JP4444537B2 - Electric light processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a processing apparatus for an electric lamp (for example, a mercury lamp, a fluorescent lamp, a discharge lamp).
[0002]
[Prior art]
Used lamps and lamps that become defective during the manufacturing process (hereinafter referred to as “waste lamps”) are reused to save resources.
Incidentally, some electric lamps are formed by sealing a gas such as mercury in a glass tube, but this sealed gas may adhere to the glass tube or the like. In particular, the enclosed gas often burns onto the inner surface of the glass tube of the electric lamp after use. Therefore, in order to reuse the glass portion of the glass tube, it is necessary to separate the sealed gas adhering to the glass portion from the glass portion.
In addition, there is a fluorescent lamp as a kind of electric lamp. This fluorescent lamp is coated with a fluorescent agent on the inner surface of the glass tube. Need to be separated from.
Thus, several devices and methods for removing deposits such as encapsulated gas and fluorescent agent from the glass portion of an electric lamp have been disclosed.
For example, after cutting the base part having the electrode, the remaining part including the glass part is pulverized, and the pulverized part is washed with water or chemicals to remove the adhering matter attached to the glass part, or pulverized. An apparatus for removing mercury and the like from a glass portion by heat-treating the portion has been disclosed.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the apparatus that removes deposits with water uses a large amount of water, so that there is a problem that the apparatus itself becomes large and the equipment cost increases. In addition, the apparatus for removing deposits by heat treatment has problems such as requiring a lot of energy and difficulty in managing heat.
Then, this invention makes it a subject to provide the processing apparatus which can process an electric lamp by easy structure.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is an electric light processing apparatus having the configuration as described in the above claims.
According to the first aspect of the present invention, the storage chamber for storing the pulverized electric lamp and the vibrator for applying vibration to the storage chamber are provided, and the pieces of the pulverized electric lamp are rubbed together.
That is, the pulverized electric lamp is stored in the storage chamber. For example, the electric lamp is pulverized in advance outside the storage chamber, and the pulverized electric lamp is thrown into the storage chamber, or the electric lamp is pulverized in the storage chamber.
The storage chamber is vibrated by a vibrator. For this reason, the smashed pieces of electric light rub against each other as they vibrate. As a result, the deposits and the like adhering to the glass surface of the electric lamp are rubbed off from the glass portion (scraped off).
Therefore, deposits can be separated from the glass portion by an easy structure (method) of the storage chamber and the vibrator, and the glass portion of the discharge tube can be reused.
Furthermore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a support plate on which the storage chamber and the vibrator are placed, and a support column that supports the support plate from below through the vibration absorbing portion. As the vibrator vibrates in the rotational direction, vibration in the direction around the longitudinal axis is given to the storage chamber. The storage chamber has one end side in the longitudinal axis direction that is high and the other end side is low, and an input port is formed to insert a crushed lamp on one end side, and a discharge port is formed on the other end side. Is done.
[0005]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a processing apparatus for an electric lamp according to the first or second aspect , in which an inlet into which the pulverized electric lamp is inserted and an exhaust for discharging the fragments of the electric lamp stored therein are discharged. An electric lamp processing apparatus, comprising: an outlet; and a connection port to which suction means for sucking out gas in the storage chamber is connected.
By the way, the adhering matter adhering to the glass part is separated from the glass part by rubbing the pieces of the electric light, so the adhering substance is generally small in size, and the adhering substance is dusty in the storage chamber. Easy to dance indoors.
On the other hand, the storage chamber of the present invention has a substantially sealed configuration, and suction means for sucking out gas in the storage chamber is connected to the storage chamber. Accordingly, dust-like deposits and the like are sucked out of the storage chamber together with the indoor gas and accumulated outside the storage chamber to be discarded or reused.
[0006]
According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided pulverizing means for pulverizing the electric lamp and discharging the pulverized electric lamp to the storage chamber.
Therefore, the electric lamp is pulverized by the pulverizing means and then discharged into the storage chamber. Therefore, the pulverization of the electric lamp is automated by the pulverizing means, and the manpower required for the electric lamp processing is reduced.
