EP2085328A1 - Poubelle dotée d'un couvercle actionné par une pédale - Google Patents

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EP2085328A1
EP2085328A1 EP08425055A EP08425055A EP2085328A1 EP 2085328 A1 EP2085328 A1 EP 2085328A1 EP 08425055 A EP08425055 A EP 08425055A EP 08425055 A EP08425055 A EP 08425055A EP 2085328 A1 EP2085328 A1 EP 2085328A1
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Giuseppe Alito
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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
    • B65F1/14—Other constructional features; Accessories
    • B65F1/16—Lids or covers
    • B65F1/1623—Lids or covers with means for assisting the opening or closing thereof, e.g. springs
    • B65F1/163—Pedal-operated lids
    • 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
    • B65F1/14—Other constructional features; Accessories
    • B65F2001/1653—Constructional features of lids or covers
    • B65F2001/1669—Constructional features of lids or covers relating to means for fixing or latching the lid or cover in a certain angle
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F2220/00—Properties of refuse receptacles
    • B65F2220/12—Properties of refuse receptacles nestable

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  • the present invention relates to a trash bin with a pedal-operated lid and a internal bucket.
  • This trash bin is mounted with a reversible stop mechanism that permits the lid to remain in at least one open position, and at least one position for stacking.
  • the lid is hinged to the trash bin and is raised directly by activating the pedal connected to the lid, or indirectly by raising the bucket which in turn, raises the lid.
  • the lid is an essential element which must satisfy different needs. In particular, it must be possible to open and close the lid easily without need of the user to use the hands, to remove the internal bucket for easy emptying action, and to provide the possibility of stacking several trash bins in order to save space during transport and storage.
  • Trash bins with pedal-operated lids are known, as well as trash bins which, besides being pedal-operated, are also provided with lids able to rotate to a position to permit bin stacking.
  • Trash bins with pedal-operated lid and trash bins also equipped with flip-back lid, such to permit bin stacking are described in various prior art documents.
  • the European patent application EP1535863 relates to a pedal-operated trash bin with a bucket.
  • Figures 1A and 1B that illustrate the trash bin as described in EP1535863 , show a trash bin comprising an external container to which a lid is attached by means of hinges, an internal removable bucket and, on the bottom of the external container, means for activating a pedal-operated lever to open the lid.
  • the trash bin is characterised in that the container has an internal surface shaped in such a way to house the lower part of another trash bin.
  • the internal surface of the container is provided with at least two lug elements, preferably four, acting as a support for the base of another identical trash bin.
  • the lid of the trash bin When in stacking position, the lid of the trash bin is open at such an angle that it permits the insertion of an additional trash bin. In this position, the additional trash bin is stacked in such a way to be rotated by 180° around a vertical axis with respect to the base trash bin.
  • FIGS. 2A and 2B that illustrate the trash bin as described in EP 0541688 , show a trash bin comprising an external container, which acts as a base for the trash bin, a lid and an internal bucket positioned inside the external container.
  • the container presents in its upper part a lid, attached by means of hinges, and in its lower part a lever in the form of a pedal intended to raise the lid.
  • a block system set on the rear side of the container and suited to prevent the complete rotation of the lid, a tooth with a lug on the lid, and a fin on the rear side of the bucket are present next to said hinges.
  • the Japanese patent application JP 8198292 relates to a stackable pedal-operated trash bin with an opening in the lower part of the container suited to permit easier pressure on the pedal.
  • FIG 3 that illustrates the trash bin as described in JP 8198292 , shows a trash bin comprising a container having a lid, suited to close the container, attached by means of a hinge. The lid can be removed to permit trash bin stacking.
  • the pedal is completely inserted inside the container in a housing wherein the side surfaces slope by an angle ranging between 15 and 70 degrees, but preferably by 25 degrees, with respect to the perpendicular plane.
  • the housing and the pedal such shaped, allow a more comfortable pedal pressure.
  • Certain trash bins according to prior art are provided with mobile lids, but which cannot be rotated to a position suitable for stacking, while other trash bins are equipped with lids that can rotate completely for stacking, but which present problems in maintaining the open position, once the lid has been raised. Furthermore problems can arise when attempting to maintain the lid open, or in cases where the lid does not return to its closed position.
  • the mechanism that permits the lid to assume different positions results as quite complex, because it is composed of several pieces, or it results as constructed from elements that are elastically yielding and which are subject to breaking caused by wear after frequent use.
  • the trash bins illustrated in the patents described above present containers which do not have a regular shape and therefore require a more complex type of mold, and when these trash bins can be stacked, they must always be positioned along the same side or at least along two non-adjacent sides.
  • the lid is blocked in the open position by means of hooks, integral with the lid, which grip the edge of the bin, or by means of appendixes positioned on the rotating pivot pins of the lid which block against elastically yielding counter-means, integral with the lid itself.
  • Said catch systems therefore, block the lid in open or half-open position and this occurs in relation either to the internal bucket or in relation to the appendixes set on the rotating pivot pins, but not directly in relation to the external container.
  • the trash bins are stacked on top of one another, but they require at least two appendixes, preferably four, inside the bucket in order to support and block the base of a trash bin inside another.
  • These appendixes are positioned above the internal protruding element created to house the pedal necessary for opening the lid.
  • the rotation angle of the lid in relation to the horizontal plane of the closed position is less than 270°.
  • the aim of the present invention is to provide a trash bin that can satisfy the requirements for easy opening and closing of the lid without the user having to touch it with his hands, while at the same time being able to guarantee the extraction of the internal bucket for maximum simplicity when emptying garbage or cleaning, as well as the possibility of stacking several trash bins to optimise space during transport and storage.
  • Another aim of the present invention is to provide a trash bin having a regular shape to permit production using simple molds, and in particular having a horizontal cross-section in the form of a regular polygon.
  • a further aim of the present invention is to provide a trash bin that can be stacked according to anyone of the sides without the need for selecting a preferential side, thus providing increased stacking simplicity and greater space saving.
  • Yet another aim of the present invention is to provide a trash bin having a bucket without internal appendixes destined to permit the stacking of other trash bins.
  • a further aim of the present invention is to provide a trash bin equipped with a mechanism suited to maintain the lid in an open position while collecting the garbage and/or to permit complete lid rotation for the stacking of several trash bins.
