EP1081063A1 - Vorrichtung zum automatisch durch Schwerkraft Verriegeln und Entriegeln des Deckels eines Behälters sowie Behälter mit einer derartigen Vorrichtung - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum automatisch durch Schwerkraft Verriegeln und Entriegeln des Deckels eines Behälters sowie Behälter mit einer derartigen Vorrichtung Download PDF

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EP1081063A1
EP1081063A1 EP20000402395 EP00402395A EP1081063A1 EP 1081063 A1 EP1081063 A1 EP 1081063A1 EP 20000402395 EP20000402395 EP 20000402395 EP 00402395 A EP00402395 A EP 00402395A EP 1081063 A1 EP1081063 A1 EP 1081063A1
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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
    • B65F1/16—Lids or covers
    • B65F1/1615—Lids or covers with means for locking, fastening or permanently closing thereof
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B15/00—Other details of locks; Parts for engagement by bolts of fastening devices
    • E05B15/0093—Weight arrangements in locks; gravity activated lock parts
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T292/00—Closure fasteners
    • Y10T292/08—Bolts
    • Y10T292/0911—Hooked end
    • Y10T292/0937—Gravity actuated

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  • the invention relates to an automatic locking / unlocking device by gravity to lock the lid of a container at the upper edge of the tank of the tank.
  • This bin is intended to be emptied by tilting. he can in particular be used for waste collection.
  • the bins intended for the collection of waste are brought to stay on the track public awaiting the passage of vehicles intended to collect waste.
  • the tank cover is provided with an opening of size and shape adapted to the waste to be arranged in these bins.
  • a system for locking the container during filling and unlocking when emptying is therefore necessary.
  • opening the cover requires an operation in particular manual on the part of the operator and can be operated whatever the position of the bin in space.
  • the documents FR-A-2 762 306 and EP-A-872 432 describe a device for locking of the cover of a tank to the tank of said tank not requiring manual intervention by the operator to allow locking or unlocking the cover.
  • the locking device described in these documents comprises a part swivel pivotally mounted under the tank cover and engaging with a male fastening member located at the inner wall of the tank.
  • the pivoting part takes a locking position in which it is engaged with a male fastening member driving the keeps the cover in the closed position.
  • the tilting of the tank thus allows the opening of the cover of the tank and therefore the emptying it by dumping waste under the effect of gravity.
  • the invention aims to provide solutions to these technical problems. She consists of a container locking / unlocking device without intervention manual of the operator, the walls of the tank being smooth and uniform, which allows the nesting of bins and the proper flow of waste.
  • the invention provides a locking / unlocking device for a waste collecting tank, said tank comprising a tank and a cover associated with the tank and can be moved between a closed position and a open position, the device allowing the container lid to be locked on the extreme part of the tank when the tank is in the filling position, and to be unlocked when the container is in the emptying position.
  • the lever comprises a retractable hook intended to be engaged in an orifice or recess located at the end part of the tank, the arm comprising an end part, opposite to the part middle of the swivel piece, engaging with a hook making part of a bent piece.
  • Said angled part comprises on the one hand a locking branch comprising the hook and on the other hand a branch and is articulated along an axis of rotation parallel to the axis of rotation of the pivoting part, the drive branch of the bent part being locked in the lid locking position by a stop.
  • means are provided so that the tilting of the tank according to a certain angle causes by gravity effect the pivoting of the bent piece and by effect of gravity the pivoting of the arm and the lever towards an unlocking position.
  • the center of gravity of the bent piece when the container is in the filling position, the center of gravity of the bent piece is located in such a way that it keeps the branch for driving the bent piece resting on the stop and the hook of the bent part in engagement with the end part of the arm of the pivoting part, the center of gravity of the assembly including the pivoting part and the hook being located so as to keep the retractable hook of the lever in position of engagement in the opening of the extreme part of the tank and the extreme part of the arm engaged with the hook of the bent piece.