[0007]
According to the second aspect of the present invention, a storage chamber for storing the pulverized lamp and a vibrator for applying vibration to the storage chamber are provided, or the pulverized lamp is stored and rotated around the longitudinal axis. A storage chamber is provided, and the crushed pieces of electric light are rubbed together. A sieving means for sieving debris discharged from the storage chamber according to the size of the diameter is provided.
In other words, the fragments of the electric lamp processed in the storage chamber are screened according to the size of the diameter by the screening means.
By the way, since the deposit | attachment isolate | separated from the glass part in the storage chamber generally isolate | separates from a glass part, the magnitude | size is small. Therefore, when the sieving means performs sieving into small ones and large ones, the deposits are sifted out into smaller ones. Therefore, the deposits are easily separated from the glass portion by the sieving means.
The sieving means includes a sieving body, a mesh provided in the sieving body, a ball provided on the lower side of the mesh, and a vibrator that applies vibration to the ball and impacts the mesh by the ball.
[0008]
According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the magnetic body removing means for removing the magnetic body portion contained in the fragments discharged from the storage chamber by using the magnetic force of the magnet is provided.
That is, after the electric lamp is processed in the storage chamber, the magnetic part is removed from the glass part by the magnetic substance removing means. In other words, the magnetic part of the electric lamp is also treated in the storage chamber together with the glass part, and then the magnetic part is removed.
[0009]
By the way, the conventional apparatus which removes a nozzle | cap | die part cut | disconnected the nozzle | cap | die part and the glass part with the blade, and, thereby, removed the nozzle | cap | die part. However, such an apparatus needs to cut the electric lamp in consideration of the size and position of the cap portion, and has a complicated structure for positioning the cutting position. In addition, it is difficult to remove only the base part, and there are many cases where a glass part remains on the removed side.
On the other hand, in the present invention, since the magnetic force of the magnet is used, it is not necessary to determine the cutting position and the like, and the present apparatus is configured relatively simply. In addition, the magnetic part such as the base part is vibrated in the interior of the storage room together with the glass part. Therefore, the glass portion bonded to the base portion is easily separated from the base portion by the vibration, and the amount of the glass portion remaining on the base portion side is reduced. As a result, the amount of glass portion that is used for reuse increases.
Furthermore, the magnetic body removing means has an electromagnet provided above the transporter that transports the fragments, a belt that rotates the outer surface of the electromagnet, and a payout plate attached to the belt, and the electromagnet is magnetic above the transporter. The body part is sucked up, the belt and the payout plate carry the magnetic part to a position off the upper side of the transporter, and the magnetic part falls from the belt side.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is an apparatus for reusing used lamps or waste lamps such as lamps that have become defective during the manufacturing process.
The electric lamp is provided with a base portion having electrodes, and the base portion is formed using a magnetic material such as iron as a raw material.
Therefore, in order to reuse the glass portion of the electric lamp, it is necessary to separate (remove) the deposits adhering to the glass portion and to separate the magnetic portion such as the base portion and the glass portion. This invention is a processing apparatus which isolate | separates a deposit | attachment from a glass part in this way, and isolate | separates a magnetic body material and a glass part.
[0011]
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
An embodiment of the processing apparatus 1 of the present invention is shown in FIG. FIG. 1A is a right side view of the processing apparatus 1, and FIG. 1B is a rear view of the processing apparatus 1.
As shown in FIG. 1, the present embodiment is a compact device that can be mounted on a loading platform 10 of a vehicle, and is configured to be movable together with a vehicle to a desired place.
As shown in FIG. 1, the processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment is mainly composed of a charging means 2, a crushing means 3, a deposit separating means 4, a sieving means 5, a magnetic substance removing means 6, and a sucking means 7. Yes.
[0012]
As shown in FIG. 1A, the input unit 2 includes an input port 20 through which the waste light is input, and a lifting unit 21 that lifts the input waste light upward. Accordingly, the waste electric light is input from the input port 20, conveyed upward by the lifting means 21, and input to the crushing means 3. The lifting means 21 has a belt conveyor, and is configured to throw a waste electric lamp into the crushing means 3 every predetermined amount.
