JP2004009055A - Empty container volume reducing device detachably attached to hydraulic working vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a empty container volume reducing device capable of being easily attached to and detached from an existing hydraulic working vehicle and reducing empty containers at a low cost. <P>SOLUTION: The empty container volume reducing device is detachably attached to the hydraulic shovel 31 and has the fixed plate 3 of a press 33 secured movably up and down and pivotally relative to a frame 2, a support post frame 4 secured to the fixed plate 3, side plates 7 defining a accommodating portion 6 accomodating the empty containers 5, and a movable plate 8 of the press 33 secured movably up and down relative to the support frame post 4 so as to contact with and remove from the fixed plate 3. The movabl plate 8 can press and crush the empty containers 5 within the accommodating portion 6 to reduce their volume cooperating with the fixed plate 3 by the action of a hydraulic actuating device 9. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an empty container volume reducing apparatus for compressing and crushing empty containers such as empty cans, empty bottles, empty plastic containers and the like by a press detachably attached to a hydraulic working vehicle, and reducing the volume.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, local governments have been promoting the use of glass bottles, cans, and PET bottle containers in accordance with the Containers and Packaging Recycling Law to reuse various types of containers made of glass, metal, and synthetic resin, and to reduce waste from these containers. It separates and collects used empty containers such as, and recycles the materials of these containers as resources or transports them as waste. In particular, in treating and recycling empty containers, empty cans are made of metal in containers, and it is desirable to reduce the volume of empty cans. It is also desirable to develop a device that can reduce the volume easily and easily. I have.
[0003]
However, goods such as empty containers discharged from homes or business establishments vary in shape and material, and the amount and time of discharge are not constant. In the case of empty containers, If the volume is not reduced, the collection efficiency is extremely poor, and even if the local government bears the burden, the cost of collecting empty containers will be high at present. In addition, it is conceivable to manufacture recycled products such as heat insulation, soundproofing materials, soil materials, paints, etc. using glass bottles as raw materials, but supply of glass bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, PET bottles, etc. as raw materials is unstable. Therefore, the cost tends to be high. In view of the above circumstances, the present applicant has crushed articles, including empty containers such as glass bottles and cans, and crushed them to reduce the volume, that is, the bulk, by pressurizing the glass bottles and crushed articles. A collection device capable of collecting crushed materials such as empty cans and the like in a removable storage container, and a collection vehicle having the collection device mounted on a vehicle have been developed, and a patent application has been filed (for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 104506, JP-A-2000-202320).
[0004]
Further, as an empty can press apparatus, one disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-225691 is known. The empty can press device is configured to stack empty cans ingots that have been pressed together in an orderly and efficient manner on a pallet placed on a lifting table.
[0005]
The processing apparatus for empty cans, plastic containers, and the like disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-296387 is for sorting or compressing and reducing empty cans, plastic containers, and the like. , Aluminum cans are sorted and collected, plastic containers and the like are sorted by blowing air, and steel empty cans, aluminum cans, plastic containers and the like are sent to separate presses to compress and reduce the volume.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the conventional empty containers, in particular, various devices for compressing and reducing the volume of empty cans are large-scale devices that increase the production cost and the running cost, and furthermore, the empty containers or the reduced empty containers. It requires additional equipment for transporting containers, which is expensive, and even if empty containers are compressed and reduced in volume by pressing, the reduced empty containers can be transported using trucks or other transport devices such as forklifts. It had to be mounted on a vehicle or transported to a storage area for storing reduced-volume empty containers.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
An object of the present invention is to consider that various empty containers such as empty cans, bottles, and plastic cans are separately collected and collected by local governments. Using a car, a press for pressurizing empty containers is detachably attached to the hydraulic work vehicle, and a lifting mechanism and a swing mechanism that are mounted to be able to move up and down and swing to the frame of the hydraulic work vehicle are pressed. The platen is detachably mounted on the frame, and the empty containers are compressed and crushed to reduce the volume in cooperation with the movable platen on the platen. An object of the present invention is to provide a simple and low-cost empty container volume reducing device which can be mounted on a vehicle or transported to a storage location for storing reduced volume empty containers.
