EP1443001B1 - Support device for exterior litter baskets - Google Patents

Abstract

The device has a locking assembly constituted by a flange (4) and a fastener rotatively mounted around a pivot axis (41). The assembly permits detention of a locking axis (31) integrated to a box fixed at an upper part of a dustbin. The axis is tightly maintained behind a closing surface of the fastener. The axis (41) is accessed by an assembly tool to release the axis (31) and unhook the dustbin from a vertical support.

Description

The present invention relates to a device for supporting outdoor bins.

The current outdoor bins that are found in the streets of agglomerations and which are intended for the use of passersby are generally in the form of a simple cylindrical metal basket that is just hanging on a support of tubular form of round or square section secured to a vertical wall or floor.

The tubular shaped support has below a means for anchoring the base of the basket and superiorly a means for locking the basket on said support.

The anchoring means generally consists of a simple hook allowing the engagement of the lower edge of the basket while the locking means consists of a lock of simple design, requiring to be operated in locking and unlocking using a tool which is a waste of time for the operator to empty or replace the trash.

Other supports for faster assembly and disassembly such as that described in the document FR2788503 which comprises locking means consisting on the one hand of a hook having a housing of horizontal axis intended to receive an annular element integral with a basket by vertically engaging said annular element at the bottom of the housing of the hook and secondly of a movable part pivotally and resiliently recalled so closing said housing. The annular element is then positioned at the bottom of the housing under the closing wall of the movable part and at a distance from the latter while the unlocking is effected by means of a key enabling the moving part to be pivoted.

However, if this device allows a faster locking and unlocking, many garbage cans are torn off their support by performing in particular a series of tilts of the bin made possible due to the existing game at the annular element in the housing of the hook .

The present invention aims to overcome these disadvantages by providing a hooking device for outdoor bins that allows to hang and unhook these bins quickly and to have a good hold in position of the latter preventing their tearing.

The support device for outdoor bins in particular shaped basket or basket is of the type consisting of a vertical support comprising below a means for anchoring the base of a trash and superiorly a locking means for holding in position of the trash on the support and the locking is carried out in a horizontal direction by the snapping of a horizontal locking pin, integral with the trash, in a housing made in a clevis secured to said support, closed by a movable cleat. pivoting about a horizontal axis and recalled in the closed position by elastic means, once the locking pin engaged at the bottom of said housing, so that said locking pin is held tightly in said housing behind the closure wall of said latch which blocks said axis against the bottom of the housing. The pivot axis of the cleat is accessible by means of an operating tool to allow the release of the locking pin and the stall of the bin of its support.

The cleat will preferably be made from a metal plate having a generally rectangular shape and folded at one of its ends, forming the closing wall, V-shaped so as to allow the latching of the axis of lock the trash in the housing of the screed. In addition, the end of the cleat, opposite to that folded in V will be secured to the pivot axis and may be folded in the opposite direction of the inner wing of the V and have notches for securing the cleat to elastic means closure reminding the latter in the closed position.

The folded portion of the end of the cleat, opposite that of the V-shaped, will comprise for example two notches each formed in its longitudinal sides so as to secure in each of said notches the free end of a helical spring, the other being end of said spring being secured to an upper point of the yoke.

The locking pin will preferably be fixed in a rectangular parallelepiped-shaped metal casing which will be secured by one of its faces to the upper part of the wall of the bin and open to one of its faces opposite to the face secured to said bin so as to allow the fitting of the yoke in said housing and the latching of the locking pin.

The housing may include a recess made in one of the sides of the housing adjacent to its open face so as to allow access by means of the pivot of the actuating tool cleat.

