EP1673741A1 - Automatic recycling device for empty containers cleaning module and method for operation of the automatic recycling device - Google Patents
Automatic recycling device for empty containers cleaning module and method for operation of the automatic recycling deviceInfo
- Publication number
- EP1673741A1 EP1673741A1 EP04790000A EP04790000A EP1673741A1 EP 1673741 A1 EP1673741 A1 EP 1673741A1 EP 04790000 A EP04790000 A EP 04790000A EP 04790000 A EP04790000 A EP 04790000A EP 1673741 A1 EP1673741 A1 EP 1673741A1
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- Prior art keywords
- cleaning
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Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B08—CLEANING
- B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B08—CLEANING
- B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
- B08B1/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
- G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
- G07F7/06—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by returnable containers, i.e. reverse vending systems in which a user is rewarded for returning a container that serves as a token of value, e.g. bottles
- G07F7/0609—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by returnable containers, i.e. reverse vending systems in which a user is rewarded for returning a container that serves as a token of value, e.g. bottles by fluid containers, e.g. bottles, cups, gas containers
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a return machine according to the preamble of claim 1, a cleaning module and a method for operating the return machine in a cleaning mode.
- Vending machines for empties are known, for example, from the following publications: WO 93/25981, EP 0561148 W 1, DE 43 18 388, DE 4443 406, DE 36 05 921, DE 196 13 099 A 1, DE 37 15 815 A 1, US 5,085,308,
- EP 0 612 046 A 1 WO 93/03460, DE 93 21 439 U 1, GB 1 552 927, DE-Gbm 73 12 603.
- These machines are mainly used in large markets, department stores or beverage markets and enable an automatic withdrawal of Empty containers such as bottles, cans, cups, etc.
- transport routes in the return machines on which the containers are conveyed by the machine There are transport routes in the return machines on which the containers are conveyed by the machine. These transport routes are usually conveyor belts.
- the prior art also includes conveyor belt cleaning devices such as in US 5,355,992, US 5,613,594, US 5,372,243, US 5,649,616, US 6,244,423 B1, US 4,860,883, US 5,598,915 and US 4,960,200. These devices are also stationary, i.e. around built-in facilities.
- the object of the present invention is to provide a solution which enables automatic or semi-automatic cleaning of the at least one conveyor line without the installation of stationary cleaning devices.
- the cleaning device is not installed in a stationary manner in the return machine, but rather is a separate module which, like the empties to be accepted by the return machine, can be input into it via its input unit.
- the cleaning module When the cleaning module is entered in the return machine, it runs in a cleaning mode. In this mode, holding means of the machine and / or the cleaning module are activated, so that the cleaning module is essentially held stationary on the conveyor belt while it is running. These holding means can be mechanical, electromechanical or electromagnetic, for example. They cause the cleaning module to no longer be conveyed on the running conveyor belt.
- the cleaning module is a hollow body filled with cleaning liquid, which can be placed on the transport surface of the conveyor belt with at least one contact surface. Its at least one support surface is adapted to the shape of the transport surface of the conveyor belt, so that its at least one support surface rests essentially flat on the transport surface.
- the wall of the cleaning module is perforated in the area of its support surface (s). The cleaning medium emerges from these perforations and wets the conveyor belt. Due to the relative movement between the conveyor belt and the cleaning module, foam is formed which not only affects the transport surface of the
- the cleaning effect is significantly improved if the at least one bearing surface of the cleaning module has a coating on the outside that absorbs the cleaning liquid and releases it onto the transport surface of the conveyor belt. This results in a better distribution of the cleaning medium on the transport surface of the conveyor belt and the foam formation is intensified.
- the coating can consist, for example, of a knitted fabric or microfiber fabric.
- the perforations are advantageously designed as openings, these openings advantageously being designed as bores.
- the cleaning mode of the take-back machine can be set manually or set automatically.
- the detection units already present in the return machine are used for the empties containers to be taken back. These can be barcode readers or cameras, for example. So that the cleaning module can be recognized as such by the recognition units, it is therefore provided with barcodes, transponders, surface profiles, etc. In particular, however, the cleaning module can also be recognized by the camera based on its shape. If the presence of the cleaning module in the machine is detected via the detection units, the holding means are activated via a control unit, so that a further transport of the cleaning mode on the conveyor belt is not possible for a predefinable time, despite the conveyor belt running.
- the cleaning module can also comprise holding means such as a pin which strikes against a sheet metal located in the machine, so that the further transport of the cleaning module is prevented and the conveyor belts can be cleaned. Further advantageous embodiments of the invention result from the further subclaims. The invention is explained in more detail below using an exemplary embodiment. In the accompanying drawing:
- Fig. 2 shows the cleaning module in a first embodiment
- Fig. 4 shows the cleaning module in a second embodiment
- FIG. 5 shows the individual components of the cleaning module according to FIG. 4.
- the return machine shown in Figure 1 has a housing 1 with an input opening 2 via the empties container to be taken back, e.g. Bottles or cans in which return machines can be entered.
- the return machine also has a control panel 3 with a display 4, a receipt printer 5 and a control button 6. Below the input opening 2 there is a return opening 7, via which empty containers that have not been accepted are returned to a customer.
- a cleaning module 8 can be entered via the input opening 2, as indicated in FIG. 1.
- the cleaning mo dul 8 is in its first embodiment a hollow body with a closable fill opening 9 for a cleaning liquid. It has two contact surfaces 10 which are intended to be placed on the transport surfaces 11 of a conveyor belt 12.
- the conveyor belt 12 is arranged in the return machine and is normally used to transport input
- Empty containers In this case, it is formed from two conveyor belts placed at an angle to one another, whereby a V-shaped conveyor groove is formed.
