EP1354826B1 - Housing for accommodating a refuse container - Google Patents

Abstract

The waste bin cabinet (1) has at least one door (3) which can hinge around a vertical (31) and a horizontal (30) axis. The door in one storage area is rigidly connected to the housing (2) of the cabinet by connecting elements, and in two other storage areas is detachably connected to the housing by more connecting elements, whereby the door with simultaneous connection in the first and second storage areas is pivotable around a respective hinge axis. The storage areas are arranged in such a way that one hinge axis extends on the lower horizontal side of the door and one on a vertical side.

Description

The invention relates to a waste container cabinet for receiving at least one waste container according to the preamble of claim 1.

Waste bin cabinets are used to house the usual household waste and household waste containers and the usual recyclables and recyclables containers. The respective barrels and / or containers are provided by the waste container cabinets on the one hand with an aesthetically sophisticated cladding and on the other hand against theft and unauthorized filling protected.

For filling the respective tons and / or containers with household waste and / or valuable materials, it is known, the waste container cabinets to equip with lying over the respective containers flaps over which a throw can take place. There are more flaps over which the containers and / or tons can be set by the respective disposal companies in the waste container cabinets and can be removed from these.

By throwing from above into the respective container and / or tons a specified by the respective containers minimum insertion height is technically specified. The throwing of household waste and / or recyclables is therefore difficult for smaller or older people. Furthermore, several flaps per waste container in the known waste container cabinets are necessary.

From US 2,606,804 a holder for a attachable, for example, under a sink trash can is known, wherein the trash can in the holder is pivotable about both a horizontal and about a vertical axis.

Object of the present invention is therefore to provide a waste container cabinet, which allows a comfortable filling of the respective waste container with waste.

This object is achieved by a waste container cabinet for receiving at least one waste container with the features of claim 1.

Accordingly, a waste container cabinet for receiving at least one refuse container comprises a housing and at least one door connected to this housing, wherein the door can pivot both about a vertical and about a horizontal pivot axis. According to the invention, the door is connected in a first storage area to the housing via at least one engagement area. In two other storage areas is the Door releasably connected to the housing via engagement regions, wherein the door is pivotable about a respective one of the pivot axes with simultaneous connection in the first storage area and in each case a further storage area. It can be so the pivoting reach around a horizontal and a vertical pivot axis, so that a waste container can be easily filled and easily removed from the waste container cabinet.

In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the storage areas are arranged such that a pivot axis extends on the lower horizontal side and a further pivot axis on a vertical side of the built-in housing in the door. It is thus possible to pivot the door built into the housing on the one hand on a vertical axis in order to adjust the waste container in the waste container cabinet and on the other to pivot on an axis extending at the lower horizontal side of the built-in door housing axis to be able to fill the respective waste containers with waste.

In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, a movable linkage is arranged as a connecting element in the door, which can engage releasably with an engagement region, in at least one, arranged on the housing in one of the other storage areas bearing bush. It is advantageous if the movable linkage has at least two engagement regions, which can engage detachably in the two bearing areas in arranged on the housing sockets. It is advantageous if the movable linkage is engageable with its engagement portions in a first position with a first bushing, in a second position with a second bushing, and in a third position with both bushings simultaneously engaged. The advantage here is that to make movable linkage via hand-operated handle movable. Advantageously, this hand-operated handle is lockable. By this embodiment of the invention, the individual pivot axes of the door on the linkage can be easily defined. It is also possible to control the linkage via a hand-operated handle so that in a first position, the door for adjusting the respective Waste containers can be opened, in a second position, the door can be pivoted to fill trash and in a third position, the door is fully locked.

It is advantageous if the door circumference has at least one corner which separates two sides in the door from each other and the first storage area is substantially attached to the corner and one of the other two storage areas is provided on each of the two sides. This can be done with a rectangular door pivoting this door to the axes defined above.

It is advantageous if at least one locking means is provided which prevents disengagement of the engagement areas when the door is opened. It is also advantageous if the locking means is designed as a lever mounted on an axle, which is supported on one side on the housing and on the other side with at least one connecting element can be brought into engagement. It is advantageous to bias the lever with a spring element against the housing. About this locking means can ensure that an open door is not disengaged by accidental operation of the engaging portions, in particular by accidental operation of the operating handle in another storage area. It is thereby prevented that the door is attached only to the first, fixed storage area and thus can not follow a defined axis more and meets the respective operator.

