DE3500491A1 - Container for recyclable material - Google Patents

Abstract

A container for recyclable material, having at least one chamber and one opening apparatus, can be erected in a place-saving manner and designed as a multi-chamber container with selective access to each chamber in that the chamber is formed by a perpendicular flat wall (10) on which a trough-shaped container (1, 2, 3, 4) which is open towards this wall (10) is articulated so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis (12) on the trough-shaped container (1, 2, 3, 4). <IMAGE>

Description

Reusable material container

The invention relates to a container for recyclable material with an opening device for at least one Chamber.

It has been known for a long time to collect waste glass, paper, tinplate cans or the like in such containers and one To recycle. For this purpose, containers have proven themselves that have a dome-like structure and one that can be opened

Have bottom in the form of two bottom flaps. The emptying -. the container is carried out via a crane truck that transports the container lifts and opens the bottom flaps by lowering a rope or rod in the container.

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As the recycling of waste materials will be expanded several chambers are required at collection points in which the various materials, such as white glass, stained glass, Sheet metal, paper or the like can be collected separately. The installation of a Yielzahl of individual containers is for emptying the container optimally, but leads because of the space requirements and the aesthetic impression of the collection point to trouble.

It has therefore been attempted to set up multi-chamber containers, which in a single large container a plurality of Have collection chambers and corresponding insertion openings. The disadvantage of this container is that the chambers are arranged one behind the other over the cross section of the container and can therefore only be emptied one after the other in a predetermined sequence. This is hardly possible at the collection point, so that long and costly transport of the container must be accepted. The emptying must be carried out when a container is already full, other containers often being filled only to a small extent. This affects the profitability of the collection process for the recyclable material.

j15 The invention is based on the object of a container of To create the type mentioned at the beginning, which can easily be designed as a multi-chamber container and thereby a selective

ι Access to the individual chambers permitted.

This object is achieved in that the ! Chamber is formed by a vertical flat wall, on which a tub-shaped container open to this wall an axis of rotation is rotatably articulated on the trough-shaped container.

; The container according to the invention thus consists of a vertical one flat wall on which the tub-shaped container is rotatably attached. The tub-shaped one is used to collect the material Container with its circumferential edge on the vertical flat wall and forms together with this the closed chamber. The tub-shaped one is used to open the container Container folded away from the flat wall about its axis of rotation, so that the collected material fall out downwards can. Because of the vertical, flat wall, the container according to the invention can easily be attached to a house wall inconspicuously and therefore takes up very little space

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area a. In addition, it has the advantage that it can easily be supplemented to form a multi-chamber container. In a preferred embodiment, this can be done by trough-shaped walls on both sides of the vertical, flat wall Container are hinged. The tub-shaped containers can be arranged exactly opposite one another be. They can be the same size and therefore come from the same tool or have different sizes, about the different collection volumes of the different types of material meet. Depending on the number of containers required, the length of the perpendicular flat wall will be designed to carry the tub-shaped container in the required number side by side on one or both sides to be able to.

The tub-shaped containers can be rotated around a horizontal axis of rotation at the upper edge of the container by means of the opening device be rotatable. This arrangement facilitates emptying downwards, since the lower bottom wall of the tub-shaped Container is placed at least obliquely during the opening movement. To support the emptying process, the bottom wall of the trough-shaped container can already be arranged somewhat obliquely in the closed state. The slope The arrangement of the bottom also enables the trough-shaped to be articulated

; 25 container with a vertical axis of rotation.

] The trough-shaped container preferably has a circumferential flange intended to rest against the vertical flat wall. In this way, a secure seal between the tub-shaped container and the perpendicular flat wall is achieved. The closure of the container can be

^: Final device are guaranteed, which engages over the flange on its outer side with respect to the perpendicular flat wall. If only one closure device is provided, this is expediently arranged on the edge of the tub-shaped container opposite the axis of rotation.

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The invention is explained in more detail below with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawing
will. Show it:

Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3

a plan view of the top of an inventive trained 4-chamber container;

a view of the insertion side of a container according to Figure'1;

a view of an end face of the container according to FIG. 1 with an illustration of the Off movement.