• la figure 1 représente une vue en perspective d'un dispositif de support de poubelle selon la présente invention solidarisé au sol et sur lequel est accrochée et verrouillée, par encliquetage, une poubelle en forme de corbeille cylindrique.
• la figure 2 selon la présente invention représente une vue de profil du dispositif de support de la figure 1 avec la poubelle qui lui est accrochée.
• la figure 3a représente une vue de dessus de la chape solidarisée au support vertical et des moyens d'encliquetage associés aux moyens de rappel élastiques.
• la figure 3b représente une vue de face de la chape et des moyens d'encliquetage représentés sur la figure 3a .
• la figure 3c représente une vue en coupe selon AA de la chape et des moyens d'encliquetage représentés sur la figure 3a.
• la figure 4a représente une vue en perspective de la chape destinée à être solidarisée à un support vertical pour poubelle.
• la figure 4b représente une vue en perspective du taquet d'encliquetage.
• la figure 4c représente une vue en perspective du boîtier fixé sur une poubelle et destiné à recevoir l'axe d'encliquetage d'une poubelle.
• la figure 5a montre la phase d'approche de l'élément tubulaire d'une poubelle en vue de son encliquetage dans la chape d'un support vertical.
• la figure 5b représente la phase de contact de l'élément tubulaire avec la paroi de fermeture en forme de V du taquet d'encliquetage.
• la figure 5c représente la phase d'encliquetage de l'élément tubulaire dont la poussée exercée sur celui-ci dans un plan horizontal entraîne le soulèvement du taquet en pivotement.
• la figure 5d représente une vue en coupe partielle du dispositif de support pour poubelle une fois l'encliquetage de l'élément tubulaire réalisé.

The advantages and characteristics of the invention will emerge more clearly from the description which follows and which refers to the appended drawing, which represents a non-limiting embodiment thereof.

• Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a trash support device according to the present invention secured to the ground and on which is hung and locked, snap-fitting, a trash bin shaped cylindrical.
• Figure 2 according to the present invention shows a side view of the support device of Figure 1 with the trash that is attached to it.
• Figure 3a shows a top view of the yoke secured to the vertical support and latching means associated with the elastic return means.
• Figure 3b shows a front view of the yoke and latching means shown in Figure 3a.
• Figure 3c shows a sectional view along AA of the yoke and latching means shown in Figure 3a.
• Figure 4a shows a perspective view of the yoke to be secured to a vertical support for trash.
• Figure 4b is a perspective view of the detent cleat.
• Figure 4c shows a perspective view of the housing fixed on a trash and for receiving the latching pin of a bin.
• Figure 5a shows the approach phase of the tubular element of a trash for its snap in the yoke of a vertical support.
• Figure 5b shows the contact phase of the tubular member with the V-shaped closure wall of the detent cleat.
• Figure 5c shows the latching phase of the tubular member whose thrust exerted thereon in a horizontal plane causes the lifting of the latch pivoting.
• Figure 5d shows a partial sectional view of the trash support device once the snap of the tubular element made.

Referring to Figure 1, it can be seen that a support device 1 according to the present invention comprises a tubular support 2 adjustable in height, of square section and vertically secured to a floor 2 'via a tab 20 ', which tubular support 2 has a lower part 20, secured to its front face 21, provided with a housing 22 for embedding the lower edge 30 of a cylindrical basket 3 cylindrical basket and superior means reversible locking of the upper part of the basket 3.

If reference is also made to FIGS. 3a, 3b and 3c, it can be seen that the locking assembly consists on the one hand of a yoke 4 secured to the front face of the tubular element 2 by means of a fastening tab 40 and wherein a cleat 5, rotatably mounted about a pivot axis 41 secured by cleat 5, allows the latching of a locking pin 31 secured in a housing 32 fixed to the upper part of the basket 3, which housing 32 covers the yoke 4 as can be seen in Figures 1 and 2, once snapping and hooking of the basket 3 to the tubular support 2 made.

Figure 4a shows a yoke 4 made from a metal plate folded so as to form a horizontal plate 42 and two vertical flaps 43 perpendicular to the latter. Each panel 43 comprises on the one hand an orifice 44 intended to receive the horizontal axis of pivoting 41 of the catch 5 and on the other hand, substantially at the level of the orifices 44, a cutout 45 extending to the plate 42 and forming a opening for accommodating the locking axis 31 of the trash 3, parallel to the pivot axis 41, when snapped.

It can also be seen in FIG. 3c that the yoke 4 is covered on its upper face by a metal plate 6 secured to the yoke 4 and bent at right angles to its two ends 60 and 61, one of the two ends 60 having two orifices 62 for fixing it to the support 2.

Referring now to FIG. 4b, it can be seen that the cleat 5 is made from a metal plate bent at one of its V-shaped ends 50 while the other end 53, opposite to that 50 V-shaped, is folded in the opposite direction of the inner wing 54 of the V, corresponding to the first fold of the latter, and has two notches 51,51 'formed in its longitudinal sides, perpendicular to the folds, so as to ability to hang one of the two ends 47,47 'of two coil springs 46,46' (Figure 3c) for exerting a restoring force on the latch 5 in the closed position. The base of the V is thus in contact with the plate 42 and is locked by its inner flange 54 the locking pin against the bottom of the cutouts 45 maintaining it in a fixed position of locking in the yoke 4, as can be seen in Figure 5d. The other end 48,48 'of the two springs 46,46' is hooked to an axis 49 secured in a notch 49 'formed in each upper front of sections 43 of the yoke 4, as can be seen in Figure 4a and in Figure 3c.

