JP2011092844A - System and apparatus for recovering pet bottle in predetermined area - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance a recovery ratio by raising user's consciousness for recycling PET bottles as a whole facility area where a large amount of PET bottles are consumed. <P>SOLUTION: The recovery system of PET bottles includes a recovery unit 3 receiving charged PET bottles used in the predetermined area; a recovery amount totalizer 6 of the recovered used PET bottles; a sales amount totalizer 2 totalizing the sales amount in the area; a recovery ratio calculation means 8 calculating the ratio of the recovered amount to the sales amount in the area; a recovery ratio display 9 displaying the calculated recovery ratio; and a crusher 14 crushing the used PET bottles into flakes. The recovery system provides the bottle chargers with the recovery ratio for the sales amount in the area on real time, and crushes the recovered used PET bottles by the crusher for flaking. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention collects a PET bottle product sold and consumed in a predetermined premises by a used PET bottle collection machine installed in the premises, and sells it to the user who has put it in the collection machine. The present invention relates to a PET bottle recovery system and a PET bottle recovery device in a predetermined premises that can inform a recovery rate with respect to a quantity in real time.

  In recent years, the use of plastic products such as plastic bottle products sold by filling soft drinks has been enormous, and from the viewpoint of environmental issues and energy resource issues, the collection and reuse of used plastic products Recycling is one of the very important social issues. In particular, in public facilities such as schools and large facilities such as companies, a large number of bottled water is sold and consumed by installing retailers and vending machines on the premises. Most of them are simply put into collection boxes and garbage bags, and many of the collections are collected separately, but few are discarded together with general garbage. There is no current situation.

  Under such circumstances, various collection devices have been proposed to increase the collection rate of PET bottles. As an apparatus for improving the collection rate, for example, if it is an appropriate one by checking whether it is an appropriate plastic bottle, the plastic bottle is compressed and connected to the game data from the game communication unit. Has been proposed to increase the interest of the investor and increase the collection rate of the PET bottle (for example, Patent Document 1).

  In addition, for vending machines installed in specific large apartment buildings, etc., the amount of management fees paid for the installed apartment buildings is calculated according to the “collection rate of empty PET bottles” and / or “total sales”. A management operation method of a vending machine that performs the display has been proposed (for example, Patent Document 2).

  In addition, collecting PET bottles in the used state and transporting them to the recycling plant is inefficient because it takes a lot of time and effort to transport the PET bottle volume. A system has also been proposed in which a PET bottle collection device is installed in a small-scale facility such as a facility, and when the PET bottle is discarded, the recyclable part is separated from the other parts, and the reclaimable part is further cut into pieces and then collected. (For example, Patent Document 3).

JP 2001-229438 A JP 2003-91770 A JP 2008-73964 A

  As mentioned above, in connection with recycling of used PET bottles, various kinds of PET bottle product vending machines and installed facilities have been installed to improve the collection rate. In order to increase the recovery efficiency of PET bottles in the processing factory, measures such as adding a cutting function to the recovery device itself, cutting it into flakes, and collecting it are taken. However, all of the above-mentioned examples are measures from the side that sells and collects PET bottle products, and are limited to measures at each vending machine unit or small-scale facility, and are especially consumed in large quantities. In public facilities such as schools, there is a problem of how to improve the collection rate by giving users awareness of recycling as a whole of the facility premises.

  The present invention solves such a conventional problem, and collects PET bottle products sold and consumed by each sales means in a predetermined premises by using a used PET bottle collecting machine installed in the premises. Another object of the present invention is to provide a PET bottle recovery system and a PET bottle recovery device that can inform a user of a recovery rate with respect to the sales quantity on the premises in real time.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a used PET bottle collecting unit that collects used PET bottles that are sold on a predetermined premises, and collects them in the PET bottle collecting unit. Collected quantity collection means for collecting collected used PET bottles collected quantity, Sales quantity totaling means for calculating the sales quantity of PET bottle products sold by each sales means on the premises directly or by counting automatically, constant Calculation means for calculating a collection rate of used PET bottles based on a ratio of the collected quantity to the sales quantity in a period, a collection rate display means for displaying the collection rate calculated by the calculation means, and the collected used PET A plastic bottle crushing means for crushing the bottle into flakes is provided. While providing the real time display the recovery rate for the sales volume of PET products in a recovery system PET bottle flake is pulverized by crushing it means the recovered PET bottles.

