JP3154352U - Shredder with notification lamp - Google Patents

Abstract

A novel shredder with a notification lamp is provided which makes it possible to know from the outside the current amount of waste in the waste storage box and the presence or absence of the waste storage box, so that the upper surface of the shredder can be used instead of a table. SOLUTION: A casing 100, a paper slot 114, a shredding portion having a shredding blade for shredding waste paper and the like, and shredded scraps provided inside the housing. A waste storage box to be stored; an openable / closable door 12d provided on a side surface of the housing for taking out the waste storage box; a waste leveling means rotatably mounted above the waste storage box; A waste amount sensor for detecting the amount of waste in the waste storage box, a waste storage box sensor for detecting the presence or absence of the waste storage box inside the housing, and a plurality of LED lamps 104a, 104b, 104c provided on the door In order to close the paper slot, the shutter means 106 made of a hard material is slidable from the base end side to the other end side of the upper surface of the housing so as to be opened and closed, and interlocked with the shutter means. And power supply means 110 provided.[Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a new shredder with a notification lamp that makes it possible to know the amount of waste in the waste storage box and the presence / absence of the waste storage box from the outside so that the upper surface of the shredder can be used as a table.

  Conventionally, as a shredder, a shredder that shreds paper such as waste paper is widely known.

  The applicants of the present application include a shredder portion provided with a shredding blade for shredding waste paper, a waste storage box for storing shredded waste shredded by the shredding portion, and the waste storage box from the outside. An openable and closable door for removing the waste, a dust leveling means mounted so as to be movable up and down and rotatable above the waste storage box, and a waste leveling position at an upper standby position and a lower dust leveling position. Each having a movement stop means for stopping the movement, and the movement stop means is interlocked with the opening and closing of the door, and when the door is opened, the waste leveling means stops moving to an upper standby position and the waste storage box When the door is closed, the scraping means stops moving to the scraping position below, and the shredded scrap in the scrap storage box can be smoothed. The shredder shredder leveling device has been proposed and has been well received (patent text) 1).

  Further, the applicants of the present application include a shredder portion provided with a shredding blade for shredding waste paper, a waste storage box for storing shredded waste shredded by the shredding portion, and the waste storage box. An openable / closable door for taking out the outside, waste leveling means mounted on the waste storage box so as to be movable up and down and rotatable, and the waste leveling means as an upper standby position and a lower level waste. A movement stop means for stopping the movement at each position, a waste sensor provided above the waste storage box for detecting whether the waste storage box is filled with shredded waste, and the waste sensor at all times. A shredder characterized by having a cleaning means for waste sensor for cleaning has also been proposed and gained popularity (Patent Document 2).

  However, in these shredders, although the waste sensor can detect whether the waste storage box is full of shredded waste, in order to know the current amount of waste in the waste storage box, I had to open the door and check.

  In addition, there is a problem in that shredding wastes in the shredder if shredding is performed even though the waste storage box is not set.

  In addition, if you place a shredder, it occupies a certain part of the room, but it is not shredded with a shredder all day, so if you do not shred with a shredder, you can use it instead of a table if you can place things on the top surface And convenient.

Japanese Patent No. 3273881 Japanese Patent No. 3450981

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, so that the current amount of waste in the waste storage box and the presence or absence of the waste storage box can be seen from the outside, and the upper surface of the shredder can be used instead of the table. The purpose is to provide a new shredder with a notification lamp.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a shredder with a notification lamp according to the present invention is provided with a housing, a paper slot provided on the upper surface of the casing, an inside of the casing, and below the paper slot. A shredding part having a shredding blade for shredding waste paper, a waste container box provided inside the housing and containing shredded shredded waste, and the waste container box externally An openable / closable door provided on the side of the housing, a waste leveling means rotatably attached above the waste storage box, and a waste amount sensor for detecting the waste amount in the waste storage box, A waste container sensor for detecting presence / absence of the waste container inside the housing; a plurality of LED lamps provided on the door; and a base end of the top surface of the housing for closing the paper slot. A shutter made of a hard material that can be opened and closed by sliding from one side to the other. And a power supply means provided in conjunction with the shutter means, the LED lamps are turned on or blinked according to the amount of waste in the waste storage box, and the waste inside the housing The LED lamp is turned on or blinked according to the presence or absence of a storage box, and when the shutter means is closed, the power of the shredder is turned off, and when the shutter means is opened, the power of the shredder is turned on.

