ES1079103U - Device for attaching garbage bags (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Device (1) for holding garbage bags configured to be coupled to a bin (2) of curved section comprising a garbage bag inside, the device being characterized in that it comprises: - an open ring (3) having a contour greater than the contour of the curved section of said paper basket (2); said open ring (3) configured to be coupled internally with respect to the mouthpiece (2a) of the paper basket (2) through a perimetric and elastic deformation of said open ring (3); - at least one radial flange (4) located on the outer contour (3a) of the open ring (3); configured to prevent the total introduction of the open ring (3) in the bin (2) through the mouthpiece (2a) of said bin (2), due to the contact between a larger face of said, at least one, flange (4) ) and the embouchure (2a); and wherein said radial flange (4) holds the garbage bag located between the mouthpiece (2a) of the wastebasket (2) and the larger face of said radial flange (4); y - a plurality of projections (5) coupled perimetrally with respect to said open ring (3) and in a gravitational direction towards the inside of the paper basket (2), being configured to be coupled to the inner wall (2b) of said paper basket (2), after elastic deformation of said open ring (3). (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Clamping device for garbage bags.

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a device for holding garbage bags, housed respectively in wastebaskets belonging to street furniture common in almost all living environments such as cities or towns; and located said device within the hygiene and urban waste collection sector,

This device for holding garbage bags object of the invention has the purpose of holding the garbage bag inside the bin, preventing it from separating from the bin and even turning due mainly to the action of the wind; and all this with a simple device, reusable, and that additionally does not generate delays in the process of exchange of the bag by qualified operators.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

By way of introduction, it is known that the usual practice that garbage collection operators in bins follow, is the placement of a garbage bag in the inner cavity of the bin, so that after a previously stipulated period, the operators collect Said garbage bag which houses inside urban waste deposited by pedestrians in the area near the wastebasket.

The usual way to place the garbage bag is to put it in the trash can and wrap the remaining part around the mouth of the bin, so as to try to avoid accidental removal of the garbage bag by third parties. This type of coupling to the wastebasket, in addition to being very relative to each qualified operator who takes care of it, leads to the problem that if the wastebasket is in open, cleared or exposed areas near the coast, it is generated a stream of air in the wastebasket that causes the garbage bag to turn around and expel all the garbage housed inside; and even cause the decoupling of the garbage bag with respect to the wastebasket, and again spread the garbage around the areas adjacent to the wastebasket, with the consequent fouling of the surroundings of the wastebasket; the unhealthy existing since the garbage is scattered and small children or animals can access it with ease, and the delay in the work of collecting the garbage by the skilled workers in said task, having to go collecting the garbage from the surroundings instead of picking it up directly from the trash bag in the bin.

In relation to the state of the art currently known, it is worth noting the existence of patent applications such as US application number US-4707139, which describes an annular support that is attached to the bag in order to keep said bag open at all times, said support allows the bag to not close or deform its mouth despite the wind that may exist in the area, but fails to prevent the bag from turning due to air currents, or hold the bag to the own bin.

Additionally, the US patent application number US-6340037 stands out; which resembles the application described above, where an annular support with multiple cavities formed in the annular support itself is described, and that in the same way as US-4707139, the objective is to keep the garbage bag open, without apparent possibility of being able to attach it to the wastebasket or to avoid the return or expulsion of the garbage bag.

That is why, in view of the inconveniences described in terms of the inability to prevent the garbage bag from being turned over or uncoupled from the trash itself, with the consequent dismantling of urban waste previously housed in the garbage bag; It is necessary the appearance of a new device for holding garbage bags that allows to solve the previously described inconveniences in an efficient, simple and fast way for the qualified operators responsible for their collection.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a garbage bag securing device, which is configured to be coupled to a curved section bin comprising a garbage bag therein, where the device object of the invention comprises:

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An open ring having an outline greater than the contour of the curved section of said bin; said open ring configured to be internally coupled with respect to the mouth of the bin through a perimetric and elastic deformation of said ring. Understanding that the technical characteristic described as a greater contour of the open ring with respect to the curved section of the bin, has its raison d'être in the capacity of perimeter and elastic deformation of the ring, since to couple the open ring in the bin said deformation has to be carried out so that the ends of the open ring approximate (perimeter deformation), decreasing the contour of the open ring and allowing it to be coupled to the mouth of the wastebasket, since once the open ring is deformed, it recovers its position (elastic deformation) until it engages in part of the inner cavity of the mouth of the bin.