In the drawing, a vertical flat wall 10 can be seen, which carries four tub-shaped containers 1, 2, 3, 4. The trough-shaped containers are open towards the vertical wall 10 and lie thereon with a circumferential flange 11 each
at. The four tub-shaped containers 1, 2, 3, 4 are fastened to the vertical flat wall 10 with hinges 12 arranged on the upper edge of the container, so that the lower end
around the swivel joint 12 can be folded upwards. In the closed position, the tub-shaped containers 1, 2, 3, 4
held by a closure device indicated at 13, which engages over the flange 11 on the side facing away from the vertical wall 10 and thus holds it on the wall 10. !

To lift the entire container is on the flat wall 10 | a ring 14 attached, in which a crane hook can engage .;

As FIG. 3 illustrates, the lower bottom wall 15 of the tub-shaped containers 1, 2, 3, 4 is inclined towards the wall 10
designed to run at the bottom in order to facilitate the emptying process when the container is opened (cf. dashed illustration in FIG. 3). ·

FIG. 2 leaves insertion openings 16, 17 of the tub-shaped containers 1.3 recognize, the throw-in opening 16 being circular and suitable for throwing in bottles or the like is and the insertion opening 17 as a longitudinal slot for the insertion of waste paper o. Ä. Serves.

The stability of the container is achieved by

that the vertical flat wall 10 is on the ground

and that the container 1,2,3,4 are provided with feet 18, the

Prevent the container from tipping over.

The tub-shaped containers are preferably made of glass fiber reinforced Plastic formed and thus made of a material that is ideal for such collecting containers in practice has proven itself.

Figure 3 shows that the emptying of the container individually for each tub-shaped container 1, 2, 3, 4 takes place in that the respective tub-shaped container 1, 2, 3, 4 to the hinge 12 is rotated upwards in the direction of the arrows in FIG. 3 away from the vertical flat wall 10.

The container according to the invention can be used as a single container with egg ner single chamber or as a very large multi-chamber container be formed with a plurality of chambers. In the case of very long multi-chamber containers, it can be advantageous to use the Transport can no longer be carried out using a crane truck, but rather the container with a rail-like frame in Art from commercially available waste containers and marked with ent talking vehicles. The container can also be mobile on wheels. The container according to the invention offers selective access to each of the tub-shaped containers 1, 2, 3, 4, so that it is quite possible to use a vehicle, for example, only to collect the paper containers from a number of collection points to be emptied so that the vehicle does not have to be

various materials would have to be prepared.

Since the tub-shaped container along its vertical axis can have a substantially rectangular cross-section, the container according to the invention can also then Set up very space-saving if tub-shaped containers are attached on both sides of the vertical flat wall.

35 Li / bk

Claims (7)

10 claims: 1. Reusable material container with an opening device for at least one chamber, characterized in that the chamber is defined by a vertical plane Wall (10) is formed, on which a trough-shaped container (1,2,3,4), which is open towards this wall, around a trough-shaped container Container (1,2,3,4) located axis of rotation is rotatably articulated. 2. Container according to claim 1, characterized in that both sides the vertical, flat wall (10) trough-shaped containers (1,2,3,4) are articulated. 3. Container according to claim 2, characterized in that the trough-shaped containers (1,2,3,4) are opposite one another are arranged. 4. Container according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that that the tub-shaped container (1,2,3,4) about a horizontal axis of rotation located at the upper edge of the container (12) are rotatable by means of the opening device. 25th -I- 5. Container according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the trough-shaped container (1,2,3,4) has a circumferential flange (11) intended to be attached to the vertical flat wall (10). 6. Container according to claim 5, characterized in that a closure device (13) the flange (11) on its with respect to the wall (10) overlaps the outer side. 7. Container according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that a closure device (13) on the the axis of rotation (12) opposite edge of the trough-shaped container (1,2,3,4) is arranged. 15th ! 20 patent attorneys ! Grams + lins
Li / bk 25 30 35 ORIGINAL INSPECTED