JPH024483A - Apparatus for disposal of empty bottle and empty can - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To increase an operation efficiency without taking a large space by incorporating a crusher and a press machine into an apparatus and by constituting a system, wherein empty bottles and empty cans are automatically discriminated then crushed and pressed respectively for disposing of them. CONSTITUTION:Empty bottles and empty cans charged in a hopper 2 are fed into a receiving chamber 9 of a qualitative carrier 6 one by one, and then fed into receiving chambers 13 of a sorter 10 one by one when a receiving chamber 9 turns to the bottom side of the carrier 6. When a chamber 13 of the sorter 10 turns to the bottom side, a sorting bar 14 opens downward by the weight of empty bottle and an empty bottle is dropped down into a crusher 18 through an empty bottle duct 16. After the empty bottle is dropped down, the sorting bar is put back to the original position by a spring and the dropped-down empty bottle is crushed by the crusher 18. When the chamber 13 containing a empty can, which is lighter than an empty bottle, turn to the bottom, it passes above the empty bottle duct 16 without opening the sorting bar 14 due to the action of the spring. The empty can falls down into a press machine 24 through an empty can duct 17 from a clearance between the sorting bar 14 and the following partition plate in an ascending stage and pressed by the press machine 24 later.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) This invention automatically sorts empty glass bottles, empty aluminum or steel cans for beverages such as drinking water and beer, or food. This relates to a device that crushes empty bottles and compresses empty cans so that they can be reused.

(Prior Art) A huge amount of food and drink, especially empty bottles and cans of drinking water, are thrown away or discarded regardless of where they are placed, and have now become a form of pollution. For this reason, various apparatuses for these processes have been proposed, but in all conventional processing apparatuses, an empty bottle crusher and an empty can compressor are each independent.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) Therefore, not only does it require work to sort empty bottles and empty cans, but it also requires the installation of separate crushers and compressors, which takes up space and is expensive. It also had some disadvantages.

(Means for Solving the Problems) Therefore, the present invention combines a crusher and a compressor into one, automatically sorts empty bottles and empty cans, and separates empty bottles so that they can be reused. The purpose is to compress and process the crushed empty cans, and the gist is as follows.

Below the hopper, there is a quantitative transfer machine that communicates with the hopper into which empty bottles and empty cans are input, and below the quantitative transfer machine, there is a sorting machine that separates empty bottles and empty cans and communicates with the quantitative transfer machine. Set up

This quantitative conveyance machine is formed by partitions provided radially around a rotating shaft, and includes a group of storage chambers that accommodate each empty bottle or can that falls from a hopper.

The sorting machine is formed by partitions provided radially outside the rotating shaft, and includes a group of storage chambers that accommodate empty bottles or empty cans that fall from the quantitative conveyance machine one by one. Furthermore, at the tip of each partition, a sorting bar that can be opened and closed is always pivoted in the opposite direction to the direction of rotation of the partition, and when the storage chamber rotates downward and the partition faces downward, the sorting bar collects empty bottles. Due to the weight of the can, it opens downward and drops the empty bottle, and then returns to its original position, but the partition and sorting bar are connected by a spring so that the weight of the empty can does not cause it to open.

Below the sorting machine, the empty bottles that fall from the sorting machine are guided (via the empty bottle duct to the crusher, pass over the empty bottle duct, and pass through the ascending process of the storage chamber to the sorting bar and the subsequent partition). A compressor is provided through an empty can duct that guides empty cans falling from between the two.

Furthermore, a drive device is provided to drive the metering conveyor, the sorter, the crusher, and the compressor.

(Function) Empty bottles and empty cans introduced into the duct are stored one by one in the storage chamber of the quantitative conveyance machine, and when the storage chamber rotates downward, one by one is stored in the storage chamber of the sorting machine.

When the storage chamber of the sorting machine rotates downward, the weight of the empty bottles causes the sorting bar to open downward, dropping the empty bottles from the empty bottle duct into the crusher. When an empty bottle is dropped, the spring returns the sorting bar to its original position.

Empty bottles dropped into the crusher are crushed by the crusher.

Even if the storage chamber containing empty cans, which are lighter than empty bottles, rotates downward, the spring allows the sorting bar to pass over the empty bottle duct without opening. During the rising process of the storage chamber, empty cans fall from between the sorting bar and the following partition, and are compressed by a compressor through the empty can duct.

(Example) The present invention will be explained below based on illustrated embodiments.

The present invention is mainly composed of a hopper 2, a constant conveyor 6, a sorter 10, a crusher 18, a compressor 24, and a drive device 29, each of which is housed in a casing 1.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a casing, on the top of which there is an empty bottle Wa, a hopper 2 having an empty can persimmon inlet 3, and opposing partition walls 4a, 4.
It is formed by b. Reference numeral 5 designates a stabilizing plate whose one end edge is pivotally supported by the partition wall 4a and is vertically swingable, so that the empty bottle-a and the empty can of persimmons thrown into the hopper 2 are placed sideways.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a constant W conveyor, and plate-like or frame-like partitions 8 are installed radially from the rotary shaft 7 through bosses at equal intervals, and the empty bottles Wa and empty cans Wb falling from the hopper 2 are collected by the plate-like or frame-like partitions 8. A storage chamber 9 is formed for accommodating each container.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a sorting machine, which is installed diagonally below the quantitative conveying machine 6, and is separated from the quantitative conveying machine 6 by plate-shaped or frame-shaped partitions 12 installed radially from the rotary shaft 11 through bosses at equal intervals. The same number of storage chambers 13 (six in the embodiment) are formed. In each storage chamber 13, there are fixed transport machines 10 to 1.
Empty bottles Wa or empty cans Wb that are dropped one by one are accommodated one by one. As shown in FIG. 2, a sorting bar 14 is pivotally supported at the tip of the partition 12 so as to be openable and closable, and a spring 15 is attached so that the sorting bar 14 is always oriented in the opposite direction to the direction of rotation of the partition 12. is attached to the partition 13 and the sorting bar 14.

