bin, lined with a bag, at the same time as the compacting of the individual glass, plastic or metal containers, in this way exploiting the same movement for both uses.
• the combined horizontal/vertical compacting machine for the separate collection of solid refuse realized by the present invention is constituted by a simple metallic structure of reduced dimensions, a motor reducer, a torsion shaft, a series of gears and an electronic control board.
• the system is completely mechanical, allowing for high efficiency and low power absorbtion.
• the power supply is electric, from 220v to 45 Ov.
• the system operates autonomously, independently from how it is covered or located.
• One of the aims of the present invention is that of carrying out the vertical compacting of the refuse already deposited in the bin that has been lined with a bag at the same time as the horizontal compacting of the individual glass, plastic or metal containers that are deposited, thereby expoiting the same movement for both uses.
• the present invention therefore introduces an innovative machine in so far as it carries out the vertical compacting of the refuse that has already been deposited into the specially lined bin, at the same time as compacting the individual glass, plastic or metal containers at the moment that they are deposited thus exploiting the same movement for both uses.
• the machine can be used in different sizes, it requires minimum, exclusively mechanical, internal movement and minimum power absorbtion from a single electric supply making it perfectly usable even when it is powered by photovoltaic panels or aeolian groups; situations marked by the abscence of any kind of man made source of energy.
• No existing machine allows for the compacting of refuse, maintaing the possibility that it is deposited into the kind of bin bag used in domestic bins or in the trolleys used by communities, bars, restaurants etc., without the compacting process that then occurs damaging or breaking that same bag.
• Another aim is also that of allowing for the compacting of the inorganic refuse that is usually deposited in the bin liners of the kind required, by council provisions, for the collection of refuse carried out using litter bins or skips.
• a lining is placed inside the bin bag to stop it from being broken. Once the material inside the bin bag has been compacted the lining is taken out and it is ready to be delivered to the collection company.
• Another aim is that of allowing for homogeneous crushing. This is obtained using a torsion shaft, making it possible for the carriage to maintain perfect parallelism.
• Another aim, made possible by the machine's compact shape and its mechanics, is that of having very short cycles (1 second a bottle).
• Another aim is that of designing a compacting machine for the separate collection of solid refuse that 5 requires minimal internal movement and has been designed with very few components in order to maintain a working accuracy much superior to that obtainable with existing machines. Finishing times are reduced and the treated material can be divided according to the size of the compacted pieces.
• the machine involves minimum movement and therefore guarantees maximum reliability. It is also easy to clean with easily substituted parts, including the following mechanical and electronic devices:
• the passageways for the compacted material are of varying width/t/ze width of the passageways is variable and so allow the treated material to fall, through the force of gravity, into the various containers below that thus determine the division of the compacted material by size which is useful for the separate collection of refuse.
• a mechanical system has been fitted that automatically divides the tins from the plastic
• Every underlying container thus collects the two different products, separating them automatically;
• the machine is provided with a programmable sterilising system that vaporizes a special liquid by means of a pump and nozzles, thus blocking the fermentation of residual liquids containing sugary substances and preventing the formation of bad smells;
• the machine can be fitted with an antivandalism electromagnetic locking device, that prevents it from being used or accessed when there is no power and makes it possible to program operating times.
• Another aim of the machine is the capacity to be powered by photovoltaic panels or aeolian groups.
• Another aim is that of being able to use the machine in differing sizes. Depending on the kind of use the machine is needed for it can be used in different ways:
• • loading can be carried out from the front using the two holes and a door that also works as a starter.
• the front part of the machine in figure A carries an activation and control board (composed of the controls and warning lights, positions 8, 9, 10, 11), the door, pos. 4, that gives access to the loading hole for the depositing of bottles and tins, pos. 3, and allows one to take out the drawer, pos. 15, to put the refuse to be compacted in the bin, in which there is the bin bag, pos. 14, and the lining, pos. 13.
• the user opens the door, pos. 4, and puts the plastic and glass in, pos. 3, and/or opens the drawer, pos. 15, putting the refuse directly into the lining, pos. 13, and closing the drawer again.
• the compacted tins and bottles fall by force of gravity through the separater, pos. 12, that separates the bottles, of larger dimensions, from the tins,of smaller dimensions, which then fall thus divided into the containers, pos. 19.
• the refuse placed in the bin in pos. 15 is compacted by the compacting disk at the end ol tne pantograph, pos. 20, without damaging the bag that it is kept in, pos. 14, because it is protected by the cilindrical lining, pos. 13, exactly equal in size to the space crossed by the compacting disk in pos. 20.
• the carriage in pos. 2 goes back to its central position and a new cycle can be carried out.
• the containers, pos. 19 and 15, are full the warning light, pos. 9, sets off the alarm and the operator empties the containers, pos. 19, or takes out the drawer in pos. 15, slips the cilindrical lining from the bag in pos. 14 and closes the bag which is now ready to be taken to the refuse collection company.
• a lining is inserted inside the bin liner to stop it from breaking.
• An automatic system counts the number of bottles deposited in every container. A warning light then signals that a container is full, preventing it from being over filled;
• the machine is provided with a programmable sterilising system that vaporizes a special liquid by means of a pump and nozzles, thus blocking the fermentation of residual liquids containing sugary substances and preventing the formation of bad smells;
• the machines can be powered by photovoltaic panels, especially in sun rich areas. This is possible because the low power absorbtion levels permit it to be used at moderate prices.
• the loading is carried out from the front by way of the two holes and a door that also works as a starter.
• the way in which the combined horizontal/vertical compacting machine for the separate collection of solid, non organic refuse, in particular bulky plastic, glass, aluminium, cans or tins can be introduced into an industrial environment is constituted by the realisation of an electromagnetic apparatus composed, like in the previous drawings, of a contol panel, an electric motor, a sliding carriage that oscillates horizontally for the crushing of bottles and tins that then fall, already compacted, into the specially provided containers, as well as a sloping surface and a cam capable of transfering horizontal motion into the extremely compact vertical movement of a pantograph that carries out the vertical crushing of the refuse that has already been deposited into the specially provided bin.
• an electromagnetic apparatus composed, like in the previous drawings, of a contol panel, an electric motor, a sliding carriage that oscillates horizontally for the crushing of bottles and tins that then fall, already compacted, into the specially provided containers, as well as a sloping surface and a cam capable of transfering horizontal motion into the extremely compact vertical

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