EP1348645A1 - Refuse receptacle - Google Patents

Abstract

The bin (9) is circular in plan view and the walls of the container (11) taper slightly toward the flat bottom. A handle is incorporated with the lid. It is of semicircular shape and folds down into a groove at the edge of the lid. The lid has a ring or downward-extending flange (10) on its outside. Paired slits (15) divide off flexible tongues (14) from the rest of the ring. The tongues have hooks engaging an undercut groove below the rim of the container.

Description

The present invention relates to a waste collector according to the Preamble of claim 1.

A waste collector is for example from WO 99/24332 (PCT / NL98 / 00653) known. With this known waste collector the ring just on the edge of the container placed. On the ring there is an articulated lid for the Waste collector attached. Lanyard between the ring and the container is not provided. Obviously it is also not an inner bin for a waste bin, but that Container forms the outer waste collector itself. The garbage bag is hung over the edge of the container and then at Put on the ring clamped. The trash bag is in the Edge area over so that when the ring is in this overhanging area is visible from the outside, what the arrangement gives an unsightly provisional appearance. Because no Fixing means are provided for the ring on the edge of the container there is a risk that the ring will come off the container if you accidentally hit the the upper area of the waste collector.

A waste collector of the type mentioned is, for example, from DE 296 00 285 U1 become known. The ring body for Fixing the garbage bag is in the upper edge area of the The container can be locked in place. However, here too there is Disadvantage in that the garbage bag remains visible from the outside and the Arrangement thus gives an unsightly appearance.

U.S. Patent 5,385,259 discloses a waste collector especially for diapers, a bucket, a lid and one Has ring. The ring can be placed on the top of the bucket and be fixed there. The combination of ring and lid ensures that the garbage bag inside the bucket is from is not visible from the outside. The disadvantage here, however, is that the Fixing the ring to the bucket is relatively complicated and that the Garbage bags only after the combination of ring and lid is covered on the outside.

The object of the present invention is a To create waste collectors of the type mentioned, in which a secure connection between the ring and the top Edge region of the container is given, with the Bag can be attached so that after attaching the ring is no longer visible from the outside.

A solution according to the invention provides this object Waste collector of the type mentioned at the beginning with the characteristic features of the main claim. The one on the is the upper edge of the container attachable ring According to the invention shaped so that it two approximately vertical parallel Ring leg has, which is basically about the shape cross-section of a U-profile open towards the bottom. The ring is placed on the container so that the inner ring leg lies on the inside of the container and the outside Ring leg lies on the outside of the container. The ring but can also be a different and possibly from this basic shape is based on a more complex cross-sectional shape exhibit.

According to the invention, the container of the waste collector is included preferably an inner bin for a waste container, d. that is Container in turn in a larger serving as an outer container Container is placed. If this is your preferred Variant of the invention is an inner bucket, then it is in usually necessary that you can lift this inner bucket to remove it from the outer container for emptying. you usually uses hangers on these inner buckets for lifting. A development of the invention therefore provides that on the ring a bracket is attached, by means of which you can lift the container can.

An advantage of the invention is that you can use the garbage bag the attachable ring to the container so that it is covered from the outside by the ring. The garbage bag disappears in the area of the gap between the ring and the upper edge of the container. So the garbage bag doesn't look more in an overlapping area in an unsightly way from the outside the ring.

Locking the ring in the upper edge area of the Container can be done in that the ring at least one, preferably has at least two rest areas, in which it with an upper portion of the container force and / or is positively connectable. Such a rest area can For example, include a locking tongue, which is preferably approximately radial direction is resilient. Such a latch can to make it resilient, for example, by provides slots on both sides of the rest area so that the The tongue is exposed at the lower end and thus approximately in the radial direction something is moving. This latch can be through the Material tension in the radial direction slightly under tension stand so that the locking tongue when pushed onto the upper Edge area, d. that is, the latching area of the container, so to speak snaps.

A preferred development of the invention provides that on the Container a distance below the top edge is formed. In this case, you can click the locking area of the ring Snap into this paragraph. The container shows preferably one radially further in the area of the shoulder internal undercut. Then when the rest area in a radially inward bend in the lower end region it can snap over the heel into the undercut, so that there is a particularly secure connection, the one Lifting the ring upwards even when pulling prevented. Such traction is exerted when you do that Container used as an inner bucket and on a bracket that like was carried out above, for example is attached to the ring, is raised. With a constructive solution of the snap connection in the above way, is lifting the whole Container by means of a bracket, which is located on the ring, but easily possible.

