JPH0291308A - Scavenger's cart for wasted cans - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce time and labor for scavenging by a method wherein a rake is attached to a slantly lower section on the front toward a traveling direction with a plurality of blades provided radially around a rotation shaft over the rake, and a wheel to be moved between rake rods is provided freely rotatable. CONSTITUTION:A rod member 3 which extends slantly downward along a forward direction of a cart 1 traveling with a rake 4 formed in a comb shape mounted, and a receiving box 5 is provided at the rear so that it can be freely removed on a frame 1. A plurality of blades 8 which extend upward through the interval of the rod member 3 at a bent portion of the rake 4, and an impeller 6 is rotated by torque of a wheel 2. A ski 12 is provided at the tip of the rod member 3 of the rake 4 while a scraping jig 14 is provided at the tip of a frame 1a, and the cart is drawn by a tractor K to gather wasted cans on the ground. This reduces time and labor required by scavenging wasted cans.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an empty can cleaning vehicle that picks up empty bottles, empty cans, etc. that have been thrown away, for example, on the side strip or median strip of a road.

[Prior Art] In general, it is necessary to regularly cut weeds in roadside strips or median strips as described above for safety management such as fire prevention and to maintain aesthetic appearance. In this case, if empty bottles, cans, etc. are scattered, the cutter for mowing the grass will hit the empty cans and the cutting blade of the cutter will lose ri1, and the empty cans, etc. will be blown onto the road by the cutter. As it may cause an obstruction to passing vehicles,
First, empty cans and other items are removed, and then the grass is mowed.

Conventionally, empty cans and the like were removed (this work was done by picking them up manually).

[Problems to be solved by the invention] Therefore, there is a problem that the efficiency of removing empty cans is low, and moreover, the worker has to search for empty cans and pick them up from among overgrown weeds, which places a heavy burden on the worker. was there.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an empty can cleaning vehicle that saves labor in removing empty cans from roadside strips and the like.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention comprises a vehicle body having a plurality of rod-shaped members extending obliquely downward in the forward direction of travel thereof and arranged in the width direction of the vehicle body to form a comb shape. A sinking rake is attached, a receiving box is removably attached to the car body on the rear side of the sinking rake, and a plurality of blades are provided above the sinking rake in a radial direction around the rotating shaft. ,
and an impeller is provided rotatably supported on the vehicle body so that the lower end of the blade moves from the front side to the rear side through the gap between the rod-shaped members of the scooping rake when rotated. There is.

[Function] In the present invention, by traveling while rotating an impeller, empty cans discarded in areas where weeds are thick are scooped up and scooped up with a rake.

When the scooped empty cans move backward by a predetermined distance on the scooping rake, they are then sent further backward by the blades of the rotating impeller, and are lowered from the scooping rake into the receiving box. As a result, empty cans scattered on the ground etc. are collected in the receiving box. When the receiving box is full of empty cans, the receiving box is removed and the empty cans inside are collected in a predetermined place.

[Embodiment] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a vehicle body of an empty can cleaning vehicle, and running wheels 2 are provided at both ends of a frame la constituting the vehicle body 1 in the vehicle body width direction (direction perpendicular to the plane of the paper in FIG. 1).
is provided. In addition, between the left and right frames la, a plurality of rod-shaped members 3 such as strip plates or round bars extending diagonally downward and forward in the traveling direction of the vehicle body l are arranged at intervals in the width direction of the vehicle body, and are formed in a comb shape. The rod-shaped member 3 is made of a hard material such as steel, and is formed to have a thickness or diameter smaller than the outer diameter of a normal empty bottle or can. The width of the gap between each rod-shaped member 3 is narrower than the outer diameter of the empty can.

Further, the rear end side of the scooping rake 4 is inclined diagonally downward toward the rear from the bent portion 3a of the rod-shaped member 3. On the rear side of the scooping rake 4, a receiving box 5 made of lightweight plastic or wire mesh is provided so as to be detachable from the frame la. In addition, the bar-shaped member 3 forms a comb-like groove (the penetration rake 4 is
The front end side is inclined so as to have a gentle slope with respect to the ground, and the rear end side up to the bent portion 3a is sloped so as to have a steep slope with respect to the ground. An impeller 6 whose axis is oriented horizontally in the width direction of the vehicle body is provided above the rear side of the scooping rake 4 and is rotatably supported by the frame 1a. ° The impeller 6 has a rotation axis 7 whose circumferential direction is 4
It extends in the radial direction at the equally dividing position, and when rotated, passes through the gap between the rod-shaped members 3 of the scooping rake 4, and further passes through the gap between the rod-shaped members 3 of the bent portion 3a at the rear end of the scooping rake 4. A plurality of blades 8 are provided that extend upward. The impeller 6 is connected to the rotating shaft 2a of the wheel 2 through a sprocket 9 fixed to the rotating shaft 7, a sprocket lO fixed to the rotating shaft 2a of the wheel 2, and a chain 11 wrapped around these. and is rotated by the rotational force of the wheels 2. Furthermore, skis 12 are provided at the tips of the rod-shaped members 3 at both ends of the rake rake 4 in the width direction of the vehicle body. This ski 12 moves on the ground or grass so that the tip of the scooping rake 4 does not pierce the ground (moves smoothly along the ground). At both ends of the vehicle width direction,
A flat plate 13 rising upward from the scooping rake 4 is provided.

