DE9404030U1 - Garbage containers, in particular as large garbage containers for pollutants or substances containing pollutants - Google Patents

Description

"PATENT LAW FIRM DR. HORN DR horn

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Draisdorfer Strasse 69
09114 Chemnitz
Telephone / Fax: 23 44 28

Applicant: Andreas Metzner 09456 Annaberg-Buchholz March 1994

DESCRIPTION

Garbage containers, especially as large garbage containers for pollutants or substances containing pollutants

The invention belongs to the technical field of storing and handling substances, in particular to the field of containers for collecting, temporarily storing and transporting, insofar as the invention relates to the representation of large waste containers for the very specific purpose of safely collecting, storing and transporting pollutants or substances containing pollutants, for example substances that contain oil or waste oil.

Industrial, craft, agricultural and other commercial production facilities require simple, yet safe and well-sealed waste containers for waste materials, particularly in these and their storage facilities, especially when they are intended for the collection, storage and transport of substances that are harmful to people and the environment. Metal containers are well known, which usually have bucket-shaped shapes, are therefore more of a smaller size, and can be closed with a metal lid. This limits the use of these containers. More frequent emptying into larger containers is usually necessary, which also means a

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frequent movement of the damaging component, which causes contact with and thus possible damage to people and the environment. Furthermore, containers made of plastic, preferably polyethylene, e.g. according to DIN 30 740, are known that are not approved for holding oils, for example, or will not be in the near future. In those cases in which such containers would be desirable due to their design and shape, these technical solutions cannot be used.

The invention is based on the task of creating a technical solution, which in terms of form and design is still technically close to the previously known and well-proven, as well-accepted by the parties involved, large waste containers in accordance with the relevant standards, but on the one hand enables a tight and safe storage of the pollutant substances and on the other hand is also approved for the collection and storage of such substances that are harmful to humans and the environment.

This object is solved by the characterizing features of claims 1 to 4.

The invention achieves the following advantageous effects. By using plastic and metal containers together, the advantages, in particular the handling with the existing technology for the DIN plastic large garbage container, are available and its shortcomings, in particular the lack of safety when handling the harmful and sometimes dangerous substances that have to be taken up by the garbage container, are remedied by the metal lining. The area of application of a large number of existing DIN plastic containers can thus be significantly expanded by the solution according to the invention, since on the one hand it fits in with the existing disposal technologies, and on the other hand it meets the safety and environmentally friendly requirements in a particularly advantageous way. The shape and dimensions of the solution according to the invention are defined in such a way that by bridging all dimensional tolerances of and between the DIN plastic containers of all manufacturers of these containers, the solution according to the invention can be used universally. The straight but inclined base or a curved or arched base allows any liquid that may leak out of the materials to be stored, e.g. oil, to collect at its lowest point. The adapter piece of the inventive solution advantageously ensures that, if it is used instead of the

the previous lid fastening bolt is used, the lid of the waste container is placed in a higher position and this lid of the previous waste container can therefore continue to be used in the context of the invention.

The invention is explained in more detail below using an example. Fig. 1 shows a garbage container according to the invention. The metal insert container 1, which is welded to prevent leakage, is inserted into the plastic container according to DIN 30740 and screwed to it. In its external form and shape, the metal container 1, with its container conicity of 2° and 5° to the vertical, and its container cross-section, in this case square, is adapted to the DIN plastic container. Its base 3 has an inclination to the horizontal of 30°. The peripheral edge 4 of the container 1 encloses the DIN plastic container when inserted. Two adapter pieces each with their bolts in the receptacle of the lid fastening bolt on the vessel part of the plastic container and in the lid itself, ensure that the lid sits 15 mm higher and thus securely closes the garbage container according to the invention.

Claims (4)

PATENT LAW FIRM DR. HORN DR HORN .. .. . PATENT ATTORNEY &Iacgr; . '..I I*!European Patent Attorney Draisdorfer Straße 69 09114 Chemnitz Telephone / Fax: 23 44 28 Applicant: Andreas Metzner 09456 Annaberg-Buchholz March 1994 CLAIMS 1. Waste container, in particular as a large waste container for pollutants or substances containing pollutants, which is technically similar to the large waste containers according to DIN 30 740, can thus also be handled using the extensive technology available for handling these large waste containers and continues to be made partly of plastics, characterised by that in the plastic large waste container previously known from DIN 30 740 a metal insert container (1) is arranged by means of detachable or non-detachable connecting elements, preferably screws or rivets, and that furthermore, for the purpose of adjusting the position of the metal insert container (1) if necessary, on the vessel part of the DIN plastic large waste container itself and on its plastic lid, an adapter piece (2) provided with bolts is arranged in the receptacle of the vessel part of the DIN plastic large waste container for the lid fastening bolt in place of the latter. 2. Garbage container, in particular as a large garbage container for pollutants or substances containing pollutants according to claim 1, characterized by , that the metal insert container (1) is welded tightly at its seams to prevent leakage, its dimensions and their tolerances are such that the metal insert container (1) itself compensates for all tolerances of the possibly slightly different dimensions of the various DIN plastic large waste containers from the various manufacturers and is therefore dimensionally adjusted to fit each DIN plastic large waste container. 3. Garbage container, in particular as a large garbage container for pollutants or substances containing pollutants according to claim 1, characterized by that the metal insert container (1) has a cross-section roughly adapted to the DIN plastic large waste container, usually square, at every level of its height, a conicity also adapted to the DIN plastic large waste container, preferably 2° and 5°, a straight base (3) arranged at an angle of 1° to 62°, preferably 25° to 35°, relative to the horizontal, or an arched base (3) with angles that vary or even change starting from 0°, an edge (4) that projects over the DIN plastic large waste container and encloses the upper edge of the DIN plastic large waste container and is molded onto the metal insert container (1) itself. 4. Garbage container, in particular as a large garbage container for pollutants or substances containing pollutants according to claim 1, characterized by , that on the adapter piece (2) on both sides of the base body (5) there is a bolt (7 and 6) arranged offset from one another or that a bolt (7) is arranged on only one side of the base body (5), which is then placed off-center on the longitudinal axis of the base body (5), that one of the bolts (7) carries a guide/centering bolt (8) with a locking ring (9) and that the base body (5) has a bore (10) in its lower area for a locking element or an equivalent anti-twisting device.