- the contact surfaces 10 of the cleaning module are adapted to this V-shape of the transport surfaces of the conveyor belt 12. They lie flat on the transport surface 11, as can best be seen in FIG. 3.
- the cleaning module 8 can also be produced with other support surfaces 10 or a different support surface 10 in adaptation to the respective shape of the transport surface 11 of the conveyor belt 12.
- the contact surfaces 10 of the cleaning module 8 are coated with a microfiber fabric or knitted fabric 13.
- the wall of the cleaning module 8 is perforated below this coating. These perforations, which cannot be seen from the illustration, are in the front or upper area of the cleaning module 8, i.e.
- cleaning liquid emerges from the cleaning module 8 through the perforations and is distributed by the microfiber coating 13.
- the wiping contact causes foam to form.
- the foam is conveyed further by the conveyor belt 12, so that it not only covers the transport surfaces 11 of the conveyor belt 12, but also its undersides and the deflection rollers 17.
- the cleaning of the conveyor line is continued until the desired cleaning effect is achieved.
- the cleaning time can, for example, be preset by a timer. After this cleaning time has elapsed, the linear drive 15 moves the bar 14 out of the conveying path of the conveyor belt 12, so that the cleaning module 8 is conveyed out of the return machine or onto a subsequent conveyor belt 12.
- a latch 14 is also inserted in the conveying paths of the subsequent conveyor belt 12, which then holds the cleaning module 8 stationary on this conveyor belt 12. The same processes then take place as described above. After the preset cleaning time has elapsed, the bolt 14 is then brought out of the conveying path of the conveyor belt 12 and the cleaning module 8 is placed vertically on an empty goods collecting table by means of a stand.
- this setting can also be made automatically.
- the detection unit that is already integrated in the machine is used for this.
- the cleaning module 8 is inserted into the input opening 2 of the return machine 1. give.
- the conveyor belt 12 then conveys the cleaning module 8 to the recognition unit 18.
- the system automatically recognizes via the recognition unit 18 whether the object entered is a cleaning module 8 or an empty container. This detection can take place, for example, via a barcode reader 18.1, which detects barcodes 19 attached to the cleaning module 8, or else via a camera 18.2, via which special features, for example a specific cutout 20 of the cleaning module 8, are detected.
- the latch 14 is extended again, for example, the conveyor belt 12 continuing to run.
- an electromagnet 21 can also be provided below the conveyor belt 12 as a holding means for the cleaning module 8.
- This electromagnet 21 is indicated in FIG. 2 by a coil.
- a magnetic body 22 is arranged in the cleaning module 8, as can be seen from FIG. 2, in which the upper side of the cleaning module 8 is shown broken open to make the magnetic body 22 visible.
- the stationary holding of the cleaning module 8 by means of an electromagnet 21 can of course also be provided in the manually started cleaning mode.
- the cleaning module 8 consists of a trough-shaped lower part 23 and a lid
- the lower part 23 and the upper part 24 can be positively connected to one another.
- the lower part 23 has openings 25 in the form of bores on the support surfaces 10.
- the contact surfaces 10 are in turn adapted to the V-shape of the transport surfaces 11 of the conveyor belt.
- the contact surfaces 10 are coated with a microfiber fabric 13.
- the cleaning liquid is fed into the cleaning module 8 a separate bottle 26 is filled, which can be inserted into a recess 27 provided in the upper part 24 and adapted to the contour of the bottle 26, as can be seen from the top view of the upper part 24 according to FIG. 5 and from FIG. 4.
- the bottle 26 does not lie directly on the bottom 30 of the upper part 24, but is spaced apart from it.
- spacer strips 31 which protrude from the bottom 30 and on which the bottle 26 rests with its long sides.
- the spacer strips 31 are designed as bevels, so that the bottle 26 lies at an angle, and the cleaning liquid can run out when the lid 26.1 is open. It first passes through an opening 32 provided in the bottom 30 of the upper part 24 into the lower part 23 and from there through the openings 25 into the microfiber coating 13.
- the bottle 26 can also be secured by an additional clamping bracket 28 which has its edges in the lower part 23 provided longitudinal grooves 33 is inserted and rests on the bottle 26 from above.
- the cleaning module 8 is only filled with the liquid before the cleaning operation, in that the opened bottle 26 is inserted, so that the openings 25 can ensure rapid and effective wetting of the microfiber fabric 13 with the cleaning liquid. Since the cleaning module 8 is not filled with
- the cleaning module 8 entered in the return machine.
- the camera 18.2 recognizes the contour of the cleaning module 8 and can therefore automatically switch to the cleaning mode of the machine.
- the cleaning module 8 is equipped with a holding pin 29 which, when the cleaning module 8 is transported on the conveyor belts 12, against a stop arranged in the return machine, which is designed, for example, as a cover plate, drives and thus blocks the further transport of the module 8. Since the conveyor belt 12 continues to run, a cleaning effect is produced by the wiping contact between the microfiber coating 13 and the transport surfaces 11 of the conveyor belt 12, as in the first exemplary embodiment. Due to the enlarged perforations 25, the cleaning liquid can exit the module 8 more quickly and wet the microfiber fabric 13, so that overall the conveyor belt 12 can be foamed with the cleaning liquid more efficiently. This leads to a shorter cleaning time and to an improved cleaning of the conveyor belt 12.
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DE10347565A DE10347565B4 (en) | 2003-10-14 | 2003-10-14 | Cleaning system for a reverse vending machine for empty containers, cleaning module and method for operating a reverse vending machine |
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