FR2479302A1 - APPARATUS FOR PICKING UP AND DISPOSING OF OBJECTS AND WASTE - Google Patents

Abstract

1. Apparatus for picking up and eliminating wastes (6), such as animal excreta, of the type comprising a supple envelope (9) forming bag or pocket with an opening (9a), side bellows (9b, 9c) and means of picking up the wastes, said means comprising two rigid plates (31 , 32 ) which are secured on either side of the opening (9a) each of said plates having the general shape of a rectangular shovel of which one edge (31 a, 32 a) is extended by a handle (71 , 72 ) which is narrower than the plate and each of said side edges (9a1 , 9a2 ) of said opening is fixed to one of said rigid plates in a band situated along said edge, characterized in that the free edge of each one of bellow (9b, 9c) comprises an indentation (15b, 15c) which connects said free edge to the fold of the bellows and permits to visually control the picking-up operation.

Description

Apparatus for collecting and disposing of waste and in particular

animal excrement.

  The present invention relates to an apparatus for picking up,

  collect and dispose of objects, waste and in particular

animal excrement.

  Pollution and soiling of urban roads by the former

  creatures of animals is one of the acute and preoccupied problems

  pants of the cleanliness and hygiene of the cities. We can note every day, that the dogs deposit and leave

  their droppings anywhere, causing discomfort, soiling

  safe and an undeniable danger.

  IS so far cause serious and one-

  resources, and a very significant effort in appropriate equipment and personnel, supported by the municipalities and local authorities.

local activities.

  At present, there are devices either with metal spring systems, or cane-shovel type systems requiring a double operation, on the one hand the rejection towards the gutter and on the other hand the cleaning of the instrumentally soiled, such as French patents 2,401. 275,

  2.420.601,2.526.7'72,2.h23.P8R, 2.3'6.768.These different devices

  26 reils are bulky and difficult to transport in

  a bag, a lady's bag, a man's pocket.

  Swiss Patent No. 77 Q07314 presents a relative system

  more manageable but requires a hard plan against

  which it is necessary to support to carry out the collection.

  To overcome these drawbacks, the present invention,

  feels a perfectly discreet device, likely to be

  carried in a pocket of clothing, without deforming it and per-

  putting an immediate, rapid action which solves the acute hygienic problems at present, in particular on the 3 'tracks; and which, moreover, prevents obstruction of gutters and sewer pipes, thanks to its self-elimination in a -2-

water current.

  The device is characterized according to the invention by three elements

  two drawers of geometrical form

  as such as parallelepiped, eubic, esic, sphero! de, pvramidal ..., for excrement or objects to be picked up, in

  relatively rigid material, intended to be grasped by the u

  each using a pole and a container, in the shape of a poehe, for storage, of material

flexible secured to the two drawers.

  A particularly practical embodiment of the o

  bjet of the invention is characterized by two drawers, flat,

  one on the other in the horizontal direction, each in one

  the relatively rigid part, their shape and volume being obtained by folding or unfolding along pre fold lines

  the workbench, and by a flexible, pocket-like receptaele

  rolled flat around the two drawers themselves flat one on top of the other, the open end of which is integral with the two

  When it is shaped and in volume, each ti-

  laughing extends on the upper part of the bottom by a

  shank with a slot intended to block the two shanks op-

  placed one inside the other which ensures the hermeticity of the device after use. The opposite drawers, of different volume slide one inside the other, the opening of the receptacle fixed on the upper and inner part of the bottoms and sides 2n by gluing, stapling, welding or any other means without limitation

  The stems are outside the receptacle.

  provide the user with an efficient grip on each drawer and great maneuverability.

  can be rectangular, square, trapezoidal, elliptical

  ques, ceirculaires, trianpulaires, sinusodales ... The receptacle is indented, on each side, between the two drawers for their

  allow to be moved far enough away when

  and to be returned without difficulty.

  A particularly sought-after embodiment of the

  object of the invention is characterized by the nature of the materials

  The materials used for the drawers are rigid and perfectly breakable. The material used

  for the receptacle is flexible and breakable.

  born the risks of dam, untimely obstruction of ca

  levels or conduits of any kind where would be thrown ltap-

  <same containing excrement. Under the effect of water from the

  level or that circulating in the conduits, in the ÉÉ

  tastes, drawers and receptacle disintegrate un-

  gent and are trained with the excrement in fragments

  water flow. The risk of accumulation or

  traction is removed and excrement or waste is released into the sewer. However, the device can be made of any other material such as cardboard, rigid or flexible synthetic material or any other material without the list

is limiting.

  1N The device is very compact. Flat, rolled up receptacle

  on the two folded drawers, it fits discreetly, without provocation

  of deformations, in a garment pocket, in a ladies' handbag, a men's pocket, a fortiori in an automobile glove box. Anytime, anywhere, the user can serve immediately to civilly and hygienically collect and dispose of excrement

  animals and all kinds of waste.

  carries relatively rigid drawers which can be manufactured

  only in shape and volume and do not require

  2 no mounting by the user.