  The second problem solving means is that the used plastic bottle collecting means and the crushing means are integrally configured in the system.

  Further, the third problem solving means is that in the system, the collection rate display means is provided in the used plastic bottle collection means, and can be calculated by the calculation means each time a plastic bottle is inserted and displayed in real time. It is a thing.

  According to a fourth problem-solving means, in the system, the sales volume data is transmitted to the calculation means by a wireless or wired communication means as a sales quantity sold by each sales means on the premises. is there.

  Further, a fifth problem solving means is that in the system, a plurality of the used PET bottle collecting means are installed on the premises, and each used PET bottle collecting means includes the crushing means, the collected quantity totalizing means, and the collecting The collected quantity of used PET bottles collected by other used PET bottle collecting means installed on the premises, including the rate calculating means and the display means, together with the sales quantity of each sales means on the premises, is wireless or wired It is obtained through the communication means.

  The sixth problem solving means is a used plastic bottle collection device for collecting used plastic bottles of plastic bottle products sold on a predetermined premises, comprising a plastic bottle inlet and a plastic bottle that has been introduced. Crushing means for crushing into flakes, collecting quantity totaling means for detecting, counting, and counting the input PET bottles, and totaling by direct input or automatic counting of PET bottle products sold by each sales means on the premises A sales quantity take-in means for taking in the sold sales quantity via a wireless or wired communication means, a calculation means for calculating a collection rate of used PET bottles by a ratio of the collection quantity with respect to the sales quantity in a certain period, and A recovery rate display means for displaying the recovery rate calculated by the calculation means, and each time the plastic bottle is inserted, the calculation means Calculated to a PET bottle recovered apparatus can be displayed by the recovery of the display unit in real time.

  Further, a seventh problem solving means includes: a plastic bottle detection sensor provided at the plastic bottle inlet in the plastic bottle collection device; and the detection sensor that detects a non-plastic bottle when the plastic bottle is introduced into the plastic bottle inlet. An error display means for displaying an error when detected is provided.

  According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the PET bottle collecting apparatus, the used PET bottle collecting apparatus counts the used PET bottles that have been put into another PET bottle collecting apparatus installed in a predetermined premises. A collected quantity fetching means for fetching the collected collected quantity via a wireless or wired communication means, the collected quantity fetched by the collected quantity fetching means is also aggregated by the collected quantity counting means, and collected by the computing means The rate is calculated.

  As described above, the PET bottle collection system and apparatus of the present invention collects PET bottle products sold and consumed in a predetermined premises by the used PET bottle collection means installed in the premises, and the collection means. By displaying the collection rate for the sales volume within a limited range of the premises in real time and informing the user who entered the system in real time, it is possible to raise awareness of recycling, and at the premises This is a PET bottle collection system that can reduce the volume of collected PET bottles using a grinder and reduce the volume of the collected PET bottles. Regardless of how PET bottles are collected, based on total sales and total collection on the premises Can be carried out, from a large facility that consumes plastic bottles products in large quantities until the premises of small and medium-sized facilities, one in which effects can be expected that it is possible to use widely.

The block diagram for demonstrating the outline | summary of the plastic bottle collection system in the 1st Embodiment of this invention The block diagram which shows the function of the plastic bottle collection machine (collection means) of the embodiment Front view showing the outline of the recovery machine Side view showing the outline of the recovery machine Processing flow of the functions of the recovery machine The block diagram for demonstrating the outline | summary of the plastic bottle collection | recovery system in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention The block diagram for demonstrating the outline | summary of the PET bottle collection | recovery system in the 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, based on FIG. 1, the outline | summary of the PET bottle collection | recovery system in the 1st Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated.

  FIG. 1 shows an outline of a PET bottle collection system. Reference numeral 1 denotes a sales management system for managing sales from the arrival of PET bottle products on the premises. In addition, for example, a plurality of POS systems PS1 to PSn that sell PET bottle products on the premises and a plurality of vending machines VM1 to VMn automatically input sales information sold on the premises, and all sales on the premises The quantity is aggregated by the sales quantity aggregation means 2. Here, an example in which n POS systems PS and vending machines VM are installed is shown.

