JPH05143837A - Article recovery device for empty can, etc - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the recovery rate of articles like abandoned empty cans by operating a slot machine at each time of detecting an article like an empty can and adding the number of points to newly magnetically store the addition result. CONSTITUTION:Each time a detection signal of the article like an empty can is outputted from a can control part 9, a central processing unit 21 operates a slot machine 2. The operation of a press driving mechanism 13 is controlled, and a magnetic card 23 having a belt-like magnetic storage part in a part is inserted from a card slot 4, and the number of accumulated points of articles like empty cans which is stored in the magnetic storage part is read by a card reader/writer part 24. Then, this number of accumulated points is temporarily stored in a RAM 26, and point data for present throwing-in of the article like an empty can is added to accumulated point data. New accumulated point data is calculated and is displayed on a display part 5, and the magnetic storage part of the magnetic card 23 is updated to newly store this accumulated point data by the card reader/writer part 24.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for collecting articles such as empty cans, and is effective for articles such as empty cans such as aluminum cans and steel cans, which are mainly sold by being filled with soft drinks or alcoholic beverages. The present invention relates to a device for collecting articles such as empty cans for collection.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, most of soft drinks and alcoholic beverages have been filled in aluminum cans or steel cans and sold at vending machines. The vending machines are installed in various places other than the storefront. There are quite a few beverage filling cans on the market. Along with that, empty cans are thrown all over the place and scattered, which is becoming a social problem from the viewpoint of environmental protection. Not only is the aluminum can relatively easy to recycle, but this recycled aluminum has a small amount of energy required for production and the amount of carbon dioxide gas generated during production, which is about 3 percent of new metal, It is extremely meaningful from the viewpoint of significant energy saving and air pollution control, and there is a strong demand for environmental protection and resource reuse by increasing the collection rate of articles such as empty cans.

[0003]

However, the recovery rate of articles such as empty cans is not good. Items such as empty cans purchased and sold at vending machines at storefronts are collected in collection baskets installed nearby, and the collection rate is relatively high.However, when they are consumed outdoors in parks, etc. If there is no such thing, it is often thrown away in the vicinity of the drinking place, and the high morals of picking up and carrying the items such as empty cans of other people to the collection place have not become established in Japan. However, since we only rely on private volunteer activities to collect such items such as empty cans scattered outdoors, the collection rate of items such as empty cans outdoors is extremely poor, and it is effective to improve this. There are long-awaited means.

Therefore, the present invention is an apparatus for collecting articles such as empty cans that makes it possible to unconsciously enjoy picking up and carrying articles such as empty cans that are discarded outdoors and scattered. It is a technical task to provide

[0005]

As a technical means for achieving the above object, the present invention is configured as follows with an article collecting device such as an empty can. That is, an inlet for articles such as empty cans such as aluminum cans and steel cans such as beverages, a detection unit for articles such as empty cans inserted from the inlet, and crushing of articles such as empty cans introduced. Means, a collection unit for articles such as crushed empty cans, a slot machine that operates each time the detection unit detects articles such as empty cans, and a user-owned card having a magnetic storage unit; Means for reading point data relating to accumulation of articles such as empty cans stored in the magnetic storage section of the card, point data read by the reading means, and point data for articles such as empty cans at this time And a writing means for updating and storing the addition point data obtained by the adding means in the magnetic storage unit of the card, and a means for presenting the operation result of the slot machine. It is an.

[0006]