[0013]
The crushing means 3 is means for roughly crushing a waste electric lamp. For example, it is possible to use one that has two rollers and has a configuration in which a waste light is passed between the rollers, or one that has rotating blades and that roughly crushes the waste light by the blades. it can.
The crushing means 3 has a discharge port in the lower part for discharging the crushed waste light to the deposit separating means 4, and the fragment C of the crushed waste light is dropped into the deposit separating means 4 by gravity. Is done.
[0014]
The adhering matter separating means 4 is means for peeling (separating) the adhering matter adhering to the glass portion or the like of the waste electric lamp from the glass portion. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the attached matter separating means 4 includes a storage chamber 40 for storing the crushed waste light, a vibrator 41 for applying vibration to the storage chamber 40, and a storage chamber 40. The main component is a support plate 42 that supports the vibrator 41 and a plurality of (for example, four) support columns 43 that support the support plate 42 from below.
The storage chamber 40 is, for example, cylindrical as shown in FIG. 2, and has an insertion port 40 a into which a piece C of waste electric light is inserted at an upper portion on one end side, and is processed at a lower portion on the other end side. And a discharge port 40b through which the broken pieces C are discharged.
[0015]
The vibrator 41 includes, for example, a rotating shaft 41a that rotates by power as shown in FIG. 3, and an eccentric weight 41b attached to the rotating shaft 41a. Therefore, the vibrator 41 generates vibration in the rotation direction by the rotational movement of the rotation shaft 41a and the eccentric weight 41b. As a result, the vibrator 41 applies vibration in the direction around the horizontal axis (around the long axis of the storage chamber 40) to the storage chamber 40 via the support plate 42. In other words, the vibrator 41 gives the storage chamber 40 vibration in a rotational direction including vibration components in the vertical and horizontal directions.
In addition, the storage chamber 40 is provided in a state in which the one end side having the insertion port 40a is higher than the other end side having the discharge port 40b (see FIG. 4A).
[0016]
Therefore, the waste lamp fragment C moves in the storage chamber 40 while being vibrated finely. That is, the debris C gradually moves from the opening 40a in the direction of the discharge port 40b (longitudinal axis direction of the storage chamber 40) as shown in FIG. 4 (a), and as shown in FIG. 4 (b). A rotational movement is made with respect to a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the chamber 40. That is, the debris C moves in the storage chamber 40 while being substantially spirally moved about the longitudinal axis of the storage chamber 40 while vibrating.
[0017]
For this reason, the pieces C are rubbed with each other by vibrations, and the adhered matter adhering to the glass portion or the like is scraped off (separated) from the outer surface of the glass portion.
Moreover, the fragments C move in the storage chamber 40 and are mixed in the storage chamber 40. Therefore, the fragments C rub against each other efficiently. That is, when the pieces C rub against each other, particles (powder) having a small diameter are generated. However, the particles move in the storage chamber 40 and enter between the large pieces, and the particles become an abrasive, and the pieces C Promotes the cutting of the outer surface of the.
At the same time, the magnetic part (such as the base part) of the waste lamp also vibrates, and the glass part bonded to the magnetic part is separated from the magnetic part by this vibration. Therefore, the magnetic part is in a state where the glass part is hardly bonded.
[0018]
In addition, a partition plate 40c is provided in the storage chamber 40 to block the fragments C before the discharge port 40b. Since the partition plate 40c is a plate material that closes the lower half of the interior of the storage chamber 40, the amount of debris C in the storage chamber 40 is held constant by the partition plate 40c. The debris C in the storage chamber 40 is held in the storage chamber 40 for a certain time, and the time is adjusted by the amount of the debris C introduced into the storage chamber 40.
[0019]
Further, as shown in FIG. 4A, a plurality of connection ports 40 d having openings on the wall surface are provided on the upper wall surface side of the storage chamber 40. A pipe 73 is connected to the connection port 40 d, and the storage chamber 40 is connected to the suction means 7 by the pipe 73.