  3 is a used PET bottle collecting machine, and the user US inputs PI after use of the PET bottle product sold by the above-mentioned sales means. In the embodiment of FIG. The example at the time of installing a PET bottle collection machine is shown. The plurality of PET bottle collecting machines 3 (CM1 to CMn) and the sales management system 1 have a communication device 4, and the communication quantity 4 and the wired or wireless communication means CO allow the above-mentioned sales quantity and the below-described sales amount. Data such as the collected quantity that has been input and counted in the PET bottle collecting machine 3 (CM1 to CMn) can be transmitted to and / or one another.

  The PET bottle recovery machine 3 (CM1 to CMn) detects the used PET bottles that have been input and counts the input quantity, and the PET bottle recovery machine 3 installed elsewhere on the premises. The communication quantity 4 is obtained via the communication device 4 and the communication means CO to collect the total collection quantity at the premises, and the sales quantity totalized by the sales quantity totaling means 2 is communicated with the communication device 4. Sales quantity fetching means 7 fetched via means CO, recovery rate calculating means 8 for calculating the collection rate of the PET bottles from the ratio of the collected quantity to the sales quantity, and a recovery rate display means for displaying the calculated recovery rate 9 is provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the PET bottle collection machine 3 (CM1 to CMn) further includes an input port 10 into which used PET bottles are input, and the PET bottles input into the input ports 10 are correctly PET bottles. A detection sensor 11 that detects whether or not by an infrared sensor, a PET bottle determination unit 12 that determines a result detected by the detection sensor 11, an automatic shutter unit 13 that does not open if it is not a PET bottle, and a crushed PET bottle Determination by the plastic bottle pulverizing means 14, the flake cleaning means 15 for cleaning the crushed flakes, the flake collecting means 16 for storing the recovered flakes in a container and collecting them, and the determination by the PET bottle determining means 12 Informing means 17 for informing the result is provided.

  Here, the notification means 17 is based on the determination result by the plastic bottle determination means 12, as shown in FIG. 3, a voice notification means 17a that performs notification by voice or error warning sound, and a notification of error display by the red lamp 17b, A blue lamp 17c is used to notify that the bottle is a plastic bottle, so that the device can cope with a visually impaired user and a visually impaired user. Further, the notification of the determination result of the plastic bottle may be displayed on the display unit 9 together with the notification by the notification unit.

  Further, the PET bottle collection machine 3 (CM1 to CMn) includes a box 18 in which an electric circuit device such as the above-described totaling means and arithmetic means is housed. As shown in FIG. 9 and the necessary wiring 19 are provided between the detection sensor 11 and the like. Here, although not shown in the figure, electromagnetic driving means, electric means, and the like for driving the automatic shutter means 13 are provided, and necessary wiring 19 is appropriately provided.

  In FIG. 4, 15a indicates a water supply pipe in the flake cleaning means 15, and 15b indicates the drain pipe. Here, the flake cleaning means 15, the plastic bottle crushing means 14, and the flake collection means 16 are not described in detail, but regarding their configurations, various proposals have been made regarding large and small facilities, and the configurations are the same as these. be able to.

  Next, based on FIG. 5, the control flow when a plastic bottle is thrown into the aforementioned plastic bottle collection machine 3 (CM1 to CMn) will be described.

