JPH0776041B2 - Cup collection container - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present application relates to a cup collecting container suitable for collecting a disposable cup made of paper, plastic, or the like.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, disposable cups after drinking in a place where a large amount of drinking water is consumed, such as an amusement park, have been thrown randomly into a waste basket.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, as described above, when a disposable cup after drinking is randomly discarded in a waste basket, the thrown-in cups are accommodated in various directions in the waste basket, are bulky, and are stored in the waste basket. The number of containers is extremely small compared to the storage capacity, so there was the inconvenience that the collection work from the waste basket had to be performed frequently.

Means for Solving the Problems Therefore, in order to improve the disadvantages of the above-mentioned known ones, the present application provides a bottomed container body having an open upper surface and a plurality of charging ports for charging cups around the sub charging port. The lid body is formed by arranging three or more main charging openings so as to surround them at equal intervals, and a storage cylinder whose upper end portions are respectively supported by the main charging openings and hang down. A cup collection, characterized by forming an apparent storage cylinder, which is formed by a circle inscribed in the three or more storage cylinders and is in communication with the sub-charge opening, at a position surrounded by the storage cylinders communicating with the input ports. In the above description, the lower end surface of the storage cylinder is separated from the bottom surface of the container main body at a distance smaller than the height dimension of the cup, and the dust bag is removed from the container main body. Container book for convenient wearing The container has a locking piece for holding the collection bag on the inner surface of the upper part, and the container body may have a rectangular cross section, a triangular shape, or a circular cross section.

Operation When using, however, first, the lid is tightly fitted to the upper opening of the container main body with the storage cylinder being hung. Then, when the cups are put in this state, the cups are put into the main and sub-charging ports with the bottom of the cup downward. Then, at the main charging port that communicates with the storage container, the first charged cup descends by its own weight while being guided by the inner surface of the storage container, the bottom of which comes into contact with the bottom surface of the recovery garbage bag, and the next introduced cup also While being guided by the inner surface of the storage cylinder, it descends and is automatically polymerized in the first cup. In addition, at the sub-charging port that does not communicate with the storage cylinder, the first-loaded cup is lowered by its own weight while being guided by the outer surfaces of the three or more storage cylinders that surround it, and the bottom of the cup is placed on the bottom surface of the collection bag. The cup that is brought into contact with and then thrown in is also descended while being guided by the outer surfaces of the three or more storage cylinders that surround it, and is automatically polymerized in the first cup. In this way, the cups C that are thrown in from the main charging port and the sub charging port are sequentially stacked in the storage cylinder and the apparent storage cylinder surrounded by the storage cylinder to form a columnar cup stack. After the inside of each storage cylinder is filled with the stack of cups in this way, the lid is removed from the container body and lifted up, and together with the lid, each storage cylinder is also pulled up to stack the cups. Only the body remains in the container body, and in this state, the stack of cups is collected in the collection garbage bag. And when the lower end surface of the storage cylinder is separated from the bottom surface of the container main body with an interval at least smaller than the height dimension of the cup, it is possible to prevent the lower end portion of the storage cylinder from being soiled, and the inner surface of the upper part of the container main body. When a locking piece for sandwiching the collected garbage bag is provided in the container, the upper end of the collected garbage bag can be clamped by the locking piece and held in the container body, and the cross section of the container body is square. When it is triangular or circular, you can select a container that suits the installation location.

