JP3033286U - Empty can crusher - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [PROBLEMS] To provide an empty can crusher capable of pressing an empty can from both ends and crushing it into a disc shape without corners. SOLUTION: A pedestal member 10, a fall-prevention member 11 that is storably and expandably attached to the pedestal member 10, a receiving member 12 that is attached to the pedestal member 10 so that an empty can C can be placed, and a pedestal member 12 are provided. Standing support member 13
And an arm member 15 supported by the column member 13 so as to be adjustable in vertical position, and a cam member 30 rotatably attached to the arm member 15 and having a cam portion 31 and an attachment portion 32.
And a pressing member that is attached to the column member 13 so as to be vertically movable just above the receiving member 12, and is moved downward by the cam portion 31 by the rotation of the cam member 30 to press the upper portion of the empty can C on the receiving member 12. 20 and the pressing member 20, and the cam member 3
Handle member 3 that can be detachably attached to the attachment portion 32 of 0.
3 is provided.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the invention belongs]

 The present invention relates to an empty can crusher, and more particularly, to an empty can crusher capable of buckling an empty can in a vertical direction to crush it into a recyclable disk.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 In recent years, the collection of empty cans has become an issue from the viewpoint of environmental beautification and the reuse of resources. For this reason, volunteers in various places collect and collect empty cans left on the street, crush them with a crusher, and hand them over to recyclers for reuse. As the above-mentioned crusher, conventionally, a lever that swingably supports on a pedestal or the like, an empty can is placed on the pedestal, and the empty can is pressed from the side surface by the lever to crush it is used.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

 However, in the above-described conventional empty can crusher, since the empty can is crushed from the side, both ends of the empty can maintain a circular shape even after crushing, and the shape after crushing does not become a plate-like shape but has a large volume. In addition, there is a problem that the crushed deformed portion becomes a corner and becomes bulky when it is stored and stored in a plastic bag or the like, and the plastic bag is easily broken. The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an empty can crusher capable of pressing an empty can from both ends and crushing it into a disc shape without corners.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above object, an empty can crusher according to the present invention comprises a base member, an anti-tilt member that is attached to the base member so as to be expandable, and a receiving member that is attached to the base member so that the empty can can be placed. A column member standing upright on the pedestal member, an arm member supported by the column member so as to be adjustable in vertical position, and a cam rotatably attached to the arm member and having a cam portion and an attachment portion. Member, a pressing member which is vertically movably mounted on the support member at a position directly above the receiving member, and which is pressed by the cam member by the rotation of the cam member to move downward, and a mounting portion of the cam member. And a handle member that can be detachably attached.

In the empty can crusher according to the present invention, the support member is a member having a flat cross-sectional shape, and an insertion hole having a flat cross-section corresponding to the flat cross-sectional shape is formed in the arm member. The support member may be slidably inserted into the insertion hole of the arm member (claim 2), and the contact rod may be attached to the lower surface of the cam member (claim 3).

[0006]

[Action]

 In the empty can crusher according to the present invention, an empty can is erected on a receiving member and placed thereon, a cam member is brought into contact with the upper part of the empty can, and when the cam member is rotated using the handle member in this state, the pressing member is pressed. Is pressed by the cam portion of the cam member and moves downward, the empty can is crushed according to the downward movement distance of the pressing member, and by repeating this operation, the empty can is crushed to a small disk shape without corners in the longitudinal direction. You can Therefore, it is not bulky to store in a plastic bag or the like, and the bag can be easily handled for later transportation or storage without breaking the bag.

[0007]

[Embodiment of the invention]

 Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 to 6 show an empty can crusher according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a front view, FIG. 2 is a side view, FIG. 3 is a plan view, and FIG. 4 is a front view in a different state. 5 and 6 are schematic front views for explaining the operation.

