EP2955133A1 - Waste disposal container with pressing device - Google Patents

Abstract

Waste disposal container with pressing device (100) comprising a housing (1), a container (2), an opening (11) in the housing (1), a movable securing element (111, 111 '), a control device (3) and one with the control device (3) operatively connected drive device (4), characterized in that a press die (5) coupled to the drive device (4) comprises a press plate (51), a long lever (52) and a short lever (53), wherein the press plate ( 51), the long lever (52) and the short lever (53) with bearings (191) on the housing (1) and bearings (56) on the pressure plate (51) form a four-bar linkage; the press ram (5) is movable between an initial position (54) and a maximum press position (55); and that the securing element (111, 111 ') is coupled to the control device (3) and / or the drive device (4) and is movable between a position releasing the opening (11) and a position closing the opening (11).

Description

TECHNICAL AREA

The present invention relates to a waste disposal container having a pressing device for pressing waste within the waste disposal container and a method of operating a waste disposal container having a pressing device according to the preambles of the independent claims.

STATE OF THE ART

Cleanliness in public spaces is a central goal of cities and municipalities. The provision of garbage disposal containers for easy disposal of the refuse of passersby contributes significantly to achieving this goal. However, it must be ensured that the waste disposal containers have the required capacity. Since many voluminous waste disposal containers can not be set up in many locations, the containers often have to be emptied frequently at heavily frequented locations in order to prevent contamination of the public space.

The reduction of manual emptying operations by service personnel is an undisputed possibility of optimizing the maintenance of waste disposal containers for both frequented and remote locations. One possibility of such optimization is provided by pressing the waste within the waste container, thus increasing the effective volume of reception the waste disposal container increased and the number of required empties can be significantly reduced.

In the garbage compacting apparatus (http://www.bigbelly.com/solutions/stations/bigbelly/) realized by BigBelly Solar, a compaction stamp in a garbage bin performs a linear, vertical movement during the garbage compacting process. The compacting die is driven by a chain drive mechanism, with the required electrical power supplied by photovoltaic panels to the housing of the refuse compacting apparatus. The recording of the waste is done by a drawer device, in which the passer by a handle has to open a separate storage compartment and then only there can deposit the waste. When closing the receiving compartment, the waste should fall into the container, in which then the compression should take place.

The chain mechanism, which drives the vertical movement of the compacting die, comprises a complicated mechanism with numerous components, which increase the manufacturing costs for the realization of the compacting device and the susceptibility to errors. The dimensioning and the linear, vertical movement of the compaction punch also require a relatively high height and limit the possibility of designing the shape of the cross section of the compaction punch on the dimension of the cross section of the receptacle, since otherwise a reliable compression of the contents of the container can not be guaranteed. Due to the changing position of the sun and the variable location of the waste disposal container, the fixed arrangement guarantees the photovoltaic panels at the top of the case do not optimize the use of sunlight. Finally, the inclusion of the drawer device, while ensuring that the hand of the passerby does not accidentally enter the compactor, requires additional action and additional contact of the passer with the housing to dispose of the waste. For reasons of hygiene, many users avoid any direct contact with a waste container in public spaces.

PRESENTATION OF THE INVENTION

It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a waste disposal container with pressing device and a method for operating a waste disposal container with pressing device, which avoid the disadvantages of the prior art.

These objects are achieved by the inventive waste disposal container with pressing device and the inventive method for operating a waste disposal container with pressing device, as defined in the independent claims. Some preferred embodiments are claimed in the dependent claims.

The inventive waste disposal container with pressing device comprises a housing, a container, an opening in the housing, a movable securing element, a control device and a drive device operatively connected to the control device, one with the drive device coupled punch comprises a, preferably step-shaped, press plate, a long lever and a short lever. According to the invention, the press plate, the long lever and the short lever with bearings on the housing and on the press plate form a four-bar linkage (FIG. Four-joint principle according to Dubbel, paperback for mechanical engineering, Springer (1995), 18th edition, G 152 ff. ). According to the invention, the pressing punch is movable between an initial position and a maximum pressing position. The securing element is movable according to the invention between a position releasing the opening of the housing and a position closing the opening of the housing and being coupled to the control device and / or the drive device. The coupling of the securing element with the control device and / or the drive device ensures that the securing element is in a position closing the opening of the housing during the pressing movement. Preferably, the securing element can be locked in the position closing the opening.