In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, a tilting member mechanically connected to the door is provided in the housing, on which a waste container can be positioned, wherein the tilting element the waste container in a tilted Position transferred when the door is pivoted about the lower horizontal axis. Through the connection of the Tilting element with the door can be transferred during pivoting of the door in a position for filling the refuse container, so when pivoting the door about the lower horizontal axis, the waste container also in a tilted position. As a result, the filling of the waste container is further facilitated.

In a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, a cover is pivoted on the rear side opposite the door of the housing in the interior, wherein the cover is mechanically connected to a pivoting lever. The pivoting lever can be brought into contact with the rearward container wall of the refuse container such that the covering element closes off a refuse container which is located in an upright position in the housing and releases a refuse container which is in a tilted and / or withdrawn position. The advantage here is to bias the pivot lever with a spring element against the housing. Furthermore, it is advantageous to be able to articulate the cover at the back of the housing in different positions. The respective waste containers can be set open in the waste container cabinet. The cover closes the respective waste container, so that an odor nuisance of the environment is excluded. To fill the respective waste container, which is associated with a tilting of the waste container, the cover is lifted from the waste container, so that an easy filling is possible.

It is advantageous to design the waste container cabinet so that domestic refuse bins and / or household refuse containers can be adjusted. In this way, conventional waste containers can be used with the invention.

Figur 1

perspektivische Darstellung eines erfindungsgemäßen Abfallbehälterschrankes für zwei Abfallbehälter,

Figur 2

seitliche Schnittdarstellung durch den in Figur 1 gezeigten Abfallbehälterschrank,

Figur 3

eine Tür des Abfallbehälterschranks aus Figur 1 und 2 in einer Kippstellung,

Figur 4

die Tür aus Figur 3 in einer Verschlussstellung,

Figur 5

die Tür aus Figur 3 und 4 in einer Schwenkstellung,

Figur 6

Verstellgestänge für eine Tür gemäß Figur 3 bis 5,

Figur 7

schematische Darstellung eines Verriegelungsmittels, dass das Verstellgestänge aus Figur 6 der Tür gegen unbeabsichtigte Betätigung schützt,

Figur 8 und 9

schematische Darstellung des Abfallbehälterschranks mit einem die Öffnungen der Abfallbehälter abdeckenden Abdeckelement in einer geschlossenen und einer geöffneten Stellung,

Figur 10

perspektivische Darstellung eines erfindungsgemäßen Abfallbehälterschranks in einer weiteren Ausführungsform, und

Figur 11

perspektivische Innenansicht des Abfallbehälterschranks der Figur 10.

Further advantages of the invention will become apparent in the following description of an embodiment with reference to the drawings of the figures. Show it:

FIG. 1

perspective view of a waste container cabinet according to the invention for two waste containers,

FIG. 2

side sectional view through the waste container cabinet shown in Figure 1,

FIG. 3

a door of the waste container cabinet of Figure 1 and 2 in a tilted position,

FIG. 4

the door of Figure 3 in a closed position,

FIG. 5

the door of Figures 3 and 4 in a pivot position,

FIG. 6

Verstellgestänge for a door according to Figure 3 to 5,

FIG. 7

schematic representation of a locking means that protects the Verstellgestänge of Figure 6 of the door against inadvertent operation,

FIGS. 8 and 9

schematic representation of the waste container cabinet with a covering the openings of the waste container cover in a closed and an open position,

FIG. 10

Perspective view of a waste container cabinet according to the invention in one another embodiment, and

FIG. 11

perspective interior view of the waste container cabinet of Figure 10.

FIG. 1 shows a waste container cabinet 1 according to the invention. The waste container cabinet 1 has a housing 2, which is poured in a preferred embodiment of concrete. The housing 2 has on its visible in the figure front an opening through which set in this embodiment, two garbage cans 5 in the housing 2 and removed for emptying and through which the garbage cans 5 can be filled, for example, household waste. As garbage cans 5, for example, usual 2401 vessels are used.

The opening in the housing 2 can be closed by doors 3 and flaps 4 hinged to the housing 2. The flap 4 is hinged via a hinge 40 pivotally mounted on the housing 2. The door 3 is, as will be shown later, on the one hand as seen in Figure 1, about its lower horizontal axis 30 pivotally, on the other hand also pivotable about a lying on an outer side of the housing 2 axis. This makes it possible to pivot the garbage cans 5 for filling with waste together with the door 3 about the lower horizontal axis 30 of the door 3, as shown in Figure 1 at the left garbage bin 5 and the left door 3. For emptying the garbage cans 5, for example, by a Entsorggerbetrieb, the door 3 can then be pivoted about a vertical axis of the door 3 and the respective garbage bin 5 removed from the housing 2 and set back into this.