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At least one radial flange located on the outer contour of the ring; configured to prevent the total introduction of the ring into the bin through the mouth of said bin, due to the contact between a larger face of said bin, at least one, tab and the mouth; and wherein said radial flange holds the garbage bag located between the mouth of the bin and the major face of said radial flange. The existence of this tab ensures that the open ring does not slip through the inside of the bin, and stops once the open ring has been deformed to attach it to the bin, being a simple and highly efficient solution not only to support the device object of invention to the wastebasket, if not easy to remove by the qualified operator when you need to replace the used garbage bag with a new one.

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A plurality of projections coupled perimetrically with respect to said ring and in a gravitational direction towards the inside of the wastebasket, being configured to engage the inner wall of said wastebasket, with prior elastic deformation of said ring. Such protrusions are attached to the inner wall of the bin once the ring is deformed and coupled to the mouth of the bin, acting as a skeletal and resistant structure of the trash bag and giving it a predefined volume that prevents the bag from garbage can be turned over when these projections exist.

It is therefore observed that the garbage bag securing device object of the invention comprises a series of technical characteristics that make it possible to secure and attach the garbage bag to the wastebasket, prevent said bag from being turned over by expelling the urban waste housed in its interior, and additionally prevents the extraction of the bag itself due to the action of the wind as explained above. And where additionally the device object of the invention allows:

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Give rise to high flexibility in that it is adaptable to different diameters of bins due to the configuration of the open ring and the elastically deformable elasticity of the material in which it is manufactured.

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Ensure that the garbage bag is open even with the action of the wind acting on it.

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Absorb small dimensional differences with respect to both the mouth of the bin and the bottom of said bin, also due to the configuration of the open ring and the elastically deformable elasticity of the material in which it is manufactured.

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Reduce the collection times of the garbage bags used by qualified operators compared to the collection times when the garbage bag has been turned or separated from the wastebasket, when urban waste is found scattered around the trash itself.

In an explanatory way, the procedure for placing the garbage bag in the wastebasket together with the device object of the invention is described, so as to highlight its advantages accompanied by the simplicity and effectiveness of said device; being the stages:

a) Insert a garbage bag into the inner cavity of a wastebasket, leaving part of the garbage bag outside the trash can.

b) Deform the ring of the garbage bag securing device, so that the contour of said ring is less than the mouth of the bin and can be attached inside.

c) Approach the device ring towards the mouth, so that the radial flange comes into contact with the trash can (the garbage bag is caught in the middle between the trash can and the larger side of the radial flange ); and where the plurality of projections are housed inside the garbage bag.

d) Stop deforming the ring of the garbage bag holder, so that the ring comes into contact with the trash can (remembering that the garbage bag is trapped in the middle of two items); and where the plurality of projections are placed by reproducing the geometry of the interior cavity of the wastebasket, trapping the garbage bag between the cavity of the wastebasket and the respective projections.

In this way, the placement of the garbage bag together with the device object of the invention is carried out quickly, easily and efficiently in terms of working times of qualified operators; and where the extraction of the bag reproduces the previous stages in reverse order, being also a fast and effective procedure, highlighting that currently, when the garbage bag is larger than the inside of the bin, the qualified operator uses to make a knot with the excess of the garbage bag, delaying the time of introduction of the garbage bag in the trash itself.

The possibility that the curved section of the wastebasket is a circular section is contemplated, and the open ring is an arc of circumference to be coupled internally with respect to the mouth of the wastebasket. In this way, almost all of the geometry of the existing wastebaskets is collected, these being formed from a circular section cylinder and where the upper base is fully open for the introduction of urban waste by users.

Additionally, and as a preferred embodiment, the possibility is contemplated that the plurality of projections are seven and of length equivalent to the length of the bin cavity; where the number of projections guarantee the geometric reproduction of the internal cavity of the wastebasket by the garbage bag to be fastened, and are of a length equivalent to the cavity of the wastebasket so that a large surface of the waste bag is not left garbage without holding and attaching to the inside cavity of the bin. And where preferably, each projection has a length between 30 and 60 cm according to the standards of dimensions of bins commonly used today.

Thus, according to the described invention, the device for holding garbage bags object of the invention constitutes an important novelty in devices for holding and opening garbage bags, preventing them from separating from the wastebasket and even turning due mainly to the wind action; and all this with a simple device, reusable, and that additionally does not generate delays in the process of exchange of the bag by qualified operators.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To complement the description that is being made, and in order to help a better understanding of the features of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical implementation thereof, a series of drawings are attached as an integral part of said description. where, for illustrative and non-limiting purposes, the following has been represented:

Figure 1.- Shows a first three-dimensional view of the device for holding garbage bags object of the invention.