  • Tipping the bin at a certain angle to the vertical when emptying generates a displacement of said centers of gravity, causing the part to pivot bent, releasing the hook from the bent part of the end of the arm of the pivoting part, causing the pivoting of the arm and the lever, and, finally, leading to the release of the retractable hook from the orifice of the tank and therefore when the lid of the container is opened.
  • the retractable hook of the lever is articulated along an axis substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the pivoting part, this which allows, when the lid is closed on the extreme part of the tank, sliding of the retractable hook along the internal wall of the tank up to insertion of the retractable hook into the hole or recess located at the extreme part of the tank.
  • the pivoting of the arm around the axis of rotation of the pivoting part, and the pivoting of the bent part around its axis of rotation, towards opposite the internal face of the tank cover, are each limited by a stop.
  • the extreme part of the arm opposite the intermediate part of the piece swivel, and / or the free end of the drive branch includes (s) a counterweight.
  • the bent part has the shape of a V whose the two branches form an angle of the order of 35 to 55 degrees, in particular close to 45 degrees.
  • the bent part has the shape of a V whose the two branches form an angle between 90 and 180 degrees.
  • the device for locking / unlocking includes a pendulum movable in rotation around an axis linked to the cover of the tank and substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the bent part, the balance being movable between a locking position in which the balance forms a stop opposing the pivoting of the part angled toward the inside of the cover, and an unlocked position in which the balance does not oppose said pivoting of the bent part, the rotation of the balance between said locking positions and unlocking being obtained during the tilting of the tray according to a certain angle, by gravity effect.
  • the balance presents the form of a circular sector, the axis of rotation of the pendulum being located towards the tip of said circular sector, and the free end of the pendulum being, when the balance is in the locked position, in contact with the branch drive the bent piece.
  • the two branches of the bent piece can be movable in rotation one relative to each other, around the axis of rotation of the bent part, the branch for driving the bent part comprising, towards its end part, a counterweight, so that, during the tilting of the tank at a certain angle, the locking branch of the bent part still being engaged with the arm, the drive branch of the bent piece can pivot around its axis, by gravity effect, then strike the hook so as to unlock it from the arms.
  • the drive branch of the bent piece comprises, towards its extreme part, a projection intended, during the tilting of the tray at a certain angle, to strike the hook so as to unlock it from the arms.
  • the locking / unlocking device can also have an unlocking system fixed on the cover of the tank and intended to be actuated by a control member, in order to unlock the cover of the tray when the tray is in the filling position.
  • the locking / unlocking device is protected by a casing fixed on the inner face of the cover and having an opening from which the retractable hook of the lever, the casing being able to form a stop for the part angled, thus limiting its movement in the opposite direction to the internal face of the lid.
  • the locking / unlocking device also preferably comprises: a retractable hook protection device fixed to the tank of the tank.
  • the invention relates to a bin for the collection of waste, comprising a locking / unlocking device as described previously.
  • a bin 1 waste collector typically comprises a tank 4 and a cover 2 hinged to the tank 4, for example by means of hinges.
  • Tray 1 can be in a filling position, in which it rests substantially vertically on the ground and where it can be filled with a user, or in an emptying position, in which tray 1 has been tilted from a certain angle - greater than 90 ° - with respect to the vertical, the tank 1 being able then be emptied of its content.
  • the tank 4 comprises a substantially planar floor situated opposite the ground when tray 1 is in the filling position, and four walls extending substantially perpendicular to the floor, and substantially perpendicular to each other two by two, so as to form a parallelepiped, the free end edges of said walls defining an opening through which the waste can be introduced into the tank 4.
  • the tank 4 may also have wheels mounted on the floor and resting on the ground, when tray 1 is in the filling position, the wheels being intended to facilitate the movement of tray 1 by a user.
  • the cover 2 has a substantially flat wall, intended to cover the opening of the tank 4, and the protruding edges of the planar wall.