[0008]
The present invention relates to a press platen which can be moved up and down and swingably mounted on a frame provided in a hydraulic working vehicle, a support frame which stands upright from an edge of the platen, and an empty container. Side plates erected on both sides and a rear portion of the base plate inside the support frame to form a housing portion for housing the base plate, and are vertically movably attached to the support frame to contact and separate from the base plate. A movable plate of the press, and a hydraulic device for moving the movable plate up and down along the support frame, wherein the movable plate cooperates with the surface plate by the operation of the hydraulic device to move the movable plate in the housing portion. The present invention relates to an empty container volume reducing device that is detachable from a hydraulic working vehicle, which is configured to pressurize, crush, and reduce the volume of an empty container.
[0009]
The surface plate is detachably attached to the frame directly or via a lift bracket. Further, the platen is swung with respect to the frame by a swing mechanism driven by the hydraulic device provided in the work vehicle, and is moved relative to the frame by an elevating mechanism driven by the hydraulic device. It is moved up and down.
[0010]
In addition, the empty container volume reduction device, the empty container is scooped up from the front of the surface plate to the storage portion at a position where the movable plate is raised with respect to the surface plate, and the empty container is lifted up at a position where the front of the surface plate swings upward. By lowering the movable platen to pressurize and crush the empty container in the storage portion to reduce the volume, and raising the platen along the frame to swing the front of the platen downward. The reduced empty container is discharged from the storage section.
[0011]
At the front end of the surface plate and / or at the front end of the movable platen, when the movable platen descends to pressurize and crush the empty container in the storage portion to reduce its volume, the front opening of the surface plate A stopper plate for covering the container and preventing the empty container from protruding is swingably attached.
[0012]
The reduced empty containers are directly conveyed to a transfer device such as a truck or a conveyor or a storage location by the hydraulic working vehicle.
[0013]
Further, the hydraulic work vehicle is a vehicle that performs work using a hydraulic device such as a forklift, a shovel loader, and a hydraulic shovel. The empty container is an empty container that does not contain the contents, such as an empty can made of steel or aluminum, a plastic container such as a PET bottle, a glass bottle, and a ceramic container.
[0014]
The frame is a support such as an arm or boom of a hydraulic shovel, a mast or fork of a forklift.
[0015]
Since this empty container volume reduction device is configured as described above, attachments such as forks and shovels attached to the frame of the existing hydraulic work vehicle are removed from the frame of the boom, arm, mast, etc. Can be directly and detachably attached to the frame, can be configured very easily and simply, and can be manufactured at low cost.
[0016]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of an empty container volume reducing device removably attached to a hydraulic working vehicle according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0017]
This empty container volume reducing device is characterized in that the press 33 is easily detachably attached to the existing hydraulic working vehicle 1, and the empty container 5 is pressurized by the press 33 to crush and reduce the volume. is there. The hydraulic working vehicle 1 to which the empty container volume reducing device is detachably attached is, for example, a hydraulic shovel 31 as shown in FIG. 1, a forklift 32 as shown in FIGS. That is, the hydraulic shovel 31 is a vehicle having wheels 44 for performing operations using the hydraulic device 12, and the forklift 32 is a vehicle having wheels 45 for performing operations using the hydraulic devices 9 and 15. The frame 2 corresponds to a support such as an arm 29 and a boom 28 in the hydraulic shovel 31 shown in FIG. 1, or a support such as a mast 34 and a fork 10 in a forklift 32 shown in FIGS. Is equivalent to The empty container 5 is an empty container made of steel or aluminum, a plastic container such as a plastic bottle, a container made of glass, a ceramic container, or the like that does not contain any contents, and is crushed, compressed under pressure, or crushed. By doing so, the volume can be reduced, that is, the volume can be reduced.
[0018]
As shown in FIG. 1, a hydraulic shovel 31 which is a hydraulic working vehicle 1 is, for example, a vehicle equipped with an engine, and a cab 38 is provided with an operation lever (not shown). Thereby, each hydraulic device 12 (only one is shown) for operating the link mechanism 27 including the boom 28, the arm 29 and the like and the platen 3 constituting the press 33 is operated, and the platen 3 moves up and down and swings. It is configured as follows. Each hydraulic device 12 includes, for example, a hydraulic cylinder that drives the boom 28, a hydraulic cylinder that drives the arm 29, and a hydraulic cylinder that drives the surface plate 3. In the hydraulic excavator 31, the press 33 is attached to the lift bracket 21 attached to the arm 29.
