JP2003062555A - Treating device for electric lamp - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a treating device capable of treating an electric lamp with a simple structure. SOLUTION: This treating device 1 is provided with an accommodating chamber 40 which accommodates a crushed electric lamp and a vibrator 41 which vibrates the chamber 40, thereby rubbing the fragments of the crushed electric lamp each other.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention
Mercury lamps, fluorescent lamps, discharge lamps).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Used lamps and lamps that have become defective during the manufacturing process (hereinafter referred to as "waste lamps") are reused for resource saving. By the way, some electric lamps are formed by enclosing a gas such as mercury in a glass tube, but the enclosed gas may adhere to the glass tube or the like. In particular,
The enclosed gas is often seized on the inner surface of the glass tube of the electric lamp after use. Therefore, in order to reuse the glass portion of the glass tube, it is necessary to separate the enclosed gas attached to the glass portion from the glass portion. In addition, there is a fluorescent lamp as a type of electric lamp, but this fluorescent lamp has a fluorescent agent applied to the inner surface of the glass tube, and like the enclosed gas, when the glass portion is reused, the fluorescent agent is not used. Need to be separated from. As described above, some devices and methods have been disclosed for removing adhered substances such as a sealed gas and a fluorescent agent from the glass portion of an electric lamp. For example,
After cutting the base with electrodes, the remaining part including the glass part is crushed, and the crushed part is washed with water or chemicals to remove the deposits on the glass part. An apparatus and the like for removing mercury and the like from the glass portion by heat treatment have been disclosed.

[0003]

However, in the apparatus for removing the deposits with water, a large amount of water is used, so that the apparatus itself becomes large and the equipment cost increases. In addition, in the device that removes the deposits by heat treatment,
There were problems such as requiring a lot of energy and difficulty in managing heat. Then, this invention makes it a subject to provide the processing apparatus which can process an electric light with an easy structure.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is characterized in that it is an electric lamp processing apparatus having a configuration as described in each of the above claims. According to the invention described in claim 1, the storage chamber for storing the crushed electric lamp and the vibrator for applying vibration to the storage chamber are provided, and the crushed fragments of the electric lamp are rubbed with each other. That is, the crushed electric light is stored in the storage chamber. For example, the electric lamp is crushed in advance outside the storage room, and the crushed electric lamp is put into the storage room, or the electric light is crushed inside the storage room. Then, a vibration is applied to the storage chamber by a vibrator. Therefore, the crushed fragments of the electric lamp rub against each other as they vibrate. As a result, the adhered matter or the like adhering to the glass surface of the electric lamp is rubbed and peeled off (scraped) from the glass portion. Therefore, the attached structure can be separated from the glass portion by a simple structure (method) of the storage chamber and the vibrator, and the glass portion of the discharge tube can be reused.

According to the invention described in claim 2, claim 1
In the electric light processing apparatus according to the item (1), an input port into which a crushed electric light is input, an exhaust port for discharging the fragments of the stored electric light, and a suction means for sucking gas in the storage chamber are connected. And a connection port that is provided. By the way, the adhered matter that has adhered to the glass part is separated from the glass part by rubbing together the fragments of the electric lamp, so the size of the adhered matter is generally small, and the adhered matter becomes dusty in the storage chamber. Easy to dance indoors.
On the other hand, the storage chamber of the present invention has a substantially sealed structure, and the suction means for sucking the gas in the storage chamber is connected to the storage chamber. Therefore, dust-like deposits and the like are sucked out from the inside of the storage chamber together with the gas inside the room,
It is collected outside the storage room and discarded or reused.

According to the third aspect of the invention, there is provided the crushing means for crushing the electric lamp and discharging the crushed electric lamp into the storage chamber. Therefore, the electric lamp is crushed by the crushing means and then discharged into the storage chamber. Therefore, the crushing of the electric lamp is automated by the crushing means, and the manpower required for processing the electric lamp is reduced.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, the sieving means for sieving the fragments discharged from the storage chamber according to the size of the diameter is provided. That is, the fragments of the electric light processed in the storage chamber are sieved by the sieving means according to the size of the diameter. By the way, the deposits separated from the glass portion in the storage chamber are generally separated from the glass portion, so that the size thereof is small. Therefore, when the sieving means screens the small-diameter and the large-diameter ones, the deposits are screened to the smaller ones. Therefore, the deposit is easily separated from the glass portion by the sieving means.

