JP2003112295A - Apparatus for compressing container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily carrying out compression when compressing a container, etc., in a longitudinal direction by giving a rotation and the compression to a target article at the same time. SOLUTION: In the method for compressing the article, the article is easily compressed by making a compression disk (1) which has a projected part or a recessed part rotating and vertically moving pass through the rugged part of a compression main body (2) which has a spiral groove (3) or inclined groove based on spiral ruggedness substantially in a cylindrical inner surface, thereby giving compressive force and rotational force to the article.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to compression of containers and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when compressing an article such as a beverage can container after use, there is a device for compressing the soft side surface of the container. In a device using a method for compressing the container side surface, the side surface is compressed. After that, it was necessary to compress several times because the upper and lower parts of the container could not be compressed, and the contents left by the compression for some time could leak.

There has also been taken a method of holding the top and bottom of an article such as a container by hand, pressing the bottom of the article from above and compressing it while rotating the top, but this method is very useful for weak items. This method has been known for a long time, and there was a case where the hand was injured when the container was broken, and there is, for example, Japanese Patent Application No. 8-312512.

[0004]

In order to compress an article such as a used container which does not contain contents at home, usually, the side surface of the container is crushed by hand, or it is crushed by crushing it with a foot. There is a feeling that the whole volume has decreased, but since the whole is not completely flat, a space is created between the containers when they overlap and the decrease in the whole volume is small, or it spreads laterally,
The area when flattened is large, the volume of waste can be reduced by a small amount to increase the storage amount of waste, reduce the transportation cost, and compress it vertically by hand It needed a lot of power, and had to rely on the power of electric motors and hydraulics. In order to promote the reuse of raw materials based on the Law for Promotion of Utilization of Recycled Resources of Containers, by reducing the volume of the container, the amount to be recovered will be greatly increased and the resources can be easily reused. Was a challenge.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and a device for easily compressing by simultaneously performing compression and rotation, an empty container can be easily compressed, and not only an empty can but also a pet container, etc. An object of the present invention is to provide a container compression device that can be easily compressed.

[0006]

By easily compressing the container in the vertical direction, the volume of the container can be reduced and the total amount at the time of disposal can be reduced. Since more than the crushing method can be used, the transportation cost for disposal can be reduced.

In order to easily compress in the vertical direction, the pressing force is applied to the inner surface of the cylinder having a compression body having a spiral groove formed by spiral projections or depressions and a compression disk, or inclined to the inner surface of the cylinder. It has a concave part or an inclined convex part and has a convex part or concave part on the inner surface of the compression body and uses a circular compression disk inside to divide the vertical force into rotation and compression forces. Although it can be easily compressed, there are three protrusions and recesses in the drawing, but the number thereof is not particularly limited.

In the case of a can container, when a compressing and rotating force is applied, in order to stably impart the compressing and rotating motions to the container, the protrusion of the rotating disk is inserted into the container hole at the upper part of the container and rotated. It is effective to apply a stable force to the container.

In the first stage of compression, the container requires a very strong initial compression force in order to keep its initial shape, to prevent it from being externally applied to the side of the container before compression. It can be easily compressed by forming a recess with the convex portion. Further, even when the container is compressed while rotating, it is possible to compress the container more easily by forming a recess.

When applying compression and rotational force from the top of the container,
In order to fix the bottom of the object to be compressed and to fix the rotation of the bottom of the container, by using a material such as rubber as a slip stopper on the bottom, it is possible to stably provide rotation to the container and to fix and compress the bottom of the container. It is possible, but if it is non-slip, it is not necessary to limit to rubber only material, it is possible if other materials have high slip resistance, and it is also an effective means to fix it by sandwiching the low part is there.

In order to compress containers and the like to the minimum, it is necessary that the shapes of the containers correspond to the compression. As the shapes of these containers, patents using shapes that facilitate spiral compression, Although there is Japanese Patent Application No. 5-98644, by making the rotation cycle of compression the same as the spiral shape cycle of the container,
The container can be easily compressed while maintaining the strength of the container.

By using a spherical ball for the convex portion or the concave portion of the compression disc, the rotary disc can slide stably even if the compression disc is tilted.

By having a convex portion on the inner surface of the compression main body and inserting the container into the compression main body to make the inner side surface portion of the container main body uneven, the original compressive strength of the container is weakened, and it is easy to It is effective for vertical compression.

When the convex portion on the inner surface of the compression main body makes the portion of the container uneven, it may be difficult to discharge the container because a part of the container fits into the convex portion of the compression main body. In order to prevent it, the convex part becomes an elastic body that moves in the outer diameter direction,
Attaching a spring or rubber is effective for easily discharging the container.

Further, by having a blade inside the compression body, when the container is inserted into the compression body, a part of the container is cut to weaken the original compression strength of the container, so that the container can be easily compressed. .

Attaching a spring, rubber or the like to the mounting portion of the blade, which is an elastic body for moving the blade, is effective for easily discharging the container.