When an article such as an empty can is loaded from the loading port, the detection unit detects loading of the article such as the empty can in the process from the loading port to the crushing means. A personally owned magnetic card is inserted into the card insertion slot either before, during, or after the insertion of articles such as empty cans. The slot machine is activated each time an article such as an empty can is detected, and the introduced article such as an empty can is compressed by a crushing means such as a press to reduce its volume and then collected in the collecting section. To be done. When the slot machine operates while compressing an article such as an empty can, and the throttle part stops and a winning symbol or number is displayed, a winning card that prints out the winning by means of presenting means, for example, a printer Or, present this and a lottery ticket and present it to the person who puts in an article such as an empty can. Then, the points depending on the number of articles such as empty cans or points obtained by adding the slot machine to the points are accumulated in the magnetic storage unit of the above-mentioned magnetic card until the collection of articles such as empty cans. The cumulative point data added to the point data is newly magnetically stored in the magnetic storage unit. The right to exchange a magnetic card for which the point data has reached a predetermined value with a corresponding prize or to draw a lottery is given. In addition, the winning tickets for slot machines will also be exchanged for prizes. Therefore, by increasing the accumulated point data of items such as empty cans using a magnetic card and double enjoyment of playing games with slot machines, the discarded items such as empty cans are actively picked up and put into the collection device. Since it will make you want to try it, you can expect a marked increase in the collection rate of items such as empty waste cans outdoors.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a schematic configuration of one embodiment of the present invention. A slot machine (2), a slot (3) for loading articles such as empty cans, a card slot ( 4) and display section (5) (LE
D DISPLAY) is exposed to the outside. The charging port (3) is connected to the lower press machine (6) by a connecting pipe (7). A discharge window (10) that is normally closed by a lid body (8) biased by a spring (not shown) is opened in the upper part of the press machine (6) in the connecting pipe (7). When an object with a weight greater than that of an empty can or the like to be collected is loaded, the press machine (6)
It is dropped on the inner bottom of the casing (1) by a balancer provided in the vicinity of. Foreign substances other than aluminum cans and steel cans remain at the charging port (3). Alternatively, when an object such as an empty can or the like to be collected has a weight greater than that of the object, the lid body (8)
Is opened and the object is taken out from the discharge window (10) through the outlet (1
It may be returned to 1). When an appropriate product such as an empty can to be collected is thrown in, it is detected by the can detection unit (1) and sent to the press machine (6).

The can detection section (9) outputs an article detection signal such as an empty can when an article such as an empty can is delivered to the press chamber of the press machine (6), and the detection signal is used to determine the electrical configuration. The control unit (12) actuates the press drive mechanism (13) composed of a link mechanism or the like, whereby the press plate (14) is moved to the left in the figure and the articles such as empty cans in the press chamber are crushed. This compressed article such as an empty can is pressed (6)
When falling from the discharge part (15) of the container, the sorting machine is operated by the aluminum and iron sensors, and when the product such as an empty can is a steel can, the storage bag (17) on the right side of the can collecting part (19). In the case of an aluminum can, it is dropped as it is and placed in the storage bag (18) on the left side, and is sorted and recovered into a steel can and an aluminum can.
The control unit (12), the printer (20), and the printer discharge port (201) will be described later.

Next, FIG. 2 showing a block diagram of the electrical components will be described. In the control unit (12), the central processing unit (21) controls the entire device based on a software program preset and stored in the ROM (25). The can detection unit (9) detects articles such as empty cans. Each time a signal is output, the slot machine (2) is operated, the operation of the press drive mechanism (13) is controlled, and a magnetic card (2) having a strip-shaped magnetic storage part in one part
3) is inserted from the card insertion slot (4), and when the card reader / writer unit (23) reads the accumulated point data of an article such as an empty can stored in the magnetic storage unit, the accumulated point data is stored in the RAM (26). ), The point data obtained by inserting an article such as an empty can this time is added to the accumulated point data to calculate new accumulated point data, which is displayed on the display unit (5), and The accumulated point data is controlled by the card reader / writer unit (23) to be updated and newly stored in the magnetic storage unit of the magnetic card (23).