  The waste amount sensor for detecting the amount of waste in the waste storage box and the waste storage box sensor for detecting the presence / absence of the waste storage box in the housing may be used as one sensor or different sensors. It is good.

  If it does in this way, since the several LED lamp provided in the said door lights or blinks according to the amount of refuse in the said refuse storage box, the amount of refuse will be glanced from the outside without opening a door and confirming. There is an advantage that can be understood.

  Further, since the plurality of LED lamps provided on the door are lit or blinking depending on the presence / absence of the waste storage box inside the housing, the presence / absence of the waste storage box can be determined without opening the door. There is an advantage that can be seen at a glance.

  When the waste paper or the like is not shredded, if the shutter means is closed, an object can be placed on the upper surface of the casing, which serves as a table. As the hard material constituting the shutter means, a metal material such as steel, stainless steel or aluminum alloy is suitable.

  Also, when the shredder is not used, the shutter means can be closed and the shredder can be turned off and used as a table, and only when the shredder is used, the shredder is turned on when the shutter means is opened. It also saves energy and has the advantage of being friendly to the global environment.

  In addition, the plurality of LED lamps provided on the door include at least three LED lamps of lower, middle, and upper, and the waste leveling means rotates in conjunction with the shredder blade so that the waste storage box When the amount of scrap in the waste storage box is small, the lower level, when the amount of scrap in the waste storage box is medium, the middle, and in the waste storage box When the amount of waste is full, the upper LED lamp is turned on or blinked, and after the amount of waste in the waste storage box becomes full, the waste leveling means performs waste leveling within a predetermined time, and A signal for throwing away the trash by turning on the LED lamps at intervals so that the lower, middle, and upper LED lamps flow during the run-in. And depending on the presence or absence of the waste storage box inside the housing Pump is preferred that composed allowed lit or flashing.

  In this way, when the amount of waste in the waste storage box is small, it is lower, when the amount of waste in the waste storage box is medium, and when the amount of waste in the waste storage box is full Since the upper LED lamp is turned on or blinking, there is an advantage that the amount of waste can be recognized at a glance from the outside without opening the door and checking. For example, when the amount of waste in the waste storage box is small, the lower LED lamp, when the amount of waste in the waste storage box is medium, the middle, when the amount of waste in the waste storage box is full, the upper LED lamp May be lit in green.

  According to the shredder with a notification lamp according to the present invention, the current amount of waste in the waste storage box can be seen from the outside, the presence or absence of the waste storage box can be seen from the outside, and the top surface of the shredder can be used instead of a table. Has a great effect.

It is a perspective view which shows one embodiment of the shredder with the notification lamp of this invention. It is a top view of embodiment of FIG. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of embodiment of FIG.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on an example with reference to the accompanying drawings. It goes without saying that various changes or modifications can be made to these embodiments without departing from the technical idea of the present invention.

  1-3, the code | symbol 10 shows the shredder with the notification lamp of this invention. The shredder 10 is a shredder for shredding waste paper P and the like.

  The shredder 10 has a casing 100 composed of a bottom plate 12a, a side plate 12b, and an upper lid plate 12c, and a door 12d is provided at the front portion so as to be opened and closed. A base plate 14 is attached to the inner central peripheral portion of the shredder 10. The interior of the shredder 10 is divided into an upper space 13 located above the base plate 14 and a lower space 15 located below the base plate 14. The upper space 13 is provided with a chopping portion 20 comprising a pair of vertical cutters 16 and 16 and a horizontal cutter 18 provided below the vertical cutter.

  Reference numeral 22 denotes a motor for driving the shredded portion 20. The motor 22 is provided on a substrate 24. A dust cover 26 covers the motor 22. Reference numeral 28 denotes a control box in which a control mechanism for controlling the driving of the shredder 10 is housed, and is similarly covered with a dustproof cover 30.

  In the lower space 15 of the shredder 10, a waste container 32 is disposed on the bottom plate 12a so as to be able to be taken out to the outside. Reference numeral 33 denotes a scattering prevention frame which is attached so as to cover the entire circumference of the lower surface of the base plate 14 and acts so that the shredded waste D is not scattered and dropped from the waste storage box.

  In FIG. 3, reference numeral 34 denotes a movable base plate provided in the internal space of the shredder 10 so as to be movable up and down. A known mechanism may be applied as the vertically moving structure of the movable base plate 34.