According to the fifth aspect of the invention, there is provided the magnetic substance removing means for removing the magnetic substance portion contained in the fragments discharged from the storage chamber by utilizing the magnetic force of the magnet. That is, in the electric lamp, after being processed in the storage chamber, the magnetic substance removing means removes the magnetic substance portion from the glass portion. In other words, the magnetic material part of the electric lamp is treated together with the glass part in the storage chamber, and then the magnetic material part is removed.

By the way, the conventional device for removing the base is
The mouthpiece and the glass portion were cut with a blade to remove the mouthpiece. However, in such a device, it is necessary to cut the electric lamp in consideration of the size and position of the base, and the device has a complicated structure for positioning the cutting position. Moreover, it is difficult to remove only the mouthpiece, and the glass portion often remains on the removed side. On the other hand, in the present invention, since the structure uses the magnetic force of the magnet, it is not necessary to determine the cutting position and the like, and the present apparatus is relatively simple in configuration. Moreover, the magnetic material portion, such as the mouthpiece portion, is vibrated in the storage chamber together with the glass portion. Therefore, the glass portion coupled to the base portion is easily separated from the base portion due to the vibration, and the amount of the glass portion left on the base portion side is reduced. As a result, the amount of the glass portion used for recycling increases.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention is an apparatus for reusing a used electric lamp or a waste electric lamp such as an electric lamp which has become defective during the manufacturing process. Note that the electric lamp is provided with a base portion having electrodes, and the base portion is formed by using a magnetic material such as iron as a raw material. Therefore, in order to reuse the glass portion of the electric lamp, it is necessary to separate (remove) the adhering material attached to the glass portion and separate the magnetic material portion such as the base portion from the glass portion. The present invention is a processing apparatus for separating deposits from the glass portion as described above and separating the magnetic material and the glass portion.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. An embodiment of the processing apparatus 1 of the present invention is shown in FIG. FIG. 1A is a right side view of the processing apparatus 1, and FIG. 1B is a rear view of the processing apparatus 1. As shown in FIG. 1, the present embodiment is a compact device that can be mounted on a loading platform 10 of a vehicle, and is configured to be movable with a vehicle to a desired place. As shown in FIG. 1, the processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment has a charging means 2, a crushing means 3,
It mainly comprises an adhering substance separating means 4, a sieving means 5, a magnetic material removing means 6, and a sucking means 7.

As shown in FIG. 1 (a), the charging means 2 has a charging port 20 into which a waste electric light is charged, and a lifting means 21 which lifts the discharged waste light upward. Therefore, the waste electric light is thrown in through the charging port 20, is carried upward by the lifting means 21, and is thrown in the crushing means 3. The lifting means 21 has a belt conveyor and is configured to throw a waste electric lamp into the crushing means 3 in a constant amount.

The crushing means 3 is a means for roughly crushing a waste electric lamp. For example, it is possible to use one having two rollers and a structure in which a waste electric lamp is passed between the rollers, or one having a rotating blade and a structure in which the waste electric lamp is roughly crushed by the blade. it can. Also, crushing means 3
Has a discharge port in the lower part for discharging the crushed waste electric lamp to the adhered substance separating means 4, and the crushed waste electric lamp fragment C
Is dropped into the adhering matter separating means 4 by gravity.

The adhering matter separating means 4 separates (separates) the adhering matter adhering to the glass portion or the like of the waste electric lamp from the glass portion.
It is a means to do. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the deposit separating means 4 includes a storage chamber 40 for storing the crushed waste electric lamp, a vibrator 41 for applying vibration to the storage chamber 40, and a storage chamber 40. The main component is a support plate 42 that supports the vibrator 41, and a plurality of (for example, four) columns 43 that support the support plate 42 from below. The storage chamber 40 has, for example, a cylindrical shape as shown in FIG. 2, and has an input port 4 into which a fragment C of a waste electric lamp is input at an upper part on one end side thereof.
0a, and a discharge port 40b for discharging the processed fragment C is provided at the lower part on the other end side.

The vibrator 41 includes, for example, a rotary shaft 41a which is rotated by power as shown in FIG.
Eccentric weight 41b attached to 1a. Therefore, in the vibrator 41, the rotary shaft 41a and the eccentric weight 41b rotate to generate vibration in the rotational direction. As a result, the vibrator 41 applies vibration to the storage chamber 40 via the support plate 42 in the direction around the horizontal axis (around the long axis of the storage chamber 40). In other words, the vibrator 41 gives the storage chamber 40 vibrations in the rotational direction including vertical and horizontal vibration components.
Further, the storage chamber 40 is provided in a state in which one end side having the input port 40a has a higher inclination than the other end side having the discharge port 40b (see FIG. 4A).

