FR2881407A1 - VEHICLE FOR COLLECTING PRODUCTS, SUCH AS IN PARTICULAR HOUSEHOLD WASTE, STORED IN CONTAINERS, SUCH AS IN PARTICULAR BINS - Google Patents

Abstract

The vehicle has a self-propelled power frame with three longitudinal main receptacles (4 1-4 3), and two loading systems. Each main receptacle has a tipper device (8 1-8 3, 9 1-9 3), where each tipper device has a holding unit for holding a container, and a driving and actuating unit to displace the container in a raised position and to tilt the container.

Description

The present invention relates to a product collection vehicle, such as

  that including household waste, stored in containers, such as including bins. This vehicle will find a particular application for garbage collection, especially in

Urban.

  Today, most collection vehicles have a single loading station, usually located at the rear of the vehicle, on which two rippers work. The vehicle stops in such a way that the products to be collected are located as close as possible to the loading hopper.

  Very often, the rippers interfere with each other in their operations, and punctually, there is work for only one ripper. The other ripper is then attempted: - to cross the lane to carry out a bilateral collection, dangerous and prohibited, - to go to the next collection point, to bring the trash cans of the road and to wait until the vehicle arrives until to him, - to stay on his footstool and do nothing.

  Moreover, in the case where there is enough waste to collect for two rippers at a collection point, the collection vehicle is not able to absorb the rate imposed by the rippers and they must so wait for the machine to absorb the waste.

  Thus, the collection is generally slow, which causes many inconveniences especially for the neighborhood, because of the high noise of the operations, and in particular for the motorists blocked behind the vehicle. Furthermore, the vehicle stopping at each collection point, the mechanics are solicited significantly, and requires more maintenance, the vehicle consumption is also higher.

  The present invention aims to overcome these disadvantages by providing a collection vehicle including reducing the number of stops of the vehicle during a tour.

  Another object of the invention is to provide a collection vehicle, in particular selective, for skies rippers, and allowing each rider to perform a loading without interfering with each other.

  Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description which is given for information only and which is not intended to limit it.

  The invention relates to a product collection vehicle, such as including household waste, stored in containers, such as in particular bins, the vehicle having a self-propelled chassis carrying at least one longitudinal main receptacle.

  According to the invention, the vehicle has at least two loading stations, a first loading station located at a forward position of the self-propelled chassis, a second loading station located at a rear position of the self-propelled chassis, each of the at least two loading stations. loading having gripping means for emptying containers into said at least one main receptacle, said at least one main receptacle having, for each loading station, spilled product flow guiding means.

  The invention will be better understood on reading the following description, accompanied by the appended drawings, among which: FIG. 1 is a side view of a selective collection vehicle according to the invention, FIG. is a sectional view of the collection vehicle, as illustrated in Figure 1, in a horizontal sectional plane, - Figures 3 to 5 are sectional views, in a vertical plane, seen from the front of the vehicle of the vehicle's front loading station, as shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 6 is a diagrammatic view, in vertical longitudinal section, of a collection vehicle according to the invention; FIGS. and 8 are vertical longitudinal views to the collection vehicle illustrating compaction devices in two different positions; FIGS. 9, 10 and 11 are sectional views, in a vertical plane, as viewed from FIG. front of the vehicle, the front loading station, as shown in the figures 1 and 6.

  The present invention relates to a vehicle 1 for collecting products, such as in particular household waste stored in containers 2, such as in particular bins. The vehicle comprises a self-propelled chassis 3 carrying at least one main longitudinal receptacle 4.

  According to the invention, the vehicle has at least two loading stations 51, 52, a first loading station located on a front position of the self-propelled chassis 3, a second loading station located on a rear position of the self-propelled chassis 3, each of said at least two loading stations 51, 52 having gripping means 8, 9 for emptying containers 2 into said at least one main receptacle 4, said at least one main receptacle 41, 42, 43 communicating directly or indirectly, at the level of each loading station 51, 52, said at least one main receptacle 4 having, for each loading station 51, 52, guide means 6, 7 spilled product flow.

