EP4299473A1 - Système de collecte des déchets - Google Patents

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EP4299473A1
EP4299473A1 EP22181623.4A EP22181623A EP4299473A1 EP 4299473 A1 EP4299473 A1 EP 4299473A1 EP 22181623 A EP22181623 A EP 22181623A EP 4299473 A1 EP4299473 A1 EP 4299473A1
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Martin KLOSTERMANN
Sören Dede
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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
    • B65F1/04—Refuse receptacles; Accessories therefor with removable inserts
    • B65F1/06—Refuse receptacles; Accessories therefor with removable inserts with flexible inserts, e.g. bags or sacks
    • B65F1/062—Refuse receptacles; Accessories therefor with removable inserts with flexible inserts, e.g. bags or sacks having means for storing or dispensing spare bags
    • 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
    • B65F1/02—Refuse receptacles; Accessories therefor without removable inserts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F9/00—Transferring of refuse between vehicles or containers with intermediate storage or pressing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F2210/00—Equipment of refuse receptacles
    • B65F2210/128—Data transmitting means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F2210/00—Equipment of refuse receptacles
    • B65F2210/167—Sealing means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F2210/00—Equipment of refuse receptacles
    • B65F2210/168—Sensing means

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  • the present invention relates to a waste collection system.
  • the present invention relates in particular to a waste collection system with which waste can be collected and processed for disposal in a simple and reliable manner and with a high degree of automation.
  • US 2019/0382197 A1 describes an automatic trash can. This trash can automatically seals trash bags at the push of a button and automatically opens a new trash bag after removing the filled and sealed trash bag.
  • US 2015/0324760 A1 describes a waste tracking system to track waste from one location to another location.
  • garbage bags are “tagged”, i.e. provided with a marking, such as an RFID tag.
  • the filled waste containers are collected and taken to specific recycling stations.
  • Such a waste collection system allows waste to be processed cost-effectively and efficiently, such as in particular collecting filled waste bags.
  • the waste collection system is thus designed to process waste, whereby processing can only take place at the location of a filling arrangement, or where processing can also be carried out on a spatially more extensive scale, for example up to a central collection station, as described in greater detail below becomes.
  • the waste collection system is intended to serve at least partially, for example completely automated, processing of waste bags.
  • a filling arrangement is understood to mean, in particular, an arrangement in which waste bags can be filled by a user.
  • a filling arrangement can therefore be understood to mean, for example, a waste container in which people can fill waste bags with waste.
  • Such filling arrangements can, for example, be arranged in different rooms of a building, whereby corresponding waste bags have to be emptied after filling in a large number of filling arrangements.
  • the filling arrangement includes a receiving device, such as in particular a frame, for receiving and fixing a waste bag.
  • the waste bag can thus be positioned and fixed in the receiving device, such as in particular in the frame, so that the waste bag can be filled by a user.
  • a lid is arranged on the receiving device in order to close access to the waste bag.
  • the filling arrangement includes a clamping arrangement for automatically clamping the waste bag. This ensures that the waste bag is always or temporarily opened and can be filled.
  • the garbage bag can remain open permanently, or can only be opened temporarily upon request, for example by pressing a button on the filling arrangement. In a position in which the waste bag can be filled and in particular is clamped, the waste bag is in a so-called filling position.
  • the filling arrangement includes a closure device for automatically closing the waste bag.
  • this can be designed in a suitable form in order to securely close the waste bag.
  • the filled waste bag is removed from the filling position in order to dispose of the filled waste bag and to be able to fill a new, especially unused, waste bag.
  • the waste collection system has a collection position that is different from the filling position for collecting closed waste bags.
  • the collection position is in particular arranged adjacent to the filling arrangement and/or, for example, part of the filling arrangement.
  • the collection position is arranged, for example, in such a way that a waste bag located there can be removed from the filling arrangement and further processed by a person manually or preferably automatically.
  • the filling arrangement In order to move filled waste bags from the filling position to the collection position, the filling arrangement also has a transfer mechanism for moving the waste bag.
  • the transfer mechanism can in principle be designed to be selectable, insofar as it is possible to move the waste bag into the collection position.
  • the transfer mechanism can, for example, be a mechanism that releases the waste bag, i.e. allows the waste bag to fall down from the filling position and come to rest in the collection position.