Embodiments Embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of the container of the present application. The container has a bottomed container body (1) and an upper surface of the container body (1). It is composed of a lid body (2) made of a synthetic resin molding and a plurality of storage cylinders (3) vertically arranged in the container body (1). The container body (1) has a bottom plate (4) in which downward bending ribs (4) 'are formed on the peripheral edge of a rectangular plate body, and has a rectangular cross section, and the upper edge is bent inward. A rectangular tube-shaped outer frame body which is edged and whose lower edge is fitted together with the bending rib (4) ′ by a frame edge (5) having an upwardly U-shaped cross section and integrally fixed to the bottom plate (4). (6) and at the upper four corners of the inner surface of the outer frame body (6), a collection dust bag (a plastic bag or the like having a size substantially equal to the inner volume of the container body (1) ( A locking piece (8) for sandwiching the upper end portion of 7) by magnetic attraction to fix the collection dust bag (7) to the inner side surface of the container body (1) is arranged to be openable and closable. The lid body (2) is provided with a fitting rib (9) which is bent downward at the peripheral edge portion and is tightly fitted to the outside of the mouth portion of the outer frame body (6) of the container body (1). Handle parts (10), (10) are integrally provided on the left and right outer sides of the fitting rib (9), and the lid (2) has a plurality of diameters larger than the outer diameter of the disposable cup C. The inlets (11) are opened so as to surround one auxiliary inlet (11) b with at least three main inlets (11) a at equal intervals. In this example, as shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the main inlets (11) a are arranged in the longitudinal direction for three units and in the lateral direction for two units respectively, and the sub-discharging is performed at each position surrounded by the four main inlets (11) a. The figure shows a case where two ports (11) b are provided, and a total of eight ports are provided.
Mounting ridges (12) projecting downward are integrally provided at the peripheral edges of the respective. The storage part (3) has an inner diameter of the input port (1
It is almost equal to the inner diameter of 1), and the above-mentioned mounting cylinder (1
It may have a large diameter fitting portion (13) tightly fitted to the outer peripheral surface of 2) and extend vertically so that the lower surface reaches the bottom surface of the container body (1), but preferably one lower surface A mounting cylinder part which is composed of a cylinder body having a length apart from the bottom plate (4) at an interval shorter than the height dimension of the cup C, and an upper end fitting part (13) of which is provided at each of the input ports (11) a. By being fitted to the outer peripheral surface of (12), they are vertically hung integrally with the lid body (2). With this structure, the distance between adjacent storage cylinders (3) is smaller than the diameter of the cup C. The four main inlets (1
1) An apparent storage cylinder (14) immediately below the sub inlet (11) b by a circle inscribed in the four storage cylinders (3) communicating with a.
Is formed.

Reference numeral (15) is a connecting piece that connects adjacent storage cylinders (3) to each other to prevent the lower end of the storage cylinder (3) from swaying.

Then, in use, first, the lid (2) is removed with the storage cylinder (3) suspended, and then the collection dust bag (7) is stored in the container body (1) in an expanded state. At the same time, the upper end of the recovery garbage bag (7) is sandwiched and held by the locking pieces (8), and then the lid body (2) is tightly fitted to the container body (1). Then, when the cup C is charged in this state, the cup C is sequentially charged into the main charging port (11) a and the sub charging port (11) b with the bottom thereof facing down. Then, the cup C _{1 which} is initially charged at the main charging port (11) a communicating with the storage cylinder (3) descends by its own weight while being guided by the inner surface of the storage cylinder (3), and the bottom portion thereof has a recovery garbage bag (7). ), The cup C ₂ that is next charged also descends while being guided by the inner surface of the storage cylinder (3), and is automatically polymerized in the first cup C ₁ . The initially charged the cup C ₁ since the upper portion of the cup C ₁ is in contact with the stored state on the bottom in the storage cylinder cup C ₁ is the container body (1) inside of the container body (1) and the bottom It doesn't fall down. In addition, at the sub charging port (11) b that does not communicate with the storage cylinder (3), the first-loaded cup C ₁ descends by its own weight while being guided by the outer surface of the four storage cylinders (3) surrounding it. The bottom part of the waste bag (7) comes into contact with the bottom of the bag, and the next cup C ₂ ,
While being guided by the outer surfaces of the four accommodating cylinders (3) surrounding it, they descend and are automatically polymerized in the first cup C ₁ . Then, in the storage state in which the bottom of the first-loaded cup C ₁ is in contact with the bottom of the container body (1), the upper part of the cup C ₁ is supported by the outer surfaces of the four storage cylinders (3) surrounding it. As a result, the cup C ₁ will not fall down inside the container body (1).

