JP2580286Y2 - Garbage collection box discharge device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a discharge device for reversing a trash collection box into a storage container and discharging the trash therein.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a high-rise building or the like, various types of garbage such as paper garbage, other combustible garbage, bottles and cans are discharged from each floor, and a structure for separating and storing the garbage according to the type is required. Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 10, a large number of trash collection boxes 51 for collecting trash by type are provided on each floor of a building, and the trash collection boxes 51 are moved up and down inside the building as shown in FIG. Storage facility 53 installed on the basement floor using a cage 52
Transported to

In the storage facility 53, a cage 5
The garbage collection box 51 dropped from the storage container 2 is transported to various storage containers 55 using the transport path 54, and the trash collection box 5 is provided by a box reversing device 56 provided in front of the storage container.
1 is inverted into the storage container 55 to discharge the dust inside.

[0004]

In the above-described garbage discharging device, the garbage collection box 51 is transported in a state where the upper opening of the collection box is opened in order to invert the garbage and discharge the garbage. In the case where the cover plate is not attached, there is a problem that dust is scattered from the inside of the collection box 51 during ascent and descent by the cage 52 and during movement in the transport path 54.

On the other hand, the conventional trash collection box 51
In some cases, a lid plate is attached to the upper opening of the hopper and transported. However, in this case, it is necessary for an operator to manually remove and attach the lid plate before the garbage collection box hits the reversing device 56, which requires extra labor. There was a problem that took time and effort.

Conventionally, in order to prevent the collection box 51 from dropping when it is inverted, a horizontal locking rod is conventionally mounted on the side of the trash collection box 51, and the locking rod is fitted to a holder of the reversing device 56. A groove is provided to prevent the dust collection box 51 from falling by fitting the groove and the locking rod. However, such a locking rod has a problem that the horizontal dimension of the dust collection box 51 is increased, and the standby space when a large number of dust collection boxes are arranged is increased.

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the above-described conventional garbage collection box discharge device.

[0008]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the upper opening of the trash collection box is inverted toward the storage container in front of the trash storage container connected to the conveyance path of the trash collection box. A box reversing machine is provided, and a cover plate attached to and detached from the upper opening of the garbage collection box is provided in the middle of the transport path, and the box reversing machine has a vertical guide rail whose upper end is bent toward the storage container. A holding tool for holding the trash collection box and an elevating mechanism for moving the holding tool along the guide rail. The fork enters the lower side of the trash collection box into the holding tool and is parallel to the upper opening of the trash collection box. A fall prevention plate is provided to face the garbage collection box, and the fall prevention plate is used as a garbage collection box discharge device arranged along both sides of the upper opening of the garbage collection box. A.

[0009]

In the above discharging apparatus, the cover plate is removed from the box by the attaching / detaching means while the dust collecting box moves on the conveying path to the reversing machine. When the collection box is returned to the conveyance path after the reversal, the cover plate is dropped from the attaching / detaching means, and the cover plate is attached to the dust collection box. Before inverting the garbage collection box with the reversing machine, insert the garbage collection box between the fork of the holder and the fall prevention plate, and raise the holder in that state. When the trash collection box is turned over, the upper drop prevention plate receives the upper opening of the box and prevents the trash collection box from falling.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 show the overall structure of a garbage transport / storage device according to an embodiment.
Is connected to a transport cage that moves up and down inside the building. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a transport path of a dust collection box 2, and the transport path 1 is formed in a loop by a number of linearly moving roller conveyors 3 and rotating roller conveyors 4 and 5.

A plurality of revolving roller conveyors 4 are connected to retraction roller conveyors 6, and end portions of the retraction roller conveyors 6 are provided with various debris storage containers 8, 9,.
10, 11, and 12 are connected.

The rotating roller conveyors 4 connected to the storage containers 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 are connected to the opposing rotating roller conveyors 5 of the transport path 1 via bypass conveyors 7, respectively. Storage containers 8, 9, 10,
Empty collection boxes 2 from which dust has been discharged to 11 and 12 are sent back to the rotating roller conveyor 5 via the respective bypass conveyors 7.

Each of the roller conveyors 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 forming the transport path 1 is provided between two rails 13, 13 provided in parallel as shown in FIGS. A plurality of roller shafts 14 are attached along the length direction of the rail, and a chain 17 connected to a motor 16 is formed over a sprocket 15 provided at an end of each roller shaft 14. When activated, each roller shaft 14 rotates in the same direction, causing the collection box 2 to move.

As shown in FIG. 8, a cover plate 18 is removably attached to the upper opening of the dust collection box 2, and the cover plate 18 is provided with a dust inlet 20 which is opened and closed by a door 19. In addition, feet 21, 21 are formed on both sides of the lower surface of the trash collection box 2, and between the feet 21, 21.
A gap 22 into which a fork 44 of a box reversing machine 33 described later is inserted is provided. Note that the cover plate 18 may not be provided with the dust inlet 20 and the door 19, and the cover plate 18 may be directly attached and detached and dust may be charged into the dust collection box 2.