In the figure, 10 is a pedestal, and the pedestal 10 is made of a box-shaped member having a substantially U-shaped cross section with an opening at the bottom, and has a predetermined length. The pedestal 10 accommodates a fall-preventing member 11 so as to be expandable therein, a receiving member 12 is fixed to one side portion of an upper portion thereof, and a column member 13 is erected on an end side of the receiving member 12. It The fall prevention member 11 is composed of a channel member or the like having a predetermined length, and one end thereof is attached to the other side portion of the pedestal 10 by a pin 11a. The anti-tilt member 11 is normally fitted to the pedestal 10 (see FIG. 2, hereinafter referred to as fitting), and is pulled out from the pedestal 10 when used (when the empty can C is crushed) to be aligned with the pedestal 10. (See FIG. 1). Reference numeral 11c is a stopper piece fixed to the falling member 11.

The receiving member 12 is a cup-shaped member having a concave portion 12a corresponding to the empty can C on the upper portion, and is fixed to the pedestal 10 by a bolt 12b. The column member 13 is formed of a member having a substantially elliptical cross section and has a lower end fixed to the pedestal 10 by a bolt 13a. An arm member 15 and a slide support member 16 are vertically attached to the column member 13 so as to be vertically movable.

The arm member 15 is composed of a prism or a pipe-shaped member having a predetermined length, and has a substantially elliptical insertion hole 15 a (corresponding to the reference numeral 15 a in the drawing) corresponding to the cross-sectional shape of the support member 13. Is omitted) is formed. In the arm member 15, the column member 13 is slidably inserted into the insertion hole 15a, the spherical handle 17 is fixed at one end, and the support pin 19 is fitted and inserted at the other end. The cross-sectional shape of the insertion hole 15a of the arm member 15 is selected such that a predetermined gap is formed at both sides in the longitudinal direction of the cross section with the support member 13 inserted. As will be described later, a pressing member 20 is vertically movably engaged with the arm member 15 by a support pin 19, and a cam member 30 is rotatably attached by the support pin 19.

The pressing member 20 has a substantially U-shape in a side view having a square bottom plate portion 22 between a pair of lower side portions of a pair of substantially triangular side plate portions 21 and 21, and has 21 vertically elongated holes. 21a is formed. The pressing member 20 is attached to the arm member 15 while allowing the above-mentioned supporting pin 19 to be inserted into the elongated hole 21a of the side plate portion 21 and allowing vertical displacement corresponding to the length of the elongated hole 21a.

Further, a pair of connecting pieces are fixed to the pressing member 20 at an edge portion of the bottom plate portion 22 on the side of the support member 13, and the connecting pieces are connected to the slide supporting member 16 by bolts and nuts. The sliding support member 16 is composed of a member having a substantially U shape in a plan view, and the above-mentioned connecting piece is connected to the opening by the pin 41. The sliding support member 16 is connected to the pressing member 20 and supports the pressing member 20 on the column member 13 so as to be vertically movable. Reference numeral 42 is a roller attached to the pin 41.

Further, a contact rod 29 is attached to the pressing member 20 at the position corresponding to the center of the column member 13 on the lower surface of the edge portion on the side opposite to the connecting piece 22a by a bolt 29a. One end of the contact rod 29 is bent at a substantially right angle, and a threaded portion (not shown in the figure) is formed at the bent end. The contact rod 29 has a threaded portion that penetrates the bottom plate portion 22 of the pressing member 20 on the lower surface side and is screwed into a nut 28, and is rotatably attached to the pressing portion 20 about the threaded portion. The contact rod 29 is positioned below the bottom plate portion 22 during use and is interposed between the upper surface of the empty can C and the bottom plate portion 22 of the pressing member 20 (see FIG. 1), or when not in use. Is rotated to a position extending laterally (see FIG. 3).

The cam member 30 has a substantially disk-shaped cam portion 31 at one end and a hollow pipe-shaped attachment portion 32 at the other end, and a handle member 33 is detachably attached to the attachment portion 32. The cam member 30 is eccentrically formed from the center of the cam portion 31, and the above-described support pin 19 penetrates through the cam portion 31, and is rotatably attached to the pressing member 20 by the support pin 19. When the handle member 33 attached to the attachment portion 32 rotates the cam member 30 in the clockwise direction in the drawing, the cam portion 31 presses the upper surface of the bottom plate portion 22 of the pressing member 20.