  • the transfer mechanism can be at least partially identical to the clamping arrangement.
  • a waste collection system described above makes it possible, in particular, to react automatically to the filling of a waste bag and thus always ensure that an empty or at least fillable waste bag is available and can be used by a user. Because of the design of the filling arrangement, a waste bag can always be stretched for filling using the above-described components and, after filling, it can be closed up to a predetermined filling level of the waste bag and moved from the filling position to the collection position. This frees up the filling position again so that a new waste bag can be opened in the filling position and used for waste disposal.
  • waste collection system always provides filled waste bags so that they can be removed from the collection position and collected.
  • the filled waste bags are in the collection position so that they can be easily picked up and transported away.
  • the waste bags in the collection position are securely closed so that contamination of the environment by waste escaping from the waste bags can be prevented.
  • the filling arrangement can preferably have a refill volume for providing unused waste bags.
  • a volume which can be formed by a cassette or a magazine for waste bags to be filled, for example It must be ensured that waste bags that need to be filled are always available and that waste can therefore be disposed of in a new waste bag after filling a waste bag and transferring it to the collection position. Accordingly, the reliability of a waste collection system in this design can be particularly high.
  • the refill volume can, for example, be equipped with a display device that shows when there is only a limited number of waste bags left to be filled. This can ensure that the volume is replenished in a timely manner.
  • the refill volume can preferably be arranged in such a way that it can be reached by the clamping arrangement or another mechanism, so that a waste bag to be filled can preferably be removed automatically and clamped in the filling position.
  • a waste bag to be filled can preferably be removed automatically and clamped in the filling position.
  • an unused garbage bag can be grasped and clamped in the filling position by means of the clamping arrangement or another mechanism. This process can be triggered, for example, when a waste bag is closed or placed in the collection position.
  • a new waste bag can be provided automatically.
  • the closure device comprises a welding device for sealingly welding the waste bag.
  • a welding device makes it possible to close waste bags easily and safely and thus prevent waste from falling out of the waste bag when it is being processed. Essentially, a welding device can melt the material of the waste bag and connect the melted parts or areas to one another, resulting in a stable and secure connection. Accordingly, this configuration can be particularly advantageous when plastic waste bags are used. Because plastic bags can be welded even at low temperatures, so that this design can be easily implemented.
  • the waste collection system in particular the filling arrangement, has a transmitter through which a signal can be output when a waste bag is in the collection position.
  • a transmitter allows information to be output in a safe manner when a filled waste bag is present and can be removed from the filling arrangement or collected accordingly. This applies both to manual further processing of the waste bag and to automated processing of the waste bag, as described in greater detail below.
  • a signal can be transmitted, for example, to a receiver, which shows a person whether and, if necessary, where there is a waste bag to be collected.
  • a signal can be transmitted to a collecting robot, which can then also be controlled accordingly, as described in greater detail below.
  • the station can be freely chosen.
  • the transmitter can be selected from a Bluetooth transmitter, an RFID transmitter, a WLAN transmitter, such as a WiFi transmitter, a mobile radio transmitter, or the like.
  • Such transmitters can send out signals that are received by a cleaner's portable receiver, so that manual removal and processing of the waste bags is improved.
  • corresponding signals can also be received by an automated device for collecting the waste bags, such as a collecting robot, whereby automated collection of filled waste bags can be simplified.
  • Such a transmitter can, for example, be coupled to a sensor or connected via a data connection, which can be wired or wireless, which detects whether a waste bag is in the collection position.
  • a sensor can be, for example, a camera-based sensor or another sensor, such as a radiation-based sensor, which detects whether there is an obstacle at a certain position, from which it can be concluded that a waste bag is present.
  • a weight sensor can be used, which detects whether a weight is in the collection position, which also serves to detect a waste bag in the collection position.
  • the transfer mechanism can also be connected to the transmitter, since after activating the transfer mechanism a waste bag lies in the collection position. All of the above solutions are examples of detecting a waste bag in the collection position.
  • the transmitter can therefore be advantageous for the transmitter to be connected to a sensor for detecting a waste bag in the collection position via a data line, which can be wired or wireless. It is also within the scope of the present invention that the transmitter is activated manually, for example when a user presses a button.