As a method of inserting the container into the compression body, the shape of the container can be easily changed by inserting the container from the bottom of the compression body, and the container can be easily discharged.

When compressing the container, by attaching an elastic body to the plate for compressing the compression assist which is pushed from above,
It can be effectively compressed.

Although the compressive strength of the container is weakened by cutting a part of the container with a concave shape or a blade, the compressive strength can be increased by attaching the processing position to the container in an inclined or spiral shape. Can be weakened.

In order to compress the container, in order to compress the container with a weaker pressure, the compressing force is not concentrated in the entire container, but the pressure is partially concentrated in a position off the center, whereby the container can be easily compressed. .

[0021]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to these embodiments.
FIG. 1A shows an embodiment of a compression device of the present invention. When a container or the like is attached to the device, it passes through a disk (11) that makes a recess on the side of the container, so that a part of the container is indented, and this action allows for easier compression. By pushing down, it rotates in the uneven part of the compression body (2) having the spiral groove (3) due to the uneven part, and the rotation of the compression disk (1) is caused by the fixed protrusion (6) attached to the compression disk (1). It is the whole figure which attached a container for compression which can be transmitted to a container and can rotate and compress the upper part of a container.

In FIG. 2, the compression disk (31) is a configuration diagram in which the compression disk (31) can rotate and compress at the same time by entering into the inclined concave portion (34) through which the compression disk (31) passes.

In FIG. 3, the container is partially recessed by the convex projection (10) of the compression body (9), and the conventional container strength is reduced.

In FIG. 4, a part of the side surface of the container is cut by the blade (15) of the compression body (9) to reduce the conventional container strength.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 5 is a view in which a spherical ball (14) is attached to the slide portion in order to easily rotate the rotary disk for compression.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, when the container is attached to the main body by inserting the container from the bottom (18) of the main body, the container is sequentially recessed from the insertion portion of the container. In addition, the upper elastic body (1
When the container is inserted, a force in the opposite direction is applied to 9) and the container can be compressed when the container is compressed from above. When the container is taken out after compression, the convex part of the compression body prevents discharge, but the elastic part is attached to the mounting part (17) of the convex part and the convex part does not prevent discharge of the container, so the container is easily discharged. it can.

In FIG. 7, in order to further weaken the compressive strength of the container, the container can be easily compressed by forming an incline (20) or a spiral recess with respect to the shape of the container.

In order to further weaken the compressive strength of the container, by tilting the upper part of the container, the container can be compressed with a weaker pressure by concentrating the compression position at one place. For that purpose, as shown in FIG. The compression plate (21) may be an oblique compression plate (21) with respect to the container, or the compression shaft (2
It becomes possible by installing 2) at a position away from the center of the container.

[0029]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, it has the following effects.

Each container maker urges ordinary households to collect containers in order to recycle the containers, but since it is difficult to store a large amount of containers, the actual recycling requires a large amount of cost and labor. With the invention, it is possible to reduce the cost of transportation by reducing the volume of the container body, and it is possible to increase the storage amount of containers at home than the current storage amount, it will be easier to recycle resources in the future, and container packaging recycling Although container manufacturers are required to recycle individual fields by law, more stable recycling by general consumers will enable manufacturers to promote recycling and more effective use of resources. The same applies to the collection of PET bottles.

In order to compress the container in the vertical direction, the vertical force for pressing the container is divided into a rotating force and a compressing force. By using this force, the container can be easily compressed.

In the case of a container such as a beverage can when a compressing and rotating force is applied to the container, in order to stably impart the compressing and rotating motion to the container, a protrusion of a rotating disk is provided in the container hole at the upper part of the can container. By inserting into the mouth of the container, the rotational force is stably applied to the container.

By making a recess on the side surface of the container before compression, the compression strength of the container can be weakened and the container can be easily compressed. Further, even when the container is compressed while rotating, the container can be easily compressed by forming the recess.

When compressing and rotating force is applied from the upper part of the container,
By fixing the bottom of the container, it is possible to stably impart rotation to the container. Therefore, fixing the bottom of the container in compressing the container is an effective means.

In order to compress the container and the like to the minimum, it is necessary that the shape of the container corresponds to the compression, and the shape of these containers should be a shape that facilitates spiral compression. The container can be easily compressed while maintaining the strength of the container.

By using a spherical ball for the convex portion or the concave portion of the compression disk, the rotary disk can slide stably and the compression can be made smoother.

When a convex portion on the inner surface of the compression body makes a part of the container uneven, it may be difficult to discharge the container because a part of the container is sandwiched between the convex parts of the compression body. The same applies to the case where a blade portion is used instead of a portion, and in order to prevent this, the convex portion and the blade portion move in the outer diameter direction, so that the container can be easily discharged.

As a method of inserting the container, a part of the outer shape of the container can be easily changed by inserting from the bottom of the compression body, and the container can be easily discharged.

