EP1811469A1 - Conteneur de collecte des huiles ménagères usagées - Google Patents

Conteneur de collecte des huiles ménagères usagées Download PDF

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EP1811469A1
EP1811469A1 EP07380006A EP07380006A EP1811469A1 EP 1811469 A1 EP1811469 A1 EP 1811469A1 EP 07380006 A EP07380006 A EP 07380006A EP 07380006 A EP07380006 A EP 07380006A EP 1811469 A1 EP1811469 A1 EP 1811469A1
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intermediate storage
storage facility
receptacles
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storage tank
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Iker Jauregi Miranda
Ion Alvarez Biurrarena
Josu Perez Lopez
Sara Aldai Pozo
Felix Zugasti Teso
Eñaut Ruiz de Egino Berasategi
Amaia Duque Dehesa
Gorka Arechaga Urquiola
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Arrasateko Udala
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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
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/02—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines
    • G07F11/04—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored one vertically above the other
    • G07F11/16—Delivery means
    • G07F11/24—Rotary or oscillatory members
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F2240/00—Types of refuse collected
    • B65F2240/152—Oil

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  • the present invention is related to containers for collecting used household oil, for its subsequent recycling.
  • Used household oil is a contaminating product, whereby if said oil is discharged through the main drains of a dwelling, for example, said oil contributes to the end contamination of waters and sub-soils.
  • said oil is poured into special tanks provided accordingly, such as the one described in ES2239485A1 , for example.
  • the oil is discharged via a specific drain that leads to a tank that collects said oil.
  • the introduction of tanks of this type involves a very high cost, which makes their implementation extremely difficult.
  • JP2002226007 discloses a container that is placed, for example, in supermarkets, and the user inserts a receptacle with used household oil into said container, for its subsequent processing.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a container for collecting used household oil, as defined in the claims.
  • the container of the invention comprises a first opening through which receptacles with used household oil are inserted into said container, a storage tank where said receptacles are deposited, at least one storage facility for storing empty receptacles, and a second opening through which said empty receptacles are provided outside.
  • Said container also comprises an intermediate storage tank with at least one cavity for holding the receptacle with used household oil that is inserted into said container, at least one intermediate storage facility with at least one cavity for holding an empty receptacle proceeding from the storage facility, the empty receptacle being disposed outside.
  • the container also comprises a rotating shaft which, when a receptacle with used household oil is disposed in the intermediate storage tank, rotates in a specific direction when it is operated, said intermediate storage tank and the intermediate storage facility rotating solidary with said rotating shaft. Accordingly, the rotation of said rotating shaft causes the receptacle with used household oil disposed in the intermediate storage tank to be deposited in the storage tank, and an empty receptacle disposed in the intermediate storage facility is provided outside.
  • FIG 1 shows an embodiment of the container 1 of the invention, employed for the collection of used household oil by means of receptacles 3, shown in figure 2, for its subsequent recycling.
  • Said container 1 comprises a first opening 4 through which the receptacles 3 with used household oil are inserted, a storage tank (not shown in the figures) in which said receptacles 3 are disposed for their subsequent collection, a storage facility 5 in which empty receptacles 3 are stored and a second opening 7 through which said empty receptacles 3 are provided outside.
  • Said container 1 also comprises an intermediate storage tank 8 with at least one cavity 80 which holds the receptacles 3 with used household oil that are inserted into said container 1 through the first opening 4, at least one intermediate storage facility 9 disposed below the storage facility 5, with a cavity 90 for holding an empty receptacle 3 proceeding from the storage facility 5, and a rotating shaft 10, said intermediate storage tank 8 and said intermediate storage facility 9 rotating solidary with said rotating shaft 10.
  • the intermediate storage tank 8 and the intermediate storage facility 9 are substantially cylindrical, and the cavities 80 and 90 are arranged axially in said intermediate storage facility 9.
  • the cavity 80 of said intermediate storage tank 8 comprises a substantially V-shaped surface, said cavity 80 holding solely receptacles 3 with used household oil with a substantially V shape.
  • the container 1 of the invention also comprises at least one storage tank sensing device 82 shown in figure 34 and which is attached to a structure 16 of said container 1 by means of a support 81, to prevent the intermediate storage tank 8 from rotating in the specific direction when there is no receptacle 3 with used household oil in said intermediate storage tank 8, the rotating shaft 10 being prevented from rotating in said specific direction. Accordingly, the dispensing of a receptacle 3 is prevented if an empty receptacle 3 with used household oil has not previously been inserted into said container 1.
  • the storage tank sensing device 82 may comprise, for example, a substantially wedge shape, such that if the rotation of the rotating shaft 10 is actuated in the opposite direction to that specified, said storage tank sensing device 82 is released from said cavity 80, resting on the outside surface 8' of said intermediate storage tank 8.
  • the container 1 comprises a plurality of storage tank sensing devices 82 (preferably three) arranged on the intermediate storage tank 8 at different axial distances from the front of said intermediate storage tank 8, in order to admit only receptacles 3 with a predetermined shape.
  • the receptacle 3 arranged to be inserted into the container 1 has a width that gradually decreases, taking as reference a lid 3' of said receptacle 3.
  • the container 1 of the invention also comprises a storage facility actuator 91, 92, shown in figures 8 and 11 , for preventing the intermediate storage facility 9 from rotating in the specific direction whenever there is no empty receptacle 3 in said intermediate storage facility 9, the rotating shaft 10 being prevented from rotating in said direction. Accordingly, when there are no empty receptacles 3 in the storage facility 5 it is not possible for the receptacle 3 with used household oil that a user disposes in the intermediate storage tank 8 to pass through to the storage tank in said container 1, said user being able to recover said receptacle 3 with used household oil.