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the cup C thrown from the main charging port (11) a and the sub charging port (11) b is surrounded by the storage cylinder (3) and the storage cylinder (3). The columnar cups C are stacked one after another in the apparent storage cylinder (14). In this way, the inside of each storage cylinder (3) and the apparent storage cylinder (14) are filled with the laminated body of the cup C, and then the handle body (10) is used to cover the lid body (2) with the container body (1). When it is further removed and lifted up, the storage cylinder (3) is also lifted up together with the lid (2) and the cup C
Only the laminated body of the collection garbage bag (7) in the container body (1)
Remaining inside, the stack of cups C is collected from the main body (1) by lifting the collection dust bag (7) from the container main body (1) by releasing the pinching by the locking piece (8) in this state. Collected in bag (7).

In the above embodiment, the main body (11) a communicating with the storage cylinder (3) is provided in the lid body (2) in the longitudinal direction with three addresses and in the lateral direction with two addresses. A case is shown in which two auxiliary input ports (11) b that do not communicate with the storage cylinder (3) are provided in a position surrounded by four main input ports (11) a, a total of eight. However, FIG. 6 shows that the container body (1) 'is formed in a regular triangular cross section, and a sub-charging port (11) b is provided around the lid (2)' having a regular triangular shape. 12
FIG. 7 shows a case where three main input ports (11) a are arranged at intervals of 0 degree and the storage cylinders (3) are attached to the respective main input ports (11) a. The main body (1) ″ is formed in a circular cross section, and the sub-charging port (11) b is formed in the center of the circular lid (2) ″, and five main charging ports are provided around it at intervals of 72 degrees. (11) a is installed and its main inlet (1
1) Shows an embodiment in which the storage cylinder (3) is attached to a.

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention as described above, when the cups are charged from the charging hole, the cups can be automatically stacked due to their own weight and can be collected in the stacked state, and since the storage density is high, an extremely large amount can be stored at a time. The collection work from the container body is extremely simple and the collection work from the container body is also extremely easy. Also, when the lower end surface of the storage cylinder is separated from the bottom surface of the container body at least by a distance smaller than the height dimension of the cup, the lower end portion of the storage cylinder. It is convenient to handle because it can avoid the stains on the container, and it is also convenient to attach and remove the garbage bag for collection when the locking piece that holds the garbage bag is arranged on the inner surface of the upper part of the container body. Further, when the cross section is rectangular, triangular or circular, there is an advantage that a container suitable for the installation place can be selected.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present application, FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a whole body with a part cut away, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view, FIG. 3 is a plan view, FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line I-I, and FIG. The drawing is a cross-sectional view, FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway plan view showing another embodiment, and FIG. 7 is a partially cutaway plan view showing still another embodiment. In the figure, (1) is a container body, (2) is a lid, (3) is a storage cylinder, (4) is a bottom plate, (7) is a garbage bag for collection, (8) is a locking piece, and (11). a is the main inlet, (11) b is the sub inlet, and C is the cup.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A container body having a bottom with an open top and a plurality of charging ports for charging cups are arranged so that three or more main charging ports are surrounded at equal intervals around a sub charging port. And a storage cylinder whose upper end portion is respectively supported by the main input port and hangs down, and three or more of them are provided at a position surrounded by the storage cylinders communicating with the three or more main input ports. A cup collection container, which is formed of a circle inscribed in the storage container and communicates with the sub-charging port. 2. The cup collection container according to claim 1, wherein the lower end surface of the storage cylinder is separated from the bottom surface of the container body at least at an interval smaller than the height dimension of the cup. 3. The cup collection container according to claim 1, wherein a locking piece for sandwiching a collection dust bag is provided on an inner surface of an upper portion of the container body. 4. The cup collecting container according to claim 1, wherein the cross section of the container body is formed in a rectangular shape, a triangular shape or a circular shape.