In the position shown in Figure 1, the left garbage bin 5, this is pivoted in the same direction with the door 3, to a simple filling of the garbage bin 5 by users to enable. Since the rear side of the garbage bin 5 is raised by the pivoting movement, this abuts against the flap 4, which is thereby also deflected.

The right door 3 shown in FIG. 1 here has a schematically illustrated hand lever 6, with which the pivot axis of the respective door 3 can be fixed by means of a mechanism shown below. This hand lever 6 is present on each of the doors 3, in the figure 1 for the sake of clarity, but shown only on the right door 3. The hand lever 6 can be made lockable via a lock. The lock serves to allow only authorized persons to fill the respective containers with waste and to prevent theft of the waste bins.

In Figure 2, the known from Figure 1 waste container cabinet 1 is shown in a sectional view. Here again the housing 2, the door 3, the flap 4 and the garbage bin 5 can be seen. The front wheelie bin 5 is here in a pivoted position and the rear wheelie bin 5 is shown in a position set in the housing 2, according to the arrangement known from FIG. The garbage cans 5 are set in the waste container cabinet 1 according to the invention with the lid 51 open in order to allow easy filling.

A pivoting of the door 3 to the underlying horizontal axis 30 of the door 3 results in the illustrated embodiment simultaneously in a pivoting of the garbage bin 5. This is achieved in that a tilting element 7, on which the garbage bin 5 is connected via a chain 8 with the Door 3 is connected. Upon pivoting of the door 3 about its underlying horizontal axis 30, the tilting element 7 is also placed on the chain 8 in a tilted position, whereby the tilting movement of the garbage bin 5 located thereon is initiated and supported. The garbage bin 5 is tilted about the axis 50, which is formed by the wheel axle of the garbage bin 5. The point of articulation of the chain 8 on the door 3 lies in the lower region of the door 3, so that there is a strong lever effect when the door 3 is operated via the opening strip 16 attached to its upper side. Even heavy, completely filled garbage cans 5 can therefore easily swing out of the housing 2. Since the axis 50 of the garbage bin 5 and the lower horizontal axis 30 of the door 3 do not coincide, it also results in a pivoting movement of the garbage bin 5, that it slides down a piece of the door 3 and is thereby moved to a comfortable filling position.

In Figures 3 to 5, the door 3 is shown with a control mechanism for controlling the respective pivot axis of the door 3 in different control positions. The control mechanism for controlling the respective pivot axis of the door 3 consists essentially of a linkage 9, which ends inter alia in two Eingriffsbereichen91 and 92. The Eingriffsbereiche91 and 92 take in each case in the housing 2 of the waste container cabinet 1 introduced, not shown here, jacks. The engagement region 91 is responsible for a pivoting of the door 3 about its vertical axis and the engagement portion 92 for pivoting the door 3 about its horizontal pivot axis. In this case, a fixed, non-adjustable engagement portion 90 is provided, which is always in engagement with the housing 2. This fixed engagement region 90, together with one of the two releasable engagement regions 91, 92, forms the respective pivot axes of the door 3. The linkage 9 is shown again in detail in FIG.

The engaging portions 91, 92, which are formed in the present embodiment only by a narrow, predetermined by the linkage 9 area, may be in another, not shown embodiment also on extend the whole side of the door 3. For example, it is advantageous to provide the engagement region 91, 92 at a plurality of positions of the respective door side so as to obtain a switchable door hinge with a plurality of connecting points, for example in the manner of a piano strap. By using an extended engagement area on the respective door side, the stability against a narrow engagement area can be improved.

The linkage 9 is, as can be seen in Figure 3, connected via two lever elements 10 with the hand lever 6, not shown here, located on the other side of the door 3. A pivoting of the hand lever 6 therefore results in a displacement of the linkage 9 in the vertical direction.

FIG. 3 shows a position in which the door 3 can be pivoted about its lower horizontal axis. For this purpose, the lower engagement region 92 of the linkage 9 and the fixed engagement region 90 engage in bushings (not illustrated here) in the housing 2 of the waste container cabinet 1. By the engagement portion 92 of the rod 9 and the fixed engagement portion 90 so the lower horizontal pivot axis of the door 3 is defined.

In Figure 4, the linkage 9 and thus the door 3 is shown in a position in which all three engagement portions 90, 91, 92 are in engagement with bushings in the housing 2 of the waste container cabinet 1. The door 3 is therefore in the position of the linkage 9 shown in Figure 4 in a fully locked position and can not be pivoted in any direction.