Therefore, the gas in the storage chamber 40 and dust-like glass fragments and deposits floating in the chamber are sucked out of the storage chamber 40 by the suction means 7.
In addition, the storage chamber 40 is substantially hermetically sealed, and has a structure in which dust and gas floating in the storage chamber 40 are difficult to leak out of the storage chamber 40.
[0020]
As shown in FIG. 1, the suction means 7 has a filter 70 that adsorbs an enclosed gas (such as mercury) or glass enclosed in an electric lamp, a pump 71 that sucks the gas, and the sound of the pump 71 so as not to leak outside. And a silencer 72. Accordingly, the dust and gas sucked out by the force of the pump 71 flows in the order of the filter 70, the pump 71, and the silencer 72, and is discharged from the sucking means 7 with the sealed gas and glass pieces removed.
[0021]
The column 43 of the deposit separating means 4 is fixed to the loading platform 10 as shown in FIG. 1, and supports the support plate 42 from below via a vibration absorbing portion 43a (for example, a spring) as shown in FIG. ing.
Further, the debris C in the storage chamber 40 is discharged from the discharge port 40b beyond the partition plate 40c and is put into the sieving means 5.
The sieving means 5 is a means for sieving the waste lamp fragments C discharged from the adhering matter separating means 4 according to the size of the diameter. For example, as shown in FIG. A vibrator 55 for vibrating the mesh 51 in the main body 50 is mainly configured.
[0022]
The sieve main body 50 has a receiving port 50a for receiving a fragment C of a waste light lamp at one upper end, and two discharge ports 50b and 50c at the lower end of the other end.
Further, a mesh 51 is disposed inside the sieve main body 50 so as to partition the inside up and down. The mesh 51 can pass a mesh having a diameter smaller than a predetermined diameter and cannot pass a mesh having a diameter larger than the predetermined diameter. For example, the mesh 51 is configured in a lattice shape or a net shape having a desired diameter.
Therefore, the fragment C of the waste electric lamp thrown into the sieve main body 50 is vibrated by being vibrated by the vibrator 55, and is divided into a large diameter and a small one by the mesh 51. And a thing with a large diameter remains above the mesh 51, and is discharged | emitted from the discharge port 50b. And a thing (powder) with small diameters, such as a deposit | attachment, falls below the mesh 51, and is discharged | emitted from the discharge port 50c.
[0023]
Further, below the mesh 51 of the sieve main body 50, as shown in FIG. 5, a ball 52 for preventing clogging of the mesh 51 and a grid-like partition portion 53 for suppressing the movement of the ball 52 are provided. . The ball 52 jumps up and down by the vibration of the vibrator 55 and moves to give an impact to the mesh 51. Therefore, the waste light debris C clogged in the mesh 51 is released from the mesh 51 by this impact, and the clogging of the mesh 51 is prevented.
[0024]
Further, a plurality of air nozzles 54 for discharging high-pressure air are provided above the inside of the sieve main body 50 as shown in FIG. Since this high-pressure air is blown toward the mesh 51 from above the fragments C of the waste electric lamp, the fragments C having a small diameter are dropped below the mesh 51 by the air pressure.
The fragments C of the waste electric lamp having such a large diameter are discharged from the discharge port 50b of the sieving means 5, and the discharged fragments C are put into the magnetic body removing means 6 (see FIG. 1).
[0025]
The magnetic body removing means 6 is a means for removing the magnetic body portion contained in the fragments C of the waste electric lamp by using the magnetic force of the electromagnet 61a, for example, a transporter that transports the fragments C as shown in FIG. 60 and a magnetic material sucker 61 having an electromagnet 61a.
The electromagnet 61a corresponds to the magnet of the present invention.
[0026]
As shown in FIG. 6, the transporter 60 is mainly composed of a belt conveyor, and the waste lamp fragments C are moved from the left to the right in FIG. 6A and from the front to the back in FIG. 6B. By conveying, the fragment C is conveyed to the lower side of the magnetic material sucker 61.
The magnetic material sucker 61 includes an electromagnet 61a, a belt 61b that rotates around the outer surface of the electromagnet 61a, and a plate-like payout plate 61c attached to the belt 61b.