[0019]
As shown in FIGS. 2 to 6, the forklift 32 as the hydraulic work vehicle 1 is, for example, a vehicle equipped with the engine 26, and a mast 34 and a crosshead 22 for connecting the mast 34 are attached to a vehicle frame 41. The platen 3 is fixed to the lift bracket 21 that moves up and down along the mast 34, and a press 33 is installed. The cab 39 is provided with an operation lever 24, and the operation of the operation lever 24 operates the hydraulic device 15 so that the press 33 installed on the lift bracket 21 moves up and down.
[0020]
This empty container volume reduction device mainly includes a platen 3 that constitutes a press 33 that can be moved up and down and swingably mounted on a frame 2 provided in a hydraulic work vehicle 1 from an edge of the platen 3. In order to form an upright and fixed support frame 4, an accommodation portion 6 such as a bucket for storing empty containers 5, a side plate 7 erected from both sides and a rear portion of the base plate 3 inside the support frame 4, It has a movable plate 8 constituting a press 33 attached to the column frame 4 so as to be able to move up and down in order to move toward and away from the plate 3, and a hydraulic device 9 for moving the movable plate 8 up and down along the column frame 4. I have.
[0021]
The movable platen 8 which forms the press 33 cooperates with the surface plate 3 by operating the hydraulic device 9 to pressurize, crush, and reduce the volume of the empty container 5 in the storage section 6. The movable platen 8 is configured to move up and down along the support frame 4 by the operation of the hydraulic device 9 constituting the press 33.
[0022]
In the case of the hydraulic shovel 31 shown in FIG. 1, for example, the surface plate 3 constituting the press 33 removes the attachment of the shovel from the arm 29 and is detachably attached to the arm 29. Alternatively, in the case of the forklift 32 shown in FIGS. 2 to 6, for example, in the case of the forklift 32, the fork 10 is detached from the mast 34 of the frame 2 and detachably attached to the mast 34 directly or via the lift bracket 21. Or, it is detachably attached via a fork 10 which is attached to the mast 34 so as to be vertically movable and swingable.
[0023]
In this empty container volume reducing device, the surface plate 3 and the pressure plate, that is, the movable plate 8 can be replaced with various types of shapes and structures depending on the type of the empty container 5 to be crushed by pressurization. For example, when the empty container 5 is an empty can, it is preferable to form an uneven surface having a large number of irregularities on the surface facing the surface plate 3 and the movable plate 8 so that the empty can does not slip when pressurized. When the empty container 5 is a plastic container such as a PET bottle, the opposing surface of the surface plate 3 and the movable plate 8 is pierced into the wall surface of the container at the time of pressurization so that the air is not left in the container. It is preferable to form it on an uneven surface provided with a large number of nails, needle-like projections, etc. When the empty container 5 is a glass bottle, the surface facing the surface plate 3 and the movable plate 8 is provided with an uneven surface provided with a number of projections such as ribs so that the container can be compressed and crushed without slipping when pressurized. It is preferable to form it. When the empty container 5 is a mixture of a steel can and an aluminum can, for example, a magnet member is detachably attached to the surface plate 3 and / or the movable plate 8 in order to separate the steel can from the aluminum can. The steel can can be configured to be adsorbed by the magnet member and separated from the aluminum can. In this case, the magnet member can be configured as an electromagnet. When separating a steel can and an aluminum can, it is necessary to turn on the switch to energize the electromagnet and to separate the empty container 5. If not, the switch may be turned off so that the electromagnet does not work.
[0024]
Further, the surface plate 3 is supplied with hydraulic pressure by a hydraulic device 12 that swings a lift bracket 21 attached to the frame 2 and is swung by a hydraulic swing link mechanism 11. The movable platen 8 is configured to be moved up and down via a hydraulic lifting mechanism 13 and a chain provided on the support frame 4 by supplying a hydraulic pressure to a hydraulic device 9 provided on the support frame 4. Have been.