In Figure 5, the door in the third possible position of the linkage 9 is shown. The linkage 9 has now arrived at the top stop of its possible adjustment range. The engagement region 92 is therefore no longer in engagement with Dahingegen is now the engagement portion 91, which is provided at the upper end of the linkage 9, in engagement with a not shown here, a corresponding socket in the housing 2. The fixed engagement portion 90 is further engaged with his socket. In this case, the pivot axis of the door 3 is now defined by the two engaging portions 91 and 90 and the door 3 can now be pivoted about a vertical axis.

FIG. 6 once again shows the linkage 9 with the two engagement regions 92 and 91. A vertical displacement of the linkage 9 results in a displacement of the engagement portions 91 and 92 which are thereby engaged either separately or both simultaneously with corresponding bushings in the housing 2. Furthermore, a locking mask 93 described below can be seen, which has two different position recesses 930 and which is connected directly to the linkage 9.

In Figure 7, a locking mechanism 11 is shown, which prevents incorrect operation of the linkage 9, for example by actuation of the hand lever 6. The locking mechanism 11 consists of a locking lever 12 which is pivotally mounted in its central region on a rotation axis 122. The locking lever 12 is pressed at its hook-shaped upper end 123 in the closed position of the door 3 of the housing 2 of the waste bin 1 against a spring 120.

When opening the door 3, the bias of the spring 120 presses the locking lever 12 against a locking mask 93 which communicates directly with the linkage 9, and in which two position recesses 930 are provided. The lock lever 12 has a lock pin 121 engaged with those in the lock mask 93 Position recesses 930 comes when the linkage 9 is slightly moved in the open state of the door 3.

The locking mask 93 is fixed to the linkage 9, so that the linkage 9 can not be moved in the open position of the door with the locking pin 121 engaged in the position recesses 930 of the locking mask 93. By this configuration, an inadvertent pivoting of the handle 6 associated with the linkage 9 is avoided and the respective engagement portions 91, 92 can not come out of engagement with the respective sockets in the open state of the door 3. This blocking takes place both in the case of the horizontal and in the case of the vertical pivot axis. The door 3 can therefore not be affected by accidental operation of the hand lever 6 in an open position of the operator.

When closing the door 3, the housing 2 of the waste bin 1 pushes against the hook-shaped portion 123 of the locking lever 12, which is rotated against the spring 120 about its axis of rotation 122 again. The locking pin 121 thus comes again out of engagement with the position recesses 930 of the locking mask 93. This allows actuation of the rod 9 by the hand lever 6 in the closed state of the door 3 again.

FIG. 8 shows a waste container cabinet 1 with a set waste bin 5 whose lid 51 has been opened. The opened garbage bin 5 is covered by a cover member 14 which is hinged to an axle 140 on the housing 2. A pivoting lever 15 is on the one hand in mechanical connection with the cover 14 and on the other hand in contact with a back of the garbage bin 5. The pivot lever 15 ensures in the position shown in Figure 8 the garbage bin 5 that the cover 14 is pressed onto the garbage bin 5.

The pivot lever 15 is biased by a spring 150 against the housing 2. The bias caused by the spring 150 causes, as shown in Figure 9, in a pivoted position of the garbage bin 5, the cover 14 is lifted from the garbage bin 5 and the opening of the garbage bin 5 is thus released. The position of the axis 140, on which the cover 14 is hinged to the housing 2, can be adjusted at least in height. This is achieved in that a Anlenkbeschlag is fixed in slots and so a height adjustment of the axis 140 can be made. The cover 14 can thus be set to waste container 5 with different dimensions.

The cover 14 ensures that the opened, set in the waste container cabinet 1 trash can is closed and no odor. In this case, an odor filter can be integrated into the cover element 14, for example an activated carbon filter, which first filters the waste gases produced in the dustbin 5 and then discharges them into the environment.

FIG. 10 shows a waste container cabinet 1 according to the invention in a further variant. The waste container cabinet 1 in turn has a housing 2, which has an opening at its front visible in the figure, through which in this embodiment two garbage cans 5 set in the housing 2 and removed for emptying and by the garbage cans 5, for example Household waste can be filled. The opening is closable with the two doors 3, wherein in the figure the door 3 arranged on the left side is pivoted about its vertical axis 31 in a door 3 arranged around its lower horizontal axis 30 and on the right-hand side. In contrast to the embodiment shown in Figures 1 and 2, the use of a flap 4 is omitted here. The doors 3 Rather extend over the entire height of the opening in the housing 2 of the waste container cabinet. 1

FIG. 11 shows an interior view of the waste container cabinet 1 from FIG. With the door 3, as already described, a tilting element 7 is connected, which supports the tilting movement of the waste bins thereon when the door 3 is pivoted about its lower horizontal axis 30. Furthermore, the cover member 14 also described is shown, which is hinged to a rear wall of the housing 2 on an axis 140 pivotally. The pivot lever 15 comes when setting and / or swinging the trash can in contact with the rear side and is so pressed onto the respective trash can.

