FR3067336A1 - WASTE COLLECTION CONTAINER - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a container (1) for collecting and sorting waste comprising a bottom (2) arranged to rest on the ground, a roof (3) sealed, two side walls respectively front (5) and rear (6) and two longitudinal walls (7), the container (1) being characterized in that it comprises: - a plurality of compartments (10, 11, 12) arranged one after the other, - an internal partition (13) separating two to two said compartments (10,11,12), each inner partition (13) being arranged perpendicular to the longitudinal walls (7), pivotally mounted by its upper edge about an axis of rotation (16) perpendicular to said longitudinal walls (7) , and weighted to return to its "loading" position, - a locking device capable of holding each internal partition (13) in its "loading" position, and - at least one filling orifice closable to the right of each of the compartments (10 , 11,12).

Description

Technical area

The present invention relates to the general field of collecting non-inert and non-hazardous waste such as, for example, scrap, non-ferrous metals, paper-cardboard, glass, textiles, wood, or even plastics, generated mainly by companies, manufacturers, traders, craftsmen and service providers; the invention relates more particularly to a container for collecting this ordinary industrial waste (DIB).

Prior art

In the field of collection of DIB, it has long been known to use containers of the type dumpsters or boxes open on the top in which the waste which one wishes to evacuate is thrown. Once filled, these open buckets or boxes are loaded onto the platform of a truck and evacuated to a recycling center.

This type of open containers, which are a priori easy to use, however have the following disadvantages:

- do not allow sorting of waste,

- not being waterproof against rainwater, this drawback is important, because we know that wet waste, in particular cardboard and paper, is heavier, the cost of its treatment and the impact on the environment will therefore be more high (more transport and higher fuel consumption),

- not allowing possible recovery of waste, in fact waste such as cardboard or paper, can hardly be recycled if it has been wet,

- not to improve the cleanliness of the site where this type of open container is located, in fact,

CUINE7-FR-1TEXTE DEPOSE_RG / GE in the presence of strong wind, waste can fly away and escape from said containers,

- present a possible risk of danger to the user when loading waste into this type of open container, due to the height of the loading threshold of these open containers.

To overcome some of these drawbacks, closed containers are already known which have lids which have to be lifted or slid in order to be able to introduce the waste into said containers. However, these closed containers have the major drawback of having heavy covers which are difficult to maneuver.

Statement of the invention

The purpose of the present invention is therefore to overcome the drawbacks mentioned above and to present a container which makes it easy to collect and sort industrial waste, in particular of the DIB type, by limiting the impact on the environment, by allowing possible recovery. of this waste and ensuring the cleanliness of the site and a selective discharge of the waste.

In this regard, the present invention relates to a container for collecting and sorting waste comprising a bottom arranged to rest on the ground, a waterproof roof, two side walls respectively front and rear and two longitudinal walls connecting the bottom and the roof, the rear side wall comprising an unloading door, the container being remarkable in that it comprises:

a plurality of compartments arranged one after the other from the front side wall to the rear side wall,

- an internal partition separating two by two said compartments, each internal partition being arranged perpendicular to the longitudinal walls, mounted

CUINE7-FR-1TEXTE DEPOSERG / GE pivoting by its upper edge around an axis of rotation perpendicular to said longitudinal walls, and ballasted to return to a loading position substantially perpendicular to the bottom of the container,

a locking device capable of holding each internal partition in its loading position, and

- at least one filling opening which can be closed off in line with each of the compartments.

According to a preferred embodiment, the blocking device comprises:

a rod extending parallel to the lower edge of the associated internal partition and capable of pivoting about its longitudinal axis,

a lever secured to said rod, disposed along one of the longitudinal walls and outside of said container, and

- At least one latch secured to said rod, and the lever is able to pivot around the longitudinal axis of the rod between a locked position in which the latch cooperates with said lower edge in order to block the associated internal partition in its loading position , and a released position in which the latch no longer cooperates with said lower edge, said internal partition then being free to be able to pivot, and vice versa.