On the other hand, a lid attaching / detaching device 23 for attaching / detaching the lid plate 18 of the garbage collection box 2 is provided in the middle of each of the drawing roller conveyors 6, and each of the storage containers 8 connected to each of the drawing roller conveyors 6 is provided. , 9, 10, 11, 1
A box reversing machine 33 is installed in front of 2.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the lid attaching / detaching device 23 moves up and down via a lifting cylinder 25 and a guide shaft 26 to a gate-shaped frame 24 provided so as to straddle the retraction roller conveyor 6. Attach plate 27 and lift plate 2
A plurality of suction pads 28 are attached to the lower surface of 7, and an air suction device 29 is connected to the suction pads 28.
Further, on the front side and the rear side of the gate-shaped frame 24, a lid attachment position detection sensor 30 and a lid detachment position detection sensor 31 using a photoelectric tube are provided, respectively.
As shown in FIG.
And an air suction device 29 and a control device 32 for controlling the operation of the drive motor 16 of the pull-in roller conveyor 6.

The box reversing machine 33 is shown in FIGS.
, A pair of guide rails 34 whose upper ends are bent toward the storage container, and a pair of linear auxiliary guide rails 3.
5 are erected close to each other, and both guide rails 34, 35
In addition, a holder 37 for holding the dust collection box 2 using a plurality of guide rollers 36 is movably attached to each. Further, a motor 38 is provided on the side of the guide rails 34 and 35 for connecting the speed reducer 39 and the lifting / lowering chain 40 of the holder 37. By the operation of the motor 38, the holder 37 is moved along the two guide rails 34 and 35. To move up and down.

The holding member 37 is connected to a reversing member 41 provided with a guide roller 36 via a connecting rod 42 to form a frame 43.
And a fork 44 extending toward the retraction roller 6 and a fall prevention plate 45 are attached to the lower end and the upper end of the frame 43, respectively. The fork 44 and the fall prevention plate 45 are mounted vertically in parallel,
The garbage collection box 2 is inserted between the two from the retraction conveyor 6.

The lower fork 44 is provided with a holder 37.
Is mounted so as to contact the upper surface of the drawing-in conveyor 6 in a state of being lowered to the lowest position, and is inserted into a gap 22 provided on the lower surface of the garbage collection conveyor 2 moving on the conveyor 6. .

On the other hand, the upper drop prevention plate 45 is formed by two beam members 46, 46 extending in parallel, and each of the beam members 46, 46 is placed on the upper part of the dust collection box 2 located on the lower side. It is arranged along both sides of the opening 2a. In addition, a chute 47 that guides dust when it is turned over is attached to the upper part of the fall prevention plate 45.

Each of the storage containers 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Have a structure corresponding to the characteristics of the garbage to be stored. For example, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, various paper garbage, bottles, and plastics are open box type containers 9, 10, and 11. Is used, and a combustible container 8 that can store refuse in a compressed state is used for combustible refuse other than paper refuse. For dust such as empty cans, a storage container 12 having a press mechanism for crushing and storing dust is used.

This embodiment has the above-described structure, and its operation will be described below. In FIG. 2, when a dust collection box 2 loaded with dust is fed into a conveyance path 1, the dust collection box 2 is sequentially moved by a plurality of roller conveyors 3 and 4.
Is conveyed, but when the dust collection box 2 comes to the front of each rotating roller conveyor 4, the type of dust stored in each box is determined.

This determination is made, for example, by attaching an identification sheet on which information different for each type of dust is written by a bar code or the like on the side surface of the dust collection box 2, and using a reader for the identification sheet in front of each rotating roller conveyor 4. Provided in
A method of determining dust inside each collection box based on the information on the identification sheet is employed. When the garbage collection box 2 containing the desired garbage is confirmed by the above-described determination, the rotating roller conveyor 4 is rotated, and the retracting roller conveyor 6 is rotated.
Is moved to the garbage collection box 2.

The garbage collection box 2 transferred to the drawing roller conveyor 6 is then stored in each of the storage containers 8, 9, 10,.
When the dust collection box 2 reaches the position of the lid removal position detection sensor 31, the operation of the conveyor 6 is stopped, and at the same time, the cylinder 25 for lifting and lowering the lid removal device 23 is activated. The elevating plate 27 is lowered to bring the suction pad 28 into contact with the lid plate 18 of the dust collection box 2. Next, the vacuum suction device is operated, and the suction pad 28 sucks the cover plate 18, and then the elevating plate 27 is lifted to separate the cover plate 18 from the dust collection box 2.