  • the cover 2 of the tank 1 may include a opening (not shown) whose size and shape are adapted to the objects, for example newspapers or bottles, to be collected in the bin.
  • the cover 2 is pivotally associated with the tank 4.
  • hinges are provided towards the free end part of one of the walls of the tank 4, this wall being called “rear”.
  • the wall of the tank parallel to the rear wall is called “Frontal” 4c throughout the description.
  • the cover 2 can thus be moved - in particular manually - between a closed position of bin 1, in which it rests on the extreme edges free from the walls of the tank 4, thus obstructing the opening of the tank 4, and a open position, in which the substantially flat wall of the cover 2 is moved away from the free end edges of the walls of the tank 4, the position extreme opening of the cover 2 corresponding to the case where the wall substantially flat cover 2 is substantially parallel to the rear wall of the tank 4.
  • the tilting of the tray 1 to its emptying position must be carried out substantially in a plane perpendicular to the rear walls and front, so as to allow the opening of the cover 2 and, thus, the release of the opening of the tank 4 allowing the emptying of the tank 4.
  • the cover 2 has on the one hand an internal face 2a directed, when the cover 2 is in the closed position, towards the inside of the tank 4, and other share an external face 2b directed towards the outside of said tank.
  • the tank 4 can be made of plastic molded in one piece, just like the cover 2.
  • the tank 4 further comprises, towards the free end portions of its walls, a rim 5 extending outside of the tank 4 and defining a groove 6 of which the opening is directed towards the floor (see figure 1).
  • the groove 6 is intended for receive suitable gripping means allowing the lifting and tilting of tray 1, for example by a collection vehicle.
  • a nest bee 14 may be inside the groove 6, so as to strengthen the ledge 5.
  • the locking / unlocking device allows the lid 2 to be locked in the closed position on the tank 1, when the tank 1 is in the filling position, as illustrated in particular in Figure 1. It also allows unlocking automatic cover 2 (see in particular Figures 3 and 4) when tray 1 is tilted from the filling position, the cover 2 being in the closed, in the emptying position.
  • a locking / unlocking device is mounted on the internal face 2a of the cover 2 of tray 1.
  • This device comprises several parts cooperating with each other in order to allow the locking or unlocking of the cover 2 of the tank 1, and in particular a bent piece 7, a pivoting piece 8 and a hook retractable 9.
  • These parts may be metallic or any other material which may impart, in particular, rigidity and resistance to impact and wear.
  • the axis of rotation A of the bent part is linked to the cover 2 and directed, when the cover 2 is in the closed position, substantially parallel to the floor and at the front wall 4c of the tank 4. Furthermore, the axis of rotation A is substantially perpendicular to the mean plane of the bent part 7.
  • the locking branch 7d is substantially vertical, the hook 7c being located above the axis of rotation A.
  • the two branches 7d, 7e of the part angled 7 are rigidly linked to each other, the angle between them being of the order from 35 to 55 °, especially around 45 °.
  • the axis of rotation B of the bent piece is linked to the cover 2 and is substantially parallel to the axis A of the bent piece 7 and substantially perpendicular to the plane pivoting part 8.
  • the extreme part 8e of the arm 8b, opposite the intermediate part 8c, comprises a counterweight 8a.
  • the pivoting part 8 comprises a retractable hook 9, mounted at pivoting about an axis C, towards the extreme part of the lever 8d opposite the intermediate part 8c, the axis C being substantially parallel to the axis A of the part angled 7.
  • the retractable hook 9 comprises a substantially planar wall 9b, free end 9a located opposite the articulation point of said hook retractable 9 with lever 8d, said wall 9b being arranged substantially parallel to the floor of the tank 4 when the locking / unlocking is in the locked position.
  • the retractable hook 9 also includes a rib 9c connecting the end 9a of the retractable hook 9 at the point of connection of said hook 9 with lever 8d.