The housing 32 in which is fixed the locking pin 31 is shown in Figure 4c and has a rectangular parallelepiped shape having a rear face 33 in the form of a circular arc for attachment to a bin 3 and cylindrical open to its face before 34. One of the lateral faces 35 of the housing comprises a recess 36 allowing the passage of a tool for the operation of the locking pin 31 in opening of the stop 5. Two orifices 37 formed in the two lateral faces 35 of the housing 32 are intended to receive the locking pin 31 parallel to the front face 34 and the rear face 33 of the housing 32.

It can be seen in FIG. 5c that during the attachment operation of a bin 3 to a support 2, the locking pin 31 is brought against the outer flange 55 of the sloping tab 5 with respect to a vertical plane and allowing the lifting of the cleat 5 which pivots about its axis 41 under the thrust exerted by the locking pin 31 in a substantially horizontal plane, the latter then being accommodated in the space defined by the edge of the cutout 45 and the internal wing 54 of the V (Figure 5d). Unlocking is performed by actuating the pivot axis 41 of the latch 5 which has the effect of lifting the latter releasing the locking pin 31 integral with the trash 3 allowing its unhooking of the support 2.

Note that the support 2 may be a tube that is just put on existing poles so as to avoid their change. The tube may comprise internally longitudinal grooves for passing the projecting elements of the existing poles.

Claims (6)

1. Outside dustbin support device, specifically in the form of a rack or basket (3) of the type constituted by a vertical support (2) including at the bottom an anchorage device (20) for the base (30) of a dustbin (3) and at the top a locking device to hold the dustbin (3) in position on the support (2) characteristic in that locking is achieved along a horizontal axis by the engagement of a horizontal locking pin (31), which is solidarised to the dustbin (3), in a housing, practised by a yoke (4) which is solidarised to said support (2), closed by a mobile cleat (5) which pivots around a horizontal central pin (41) and returned to the closed position by elastic means (46, 46'), once the locking pin (31) has been engaged within said housing, in such a way that said locking pin (31) is held tightly in said housing, behind the closing panel (54, 55) on said cleat (5) which locks said pin (31) against the bottom (58) of the housing and in that said pivoting pin (41) on the cleat (5) is accessible by means of a manoeuvring tool to enable the liberation of the locking pin (31) and the unhooking of the dustbin (3) from its support (2).
2. Support device in accordance with claim 1 characteristic in that the cleat (5) is made from a metal plate presenting a generally rectangular shape folded at one of its extremities (50), forming the V-shaped closing panel in such a way as to enable engagement of the locking pin (31) on the dustbin (3) in the yoke housing (4).
3. Device in accordance with claim 2 characteristic in that the extremity (53) of the cleat (5), opposite the one (50) folded into a V-shape is solidarised to the pivoting pin (41) on said cleat (5) and is folded in the inverse direction of the internal wing (54) of the V and comprises notches (51, 51') to solidarise the elastic means (46, 46') which return said cleat (5) to the closed position.
4. Device in accordance with claim 3 characteristic in that the folded part of the extremity (53) of the cleat (5) opposite to the V-shaped one (50) comprises two notches (51, 51'), each practised in one of the longitudinal sides (52, 52') of said part in such a way as to solidarise into each of said notches the extremity of a helicoidal spring (46, 46'), the other extremity of said spring (46, 46') being solidarised at a higher point.
5. Support device in accordance with any one of the previous claims characteristic in that the locking pin (31) is fixed into a box (32) in the form of a parallelepipedic rectangle which is solidarised by one (33) of its faces to the upper part of the outer wall of the dustbin (3) in such a way as to enable the interlocking of the yoke (4) in said box (32) and the engagement of the locking pin (5).
6. Support device in accordance with claim 5 characteristic in that an indentation (36) is practised in one of the sides of the box adjacent to its open face (34) in such a way as to allow access by means of a manoeuvring tool to the pivoting pin (41) on the cleat (5).

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