  First, when a used PET bottle is inserted into the insertion port 10 and the detection sensor 11 detects the insertion in process S1, the determination means 12 determines whether the bottle is a PET bottle (process S2). In step S3, the blue lamp 17c of the notification unit 17 is turned on, and the automatic shutter unit 13 is controlled to open to supply the plastic bottle to the plastic bottle crushing unit 14. Further, the process proceeds to process S4, and the input bottle counting unit 5 counts the PET bottle collection machine 3, and in the next process S5, the collected quantity of the other PET bottle collection machine 3 obtained through the communication unit 4 and the communication unit CO. (Processing S6) The number of collected plastic bottles in the entire campus is collected. In the next process S7, the sales quantity of the PET bottle products in the entire premises that has been aggregated by the sales quantity aggregation means 2 of the sales management system 1 is sent to the sales quantity take-in means 7 via the communication device 4 and the communication means CO. In the next process S9, the collection rate calculation means 8 calculates the collection rate based on the collected quantity collected in the process S5 and the sales quantity fetched in the process S7. This collection rate is calculated based on the quantity totaled every predetermined period (for example, day, week, month), and the total data is appropriately stored. The calculation result of the collection rate is displayed on the collection rate display means 9 in the next process S10. This display corresponds to the above-mentioned counting period, and the user can collect the PET bottle collection machine. The result of totalizing the plastic bottles thrown into 3 is displayed in real time. In addition, this display may display a plurality of periods (for example, day, week, month) simultaneously.

  When it is determined that the bottle is not a plastic bottle in the determination of the above-described process S2, the process proceeds to processes S11 and S12, and the notification unit 17 performs error display and error warning notification. That is, the notification of the error display by the above-mentioned red lamp 17b and the notification by the sound or the error warning sound by the sound notification means 17a are performed.

  Next, based on FIG. 6, the outline | summary of the PET bottle collection | recovery system in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated.

  The second embodiment shown in FIG. 6 is an example in which the sales management system 1 is provided with a PET bottle collection quantity totaling unit 6, a PET bottle collection rate calculating unit 8, and a collection rate display unit 9. In this example, since the sales management system 1 can collect the total PET bottles collected by the PET bottle collection machines 3 (CM1 to CMn) installed on the premises, the sales manager can manage the management system. The terminal can manage and confirm the collection quantity and the confirmation of the collection rate together with the sales data. And by collecting in the management system, it is possible to manage the collection quantity and the collection rate in daily to long periods together with the sales management data.

  Next, based on FIG. 7, the outline | summary of the PET bottle collection | recovery system in the 3rd Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated.

  In the third embodiment shown in FIG. 7, the sales management system 1 is provided with a PET bottle collection quantity totaling unit 6, a PET bottle collection rate calculating unit 8, and a collection rate display unit 9, and each PET bottle collection machine 3. (CM1 to CMn) is an example in which the PET bottle recovery quantity totalizing means 6 and the PET bottle recovery rate calculating means 8 are not provided. That is, in the first and second embodiments, in each plastic bottle collection machine 3 (CM1 to CMn), the collection quantity calculation and collection rate calculation of the plastic bottles in the entire campus are performed in the sales management system 1. It is to be processed in a unified manner. Here, each of the PET bottle collection machines 3 (CM1 to CMn) is provided with a collection rate calculation result fetching means 20 so as to fetch the collection rate calculated by the sales management system 1. A user who has put in a PET bottle in the PET bottle collecting machine 3 (CM1 to CMn) can check the collection rate in real time with the PET bottle collecting machine 3 into which a used PET bottle has been put.

  In this embodiment, similar to the second embodiment, it is possible to manage with the sales management system 1 and to collect the PET bottle collection quantity necessary for each PET bottle collection machine 3 (CM1 to CMn). 6 and the PET bottle collection rate calculating means 8 are not required, and particularly when the number of PET bottle collection machines 3 is large, there is an effect of reducing the cost.

  In the recycling of PET bottles, various considerations are given to the separation of labels and caps made of different materials from the PET bottle body. For example, various proposals have been made such as cutting the cap part and removing the label with a label cutter to make the main body into flakes. In addition, in the small PET bottle collection machine, the cap can be cut and the label peeled off before being put in, and the configuration shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 described in the first embodiment is used. Is desirable. With regard to such contents, the configuration is not particularly specified in the above embodiment, but may be adopted as appropriate.

  Moreover, depending on the utilization method as a recycled plastic raw material after making a PET bottle into flakes, depending on the material of a PET bottle cab, it is also possible to utilize it without sorting. In other words, if recycled PET pellets made from PET bottles in flakes are used as the main raw material and pellets of non-PET material can be blended at a fixed rate and molded as a plastic raw material, the label is removed and the cap is separated. It is also possible to throw in without.