Advantageously, the rod and the latch are arranged under the floor of the bottom of said container, said floor then comprising an orifice to the right of each latch to allow the passage of the latter and its cooperation with the lower edge of the associated internal partition.

Each filling orifice is preferably arranged along at least one of the longitudinal walls and is closed by at least one lockable flap from the outside of said container.

Each internal partition preferably has a

CUINE7-FR-1TEXTE DEPOSE_RG / GE counterweight placed in line with its lower edge.

Advantageously, the counterweight is a commercial rolled profile, for example, of the HEA, HEB, UAP or even UPN type.

Brief description of the figures

Other advantages and characteristics will emerge more clearly from the description which follows, of a particular example of embodiment, given by way of nonlimiting illustration, of a container for collecting and sorting waste according to the invention, in reference to the appended figures in which:

- Figure 1 is a front view of a container for collecting and sorting waste according to the invention;

- Figure 2 is a detail view of the lever of the locking device of an internal partition of the container of Figure 1;

- Figure 3 is a side view of the container of Figure 1;

- Figure 4 is a partial longitudinal vertical sectional view of the container of Figure 1 along the axis III-III 'of Figure 3;

- Figure 5 is a detail view of the locking device of the internal partition of the container of Figure 4, said internal partition being in the loading position;

- Figure 6 is a detail view of the locking device of the internal partition of the container of Figure 4, said internal partition being free to rotate.

Best way to realize the technical invention

Referring to Figures 1 to 6 and in accordance with the invention, there is shown a container 1 for collecting and sorting waste, in particular industrial waste, said container 1 comprising a generally rectangular bottom 2 arranged for

CUINE7-FR-1TEXTE DEPOSE_RG / GE rest on the ground of the site where it is located, a generally rectangular waterproof roof 3, a perimeter wall 4 connecting the bottom 2 and the roof 3 to each other, said perimeter wall 4 being made up of two walls lateral front 5 and rear 6 respectively and two longitudinal walls 7. With this configuration, the container 1 preferably has the general shape of an elongated parallelepiped.

The elements or parts of elements which are located on the front side of the truck (cabin) on which the container 1 is loaded are designated by the front and by the elements or parts of elements of the container 1 which are located on the rear. opposite side.

The container 1 is advantageously of the hook lift type, that is to say it is designed to be loaded on the chassis of a truck by being lifted and pulled by its front side wall 5 towards the front of said truck until 'that it is loaded on said chassis, the rear side wall 6 then dragging on the ground during practically the entire operation.

For this, the front side wall 5 is provided with a gripping hook 8 and the rear side wall 6 is provided with rollers 9 along its lower horizontal edge to facilitate the movement of the container 1 during the loading operation.

Furthermore, for obvious reasons of unloading from the container 1, the rear side wall 6 preferably comprises an unloading door with two leaves, not shown in the figures, each articulated along one of the vertical edges of said rear side wall 6.

According to the invention, the container 1 comprises a plurality of compartments arranged one after the other and separated two by two by a movable internal partition.

In the embodiment described here, the

CUINE7-FR-1TEXTE DEPOSE_RG / GE container 1 comprises, from the front side wall 5 to the rear side wall 6, a first 10, a second 11 and a third 12 compartments arranged one after the other and two partitions internal 13, one of the two internal partitions 13 separating the first and second compartments 10,11 and the other internal partition 13 separating the second and third compartments 11,12.

It is understood that the container 1, according to the invention, may include two, four or more compartments, without departing from the scope of the present invention.

To allow filling of its different compartments 10,11,12, compartment 1 further comprises, along at least one of its longitudinal walls 7 and in line with each of the first, second and third compartments 10,11,12 , at least one filling orifice, not shown in the figures, closed by one or two flaps 14 lockable from the outside of said container 1, to allow the transport of the latter safely.

The filling orifices and the associated flaps 14 are arranged at a height, relative to the ground on which the container 1 rests, guaranteeing the safety of the operator when loading the waste, that is to say at a height such that the latter does not need a loading dock or a stepladder to load container 1.