  A particularly useful embodiment of the subject of the invention is characterized by the fact that the device is single-use Tine R. After use, it is eliminated, by Jet, in the gutters, the manholes , garbage cans, toilets, or waste boxes, paper boxes, placed on the public highway.

  the user's hands and fingers are protected from

  hygienic and out of direct contact with excrement or waste. The materials used are opaque.

  it in the user and suppress in others the natural repulsion

  -4- turelle and d4gout caused by the sight of excrement or waste nearby. It can be cardboard, paper, rigid or flexible svnthetic material or any other material, transparent, semitransparent, opaque. .. It is given, by way of nonlimiting example, two embodiments referring to the appended drawings: Figure 1: Overview of the device used to be used Figure 2: Sectional view of the Folded device PFigure 3: Flat view of the two drawers with pre-established fold lines Figure 4: Profile view of the device after use Figure 5: Profile view of the device after turning over Figure 6: View of the set of the device closed and blocked Figure 7: View of a drawer in the process of unfolding li Figure 1 shows a united overview of the device ready to be used. This device has two drawers (1) and (2) of waste collection, in the form of a parallelepep

  rectangle buttocks, the part opposite the bottom (3) and the part

  tie opposite to the base () are open. These drawers are arranged on either side of the droppings or waste (6) to be collected. The drawer (1) has a volume greater than that of the drawer (2) to allow the latter to slide and to abut against the bottom (3) with the free edge (4) of the

  base (5). The drawers are made of a relatively thin material

  2 rigidly, the bases (5) of these play the role of ra-

  clette with their free edge (4) to scrape, take off, lift

  to waste or excrement. The drawer (2) slides fully

  in the drawer (1) brings in the waste.

  Each drawer is extended on the upper part of the bottom (3) by a pole (t) in the shape of an inverted trapezoid, the widest base at the top with a slot (8) in its upper quarter, pole whose height is at less equal to the height of the bottom of the drawer. The stems (8) are outside the receptacle (q) allowing an efficient grip of each drawer by

l; the user.

  The receptacle (9) is in the form of a pocket and its end or.

  green is secured to the drawers (1) and (2). The opening of the receptacle (a) is fixed on the upper and internal part of the bottoms (3) and sides (10) by gluing. The length of the S pocket is equal to three times the height of the bottom of the largest drawer. The receptacle is swapped on each side between the two drawers to a height equal to or slightly greater than the most important diagonal of one of the drawer sides (1) for allow sufficient space between the two drawers at the time of use and to be easily returned

to be blocked.

  Figure 2 shows a view of the folded device.

  flexible key (0) in the form of a pocket is wound flat around the drawers (1) and (2) themselves flat one on the other, the bottom folded back on the base and the pole folded back on the bottom, the

  all having a relatively flat, slightly bulky folded assembly

  brant. Figure 3 shows a flat crane in the horizontal direction in one piece of each of the drawers with pre-established fold lines (11). Their shape and volume are obtained by

  folding along pre-established fold lines (11).

  it consists of the body, bottom (3) and base (5), sides (10) with their tongues (12), slots (13) and the shaft (7) with its slot (8). with pre-established fold lines, takes its shape and volume as follows: a / bring the base () to the bottom (3) at an angle of Qo b / bring the blocks (10) from the base (') according to a' angle of QO0 with the base (') c / bring back the tab sides (12) at an angle of Q00 with the bottom (3) and inside the bases of the base (a) d / fully insert the tabs in the slots (13) on the sides (10) of the pole (5) and once outside 3 fold them back towards the back of the body / straighten the pole (7) flattened against the back of the bottom (.) -6

  140 o in the extension of the bottom (k) and outside

the drawer.

  The figure h represents a profile view of the device after

  The drawers being in the low position and the

  With the tackle in the high position, the drawers (1) and (2) are brought back towards each other, free edge (4) against free edge (4). The free edges (h) act like squeegees. scraped, unstuck, lifted by the free edge (4) of the small drawer (?) and brought or tilted in the large drawer (l). The opposite drawers, fully slid, one inside the other, delimit a volu

  me closed on five sides. The open side corresponds to the open-

  re of the receptacle (n). Your drawers being fully slid, the indentations of the receptacle disappear, the opposite edges of the indentation cross and overlap, thus ensuring 1 '

  The airtightness of the device. The edge of the recess in the receptacle

  key (o) fixed on the drawer (2) once fully slid, comes to take the position represented by the dotted line (14) The drawers slid fully one inside the other contain the

waste or excrement.

  Figure 'shows a side view of the device after turning: the drawers (1) and (2) are held one against

  the other using the stems (7), and turned over by half

  wrist circumference. The drawers (1) and (2) are then placed

  in the high position and the receptacle (Q) in the low position.

  2 The excrement or waste (6) is subject to its own gravity It is no longer retained in the drawers (1) and (2) and falls into

the receptacle (Q).