  In the example shown in FIG. 3, a guide rail is fixed to a substrate 36 attached to the side plate 12 b, while a slide rail is attached to the movable base plate 34 via an attachment base 40.

  The slide rail is slidably inserted into the guide rail so that the slide rail can be slid in the vertical direction. Therefore, the movable base plate 34 attached to the slide rail can be moved up and down. It will be attached to 12b.

  Reference numeral 44 denotes a shaft whose upper end is fixed to the base plate 14. A lower portion of the shaft 44 is a free end, and is loosely inserted into an insertion hole formed in the mounting base 40. A spring 48 is wound around the shaft 44. The spring 48 is configured to urge upward when compressed downward.

  In the configuration for pressing the spring 48 downward, an extending portion is provided on the side of the movable base plate 34, a through hole through which the shaft 44 is inserted, the shaft 44 is inserted into the through hole, The upper end of the spring 48 contacts the lower surface of the movable base plate 34, and when the movable base plate 34 moves downward, the spring 48 is pressed downward and compressed.

  In FIG. 3, reference numeral 50 denotes a dust leveling means that acts to level shredded waste by a fan mechanism having one or a plurality of blades. A motor 52 rotates the fan mechanism 50 and is placed on a support plate 54 attached to the movable base plate 34.

  56 is a waste amount sensor for sensing the amount of shredded waste D. Reference numeral 58 denotes a fan sensor that detects whether the fan mechanism 50 is present and detects whether the fan mechanism 50 is rotating when it should rotate. The fan mechanism 50 is connected to a motor 22 that drives the shredder 20 and rotates in conjunction with the shredder 20. The fan mechanism 50 is configured so as to rotate and start scraping when shredding at the shredding part 20 is started, and to stop after about 10 seconds after shredding at the shredding part 20 is finished.

  The number of blades attached to the fan mechanism 50 may be one or more and is not particularly limited, but is preferably four. The shape of the blades only needs to have the effect of smoothing the shredded waste D, and the efficiency of the smoothing operation is improved by using the blades having a shape inclined downward. Further, it is possible to prevent danger by attaching a guard member (not shown) to the blade.

  Reference numeral 60 denotes a pressing block which is a pressing means attached to the inner surface of the door 12d, and is formed in a substantially trapezoidal wedge shape with the upper surface as a long flat surface and the lower surface provided with a short flat surface through an inclined surface. Has been. The push-down block 60 is attached at a position where the tip protrusion can enter the gap between the lower surface of the base plate 14 and the upper surface of the movable base plate 34.

  When the door 12d is closed, the push-down block 60 enters between the base plate 14 and the movable base plate 34, and acts to push the movable base plate 34 downward. A bearing 62 is attached to a side surface of the movable base plate 34 facing the door 12d via a bearing block 64. The bearing 62 acts so that the pressing of the movable base plate 34 by the pressing block 60 is performed smoothly.

  When the push-down block 60 advances in the direction of the movable base plate 34, the bearing 62 rotates down along the slope and reaches the short flat surface on the lower surface side. With the bearing 62 positioned on the short flat surface, the movable base plate 34 has reached the lowest position, and the dust leveling means 50 is positioned at the level level. In a state where the push-down block 60 is retracted, the movable base plate 34 is in the uppermost position in contact with the lower surface of the base plate 14, and the dust leveling means 50 is positioned in the upper standby position. It will be.

  An elastic cushion member is attached to the lower surface of the base plate 14, and when the movable base plate 34 contacts the base plate 14 when the movable base plate 34 moves upward by the force of the spring 48. It works to alleviate the impact. The basic configuration of the shredder provided with these waste leveling means is described in Patent Document 1, and this configuration can be adopted.

  As a mechanism of the scrap amount sensor 56, a reflective optical sensor or the like can be used. For example, the light emitted from the light projecting unit of the scrap amount sensor 56 is reflected by accumulated shredded waste, the reflected light is captured by the light receiving unit of the scrap amount sensor 56, and the light is output to the voltage to obtain the distance. The amount of shredded waste accumulated can be seen.

  Further, the waste amount sensor 56 is also a waste storage box sensor 102 that detects the presence or absence of the waste storage box 32 inside the housing 100. The waste storage box sensor 102 is also a known reflection-type optical sensor, reflects light emitted from the light projecting unit, and detects the presence or absence of the waste storage box by the light receiving unit. In the illustrated example, an example in which the waste amount sensor 56 and the waste storage box sensor 102 are shared by the same sensor is shown. The waste amount sensor 56 and the waste storage box sensor 102 may be separate sensors.

