JPH09314559A - Container crusher - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) Abstract: [PROBLEMS] To press a bottle made of plastic once, for example, first to press the center part, and then to press the bottom part and the head part on both sides inward, with a weak force. The purpose is to be able to completely crush. SOLUTION: A first lever is arranged on the upper surface of a base, and a second lever is arranged so as to be located on the upper surface of the first lever, and one end of each of the levers is pivoted to the base in a front-back position. A container crushing machine characterized by being worn and being connected at each intermediate portion.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a used container,
For example, the present invention relates to a container crushing machine that crushes empty cans and plastic bottles (generally called PET bottles) and folds them into small pieces.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, environmental protection and effective utilization of resources have become popular, and recycling activities have been carried out as a part thereof. As one of the recycling activities, used containers may be collected and reused. But,
The collected containers must be stored for a certain period until they increase to some extent. Here, if there is only one or two containers, it does not take much storage space. As the number of containers increases, more storage space is needed. Especially, the container is a PET bottle of 1 liter or 2 liter size. There was a fear that hair would be disliked in general households.

Therefore, a device for crushing the container has been considered. Examples of the container crushing machine are one that crushes the container at once with one lever, and one that crushes with two movements even with one lever. Specifically, first, the middle part of the container is crushed, and then the container is crushed. It is known that the direction is changed by about 90 degrees to further crush.

[0004]

However, in the former case of the above example, a large amount of crushing force is required, and it is difficult for adults as well as children to completely crush.
Further, in the latter case, it can be crushed with a relatively small force, and it must be crushed in two movements, which is a troublesome work.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has a first lever arranged on the upper surface of a base and a second lever arranged so as to be located on the upper surface of the first lever. Are arranged, one end of each lever is pivotally attached to the base in the front-rear position, and each lever is connected at an intermediate portion.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the illustrated embodiments. 1 to 3 show a first embodiment of the present invention. Side plates 2 are formed on both sides of the base 1 in the longitudinal direction. In addition, the upper surface of the base 1 has a first
3 is arranged, and the rear end of the first lever 3 is pivotally attached to the rear end of the base 1 by a pin 4. Further, the first lever 3 is formed with a planar hole 5 and elongated holes 6 on both sides.

A second lever 7 is provided on the upper surface of the base 1.
, But the rear end of the second lever 7 is the base 1.
Is rotatably pivotally attached to the intermediate portion of the pin by a pin 8.
A pin 9 is fixed to both sides of the intermediate portion of the second lever 7, and the pin 9 is fitted in the elongated hole 6 of the first lever 3. That is, the rotation of the second lever 7 of the pin 9 causes the pin 9 to move within the elongated hole 6 of the first lever 3.

The flat hole 10 formed in the middle portion of the second lever 7 is a hole through which the mouth portion (mainly a screw portion) of a plastic bottle is exposed. 1
Reference numeral 1 is a handle for raising the first lever 3 and the second lever 7 and is fixed to the second lever 7.

Next, the method of use will be described. First, by raising the handle 11, the first lever 3 and the second lever 7 are rotated about their respective rotation axes and raised. At this time, the handle 11 is fixed to the second lever 7, but the first lever 3 is connected to the second lever 7 by the pin 9, so that when the first lever 3 is raised, Lever 7 also goes up. However, at this time, since the rotation center axes of the first lever 3 and the second lever 7 are different, the pin 9 moves in the long hole 6 and the levers can be raised. With both levers raised, a container such as a plastic bottle W is placed on the upper surface of the base 1 (see FIG. 2).

Then, when the second lever 7 is pushed and lowered, the pin 9 pushes the lower surface of the elongated hole 6 of the first lever 3, and accordingly the first lever 3 is lowered and the pushing portion 3a pushes the center of the bottle. The part is pressed and the part is crushed. Further, when the second lever 7 is pressed, the pin 9 is slid forward on the lower surface of the elongated hole 6 and pivotally descends, and the pressing portion 7a of the second lever 7 also contacts the bottle W. At this time, the pressing portion 7a comes into contact with the head and bottom of the bottle W because the central portion of the bottle W has already been crushed by the pressing portion 3a of the first lever 3. When the second lever 7 is further pressed in this state, the head and bottom of the bottle W are deformed so as to be folded inward, and the bottle W is completely crushed.

FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment of the present invention, in which an elongated hole 16 may be formed in the second lever 7 and a pin 9 may be fitted in the first lever 3.

5 and 6 show the third embodiment of the present invention, the elongated hole 26 may be formed in the base 1 (the elongated hole 2) on which the pin 4 is pivotally mounted.

[0013]

According to the present invention, the first lever is arranged on the upper surface of the base, and the second lever is arranged so as to be located on the upper surface of the first lever. One end of each lever is arranged on the base. Since they are pivotally connected to the front and rear positions and are connected to each other at the intermediate portion, the container can be crushed with a small force and with a single pressing operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of FIG. 1 when pressing is completed.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a front view of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of FIG. 5;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 base 2 side plate 3 first lever 4 pin 5,10 planar hole 6,16,26 elongated hole 7 second lever 8 pin 9 pin fitted into elongated hole

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A first lever is arranged on the upper surface of a base, and a second lever is arranged so as to be located on the upper surface of the first lever, and one end of each lever is located at a front and rear position on the base. A container crushing machine characterized by being pivotally attached and being connected at each intermediate portion.