Such a bracket is usually in the non-use state horizontally and is then swiveled up around a horizontal axis, if you have the waste collector or the container, which a Inner bin for a waste container is, wants to lift. By doing The strap can be used on parts of the ring when not in use lay down. To do this, corresponding areas can be found on the ring form between which the bracket can be put down. For example can be at least partially ring-shaped on the top of the ring concentric ring ribs projecting upwards.

As a rule, the outer ring leg is with the inner one Ring leg through a web running at right angles to this connected. When the ring is attached, this bridge can be placed on the upper one Lie on the edge of the container and thus a support for the ring create and a kind of stop when sliding the ring on Fastening on the upper edge area of the container. About that In addition, for example, a web-like can on the ring horizontal support area may be provided which extends radially extends outwards, so that there is, for example, a lid of a waste collector. With two vertical parallels Ring legs can be a little shorter than the inner ring leg the outer ring leg. The outer ring leg is covered preferably the aforementioned paragraph of the container.

The features mentioned in the subclaims relate to preferred developments of the task solution according to the invention. Further advantages of the invention result from the following Detailed description.

Fig. 1

eine Ansicht eines erfindungsgemäßen Abfallsammlers;

Fig. 2

einen Längsschnitt durch den Abfallsammler entlang der Linie II von Figur 1;

Fig. 3

einen weiteren Längsschnitt durch den erfindungsgemäßen Abfallsammler entlang der Linie III III von Figur 2;

Fig. 4

eine Draufsicht auf den erfindungsgemäßen Abfallsammler;

Fig. 5

eine vergrößerte Detailansicht entsprechend dem Ausschnitt V von Figur 2;

Fig. 6

eine vergrößerte Detailansicht entsprechend dem Ausschnitt VI von Figur 3.

The present invention is described in more detail below on the basis of exemplary embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings. Show

Fig. 1

a view of a waste collector according to the invention;

Fig. 2

a longitudinal section through the waste collector along the line II of Figure 1;

Fig. 3

a further longitudinal section through the waste collector according to the invention along the line III III of Figure 2;

Fig. 4

a plan view of the waste collector according to the invention;

Fig. 5

an enlarged detail view corresponding to section V of Figure 2;

Fig. 6

an enlarged detail view corresponding to section VI of Figure 3.

First, reference is made to FIG. 1. The illustration shows a waste collector according to the invention, the total with the Reference numeral 9 is designated. The waste collector includes an im Principle of largely cylindrical container 11 (see also FIG. 4) and one on the upper edge region of this container 11 attached ring 10. The container 11 of the waste collector is a Inner bin for a waste bin, d. that is, the container 11 is in placed a larger waste container (not shown here). However, the container 11 can in principle also be used separately Waste collectors can be used. To the container 11, d. i.e. the Take the inner bucket out of a waste container or around otherwise the container 11 is raised, a bracket 13 is provided, which can be seen in Figures 2 and 4. This bracket 13 is in Figure 4 shown in the horizontal rest position, in which he is stored and the bracket can about a horizontal pivot axis 13a (see Figure 4) are pivoted into a vertical position, see above that by touching the bracket 13, the container 11 can lift.

The ring 10, which is on the upper edge region of the container 11 can be put in place and fixed to the container 11 is now below with reference to Figures 2 to 6 in more detail described. It can be seen from FIG. 6 that the ring 10 in principle around a U-shaped cross-section in its basic form downward open ring, with two vertical parallel ones Ring legs 10a, 10b, which are connected and connected by a are connected to this perpendicular web 10c. At on the container 11 snapped onto the ring 10 lies the web 10c as one in Figure 6 recognizes on the upper edge of the container 11. Around To increase the stability of the arrangement is also the distance of the Ring legs 10a, 10b smaller towards the upper edge of the container 11 than the length of the ring legs 10a, 10b. Located on the ring 10 there is another protruding outwards at the level of the web 10c Formation, which forms a horizontal support region 21, so that there is a lid of a waste collector (not in Figure 5 shown) can hang up. From Figure 6 it can be seen that the outer Ring leg 10a is longer and thus with ring 10 attached is pulled slightly further down than the inner ring leg 10b. Furthermore, one can see that with the ring 10 in place, the inner one Ring leg 10b lies on the inside of the container 11, while the outer ring leg 10a on the outside of the Container 11 is located.

From Figures 5 and 6 and in particular from the top view according to FIG. 4 it can be seen that the ring 10 is on the upper side two at least partially annular concentric protruding upwards Ring ribs 19, 20 are formed so that the bracket 13 in the Can rest position between these ring ribs. This recognizes one also in FIGS. 5 and 6.