In one embodiment, the housing may also be a frame with a fairing in which the container, the control device, the drive device, and the ram can be located. Preferably, the housing is a solid and supporting structure in which the container, the control device, the drive device and the press die can be located.

Preferably, two mounting points are arranged on the housing and two mounting points on the press plate, wherein the long lever and the short lever each connect a bearing point of the press plate with a bearing point on the housing. The storage points on the housing are preferably closer together as the bearing points on the press plate, which together with the different length of the lever leads to a complex pivotal movement of the press plate. The complex pivoting movement has the advantage that, in contrast to a linear pressing movement, a greater travel of the pressing plate (ie the entire pressing plate or at least parts thereof) is made possible with a constant stroke of the driving device. The complex pivotal movement increases the volume in the container, which moves the pressure plate during the pressing movement, and also allows the waste within the container to be brought into areas in which the waste deposited by itself hardly or less collects. Compared to a linear movement, a larger space is covered with the complex pivoting movement for the same dimensions of the pressing surface, so that the pressing surface according to the invention can be smaller than the cross section of the container. For increased stability, additional levers arranged parallel to the said levers can be attached, which however do not change the degree of freedom of the pressing movement.

The securing element, in one embodiment a flap, is preferably lockable in the position closing the opening of the housing. In one embodiment, the securing element is spring-loaded in the position closing the opening of the housing and, in one embodiment, must be opened against the force of one or more springs.

The securing element ensures that during the pressing process, the opening of the housing remains closed and thus a risk of injury by insertion of hands or arms of passers-by and by contact with the press ram is excluded. The system with opening in the housing and securing element allows the passerby to dispose of the waste in the waste disposal container without physical contact to the waste disposal container.

According to a preferred embodiment, the control device and / or the drive device is electrically connected to an independent power supply. In a further embodiment, the fuse element is electrically connected to the independent power supply.

In a preferred embodiment, the independent power supply comprises photovoltaic elements and at least one storage element, preferably a battery. The photovoltaic elements are, according to one embodiment, mounted on an inclined surface of a housing top on the top of the housing, wherein preferably the housing top including the inclined surface of the housing top is rotatable on the top of the housing top about a longitudinal axis of the housing. The rotatability of the upper housing part and the inclined surface offers the advantage that the photovoltaic elements can be optimally aligned to the sun, depending on the location, so that the most efficient possible energy supply is achieved. On the other hand, the throw-in opening can likewise be optimally aligned independently of the photovoltaic elements, for example towards a sidewalk or a public square, so that maximum user-friendliness is ensured. In a preferred embodiment, the upper housing part may be opened so that maintenance work on components within the garbage disposal container can be performed with a press device. For example, can be thereby easily replace a memory element arranged in the upper housing part by maintenance personnel.

According to a preferred embodiment, the waste disposal container with pressing device comprises a display device attached to the outside of the housing, which preferably comprises an LED display, wherein the display device is preferably electrically connected to the independent power supply. This makes it possible that from the outside, for example, the service personnel, with the help of the display device, various information about the state of the waste container can be optically detected.

The control device comprises, in a further preferred embodiment, a level control device which measures the level of the container. In one embodiment, the level control device comprises an ultrasonic measuring device. Preferably, the control device further comprises a charge level control device that measures the charge level of the storage element. In a further preferred embodiment, the control device comprises a compression pressure measuring device and / or a stroke length measuring device. The stroke length measuring device can measure the stroke length of the drive device. Preferably, the stroke length measuring device together with the pressing pressure measuring device form a level control device and used to determine the level of the pressed waste in a particularly simple manner. In a preferred embodiment, the display device is with the charge level control device and / or the level control device electrically connected. The display device can display information about the fill level or the charge level of the storage element by the electrical connection, preferably by flashing and / or a color change of the display.

