JPH0899198A - Apparatus for automatically separating and compressing empty can - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide an empty can compression device which compresses while automatically separating a steel can and an aluminum can in a small size, light wt. at a low cost. CONSTITUTION: This apparatus contains a box body 1, and a can compression device body 8 fitted in the box body 4, and the empty can charged from a charging hole 2 of the box body is dropped into a compression space part in the device body 8 from an introducing passage 44 in the vertical or the horizontal directions and restrained. The empty can is compressed in the interval of a fixed compression plate member 19 by drawing a movable compression plate member 13 through a drawing arm by driving the drawing arm driving mechanism. Then, the aluminum can into an aluminum can basket 4 in the box body or the steel can into a steel can basket 5 by attracting with a magnet in the movable compression plate member 13 and pushing out with a steel can separating pin, are separately compressed and drop-received, respectively.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for automatically separating and compressing empty cans including aluminum cans and steel cans, especially soft drink empty cans.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recycling of resources for empty cans has been actively promoted in various fields due to increasing social concern about global environmental problems, and various kinds of empty can compressors have been proposed and put into practical use. Have been used for. Especially, the switch is turned ON for the automatic sorting compressor for aluminum cans and steel cans.
It is known that when you put empty cans into the hopper after that, aluminum cans and steel cans are compressed and sorted out.

[0003]

By the way, this conventional automatic selection compressor is for commercial use for a processor,
The selecting and compressing mechanism is complicated, large and heavy, and very expensive, which is not common.

According to the present invention, a soft drink empty can including an aluminum can and a steel can can be easily used in a place where the number of processes is small, for example, a place for installing a vending machine.
Moreover, it is an object of the present invention to provide a small-sized, lightweight and inexpensive automatic sorting and compressing device for empty cans that can be individually compressed and can automatically separate and collect aluminum cans and steel cans.

[0005]

To this end, the present invention provides a housing having an input port for an empty can of an object to be processed and an access port for two storage baskets of a compressed steel can and an aluminum can. An empty can compressing device main body mounted in the housing, the empty can compressing device main body being erected on a mounting base, and a plurality of protrusion preventing guide members for preventing protrusion of an empty can of the object to be processed; A fixing plate in which a plurality of steel can releasing pins are horizontally projected in the same direction inside the protrusion preventing guide member, and a supporting plate that is horizontally movably supported by the protrusion preventing guide member and the steel can releasing pin of the fixing plate. And a movable compression plate member provided with a magnet in a portion surrounded by the steel can releasing pin, and facing the movable compression plate member and positioned in front of the protrusion prevention guide member to the mounting base. Standing A fixed compression plate member which is a Kaka引 driving mechanism of the movable compression plate member to compress the object to be treated cans to and from the fixed compression plate member by Kaka引 the movable compression plate member,
Below the compression space formed by the movable compression plate member and the fixed compression plate member, the object empty space pivotally supported by holding metal fittings on opposite sides of the mounting base. A U-shaped stopper member that locks the can and a U-shaped stopper member that is horizontally projecting from the lower end of the side surface of the movable compression plate member and that is driven by the movable compression plate member when the suspension is driven. An operating plate that slides to incline the U-shaped stopper member and raises the U-shaped stopper member; Also, the present invention is characterized in that the compressed steel can is provided with a slip-prevention stabilizing plate that prevents the compressed steel can from slipping toward the aluminum can basket side.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings and its operation. 1 is a side view showing the overall structure, FIG. 2 is a front view of the same as above, FIGS. 3 and 4 are a plan view and a side view showing a main body of a compression device, and a housing 1 is shown in FIG. Figure 2
As shown in Fig. 3, each frame member and each face plate have a box shape of a substantially vertically long quadrangular shape, and the upper front side thereof has
It has an input port 2 for empty cans (hereinafter simply referred to as "empty cans") A for processing, and baskets 3 and 4 for storing compressed empty cans are put into and taken out from the side plate slightly below the middle. The main body 8 of the empty can compression device is disposed on the gantry 7 which has the double doors 5 and 6 and is located approximately in the middle.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the main body 8 of the empty can compressor includes a fixing plate 10 which is erected on one side of the mount 9. The fixing plate 10 is a slightly vertically long quadrangle, and a plurality of slightly long round bar-shaped empty can protrusion preventing guide members 11 are provided on the inner edges of the slightly longer both sides thereof. In addition, a plurality of short round bar-shaped steel can releasing pins 12 are fixed to the inside thereof in the same horizontal direction inward, leaving a portion where a magnet described later is provided. A movable compression plate member 13 is movably supported by the empty can protrusion prevention guide member 11 and the steel can removal pin 12 of the fixed plate 10. The movable compression plate member 13 is a substantially box type in which a rectangular compression plate 14 is surrounded and a reinforcing frame member 15 is fixed by means such as welding, and the compression plate 14 has a plurality of empty can protrusion preventing guide members. 11 and a plurality of steel can removal pins 12 respectively have insertion holes 16 and 17 through which the permanent magnets or electromagnets 18 expose their attracting surfaces in a part surrounded by the steel can removal pin insertion holes 17. The movable compression plate member 13 is embedded and fixed in a closed state, and the movable compression plate member 13 is inserted through the insertion holes 16 and 17 of the movable compression plate member 13.
1 and a steel can releasing pin 12 are supported by being inserted horizontally so as to be freely movable. The fixed compression plate member 19 corresponding to the movable compression plate member 13 is located slightly in front of the empty can protruding prevention guide member 11 and is fixed to the mounting base 9 by the gear box 2
In the compression space portion 21 fixed to the front surface of 0 and formed by the fixed compression plate member 19 and the movable compression plate member 13, the movable compression plate member 13 is driven to be suspended by the suspension drive mechanism, and the empty can A is compressed.

