ES1056527U - Soterrado for urban waste container. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Underground container for urban waste, of the type intended to be housed in a pit previously practiced in the field, characterized in that it incorporates a container body proper, of general prismatic-rectangular configuration, formally and dimensionally coinciding with the pit in which it is intended to be housed, a body whose lower base is materialized in a pair of folding gates capable of adopting a closing situation, in which they are substantially horizontal, and an opening situation, in which in turn they are sensibly vertical, to which effect are assisted by a system of connecting rods associated with a double support hook that allows the container to be handled with its gates closed, as well as the opening thereof for unloading the body, while above said body is closed by a cover, intended to be flush with the ground, solidly attached to the body and from which it emerges ge a mailbox cheesebresale with respect to the plane of the floor and that constitutes the receiving element of the waste. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Underground container for urban waste.

Object of the invention

The present invention relates to an underground container, it is say to a container destined to stay under the surface of the soil, of those destined to be implanted in the public thoroughfare to collection of urban waste such as garbage, containers non-returnable, plastics, paper, etc., preferably with a view to a subsequent recycling of said waste.

The object of the invention is to achieve a container that, in addition of assuming a minimal environmental impact, by its nature underground, allow some emptying maneuvers of the same fast and simple, and all with considerable capacity, which can even reach 5 m 3.

Background of the invention

Given the problems inherent in surface containers for urban waste, well known, exists in the current trend, increasingly widespread, to the use of underground containers, given its lower incidence environmental.

These underground containers usually materialize in an excavation of the land, of appropriate dimensions, generally prismatic-rectangular, within which a platform, equipped with lifting and lowering means, on which one or more conventional, surface containers are located, said excavation being closed by a cover that allows after opening, the elevation of the platform to access to said surface containers, said lid counting with at least one small mailbox, specifically one for each existing surface container inside, properly faced with it and provided with a practicable door so that through it the waste can be deposited within the container.

This solution is structurally complex, requires a auxiliary installation to mobilize both the lifting platform as the closing cover, or failing that requires the vehicle to waste collection have means of connection to your hydraulic circuit for said mechanisms, all of which, In addition to making the system more expensive, it makes the collection slow and laborious, especially considering that in the case of there are several surface containers inside, these they are usually destined for different types of waste, to facilitate subsequent recycling thereof, and that consequently each pickup truck will only act on one of the repeatedly cited surface containers housed in inside, which means that the aforementioned maneuvers must be repeated, in a complete discharge cycle, for each of said internal containers.

Description of the invention

The underground container proposed by the invention resolves the problem was fully satisfactory before exposed, so that with a considerably more structure simple, in the absence of own drive means and with the simple use of the pen currently available vehicles for transporting such waste, for a certain type of containers, can be extracted and emptied on said vehicle in A quick and easy maneuver.

For this and more specifically the container than the invention proposes is constituted from a body essentially prismatic-rectangular, destined to stay in a pit of equal size and configuration, body that constitutes the container proper and that, with an appropriate capacity, presents its bottom base materialized in two practicable gates trained to adopt two limit situations, one of closure in which constitute the bottom of the body on which they are deposited waste, and other opening, which is accessed by lower tilt thereof, corresponding to the phase of unloading of the container on the corresponding vehicle of pick up

Superiorly the body is closed by a lid, rigid enough to allow the passage over it of people, and even vehicles, that is flush with the ground and that stands out perimeter with respect to the body determining a support also perimetral on a staggering operationally practiced in the mouth of the pit.

From this cover emerges, duly in solidarity with it, a waste disposal box, which is the only element emerging with respect to the soil surface and that will be formal and / or chromatically adapted to different types of waste such as paper, glass, containers and organic waste.

Going back to the lower gates, they are associated with a conventional opening system based on connecting rods protected to avoid contact with waste, connecting rods related to a double hook suspension system, itself same conventional, which allows the lifting of the container in its set in closing situation and, after its location on the unloading vehicle, opening the lower gates for its emptying

As a complement to the described structure, the container proper is assisted by a safety railing, also housed in the pit, which emerges outside it by means of a system of counterweights that is activated when the container is elevated, so that said railing prevents the access to the pit when it is empty, that is during container unloading maneuvers.