According to a preferred embodiment, the drive device comprises a drive cylinder, wherein the drive cylinder with the first end on the pressure plate, preferably between the bearings of the pressure plate or on one of the bearings of the pressure plate or on the long lever engages, and with the second end above the housing, preferably centrally attacks on a bracket. The drive cylinder is, in one embodiment, an electric motor operated electric cylinder. The embodiment of the drive device as a drive cylinder reduces the susceptibility to errors compared to, for example, pressure pad drives or scissors mechanisms. The drive cylinder and designed as a four-bar press ram are compact and together take up little space, so that waste disposal containers can be realized with pressing device of small size. Especially, the rotatability of the inclined surface of the top of the housing can reduce the effective usable space in the housing between the ram and the top of the housing, so that the compactness of the drive mechanism and the ram provide an advantage in the design of the waste container with press device. According to further embodiments, the drive device comprises drive mechanisms such as pneumatic drives, spindle drives, multiple drive cylinders or other electric motor drives.

The ram comprises, in one embodiment, a step-shaped squeeze plate, the step shape being configured so that the squeeze plate is stepped down in the initial position from the, in one embodiment, frontal opening in the housing to the center of the refuse container. The step-shaped embodiment of the press plate allows that in the initial position of the press ram, the frontal, in one embodiment, opening in the housing remains free and an unhindered reception of waste is guaranteed. In addition, the step-shaped embodiment of the press plate allows, in the initial position of the press ram, the space in the housing between the ram and the inclined surface on the top of the housing to be increased, which simplifies, for example, the positioning of the storage element in said space.

In a preferred embodiment, the housing has a circular cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The cross-section of the housing may, in other embodiments, be polygonal. Preferably, the cross section of the container is matched to the cross section of the housing. In a preferred embodiment, the container has a circular cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the housing, wherein in one embodiment at least two subsections of the rim are straight. The corresponding press plate also preferably has a circular shape in plan view with at least two straight sections of the rim.

According to a preferred embodiment, the waste disposal container with pressing device within the housing comprises a fire extinguishing device with a fire extinguishing agent, wherein the fire extinguishing device preferably comprises a trigger and a fire extinguishing capsule with a fire extinguishing agent.

The garbage disposal container with pressing device comprises, in one embodiment, a communication device, with which preferably a wireless data transmission can be performed, wherein the communication device is preferably electrically connected to the independent power supply.

According to a further preferred embodiment, the securing element, which is preferably a flap, in the opening of the housing releasing position with the pressure plate formed as a slanted inclined surface inclined face, which is opposite to a preferably frontal opening in the housing, wherein the inclined surface an inclination the longitudinal axis of the housing and is a functional surface, which may have, for example, gradations.

In one embodiment, the securing element, preferably a shield, is disposed in the opening releasing position at least partially below the opening, wherein preferably the upper edge of the securing element rests against the lower edge of the opening.

In one embodiment, the securing element is mechanically connected to a pivoting device. By the pivoting device, the securing element can be pivoted. The fuse element can between the Opening releasing position and the position closing the opening be pivotable, wherein the pivoting device is preferably electrically connected to the control device. This has the advantage that the pivoting movement of the securing element can be electrically controlled. The pivoting device may include a motor that can drive the pivotal movement of the securing element.

Preferably, the pivoting device or securing element comprises means for preventing blockages of the securing element. For example, the motor of the pivoting device may comprise a load limiting device which, at a maximum load on the securing element, may interrupt the movement, for example the pivotal movement. Preferably, the load limiting device can trigger a reversal of the movement. For example, during movement of the securing member from the opening-releasing position to the opening-closing position by the load-limiting device, the movement of the securing member can be interrupted and the securing member moved back to the opening-releasing position. This has the advantage that objects which, for example, are partly stuck in the opening and block the movement of the securing element, can fall into or out of the opening through the release of the opening into the opening. The risk of blocking the opening and operation of the garbage disposal container can thus be reduced.

The control device and the storage element and parts of the drive device are, in another embodiment, in the space between the Plunger and the inclined surface arranged on top of the housing.

The arrangement of the control device, the storage element and the parts of the drive device in the space in the housing between the ram and the inclined surface on the top of the housing and the compactness of the ram and the drive device allow the realization of waste disposal containers with press device of small size. A small size and compactness of the garbage disposal container with press device can be advantageous in terms of vandalism, since the small size and compactness allows the production of particularly robust waste disposal containers.