The suspension drive mechanism includes a suspension arm, a suspension arm connecting member, a gear mechanism, an electric motor and the like. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, one end of each of the suspension arms 22 and 23 having a quadrangular prism shape is fixed to the upper and lower four corners of the reinforcing frame member 15 fixed to the compression plate 14 by welding or the like. In addition, the lower left and right two suspension arms 23 are welded to a connecting member 25 having a U-shaped cross-section at the other end through a suspension arm guide 24 having a U-shaped cross-section fixed to both side surfaces of the gear box 20. The other ends of the two upper and right suspension arms 22 are fixed to the two left and right L-shaped connecting members 26 that are vertically fixed by welding or the like on both upper surfaces of the connecting member 25. ing. An electric motor 28 is attached to a central portion of the back side of the gear box 20 via a speed reducer 27, and the rotational force of the normal rotation (or reverse rotation) of the electric motor 28 with a speed reducer is provided in the gear box 20 (not shown). ), And further to the ball screw 29 connected to the gear mechanism. The ball screw 29 is screwed with a female screw of a block-shaped nut member 30 fixed to the central portion of the connecting member 25 of the suspension arm 23, and the speed reducer 2
7 is rotatably supported by a bearing 31 fixed to a central portion of the gear box 20 located below 7 and a bearing 32 on the mounting base 9, and is screwed between a ball screw 29 and a nut member 30 by forward (or reverse) rotation of an electric motor 28. By the movement, the movable compression plate member 13 is suspended in the compression direction via the four suspension arms 22 and 23, and is returned in the compression release direction. In this case, the suspension in the compression direction is restricted by the compression limit sensor 33 attached to the mount 9, and the movement in the compression release direction is restricted by the compression limit sensor 34.