Reference numeral 16 denotes an open skin duct, which communicates with the sorting machine 10 during the descending process of the accommodation chamber 13 of the sorting machine 10 through a partition wall 4a and a bifurcated partition wall 4c, and communicates with a crusher 18 below, which will be described below. . Reference numeral 17 denotes an empty can duct formed by the partition wall 4b and the partition wall 4c.
Communicate with.

The spring 15 attached to the sorting bar 14 is set so that the sorting bar 14 opens and closes with a weight of 70 to 90 g or more, which is heavier than the empty [Wb]. Therefore, empty bottle Wa
When the storage chamber 13 containing the empty bottle Wa rotates onto the empty bottle duct 16, the sorting bar 14 picks up the weight of the empty bottle Wa (125
~200g), and releases the empty bottle Wa into the empty bottle duct 16, and then returns.

On the other hand, the empty can Wb in the storage chamber 13 is supported by the sorting bar 14 in the closed state by the spring 15, and passes over the empty bottle duct 16. However, when the partition plate 12 moves upward, the following partition Since the distance between the plate 12 and the tip of the sorting bar 14 is set to be sufficiently wider than the outer diameter of the empty can, the empty can falls into the empty can duct 17.

The crusher 18 has a hammer head 21 attached to the tip of a handle 20 (four in the embodiment) radially attached at equal intervals from a rotating shaft 19 via bosses.

22 is a screen. The waste of the empty bottle Wa crushed by the crusher 18 passes through the screen 22 and falls into the glass waste drawer 23 below. By appropriately selecting the size of the mesh of the screen 22, it is possible to obtain glass dust particles of a desired size.

In addition, when this crusher 18 uses the "Glass crusher" (Japanese Patent Publication No. 61-47579, Patent No. 1381110) patented by the present applicant, the crushed particles are rounded and the empty bottle Wa is Labels and other paper pieces that have been pasted can be peeled off for easy post-processing.

24 is a compressor for empty can wb, and the empty can duct 17 is
A fixed plate 25 is provided below the fixed plate 25 in communication with the fixed plate 25, and a compression plate 26 facing the fixed plate 25 is pivotably supported at its lower end and is swingable.
, and a cam device 27.

The empty can Wb falling through the empty can duct 17 is fixed on the fixing plate 25.
and the compression plate 26, which swings toward the fixed plate 25, and is crushed, and falls into the compression can drawer 28 below.

Finally, 29 is a drive device that controls the rotation of the motor 30.
Belt (indicated by one-dot chain line), Cheno (indicated by two-dot chain line)
The deceleration pulley and the deceleration Cheno wheel are rotated to rotate the quantitative conveyance machine 6 and the cam device 27. Further, the sorting machine 10 is rotated in synchronization with the quantitative conveyance machine 6 using a chino. or,
■Rotate the crusher 18 with a belt. This motor 2
9 is activated by a contact type automatic switch 31 provided at the input port 3 of the hopper 2, but a variable time switch (not shown) is connected to the switch 31 so that it is activated within a set time range of 10 to 60 seconds. It has become. Also, quantitative transport machine 6
The sorting machine 10 rotates at 50 to 60 revolutions per minute, and the crusher 18 rotates at 700 to 900 revolutions per minute.

The outer shells of the above-described metering conveyor 6, sorter 10, crusher 18, and compressor 24 are formed by partition walls 4a, 4b, and 4c.

The configurations of the crusher 18 and the compressor 24 are not limited to those in the embodiment, and may be configured with known ones, such as rolls that rotate in opposite directions.

(Effects) A single device can crush empty bottles and compress empty cans, saving space and increasing work efficiency.

Furthermore, since it is mechanically constructed, it has a simple structure, is extremely sturdy, does not break down, and can be provided at a low price.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a side view, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing how the partition of the sorting machine and the sorting bar are attached. 2...Hopper 6...Quantity transfer machine 8...Partition 9...Accommodation chamber 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 24, 29, Wa ・ -b・・Sorting machine, partition, storage room, sorting par, empty bottle duct, empty can duct, crusher, compressor, drive device, empty bottle, empty can

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A quantitative conveyance machine communicating with the hopper is disposed below the hopper, and a sorting machine communicating with the quantitative conveyance machine is disposed below the quantitative conveyance machine to separate empty bottles and empty cans of food and drink. The metering transfer machine is formed by partitions arranged radially around the rotating shaft, and is equipped with a group of storage chambers that accommodate each empty bottle or can that falls from the hopper. , comprising a group of storage chambers formed by partitions provided radially around the rotation axis and accommodating each empty bottle or empty can dropped from the quantitative conveyance machine, and
At the tip of each partition, a selection bar that can be opened and closed is always pivoted in the opposite direction to the rotation direction of the partition, and when the storage chamber rotates downward and the partition faces downward, the selection bar The partition and the selection bar are connected by a spring so that it opens downward and drops the empty bottle, then returns to its original position, but does not open due to the weight of the empty bottle. The empty bottles that fall from the sorting machine are guided through the empty bottle duct to the crusher, and the empty bottles that pass through the empty bottle duct and fall from between the sorting bar and the subsequent partition during the ascending process of the storage chamber are collected. An empty bottle can processing device characterized in that a compressor is provided through a guiding empty can duct, and a metering conveyor, a sorter, a crusher, and a drive device for driving the compressor are provided.