  The door 12d is provided with a handle 116 and three LED lamps 104a, 104b, and 104c, which are a lower LED lamp 104c, a middle LED lamp 104b, and an upper LED lamp 104a, respectively. The plurality of LED lamps 104a, 104b, 104c are connected to the waste amount sensor 56 (also used as the waste storage box sensor 102) and the control box 28, and are configured to light up in green or red in the embodiment. . In the illustrated example, an example in which three LED lamps 104a, 104b, and 104c are provided has been described.

  To close the paper slot 114, as shown in FIG. 2, it is slid from the base end side of the upper surface of the housing 100 to the other end side (the side with the door 12d is the base end side) so as to be freely opened and closed. The shutter means 106 made of a hard material (stainless steel in the illustrated example) is provided.

  The shutter means 106 is interlocked with the power supply means 110 and the control box 28 provided on the switch panel 108 on the upper surface of the housing 100. As a result, in the state of FIG. 2 in which the shutter means 106 closes the paper slot 114, the power is OFF, and an object or the like can be placed on the upper surface of the housing 100 and used as a table. When the waste paper P or the like is shredded, the paper input port 114 appears by sliding it from the base end side of the upper surface of the housing 100 to the other end side (the side with the door 12d is the base end side). Then, the power is turned on, and shredding starts when the waste paper P or the like is loaded into the paper slot 114.

  Various known means can be used to link the shutter means 106 with the power supply means 110. For example, a shutter sensor 112 may be provided as in the illustrated example, and the power may be turned on when the shutter unit 106 is slid and detected by the shutter sensor 112.

  The operation of the above configuration will be described. Shredded waste D such as waste paper shredded by shredder 20 of shredder 10 falls and accumulates in waste storage box 32 installed below the shredded portion.

  The usage of the above-described waste leveling means, that is, the fan mechanism 50 is not uniform and can be used in various ways. For example, the fan mechanism 50 is rotated simultaneously with the start of shredding of waste paper or the like, and the fan mechanism 50 is stopped simultaneously with the end of shredding.

  In this case, the thin fault cut by the shredder 20 falls downward from between the blades of the fan mechanism 50 and is stored in the waste storage box. This falling state is uniformly dropped into the waste container with the rotation of the blades.

  Further, when a large amount of shredded waste reaches the position of the fan mechanism 50, the shredded waste D is made uniform by the rotation of the blades. Note that when the dust sensor 56 senses shredded waste D, the waste storage box 32 is taken out. After the shredding operation is stopped, it is preferable to rotate the fan mechanism 50 for a short time to perform the final dust leveling operation.

  When the door 12d is closed, the movable base plate 34 moves downward by the action of the push-down block 60, and the fan mechanism 50 connected to the movable base plate 34, that is, the waste leveling means, is disposed in the waste storage box 32. Descend to the scrap leveling position and stop.

  In this state, shredding work is performed, and as described above, when shredded scraps reach the fan mechanism 50, scraping work is also performed.

  When the amount of waste detected in the waste storage box 32 by the waste amount sensor 56 is small, the lower LED lamp 104c is turned on. When the amount of waste detected in the waste storage box 32 is medium, the middle LED lamp 104b is also turned on. Lights up (for example, green), and the upper LED lamp 104a is also lit (for example, green) when the amount of detected waste in the waste container 32 is full.

  Even if the amount of waste becomes full and the upper LED lamps 104a, 104b, 104c are lit, the fan leveling fan mechanism 50 rotates for 10 seconds to flatten the waste pile. While leveling the pile of waste, the plurality of LED lamps 104a, 104b, 104c are spaced green so as to flow in order of the upper LED lamp 104a → the middle LED lamp 104b → the lower LED lamp 104c. Lights up.

  When the fan mechanism 50 stops after 10 seconds, the plurality of LED lamps 104a, 104b, and 104c that have been lit in green are lit in red. This is a signal to throw away the waste, and the user throws away the shredded waste D accumulated in the waste storage box 32.

  When the door 12d is opened, the push-down block 60 moves backward together with the door 12d, and at the same time, the movable base plate 34 returns to the standby position above the waste container 32 by the action of the spring 48. Therefore, the waste container 32 can be taken out.

  After discarding the shredded waste D in the waste storage box 32, when the waste storage box 32 is placed on the bottom plate 12a again and the door 12d is closed, as described above, the fan mechanism 50 It descends to the waste leveling position in the storage box 32 and stops.

