JPH0730231Y2 - Empty can compressor - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for compressing various types of empty cans, and more particularly to a device for compressing empty cans, juice cans, etc., which have undergone oil change and are generated at service stations and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recycling of resources such as empty cans has been actively promoted in various fields due to increasing social concern about global environmental problems, and various types of empty can compressors have been proposed and put into practical use. Have been used for.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, in any conventional empty can compressor, since the empty can is compressed inside the housing which is invisible to the outside, the compression operation cannot be seen and the safety is improved. There was a problem that I was worried about.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a safe design in which the compression operation state of the empty can can be visually confirmed from the outside. An object is to provide an excellent empty can compression device.

[0005]

To this end, according to the present invention, the compression operation state of an empty can is visually visible from the outside.
A motor and a speed reducer are installed on a mount in a housing having a transparent door that can be opened and closed and a weight drop port of a compression can, and a pinion gear is provided on a rotation shaft of the speed reducer, and the pinion gear meshes with A rack vertically moving through a through hole of a mounting base is vertically installed, and a compression plate having a cutout portion is fixed to the upper end of the rack with a central portion thereof, and the cutout portion is provided above the compression plate. A slide plate having a cutout part that partially overlaps with is superposed by being hinged at its one end base part, and when the compression plate rises in the housing through a mounting rod that is vertically installed on the ceiling plate, The compression plate is rotated inward at the notch edge of the slide plate through the notch, returns to the original horizontal state after the compression plate has passed, and is compressed by the end of compression of the empty can with the ceiling plate by the compression plate. When descending, slide the slide plate through the notch in the compression plate. Missing part edge is antidiarrheal engagement with sliding plate and is characterized in the configuration operation locking rod sliding plate for free-fall compression can become oblique shape is provided.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings and its operation. FIG. 1 is a partial explanatory view showing an elevating mechanism such as a compression plate, FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the whole, and a housing 1 is a frame member and It has a box shape of a vertically long quadrangular structure having each face plate, and is movable at its lower end by a caster attached, and the space between the ceiling plate 2 and the upper face plate 3 serves as a control unit. Emergency stop button 5 on the front panel 4
A power button 6, a door close button 7, a start button 8 and a door open button 9 are arranged. A transparent door 11 is provided on the front side of the housing 1 and between the panel 4 and the front plate 10 so that the compression operation state of the empty can A can be visually observed from the outside, and the transparent door 11 can be opened and closed in the lateral direction. 11 is a safety design that is opened by pressing the door open button 9 and closed by operating the door close button 7, and is not operated unless the door close button 7 is operated and turned on. Has become. An automatic discharge port 13 of the compressed processing empty can B is opened in one side plate 12 of the housing 1, and a blind plate 14 is pivotally attached to the opening and a receiver 15 is inclined downward. It is provided in.

As shown in FIG. 1, a mounting base 16 horizontally fixed to a lower portion of the housing 1 is provided with a drive motor 17 on its lower surface and a speed reducer 18 on its upper surface. The speed reducer 18 and the motor 17 are integrally rotatable via the belt 19, and the bearing 20 of the speed reducer 18 is provided.
A pinion gear 22 is fixed to a rotary shaft 21 supported by a rack 23 that meshes with the pinion gear 22.
Is vertically installed via a through hole of the mount 16 so as to be vertically movable, and a rectangular compression plate 24 having a square shape is fixed to the upper end of the rack 23 with its central portion.

The compression plate 24, as shown in FIG.
A notch 25 is formed inwardly from the end of the substantially central portion on one side (right side), and an end face having the notch 25 has a contact protrusion 26 that comes into contact with a limit switch described later. is doing. As shown in FIG.
On the upper side of the compression plate 24, a slightly thin slide plate 27 having a substantially equal shape to the compression plate 24 can be opened and closed vertically via a hinge 28 at one end base of the compression plate 24 (opposite to the cutout 25). It is hinged and polymerized. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the slide plate 27 includes a compression plate 24.
Is formed with a notch portion 25 that partially overlaps the notch portion 25, and the notch portion 29 has a width d that is narrower than the width D of the notch portion 25 and the width D of the rectangular portion 30 and the notch portion 25 that are slightly long. It has a short vertically long quadrangular portion 31 having a width substantially equal to.