From Figure 1 it can be seen that the ring 10 at least one Locking area 14 in the form of an approximately radial direction resilient elastically formed tongue, being laterally next to this elastic tongue 14 of the latching area in each case slits 15 lie. This resilient tongue 14 can be in the recognize enlarged sectional view according to Figure 5. How one see, the ring 10 is in the area of this tongue 14 in cross section formed that there is a radial in the lower end region of the tongue inward bend 18 is located. On the container 11 there is a shoulder 16 approximately in the lower end region of the tongue 14, the overlying upper portion 11a of the container protrudes radially outwards, so that the cross section in this area 11a is somewhat expanded compared to the rest of the container 11. The Paragraph 16 also forms a small projection downwards, so that there is an undercut 17 on the container behind paragraph 16 lies. If you now the resilient tongue 14, the radial Spring tension is when the ring 10 is placed on the upper Pushes on edge area 11a of the container, then the lower one clicks into place End area of the tongue with the radially inward bend 18 on the paragraph 16 of the container in the undercut 17, so that there is a snap connection. Because the Bend 18 runs horizontally and reaches under paragraph 16, is this connection non-positively and in such a way that a lifting of the Rings 10 even if you lift on the bracket 13 and thus the weight of the waste container is not possible. The Connection of the ring 10 placed on the container 11 with the Container 11 via the resilient locking tongue 14 is on the one hand positive locking connection (see Figure 5) and also a secure non-positive connection. There can be several springy elastic tongues 14 of this type over the circumference of the ring 10 be distributed (see Figure 2). As can be seen from FIG. 6, is the outer ring leg 10a pulled down so far that it beyond paragraph 16 of the container 11 downwards extends and thus covers it from the outside. The Strap 13 is in the state deposited on the ring according to the Figures 5 and 6 between the two concentric upwards protruding ring ribs 19, 20. The elasticity of the resilient Elastic tongue 14 is in particular by the in Figure 1 shown slots 15 ensures that the tongue 14th (or the tongues) only over narrower upper areas with the Material of the rest of the ring 10 is connected. The assembly of the ring 10 on the container 11 is very simple, since it is sufficient to the ring 10 to put on from above and to slide down until the Bend 18 of the tongue 14 jumps over the paragraph 16 and the Snap connection is established.

The location of the garbage bag 12 inserted into the container 11, the 5 and 6 is clamped by means of the ring 10 recognizable.

Claims (13)

Waste collector with a container holding a garbage bag and with at least one ring which can be placed on the upper edge of the container for fixing the garbage bag, the ring (10) being lockable on the upper edge region of the container (11), characterized in that the ring (10) has two vertical parallel ring legs (10a, 10b), the inner ring leg (10b) lying on the inside of the container (11) and the outer ring leg (10a) lying on the outside of the container. Waste collector according to claim 1, characterized in that the container (11) is an inner bin for a waste container. Waste collector according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the garbage bag (12) can be attached to the container (11) by means of the attachable ring (10) in such a way that it is covered from the outside by the ring. Waste collector according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that a bracket (13) is attached to the ring (10), by means of which the container (11) can be raised. Waste collector according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the ring (10) has at least one, preferably at least two latching areas (14), in which it can be non-positively and / or positively connected to an upper section (11a) of the container , Waste collector according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that at least one latching area (14) comprises a tongue which is resilient in an approximately radial direction. Waste collector according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the ring (10) has slits (15) laterally next to a resilient tongue (14) of the latching area. Waste collector according to one of Claims 1 to 7, characterized in that a shoulder (16) is formed on the container (11) at a distance below the upper edge and the latching region (14) of the ring (10) snaps over this shoulder when it snaps into place. Waste collector according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the container (11) in the region of the shoulder (16) has a radially inner undercut (17). Waste collector according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the latching area (14) in the lower end area has a radially inward bend (18) which snaps over the shoulder (16) into the undercut (17). Waste collector according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that at least partially annular concentric upwardly projecting ring ribs (19, 20) are formed on the ring (10) on the upper side and the bracket (13) can be deposited between them. Waste collector according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that an outer ring leg (10a) and an inner ring leg (10b) are connected by a web (10c) connecting them and running at right angles thereto, which preferably with the ring (10) in place. lies on the upper edge of the container (11). Waste collector according to one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that the ring (10) has a web-like approximately horizontal support area (21) for a lid of the waste collector.

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