  • the rib 9c has the function on the one hand of stiffening the hook retractable 9 and secondly to allow better guidance of the hook 9.
  • the retractable hook 9 finally comprises a protrusion 9d located towards the axis of rotation C of the retractable hook 9 and intended to come into abutment against the lever 8d in order to limit the pivoting of the retractable hook 9 around its axis of rotation C.
  • the retractable hook 9 is intended to cause the attachment of the cover 2 to the tank 4 at the front wall 4c of the tank 4 when the cover 2 is in the closed position, the tank 1 being in the filling.
  • the locking / unlocking device is described in the position of locking, tank 1 being in the filling position, cover 2 being closed.
  • the parts 7, 8 are in the positions previously described.
  • the locking / unlocking device is fixed to the cover 2 so that, when the cover 2 is closed, the end 9a of the hook 9 is directed towards the front wall 4c of the tank 4, and engages in an orifice 13 or a recess from the front wall 4c located towards the end part 3 of said front wall 4c opposite the floor of the tank 4, the said orifice 13 opening into the groove 6.
  • the orifice 13 is delimited by edges 10.
  • the recess can be a cavity dug in the front wall 4c of the tank 4 at the internal face 4a of said front wall 4c.
  • the locking / unlocking device is fixed to a casing 12, itself attached to the inner face 2a of the cover 2, so that the said device is protected from the contents of the tank 4.
  • the axes of rotation A, B are fixed to the casing 12, as well as the stops 15, 16.
  • the casing 12 has an opening 11, intended to cooperate with the orifice 13 or the recess of the front wall 4c of the tank 4, in order to allow the passage of the retractable hook 9.
  • the opening 11 of the casing 12 must be sufficient to allow the movement of the retractable hook 9 when closing and opening the cover 2.
  • the tray 1 is tilted relative to the vertical, and in a plane substantially perpendicular to the rear and front walls 4c, from a certain angle ( Figures 3 and 4).
  • the hook 7c of the bent piece 7 then releases the end portion 8e of the arm 8b.
  • the cover 2 is no longer secured to the tank 1, given the tilting of the tray 1 and the effect of gravity, the cover 2 opens by pivoting around the axis of rotation of its hinges, thus emptying the tank 4.
  • the retractable hook 9 moves along the face internal 4a of the tank 4 in the direction of the floor of the tank 4, until it lodges in the orifice 13 or the recess of the front wall 4c of the tank 4.
  • the hook 7c located at the free end of the locking branch 7d of the bent piece 7 then comes into engagement with the extreme part 8e of the arm 8b of the pivoting part 8, preventing movement of the latter.
  • the device is thus in the locking position and the tray 1 in the filling with its cover 2 in the closed position.
  • the locking / unlocking device may also include a release system 17 fixed on the substantially flat wall of the cover 2 of the tray 1 and intended to be actuated by a control member, such as a key (not shown), the said unlocking system 17 making it possible to unlock the cover 2 of tray 1 when tray 1 is in the filling position, without that tilting of said tray 1 is necessary.
  • a control member such as a key (not shown)
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a second mode of realization of the invention.
  • the drive branch 7th of the bent piece 7 is thus substantially horizontal, when the tray 1 is in the position of filling, the cover 2 being closed.
  • the stop 15 of the first mode of realization is no longer necessary, the casing 12 forming a stop for the drive branch 7th of the bent part 7.
  • the advantage of this second embodiment is the stability of the device in locking position.
  • the counterweight 7a is located, when the tank 1 is in the filling position and the cover 2 closed, at the same level as the axis of rotation A of the part angled 7, or below.
  • a shock exerted against the front wall 4c of the tank 4 does not tend to unlock the device, unlike the device according to the first mode of embodiment, where the counterweight 7a tends to move, following a such a shock, towards the internal face 2a of the cover 2, thus unlocking the device.