  • a trash bin having a pedal-operated lid and an internal bucket, equipped with a monobloc reversible stop mechanism to maintain the lid in an open position in order to remove the garbage and/or to permit complete rotation of the lid until it reaches a position for stacking several trash bins in case of transport and/or need to optimize space.
  • the optimization of spaces is improved by using the protruding element created at the base of the bucket and destined to house the pedal, in order to act as a support when stacking trash bins inside one another.
  • stop mechanism is an integrated part of the trash bin.
  • the trash bin object of the present invention resolves the problem of lack of stability of the lid in its open position, and also resolves the problem caused by the presence of possible mechanism not so easy to allow the complete lid rotation, by means of a monobloc mechanism integral with the trash bin.
  • the monobloc stop mechanism is provided with an integral protruding element in the form of a press-button, conceived in such a manner that it guarantees stable blocking of the lid during garbage collection. Said protruding element or press button can be pressed to release and rotate the lid completely without exercising any force on any parts the mechanism, in case the bucket should be removed for cleaning, or in case some trash bins should be stacked.
  • the trash bin is produced in a suitable rigid plastic material using a conventional molding method for plastic materials, with the advantage of being composed of a limited number of pieces for assembly, and also being economical in price.
  • a preferred embodiment of the trash bin 1, object of the present invention is shown in figures 4A and 4B and comprises a container 2, a bucket 3, a closing device or lid 4, raising means 5 for the lid 4, coupling means 6 between said container 2 and said lid 4 and stop means 7 of said lid 4.
  • the raising means 5 of the closing device or lid 4 comprise a rod 5b, provided with a pedal 5a and a protruding element 5c, able to rotate about a horizontal axis and suited to raise the bucket 3 once said pedal 5a is pressed.
  • the contact between the bucket 3 and the rod 5b does not occur directly, but by means of a protruding element 3c present at the opposite end of the rod 5b with respect to pedal 5a.
  • the protruding element 5c of the rod 5b presses on the base 3c of the bucket 3 and raises said bucket 3 which in turn causes the opening of the lid 4.
  • the coupling means 6 between the container 2 and the lid 4 comprise pivot pins 6a integral with the lid 4 and housings 6b integral with a monobloc element 8.
  • Said monobloc element 8 is integral with container 2 and comprises a press button 9, which can assume different positions in relation to a surface 8a of said element 8, and two housings 6b for the insertion of pivot pins 6a integral with the lid 4.
  • the pivot pins 6a of the lid 4 are inserted in the housings 6b of the monobloc element 8 in order to guarantee the rotation of the lid in different positions.
  • the stop means 7 comprise the monobloc element 8, provided with a press button 9 which normally protrudes from the surface 8a of the element 8, integral with the container 2 and a retaining element 10 integral with the lid 4.
  • Said press button 9 has a double function:
  • FIG. 5A-5B , 6A-6B and 7A-7B The stop mechanism functioning is illustrated in figures 5A-5B , 6A-6B and 7A-7B wherein various cross-sectional views of details of the trash bin 1 are shown, illustrating the possible positions of lid 4 in relation to the container 2 together with the relative enlargements of the stop mechanism elements corresponding to said possible positions.
  • Figures 4B , 5A and 5B show the trash bin with the lid in closed position.
  • the lid 4 closes the opening of the bucket 3 completely and its rounded rim 4a, that surrounds the rim 2a of the container 2, guarantees that there are no openings which could release smells from the collected garbage.
  • the press button 9 is in a protruding position in relation to surface 8a of the element 8 and the surface 9a of press button 9 is, therefore, in a such position to prevent the lid 4 from continuing its rotation action.
  • the pedal 5a is connected to the rod 5b which in turn is connected to the bucket 3 by means of the protruding element 5c.
  • the protruding element 5c of rod 5b being in contact with the bucket 3, raises the bucket thus pushing the lid 4 in an upward direction and causing it to rotate until it stops in the position shown in figures 6A and 6B .
  • the lid 4 When the bucket 3 is pushed upwards, the protruding elements 3b press on the tines 4b and the lid 4 is raised.
  • the lid 4 is free to rotate until the retaining element 10, present on said lid 4, makes contact with the surface 9a of the press button 9 blocking the rotation. Therefore the lid 4 remains in the open position until the user releases the pressure on the pedal 5a so that the lid 4 is lowered to close the opening of the bucket 3 again.
  • the lid 4 can rotate passing further than the normal opening position, as shown in figures 7A and 7B .
  • the press button 9 by pressing the press button 9, its surface 9a does not protrude any longer with respect to the surface 8a of the monobloc element 8 and therefore, the retaining element 10 does not have any counter element, in other words the surface 9a of press button 9, that can block it.
  • the lid 4 is therefore free to continue rotation, preferably until it flips back in relation to its closed position and until it is in contact with container 2.
  • the rotation of lid 4 is completed when the external surface of the lid 4 bangs against the external surface of the container 2, as shown in Fig. 8 .
  • FIGS 9A and 9B show several trash bins stacked according to the invention.
  • the bucket 3 of trash bin 1 presents a protruding or projecting element 11 internally, necessary for housing the pedal and to provide space for the pedal being pressed.
  • Said protruding element 11 comprises a horizontal portion 11 a suited to act as a support for the base of another trash bin during the stacking stage.
  • said portion 11 a results as parallel with the base 3c of the bucket 3.
  • the trash bin according to the invention has a horizontal cross-section in the form of a regular polygon, it is possible to stack one trash bin inside another from whatsoever side, as shown in figures 9A and 9B .
  • several trash bins may be stacked in such a manner that the lid of each one is positioned on a different side of the trash bin thus guaranteeing maximum stackability and reduction of wasted space. This option is extremely advantageous for transport and storage.
  • trash bins 1, 1a, 1b and 1c can be stacked in such a manner that the lid of each one is positioned on a different side with respect to the trash bin that precedes or follows it, i.e., for example, the lids can be positioned in sequence.
  • the trash bin 1 a is inserted into trash bin 1, but is turned by 90° about an axis that passes through the centre of the trash bins.
  • the trash bin 1b is inserted inside the trash bin 1 a, but is turned by 90° in relation to said bin 1 a
  • the trash bin 1c is inserted inside the trash bin 1b, but is turned by 90° in relation to said bin 1b.
  • the trash bins are stacked inside one another in such a manner that the lids are not all aligned on the same side.
  • This type of configuration allows a trash bin 1a to be inserted inside another trash bin 1 in such a manner that the total height of the trash bin 1a is almost completely contained within trash bin 1, and in any case, in such a manner that the part of the trash bin 1 a that protrudes from trash bin 1 is as minimum as possible.
  • the trash bin is advantageously produced in a rigid plastic material and produced according to conventional molding methods for plastic material, with the advantage of having a limited number of parts to be assembled, and also having economical advantages.