In the inventive method for pressing waste with a waste disposal container with pressing device, the securing element is placed in a position closing the opening of the housing and preferably locked during the pressing process in the position closing the opening, the drive device is driven by the control device, the drive device only then released is when the securing element is in the opening of the housing closing position. In the method according to the invention, the pressing punch is moved into the pressing position which corresponds to the maximum pressing pressure, measured by the pressing pressure measuring device, wherein the movement of the pressing punch is driven by the driving device and the driving device is controlled by the control device. Finally, in the method according to the invention, the press die is inserted into the Moved back initial position, and the securing element moves back into the opening of the housing releasing position.

In one embodiment of the method, the securing element is locked during the pressing process in the position closing the opening of the housing, preferably spring-loaded.

The pressing process is, according to a further embodiment of the method, triggered after a measurement of the level of the container by the level control device above a certain threshold level of the container. Preferably, the charge level of the storage element is measured and the pressing process is triggered from a certain charge level.

In a preferred embodiment of the method, the threshold value of the level that triggers the pressing process is increased stepwise with the number of pressing operations. This has the advantage that at a low level after a certain number of pressing operations further pressing operations are suspended and thus energy can be saved. In addition, it is ensured that with a small number of pressing operations carried out and a low level of waste is pressed.

In one embodiment of the method, the direction of movement of the securing element from the opening-closing / releasing position to the opening-releasing / closing position is reversed upon blocking the movement.

In a further embodiment of the method, the display device displays the fill level of the container and / or the charge level of the storage element by flashing and / or changing the color of the display.

In one embodiment of the method, the communication device transfers data, such as level and / or charge level, preferably wirelessly, to a location remote from the location of the garbage disposal bin.

In a further embodiment, the communication device comprises an insertable SIM card, the data being transmitted via GSM to a location remote from the location of the refuse collection container.

In a preferred embodiment of the method, in a fire, the fire extinguishing agent of the fire extinguishing device is discharged into the container, wherein in a preferred embodiment by a trigger, the release of the fire extinguishing agent in the fire capsule is triggered.

In a preferred embodiment, a pressing operation is initiated by the control device at presettable intervals, for example every 15 minutes. In a further embodiment, the maximum number of pressing operations by the control device is limited to a number, eg, 20, per day.

BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE FIGURES

Fig. 1a

eine perspektivische Ansicht einer Ausführungsform eines Abfallentsorgungsbehälters mit Pressvorrichtung umfassend ein Gehäuse mit frontaler Öffnung, einem drehbaren Gehäuseoberteil, wobei das um einen bestimmten Winkel gedrehte Gehäuseoberteil strichliniert gezeigt ist;

Fig. 1b

eine Frontalansicht des Abfallentsorgungsbehälters gemäss Fig. 1a;

Fig. 2a

einen Schnitt einer Ausführungsform eines Abfallentsorgungsbehälters mit Pressvorrichtung gemäss Fig. 1b entlang A-A umfassend einen Pressstempel in der Initialposition und einer Klappe in der die frontale Öffnung des Gehäuses freigebenden Position;

Fig. 2b

einen Schnitt des Abfallentsorgungsbehälters gemäss Fig. 2a mit geschlossener Klappe und mit dem Pressstempel in einer Position zwischen der Initialposition und der maximalen Pressposition;

Fig. 2c

einen Schnitt des Abfallentsorgungsbehälters gemäss Fig. 2a und 2b mit geschlossener Klappe und mit dem Pressstempel in der maximalen Pressposition;

Fig. 3a

eine Draufsicht eines Schnitts eines Abfallentsorgungsbehälters gemäss Fig. 1b entlang B-B mit dem Pressstempel in der Initialposition;

Fig. 3b

eine Draufsicht eines des Abfallentsorgungsbehälters gemäss Fig. 3a mit dem Pressstempel in der maximalen Pressposition;

Fig. 4a

eine perspektivische Ansicht einer Ausführungsform eines Pressstempels in der Initialposition und eines Antriebszylinders mit zentraler Halterung am Gehäuse, wobei die übrigen Teile des Abfallentsorgungsbehälters weggelassen sind;

Fig. 4b

eine perspektivische Ansicht der Ausführungsform eines Pressstempels gemäss Fig. 4a in der gleichen Perspektive mit dem Pressstempel in der maximalen Pressposition;

Fig. 5a

eine Seitenansicht der Ausführungsform eines Pressstempels und eines Antriebszylinders mit zentraler Halterung am Gehäuse gemäss Fig. 4a mit dem Pressstempel in der Initialposition, wobei das Gehäuse strichliniert gezeigt ist;

Fig. 5b

eine Seitenansicht der Ausführungsform gemäss Fig. 5a mit dem Pressstempel in der maximalen Pressposition;

Fig. 6a

einen Längsschnitt durch den oberen Bereich einer weiteren Ausführungsform eines Abfallbehälters mit einem Sicherungselement in Form eines Schildes in einer oberen die Einwurföffnung verschliessenden Position; und

Fig. 6b

die Ansicht gemäss Fig. 6a, wobei der Schild nun in einer unteren, die Einwurföffnung freigebenden Position dargestellt ist.