For this, the bottom of the filling orifices and the associated flaps 14 are situated at a height between 90 and 160 cm, and preferably between 120 and 140 cm.

As described above, to form the first, second and third compartments 10, 11, 12, the container 1 comprises two internal partitions 13 arranged perpendicular to the longitudinal walls 7.

The two internal partitions 13 are movable to allow the unloading of said container 1 through the door of

CUINE7-FR-1TEXTE DEPOSE_RG / GE unloading arranged on the rear side wall 6, said unloading being carried out, in a conventional manner, by lifting the front of the container 1 when it is, for example, disposed on a truck.

To do this, the upper edge 15 of each of the internal partitions 13 is pivotally mounted around an axis of rotation 16 perpendicular to the longitudinal walls 7 so that each internal partition 13 pivots to come into an inclined position, shown in phantom on FIG. 4, the lower edge 17 of said internal partition 13 then moving in the direction R3 shown in FIG. 6.

It will be understood that the more the front of the container 1 is raised, the more the internal partitions 13 will pivot around their axis 16 under the effect of gravity.

Furthermore, each of the two internal partitions 13 is ballasted to return to a position, hereinafter called loading position, substantially perpendicular to the bottom 2 of the container 1, shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, after the container 1 has been unloaded.

The term “substantially perpendicular” is understood here to mean that the two internal partitions 13 are, under normal conditions of use, perpendicular to the bottom 2 of the container 1, but that they can also be

tilted from more or minus 10 degrees through compared to a plan normal audit background 2 without leaving the frame of this invention. So, each internal partition 13 has a

counterweight 18 preferably arranged in line with its lower edge 17. This counterweight 18 is advantageously a commercial rolled section for example, of the HEA, HEB, UAP or UPN type.

In the embodiment described, the counterweight 18 is a UPN profile fixed along the lower edge 17 of each

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- 8 internal partition 13.

Finally, in order to maintain each internal partition 13 in its loading position, in particular when loading the container 1, the latter comprises a locking device 19 for each of its internal partitions 13.

According to a preferred embodiment, each blocking device 19 comprises:

a rod 20 extending parallel to the lower edge 17 of the associated internal partition 13 and capable of pivoting about its longitudinal axis,

a lever 21 integral with said rod 20, disposed along one of the longitudinal walls 7 and outside of said container 1, and

at least one latch 22 integral with said rod 20 and capable of cooperating with said lower edge 17 to immobilize the internal partition 13 in its loading position, in particular when it is loading from container 1.

With reference to FIG. 2, the lever 21 is therefore able to pivot in the direction RI around the longitudinal axis of the rod 20 between a locked position in which the associated internal partition 13 is locked in its loading position, and a position released in which said internal partition 13 is free to be able to pivot about its axis of rotation 16.

With this configuration and with reference to Figures 2, 5 and 6, to release an internal partition 13, it is necessary to proceed in the manner described below.

It is necessary to rotate the lever 21 in the direction RI from its locked position to its released position. This rotation of the lever 21 will cause the latch 22 to rotate in the direction R2 (see FIG. 5) to a position in which said latch 22 no longer cooperates with the lower edge 17 of the associated internal partition 13 (see FIG. 6).

When the latch 22 is in the position shown

CUINE7-FR-1TEXTE DEPOSE_RG / GE in FIG. 6, the associated internal partition 13 is then free to be able to pivot around its axis of rotation 16 in the direction R3 (cf. FIG. 6).

To immobilize an internal partition 13 in its loading position, it is clear that it suffices to pivot the lever 21 in the opposite direction to RI (see FIG. 2) to bring it back from its released position to its locked position.

In order not to hinder the loading / unloading of the container 1, the rod 20 and the latch 22 are advantageously arranged under the floor 23 of the bottom 2 of said container 1, said floor 23 then comprising an orifice 24 in line with each latch 22 to allow the passage of the latter and its cooperation with the lower edge 17 of the internal partition 13 associated.