The cover plate 18 is held by the suction pad 28 until the cover mounting position detecting sensor 30 is operated next. The trash collection box 2 with the cover plate 18 removed is shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, the sheet is conveyed to the box reversing machine 33 by the retraction roller conveyor 6, but when stopped before the reversing machine 33, the fork 44 of the holder 37 and the drop prevention plate 45
During this time, the dust collection box 2 enters and the fork 44 is inserted below the dust collection box.

When the holder 37 is raised by the operation of the motor 38 from this state, the fork 44 receives the dust collection box 2 and is raised integrally with the holder 37. When the holder 37 is raised to the upper end portions of the guide rails 34 and 35, as shown in FIG. 7, the holder 37 is reversed according to the bending of the guide rail 34 by the action of the guide roller 36, and at the same time, the dust collection box 2 is placed in the storage container. Invert toward 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 input ports. At this time, the dust collection box 2 attempts to fall away from the fork 44, but the fall prevention plate 45 is in contact with the upper surface of the dust collection box 2, so that the fall is prevented.

Then, the dust inside the box is discharged to the storage container by the impact of the reversal of the box and the impact against the fall prevention plate 45 at this time. In this case, since the beam members 46 of the fall prevention plate 45 abut on both sides of the upper opening 2a of the dust collection box 2, the dust is not obstructed from discharging the dust from the upper opening 2a, and the dust is smooth. Is discharged. When all the garbage is discharged, the holder 37 descends,
The garbage collection box 2 is returned on the pull-in conveyor 6.

Next, when the empty garbage collection box 2 reaches the position of the lid attachment position detecting sensor 30 on the conveyor 6 for drawing in, the conveyor 6 stops and the lid attaching / detaching device 23
The suction pad 28 is lowered, and the sucked lid plate 18 is attached to the upper opening of the dust collection box 2. The empty garbage collection box 2 with this cover plate is then conveyed to the roller conveyor 4 for rotation, and then sent to the return route of the conveyance path 1 via the bypass conveyor 7 to be again collected at the garbage collection place. Returned to

Each of the storage containers 8, 9, 10, 11, 1
When the containers are full, the various types of garbage thrown into 2 are transferred to a garbage truck or a garbage transfer vehicle and sent to a garbage incineration plant.

[0030]

[Effect] As described above, in the discharge device of the present invention, a cover plate attaching / detaching means is provided in the middle of the conveyance path of the dust collection box, and the cover plate is detached mechanically while the dust collection box moves to the reversing machine. In addition, a fork and a fall prevention plate are provided on the holder of the box reversing machine, and the fork and the fall prevention plate are used to raise and lower the garbage collection box and prevent the garbage collection box from falling. It is not necessary to provide a locking bar on the side surface of the dust collection box, and the structure of the box can be simplified and the standby space can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a dust discharging device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the above.

FIG. 3 is a partially longitudinal side view showing a box reversing device and a lid attaching / detaching device.

FIG. 4 is a front view taken along line IV-IV in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a front view taken along line VV in FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional plan view of the above.

FIG. 7 is a partially longitudinal side view showing an operation state of the box reversing machine.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a collection box.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a control structure of the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 Conveyance path 2 Dust collection box 4, 5 Roller conveyor for rotation 6 Roller conveyor for drawing in 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Storage container 18 Cover plate 23 Cover removal device 24 Lifting cylinder 27 Lifting plate 28 Suction pad 33 Box inversion Machine 34, 35 Guide rail 37 Holder 38 Motor 44 Fork 45 Fall prevention plate

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification code FI B65G 47/88 B65G 47/88 A 47/90 47/90 D 47/91 47/91 A (56) References JP2 JP-A-43129 (JP, A) JP-A-60-52281 (JP, A) JP-A-61-155102 (JP, A) JP-A-3-98839 (JP, A) JP-A-54-110571 (JP, A) JP-A-3-187816 (JP, A) JP-A-61-91592 (JP, U) JP-A-3-73504 (JP, U) JP-A-5-85705 (JP, U) JP-A-4-187 91903 (JP, U) JP-A-3-76805 (JP, U) JP-A-5-19112 (JP, U) Jiko 62-25467 (JP, Y2) (58) Fields surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) B65F 5/00 B65F 1/12 B65F 1/16 B65F 3/08 B65G 47/90-47/91 B65G 47/88 B65G 1/00-1/04 B65B 69/00

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A box reversing machine for inverting a collection box toward a storage container is provided at a front side of a trash storage container connected to a conveyance path of the trash collection box, and is attached to an upper opening of the trash collection box along the conveyance path. Provide a means for attaching and detaching the lid plate, and move the box reversing machine so that the upper end faces the storage container
Vertical guide rail and dust collection box
Holding tool and the holding tool on the guide rail
And a lifting mechanism that moves along the
Fork and garbage collection box
Provide a fall prevention plate facing the upper opening of the
Along the sides of the top opening of the trash collection box.
Discharge device of the garbage collection box placed me.