JP2003145111A - Apparatus for decreasing volume and closing bag - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for decreasing volume and closing bag which decreases the volume of wastes such as garbages, plastics, paper, and the like, puts the wastes in a bag and fuses a neck part of the bag to prevent the wastes from coming out the bag and to make the wastes in the bag portable. SOLUTION: The inside of a rectangular parallelepiped and freely openable closed body 1 is divided vertically into two portions to form a divided box 2 and a cover box 3 and the divided body 2 and the cover box 3 are fixed to each other by hinges 4, 4; a suction means 5 having a suction pipe hung down is installed in an upper part of the divided box 2; a slide groove part 8 is formed by using a spring or the like in the front side of a bottom plate 7 of the divided box 2 for holding a bag 6; and a means 12 for holding the bag 6 is formed in a heater 10 comprising step parts 9, 9 formed in both sides of a heater main body and inserted in the slide groove part 8.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bag-reducing and sealing device for reducing the volume of garbage, plastics, papers, and other unnecessary substances so that they can be placed in a bag.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as in the method for treating waste plastic disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-48249, a crushed material that has been sucked is stored in a bag-shaped sheet whose one end is open. The gas inside is extracted and the open portion of this bag-shaped sheet is sealed. This invention is used for pretreatment for landfilling waste plastic. In such a waste plastic treatment method, the equipment becomes large and cannot be used for household purposes.

[0003]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention is intended to solve the above-mentioned problems, in which unnecessary substances such as garbage, plastics and papers are reduced in volume and placed in a bag to melt the neck. (EN) Provided is a household bag volume reducing and sealing device which can be worn and carried so as to prevent unnecessary objects from spilling.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bag-reducing and sealing apparatus for reducing the volume of a bag, which comprises a suction means provided inside an openable / closable sealed box and a holding means for holding the bag. .

Therefore, since the bag in which the unwanted matter is stored is opened and the holding box is held by the holding means, the inside of the bag is sucked by the suction means to reduce the volume, so that the neck portion of the bag is easily held. be able to. Moreover, since the bag is in a reduced volume state, it is easy to carry.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bag volume reducing and sealing device, wherein the suction means according to the first aspect is inserted into a bag with a pipe projecting into the hermetically sealed box body, and the pipe is sucked.

Accordingly, since the pipe is inserted into the bag, the pipe is sucked, so that the pressure inside the bag is surely reduced.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bag-volume-reducing and sealing device, which is characterized in that it forms a holding means for slidably holding the neck portion of the bag according to the first or second aspect.

Therefore, since the neck portion of the bag is slidably gripped, the suction pressure of the air allows the bag to be sucked while being gradually tightened.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bag volume reducing and sealing device characterized in that a heater is provided on the bag holding means according to any one of the first to third aspects.

Therefore, since the neck portion of the bag is slidably gripped, the suction pressure of the air allows the bag to be sucked securely while being gradually tightened, and can be fused at the same time when the bag is gripped.

In the bag reducing and sealing apparatus according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the material of the bag is the heat-sealing resin, the heat-sealing can be performed simultaneously with the gripping.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 are views showing a bag volume reducing and sealing device of an embodiment corresponding to the inventions according to claims 1 to 5, and will be described below.

In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a rectangular parallelepiped-shaped openable and closable closed box body 1 is vertically divided into two to form a divided box body 2 and a lid box body 3. The divided box body 2 and the lid box body 3 are fixed to each other by hinges 4 and 4, and a suction means 5 having a suction pipe hanging down is provided on an upper portion of the divided box body 2 and a divided box body 2 for holding a bag 6 is provided. A slide groove portion 8 is formed on the bottom plate 7.

At this time, behind the bottom plate 7 of the split box body 2, a plate-shaped gripping means 12 is provided which is pressed by a spring 18. The gripping means 12 attached to the slide groove portion 8 of the bottom plate 7 of the divided box body 2 forms step portions 9 and 9 on both sides of the plate body, and these step portions 9 and 9 are formed in the slide groove portion 8 of the bottom plate 7. It can be attached and slid. Further, a substantially semicircular heater 10 is fixed to the inner opening 13 of the plate body. At this time, the bag reducing and sealing apparatus A is configured such that the bag 6 is attached to the inner surface opening 13 of the gripping means 12 and the neck portion 14 of the bag 6 is heat-sealed. The heater 10 is a nichrome wire or a sheet heater, and is heated to 50 to 80 ° C.
Further, if the packing 11 made of rubber or the like is adhered to the abutting surface of any one of the divided box body 2 and the lid box body 3 of the closed box body 1, the inside of the closed box body 1 is further sealed, so that the volume is reduced. It can be easily converted.