[0025]
In addition, when the movable platen 8 descends and pressurizes and crushes the empty container 5 in the storage unit 6 to reduce the volume, the front end 16 of the platen 3 covers the front opening 18 of the platen 3 and becomes empty. A stopper plate 19 for preventing the container 5 from protruding is attached. The stopper plate 19 is configured so that the link 36 swings and tilts by swinging by the operation of the hydraulic device 30. One end of the hydraulic device 30 is attached to the link 36, and the other end of the hydraulic device 30 is attached to the support frame 4 or the surface plate 3. FIG. 9A shows a state in which the stopper plate 19 is opened so that the empty container 5 can enter and exit, and FIG. 9B shows a state in which the stopper plate 19 accommodates the empty container 5 in the accommodating portion 6. When the empty container 5 is pressurized and compressed to reduce the volume, the empty container 5 is closed so as to function as a stopper for preventing the empty container 5 from dropping out of the storage portion 6.
[0026]
The front end 17 of the movable platen 8 covers the front opening 18 of the surface plate 3 when the movable platen 8 descends to pressurize and reduce the volume of the empty container 5 in the storage unit 6. A stopper plate 20 for preventing the protrusion is provided. The stopper plate 20 is configured so that the link 37 swings and tilts when the link 37 swings by the operation of the hydraulic device 35. One end of the hydraulic device 35 is attached to the link 37, and the other end of the hydraulic device 35 is attached to the movable platen 8. FIG. 9A shows a state in which the stopper plate 20 is opened so that the empty container 5 can enter and exit, and FIG. 9B shows a state in which the stopper plate 20 accommodates the empty container 5 in the accommodating portion 6. When the empty container 5 is pressurized and compressed to reduce the volume, the empty container 5 is closed so as to function as a stopper for preventing the empty container 5 from dropping out of the storage portion 6.
[0027]
In this empty container volume reducing device, as shown in FIG. 7, hydraulic circuits 40 and 42 for driving the hydraulic devices 9, 12, 15, 25, 30, and 35 are originally provided in the hydraulic work vehicle 1. The hydraulic circuit 46 may be diverted to the hydraulic devices 9, 12, 15, 25, 30, and 35 through the hydraulic branch pipe joint 43 for use. The hydraulic pressure applied to the hydraulic devices 9, 12, 15, 25, 30, and 35 is controlled by an operator by operating operating means such as an operating lever 24 and a push button provided on the cabs 38 and 39. 9, 12, 15, 25, 30, and 35 are configured to be driven. For example, the hydraulic circuit 40 is configured to supply a hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic device 9 as indicated by reference numeral B in order to operate the hydraulic lifting mechanism 13 for vertically moving the movable platen 8 in the press 33. The hydraulic circuit 42 is configured to supply a hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic device 25 constituting the hydraulic oscillating link mechanism 11 that oscillates the link bracket 21 on which the press 33 is installed, as indicated by the reference symbol A.
[0028]
This empty container volume reducing device is configured as described above. To reduce the volume of the empty container 5 by pressurizing, first, the empty container 5 is moved to the rising position of the movable platen 8 with respect to the surface plate 3. It is scooped up from the front into the storage part 6, and then the movable platen 8 is lowered at the position where the front of the surface plate 3 swings upward to pressurize the empty container 5 in the storage part 6 to reduce its volume. The platen 3 is lifted along 2 and the front of the platen 3 swings downward, so that the empty container 5, which has been pressurized and reduced in volume, is discharged from the storage section 6. Since the empty container volume reducing device is mounted on a work vehicle, the empty container 5 that has been compressed and crushed and reduced in volume is transferred to a transfer device such as a truck, a conveyor, or a storage location using a hydraulic work vehicle. 1 can be processed so as to be directly conveyed.