  According to one embodiment, the vehicle comprises a self-propelled chassis 20 carrying at least two main receptacles 41, 42, 43, longitudinal.

  The vehicle then has at least two loading stations, a first loading station 52 located at a forward position of the self-propelled chassis, a second loading station 51 located at a rear position of the self-propelled chassis, each of the at least two loading stations. having means for gripping 8, 9 for selectively emptying containers 2 in each of said at least two main receptacles 41 42, 43, each of said at least two main receptacles 41, 42, 43 having, for each loading station 51, 52, guide means 61, 62, 63, 71, 72, 73 independent of spilled products.

  Also the collection vehicle can, as shown in Figure 2, have three main compartments 41, 42, 43 for performing a selective collection including for fermenticides, for recyclables and other household products. Thus, advantageously, the various main receptacles can be filled from the front and the rear of the vehicle. In urban areas, when the vehicle stops, the distance between said two workstations coincides approximately with the distance between the waste of two neighboring dwellings. The number of stops of the vehicle can be significantly reduced. In addition, each ripper can perform selective loading of the same compartments. Also, there is no obligation to create additional compartments by the appearance of a second loading station.

  According to one embodiment, each main receptacle 41, 42, 43 has, for each loading station 51, 52, a dedicated tilting device 81, 82, 83, 91, 92, 93, each said tilting device having means for gripping the device. a container 2 and actuating and driving means for moving the container to an elevated position and tilting the latter. Thus, the same rocker device is dedicated to a single main collection receptacle. This arrangement advantageously allows, for the ripper, to reduce the possible errors of loading a main receptacle by products or waste for the neighboring receptacle.

  Said at least two main receptacles 41, 42, 43 are constituted by a compartmentalized bucket 10 having at least one partition wall 11, 12, in particular vertical, disposed longitudinally in said bucket 10 and constituting at least two longitudinal compartments.

  The independent guiding means of the dumped products are constituted, at the level of the loading station 52, for each main receptacle 41, 42, 43, of a chimney 71, 72, 73.

  Said chimneys 71, 72, 73 are disposed in offset positions longitudinally to the self-propelled chassis 3, each chimney being positioned opposite a tilting device 91, 92, 93. f;

  Moreover, said chimneys 71, 72, 73 are arranged in offset positions, transversely to the self-propelled chassis, each chimney being arranged opposite a longitudinal compartment 41, 42, 43.

  In order to increase the storage capacities of the vehicle, each receptacle 41, 42, 43 has two compacting devices 14, 15 located at the two ends of said receptacle, as illustrated in FIGS. 6 to 8. Advantageously, said two compaction devices will be synchronized to simultaneously push the products into one main receptacle.

  According to another embodiment, the compacting devices operate shifted, one of the compaction devices closing one of the feed openings 25, 25 'of said main receptacle, when the other compaction device pushes the products .

  As illustrated in the diagram of FIG. 6, each chimney associated with a main receptacle opens onto a press chamber 16 of a product compaction device 15. The press chamber 16 is constituted at least in part by a conduit passing through an ejector device 17. Said ejector device 17 constitutes a wall movable in translation in a main receptacle 41, 42, 43, said mobile wall being provided with means for actuation, such as in particular a jack, so as to allow the emptying of undit main receptacle.

  As illustrated in FIG. 2, each receptacle 41, 42, 43 has its own ejector device 171, 172, 173. Thus, advantageously, each of said longitudinal main receptacles can be emptied independently when a door structure 22, in particular articulated to the level of a horizontal pivot 41, is retracted in a release position, thus opening each of said compartments 41, 42, 43.

  As illustrated in Figures 7 and 8, the movable wall of an ejector device 17 has an inclined profile and curved so as to constitute a discharge ramp for the products. Also, as illustrated in Figure 8, the products or waste pushed by the press of the compaction device 14, the rear of a longitudinal receptacle, are pushed into the latter in the direction of the ejector device.

