JP2018048020A - Eco-friendly cap collection device sensing with a sensor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device facilitating separation of a cap from a PET-bottle to improve current conditions that: many people dispose PET-bottles after drinking contents, with caps remaining attached thereto; existing outdoor disposal sites, as well as indoor sight-seeing facilities, are hardly equipped with dedicated eco-friendly cap collection boxes; and the separation of caps from PET-bottles has been generally seldom done at home.SOLUTION: Installation of this device can facilitates separation of eco-friendly caps, which can attract interest of people with light and sound made when the eco-friendly cap is put into an inlet. Installation of this device in a site such as a school where children gather, can attract interests of many children, with sound made by the device, leading to start at childhood, to learn about classified disposal of garbage, ultimately contributing environmental protection. The sound made associated with a sensor, may be a voice rather than a simple sound, such as "thank you", which may attract the interests of children more, contributing education.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

    The present invention is an apparatus for efficiently storing an eco cap.

    Conventionally, when eco bottle caps are separated from plastic bottles and discarded, most of them are discarded without being separated. Plastic bottles and caps are made of different materials, so they were separated by human hands, especially when reused.

  JP 2012-007655 A

    In general, when a plastic bottle is discarded, the plastic bottle and the cap are mostly discarded without being separated. In Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2012-006755, a cap inserted from an upper insertion port is dropped and accommodated toward the bottom of the box, but in order to check and inspect the inside when a trouble occurs when the cap is inserted, The cause could not be clarified without opening. Moreover, the same applies when the cap body or foreign matter is clogged.

    A transparent material such as plastic is used so that the cap body can be seen falling so that it can be easily understood by a person other than the maintenance person when trouble occurs in the main body.

    When a PET bottle cap is collected for recycling, it is separated, but usually it is often discarded while attached to the PET bottle. For this reason, finally, in the recycling manufacturing plant, an operator who separates the PET bottle and the cap separately is required. The product of the present invention is used to reduce the labor of the operator.

    The eco-cap storage is a cartridge type, and by changing its shape, the length and size can be changed depending on where it is installed.

Specifically, the middle part of the eco-cap cylinders (3a) and (3b) is of a split type that can be joined together freely with an engagement type.

    Since the eco-cap housing body (4) is made of a transparent cylindrical material as described above, the process of dropping the eco-cap (10) can be easily seen from the outside. Even if 10) is clogged due to some trouble, it can be easily removed and eliminated.

    This eco-cap storage device senses the input by the sensor by sensing by the sensor (5) while passing through the cylindrical shape when the eco-cap is put in the eco-cap (10). Since the sensor (5) has a shape in which a protrusion is formed inside the eco-cap cylinder (4), the movement of the eco-cap (10) does not simply pass through the eco-cap cylinder (4) but moves against the protrusion. Changes, and the irregular movement and sound can get more interest from the investor.

    The number of eco caps introduced by the attached sensor is displayed by the sensor.

    Since the sound felt by the sensor can be changed to a preset sound by the power supply unit attached to the main body, it can be used as an instruction for separating trash from small children.

  It is a main body of the present invention and its front three-dimensional view.   It is a side view of the main body of this invention.   It is the figure which looked at the main body of this invention from diagonally upward.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, the eco-cap (10) is introduced from the insertion port (1) and dropped onto the drop pipe (3a) of the eco-cap (10), and the dropped eco-cap (10) continues to the drop pipe (3b) ), The projection of the sensor (5) is contacted via a switch, and the detected sensor (5) is switched on to emit various sounds from a speaker (not shown). The drop tubes (3a) and (3b) have a fitting structure with each other and can be removed when stored. At the entrance of the storage box (6), the number inserted by the sensor (5) is sensed, and the number of inputs is indicated on the display part (2) at the top of the inlet. In the control unit (8), a switch for controlling information from the power supply circuit and the sensor (5), etc., emits various lights and sounds depending on the installed devices.

    The shape of the eco-cap insertion port (1) has a sufficient margin so that the cap can be inserted vertically.

    The storage box (6) is in a drawer style and can be pulled out from (7).

1 Eco-cap slot 2 Indicator (display)
3a Eco-cap cylinder 3b Eco-cap cylinder 4 Main body 5 Sensor 6 Storage part 7 Handle part 8 Control part 9 Storage box 10 Cap

Claims (3)

    A collecting device for collecting a cap of a PET bottle, comprising: a cylinder body for inserting and dropping the cap of the PET bottle; and a sensor unit that operates in synchronization with the dropped cap, and is adjusted when the cap is dropped. Cap storage device characterized by emitting an indicator light, an indicator part and a sound.     The eco-cap storage device according to claim 1, wherein the cylindrical body is made of a transparent material.     The eco-cap storage device according to claim 1, wherein the cylindrical body is formed in a split type that can be joined together freely.

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