CA2061921A1 - Waste-collecting container - Google Patents
Waste-collecting containerInfo
- Publication number
- CA2061921A1 CA2061921A1 CA002061921A CA2061921A CA2061921A1 CA 2061921 A1 CA2061921 A1 CA 2061921A1 CA 002061921 A CA002061921 A CA 002061921A CA 2061921 A CA2061921 A CA 2061921A CA 2061921 A1 CA2061921 A1 CA 2061921A1
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- CA
- Canada
- Prior art keywords
- waste
- grate
- collecting
- collecting container
- liquid
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
- B65F1/00—Refuse receptacles; Accessories therefor
- B65F1/04—Refuse receptacles; Accessories therefor with removable inserts
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
- B65F1/00—Refuse receptacles; Accessories therefor
- B65F1/14—Other constructional features; Accessories
- B65F2001/1489—Refuse receptacles adapted or modified for gathering compostable domestic refuse
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- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
- Processing Of Solid Wastes (AREA)
- Fertilizers (AREA)
- Refuse Receptacles (AREA)
- Refuse Collection And Transfer (AREA)
Abstract
A WASTE-COLLECTING CONTAINER
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A waste-collecting container for compostable waste, in which the interior consists of two spaces arranged one above the other, the lower space having the purpose of collecting a liquid from the compostable waste and the capability of discharging such liquid. This space is thereby, on the one hand, sufficiently large in order to be able to reliably receive the accumulating liquid, on the other hand, the emptying of both the liquid area and also of the waste container itself is to take place easily and without any problems associated with the waste becoming again mixed with the liquid. The lower space is for this purpose separated by a fork-like grate from the remainder of the container housing, which grate is usually arranged horizontally, however, during emptying pivots about an axle which is horizontally oriented in the container housing. A reliable separation of solid and liquid waste and their complete emptying out of the waste-collecting container is, in this manner, assured.
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A waste-collecting container for compostable waste, in which the interior consists of two spaces arranged one above the other, the lower space having the purpose of collecting a liquid from the compostable waste and the capability of discharging such liquid. This space is thereby, on the one hand, sufficiently large in order to be able to reliably receive the accumulating liquid, on the other hand, the emptying of both the liquid area and also of the waste container itself is to take place easily and without any problems associated with the waste becoming again mixed with the liquid. The lower space is for this purpose separated by a fork-like grate from the remainder of the container housing, which grate is usually arranged horizontally, however, during emptying pivots about an axle which is horizontally oriented in the container housing. A reliable separation of solid and liquid waste and their complete emptying out of the waste-collecting container is, in this manner, assured.
Description
A WASTE-COLLECTING CONTAINER
: FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a waste-collecting container for compostable waste, in particular for collecting of household garbage or the like, essentially consisting of an upper lid and a lower container housing composed of an:upstanding wall part and a bottom wall and closeable by means of the lid, and including a space in the region of the bottom wall separated from the interior of the container housing, which:space is designed to receive the liquid contained in the wast~.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Such a waste-collecting container has already been described by the inventor in an earlier published DE-OS
3939511 on December 20, 1990. This earlier publication teaches a number of technical features that assures that the compostable waste stored in the container housing is most of all well relieved from the liquid it contains in order to guarantee a rotting supported more by aerobic bacteria~ It is among others provided for this purpose that the liquid is collected in the region of the bottom wall of the container housing and that care is taken that it can - at least partly - flow directly out of the container housing and/or can evaporate through a ventilating element provided on the back wall of th~
~ ~,, ,r,~
container housing. In order to achieve this, a trough-like insert is provided which partitions off a (very small) part of the container housing vo:Lume for liquid removal. The bottom of the trough-like insert is ribbed in order to achieve, on the one hand, a stable form with respect to the stored waste and to gain, on the other hand, indeed a space for the separated :Liquid which reaches the space through recesses at the bottom of the insert.