Therefore, the fragment C of the waste electric light moves in the storage chamber 40 while vibrating finely. That is, fragment C
As shown in FIG. 4 (a), from the opening 40a to the discharge port 4
While gradually moving in the direction of 0b (the longitudinal axis direction of the storage chamber 40), as shown in FIG. 4 (b), it moves in the rotational direction with respect to the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the storage chamber 40. . That is, the fragments C move in the storage chamber 40 while substantially spiraling around the longitudinal axis of the storage chamber 40 as an axis while vibrating.

Therefore, the fragments C are rubbed against each other by their respective vibrations, and the deposits attached to the glass portion or the like are scraped off (separated) from the outer surface of the glass portion.
Moreover, the fragments C move in the storage chamber 40 and are mixed in the storage chamber 40. Therefore, the fragments C efficiently rub against each other. That is, when the fragments C are rubbed with each other, particles having a small diameter (powder) are generated, but the particles move inside the storage chamber 40 and enter between the large fragments, and the particles become an abrasive material to form the fragments C. Promotes scraping of the outer surface of. At the same time, the magnetic material portion (base etc.) of the waste light also vibrates, and the glass portion coupled to the magnetic material portion is separated from the magnetic material portion by this vibration. Therefore, the magnetic material portion is in a state where the glass portion is hardly bonded.

A partition plate 40c is provided inside the storage chamber 40 for stopping the fragments C before the discharge port 40b. Since the partition plate 40c is a plate material that closes about half of the lower side of the storage chamber 40, the fragment C in the storage chamber 40
The amount of is kept constant by the partition plate 40c. Then, the fragments C in the storage chamber 40 are held in the storage chamber 40 for a certain time, and the time is adjusted by the amount of the fragments C put into the storage chamber 40.

On the upper wall surface side of the storage chamber 40, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (a), a connection port 40 whose wall surface is an opening
A plurality of d are provided. A pipe 73 is connected to the connection port 40d, and the storage chamber 40 is connected to the suction means 7 by the pipe 73. Therefore, the gas inside the storage chamber 40 and the dust-like glass fragments and adhering substances that are flying in the chamber are sucked out from the storage chamber 40 by the suction means 7. Further, the storage chamber 40 is almost hermetically sealed, and dust and gas flying in the storage chamber 40 are
It has a structure that does not easily leak out of the storage chamber 40.

The suction means 7 is, as shown in FIG. 1, a filter 70 for adsorbing an enclosed gas (mercury etc.) or glass enclosed in an electric lamp, a pump 71 for sucking the gas, and a sound of the pump 71 to the outside. And a silencer 72 for preventing leakage. Therefore, the dust or gas sucked out by the force of the pump 71 flows through the filter 70, the pump 71, and the silencer 72 in this order, and is discharged from the sucking means 7 in a state where the enclosed gas, glass pieces, and the like are removed.

The support column 43 of the adhering substance separating means 4 is fixed to the loading platform 10 as shown in FIG. 1, and as shown in FIG. 2, the support plate 42 is provided via a vibration absorbing section 43a (for example, a spring).
Is supported from below. Also, the fragment C in the storage chamber 40
Is discharged from the discharge port 40b beyond the partition plate 40c and is fed to the sieving means 5. The sieving means 5 is a means for sieving the fragments C of the waste light emitted from the adhering matter separating means 4 according to the size of the diameter thereof. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, a roughly cylindrical sieving body 50 and a sieving body are used. The main component is a vibrator 55 for vibrating the mesh 51 in the main body 50.

The sieving body 50 has a receiving port 50a for receiving a fragment C of a waste electric lamp at one upper end and two discharging ports 50b, 50c at the other lower end. Sieve main body 5
Inside the 0, the mesh 51 is divided into upper and lower parts.
Is provided. The mesh 51 can pass a mesh having a diameter smaller than a predetermined diameter and cannot mesh a mesh having a diameter larger than a predetermined diameter, and is configured, for example, in a lattice shape or a mesh shape having a desired diameter. Therefore, the fragment C of the waste electric light thrown into the sieve main body 50 is
Vibration is applied by 5 and vibrates, and the mesh 51 sifts it to those having a large diameter and those having a small diameter.
Those having a large diameter remain above the mesh 51 and are discharged from the discharge port 50b. Then, a small particle (powder) such as an adhered substance falls below the mesh 51 and is discharged from the discharge port 50c.