In the embodiment described, the latch 21 cooperates with the lower edge 17 of the internal partition 13 by engaging its free end 25 between the wings 26 of the counterweight 18 in UPN profile, in accordance with FIG. 5.

It will be understood that the container 1 according to the invention easily makes it possible to collect and sort the waste by limiting the impact on the environment and by allowing possible recovery of this waste, since the latter is stored in a dry place.

Furthermore, it is also well understood that the unloading of the container 1 is easily done selectively, that is to say compartment by compartment. Indeed, to unload the container 1, once on the unloading area, you must open the unloading door of the rear side wall 6 of said container 1, then start lifting the front of the latter, the third compartment 12 will then empty. Then, once on a possible other unloading zone, one of the levers 21 must be pivoted to release the internal partition 13 separating the

CUINE7-FR-1TEXTE DEPOSE_RG / GE second and third compartments 11,12 so that the second compartment 11 is emptied. Finally, once on a possible last unloading zone, the other lever 21 must be pivoted to release the internal partition 13 separating the first and second compartments 10, 11 so that the first compartment 10 is emptied.

Finally, it is well understood that the container 1 according to the invention makes it possible to guarantee the cleanliness of the site of implantation of the latter, since it is entirely closed by its roof 3 and the flaps closing its filling orifices.

Possibility of industrial application

It will be understood that the container 1 for collecting and sorting waste according to the invention is preferably used for industrial waste of the DIB type. However, it is obvious that the container 1 can be adapted and used to collect and sort other types of waste.

Finally, it goes without saying that the examples of container 1 in accordance with the invention which have just been described are only specific illustrations, in no way limiting of the invention.

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Claims (6)

1 - Container (1) for collecting and sorting waste comprising a bottom (2) arranged to rest on the ground, a waterproof roof (3), two side walls respectively front (5) and rear (6) and two longitudinal walls (7) connecting the bottom (2) and the roof (3) together, the rear side wall (6) comprising an unloading door, the container (1) being characterized in that it comprises: - a plurality of compartments (10,11,12) arranged one after the other from the front side wall (5) to the rear side wall (6), - An internal partition (13) separating said compartments in pairs (10,11,12), each internal partition (13) being arranged perpendicular to the longitudinal walls (7), pivotally mounted by its upper edge (15) around a axis of rotation (16) perpendicular to said longitudinal walls (7) and ballasted to return to a loading position substantially perpendicular to the bottom (2) of the container (1), a locking device (19) capable of holding each internal partition (13) in its loading position, and - at least one filling orifice closable to the right of each of the compartments (10,11,12). 2 - Container (1) according to claim 1 characterized in that the blocking device (19) comprises: a rod (20) extending parallel to the lower edge (17) of the associated internal partition (13) and capable of pivoting about its longitudinal axis, a lever (21) integral with said rod (20), disposed along one of the longitudinal walls (7) and outside of said container (1), and - at least one latch (22) integral with said rod (20), and CUINE7-FR-1TEXTE DEPOSE_RG / GE in that the lever (21) is able to pivot around the longitudinal axis of the rod (20) between a locked position in which the latch (22) cooperates with said lower edge (17 ) in order to block the associated internal partition (13) in its loading position, and a released position in which the latch (22) no longer cooperates with said lower edge (17), said internal partition (13) then being free to be able to pivot , and reciprocally. 3 - container (1) according to claim 2 characterized in that the rod (20) and the latch (22) are arranged under the floor (23) of the bottom (2) of said container (1), said floor (23) comprising then an orifice (24) to the right of each latch (22) to allow the passage of the latter and its cooperation with the lower edge (17) of the associated internal partition (13). 4 - Container (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that each filling orifice is disposed along at least one of the longitudinal walls (7) and is closed by at least one flap (14 ) lockable from the outside of said container (1). 5 - Container (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that each internal partition (13) has a counterweight (18) arranged in line with its lower edge (17). 6 - Container (1) according to claim 5 characterized in that the counterweight (18) is a commercial laminated profile, for example, of the HEA, HEB, UAP or UPN type. CUINE7-FR-1TEXT DEPOSE_RG / GE