  • this transmitter or another, for example technologically appropriate, transmitter can output a signal which indicates the type of waste contained in the waste bag.
  • the type of waste for example whether it is recycling waste, so-called residual waste, or paper, for example, can determine the further processing of the waste. Accordingly, further processing can be made dependent on what type of waste is present in the respective waste bag.
  • the waste collection system has a collection robot through which waste bags located in the collection position are automatically collected are collectible.
  • a particularly high degree of automation can be made possible.
  • a collecting robot can collect the waste bags located there at the appropriate time.
  • the collecting robot can have a storage volume in which the filled waste bags can be stored.
  • the collecting robot can accordingly have a collecting mechanism, such as a gripping arm, which grabs waste bags located in respective collecting positions and transfers them into the storage volume of the collecting robot.
  • the collecting robot can also have a single storage volume for holding waste bags, or it can also be equipped with a corresponding plurality of storage volumes.
  • the latter embodiment makes it possible, for example, to fill different waste, such as recycling waste, residual waste or even paper, into different volumes and thus facilitate further processing of the waste.
  • the collecting robot can, for example, travel a predetermined area via a predefined route periodically and/or at specific times. For example, all rooms in a building or on one floor of a building can be visited and then, for example, camera-based and / or after appropriate pattern recognition, waste bags located in collection positions can be recognized.
  • Garbage bags to be collected can, for example, be provided with a corresponding display feature, which can be recognized using a camera, so that the collecting robot recognizes the garbage bags to be collected.
  • Corresponding display features include, for example, a QR code, a graphic pattern, a specific color and/or a feature that is only visible under UV or IR light.
  • waste bags can then be placed in the storage volume, whereupon the collecting robot can drive to a central collection point.
  • the waste bags can be placed automatically or by a person into a central collection container or into different collection containers, depending on the type of waste. Accordingly, as described above, it can be advantageous if the collection robot has a camera for camera-based detection of waste bags.
  • the collecting robot can follow a route that can also be referred to as a basic route, which can correspond to a corresponding hallway in a building.
  • a basic route which can correspond to a corresponding hallway in a building.
  • the collection robot receives corresponding signals which indicate waste bags located in collection positions, as described in detail above. Accordingly, the collecting robot can then approach the corresponding filling arrangements and recognize and collect waste bags based on the signal emitted, which can provide an indication of the position of the waste bag, or again based on a camera. The waste bags can then be taken to a central collection point. In this configuration, changing requirements can be responded to in real time.
  • the collecting robot does not necessarily have to travel a predetermined path in order to check all collection positions with regard to waste bags to be collected, but rather the collecting robot only needs to take into account the filling arrangements or collection positions at which there are actually waste bags to be collected.
  • This configuration therefore makes it possible to use particularly short distances, which can result in time and cost savings.
  • the collecting robot has a receiver for receiving signals, wherein the collecting robot can also be controlled by a control unit based on received signals.
  • a collection robot can periodically carry out a collection trip according to predetermined time patterns, or at the specific request of a user.
  • the request can be made manually by a user or, for example, by a corresponding transmitter signal, as described above.
  • the collecting robot it can be advantageous, as described above, for the collecting robot to be equipped with a corresponding receiver.
  • the collection robot only collects waste bags belonging to a specific system.
  • the waste bags can, for example, be provided with a marking that is recognized by the collecting robot.
  • the marking can be visible in UV light or IR light and can be recognized accordingly by the collecting robot.
  • such a qualification for a specific system can also be part of a signal that is sent by the filling arrangement or another component, as described above.
  • the waste collection system such as the collection robot
  • a door opening mechanism through which the door can be opened when the collection robot approaches a door.
  • This door opening mechanism can be a gripping hook or a similar geometry, by means of which a door handle can be pressed or a knob can be turned.
  • the door opening mechanism can also function electronically, for example by using an RFID chip or another mechanism to detect the approach of the collecting robot to a door and open the door automatically. This design enables it to be filled even then Garbage bags can be collected if they are in a room with a locked door.
  • FIG. 1 is a waste collection system 10 according to an embodiment of the invention, which is suitable for at least partially automated processing of waste bags 56.
  • the waste collection system 10 includes a plurality of filling arrangements 12, which in the Figure 2 are shown in greater detail in a top view.