[0029]
【The invention's effect】
Since the empty container volume reducing device according to the present invention is configured as described above, it can be easily and detachably attached to an existing hydraulic working vehicle, and the device itself can be manufactured easily and at low cost. After the empty container is pressurized and crushed to reduce the volume, the hydraulic work vehicle also serves to transport the reduced volume of the empty container, so there is no need for a separate transport device, and it can be directly transferred to transport devices such as trucks and conveyors. It can be put on or moved to a storage location. In addition, the volume of empty containers can be reduced by one worker and transferred to a transfer device or storage location, making it extremely easy to reduce the volume of empty containers. In addition, it can be processed at low cost.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining an embodiment of an empty container volume reducing device attached to a hydraulic shovel according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a first step of the operation of the empty container volume reducing device attached to the forklift according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a second step following the step shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a third step following the step shown in FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a fourth step following the step shown in FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a fourth step following the step shown in FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a hydraulic system provided in the empty container volume reducing device.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing a swing mechanism for swinging a surface plate in the empty container volume reducing device.
9A and 9B show a swing mechanism of a stopper plate provided on a surface plate and a movable plate in the empty container volume reducing apparatus, wherein FIG. 9A shows an open state of the stopper plate and FIG. 9B shows a closed state of the stopper plate. FIG.
FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a swinging mechanism of a stopper plate provided on a surface plate and a movable plate in the empty container volume reducing device.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Hydraulic work vehicle 2 Frame 3 Surface plate 4 Support frame 5 Empty container 6 Storage part 7 Side plate 8 Movable plate 9, 12, 15, 25, 30, 35 Hydraulic device 10 Fork 11 Hydraulic swing link mechanism (swing mechanism) )
13 Hydraulic lifting mechanism 16, 17 Front end 18 Front opening (surface plate)
19, 20 Stopper plate 21 Lift bracket 27 Link mechanism 28 Boom 29 Arm 31 Hydraulic excavator 32 Forklift 33 Press 34 Mast 36, 37 Link 40, 42, 46 Hydraulic circuit 41 Vehicle frame 43 Hydraulic branch pipe joint

Claims (9)

A press platen that can be raised and lowered and swingably mounted on a frame provided in a hydraulic work vehicle, a support frame that stands and stands upright from an edge of the platen, and a housing that stores empty containers. A side plate erected on both sides and a rear portion of the base plate inside the support frame to form a portion, and a press plate vertically movably attached to the support frame to contact and separate from the base plate. A movable plate, and a hydraulic device for moving the movable plate up and down along the support frame. The movable plate cooperates with the surface plate by the operation of the hydraulic device to add the empty container in the storage section. An empty container volume reduction device that can be attached to and detached from a hydraulic work vehicle that consists of pressing, crushing, and reducing the volume. 2. The empty container volume reducing device according to claim 1, wherein the surface plate is detachably attached to the frame directly or via a lift bracket. The surface plate is swung with respect to the frame by a swing mechanism driven by the hydraulic device provided in the work vehicle, and is vertically moved with respect to the frame by a lifting mechanism driven by the hydraulic device. The empty container volume reducing device according to claim 1, wherein the volume is reduced. The empty container is scooped up from the front of the surface plate to the storage portion at a position where the movable platen rises with respect to the surface plate, and the movable platen is lowered at a position where the front of the surface plate is swung upward, and the inside of the storage portion is lowered. The empty container reduced in volume by pressurizing and crushing the empty container to reduce the volume, and raising the surface plate along the frame to swing the front of the surface plate downward. The empty container volume reduction device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the empty container volume reduction device is discharged from the storage portion. At the front end of the surface plate and / or at the front end of the movable platen, when the movable platen descends to pressurize and crush the empty container in the storage portion to reduce its volume, the front opening of the surface plate The empty container volume reducing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a stopper plate for covering the container and preventing the empty container from protruding is swingably mounted. The reduced volume of the empty container according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the reduced volume of the empty container is directly conveyed to a transfer device such as a truck or a conveyor or a storage location by the hydraulic work vehicle. apparatus. The empty container volume reduction device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the hydraulic work vehicle is a vehicle that performs work using a hydraulic device such as a forklift, a shovel loader, and a hydraulic shovel. 8. The container according to claim 1, wherein the empty container is an empty container having no contents, such as a steel container or an aluminum empty can, a plastic container such as a plastic bottle, a glass bottle, and a ceramic container. 2. The empty container volume reducing device according to claim 1. The empty container volume reducing device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the frame is a support such as an arm or boom of a hydraulic shovel, a mast or a fork of a forklift.

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