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GB2516689A (en) * 2013-07-30 2015-02-04 Mjl Skipmaster Ltd Waste Container

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FR2396705A2 (fr) * 1977-07-07 1979-02-02 Sicopal Nouvelle poubelle a pedale
DE7922551U1 (de) * 1979-08-07 1979-11-29 M. Westermann & Co Gmbh, 5760 Arnsberg Abfalleimer
EP0541688A1 (fr) 1990-08-10 1993-05-19 Curver Rubbermaid Bv Poubelle a pedale munie d'un couvercle.
JPH08198292A (ja) 1995-01-25 1996-08-06 Sekisui Chem Co Ltd 足踏開閉式蓋付容器
EP1535863A1 (fr) 2003-11-25 2005-06-01 Abm Italia S.P.A Récipient avec couvercle à pédale et seau intérieur

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FR2396705A2 (fr) * 1977-07-07 1979-02-02 Sicopal Nouvelle poubelle a pedale
DE7922551U1 (de) * 1979-08-07 1979-11-29 M. Westermann & Co Gmbh, 5760 Arnsberg Abfalleimer
EP0541688A1 (fr) 1990-08-10 1993-05-19 Curver Rubbermaid Bv Poubelle a pedale munie d'un couvercle.
JPH08198292A (ja) 1995-01-25 1996-08-06 Sekisui Chem Co Ltd 足踏開閉式蓋付容器
EP1535863A1 (fr) 2003-11-25 2005-06-01 Abm Italia S.P.A Récipient avec couvercle à pédale et seau intérieur

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GB2516689A (en) * 2013-07-30 2015-02-04 Mjl Skipmaster Ltd Waste Container
EP2857329A1 (fr) * 2013-07-30 2015-04-08 MJL Skipmaster Limited Récipient de déchets

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