  In this state, the shredding operation can be performed again. The fan sensor 58 detects an accident such as when the fan mechanism 50 is dropped and does not exist, or when the shredded waste D is wound around the blade and the blade rotation is forcibly stopped. Work to stop the work.

  In the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the fan mechanism 50 is moved up and down in accordance with the opening and closing of the door has been described. However, the means for moving the fan mechanism 50 up and down can be provided separately from the opening and closing of the door 12d. It is.

  Note that the rotation speed of the fan mechanism 50 is not specifically described, but the fan mechanism 50 does not blow air like a normal fan, so that the effect of the present invention is sufficiently achieved by rotating at a slow speed. The

  In the shredding, when the waste container 32 is not set in the housing 100, one or all of the plurality of LED lamps 104a, 104b, 104c are lit in red. When the waste container 32 is set, the plurality of LED lamps 104a, 104b, 104c are not lit. Thereby, the user can know whether or not the waste storage box 32 is set.

  When the shredder 10 is not used, the shutter means 106 is slid to close the paper slot 114, and an object or the like is placed on the upper surface of the housing 100 to be used as a table. When the shredder 10 is used, the shutter means 106 is slid from the base end side to the other end side so that the paper input port 114 appears, the power is turned on, and the waste paper P is input into the paper input port 114. Begins.

  Thus, the current amount of waste in the waste storage box 32 can be seen from the outside of the housing 100, the presence or absence of the waste storage box 32 can be seen from the outside of the housing 100, and the upper surface of the shredder 10 can be placed on the table. Can be used instead.

  10: Shredder with information lamp, 12a: Bottom plate, 12b: Side plate, 12c: Upper lid plate, 12d: Door, 13: Upper space, 14: Base plate, 15: Lower space, 16: Vertical cutting cutter, 18: Cross cutting Cutter, 20: Shredded part, 22: Motor, 24: Substrate, 26, 30: Dust cover, 28: Control box, 32: Waste storage box, 33: Anti-scattering frame, 34: Movable base plate, 36: Substrate 40: mounting base, 44: shaft, 48: spring, 50: fan mechanism, 52: motor, 54: support plate, 56: dust sensor, 58: fan sensor, 60: push-down block, 62: bearing, 64: bearing Block: 100: Case, 102: Waste container sensor, 104a, 104b, 104c: LED lamp, 106: Shutter means, 108: Switch panel , 110: power supply unit, 112: shutter sensor 114: paper inlet, 116: handle, D: Hosodankuzu, P: waste paper.

Claims (2)

  A shredder provided with a casing, a paper slot provided on the top surface of the casing, and a shredder blade provided inside the casing and below the paper slot and shredding waste paper A waste storage box provided inside the housing for storing shredded shredded waste, an openable / closable door provided on a side of the housing for taking out the waste storage box, and the waste Waste leveling means rotatably mounted above the storage box, a waste amount sensor for detecting the amount of waste in the waste storage box, and a waste storage box for detecting the presence or absence of the waste storage box inside the housing A hard material that slides from the base end side to the other end side of the upper surface of the housing so as to be able to open and close to close the sensor, the plurality of LED lamps provided on the door, and the paper slot. And a power supply means provided in conjunction with the shutter means. When the plurality of LED lamps are turned on or blinked according to the amount of waste in the waste storage box, the LED lamp is turned on or flashed according to the presence or absence of the waste storage box inside the housing, and the shutter means is closed. A shredder with a notification lamp, wherein the shredder is turned off and the shredder is turned on when the shutter means is opened.   The plurality of LED lamps provided on the door includes at least three LED lamps of lower, middle, and upper, and the dust leveling means rotates in conjunction with the shredder blade to Shredded waste is leveled, and when the amount of waste in the waste storage box is small, it is lower, when the amount of waste in the waste storage box is medium, the waste amount in the waste storage box When the battery is full, the upper LED lamp is turned on or blinked, and after the amount of waste in the waste storage box becomes full, the waste leveling means performs the leveling within a predetermined time and the leveling waste. Turn on the lower, middle, and upper LED lamps so that they are lit at intervals, and when the dust leveling is finished, change the color of the LED lamps and turn them on to give a signal to throw away the waste. The LED lamp according to the presence or absence of the waste storage box inside the housing Notice with lamp shredder according to claim 1, characterized by being brought into light or blink.

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