  • a receptacle 3 disposed in the cavity 90 of the intermediate storage facility 9 when a user operates the rotating shaft 10 causing the rotation of said rotating shaft 10 in the specific direction, said intermediate storage facility 9 rotates in said specific direction, said receptacle 3 cooperating with said storage facility actuator 91, 92, said receptacle 3 preventing said storage facility actuator 91, 92 from inserting itself into said cavity 90, the rotation of said rotating shaft 10 in said specific direction being allowed. If further actuating is applied to rotate said rotating shaft 10 in said specific direction, the receptacle 3 disposed in said cavity 90 is provided outside through the second opening 7.
  • the storage facility 5 comprises a plurality of sloping cavities 51 arranged one over the other and separated by separators 51', where the empty receptacles 3 are stored in a row, as shown in figure 4. Said receptacles 3 are transferred from said sloping cavities 51 to a vertical cavity 52, passing from said vertical cavity 52 to the intermediate storage facility 9 when the cavity 90 of said intermediate storage facility 9 faces said vertical cavity 52.
  • a ratchet 12 interacts with a cogwheel 11 attached to the rotating shaft 10 to prevent said rotating shaft 10 from rotating in the opposite direction to the specific direction, as shown in figure 5.
  • the intermediate storage tank 8 comprises three cavities 80, said cogwheel 11 comprising three notched areas that correspond to said cavities 80. Accordingly, when the storage tank sensing devices 82 prevent said intermediate storage tank 8 from rotating in the specific direction, said ratchet 12 does not interact with the cogs 11a in any notched area, said intermediate storage tank 8 being able to rotate in the opposite direction to that specified.
  • the ratchet 12 interacts with the cogs 11a on one of the notched areas, preventing said intermediate storage tank 8 from rotating in the opposite direction to that specified.
  • the cogwheel 11 comprises at least one groove 11b and a wheel actuator 13 attached to the structure 16, said wheel actuator 13 comprising a wheel sensing device 13' which fits into said groove 11b.
  • Said groove 11b is arranged in such a manner on said cogwheel 11 that when the wheel sensing device 13' fits into said groove 11b, the cavity 80 is facing the first opening 4, allowing a user to insert a receptacle 3 into said cavity 80.
  • each sloping cavity 51 comprises a hatch 53 which is opened to allow the passage of an empty receptacle 3 from said sloping cavity 51 to the vertical cavity 52.
  • Said storage facility 5 also comprises actuating means 54 for each sloping cavity 51 shown in figures 6 and 7, said actuating means 54 allowing or not for the opening of the corresponding hatch 53, allowing or not for the passage of an empty receptacle 3 from the sloping cavity 51 corresponding to the vertical cavity 52.
  • the actuating means 54 comprise a second rotating shaft 54a, a sensing device 54b and a semicircular piece 54c, said sensing device 54b and semicircular piece 54b being attached to the second rotating shaft 54a.
  • a receptacle 3 disposed in the vertical cavity 52 comes into contact with an actuating mean 54, said receptacle 3 acts upon the sensing device 54b causing a rotation of the second rotating shaft 54a. Said rotation causes the semicircular piece 54c to rotate, said semicircular piece 54c preventing the hatch 53 from opening.
  • said sensing device 54b rotates in the opposite direction causing the rotation of said second rotating shaft 54a and therefore of said semicircular piece 54c, allowing for the opening of said hatch 53.
  • the container 1 comprises three storage facilities 5, comprising one intermediate storage facility 9 for each storage facility 5.
  • said container 1 comprises three storage facility actuators 91, each one of said storage facility actuators 91 interacting with one of said intermediate storage facilities 9 as it is shown in figure 8.
  • the store facility 5 comprises a vertical shaft 150 which rotates solidary with the rotating shaft 10 by means of transmission means (not shown in figures), and at least one substantially circular shaped bin for receptacles 151 which surrounds said vertical shaft 150, as it is shown in figure 9.
  • Said bin for receptacles 151 is attached to said vertical shaft 150, rotating solidary with said vertical shaft 150.
  • the bin for receptacles 151 comprises a plurality of radial compartments 151a where empty receptacles 3 are stored radially, said compartments 151a being separated between each other by means of a plurality of dividers 151b.
  • a static base 152 is disposed under the bin for receptacles 151, said static base 152 being fixed to the structure 16 of said container 1.
  • the static base 152 comprises an opening 152a through which an empty receptacle 3 of one of said compartments 151a is deposited in the intermediate storage facility 9, when said compartment 151a is disposed above said opening 152a.
  • the container 1 comprises a storage facility 5 with a plurality of bins for receptacles 151 disposed one over other, a static base 152 being disposed under each bin for receptacles 151, and one intermediate storage facility 9.
  • said container 1 comprises one storage facility actuator 92 shown in figure 12, which cooperates with said intermediate storage facility 9, preventing said intermediate storage facility 9 from rotating in the specific direction.
  • the opening 152a of the most inferior static base 152 is facing the intermediate storage facility 9, empty receptacles 3 being deposited in said intermediate storage facility 9 through said opening 152a.
  • the empty receptacles 3 of the most inferior bin for receptacles 151 are deposited in said intermediate storage facility 9, as the vertical shaft 150 rotates.
  • the static bases 152 are disposed in such a way, that the openings 152a of said static bases 152 are disposed in a substantially stepping manner. Therefore, the bins for receptacles 151 are emptied from top to bottom, being possible to deposit in the intermediate storage facility 9 the empty receptacles 3 disposed in the most inferior bin for receptacles 151.
  • the storage facility 5 is involved by means of an involving sheet 153 as it shown in figure 13.
  • Said involving sheet 153 comprises an incoming opening 153a for each bin of receptacles 151, empty receptacles 3 being stored in the compartments 151a of said bins for receptacles 151 through the corresponding incoming opening 153a.
  • the incoming opening 153a coincides with the opening 152a of the static base 152 disposed under the corresponding bin of receptacles 151, so that the storage facility 5 comprises a tape 154 for covering each opening 152a when empty receptacles 3 are being stored in said storage facility 5 through the corresponding incoming opening 153a.
  • Said tape 154 shown in figure 14, is longitudinally displaceable with respect to its corresponding opening 152a, and the corresponding base 152 comprises a shaft (not shown in figures) which extends along all the width of the external end of said opening 152a, such that when said tape 154 is longitudinally displaced uncovering the corresponding opening 152a, said tape 154 rotates in one of its ends 154a with respect to said shaft.
  • Said tape 154 comprises a limiting element 154b in said end 154a, said tape 154 staying subject to said end 154a by means of said limiting element 154b, when said tape 154 rotates with respect to said shaft.