Description of the drawings

To complement the description that is being made and with in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred embodiment practice thereof, is accompanied as an integral part of said description, a single sheet of plans where with character illustrative and not limiting, it has been represented schematically and in side elevation, an underground container for urban waste carried out in accordance with the object of the present invention, in the that in both continuous and discontinuous lines the two positions appear extremes for the lower gates and their mechanisms of drive

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention

In view of the review figure it can be seen as the container that the invention proposes is constituted from a body (1), prismatic-rectangular, of adequate capacity to specific requirements of each case, such as 3, 4 or 5 m 3, body intended to receive and temporarily store waste and incorporated in correspondence with its lower base a pair of practicable gates (2-2 '), which in the figure they are represented in a continuous line in a closed situation and in broken line in opening situation.

The body (1) will be manufactured in sheet metal and conventional profiles of steel, like the gates (2), and all its elements will be removable for easy transport, being all these hot galvanized elements.

The gates (2-2 ') are assisted by articulated connecting rods (3), protected by a shell that prevents at all times the contact of the waste with the same, connecting rods (3) joined in turn articulated to a suspension strap (4) topped by its upper extremity on a hook (5) for interlocking the pick-up element of the pickup truck boom, so that when the whole container suspended from this hook (5) the floodgates (2) maintain the closing situation represented in a continuous line in the figure, said hook being (5) assisted by a second hook, not represented in the drawing, which as is conventional allows the suspension of the container, in the moment of the download of the same, being released the gates (2) so that, due to its own weight and that of the load they bear, they open fully to the limit situation shown in dashed line in the figure, producing the virtually instantaneous discharge of the body (1).

The body or container itself (1) is closed by its upper limb through a lid (6), which can be performed in different finishes, similar to the floor tiles in the area, for minimize the environmental impact of the container in its set, rigidity cap suitable to allow passage over she, as previously said, of people or even of vehicles.

Said cover (6) is intended to be flush with the ground and It has a perimeter projection (7) intended for fit tightly in an equally perimeter stepping of the mouth of the container receiving pit, not represented in the drawing, for a correct leveling with the ground.

On said cover (6), in any appropriate place of the it also establishes a mailbox (8) that serves as the receiver of the waste, which emerges with respect to the ground plane and which in turn adopt an aesthetic appropriate to the area in which it is located located the container.

Said mailbox (8) will adopt different embodiments, appropriate to each type of waste to which the container, such as paper, glass, packaging and waste organic In any case, the gate of the access to said mailbox allows the dumping of large waste from shops and similar.

Next to the mailbox (8) an open compartment (9) is established superiorly, which houses inside and protects the braces (4) container handling and hooks (5) in which such braces are finished.

According to the structuring described and from the situation of rest and loading of the container, in which it is it is housed in the corresponding pit, said container It is easily removable by attaching the vehicle boom pick up the hook (5) corresponding to the rod (4) of the connecting rods associated to the gates (2), also easily resulting transferable to the unloading area of the vehicle, where at release said hook (5) and keep the container suspended of the other hook, the automatic opening of the gates (2) and consequent emptying of the container.

In order to prevent access during these maneuvers to the pit, the accident occurring, it is expected that parallel to the removal of the container from said pit produce automatic lifting of a guardrail that prevents said access to the pit, railing that also retracts automatically when the container is implanted again within the pit.

Claims (4)

1. Underground container for urban waste, of the type intended to be housed in a pit previously practiced on the ground, characterized in that it incorporates a container body proper, of general prismatic-rectangular configuration, formally and dimensionally coincident with the pit in which it is intended to be housed, a body whose lower base is embodied in a pair of swing gates capable of adopting a closing situation, in which they are substantially horizontal, and an opening situation, in which they are in turn substantially vertical, at whose They are assisted by a system of connecting rods associated with a double lifting hook that allows the container to be manipulated with its doors closed, as well as opening them for unloading the body, while the body is closed by means of a lid, intended to be flush with the ground, solidly attached to the body and from which it emerges e a mailbox that stands out with respect to the ground plane and which constitutes the waste receiving element. 2. Underground container for urban waste, according to claim 1, characterized in that said crank system for tilting the lower gates is protected by a shell that prevents contact of the waste with said system. 3. Underground container for urban waste, according to previous claims, characterized in that the lid has an adequate stiffness to allow both pedestrians and vehicles to pass through it, and incorporates a perimeter flange or extension through which it supports a stepping also perimeter of the mouth of the pit. 4. Underground container for urban waste, according to previous claims, characterized in that the upper mailbox adopts different configurations, in accordance with the different types of waste to which it is intended for the container, being established in any case next to said mailbox an openly upper compartment housing in inside the emerging sector of the double hook of support and opening of the container.