Embodiments of the invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the following figures and the accompanying descriptions. Show it:

Fig. 1a

a perspective view of an embodiment of a waste disposal container with pressing device comprising a housing with a frontal opening, a rotatable housing upper part, wherein the rotated by a certain angle housing upper part is shown by dashed lines;

Fig. 1b

a frontal view of the garbage disposal container according Fig. 1a ;

Fig. 2a

a section of an embodiment of a waste disposal container with pressing device according to Fig. 1b along AA comprising a plunger in the initial position and a flap in the position releasing the frontal opening of the housing;

Fig. 2b

a section of the waste disposal container according to Fig. 2a with the flap closed and with the ram in a position between the initial position and the maximum pressing position;

Fig. 2c

a section of the waste disposal container according to Fig. 2a and 2 B with closed flap and with the punch in the maximum pressing position;

Fig. 3a

a plan view of a section of a waste disposal container according to Fig. 1b along BB with the punch in the initial position;

Fig. 3b

a plan view of the garbage disposal container according to Fig. 3a with the punch in the maximum pressing position;

Fig. 4a

a perspective view of an embodiment of a ram in the initial position and a drive cylinder with central support on the housing, the remaining parts of the waste disposal container are omitted;

Fig. 4b

a perspective view of the embodiment of a press ram according to Fig. 4a in the same perspective with the punch in the maximum pressing position;

Fig. 5a

a side view of the embodiment of a ram and a drive cylinder with central support on the housing according to Fig. 4a with the ram in the initial position, with the housing shown in phantom;

Fig. 5b

a side view of the embodiment according to Fig. 5a with the punch in the maximum pressing position;

Fig. 6a

a longitudinal section through the upper portion of another embodiment of a refuse container with a securing element in the form of a shield in an upper closing the insertion opening position; and

Fig. 6b

the view according to Fig. 6a , wherein the shield is now shown in a lower, the insertion opening releasing position.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

The present detailed description sets out, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, embodiments of the invention and is intended to contribute to a better understanding of the invention. The terms used in the detailed description of embodiments of the invention illustrated in the figures are not intended to limit the invention. The figures are drawn schematically.

FIG. 1a 11 shows a perspective view of an embodiment of a garbage disposal container with pressing device 100 comprising a housing 1, a frontal opening 11, a rotatable housing upper part 14 with an inclined surface 12 and photovoltaic elements 61 on the inclined surface 12. The housing upper part 14 is, according to the embodiment shown, to the longitudinal axis 13 according to the directions indicated by the arrow P rotatable. A configuration of the upper housing part 14 after a rotation about a certain angle about the longitudinal axis 13 is shown by dashed lines. The rotatability of the upper housing part 14 with the inclined surface 12 and the photovoltaic elements 61 makes it possible to align the photovoltaic elements 61 independently of the frontal opening 11, so that the photovoltaic elements 61 optimal to the sun and the frontal opening 11 regardless of the orientation of the photovoltaic elements 61 optimal can be aligned to the passerby. In the embodiment shown, the housing 1 has a circular cross-section. Behind additional frontal openings 16, for example, ashtrays 17 may be attached. In the embodiment shown is a frontal part of the housing, comprising the frontal opening 11 and the additional frontal opening 16 as a frontal gate 18 which can be opened to receive the waste M in the container 2 (not visible in FIG FIG. 1 ) or to carry out maintenance work. Above the opening 11, in the embodiment shown, an LED display 71 is mounted, by means of which information on the state of the waste disposal container 100 can be optically read. The upper housing part 14 can preferably be opened to perform maintenance.

FIG. 1b shows a frontal view of the garbage disposal container with pressing device 100 according to FIG. 1 a.