Further, a scraping tool 14 is provided at the tip of the frame la so as to be movable and adjustable in the vertical direction. The scraping tool 14 is provided with downward teeth 14b arranged at predetermined intervals in the vehicle width direction under a rod 14a extending in the vehicle width direction, and trims weeds while driving. Empty cans caught in the middle of the weeds are scraped down.

Further, at the tip of the frame 1a, there is a tow bar 15 for removably connecting the vehicle body l to a towing vehicle K such as a tiller or a tractor.
is provided.

In order to pick up empty cans with the empty can cleaning vehicle configured as described above, first connect the tow bar 15 to the towing vehicle K,
The vehicle will be towed by the towing vehicle. After setting the vertical position of the scraping implement 14 according to the height of the grass, the vehicle starts traveling.

Then, the empty cans caught in the middle of the grass fall to the ground by the scraping tool 14, the empty cans falling on the ground are scooped up by the scooping rake 4, and moved backward on the scooping rake 4. At this time, the empty cans that are scooped out first are pushed up backward by the empty cans that are scooped up later, so that the empty cans are smoothly moved rearward. Also, scraping tool 1
4, the grass is trimmed, and the comb-shaped scooping rake 4 is moved through the grass. The empty cans that have been moved backwards on the scooping rake 4 to a predetermined position are moved by an impeller 6 that rotates in conjunction with the rotation of the wheel 2.
It is further moved backward on the scooping rake 4 and falls into the receiving box 5.

Furthermore, when the empty cans move on the scooping rake 4, the flat plates 13 provided at both ends of the scooping rake 4 in the vehicle width direction move the empty cans onto the scooping rake 4 at both ends of the vehicle width direction. It won't fall off. In this way, when the receiving box 5 is full of empty cans, the receiving box 5 is removed and the empty cans inside are collected at a predetermined place. Then, the user attaches the empty receiving box 5 again and starts picking up empty cans.

In the empty can cleaning vehicle configured as above,
By being towed by a towing vehicle, empty cans that have fallen on the ground or caught in the grass can be picked up, making it easier to pick up empty cans than relying on humans to pick up empty cans. The time and labor required for cleaning can be reduced. Furthermore, the towing vehicle and the vehicle body 1 can be moved up and down somewhat relative to each other by a tow bar 15, and the vehicle body 1 can be moved up and down around the rotation axis 2a of the running wheels 10 depending on the surface condition of the ground. Although it oscillates, since the ski 12 is attached to the tip of the rake 4,
Even if the ground is somewhat uneven, the tip of the scooping rake 4 can be smoothly moved along the ground. Further, since a scraping tool 14 is provided at the tip of the frame Ia, empty cans can be dropped onto the ground, and the grass is tidyed up and the rod-shaped member 3 of the rake 4 is moved to scrape through the grass. It can be made easier.

Further, when the receiving box 5 is full of empty cans, the receiving box 5 can be removed and the empty cans inside can be thrown away, which is extremely convenient.

In the above embodiment, the impeller 6 was configured to be driven by the rotational force of the wheel 2;
The impeller 6 may be driven by the power extracted from a power extraction device (power extraction device), or the vehicle body l may be provided with a power device for driving the impeller 6.

In addition, although it was configured to be towed by a towing vehicle, the vehicle body l
The vehicle may also be configured to be equipped with a steering and travel drive device so that it can travel by itself.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, by running the ζ impeller while rotating, it is possible to scoop up empty cans discarded in areas where weeds are thick and scoop them up with a rake.
In addition, since the cans can be scooped up by an impeller and moved backwards on the rake to be stored in the receiving box, the time and labor required to clean the empty cans can be reduced compared to the case where empty cans are collected manually. can be achieved. Furthermore, since the receiving box can be removed, it is extremely convenient to collect the empty cans in the receiving box at a predetermined location.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 and 2 are views showing one embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a side view of an empty can cleaning vehicle, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the main parts of the same cleaning vehicle. 3... Bar member, 4... Rake rake, 5... Receiving box, 6... Impeller,
7...Rotating shaft, 8...Blade.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A scooping rake is attached to the vehicle body, and the scooping rake is formed by a plurality of rod-shaped members extending diagonally downward in the forward direction of the vehicle and arranged in the width direction of the vehicle body to form a comb shape. A plurality of blades are provided above the scooping rake in a radial direction around a rotating shaft, and when the blade is rotated, the lower end of the blade is attached to the top of the scooping rake. An empty can cleaning vehicle characterized in that an impeller that moves from the front to the rear through a gap between a plurality of rod-shaped members is rotatably supported by the vehicle body.