  The present invention collects a PET bottle product sold and consumed in a predetermined premises by a used PET bottle collection machine installed in the premises, and restricts the user who has put it into the collection machine as the premises. It is possible to raise the awareness of recycling in real time by knowing the collection rate for the sales volume in the specified range, and to reduce the volume of the PET bottle collected on the premises by flaking it with a pulverizer, As a PET bottle collection system that can improve the collection efficiency of recycling, regardless of the number of sales means such as vending machines and the number of used PET bottle collection means, it can be performed based on the total of them, It can be widely used from large facilities that consume large amounts of PET bottle products to small and medium-sized facilities.

1 Sales management system 2 Sales volume totaling means 3 PET bottle collection means (PET bottle collection machine)
4 Communication device 5 Input counting means 6 Collected quantity totaling means 7 Collected quantity taking means 8 Recovery rate calculating means 9 Recovery rate indicating means 10 PET bottle inlet 11 PET bottle detection sensor 12 PET bottle determining means 14 PET bottle crushing means 15 Flakes Cleaning means 16 Flake collection means 17 Notification means PS POS system VM Vending machine CO Communication means

Claims (8)

Used PET bottle collection means for collecting a used PET bottle of PET bottle products sold at a predetermined premises,
Collected quantity totaling means for totalizing the collected quantity of used plastic bottles collected by the plastic bottle collecting means,
Sales quantity counting means for directly inputting or automatically counting the sales quantity of PET bottle products sold by each sales means on the premises,
A calculation means for calculating a collection rate of used PET bottles by a ratio of the collection quantity to the sales quantity in a certain period;
Recovery rate display means for displaying the recovery rate calculated by the calculation means;
Comprising a PET bottle crushing means for crushing the collected used PET bottles into flakes,
In addition to providing the collection rate to the plastic bottle product sales quantity on the premises in real time to the input to the plastic bottle collection means, the collected plastic bottle is crushed by the crushing means to be flaked. To collect plastic bottles.   The PET bottle recovery system according to claim 1, wherein the used PET bottle recovery unit and the crushing unit are integrally configured.   3. The PET bottle recovery system according to claim 1, wherein the recovery rate display unit is provided in the used PET bottle recovery unit and is calculated by the calculation unit each time a PET bottle is inserted, and can be displayed in real time. .   The PET bottle collection system according to claim 1, wherein the sales quantity data is transmitted to the calculation means by wireless or wired communication means as the sales quantity sold by each sales means on the premises. A plurality of the used plastic bottle collection means are installed on the premises,
Each used plastic bottle collection means includes the crushing means, the collected quantity totaling means, the collection rate calculating means, and the display means,
The collected quantity of used PET bottles collected by other used PET bottle collection means installed on the premises should be obtained via wireless or wired communication means together with the sales quantity of each sales means on the premises. The PET bottle recovery system according to claim 2. A used PET bottle collection device for collecting used PET bottles of PET bottle products sold on a predetermined premises,
A plastic bottle slot,
Pulverizing means for pulverizing the injected PET bottles into flakes;
Recovered quantity totalization means that detects, counts and totalizes the PET bottles that have been input,
Sales quantity fetching means for fetching the sales quantity aggregated by direct input or automatic counting of the plastic bottle products sold by each sales means on the premises, via wireless or wired communication means;
A calculation means for calculating a collection rate of used PET bottles by a ratio of the collection quantity to the sales quantity in a certain period;
A recovery rate display means for displaying the recovery rate calculated by the calculation means,
A plastic bottle collection apparatus, wherein the plastic bottle is calculated by the calculation means and can be displayed by the collection rate display means in real time each time the plastic bottle is inserted. A plastic bottle detection sensor provided at the plastic bottle inlet;
The plastic bottle collection device according to claim 6, further comprising an error display unit that displays an error when the detection sensor detects a non-plastic bottle when it is inserted into the plastic bottle inlet. Collected quantity that collects the collected quantity collected by the other PET bottle collecting apparatus that counts the used PET bottles that have been put into the other PET bottle collecting apparatus installed in the predetermined premises via wireless or wired communication means. Equipped with an intake means,
The PET bottle collection apparatus according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the collected quantity taken in by the collected quantity taking-in means is also summed up by the collected-quantity collecting means, and the collection rate is computed by the computing means.

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