  • the filling arrangement 12 includes a frame 14 for receiving and fixing a waste bag 56.
  • the frame 14 forms a stand that can stand on four legs, for example.
  • the waste bags 56 can be arranged and stretched accordingly within the frame 14.
  • the filling arrangement 12 includes a clamping arrangement 16 for automatically clamping the waste bag 56 in a filling position 18 of the filling arrangement 12. As indicated, the filling position 18 is located within the frame 14.
  • the clamping arrangement 16 comprises, for example, two gripping arrangements 20, 22 which can be moved relative to one another via parallel and horizontally aligned rails 24 and which can grip and clamp a waste bag 56 using rotatable and/or pivotable handles 26 designed as hooks.
  • the waste bags 56 can, for example, be removed from a refill volume 28, such as a cassette, to provide unused waste bags 56. Accordingly, an unused waste bag 56 can be grasped and clamped in the filling position 18 by the clamping arrangement 16 or another mechanism. The waste bag 56 can now be filled.
  • the waste bag 56 When the waste bag 56 is filled, the waste bag 56 can be closed automatically or by a manual command and placed in a collection position 30. This position of the waste bag 56 is in the Figure 2 shown.
  • the filling arrangement 12 has a closure device 32 for automatically closing the waste bag 56.
  • the closure device 32 can be designed as a welding device 34, which has one or two heating elements 36, through which the waste bag 56 can be welded and thus closed.
  • the welding device 34 can be attached to gripping arrangements 20, 22, for example.
  • the waste bag 56 can be moved by a transfer mechanism 38 for moving the waste bag 56 from the filling position 18 to the collection position 30, for example again by the gripping arrangement 20, 22.
  • the gripping arrangement 20, 22 can pivot in such a way that the waste bag 56 falls into the collection position 30.
  • a signal can be output by a transmitter 42, which can be part of the filling arrangement 12, that the waste bag 56 can be disposed of. This can be done manually a cleaning person, or also automated by a collecting robot 44, as in the Figure 1 is shown.
  • the collecting robot 44 is shown, which can move to filling arrangements 12 located in different rooms 46 on a floor and dispose of filled waste bags 56.
  • Both filling arrangements 12a are shown, in which there is no filled waste bag 56, as well as filling arrangements 12b, in which a filled waste bag 56 that is to be collected is present in a collection position 30.
  • the collecting robot 44 can now travel through each room 46 and use a camera to search for waste bags 56 to be collected. These waste bags 56 can be placed in a collection container 48 of the collection robot 44 and then brought to a central collection station 50 on the floor.
  • the collection robot 44 can have a camera 52 for camera-based detection of waste bags 56 located in a collection position 30.
  • the waste collection system 10 may have the transmitter 42 and the collection robot 44 may have a receiver 54 for receiving signals, the collection robot 44 being further controllable by a control unit 62 based on received signals.
  • the collection robot 44 can receive the corresponding signal and selectively only move to the rooms 46 in which a waste bag 56 is to be removed.
  • doors 60 of the rooms 46 can be opened by the collecting robot 48.
  • the waste bags 56 can be recognized by the collecting robot 44, for example, through a data signal or also through physical display features 58 of the waste bags 56, which can be recognized using a camera, so that the collecting robot 44 recognizes the waste bags 56 to be collected.
  • Corresponding display features 58 include, for example, a QR code, a graphic pattern, a specific color and/or a feature that is only visible under UV or IR light.

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WO2006029038A2 (fr) * 2004-09-02 2006-03-16 Playtex Products, Inc. Dispositif d'evacuation des dechets
US20150324760A1 (en) 2009-09-09 2015-11-12 Ultra Smart Recycling Llc Smart waste device and waste tracking system
DE102017222319A1 (de) * 2017-12-08 2019-06-13 Alba Group Plc & Co. Kg Verfahren und system zur logistischen erfassung und steuerung von materialien in transportbehältern
US11144066B1 (en) * 2018-01-31 2021-10-12 AI Incorporated Autonomous refuse bag replacement system
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WO2021145533A1 (fr) * 2020-01-17 2021-07-22 이현구 Poubelle ayant une fonction de fermeture et de découpe de sac en plastique
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