In this embodiment, when the empty can C is crushed, the fall prevention member 11 is pulled out from the pedestal 10 and unfolded, and the handle member 33 is attached to the mounting portion 32 of the cam member 30. If the can is a steel can, rotate the contact rod 29 to position it below the bottom plate 22 of the pressing member 20 (see FIG. 1). If the empty can C is an aluminum can, hit the rod 29 to the bottom plate. The part 22 is retracted to the side (see FIG. 3). Then, the empty can C is placed upright on the recess 12a of the receiving member 12 (see FIG. 1, etc.), and the vertical position of the pressing member 20 is adjusted so that the bottom plate of the pressing member 20 is placed above the empty can C on the receiving member 12. The part 22 (or the contact rod 29) is brought into contact.

Next, as shown in FIG. 5, the handle member 33 is rotated clockwise from the horizontal position. Therefore, in the cam member 30, the cam portion 31 presses the bottom plate portion 22 of the pressing member 20, and the cam member 22 moves downward by a distance corresponding to the eccentric amount of the cam portion 31 and crushes the empty can C. That is, if the empty can C is an aluminum can, the bottom plate portion 22 presses the upper part of the empty can C, and if the empty can C is a steel can, the contact rod 29 locally deforms (buckles) on the upper part of the can. ) And crush.

Here, the strut member 13 has a flat cross-sectional shape, and the insertion hole 15a of the arm member 15 also has a flat shape, and the insertion hole 15a corresponds to the longitudinal direction of the cross section when the strut member 13 is inserted. Gaps are formed. Therefore, the reaction force generated when the handle member 33 is operated is received by the support member 13 being locked to one side in the longitudinal direction of the upper end opening of the insertion hole 15a of the arm member 15 and the other side of the lower end opening.

When the empty can C is a steel can, the contact rod 29 abuts on the upper part, and a local load is applied to the empty can C. Therefore, the end of the can, which requires the greatest force when crushing, can be easily deformed, and the operating force when crushing the steel can, especially the initial operating force, can be reduced.

After that, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the empty can C is made into a disk shape by repeating the above-mentioned operation of the handle member 33, that is, the empty can C is made into a disk shape without corners. Can be crushed small. Therefore, it is not bulky when stored in a plastic bag or the like, and the bag is not broken, and handling such as storage and transportation is easy.

When the empty can crusher is not used, the fall prevention member 11 is housed in the base 10 and the handle member 33 is removed from the mounting portion 32 of the cam member 30. For this reason, it can be made small, the space required for storage when not in use is also small, and it is easy to carry.

[0021]

[Effect of the invention]

 As described above, according to the empty can crusher according to the present invention, empty cans can be crushed into small discs without corners, and therefore can be stored in a vinyl bag or the like without being bulky. Without breaking the plastic bag, handling such as storage and transportation is easy.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an empty can crusher according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the empty can crusher.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the empty can crusher.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the empty can crusher in a different state.

FIG. 5 is a schematic front view for explaining the operation of the empty can crusher.

FIG. 6 is a schematic front view for explaining the state of the empty can crusher following FIG. 5.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 pedestal 11 fall prevention member 12 receiving member 12a recess 13 pillar member 15 arm member 15a insertion hole 16 sliding support member 19 support pin 20 pressing member 21 side plate portion 21a long hole 22 bottom plate portion 29 contact rod 30 cam member 31 cam portion 32 Attachment C Empty can

Claims (3)

[Utility model registration claims] 1. A pedestal member, a tilt-preventing member attached to the pedestal member so as to be expandable, a receiving member attached to the pedestal member so that an empty can can be placed on the pedestal member, and a support column provided upright on the pedestal member. A member, an arm member supported by the column member so as to be adjustable in vertical position, a cam member rotatably attached to the arm member and having a cam portion and an attachment portion, and the column member of the receiving member. A pressing member that is vertically movably mounted at a position directly above and that is pressed by the cam member and moves downward by the rotation of the cam member, and a handle member that is detachably mountable to the mounting portion of the cam member are provided. An empty can crusher characterized by that. 2. The strut member is a member having a flat cross-sectional shape, an insertion hole having a flat cross section corresponding to the flat cross-sectional shape is formed in the arm member, and the strut member is slid into the insertion hole of the arm member. The empty can crusher according to claim 1, which is movably inserted. 3. The empty can crusher according to claim 1, wherein a contact rod is attached to a lower surface of the cam member.