JP2500955B2 - Empty can collection device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention, after drinking a canned beverage, if the user opens the lid of the can inlet of the apparatus, inserts an empty can and closes the lid, the empty can is automatically used. The present invention relates to a device for collecting empty cans which can be temporarily stored in a storage container inside the device by crushing the cans.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, various beverages are often sold in disposable containers, and these empty cans pose a problem as pollution. On the other hand, it is necessary to recycle them in order to utilize resources. The waste was classified and collected into burnable and non-burnable garbage, and the traders carried and processed each. Whether an empty can is directly disposed of by a quoter in a waste basket or collected by a trader, the empty can must be crushed and put into small pieces in order to be transported for recycling. Conventionally, various simple devices for crushing empty cans one by one on site have been proposed, for example, JP-A-58.
As shown in Japanese Patent No. 128300, a user of an empty can or a collector of empty cans continuously or individually in the V-shaped passage opened and closed by a crank action while the motor is rotating. The can is deformed continuously at the crushed part of the V-shape and finally crushed at the bottom of the V-shape and dropped from there. The crushed empty can rotates. It is also disclosed to separate the body from the steel can.

[0003] However, these things do not take any measures against the introduction of foreign substances such as juice leftovers and bottles, and the user or the trader must perform strict selection before the introduction. It had the drawback that it was securely stored in a relatively small space and there was no guarantee that it would function correctly.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks, and even if a user mistakenly throws a bottle or other foreign matter into a relatively small container, it is automatically sorted except for empty metal cans, and the empty cans are stored in the empty cans. The remaining juice is collected separately, and the empty metal can is accurately crushed, and the crushed product is accurately separated into a steel can and an aluminum can, and these three types of crushed steel can, aluminum can, and residual liquid are separated separately. If the user puts the empty can only in the container, and the foreign substance is thrown in and the foreign substance is put into the container, the above-mentioned action is surely produced. It is an object of the present invention to provide an empty can collection device that does not stay inside.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the empty can collecting device of the present invention has an upright rectangular parallelepiped container body whose front surface can be opened, and which has an opening with a lid for loading empty cans provided above the door. An empty can guide path inclined downward to be connected is provided, a first separating device is provided in the middle of the guide path to pass only an empty metal can, and an empty can crushing device is provided below the guide path. A steel can, an aluminum can, and a second separating device for separating residual juice from the crushing device are provided below the crushing device. Further, below the second separating device, almost all the lower half of the container body is occupied. A steel can, an aluminum can, and a container for separately storing the residual juice are housed therein, and further, an odor releasing hole is provided on the container body, and a ventilation fan is provided on the inner surface thereof.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the entire empty can collecting apparatus according to the present invention, in which reference numeral 1 denotes a rectangular parallelepiped container body, a door 2 on the front side thereof can be opened / closed by a shaft 3, and an empty can is placed above the door 2. A lid 4 for the hole is attached so as to be openable and closable, a warning light 5 is provided next to the lid 4, a keyed handle 6 is provided in the center opposite to the shaft 3 of the door 2, and four corners of the lower surface of the container body are provided. Four height adjusting leg pieces 7 are provided. 2 and 3 show the internal structure of the empty can collecting device. FIG. 2 is a longitudinal side view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a transverse side view.

In the upper half of the inside of the container body 1, a can guide path 8 is provided obliquely following the opening with a lid, and the function of a sensor provided at an appropriate position in the center of the can guide path 8 is provided. By sliding the guide rod 10 which is reciprocally slid laterally by the rotation of the motor 9 which is rotated by the above, and the reciprocating rotation of the distributing member 11, only the metal can such as the steel can, the aluminum can, etc. The above is introduced into the can guide passage 8 and foreign matter, especially bottles, are introduced into the foreign matter discharge passage 12.
The distributing member 11 is a gutter-shaped member, which is less than the semicircle of the cylindrical portion except both end plates, and is fixed to the outside of the central portion of the both end plates with rotating shafts 13, 13 on the side wall of the can guide path 8. It is rotatably mounted so that the gutter-like portion of the distributing member 11 can be reciprocally rotated about 180 ° by reciprocating sliding of the guide rod 10.

Therefore, when the lid 4 is opened and cans, bottles, etc. are thrown in through the throwing port, they drop on the inclined can guide path 8 and are blocked by the gutter-like portion of the distributing member 11. When a sensor (photoelectric tube, proximity switch, etc.) installed immediately before the distribution member 11 reaches the input,
It is sensed whether the input is metallic or something else, and in the case of a metallic can, the gutter is rotated counterclockwise by about 180 ° to send the metallic can below the guide path 8, When it is detected that the input material is a foreign material such as a bottle, the gutter-shaped portion is rotated clockwise by about 180 ° to drop the bottle and the like into the foreign material discharge path 12 and accumulate in the container 14, and Guideway 8
The metal can passing through reaches the empty can crushing device 15.