Figure 2.- It shows a first stage of the coupling of the device for securing garbage bags to the wastebasket, in which the deformation is indicated by perimetral arrows to the open ring for its partial introduction into the mouth of the wastebasket.

Figure 3. - It shows a second stage of the coupling of the device for holding garbage bags to the wastebasket, where the open ring is partially inserted into the mouth of the wastebasket, said ring being deformed by the qualified operator.

Figure 4.- Shows a third stage of the coupling of the garbage bag fastening device to the wastebasket, where the open ring is coupled in the bin opening through the radial flange, eliminating deformation of the open ring for that reproduces the geometry of the trash cavity.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

In view of Figures 1 to 4, it can be seen how the device (1) for holding garbage bags object of the invention is configured to be coupled to a bin (2) of circular section comprising a garbage bag in its inside; where the device comprises:

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An open ring (3) having a contour greater than the outline of the circular section of said bin (2); said open ring (3) configured to be internally coupled with respect to the mouth (2a) of the bin (2) through a perimeter and elastic deformation of said open ring (3).

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A radial flange (4) located on the outer contour (3a) of the open ring (3); configured to prevent the total introduction of the open ring (3) into the bin (2) through the mouth (2a) of said bin (2), due to the contact between a larger face of said tab (4) and the mouth ( 2a); and wherein said radial flange (4) holds the garbage bag located between the mouth (2a) of the bin (2) and the greater face of said radial flange (4)

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Seven projections (5) perimetrically coupled with respect to said open ring (3) and in a gravitational direction towards the inside of the wastebasket (2), being configured to engage the inner wall (2b) of said wastebasket (2), prior deformation elastic of said open ring (3). And where each projection (5) has a length between 30 and 60 cm.

Thus, according to the coupling procedure described above, it comprises the following steps:

a) Insert a garbage bag into the inner cavity (2b) of a wastebasket (2), leaving part of the garbage bag outside the mouth (2a) of the wastebasket (2).

b) Deform the open ring (3) of the garbage bag holding device (1), so that the contour of said open ring (3) is less than the mouth (2a) of the wastebasket (2) and can be docked inside.

c) Approach the open ring (3) of the device (1) to the mouth (2a), so that the radial flange (4) comes into contact with the mouth (2a) of the wastebasket (2) (the garbage bag it is trapped in the middle between the mouth (2a) of the bin (2) and the major face of the radial flange (4); and where the seven projections (5) are housed inside the garbage bag.

d) Stop deforming the open ring (3) of the bag holder (1), so that the open ring (3) comes into contact with the mouth (2a) of the bin (2) (remembering that the bag of garbage is trapped in the middle of two elements); and where the seven protrusions (5) are placed by reproducing the geometry of the inner cavity (2b) of the bin (2), trapping the garbage bag between the inner cavity (2b) of the bin (2) and the respective protrusions ( 5).

In view of this description and set of figures, the person skilled in the art will be able to understand that the embodiments of the invention that have been described can be combined in multiple ways within the scope of the invention. The invention has been described according to some preferred embodiments thereof, but it will be apparent to the person skilled in the art that multiple variations can be introduced in said preferred embodiments without exceeding the object of the claimed invention.

Claims (4)

1.-Device (1) for holding garbage bags configured to be coupled to a bin (2) of curved section comprising a garbage bag inside, the device being characterized by comprising: - an open ring (3 ) having a contour greater than the contour of the curved section of said bin (2); said open ring (3) configured to be internally coupled with respect to the mouth (2a) of the bin (2) through a perimetric and elastic deformation of said open ring (3); - at least one radial flange (4) located on the outer contour (3a) of the open ring (3); configured to prevent the total introduction of the open ring (3) in the bin (2) through the mouth (2a) of said bin (2), due to contact between a larger face of said bin, at least one, tab (4 ) and the mouth (2a); and where said radial flange (4) holds the garbage bag located between the mouth (2a) of the bin (2) and the major face of said radial flange (4); and -a plurality of projections (5) perimetrically coupled with respect to said open ring (3) and in a gravitational direction towards the inside of the wastebasket (2), being configured to be coupled to the inner wall (2b) of said wastebasket (2 ), after elastic deformation of said open ring (3). 2. Device (1) for holding garbage bags, according to claim 1, characterized in that the curved section of the bin (2) is a circular section, and the open ring (3) is an arc of circumference to be coupled internally with respect to the mouth (2a) of the bin (2).

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 Device (1) for holding garbage bags, according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the plurality of projections (5) are seven and of length equivalent to the length of the wastebasket cavity (2).

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 Device (1) for holding garbage bags according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that each projection (5) has a length between 30 and 60 cm.

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