Below the mesh 51 of the sieving body 50, as shown in FIG. 5, balls 52 for preventing clogging of the mesh 51, and a grid-like partition portion 53 for suppressing the movement of the balls 52 are provided. Have and. This ball 52
Vibrates from the vibrator 55 and jumps up and down to give an impact to the mesh 51. Therefore mesh 5
The fragment C of the waste electric light, which has been clogged in the first eye, is released from the mesh 51 by this impact and prevents the mesh 51 from being clogged.

In addition, in the upper part of the inside of the sieve main body 50,
As shown in, a plurality of air nozzles 54 for discharging high pressure air are provided. Since this high-pressure air is blown from above the fragment C of the waste electric light to the mesh 51 side, the fragment C having a small diameter is also dropped below the mesh 51 by the pressure of the air. The fragment C of the waste light having such a large diameter is discharged from the discharge port 50b of the sieving means 5,
The discharged fragments C are put into the magnetic substance removing means 6 (see FIG. 1).

The magnetic substance removing means 6 is a means for removing the magnetic substance portion contained in the fragment C of the waste electric lamp by utilizing the magnetic force of the electromagnet 61a. For example, as shown in FIG.
And a magnetic material sucker 61 having an electromagnet 61a. The electromagnet 6
1a corresponds to the magnet of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, the conveyer 60 is mainly composed of a belt conveyor, and the scrap C of the waste electric lamp is shown in FIG.
In FIG. 6A, the fragment C is conveyed from the left side to the right side, and in FIG. In addition, the magnetic material sucker 61 includes an electromagnet 61.
a, a belt 61b that rotates around the outer periphery of the electromagnet 61a, and a plate-shaped payout plate 61c attached to the belt 61b.

Therefore, when the scrap C of the waste electric lamp is conveyed to the lower side of the magnetic material sucker 61 as shown in FIG. 6, the magnetic material portion is sucked upward by the magnetic force of the electromagnet 61a. The sucked-up magnetic material portion is sucked by the electromagnet 61a via the belt 61b. The belt 61b
Rotates around the outer periphery of the electromagnet 61a as shown in FIG. 6 (b). Therefore, the payout plate 61c is rotated around the electromagnet 61a by the belt 61b, and
The magnetic material part sucked by a is outwardly (Fig. 6).
In FIG. 6B, it is paid out to the right side, and in FIG. 6A, it is paid out to the back side of the paper. As a result, the magnetic material portion falls from the magnetic material suction device 61 side. As described above, the magnetic substance removing means 6
Thus, the magnetic material portion is removed from the scrap C of the waste light, and only the (almost) glass portion remains in the remaining scrap C. Then, this glass portion is put into the glass receiving box 11 from the magnetic substance removing means 6 (see FIG. 1).

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, the processing apparatus 1 includes the charging means 2, the crushing means 3, and the charging means 3 from the upstream side to the downstream side.
It has an adhering substance separating means 4, a sieving means 5, and a magnetic material removing means 6, and processes the waste electric lamp in that order. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the sieving means 5 discharges fine particles (powder) having a small diameter including the adhered matter scraped off by the adhered matter separating means 4, and the magnetic substance removing means 6 discharges the magnetic substance portion. The glass (part) is sorted by this.

The crushing means 3, the deposit separating means 4, the sieving means 5 and the magnetic material removing means 6 are connected to the suction means 7 via a pipe 73. That is, a pipe 73 is connected to the main body of the crushing means 3, the storage chamber 40 of the adhering matter separating means 4, the sieving main body 50 of the sieving means 5, and the main body of the magnetic material removing means 6, and the gas in these chambers is Is sucked out by the sucking means 7.

As a result, the gas in these chambers is exhausted by the suction means 7 for sucking the glass portion and adhering substances flowing in the room, and for removing the dust, mercury and the like by the filter 70. Further, since the interiors of these rooms are almost hermetically sealed, dust and mercury in the interiors are unlikely to leak to the exterior, and the exterior environment is maintained in a clean state.