As shown in FIG. 7, the ceiling plate 3 is provided on the upper side surface side (the side facing the side surface plate 12) in the housing 1.
An engaging rod 33 is provided through a vertically attached mounting rod 32. To explain further, the mounting rod 32 is substantially L-shaped, and the lower end horizontal portion 34 thereof has a substantially U-shaped cross section as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, and a blade shape is formed in the U-shaped recess 35. The base portion 36 of the locking rod 33 is fitted and the horizontal rod 3
7 is supported by the shaft rod 37 as a fulcrum, is supported by the bottom surface of the U-shaped recess 35, and is in the state of a bra that rotates only in the direction of the solid line arrow shown in FIG. The length of the locking rod 33 is set shorter than the width D of the cutout portion 25 and longer than the width d of the portion 30 of the cutout portion 29. As will be described later in detail, when the compression plate 24 is raised, the locking rod 33 causes the compression plate 24 to rotate inward through the cutout portion 25 at the end edge of the cutout portion 29 of the slide plate 27. After the compression plate 24 has passed, it returns to the original horizontal state, and the can A with the ceiling plate 3 is formed by the compression plate 24.
When the compression plate 24 descends due to the end of the compression of
The end edge of the portion 30 of the cutout portion 29 of the slide plate 27 is locked through the cutout portion 25 of the slide plate 27 so that the slide plate 27 is inclined and the processed compression can B is automatically dropped by its own weight. ing.

An upper movable limit switch 38 such as the compression plate 24 is attached to the side surface of the housing 1 on the side where the locking rod 33 is installed, and an upper limit movable limit switch 39 is attached to the lower portion thereof. ing. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 10, a guide rod 41 is fixed to one side surface of the rack 40 in the longitudinal direction by welding or the like, and a limit switch 38 is attached to the guide rod 41 and the guide rod 41 is attached. The rod 41 is supported by upper and lower guide bearings 42 and 43 fixed in the housing 1, and a pinion gear 44 that meshes with the rack 40 is provided, and a central shaft 45 of the pinion gear 44 is formed in a hole 46 of the housing 1. Is connected to a switching lever 47 by being protruded to the outside through a limit switch together with the vertical movement of the rack 40 guided by the guide bearings 42 and 43 of the rack 40 through the meshing with the pinion gear 44 by the rotation operation of the lever 47. 38 is moved up and down in the direction of the solid arrow shown in FIG. 10 to change the position of the upper limit switch 38 in accordance with the size (stroke) of the empty can A. It has become the jar.

Next, the operation will be described. Although not shown, when the power plug is inserted into the outlet and the power button 6 on the control unit front panel 4 is pushed, the power lamp is turned on,
The operation starts. Next, the door open button 9 is pressed to open the transparent door 11, the empty can A to be treated is placed on the central portion of the slide plate 27 on the compression plate 24 in the normal lower position, and then the door close button 7 is pressed. 11 is closed, the lighting of the door closing lamp is confirmed, and the start button 8 is pressed.

When the start button 8 is pressed and the motor 17 is driven, the rotational force is transmitted to the speed reducer 18 via the belt 19, and further transmitted to the rack 23 as a linear motion via the pinion gear 22. The upper can moves the empty can A together with the compression plate 24 and the like in the direction of the solid line arrow as shown in FIG.
When the edge of the portion 30 of the cutout portion 29 at the edge hits the blade-shaped locking rod 33 in a horizontal state and pushes it up, the locking rod 33 is rotated inward (clockwise) about the shaft rod 37 as a fulcrum. , Notch 29 of slide plate 27 and notch 2 of compression plate 24
5 escapes from the locking rod 33 and rises through the common notch with 5 (see FIG. 12). When the compression plate 24 or the like escapes the locking rod 33 and rises above it, the locking rod 33 in the bra state returns to its original horizontal state, and the empty can A is compressed between the compression plate 24 and the casing ceiling plate 3. Then, the compression can B is formed (see FIG. 13), and the protrusion 26 of the compression plate 24 causes the upper limit switch 3 to move.
8 comes into contact with the rack 2 through the reverse rotation of the motor 17.
The compression plate 24 and the like descend along with 3. Then, as shown in FIG. 14, the notch portion 25 (the locking rod 3
(The length is longer than 3), the locking rod 33 escapes and descends, and the portion 3 of the notch 29 in the sliding plate 27
When the edge of 0 (which is shorter than the locking rod 33) hits the locking rod 33 and is locked, and when the compression plate 24 further descends, as shown in FIGS. The plate 29 opens obliquely with the hinge 28 as a fulcrum, and the locking position with the locking rod 33 is from the portion 30 of the cutout portion 29 to the portion 3 thereof.
1, the compression can B slides down on the inclined slide plate 29 due to its own weight and is discharged to the outside from the discharge port 13, and the slide plate 27 has the cutout portion 29 (locking rod 29). (Which is longer than 33), the locking rod 33 escapes and closes, is superposed on the compression plate 24 and returns to the original state, and the protrusion 26 of the compression plate 24 causes the lower limit switch 3 to move.
The driving of the motor 17 is stopped upon contact with the motor 9, and a series of compression processing operations are thereby completed. Thereafter, similar operations and operations are repeated to perform the compression processing of the empty can A. .