The closed box 1 is made of wood, metal, plastic or the like. In the suction means 5, the suction pipe 16 is hung above the divided box body 2 of the closed box body 1, and the vacuum pump 1
With 5, the air is sucked and exhausted. Further, as the material of the bag 6, a heat-sealing resin such as polyethylene or polypropylene is used, as long as it is heat-sealed.
A substantially semi-circular heater 10 is fixed to the inner opening 13 of the gripping means 12. The heater 10 has a substantially semi-circular shape in each of the divided box body 2 and the lid box body 3. May be fixed. By doing so, heat fusion of the neck portion 14 of the bag 6 can be reliably performed. Further, the heater 10 is controlled by the heater controller 17 of the gripping means 12.
It is turned on and off.

The usage of the present invention will be described below.

First, the lid box 3 of the closed box 1 having a rectangular parallelepiped shape that can be opened and closed is opened. At this time, in the kitchen or storeroom,
Garbage, plastics, papers, and other unwanted materials are thrown into the bag 6 at another place, and the neck portion 14 of the bag 6 is held by the bottom plate 7 of the divided box 2 of the closed box 1. 12 into the opening 13. Then, the lid box body 3 of the closed box body 1 is closed. After that, the suction pipe 16 is inserted into the bag 6, the lid box body 3 is closed, and then the bag 6 is pulled by the vacuum pump 15.
The air inside is sucked and the volume is reduced. At this time, simultaneously with the suction of the bag 6, the heater control unit 17 of the gripping means 12
The heater is turned on to heat-bond the neck portion 14 of the bag 6. At this time, the slide groove portion 8 provided on the bottom plate 7 of the split box body 2 is formed, and the step portion 9, 9 provided on both sides of the heater body is inserted into the slide groove portion 8 and the heater 10 of the gripping means 12 is attached. When the bag 6 is stored, it is pressed by the spring 18 and is heat-sealed while being slidable. Furthermore, if the bag 6 is heat-sealed, it is moved to a place where it does not interfere. Again, a new bag 6 is brought in and heat-sealed as described above.

[0019]

As described above, the bag volume sealing apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention is not necessary because the opening and closing sealing box body is provided with the suction means and the gripping means for gripping the bag. Since the bag in which the object is stored is opened by opening the closed box and gripped by the gripping means, the inside of the bag is sucked by the suctioning means and the volume is reduced, so that the neck portion of the bag can be easily gripped. or,
The bag is reduced in volume, making it easy to carry.

In the bag volume reducing and sealing device according to the second aspect of the present invention, since the pipe having the suction means protruding into the closed box body is inserted into the bag and the pipe is sucked in the inserted state, the pipe is inserted into the bag. In this state, the suction is performed, so that the decompression inside the bag is sure.

Since the bag volume reducing and sealing device according to the third aspect of the present invention forms the gripping means for slidably gripping the neck of the bag, the neck of the bag is slidably gripped and the suction pressure of air is increased. As a result, it is surely sucked while gradually tightening.

In the bag volume reducing and sealing device according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the bag gripping means is provided with the heater, the neck part of the bag is slidably gripped, and the bag is gradually tightened by the suction pressure of air. While being surely sucked, it is possible to fuse and to bond at the same time.

In the bag reducing and sealing apparatus according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the material of the bag is the heat-sealing resin, the heat-sealing can be performed at the same time when the bag is gripped.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the entire bag volume reducing and sealing device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which a bag is inserted in the bag volume-sealing device shown in FIG. 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a heater unit showing a state in which a lid box body of the bag volume reducing and sealing device of the present invention is opened.

[Explanation of symbols]

A bag volume sealing device 1 closed box 2 split boxes 3 lid box 4 hinges 5 suction means 6 bags 7 Bottom plate 8 slide groove 9 steps 10 heater 12 gripping means 13 openings 14 neck 15 Vacuum pump 16 suction pipe 17 Heater controller

Continued front page    (72) Inventor Hiroyasu Kawanishi             1048, Kadoma, Kadoma-shi, Osaka Matsushita Electric Works Co., Ltd.             Inside the company (72) Inventor Akio Kubota             1048, Kadoma, Kadoma-shi, Osaka Matsushita Electric Works Co., Ltd.             Inside the company F-term (reference) 4D004 AA03 AA07 AA12 CA03 CA50                       CB32 CB50

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A bag volume-reducing and sealing device comprising a suction means provided inside an openable and closable closed box body and a gripping means for holding a bag. 2. The bag volume reducing and sealing device according to claim 1, wherein the suction means has a pipe protruding into the closed box body and is inserted into the bag to suck the pipe in the inserted state. 3. The bag volume reducing and sealing device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a gripping means for slidably gripping the neck portion of the bag is formed. 4. The bag volume sealing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a heater is provided in the bag holding means. 5. The bag volume-sealing device according to claim 1, wherein the material of the bag is a heat-sealing resin.