  The inclined profile of the ejector device advantageously makes it possible to direct the products at the top of the compartment without the latter becoming jammed and constitute a slope of material at the bottom of the receptacle.

  Advantageously, the press of the compaction device 15 has a complementary curved profile, so as to be able to close the supply opening 25 ', and the conduit passing through the ejector device, and reconstitute a smooth wall without opening for the wall mobile.

  According to an embodiment illustrated schematically in FIG. 7, each product compaction device 15 is embarked on said ejector device 17. Thus, advantageously, when the ejector device 17 is actuated in translation to empty a receptacle, the press of the compaction device 15 will close the supply opening 25 'so as to reconstitute the smooth surface of the movable wall of the ejector device 17.

  The rear loading station 51 is positioned at the rear of a loading hopper 19 positioned at the rear of the self-propelled chassis 3 in the extension of said at least two longitudinal main receptacles.

  The loading hopper 19 is constituted by the door structure 22, articulated at the upper end of an opening of the bucket 10, in particular by means of a horizontal pivot 41. The door structure 22 has a section section identical to that of the bucket 10 so as to extend the latter in the closed position. Said door structure having for each receptacle 41, 42, 43, a product compaction device 14.

  Advantageously, the hopper 19 is compartmentalized by means of at least one separating partition wall 20, 21 arranged longitudinally in the door structure 22. The partition walls 20, 21 of the door structure 22 advantageously extend the partition walls 11, 12 of the partition the bucket in the hopper. The hopper 19 furthermore has a transverse edge 24, as schematically illustrated in FIG. 6, disposed on an upper portion of said door structure so as to constitute a feed opening for each of said main receptacles, each of said openings supply 25 being arranged facing a press of a compaction device 14. Also, the transverse edge 24 advantageously allows the products poured into the hopper 19 to be forced into the active volume swept by the compaction device 14 Advantageously, when the door structure 22 is open, the transverse edge 24 is retracted and allows a wide opening of each of said longitudinal main receptacles. As illustrated in Figure 6, the vehicle 1 further has a secondary receptacle 31 and / or an additional receptacle 32, each of said secondary receptacles 31 / additional 32 having guide means 33, 34 spilled products. Said additional receptacle 32 is disposed substantially at the level of the chassis below the threshold of said main receptacle. Said secondary receptacle is disposed at the level and cantilever of the frame 3 substantially behind the rear axle of the self-propelled frame 3.

  According to one embodiment, the vehicle further has product transfer means 35 between the secondary receptacle 3 and the additional receptacle 32. These transfer means 35 allow the transfer of an FT flow of products, including the additional receptacle 32 to the secondary receptacle 31.

  The transfer means may be constituted by a conduit disposed at the frame 3 between the additional receptacle 32 and the secondary receptacle 31. The transfer means may be supplemented further by drive means.

  The conduit can thus constitute a cradle for an endless screw. The duct can still be inclined and be equipped with vibration means to cause the products to advance in the direction of the slope.

  As illustrated in FIG. 6, the vehicle has, at the level of the loading station 52, a stack 33 for guiding the flow of products discharged into an additional receptacle 32.

  Advantageously, the open end of the chimney 33 is adjacent to at least one chimney 72 for guiding products in a main receptacle 42.

  As illustrated in FIGS. 3 to 5, the same tilting device 92 reverses a container 2 in a single end position, a baffle device 39 then making it possible to direct the flow of products into one and / or the other of the chimneys 72 , 33.

  Similarly, the vehicle has at the rear loading station 51 a chimney 34 for guiding product flows dumped in a second receptacle area 31. Advantageously, the upper outlet end 36 of the chimney 34 is disposed adjacent to a loading opening 37 of the loading hopper 19.

  In the same way, a deflector device 38 makes it possible to orient the flow or flows of products spilled from a container 2 by a rocker device 8.