Such a structural arrangement is fully functional;
however, it also has disadvantages. Thus, the space available for collecting the liquid is relatively small and is no longer sufficient in particular when liquid removal from the container housing is disturbed, for example, when the discharge channel in the area of the bottom part thereof, is clogged, especially with waste that is particularly loaded with liquid. To empty such a waste-collecting container can also cause difficul-ties. Thus, it is conceivable that the trough-like insert separates from the region of the bottom wall during a tipping of the waste-collecting container.
There also exists the risk that even when the insert remains stationary in the waste-collecting container, residues of waste under or within the insert are not dumped out.
Thus, the purpose of the invention is to provide a waste-collecting container of the type identified in detail above which can also receive large amounts of liquid and to simultaneously assure that the mechanical task of emptying of this waste-collecting container takes place smoothly and completely.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The purpose is attained according to the invention by the space being separated from the remaining interior portion of the container housing by a fork-like grate which lies in a horizontal plane in the normal position thereof, by the fork-~ike grate being pivotal in - 3 - ~3~..f~2~
direction of the lid about a horizontal axle provided adjacent a back wall of the container housing and extending parallel to the back wall and resting on stationary supports on the container housing. The arrangement is thereby such that the grate is pivotal through an approximate right angle.
A substantially larger space for co:Llecting the liquid is in this manner created in the region of the bottom wall of the waste collecting container than has been possible up to now. With this it :is first assured that the waste stored in the collecting contai.ner can be well drained. When the waste-collecting container is emptied, the grate pivots under the influence of gravity toward the back wall of the container housing so that even waste parts which slipped through the grate into the separa~ed space can now be poured out of the container housing. The grate returns then into its normal position when the waste-collecting container is set up straight again.
The pivotal grate can actually be supported in any desired manner; however, if the support occurs on the ventilating alement insertable into the container housing, then the grate forms a structural unit with the ventilating element, which unit only need be inserted into the waste-collecting container. It is also possible, depending on the type of waste to be stored, to keep different types of grates on hand or to equip different waste-collecting containers with different grates. The expense is definitely warranted because a good precomposting of the waste can occur in this manner.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The details and further advantages of the invention will be discussed in greater detail hereinafter in connection with the drawings and one exemplary embodiment, in which:
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Figure l is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a waste-collecting container of the invention, and Figure 2 is a cross sectional view taken along the line A-A of Figure 1.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Figure 1 shows first of all a container housiny 1 and a lid 2, which are the main parts of the waste-collecting container. The lid 2 is connected by a hinge 3 to the container housing 1 and has a number o~
openings 4 used to ventilate the interior 5 of the container housing. A ventilating element 6 is releas-ably fastened to the back wall 7 of the container housing 1; it has projections 8 which are each equipped with air slots ~ to ventilate the waste stored in the interior 5 of the container housing. Openings 10 assuring a ventilating to the surroundings are provided in the back wall 7. As shown in the inventor's earlier publication mentioned above, the lower end of the ventilating element is open to the space 16. In this particular embodiment, the ventilating element 6 has plural openings 9A at the lower end of a frontwardly facing wall 6A thereof facilitating access by the space 16 to the openings 10 in the back wall 7 of the container housing 1. It is to be recognized that the ventilating element in the earlier publication could, if desired, be substituted for the one shown in Figure 1.
This makes it possible to sufficiently and adequately ventilate the waste-collecting container independent of the amount of stored waste.
In the region of the bottom wall 11, near the back wall 7 of which the common transport rollers 12 are also easily rotatably supported, there are provided, adjacent a front wall, support members 13 on which the free ends of the grate rods or tines 15 of a grate 14 is supported when the waste-collecting container is in an upright position. The grate 14 is then approximately horizon-tally arranged. Figure 2 shows a top view of the grate.
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The grate has in the special arrangement of the exemplary embodiment the general con~iguration of a coke fork with its outer periphery, in the top view, conforming appro~imately to the contour of the interior walls of the interior 5 of the container housing 1. The grate 14 is composed of individual, back wall to front wall extending, parallel grate rods or tines 15. The grate 14 separates the space 16 between the grate and the bottom wall ll from the interior portion 5. The space 16 is the collecting receptacle for the liquid contained in the waste.