[0027]
Therefore, when the waste lamp fragment C is conveyed to the lower side of the magnetic material sucker 61 as shown in FIG. 6, the magnetic material portion is sucked upward by the magnetic force of the electromagnet 61a. The sucked magnetic material portion is sucked by the electromagnet 61a through the belt 61b.
Further, as shown in FIG. 6B, the belt 61b rotates around the outer periphery of the electromagnet 61a. Accordingly, the payout plate 61c is rotated around the electromagnet 61a by the belt 61b, and the magnetic body portion attracted by the electromagnet 61a is moved outward (to the right in FIG. 6B and to the paper in FIG. 6A). Paying out) Thereby, a magnetic body part falls from the magnetic body sucker 61 side.
As described above, the magnetic material removing means 6 removes the magnetic material portion from the fragments C of the waste electric lamp, and the remaining fragments C leave only (almost) the glass portion. And this glass part is thrown into the glass receiving box 11 from the magnetic body removal means 6 (refer FIG. 1).
[0028]
Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 7, the processing apparatus 1 includes the input means 2, the crushing means 3, the deposit separating means 4, the sieving means 5, and the magnetic substance removing means 6 from the upstream side toward the downstream side. Disposal of waste light.
Further, as shown in FIG. 7, fine shards (powder) containing the deposits scraped off by the deposit separating means 4 are discharged from the sieving means 5, and the magnetic substance portions are discharged from the magnetic substance removing means 6. Thus, the glass (part) is selected.
[0029]
Further, the crushing means 3, the deposit separating means 4, the sieving means 5, and the magnetic substance removing means 6 are connected to the suction means 7 through a pipe 73. That is, piping 73 is connected to the main body of the crushing means 3, the storage chamber 40 of the deposit separating means 4, the sieve main body 50 of the sieving means 5, and the main body of the magnetic substance removing means 6, and the gases in these chambers are The suction means 7 sucks out.
[0030]
As a result, these indoor gases are discharged in a state where glass portions and deposits floating in the room are sucked out by the sucking means 7 and dust and mercury are removed by the filter 70.
In addition, since these rooms have a substantially sealed configuration, indoor dust, mercury, and the like are less likely to leak out of the room, and the outdoor environment is maintained in a clean state.
[0031]
The processing apparatus 1 is configured as described above.
Therefore, the adhering matter adhering to the glass part is separated by an easy structure of giving vibration to the storage chamber 40, and the magnetic part such as the base part is separated by an easy structure of sucking up by the electromagnet 61a. Therefore, the processing apparatus 1 has a simple structure and can be easily downsized.
Moreover, the gap C between these waste electric lamp fragments C vibrating in the storage chamber 40 is reduced by the vibration. Therefore, the fragments C adhere to each other and the frictional force between the fragments C increases, and the deposits are efficiently separated from the glass portion.
[0032]
Further, the magnetic body removing means 6 can easily remove the base part and the like from the glass part as compared with a method of removing the base part and the like from the waste electric lamp. Moreover, there are various types of waste electric lamps of various sizes and shapes such as straight tubes, round tubes, twin tubes, thin tubes, etc., but the magnetic substance removing means 6 can easily cope with them regardless of the shape and size. It has a possible configuration.
In addition, the processing apparatus 1 has a structure in which dust inside the apparatus or gas contained in the lamp is difficult to leak out of the apparatus, so that the environment outside the apparatus can be maintained in a clean state or a health and safety state. is there.
[0033]
In addition, embodiment of this invention is not limited to said embodiment, The following forms may be sufficient.
(1) In the above embodiment, the storage chamber has a cylindrical shape with a substantially circular cross section, but the shape may be any shape, for example, a cylindrical shape with a substantially elliptical cross section. Preferably, the lower side of the storage chamber is at least a curved surface (a part of the cross section is circular or a part of the cross section is oval), and the fragments of the lamp stored in the storage chamber can easily move in the storage chamber.