  • the two branches 7d, 7e of the part angled 7 are not rigidly linked but can pivot one relative to the other around axis A.
  • the locking / unlocking device also includes a pendulum 18, in the shape of a circular sector, movable in rotation around a axis D linked to the cover 2 and substantially parallel to the axes of rotation A, B, C.
  • the axis of rotation of the balance 18 is located towards the point 18a of the balance 18, at opposite the extreme free edge 18b of said pendulum 18.
  • the free end edge 18b of the pendulum 18 is then directed towards the floor of the tank 4, and is supported on a side wall 7f of the bent piece 7, located towards the flyweight 7a, at the free end of the drive branch 7e.
  • the pivoting of the bent piece 7 around its axis A is limited in the two directions, on the one hand by the casing 12, and on the other hand by the balance 18.
  • the presence of the pendulum 18 makes it possible to avoid inadvertent unlocking of the device following a vertical shock exerted on the tank 1, the pendulum 18 playing the role of a movable stop.
  • the system of release 17 is intended to be actuated by a control member, such that a key (not shown), and allows to unlock the cover 2 of the tray 1 when the tank 1 is in the filling position, without a tilting of the said tray 1 is required.
  • the unlocking system 17 has an opening 21, intended to cooperate with the control member, and fixed to the casing 12 so that, when the cover 2 is closed, said opening 21 is accessible by a user by the front face of the cover. Failure to place the opening 21 on the above cover 2 prevents damage due to frost.
  • the release system 17 further comprises a finger 22 which can be moved, thanks to the control member, between an inactive position in which it does not act on the locking / unlocking device, and a active position in which said device is unlocked.
  • the retractable hook 9 comprises a ramp 23 extending substantially perpendicular to its flat wall 9b, and arranged obliquely relative to the free end 9a of said retractable hook 9.
  • the finger 22 In the inactive position, the finger 22 is in contact with the end portion 24 of the ramp 23 located furthest from the free end 9a of the retractable hook 9, and exerts no effort on the ramp 23.
  • the retractable hook 9 is then engaged in the orifice 13 or the recess of the tank 4.
  • the finger 22 In the active position, the finger 22 is therefore in contact with the end portion 25 of the ramp 23 and exerts a force on it, the retractable hook 9 being disengaged from the orifice 13 or from the recess of the tank 4.
  • the orifice 13 can be accessible from the outside of the tank 1, by the groove 6, an unauthorized person can therefore push the hook retractable 9 out of the orifice 13, so as to unlock the cover 2.
  • the locking / unlocking device can include a protection device 26, which is now described with reference in Figures 12 to 14.
  • the protective device 26 also has the function of limiting the wear of the retractable hook 9, reducing the friction of said hook 9 against edges 10 of orifice 13 of tank 4, and avoid obstruction thereof during emptying.
  • the protection device 26 has the shape of a channel, for example parallelepiped, engaged in the orifice 13 of the tank 4, and projecting towards the outside of the tank 4, in the groove 6.
  • the protection device 26 comprises a first opening 27 opening into the interior of the tank 4, and a second opening 28 opening into the groove 6, so that said device 26 cooperates with the opening 13 of the tank 4 and that the hook retractable 9 can be engaged in said channel.
  • the end 29 of the said channel opening into the groove 6 is located beyond the end 9a of the retractable hook 9, when the tray 1 is in the position of filling and the cover 2 closed, thus preventing access to the hook 9 by a user's fingers.
  • the protection device 26 comprises clips 30 (see FIG. 13) allowing its blocking in the orifice 13 of the front wall 4c of the tank 4.
  • the protective device 26 comprises a movable element for protection 31 intended to prevent the obstruction of the orifice 13.
  • the element of protection 31 consists of hairs 32 juxtaposed on a surface which is substantially flat, said protective element 31 being fixed towards a flange 33 of the opening 27 of the channel opening into the interior of the tank 4.

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