The empty can crushing device comprises an empty can holding part 16, a fixing plate 17 for pressing the empty can, and a press block 18. When the empty can reaches the holding part 16, the motor 19 is rotated by the action of the sensor. Is provided on the front surface of the press block 18 by moving a screw drive rod 21 screwed into a screw drive unit 20 on the rear surface of the press block 18 rotated by a pulley to move the press block 18 in the crushing direction. The empty can is crushed by the pressing unit 22, and after the crushing is completed, the press block 18 is retracted by the reverse rotation of the motor 19. After the press block 18 retreats, the aluminum can falls from the fixed plate 17 as it is, and the steel can retreats from the crushing place by the action of the magnets 23 attached to the press part as the press part retreats. The pushing piece 25 is pushed out by the action of the stopper 24 attached to the fuselage near the original position of the pressing portion, whereby the steel can falls on the spot. When crushed, the juice that remains undrinked is squeezed out and falls. The empty can holding portion 16 is provided below the intermediate portion between the fixed plate 17 and the pressing portion 22, and can freely incline with the movement of the pressing portion 22. To return to the position.

Next, when the crushing work is completed as described above, the crushed steel can, aluminum can and squeezed juice fall separately onto the second separating device 27 as described above. The second separating device 27 aligns a plurality of wires 28 bent in an inverted V shape in parallel with each other so that the tops thereof are parallel to the lower part of the empty can holding part 16 and guides in a two-sided blind shape directed obliquely downward from there. The portion 29.29 is formed, the juice collecting container 30 is formed over the entire lower surface of the guide portion, and the drainage hole 31 provided in the lower surface is formed by a pipe 32 to store the residual juice under the container body 1. It is connected to a container 33 for operating. Partition walls 34, 34 are provided upward from the lower end of the blind-shaped guide portion 29.29, and below the partition walls are portions 35, 35 that can be freely opened and closed.

The container 36 which can be moved in and out of the lower half part of the container body 1 is a container 37 for storing and storing steel cans and aluminum cans respectively falling from the respective blind-shaped guide portions 29, 29.
A container 14 for the residual juice, which is divided into 38
Is installed in it. Reference numeral 39 is a handle for taking in and out the container 36. In addition, the container body 1 is provided with an odor vent hole 40 at an appropriate portion of the container body 1, for example, at an appropriate position of the rear plate or the top plate, and a ventilation fan 41 is provided on the inner surface thereof in order to remove the malodor of the remaining juice inside. There is.

[0012]

According to the above-described empty can collecting device of the present invention, a person who has drunk a beverage can put it in from the can inlet regardless of the residual liquid inside (the device is usually used only for cans. However, foreign substances are removed even if the bottle is mistakenly thrown in.) Iron and aluminum can be reliably collected separately, and residual juice can be collected without contaminating the other, and the empty can can be reliably separated into iron and aluminum. This is a great contribution to recycling. Further, since the container is provided with the odor vent hole and the ventilation fan, no bad odor due to the residual liquid is stored inside the device, and a strong bad odor does not occur around the recovery device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view taken along the line AA of FIG.

3 is a cross-sectional side view taken along the line BB of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Container body 2 Door 4 Lid of empty can input hole 8 Can guide path 9 Motor 10 Guide rod 11 Sorting member 12 Foreign material discharge path 15 Can crushing device 16 Empty can holding part 17 Fixing plate 18 Press block 19 Motor 20 Screw driven part 21 Screw Drive rod 22 Press part 23 Magnet 25 Extruding piece 27 Second separation device 29 Two-sided blind guide part 30 Liquid juice collection container 33 Container for storing residual liquid juice 36 Container 41 Ventilation fan

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. An upright-shaped rectangular parallelepiped container body whose front surface can be opened is provided with a downwardly sloping empty can guide path connected to an opening with a lid for empty can insertion provided above the door. A first separating device that allows only empty metal cans to pass through is provided in the middle of the guide path, a empty can crushing device is provided below the guide path, and a steel can, an aluminum can, and the like are provided below the empty can crushing device. A second separating device for separating the residual juice is provided, and the steel can, which occupies almost the lower half of the container body below the second separating device,
A device for collecting empty cans, characterized in that an aluminum can and a container for separately storing the residual juice are housed, an odor releasing hole is provided in the container body, and a ventilation fan is provided on the inner surface thereof. 2. The first separation device guides a steel can or an aluminum can to a vacant can guide path by reciprocally rotating a guide member by a motor reciprocatingly sliding a guide rod by the action of a sensor, thereby removing foreign matter. The empty can collecting device according to claim 1, wherein the empty can collecting device is guided to a foreign matter discharge path. 3. The empty can crushing device comprises an empty can holder, a fixing plate for crushing the empty can, a press block having a pressing part on the front surface and a screw driven part on the rear surface, and the empty can reaches the holding part. , The motor is rotated by the action of the sensor and the screw drive rod screwed into the screw driven part is rotated to move the press block in the crushing direction to crush the empty can, and after the crushing is completed, the press block is retreated by reversing the motor. Along with this, the aluminum can falls from the fixed plate as it is, and the steel can is retracted from the crushing place by the action of several magnets attached to the press part as the press block retracts, and the original position of the press part is restored. The empty can collecting device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the device is adapted to be dropped by an extruding piece which is engaged with a stopper in the vicinity thereof. 4. The second separating device comprises a plurality of wires bent in an inverted V shape arranged in parallel so that the top portion is parallel to the lower portion of the empty can holding portion, and a two-sided blind shape extending obliquely downward therefrom. The guide part is formed, and a juice collecting container is formed over the entire lower surface of the guide part, and a discharge hole provided in the lower surface is used as a container for storing the residual juice on the lower side of the container body by a pipe. The empty can collecting device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which is connected.