The invention is not limited to the embodiments described above and can also be embodied in other ways within the scope of the following claims. It is essential for the invention alone that a door of a waste container cabinet is firmly connected in a first storage area with the housing via connecting elements and is detachably connected in two other storage areas with the housing via connecting elements, the door while being connected to the first storage area and each a further storage area is pivotable about a respective pivot axis.

Claims (16)

1. Housing (1) for accommodating at least one refuse container (5) comprising an enclosure (2) and at least one door (3) connected thereto, the door (3) being pivotable about a vertical pivoting axis and about a horizontal pivoting axis (30), characterized in that the door (3) is in a first bearing region connected to the enclosure (2) via at least one engagement region (90) and is in two further bearing regions connected releasably to the enclosure (2) via engagement regions (91, 92), the door (3) being pivotable about in each case one of the pivoting axes when connected in the first bearing region and in each case one further bearing region at the same time.
2. Housing (1) for accommodating a refuse container according to Claim 1, characterized in that the bearing regions are arranged in such a way that one pivoting axis extends on the lower horizontal side and one pivoting axis extends on a vertical side of the door (3) mounted in the enclosure (2).
3. Housing (1) for accommodating a refuse container according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a movable linkage (9), which can with an engagement region (91, 92) engage releasably in at least one bearing bush arranged on the enclosure (2) in one of the further bearing regions, is arranged in the door as a connecting element.
4. Housing (1) for accommodating a refuse container according to Claim 3, characterized in that the movable linkage (9) has at least two engagement regions (91, 92) which can in the two bearing regions engage releasably in bushes arranged on the enclosure (2).
5. Housing (1) for accommodating a refuse container according to Claim 4, characterized in that the movable linkage (90) is with its engagement regions (91, 92) in engagement with a first bush in a first position, in engagement with a second bush in a second position and in engagement with both bushes at the same time in a third position.
6. Housing (1) for accommodating a refuse container according to one of Claims 3 to 5, characterized in that the movable linkage (9) is moved via a manually operable handle (6).
7. Housing (1) for accommodating a refuse container according to Claim 6, characterized in that the manually operable handle (6) is lockable.
8. Housing (1) for accommodating a refuse container according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the door periphery has at least one corner which separates two sides of the door (3) from one another and the first bearing region is provided essentially at the corner and in each case one of the two further bearing regions is provided on in each case one of the two sides.
9. Housing (1) for accommodating a refuse container according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one locking means (11) is provided, which prevents release of the engagement regions (91, 92) when the door (3) is open.
10. Housing (1) for accommodating a refuse container according to Claim 9, characterized in that the locking means (11) is designed as a lever (12) mounted on an axis (122), which lever is on one side (123) supported on the enclosure (2) and can on the other side (121) be brought into engagement with at least one engagement region (9, 93).
11. Housing (1) for accommodating a refuse container according to Claim 10, characterized in that the lever (12) is prestressed in relation to the enclosure (2) with a spring element (120).
12. Housing (1) for accommodating a refuse container according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a tilting element (7) connected mechanically to the door (3), on which element a refuse container (5) can be positioned, is provided in the enclosure (2), the tilting element (7) transferring the refuse container (5) into a tilted position when the door (3) is pivoted about the lower horizontal axis (30).
13. Housing (1) for accommodating a refuse container according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a covering element (14) is articulated pivotably in the interior on the rear side of the enclosure (2) lying opposite the door (3), the covering element (14) being connected mechanically to a pivoting lever (15) which can be brought into contact with the rear container wall of the refuse container (5) in such a way that the covering element (14) closes a refuse container (5) located in an upright position in the enclosure (2) and opens a refuse container (5) located in a tilted and/or pulled-out position.
14. Housing (1) for accommodating a refuse container according to Claim 13, characterized in that the pivoting lever (15) is prestressed in relation to the enclosure (2) with a spring element (150).
15. Housing (1) for accommodating a refuse container according to Claim 13 or 14, characterized in that the covering element (14) can be articulated in different positions on the rear side of the enclosure (2).
16. Housing (1) for accommodating a refuse container according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that domestic refuse bins and/or domestic refuse containers (5) can be put into the housing (1) for accommodating a refuse container.

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