The processing device 1 is configured as described above. Therefore, the adhering matter that has adhered to the glass portion is separated by an easy structure that vibrates the storage chamber 40, and the magnetic body portion such as the base portion is separated by an easy structure that sucks up the electromagnet 61a. Therefore, the processing device 1 has a simple structure and a structure that can be easily downsized. Further, in the scrap C of the waste electric lamp that vibrates in the storage chamber 40, the gap between them becomes small due to the vibration. Therefore, the fragments C are in close contact with each other, and the rubbing force between the fragments C is increased, so that the deposit is efficiently separated from the glass portion.

Further, the magnetic substance removing means 6 can easily remove the base portion and the like from the glass portion as compared with the method of removing the base portion and the like from the waste electric lamp. Moreover, there are various sizes and shapes of waste lamps such as a straight tube, a round tube, a twin tube, and a thin tube, and the magnetic substance removing means 6 can easily cope with them regardless of this shape or size. It is possible. Further, since the processing device 1 has a structure in which dust in the device and enclosed gas of an electric lamp are unlikely to leak out of the device, the processing device 1 is a device that can maintain the environment outside the device in a clean state or in a health and safety state. is there.

The embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but may be in the following forms. (1) In the above embodiment, the storage chamber has a tubular shape with a substantially circular cross section, but it may have any shape, for example, a tubular shape with a substantially elliptical cross section. In addition, preferably, the lower side of the storage chamber is at least curved (partially circular in cross section or partially elliptical in cross section) so that fragments of the electric lamp stored in the storage chamber can easily move in the storage chamber. (2) In the above-described embodiment, the storage chamber has the inlet for inserting the fragments of the electric lamp and the outlet for discharging the fragments of the stored electric lamp. May be In this case, the input port serves both as an inlet and an outlet for the fragments, and the processed fragments are discharged from the input port. (3) In the above embodiment, the fragments of the electric lamp in the storage chamber rub against each other due to vibration, but the storage chamber rotates around the longitudinal axis of the storage chamber, and the fragments rub against each other. May be

[0034]

According to the electric lamp processing apparatus of the present invention,
The device for treating a light is formed by an easy structure.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a right side view (a) and a rear view (b) of a processing device mounted on a carrier of a vehicle.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an adhering substance separating unit.

FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view of a vibrator of the attached matter separating means.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view (a) in the longitudinal axis direction of the accommodating chamber of the deposit separating means, and a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. It is (b).

FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view in the longitudinal axis direction of the sieving body of the sieving means.

6 is a partial front view (a) of the magnetic body removing means 6, FIG.
It is the BB sectional drawing of (a) figure.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of processing of an electric light by the processing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Processor 2 ... Input means 3 ... Crushing means 4 ... Adhering matter separating means 5 ... Sieving means 6 ... Magnetic substance removing means 7 ... Suction means 11 ... Glass box 20 ... Input port 40 ... Storage room 40a ... input port 40b ... outlet 40d ... Connection port 41 ... Vibrator 50 ... Sieve body 51 ... Mesh 52 ... Ball 54 ... Air nozzle 55 ... Vibrator 60 ... Carrier 61 ... Magnetic material sucker 61a ... Electromagnet (magnet)

Continued front page    (72) Inventor Shozo Komatsu             Matsushita 3-28-33, Tarumi-cho, Suita City, Osaka Prefecture             Environmental Air Conditioning Engineering Co., Ltd. Osaka Branch             Inside the store F term (reference) 4D004 AA22 CA01 CA04 CA07 CA09                       CB13 CB50                 4D021 AA01 AB02 CA07 EA10

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A processing apparatus for an electric lamp, comprising: a storage chamber for storing a crushed electric lamp; and a vibrator for applying vibration to the storage chamber, whereby scraped pieces of the electric lamp are rubbed with each other. . 2. The electric light processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage chamber has an input port into which the crushed electric light is input, and an exhaust port from which the fragments of the stored electric light are discharged. A treatment device for an electric lamp, comprising: a connection port to which a suction unit for sucking gas in the storage chamber is connected. 3. The electric lamp processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electric lamp is provided with crushing means for crushing the electric lamp and discharging the crushed electric lamp into the storage chamber. Processing equipment. 4. The electric lamp processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising sieving means for sieving debris discharged from the storage chamber according to the size of the diameter. Processing equipment. 5. The electric lamp processing device according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic body removing means removes the magnetic body portion contained in the fragments discharged from the storage chamber by using the magnetic force of the magnet. An electric light processing device, wherein: