ITBS930099A1 - MACHINE FOR THE RECOVERY OF ALUMINUM CANS EQUIPPED TO PROMOTE THE COLLECTION BY MEANS OF PRIZES CONSISTING OF PRODUCTS THAT ITSELF ADVERTISES THROUGH THE VISUALIZERS THAT IT BUILDS - Google Patents

Abstract

Machine for collecting, recovering, compacting and storing aluminium cans or other recycled products, in return for a reward for each can collected. The machine comprises means (5) for crushing and compacting cans (2), a first visual display unit (7) for continuously displaying the products available as a reward, a second visual display unit (8), which selects or draws one of the products displayed on the first screen; computers (9), connected to said visual display unit and a printing unit (10) which prints and supplies a ticket (15) indicating the reward and how to obtain it. (Fig. 1).

Description

"MACHINE FOR THE RECOVERY OF ALUMINUM CANS, EQUIPPED TO PROMOTE SAID COLLECTION BY MEANS OF PRIZES, CONSISTING OF PRODUCTS THAT THE SAME ADVERTISING THROUGH THE DISPLAYERS THAT INCORPORATES"

- FIELD OF THE TECHNIQUE - This is the object of the present invention a new machine suitable for the recovery and crushing of aluminum cans which, in addition to recovering said containers, facilitates stacking and transport, increases and it promotes this type of recovery, invites, with prizes and rewards, those who use it to deliver others and whenever the opportunity presents itself.

- STATE OF THE ART - Machines capable of carrying out a similar result are currently known and used. through the combination of several elements which, coupled together, achieve this purpose. In fact, by means of machines of this type, it is possible to obtain recoveries of considerable quantities? ' of noble and less noble materials, in addition to obtaining a good result of another kind that concerns keeping clean environments where there are those who leave and abandon these containers after having emptied them, environments such as: stadiums, meeting rooms and entertainment, areas where walkers stop, those waiting for means of transport, areas reserved for refreshments and picnics, where snacks are consumed, etc. In these environments, you can find containers in which the containers to be eliminated and sometimes you can? ' ascertain that said containers are thus placed by bodies and organizations that provide for the recovery and recycling of the metal, perhaps for a beneficial purpose, however and always in consideration of the environment and ecology. - OBJECTIVES AND ADVANTAGES OF THE INVENTION - The aim of the present invention was, in this case, to increase the collection of aluminum cans or metal containers, in order to obtain their collection, rewarding and encouraging those who use them every time, by means of a modest gratification or small gift, which is offered by those who organize this type of collection and who then uses these recoveries, or by those who organize and sponsor said activity? recovery, also adding propaganda and advertising purposes? inherent products of various kinds.

This purpose has been achieved through the construction of the aforementioned machine which, in addition to obtaining the recoveries mentioned above and in addition to helping those who propose to enforce certain rules of behavior, offers those who use it the possibility? to take advantage of modest and tangible benefits. Moreover, said machine is also put in place for the dissemination of commercial promotional announcements.

This machine puts in place a system of control and registration of what it receives, releases a feedback to whoever lays the can, reserved by chance or freely chosen, as a reward that recognizes the gesture performed, while the can is reduced in its dimensions, compacted and conducted in the spaces reserved for storage.

Employees, in charge of these functions, will unload the machine when it is no longer in a position to receive other cans, while if necessary, they will restore its functions.

This machine offers the following advantages:

- Promotes the collection of aluminum cans, preferably empty, are thrown away.

- It reduces the size of these by compacting them.

- It is equipped with a computer viewer, which continuously transmits recorded and programmed advertising messages, addressed to those who approach it, since? interested in the recovery that this implements.

- It is equipped with a second viewer with computer that organizes the choice or assignment of a prize that will be given to whoever has introduced the can into the machine for recovery.

It puts in place a system for the choice of the gift or for the assignment of the recognition offered and what? based on what the viewer shows and publicity.

- It is equipped for the issue of a receipt that testifies the access and the control of the recovered can.

Automatically prints what is necessary so that it can be delivered by the person in charge, what is due to the person who carried out the recovery.

- Authorize therefore? ' the withdrawal of gifts and various products, or the withdrawal of coupons or feedback for participation in sweepstakes and this as a prize every time a jar is introduced into it to be recovered.

It serves as an advertising and collection medium, to be placed in amb i nt i -Fre quen t a t i from s pe t ta t ori, from people who do s pe se, from v iaggia t ori, etc.

-DRAWINGS-To better define the invention in question, follow? ' There is a more detailed description thereof, drawn up according to a preferred embodiment, taken as a non-binding or limiting example, which refers to the attached drawing tables; where in FIG .1 - the machine in question is represented, seen from the front and in perspective, what does it look like on the outside, so? ' closed; at the

FIG. 2 - the same machine is drawn, in this case seen from the side and from A as shown in FIG. 3; at the

FIG. 3 - the same machine is still drawn, seen from above; she

FIG. 4 - the machine seen according to the section line BS, indicated in FIG. 3, is drawn; to FIG. 5 - the machine seen according to the section line CC, indicated in FIG. 4, is represented.

-DETAILED DESCRIPTION AND REFERRED TO THE DRAWINGS-AI1e Figures exhibited, the machine in question is clearly represented, which includes a shaped metal casing or cabinet 1, equipped with pivoting wheels 12 and equipped with an ornamental structure and 19 which highlights the position of the viewers. Said cabinet is able to contain the entire equipment that is the subject of the patent in question.

In said cabinet, arranged in a vertical position and preferably leaning against a wall, to which it remains joined and fixed, they are contained;

- The price S,

capable of crushing and compacting the cans 2, which are placed therein, by those interested, in the bracket 3 oscillating on the pin 17, by operating the small handle 18. After releasing said handle 18, after having inserted the can, obtains the start of the machine which automatically starts and ends the maneuver to be performed. The cans of different heights are received in the cavity of the oscillating bracket 3 and, once placed, they are crushed so as to be reduced to approximately one twelfth of their initial volume. These cans 2 are thus reduced by means of pneumatic or hydraulic tools and members, or also by mechanical tools, controlled to move by means of the motor 13 and the possible pump 14. Once these cans 2 are squeezed and reduced as said, they are pushed and placed in the large basket or sack 4 which, when filled, will come? ' collected by the person responsible for its withdrawal and the s i s t emat i on of an o v uot o.

- Device 6,

which signals the acceptance and passage of the compressed cans 2 and directed to the container bag 4. This device prepares and manages the access 11az ionB of the compressed cans which act as tokens and which, passing through said device, determine the operation of the inserted viewer 7 in the car itself.

- The two viewers 7 and 8,

which are at the right height for those who insert the can 2 into the machine that retrieves it. These too are inserted in the envelope 1 and in continuity, one of these, in this case the 7, shows a series of advertising images, each referring to a specific product, of which the name and everything of interest is systematically presented. to remember and identify it. The viewer 8, on the other hand, is used to determine, by choice or by drawing, one of the products or names that the viewer 7 shows and there to define the choice made by whoever inserted the can 2. Or indicate and declare the winnings obtained. Once this is defined, the machine registers it, providing what is needed to be able to collect the chosen or won gift. Said viewers 7 and 8 are logically connected to computers 9 which by means of automatic impulses allow to obtain what has been said. The computers 9 are equipped with a keyboard 20, which is necessary for their programming.

- Group 10,

which includes the printer, the paper roll, the cutter and the means necessary to eject the leaflet on which the communications regarding what the winnings D the deserved prize and the information for the withdrawal have been written. Everything is printed on the leaflet that appears at the end of the cycle and exits from slot 11.

Said machine works by simply inserting the can 2 into the oscillating bracket 3, subsequently the operator must: after having put the can 2 back, where said, release the handle 18 which determines the choice of the prepared object; tear off the receipt 15 with the necessary information to collect the gift, go to the place indicated in charge of delivery, handing over the receipt, to collect the prize.

Said machine can? be equipped for the recovery of other noble materials, arranging for the same the elements for their acceptance and for their eventual compaction and for their con t rol 1 o

Claims (1)

R I V E N D I C A Z I D N I: Machine for the recovery of aluminum cans, equipped to promote said collection by means of prizes, consisting of products that it advertises through the viewers it incorporates constituted by the large cabinet 1, by the tool 5, by the device 6, by the viewers 7 and?, by the unit 10; characterized by the fact that, for the parts that compose it and constitute it, it does not only implement the possibility? to recover aluminum cans, compacting them, but? ' also implements functions and activities? of an advertising and sales nature that refer to the recovery carried out, rewarding the delivery of the can in the machine, with a predetermined or chosen gift, which turns out to be a product that the same machine advertises and which will come? delivered or drawn by lot to who will present? ' the receipt. 2) - Machines for the recovery of aluminum cans, as in claim 1; characterized by the fact that the same for the elements that constitute it and for the way in which they act and are programmed, uses the recovery as a necessary token for the functioning of the activities? that it offers beyond the first. 3) - Machines for the recovery of aluminum cans, as per claims 1 and 2; characterized by the viewer 9, which equips it and which is connected to one of the computers 9, which continuously presents: visual and sound messages, writings, slogans, names, brands and various products, which are used as a reward for each can introduced into the swing brackets 3. 4) - Machine for the recovery of aluminum cans, as per claims 1, 2 and 3; characterized by the viewer 8, connected to one of the computers 9 which equips it and programmed in such a way as to allow the definition and assignment of the prize destined for those who have inserted the can into it. 5) Machine for the recovery of aluminum cans, as per claims 1, 2, 3 and 4; ca retterized by the fact that one of the computers 9, defines the prize by lot. 6) - Machine for the recovery of aluminum cans, as per the preceding claims; characterized by the equipment that also includes a printer that prepares the receipt for the collection of the awarded or chosen prize. 9}? Machine for the recovery of aluminum cans, as per the preceding claims; characterized by the equipment which also includes a slot from which the receipt comes out with the modalities and the indications necessary to the user for the withdrawal of what has been won or assigned. ?) Machine for the recovery of aluminum cans, as per the previous claims; characterized by the device 6 which practically transforms the compressed can into a token, through which to obtain a prize won or assigned, in exchange for the same. 9) Machine for the recovery of aluminum cans, as per the preceding claims; characterized by the fact that the same, transformed for the recovery of paper or other products to be recycled, offers the same performance as the one presented here for the recycling of aluminum.