(2) In the above-described embodiment, the storage chamber has the input port through which the fragments of the electric light are input and the discharge port through which the electric light fragments are stored, but there is no discharge port. It may be. In this case, the inlet serves as both an inlet and an outlet for the fragments, and the processed fragments are discharged from the inlet.
(3) Further, in the above embodiment, the fragments of the electric lamp in the storage chamber are rubbed against each other by vibration. However, the storage chamber is rotated around the longitudinal axis of the storage chamber, and the fragments are rubbed against each other. It may be.
[0034]
【The invention's effect】
According to the electric lamp processing apparatus of the present invention, the electric lamp processing apparatus is formed with an easy structure.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a right side view (a) and a rear view (b) of a processing apparatus mounted on a loading platform of a vehicle.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a deposit separating means.
FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view of a vibrator of the deposit separating means.
FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view (a) in the longitudinal axis direction of the storage chamber of the deposit separating means, and a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. (A) and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis direction. (B).
FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view in the longitudinal axis direction of a sieving body of the sieving means.
FIG. 6 is a partial front view (a) of the magnetic body removing means 6 and a cross-sectional view along line BB in FIG.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart of electric lamp processing by the processing device.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Processing apparatus 2 ... Input means 3 ... Crushing means 4 ... Deposit | attachment separation means 5 ... Screening means 6 ... Magnetic substance removal means 7 ... Suction means 11 ... Glass receiving box 20 ... Input port 40 ... Storage chamber 40a ... Input port 40b ... Discharge port 40d ... Connection port 41 ... Vibrator 50 ... Sieving body 51 ... Mesh 52 ... Ball 54 ... Ball 54 ... Air nozzle 55 ... Vibrator 60 ... Conveyor 61 ... Magnetic material sucker 61a ... Electromagnet (magnet)

Claims (5)

A storage chamber for storing the pulverized electric lamp and a vibrator for applying vibration to the storage chamber, and by rubbing pieces of the pulverized electric lamp ,
And a support plate on which the storage chamber and the vibrator are placed, and a support column that supports the support plate from below via a vibration absorbing portion, and the storage is performed when the vibrator vibrates in a rotation direction. The chamber is vibrated in the direction around the longitudinal axis,
The storage chamber has one end side in the longitudinal axis direction high and the other end side low, and an inlet is formed on the one end side to which the crushed lamp is inserted, and the crushed lamp is discharged on the other end side. that the discharge port is formed lamp of the processing apparatus according to claim Rukoto. A storage chamber for storing the pulverized electric lamp and a vibrator for applying vibration to the storage chamber, or a storage chamber for storing the pulverized electric lamp and rotating around the longitudinal axis are provided. Rub pieces of electric light together,
A sieving means is provided for sieving debris discharged from the storage chamber according to the size of the diameter ,
The sieving means includes a sieving body, a mesh provided in the sieving body, a ball provided on the lower side of the mesh, and a vibrator that applies vibration to the ball and impacts the mesh by the ball. An electric light processing apparatus. A processing device for an electric lamp according to claim 1 or 2 ,
The storage chamber has an input port through which the pulverized lamp is inserted, a discharge port through which fragments of the stored lamp are discharged, and a connection port to which suction means for sucking out gas in the storage chamber is connected. An electric light processing apparatus, which is provided. It is the processing apparatus of the electric lamp as described in any one of Claims 1-3, Comprising :
A processing apparatus for an electric lamp, comprising a pulverizing means for pulverizing an electric lamp and discharging the pulverized electric lamp to a storage chamber. It is the processing apparatus of the electric lamp as described in any one of Claims 1-4, Comprising :
Magnetic body removal means for removing the magnetic body portion contained in the fragments discharged from the storage chamber using the magnetic force of the magnet is provided ,
The magnetic body removing means includes an electromagnet provided above a transporter that transports the debris, a belt that rotates an outer surface of the electromagnet, and a payout plate attached to the belt. The electromagnet sucks up the magnetic body portion, the belt and the payout plate carry the magnetic body portion to a position off the upper side of the transporter, and the magnetic body portion falls from the belt side. Electric light processing equipment.

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