  Also, the vehicle has at least one deflector device 38,39 at the front loading station 52 eliou of the rear loading station 51, said deflector device can take at least two positions to either: - orient the entire flow Fp products discharged into a main receptacle 41, 42, 43 or orienting the entire flow FS of products 20 discharged into a secondary receptacle 31 / supplementary 32, - split the flow of products, a portion of the product flow Fp being guided in a main receptacle , the other part of the stream FS being guided in a secondary receptacle 31 / supplementary 32.

  Thus, as shown in FIG. 7, the deflector device 38 of the rear loading station 51 is articulated by means of a horizontal pivot 52 in the loading hopper 19. The deflector device 38 can take three positions. In a first position not shown, the deflector device 38 is retracted to allow, during the emptying of a container 2, all the flow Fs dropped into the stack 34 of the secondary receptacle 31.

  In an intermediate position illustrated in Figure 7, the deflector device 38 comes in alignment with a separator 56 extending a partition wall 57 of a bi-compartment container 2.

  In a last position not shown, the baffle device is lowered to guide all the flow Fp poured into the loading hopper 19.

  Advantageously, the deflector device consists of an assembly consisting of two plates 51, 54. The plate 51 constitutes a raceway for a partition wall 53 articulated at one of its ends to the press of the compaction device 14, other end having a roller or rolling surface 55.

  The partition 53 advantageously allows the products poured into the hopper 19 do not block the press of the compaction device 14, when returning to a retracted position.

  The plate 54 is articulated by means of a horizontal pivot at the end of the plate 51 constituting the raceway. The plate 54 is a squeegee whose free end comes under the effect of gravity in contact against the partition wall 53. It advantageously makes it possible to advance the products that could be on the partition 53 when returning from the press in a retracted position.

  Similarly, at the front loading station 52, a deflector device 39 is hinged to the end of a common wall of the chimney 72 and the chimney 3: 3. In a similar manner, the baffle device 39 can take three positions to orient the entire flow of products discharged into the secondary receptacle, as illustrated in FIG. 3 or in the main receptacle as illustrated in FIG. 4. or duplicate the flow as shown in Figure 5.

  Of course, other modes of implementation, within the reach of those skilled in the art, could still be envisaged without departing from the scope of the invention.

Claims (19)