Figures 2a-c show three sections of an embodiment of a waste disposal container with pressing device 100 along AA according to FIG. 1b , wherein the three sections differ by the different positions of the ram 5 and a flap 111 '.

FIG. 2a shows the ram 5 in the initial position 54, the ram 5 includes a pressing plate 51, a long lever 52 and a short lever 53. According to the embodiment shown, the pressure plate 51, the long lever 52 and the short lever 53 together with the bearings 191 and 191 'on a bearing block 19 fixed to the housing 1 and the bearings 56 and 56' on the pressing plate 51 form a four-bar linkage. According to the embodiment shown, the relative position of the bearings 191 and 191 'is almost horizontal to each other. The bearings 191 and 191 'are not directly, but on the bearing block 19 with the housing 1 operatively connected. The drive device 4 comprises, according to the embodiment shown, a drive cylinder 41, wherein the drive cylinder 41 engages with the first end 411 on the pressure plate 51 and the second end 412 above the housing 1 centrally on a yoke-shaped bracket 15. According to the FIG. 2a is the flap 111 ', in a frontal opening 11 releasing position. The pressing plate 51 in the initial position 54 of the ram 5 and the flap 111 'in the position releasing the opening 11 according to the embodiment shown form a functional inclined cover opposite the frontal opening 11, so that dropped through the opening 11 waste M unhindered in the container 2 can be. The pressing plate 51 is, according to the embodiment shown, stepped down from the frontal opening 11 to the center of the waste container, so that in the initial position 54 of the ram 5, the unhindered absorption of waste M through the frontal opening 11 is made possible.

FIG. 2b shows the ram 5 in a position between the initial position and the maximum pressing position during the pressing movement, which is driven by the drive cylinder 41, wherein the flap 111 'is in a position closing the frontal opening 11. Preferably, the flap 111 'is locked in the position closing the frontal opening 11 so that no access to the interior of the housing 1 is possible during the pressing movement and the risk of injury is minimized.

The flap 111 'in a preferred embodiment may be spring biased so that the flap in the closed position is against the force of a or more springs must be opened by a damper drive. Preferably, the flap 111 'is thereby moved in case of failure of the damper drive by the spring force in the opening 11 closing position.

Figure 2c shows the ram 5 in the maximum pressing position 55, wherein the stroke length of the drive cylinder 41 is at the maximum value. The volume of the waste M is significantly reduced in the example shown in the maximum pressing position 55 of the ram compared to the initial position 54 of the ram. In a preferred embodiment, a pressing pressure measuring device 33 measures the pressing pressure. Together with a stroke length measuring device 34, according to a preferred embodiment, the position corresponding to a maximum pressing pressure can be measured. In order to avoid damage to the pressing device, the pressing movement of the press ram 5 can be interrupted upon reaching the maximum pressing pressure, even if the maximum pressing position 55 has not yet been reached.

FIG. 3a shows a plan view of a section of the waste disposal container with pressing device 100 according to the FIG. 1b along BB, wherein the ram 5 is in the initial position 54. The flap 111 'is for clarity in the FIG. 3a Not shown. In the embodiment shown, the container 2 has a circular cross section with two opposite straight sections of the edge, arranged laterally to the frontal opening 11 on. The pressing plate 51 has in plan view according to the in FIG. 3a embodiment shown also has a circular cross section with two opposite straight sections of the edge, preferably parallel to the straight sections the edge of the container 2, on. In the embodiment shown, two long levers 52 and 52 'are arranged parallel to one another. The levers 52 and 52 'each comprise two lever blades in the illustrated embodiment to increase the stability of the levers 52 and 52'. Similarly, in the embodiment shown, two short levers 53 and 53 'are arranged parallel to each other. The levers 53 and 53 'in the embodiment shown also each comprise two lever blades. A plurality of parallel long lever 52 and short lever 53 can provide increased stability of the ram 5, without changing the degree of freedom of the pressing movement. The bearings 56 and 56 'on the pressure plate 51 are, according to the embodiment shown, formed with axes 57 and 57'. The bearings 191 and 191 'are correspondingly, according to the embodiment shown, formed with axes 192 and 192'. Additional reinforcement structures 58, for example additional ribs, may provide increased stability of the pressure plate 51.