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, waiting for an inserter of an article such as an empty can to insert his / her magnetic card (23) into the card insertion slot (4) (step S1), and when the magnetic card (23) is inserted, a card reader / The writer section (24) reads the accumulated point data stored in the magnetic storage section of the magnetic card (23) and temporarily stores it in the RAM (26), and displays it on the display section (5) to notify it (step S2). Next, the can detection unit (9) waits for the insertion of an appropriate article such as an empty can to be collected (step S
3) In the case where proper articles such as empty cans have not been thrown in or a thing other than those to be collected have been thrown in by the time the fixed time measured by the counter (22) has passed (step S9), The inserted card (23) is sent out from the card insertion slot (4) (step S10) to prompt the operation again. Then, if the can detection unit (9) detects the insertion of an appropriate article such as an empty can and outputs the detection signal and the aluminum and iron sensor signals, the central processing unit (21) that has input the detection signal, At the same time, articles such as empty cans detected by the can detection unit (9) are sent to the press machine (6) (step S
After 4), the slot machine (2) is actuated and the press drive mechanism (13) is actuated to crush articles such as empty cans in the press chamber (step S5).

Next, the central processing unit (21) is
The result of stopping the operation of the machine (2) is determined (step S6). If you get a winning design or number,
Control the printer (20) and output the winning ticket to the printer outlet.
Print out from (201) or 1 lottery ticket
Sheets are sent out (step S7). After that, the number of points this time is calculated. For example, slot machine (2)
If the result of the operation by is not correct, "1" is calculated. If it is a hit, the number of points obtained by adding a preset numerical value to "1" is calculated. The point data temporarily stored in the RAM (26) is added to the calculated present point data, and the accumulated point data is added to the magnetic storage unit of the magnetic card (23) by the card reader / writer unit (24). To be newly stored (step S8), and the accumulated data is digitally displayed on the display unit (5) to inform the can-inserter. When the cumulative data is not displayed on the display unit (5), advertisements of companies, weather forecasts, news, etc. are displayed as necessary.

Then, when the number of stored magnetic cards (23) reaches a predetermined number, a privilege such as exchanging with a corresponding prize or drawing a lottery is given. In addition, you can enjoy the game that you can win the winning ticket and lottery by operating the slot machine (2) every time you insert an item such as an empty can, so you can unknowingly fall on the roadside. I was moved to pick up other items and have a chance to get special benefits while enjoying the game, and I can expect effective collection of items such as empty cans outdoors that had a poor collection rate until now.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the card (23) is inserted every time an article such as an empty can is inserted so that the operation feeling of the slot machine can be obtained. Insert the card (23) before inserting the articles or after inserting all the articles such as empty cans, and read out the number of points from the card (23). Count value and slot
It goes without saying that the number of points added by the number of points by the machine can be added.

[0014]

As described above, according to the device for collecting articles such as empty cans of the present invention, when articles such as empty cans are inserted from the can insertion port, the articles collected by empty cans are accumulated in the magnetic card of the person collecting the cans. The point data of will be updated and stored each time, and every time you insert an item such as an empty can, the slot machine will operate and you can enjoy the game, and receive prizes etc. depending on the result of the game. Since you can get a chance, you can give the feeling that you want to pick up and throw in items such as empty cans that are thrown away unknowingly, and in particular, the items such as empty cans that are abandoned outdoors. It is expected that the recovery rate will be dramatically increased to achieve environmental protection and energy saving.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a schematic configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the electrical configuration of the above.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 slot machine 3 product insertion port for empty cans 4 card insertion port 6 press machine (crushing means) 9 can detection unit 12 control unit 19 collection unit 23 cards

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An inlet for articles such as empty cans such as aluminum cans and steel cans such as beverages, a detection unit for articles such as empty cans inserted through the inlets, and A crushing means for the article, and a collecting section for the crushed article such as an empty can,
A slot machine that operates each time an object such as an empty can is detected by the detection unit, a user-owned card having a magnetic storage unit, and a collection empty can or the like for storing memory in the magnetic storage unit of the attached card. A means for reading the point data relating to the accumulation of the articles, a means for adding the point data read by the reading means and the point data for the articles such as the current empty cans, and the point data added by the adding means for the card. An article collecting device such as an empty can comprising a writing unit for updating and storing in the magnetic storage unit and a unit for presenting the operation result of the slot machine. 2. The printing means for printing out the operation result is provided as the presenting means.
Item collection device such as an empty can. 3. The device for collecting articles such as an empty can according to claim 1, wherein the display unit is provided on the outer surface of the device.