  1. Vehicle (1) for collecting products, such as in particular household waste, stored in containers (2), such as in particular bins, the vehicle comprising a self-propelled chassis (3) carrying at least one main receptacle (4) longitudinal, characterized in that the vehicle has at least two loading stations (51, 52), a first loading station located at a forward position of the self-propelled chassis (3), a second loading station located at a rear position of the chassis self-propelled (3), each of said at least two loading stations (51, 52) having gripping means (8, 9) for emptying containers (2) into said at least one main receptacle (4), said at least one main receptacle (4) communicating directly or indirectly, at each loading station (51, 52), said at least one main receptacle (4) having for each loading station (51, 52), guiding means (6) , 7) p flow spilled products.   2. Vehicle (1) for collecting products according to claim 1, wherein, the self-propelled frame (3) carries at least two main longitudinal receptacles (41, 42, 43), each of said at least two loading stations (51, 52), having gripping means (8, 9) for selectively emptying containers (2) into each of said at least two main containers (41, 42, 43), each of said at least two main containers (41, 42, 43). ) communicating directly or indirectly, at each loading station (51, 52), each of said at least two main receptacles (41, 42, 43) having, for each loading station (51, 52), guiding means (6,, 62, 63, 71, 72, 73) independent of spilled product flow, 3. Vehicle according to claim 2, wherein each main receptacle (41, 42, 43) has for each loading station (Si, 52) a dedicated tilting device (81, 82, 83, 91, 92, 93). , each said tilting device having means for gripping a container and actuating and driving means for moving the container in an elevated position and tilting the latter.   4. Vehicle according to claim 2 or 3, wherein are constituted by a bucket (10) compartmentalized said at least two main receptacles (41, 42, 43) having at least one partition wall (11, 12) vertical, disposed longitudinally in said bucket (10), and constituting at least two longitudinal compartments.   5. Vehicle according to one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the independent spillway guiding means are constituted, at the front loading station (52), for each main receptacle (41, 42, 43), d a chimney (71, 72, 73).   6. Vehicle according to claims 3 and 5, wherein said chimneys (71, 72, 73) are arranged in offset positions, longitudinally to the self-propelled chassis (3), each chimney being positioned vis-à-vis a device tipper (91, 92, 93).   7. Vehicle according to claims 4 and 5, wherein said chimneys (71, 72, 73) are arranged in offset positions, transversely to the self-propelled chassis, each chimney (71, 72, 73) being arranged vis-a-vis of undit compartment (41, 42, 43) ..   8. Vehicle according to one of claims 1 to 7, wherein each receptacle (41, 42, 43) has two compacting devices (14, 15) located at both ends of said receptacle.   9. Vehicle according to claim 5, wherein each chimney (7) opens onto a press chamber (16) of a product compaction device (15).   10. Vehicle according to claim 9, wherein the press chamber (16) is constituted at least in part by a conduit through an ejector device (17), said ejector device (17) constituting a movable wall in translation in a receptacle receptacle primary (41, 42, 43), said movable wall being provided with actuating means so as to allow the emptying of said main receptacle (41, 42, 43).   11. Vehicle according to claim 10, wherein the movable wall of an ejector device (17) has a curved profile so as to constitute a discharge ramp for the compacted products.   12. Vehicle according to claim 10, wherein each compaction device (15) of products is shipped to said ejector device (17).   13. Vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the rear loading station (51) is positioned at the rear of a loading hopper (19) positioned at the rear of the self-propelled chassis (3) in the extension of said at least two main receptacles (41, 42, 43) longitudinal.   14. Vehicle according to claims 4 and 13, wherein the loading hopper (19) is constituted by a door structure (22), articulated to the upper end of an opening of the bucket (10), the door structure having a profile section identical to that of the bucket (10) so as to extend the latter, said door structure having for each receptacle (41, 42, 43) a product compaction device (14), said hopper (19) being compartmentalized by means of at least one separating partition (20, 21) arranged longitudinally in said door structure (22), the hopper further having a transverse edge disposed on an upper portion of said door structure so as to constitute a supply opening (25) for each of said main receptacles, each of said supply openings being disposed facing a press of a compaction device (14).   15. Vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the vehicle further has at least one secondary receptacle (31) and / or an additional receptacle (32), each of said secondary receptacle (31) / additional (32) having guide means (33, 34) dumped products, said additional receptacle (32) being disposed substantially at the frame under the threshold of said main receptacle, said secondary receptacle (31) being disposed at and cantilever of the frame (3) substantially behind the rear axle of the self-propelled chassis.   16. Vehicle according to claim 15, wherein the vehicle further has means (35) for transferring products between the secondary receptacle (31) and the additional receptacle (32).   17. A vehicle according to claims 5 and 15, wherein the vehicle has at the front loading station (52), a chimney (33) for guiding the flow of products dumped in said additional receptacle (32), the end outlet of the chimney being adjacent to at least one chimney (72) for guiding products in a main receptacle (42).   18. Vehicle according to claims 13 and 15, wherein the vehicle has at the rear loading station (51) a chimney (34) for guiding the flow of products dumped in said secondary receptacle (31), the open end (36) upper of the chimney (34) being disposed adjacent to an unloading opening (37 of the loading hopper (19).   19. Vehicle according to claim 17 or 18 having at least one deflector device (38, 39) at the front loading station (52) and / or at the rear loading station (51), said deflector device being able to take minus two positions for either: - orienting the entire flow of products discharged into a main receptacle (41, 42, 43) or in a secondary receptacle (31) / additional (32), duplicate the flow of products, a part of the flow of products being guided in a main receptacle (41, 42, 43) the other part of the flow being guided in a secondary receptacle (31) / additional (32).