FIG. 3b shows a plan view according FIG. 3a with the ram in the maximum pressing position 55. According to the FIGS. 3a and b It can be seen that in the illustrated embodiment, the pressing surface of the pressing plate 51 is smaller than the depth of the container 2, wherein in the initial position 54 of the ram 5, a portion of the container 2 opposite the frontal opening 11 under the short levers 53 according to the FIG. 3a is not covered by the pressure plate 51 and in the maximum pressing position 55 of the ram 5, the area of the container 2 at the frontal opening 11 according to the FIG. 3b is not covered by the pressure plate 51. Laterally, the pressure plate 51 has approximately the same width as the container 2. Due to the complex pivoting movement between the initial position 54 of the ram 5 and the maximum pressing position 55 of the ram 5 but during the pressing movement almost the entire depth of the container 2 is covered.

FIG. 4a shows a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of a ram 5 in the initial position 54, comprising a pressure plate 51, two parallel arranged long lever 52 and 52 ', two mutually parallel short lever 53 and 53' and a drive cylinder 41 with central yoke-shaped holder 15th on the housing 1. The pressing plate 51 is, according to the embodiment shown, stepped and forms in the initial position 54 of the ram 5 a functional inclined cover.

FIG. 4b shows the ram 5 according FIG. 4a from the same perspective as in FIG. 4a , wherein the ram 5 is now in the maximum pressing position 55. The bearings 56 and 56 'on the pressure plate 51 and the bearings 191 and 191' are, according to the embodiment shown, formed with axes 57, 57 ', 192 and 192'. Additional reinforcing structures 58, for example additional ribs, can provide increased stability. In the embodiment shown, the two long levers 52 and 52 'and the two short levers 53 and 53' each comprise two lever blades, but this does not change the degree of freedom of the pressing movement.

A side view of a preferred embodiment of a ram 5 and a drive cylinder 41 with central yoke-shaped holder 15 on the housing 1 according to FIG. 4a , with the ram 5 in the initial position 54, is in FIG. 5a shown. The housing 1 and the housing upper part 14 are shown by dashed lines. The frontal opening 11 is shown open. Within the upper housing part 14 is the storage element 62. In the space below the yoke-shaped holder 15, further components of the waste disposal container, such as parts of the drive device 4, may be placed. At the bearing block 19 may be a fire extinguishing device, which can give a fire extinguishing agent in the waste disposal container 100 in case of fire. A side view of the ram 5 according to FIG. 5a , with the ram 5 in the maximum pressing position 55, is in FIG. 5b shown.

In the Figures 6a and 6b is a further embodiment of a waste disposal container according to the invention shown in longitudinal section. Shown is the top portion of a garbage disposal container where the fuse element is formed as a shield 111 " Fig. 6b shown, in a lower position, the opening 11 for injecting the waste free. The upper edge of the shield 111 "is circumferentially projecting and abuts in this position at the lower edge of the insertion opening 11, so that it serves as Einwurflippe for the waste .This ensures that the dropped waste safely enters the receptacle The shield 111 "may serve as a chute, if necessary, since it is substantially smooth and free from interfering structures.

The throw of waste is also not hindered by the pivoting device 9, with which the shield is mechanically connected, since the points of attack of the pivoting device are arranged laterally on the shield.

In the Fig. 6a is the shield, which can be pivoted by means of the pivoting device from a lower to an upper position closes in the latter, upper position, the insertion opening. The pivoting device is connected via a not shown in the figure, preferably electrical connection to the control device and is operated by a motor also not shown in the figure. The connection with the control device ensures that the pressing process is only triggered when the throw-in opening is completely closed by the sign 111. Since the pivoting device and its drive are arranged laterally and above the throw-in opening, the throwing in of waste in no way becomes In the lower, releasing position, the sign as a chute actually aids the path of waste into the container.