When the container is compressed, it is possible to effectively compress it by attaching an elastic body to the plate which compresses the compression assist which is pushed from above.

Although the compressive strength of the container is weakened by cutting a part of the container with a recessed shape or with a blade, it can be easily compressed by attaching the processing position to the container in an inclined or spiral shape. The strength can be weakened.

In order to compress the container with a weaker pressure without applying a rotational force to the container vertically, the compressing force is easily compressed not by the entire upper part of the container but by concentrating the pressure at a position deviated from the center. You can

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1A is an overall cross-sectional view for compression. (B) The bottom of the container.

FIG. 2 is a detailed view of a portion that imparts compression and rotation to the container.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a compression body and an internal convex portion.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a compression body and an internal blade portion.

FIG. 5 (a) is a partial view of a spherical ball on a compression disk. (B) It is an overall sectional view in which a spherical shape is used for the compression disk.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of inserting the container into the compression body.

FIG. 7 is a detailed view of positions of a compression body and an internal convex portion.

FIG. 8 is a shape view of a compression sloping plate above the compression unit.

FIG. 9 is a shape view of a compression shaft above the compression unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 compression disk 2 compression body 3 spiral groove 4 convex 5 Device top 6 fixed protrusions 8 containers 9 body 10 convex protrusion 11 discs 12 rotation stop 13 Bottom part 14 spherical balls 15 blades 16 Convex bottom 17 Elastic body 18 bottom 19 Upper elastic body 20 inclination 21 compression tilt plate 22 Compression shaft

Claims (15)

[Claims] 1. A method for compressing an article, comprising rotating an uneven portion of a compression body (2) having a spiral groove (3) formed by a spiral uneven portion on an inner surface of a substantially cylindrical body, and rotating the compressed body upward and downward. A compression device capable of applying a compressive force and a rotating force to an article by passing through a compression disk (1) having a convex portion or a concave portion to compress the article. 2. A method for compressing an article, comprising an inclined concave portion (34) or convex portion on a substantially cylindrical inner surface,
There is a circular compression disk (31) having a convex portion or a concave portion on the inner surface of the compression body (32), and an article to be compressed is placed under the compression disk (31) and the compression body (32) is pushed down. Thus, the compression disk (31) can apply compression and rotational force to the article at the same time to compress the article. 3. When applying compression and rotational force, in the case of a container such as a beverage can, the rotational force is easily applied to the container by inserting a fixing protrusion (6) into the upper container hole. The compression device according to claim 1 or claim 2. 4. A convex projection (10) inside a main body (9) having a shape for containing an article to be compressed, and by inserting a container for compression therein, a convex projection (10) inside the main body (9). A compression device for shaping a container to be compressed into a concave shape and easily compressing the container by a pressure from above. 5. In the case of a container such as a beverage can, prior to compression, the side surface of the container is dented by a disk (11) which is dented, thereby forming a dent and compression. The compression device according to claim 2. 6. When applying compression and rotational force to an article to be compressed,
In order to fix the rotation of the bottom portion, a slip stopper that serves as a rotation stopper (12) for the container is attached to the bottom portion, or the container bottom is pinched by the bottom pinching portion (13) to fix the bottom portion. Alternatively, the compression device according to claim 2. 7. Compressing by using a container in which the strength of the container is set such that the torsion of rotation and the direction and direction of compression are synchronized and equal when applying compression and rotational force to the article to be compressed. The compression device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the compression device is combined with a compression device. 8. The compression apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the rotary disk is slid by using a spherical ball (14) on the convex portion of the compression disk. 9. A container is provided with a blade (15) inside a main body having a shape for containing a container to be compressed, and the blade (15) is used to cut the outer shape of the container to compress the container by the pressure from above. Compression device. 10. A container is provided by attaching an elastic body (17) to the bottom of the protrusion (16) or the bottom of the blade (15) so that when the container is taken out, the protrusion or blade moves in the outer shape direction. 5. The removal of
Alternatively, the compression device according to claim 9. 11. The compression device according to claim 4 or 9, wherein the container to be compressed is recessed or cut into the container by inserting it from the bottom portion (18) of a cylindrical compression body. 12. When compressing a container, the container is compressed by attaching an upper elastic body (19) to an upper part of the compression plate (41) to assist the compression. The compression device according to claim 9. 13. When inserting a container to be compressed into a cylindrical shape having protrusions and depressions and blade projections inside a main body having a shape to accommodate the container to be compressed, the protrusions and depressions and the positions of the blades are inclined with respect to the container (20). ) Or by arranging in a spiral, it compresses, The compression device of Claim 4 or Claim 9 characterized by the above-mentioned. 14. The container according to claim 4, wherein the container is compressed by tilting the compression sloping plate (21) with respect to the upper part of the container to assist the compression.
Alternatively, the compression device according to claim 9. 15. The container according to claim 4, wherein when the container is compressed, the compression shaft (22) and the compression shaft (22) are positioned off the center of the upper part of the container to assist the compression. The compression device according to claim 9.