The grate 14 is pivotal about an axle generally designated at 17 adjacent the bac~ wall 7 of the container housing 1. The axle 17 is formed by two stub axles 18 stationarily provided on the grate 14, extend horizontally and are otherwise approximately parallel to the back wall 7. The stub axles 18 are received in bearing holes 19 advantageously provided on the side walls of the ventilating element 6. The stub axles 18 are actually the bent ends of two wire rod-like legs 20, the spacing of which is slightly greater than the width of the ventilating element 6. A direction arrow 21 makes it clear that the grate 14 is pivoted about the axles 18 in direction of the ventilating element 6 during an emptying of the waste-collecting container and thereby frees the entire bottom area o~ the container housing 1 so that same can also be emptied.
The invention is not to be limited to the described exemplary embodiment; in particular the shape and the construction of the grate 14 and the cross sections of its grate rods or tines 15 can be chosen relatively freely. It must, however, be assured that the grate 14 can carry out the identified pivoting during an emptying of the waste-collecting container under the influence of gravity.
: FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a waste-collecting container for compostable waste, in particular for collecting of household garbage or the like, essentially consisting of an upper lid and a lower container housing composed of an:upstanding wall part and a bottom wall and closeable by means of the lid, and including a space in the region of the bottom wall separated from the interior of the container housing, which:space is designed to receive the liquid contained in the wast~.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Such a waste-collecting container has already been described by the inventor in an earlier published DE-OS
3939511 on December 20, 1990. This earlier publication teaches a number of technical features that assures that the compostable waste stored in the container housing is most of all well relieved from the liquid it contains in order to guarantee a rotting supported more by aerobic bacteria~ It is among others provided for this purpose that the liquid is collected in the region of the bottom wall of the container housing and that care is taken that it can - at least partly - flow directly out of the container housing and/or can evaporate through a ventilating element provided on the back wall of th~
~ ~,, ,r,~
container housing. In order to achieve this, a trough-like insert is provided which partitions off a (very small) part of the container housing vo:Lume for liquid removal. The bottom of the trough-like insert is ribbed in order to achieve, on the one hand, a stable form with respect to the stored waste and to gain, on the other hand, indeed a space for the separated :Liquid which reaches the space through recesses at the bottom of the insert.
Such a structural arrangement is fully functional;
however, it also has disadvantages. Thus, the space available for collecting the liquid is relatively small and is no longer sufficient in particular when liquid removal from the container housing is disturbed, for example, when the discharge channel in the area of the bottom part thereof, is clogged, especially with waste that is particularly loaded with liquid. To empty such a waste-collecting container can also cause difficul-ties. Thus, it is conceivable that the trough-like insert separates from the region of the bottom wall during a tipping of the waste-collecting container.
There also exists the risk that even when the insert remains stationary in the waste-collecting container, residues of waste under or within the insert are not dumped out.
Thus, the purpose of the invention is to provide a waste-collecting container of the type identified in detail above which can also receive large amounts of liquid and to simultaneously assure that the mechanical task of emptying of this waste-collecting container takes place smoothly and completely.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The purpose is attained according to the invention by the space being separated from the remaining interior portion of the container housing by a fork-like grate which lies in a horizontal plane in the normal position thereof, by the fork-~ike grate being pivotal in - 3 - ~3~..f~2~
direction of the lid about a horizontal axle provided adjacent a back wall of the container housing and extending parallel to the back wall and resting on stationary supports on the container housing. The arrangement is thereby such that the grate is pivotal through an approximate right angle.
A substantially larger space for co:Llecting the liquid is in this manner created in the region of the bottom wall of the waste collecting container than has been possible up to now. With this it :is first assured that the waste stored in the collecting contai.ner can be well drained. When the waste-collecting container is emptied, the grate pivots under the influence of gravity toward the back wall of the container housing so that even waste parts which slipped through the grate into the separa~ed space can now be poured out of the container housing. The grate returns then into its normal position when the waste-collecting container is set up straight again.
The pivotal grate can actually be supported in any desired manner; however, if the support occurs on the ventilating alement insertable into the container housing, then the grate forms a structural unit with the ventilating element, which unit only need be inserted into the waste-collecting container. It is also possible, depending on the type of waste to be stored, to keep different types of grates on hand or to equip different waste-collecting containers with different grates. The expense is definitely warranted because a good precomposting of the waste can occur in this manner.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The details and further advantages of the invention will be discussed in greater detail hereinafter in connection with the drawings and one exemplary embodiment, in which:
- 4 ~
Figure l is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a waste-collecting container of the invention, and Figure 2 is a cross sectional view taken along the line A-A of Figure 1.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Figure 1 shows first of all a container housiny 1 and a lid 2, which are the main parts of the waste-collecting container. The lid 2 is connected by a hinge 3 to the container housing 1 and has a number o~
openings 4 used to ventilate the interior 5 of the container housing. A ventilating element 6 is releas-ably fastened to the back wall 7 of the container housing 1; it has projections 8 which are each equipped with air slots ~ to ventilate the waste stored in the interior 5 of the container housing. Openings 10 assuring a ventilating to the surroundings are provided in the back wall 7. As shown in the inventor's earlier publication mentioned above, the lower end of the ventilating element is open to the space 16. In this particular embodiment, the ventilating element 6 has plural openings 9A at the lower end of a frontwardly facing wall 6A thereof facilitating access by the space 16 to the openings 10 in the back wall 7 of the container housing 1. It is to be recognized that the ventilating element in the earlier publication could, if desired, be substituted for the one shown in Figure 1.
This makes it possible to sufficiently and adequately ventilate the waste-collecting container independent of the amount of stored waste.
In the region of the bottom wall 11, near the back wall 7 of which the common transport rollers 12 are also easily rotatably supported, there are provided, adjacent a front wall, support members 13 on which the free ends of the grate rods or tines 15 of a grate 14 is supported when the waste-collecting container is in an upright position. The grate 14 is then approximately horizon-tally arranged. Figure 2 shows a top view of the grate.
- 5 - ~ 2~
The grate has in the special arrangement of the exemplary embodiment the general con~iguration of a coke fork with its outer periphery, in the top view, conforming appro~imately to the contour of the interior walls of the interior 5 of the container housing 1. The grate 14 is composed of individual, back wall to front wall extending, parallel grate rods or tines 15. The grate 14 separates the space 16 between the grate and the bottom wall ll from the interior portion 5. The space 16 is the collecting receptacle for the liquid contained in the waste.
The grate 14 is pivotal about an axle generally designated at 17 adjacent the bac~ wall 7 of the container housing 1. The axle 17 is formed by two stub axles 18 stationarily provided on the grate 14, extend horizontally and are otherwise approximately parallel to the back wall 7. The stub axles 18 are received in bearing holes 19 advantageously provided on the side walls of the ventilating element 6. The stub axles 18 are actually the bent ends of two wire rod-like legs 20, the spacing of which is slightly greater than the width of the ventilating element 6. A direction arrow 21 makes it clear that the grate 14 is pivoted about the axles 18 in direction of the ventilating element 6 during an emptying of the waste-collecting container and thereby frees the entire bottom area o~ the container housing 1 so that same can also be emptied.
The invention is not to be limited to the described exemplary embodiment; in particular the shape and the construction of the grate 14 and the cross sections of its grate rods or tines 15 can be chosen relatively freely. It must, however, be assured that the grate 14 can carry out the identified pivoting during an emptying of the waste-collecting container under the influence of gravity.
Claims (7)
1. A waste-collecting container for compostable waste, in particular for collecting household garbage or the like, essentially consisting of an upper lid and a lower container housing composed of an upstanding wall part and a bottom wall and closeable by means of the lid, comprising means defining a separated space in the region of the bottom wall from an interior portion of the container housing, which space is designed to receive the liquid contained in the waste, the improve-ment wherein the space is separated from the remaining interior portion of the container housing by a fork-like grate which lies horizontally in the normal posi-tion thereof, wherein the fork-like grate is pivotally supported for movement in direction of the lid about a horizontal axle provided on a back wall of the container housing, extends parallel with respect to the back wall and is supported on stationary support members on the container housing.
2. The waste-collecting container according to Claim 1, wherein the grate is pivotal about an approximate right angle.
3. The waste-collecting container according to Claim 1, wherein the axle is formed by two stub axles stationarily provided on the fork-like grate, and which are rotatably supported in bearing holes in the container housing.
4. The waste-collecting container according to Claim 3, wherein the bearing holes are provided in a ventilating element arranged on the back wall.
5. The waste-collecting container according to Claim 1, wherein the grate consists of grate rods arranged parallel to one another.
6. The waste-collecting container according to Claim 5, wherein the grate rods have a triangular, circular or trapezoidal, upwardly tapering prong cross section.
7. The waste-collecting container according to Claim 1, wherein a lower end of the ventilating element terminates in the liquid-collecting space.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEG9102660.1 | 1991-03-06 | ||
| DE9102660U DE9102660U1 (en) | 1991-03-06 | 1991-03-06 |
Publications (1)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| CA2061921A1 true CA2061921A1 (en) | 1992-09-07 |
Family
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Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA002061921A Abandoned CA2061921A1 (en) | 1991-03-06 | 1992-02-26 | Waste-collecting container |
Country Status (7)
| Country | Link |
|---|---|
| EP (1) | EP0502365B1 (en) |
| AT (1) | ATE116253T1 (en) |
| AU (1) | AU649778B2 (en) |
| CA (1) | CA2061921A1 (en) |
| DE (2) | DE9102660U1 (en) |
| DK (1) | DK0502365T3 (en) |
| ES (1) | ES2067964T3 (en) |
Families Citing this family (3)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE4242826A1 (en) * | 1992-12-17 | 1994-06-23 | Woellner Werke | Receptacle for dirty articles, especially textile cleaning cloths |
| DE29900626U1 (en) * | 1999-01-18 | 1999-09-09 | Jaeger Georg | Air-supplying, leachate-removing composting set for organic bins and other organic containers |
| CN111746976B (en) * | 2020-07-03 | 2022-06-21 | 吴晨烨 | Garbage draining device |
Family Cites Families (4)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE3642761A1 (en) * | 1986-12-15 | 1988-06-23 | Schaefer Gmbh Fritz | WASTE CONTAINER TO RECEIVE COMPOSTABLE WASTE |
| AU4510489A (en) * | 1988-11-08 | 1990-05-28 | Bon Bon Plastic Products Pty. Ltd. | Container for rubbish |
| DE3907475A1 (en) * | 1989-03-08 | 1990-09-13 | Schaefer Gmbh Fritz | VENTILATION SYSTEM FOR WASTE CONTAINERS |
| DE3939511A1 (en) * | 1989-06-05 | 1990-12-20 | Bartholomaeus Bitsch | WASTE COLLECTION VESSEL WITH VENTILATION DEVICE |
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1991
- 1991-03-06 DE DE9102660U patent/DE9102660U1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
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1992
- 1992-02-20 DK DK92102804.9T patent/DK0502365T3/en active
- 1992-02-20 ES ES92102804T patent/ES2067964T3/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1992-02-20 DE DE59201046T patent/DE59201046D1/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1992-02-20 EP EP92102804A patent/EP0502365B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1992-02-20 AT AT92102804T patent/ATE116253T1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1992-02-21 AU AU11083/92A patent/AU649778B2/en not_active Ceased
- 1992-02-26 CA CA002061921A patent/CA2061921A1/en not_active Abandoned
Also Published As
| Publication number | Publication date |
|---|---|
| DE9102660U1 (en) | 1991-05-29 |
| ATE116253T1 (en) | 1995-01-15 |
| DE59201046D1 (en) | 1995-02-09 |
| AU1108392A (en) | 1992-09-10 |
| EP0502365A1 (en) | 1992-09-09 |
| DK0502365T3 (en) | 1995-05-15 |
| EP0502365B1 (en) | 1994-12-28 |
| ES2067964T3 (en) | 1995-04-01 |
| AU649778B2 (en) | 1994-06-02 |
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Legal Events
| Date | Code | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| FZDE | Discontinued |