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EP2211316A1 (fr) * 2009-01-23 2010-07-28 Fagor, S. Coop. Conteneur de collecte des huiles ménagères usagées

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GB1300037A (en) * 1970-05-25 1972-12-20 Rowe International Inc Article dispensing machine
FR2423190A1 (fr) * 1978-04-18 1979-11-16 Elf Antargaz Procede et appareil pour la distribution de recipients, notamment des bouteilles de gaz
FR2641887A1 (fr) * 1989-01-19 1990-07-20 Padet Philippe Distributeur automatique de bouteilles de gaz liquefie a section circulaire
US20040031539A1 (en) * 2002-08-13 2004-02-19 Goodwin Jonathan Mark Decorative cooking oil container with disposable oil reservoirs
DE10348009A1 (de) * 2003-10-15 2005-05-19 Gabor Jakab Rücknahmeautomat

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1300037A (en) * 1970-05-25 1972-12-20 Rowe International Inc Article dispensing machine
FR2423190A1 (fr) * 1978-04-18 1979-11-16 Elf Antargaz Procede et appareil pour la distribution de recipients, notamment des bouteilles de gaz
FR2641887A1 (fr) * 1989-01-19 1990-07-20 Padet Philippe Distributeur automatique de bouteilles de gaz liquefie a section circulaire
US20040031539A1 (en) * 2002-08-13 2004-02-19 Goodwin Jonathan Mark Decorative cooking oil container with disposable oil reservoirs
DE10348009A1 (de) * 2003-10-15 2005-05-19 Gabor Jakab Rücknahmeautomat

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP2211316A1 (fr) * 2009-01-23 2010-07-28 Fagor, S. Coop. Conteneur de collecte des huiles ménagères usagées

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