Claims (15)

Waste disposal container with pressing device (100, 100 ') comprising a housing (1), a container (2), an opening (11) in the housing (1), a movable securing element (111, 111', 111 "), a control device (3 ) and a drive device (4) operatively connected to the control device (3), characterized in that a pressing ram (5) coupled to the drive device (4) comprises a preferably step-shaped pressing plate (51), a long lever (52) and a short lever Lever (53), wherein the pressure plate (51), the long lever (52) and the short lever (53) with bearings (191) on the housing (1) and bearings (56) on the pressure plate (51) form a four-bar linkage in that the pressing ram (5) is movable between an initial position (54) and a maximum pressing position (55), and that the securing element (111, 111 ', 111 ") is movable with the control device (3) and / or the drive device (4). coupled and between the opening (11) releasing Posi tion and the opening (11) closing position is movable and preferably in the opening (11) closing position can be locked. Waste disposal container with pressing device (100, 100 ') according to claim 1, characterized in that the control device (3) and / or the drive device (4) with an independent power supply (6) is electrically connected. Waste disposal container with pressing device (100, 100 ') according to claim 2, characterized in that the independent power supply (6) comprises photovoltaic elements (61) and at least one storage element (62), the photovoltaic elements (61) resting on an inclined surface (12) of a Housing upper part (14) on the upper side of the upper housing part (14) are mounted, wherein Preferably, the upper housing part (14) comprising the inclined surface (12) of the upper housing part (14) on the upper side of the upper housing part (14) about a longitudinal axis (13) of the housing (1) is rotatable. Waste disposal container with pressing device (100, 100 ') according to claim 3, characterized in that the control device (3) and the storage element (62) and parts of the drive device (4) in the space between the press ram (5) and the inclined surface (12) are arranged. Waste disposal container with pressing device (100, 100 ') according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the control device (3) comprises a level control device (32) and / or a pressure measuring device (33) and / or a stroke length measuring device (34). Waste disposal container with pressing device (100, 100 ') according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the drive device (4) comprises a drive cylinder (41), preferably an electric motor operated electric cylinder (42), wherein the drive cylinder (41) with the first End (411) on the pressing plate (51), preferably between the bearings (56) of the pressing plate (51) or on one of the bearings (56) of the pressing plate (51) or on the long lever (52) engages and with the second end (412) above the housing (1), preferably centrally on a holder (15) engages. Waste disposal container with pressing device (100, 100 ') according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the housing (1) has a circular cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (13). Waste disposal container with pressing device (100, 100 ') according to one of the preceding claims, comprising within the housing (1) a fire extinguishing device (8) with a fire extinguishing agent (83), wherein the fire extinguishing device (8) preferably a trigger (81) and a fire extinguisher ( 82) with a fire extinguishing agent (83). Waste disposal container with pressing device (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the securing element (111, 111 '), preferably a flap (111'), in the position releasing the opening (11) with the pressing plate (51) has a sloping lid opposite to a, preferably frontal, opening (11) form. Waste disposal container with pressing device (100 ') according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the securing element (111 "), preferably a shield (111") in which the opening (11) releasing position at least partially below the opening (11 ), wherein preferably the upper edge of the securing element (111 ") bears against the lower edge of the opening (11). Waste disposal container with pressing device (100 ') according to claim 10, characterized in that the securing element (111 ") with a pivoting device (9) is mechanically connected and the securing element (111") between the opening (11) releasing position and the opening (11) closing Position is pivotable, wherein the pivoting device (9) with the control device (3) is electrically connected. Method for pressing waste with a waste disposal container with pressing device (100, 100 ') according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the securing element (111, 111', 111 ") is brought into a position closing the opening (11) and preferably during the pressing operation in the position closing the opening (11) is locked, that the drive device (4) is actuated by the control device (3), the drive device (4) being released when the securing element (111, 111 ', 111 ") in which the opening (11) closing position is; in that the pressing ram (5) is moved to the pressing position corresponding to the maximum pressing pressure measured by the pressing pressure measuring device (33), the movement of the ram (5) being driven by the driving device (4), the driving device (4 ) is controlled by the control device (3); that the press ram (5) is moved back to the initial position (54); and that the securing element (111, 111 ', 111 ") is moved back into the opening-releasing position. A method according to claim 12, characterized in that the pressing operation after a measurement of the level of the container (2) by the level control device (32) above a certain threshold level of the container (2) is triggered, preferably also the charge level of the memory element (62 ) is measured and the pressing process is triggered from a certain charge level. A method according to claim 13, characterized in that the pressing of the triggering threshold value of the level is gradually increased with the number of pressing operations. Method according to one of claims 12 to 14, characterized in that the direction of movement of the securing element (111, 111 ', 111 ") from the position closing / closing the opening (11) into the opening / closing position of the opening (11) is reversed when blocking the movement.

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