  Figure 6 shows a view of the entire closed and blocked device. The drawers (1) and (2) being in the high position n0 and the receptacle (9) in the low position, the drawers are tilted

  strips towards each other, in contact, base against base, in the re-

  ceptacle (a) by bringing the shanks (7) towards each other.The shanks are blocked one inside the other by the slots (8), each slot arranged in their upper quarter, on the half g of their width, the direction of the slot being reversed according to the

left or right.

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  FIG. 7 represents the view of a drawer being unfolded.

  ge: To be easily transported each of the drawers has its 2end (3) folded back to Q0O on the base (i), the sides (lo) being folded in two -'ers inside the drawer and separated into two triangles according to their most long diagonal. The two drawers (1) and (2) having the shape of rectangles are placed flat 1 '

  one on top of the other and surrounded by the receptacle (Q) oThe use

  tor unfolds the receptacle (9), takes each of the drawers (1) and

  (2), one after the other, chair and index finger of the right hand

  nant the base (f) and thumb and index finger of the left hand holding the pole (7) o. I1 separates from cOo the bottom (3) folded over the base () along the pre-established unfolding lines, one between the bottom (3) and the base (i) and the others according to the longest

  diagonals of the two sides (10) dl each of the drawers.

  the blacks (1) and (2) are shaped and in volume o The shafts (7)

are adjusted by 140.0.

  The device object of the present invention of inexpensive manufacturing offers the advantages of a simple use, ensures an effective hggriene and this all the more that said device.

  containing the waste or the droppings disintegrates and disintegrates

  greige in the running water of the levels, the water conduits

  tastes, eliminating any risk of dam or obstruction

  If it is thrown in a garbage can, in a waste box or a paper box placed on the public road, 2n it is eliminated at the same time as the conteru of the trash of the waste box or the paper box by the means ha

municipal or private rituals.

  In addition, there is provision for a realization, adapted to the weight of the animal according to three categoriesas first up to five kilo $ 30 grams, the second up to fifteen kilograms and the third

  above allowing the user a choice as required

  care. no more, the drawers being folded and the receptacle wrapped around them, the apparatus is presented in a package, either unitary or multiple stacked, or in a fold-out of the accordion type. _ 8 _ The field of application can be extended to hospitals, clinics, bospices, laboratories, factories and - to any place where an activity causing waste is carried out such as: soiled cotton,

  clippings, dirty ohjets, contaminating ohjets, garbage, leftovers

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Claims (7)

CLAIMS.   1 - Apparatus for collecting and disposing of objects and waste, in particular animal excrement of the type   comprising a part of meditation in relative matter-   rigid and a storage envelope, earactérisé in that it includes two drawers provided with poles, sliding one   in the other and to which is fitted a receptacle made of   flexible material which, when the drawers are folded, surrounds them,   thus allowing easy and discreet transport, the whole   both made with disintegrating materials self-eliminating,   which ensures particularly effective hygiene.   2 - Apparatus for picking up and disposing of objects and waste according to claim 1 characterized in that each drawer is initially presented in one piece, with 1 flat, in the horizontal direction and that its shape and its volume are obtained either by folding either by unfolding according to li pre-established fold genes.   3 - Apparatus for picking up and disposing of objects and waste, according to claim l, characterized in that the   bottom, outer part of each drawer, extends up   tiller by a pole allowing the grip by the user as well   if the precision of the maneuvers.   4 - Apparatus for picking up and disposing of objects and waste, according to claim l, characterized in that the free edge of the base of the drawers acts like a squeegee   the material used being relatively rigid.   - Apparatus for picking up and disposing of objects and waste, according to claim 1, which is characterized in that   the drawers have a different volume which allows them to be   re slide one into the other so that the free edge of the base of the smallest drawer comes up against the bottom of the   great after having scraped, taken off, lifted, brought the waste.   6 - Apparatus for picking up and disposing of objects and waste, according to claim l, characterized in that 3K the drawers, fully rolled into one another, define a - 10 -   volume closed on five sides, the open side corresponding to 1 ' opening of the receptacle.   7 - Apparatus for picking up and disposing of objects and waste, according to claim 1, characterized in that the drawers sliding one inside the other and containing the waste, are returned together by half a wrist turn by the 'inter medial stems, which makes waste fall into the receptacle. 8 - Apparatus for picking up and disposing of objects and waste, according to claim l, characterized in that the hermeticity of the apparatus is obtained by turning, base against base, the drawers in the receptacle, bringing the poles towards each other.   Q - Apparatus for picking up and disposing of objects and 1 of waste, according to claim 1, characterized in that the pole is of geometric shape such as: square, rectangle, triangle, trapezoid, ellipse, circle, sinuso! De. Apparatus for picking up and disposing of objects and waste, according to claim l, characterized in that   each pole is split on a cat to allow their blocking   cage inside each other when turning the drawers in the receptacle.   11 - Apparatus for picking up and disposing of objects and waste, according to claim l, characterized in that the 2r receptacle is a notched pocket on each side, between the two drawers, and the open end of which is secured to them by fixing means such as gluing, welding stapling, pressure ...