DE9115441U1 - Collection container for expired phone cards - Google Patents

Description

DESCRIPTION

Collection container for expired phone cards

State of the art

Once they have expired, the plastic phone cards are thrown into any waste bin or simply "out on the street" by the user and thus end up in the normal household waste cycle.

With the now enormous number of telephone card users, a certain amount of plastic is generated in household waste, which must be avoided for reasons of environmental protection and the recyclability of plastic cards.

There are currently no special collection containers for such expired telephone cards that could be used for orderly recycling.

Task

The invention specified in claim 1 is based on the object of creating the prerequisites by means of a suitably designed stainless steel container,

a) collect expired phone cards at the point of use (in the phone booth)

b) to dispose of the telephone cards separately from normal household waste for environmentally friendly recycling

Advantages

The invention ensures that valuable and recyclable plastics are not wasted
pollution of landfills and soils, but in a recycling cycle of
can be reused.

Further development of the invention

An advantageous embodiment of the invention is set out in claim 2
specified.

The further development according to claim 2 enables the easy emptying of the container after
Claim 1 by means of a special emptying bag.

Description of the invention

An embodiment of the invention is explained with reference to Figures 1-3. They show:

Figure 1 the container in the overall view with insertion slot
for expired phone cards,

Figure 2 the container in bottom view with the lockable emptying flap,

Figure 3 shows the design of the hanging holders for the emptying bag in detail.

In Figure 1, 1 indicates the fastening lugs by means of which the container is screwed to the side wall of the telephone booth,
with 2 the slot for used phone cards.

Figure 2 shows the emptying lid 3, which is equipped with a continuous hinge 4 and a lockable lock 5.

The hanging holders 6 shown in Figure 3 allow an emptying bag to be hung on its handles.

Figures 4-9 show further embodiments.

Claims (4)

Protection claims 1. Collection container for expired telephone cards, characterized, that it can be screwed directly to the side wall of a telephone booth using fastening lugs 1 and has a slot 2 for inserting used telephone cards and a drain cover 3 with continuous hinge 4 and lockable lock. 2. Collecting container according to claim 1, characterized, that it is suitable for easy and quick emptying by means of an emptying bag, the handles of which are hooked in, thanks to the attached hanging holders 6.