When the stroke of the empty can A to be processed is large or small, the upper limit integrally with the empty can A is obtained through the vertical movement of the rack 40 by the clockwise or counterclockwise rotation operation of the switching lever 47. The position of the limit switch 38 may be changed.

[0014]

According to the present invention, however, the compression operation state of the empty can A is not only designed to be visible from the outside through the transparent door 11 but also has a slim vertical structure. Since it is a movable type with a compact structure, there is no need to set and maintain costs, it can be used in a narrow space, and the economic burden for implementation can be reduced.

Further, according to the present invention, each notch 25, 2
9 is provided with a compression plate 24, a slide plate 27, and a locking rod 33 provided on a mounting rod 32, so that the processed compression can B can be dropped by its own weight by associating these members in an ideal and unique manner. The slanted sliding plate 2 of this compression can B is constructed and constructed.
Since the falling state from above 7 is visible from the outside through the transparent door 11, it is a safe design from the relief that the whole part of the compression processing operation can be seen.

Further, according to the present invention, the upper limit stop position of the compression plate 24 or the like can be easily changed according to the size of the stroke of the empty can by one-touch operation only by rotating the switching lever 47 from the outside. Therefore, it is possible to perform a compression process with a quiet operation sound, with a compression force that matches the stroke of the empty can without overloading the motor 17 and the like.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial explanatory view showing a lifting mechanism for a compression plate and the like according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the whole.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a compression plate.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a sliding plate.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a superposed state of a compression plate and a sliding plate.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing the relationship between a rack and a compression plate and a slide plate.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a portion of a locking rod.

8 and 9 are cross-sectional views showing a mounting state of the locking rod.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a position switching mechanism of an upper limit switch.

11 to 16 are explanatory views showing a compression operation state of an empty can.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Housing 3 Ceiling Board 11 Transparent Door 13 Discharge Port 16 Mounting Base 17 Motor 18 Reducer 22 Pinion Gear 23 Rack 24 Compression Plate 25 Notch 27 Sliding Plate 28 Hinge 29 Notch 32 Mounting Rod 33 Locking Rod 38 Upper Limit Switch 39 Lower limit fixed limit switch 40 Rack 41 Guide rod 42, 43 Guide bearing 44 Pinion gear 47 Switching lever A Empty can B Compressed can

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A motor and a speed reducer are installed on a mount in a housing that allows a compression operation state of an empty can to be visually observed from the outside and has a transparent door that can be opened and closed and a weight drop port of the compression can.
A pinion gear is provided on the rotary shaft of the speed reducer,
A rack vertically engaged with the pinion gear and moving up and down through a through hole of a mounting base is vertically installed, and a compression plate having a cutout portion is fixed to the upper end of the rack with its central portion,
On the upper side of the compression plate, a slide plate having a cutout part that partially overlaps with the cutout part is hinged at one end of the slide plate to be overlapped, and in the housing, a mounting rod vertically hung on the ceiling plate is attached. When the compression plate rises, it is rotated inward by the notch edge of the slide plate through the notch and returns to the original horizontal state after passing the compression plate, and the ceiling by the compression plate When the compression plate descends due to the completion of compression of the empty can with the plate, the notch edge of the slide plate is locked through the notch of the compression plate, the slide plate becomes an oblique shape, and the compression can falls by its own weight. An empty can compression device characterized by a structure provided with an operating locking rod of a sliding plate. 2. The empty can compression device according to claim 1, wherein the housing is provided with a stop position switching mechanism for restricting an upper limit stop position of the compression plate corresponding to the size of the compressed can.