The empty can A is compressed in the compression space 21. In this case, a stopper member for locking the empty can A put in the compression space 21 is provided. More specifically, the stopper member 35 is U-shaped in a plan view, and is formed of a pair of left and right arm portions 36 and a stopper portion 37 that connects the arm portions 36. The arm portions 36 of the above are swingably attached to the opposite sides of the mounting base 9 by the holding metal fittings 38 and the support shafts 39 fixed to each other, and are attached to one side of the lower surface of the lower end reinforcing frame member 15 of the movable compression plate member 13. Is brought into contact with the upper surface of one arm portion 36 of the stopper member 35 so that the operating plate 40 is horizontally projected.
Holds the stopper member 35 in a horizontal state to support the empty can A on it vertically or horizontally so as not to drop, and slides on the arm portion 36 as the movable compression plate member 13 is suspended. The stopper member 35 is swung about the support shaft 39 as a fulcrum and tilted forward to drop the compressed aluminum can. In addition, the movable compression plate member 1
3 is a front side reinforcing frame member 15 (fixed compression plate member 19
At the central portion of the lower end (on the side opposite to), a steel can slip-off prevention stabilizing plate 41 is provided in a slightly forwardly inclined shape, and the slip-off prevention stabilizing plate 41 attracts the magnet 18 of the compressed steel can. Prevents the compressed steel can from falling onto the aluminum can basket 4 along the aluminum can tray guide 42, and when the empty can A is vertically inserted and compressed, the pull top or the like is a stopper member. When it protrudes below the stopper portion 37 in 35, the protruding portion is bent so as to be folded upward so as not to hit the stopper portion 37. Further, on both sides of the mounting base 9 and below the compression space portion 21, a photoelectric start-up and presence detection sensor 43 composed of a light emitter / receiver is provided. When 21 empty cans A are detected, the compression operation is started.

As shown in FIG. 1, an empty can introduction path 44 from the empty can input port 2 is provided in the housing 1, and its outlet is located slightly above the compression space 21. ing. On the insertion port 2 side of the empty can introduction path 44, there are a metal detection sensor 45 for detecting only a metal can and eliminating glass bottles and the like, and a metal detection passage damper 46 closed by an electromagnetic type, a spring type or a self-weight type. On the outlet side, a can detection sensor 47 and a double insertion preventing damper 48 that is closed by an electromagnetic type, a spring type, or a self-weight type are provided, respectively.
A photoelectric full detection sensor 49, 50 composed of a light emitting and receiving device is provided on the wall surface of the housing located above the housing 1, and a full indicator lamp 51 is provided on the upper front side of the housing 1 to detect each of them. The sensors and the like are fully automatically controlled by the control unit 52.

Next, the compression operation will be described. The metal detection passage damper 46 and the double insertion prevention damper 48 in the empty can introduction path 44 are closed, and the compression device body 8 is in the open limit, in other words, the movable compression plate member 13 is in the original position (see FIG. 1 and (See FIGS. 3 and 4), when the steel can basket 3 and the aluminum can basket 4 are not full and the power is ON in the original position and the container is ready for loading, when the empty can A is loaded through the housing loading port 2, metal A steel can or an aluminum can is detected by the detection sensor 45, the metal detection passage damper 46 is opened, and the empty can A drops into the can introduction path 44. In the case of bottles, the damper 46 does not open and therefore does not fall. Even if it is detected by the metal detection sensor 45, the damper 46 will not open if the empty can A is already present at the double insertion prevention damper 48 at this time, and will not open even when either of the baskets 3 and 4 is full. . At this time, the full indicator lamp 51 is turned on. When the damper 46 opens and the empty can A falls, the damper 46 closes. The empty can A that has fallen from the empty can introduction path 44 is detected by the can detection sensor 47 in front of the double injection prevention damper 47, the double injection prevention damper 48 opens, and the empty can A is compressed in the compression device body 8. It falls into the space 21. At this time, the damper 48 does not open when the empty can A is already in the compression space 21, or when the compressor main body 8 is operating and either of the baskets 3 and 4 is full (the full indicator lamp 51 Light). The empty can A that has fallen vertically, horizontally, or obliquely from the empty can introduction path 44 is locked by the stopper portion 37 of the U-shaped stopper member 35 in the compression space portion 21 (the stopper portion 37 is the operating plate 40). Is supported in a horizontal state by the motor) and is sensed by the activation and presence detection sensor 43, and the electric motor 28 rotates forward. Then, the rotational force is transmitted to the ball screw 29 via the speed reducer 27 and the gear mechanism in the gear box 20, and the ball screw 2
The movable compression plate member 13 is moved through the four suspension arms 22 and 23 and the connecting members 25 and 26 by the screw movement of the nut member 30 screwed with the movable member 9 and the direction of the solid arrow A shown in FIG. Suspended in the (compression direction), the empty can A is compressed with the fixed compression plate member 19. When the movable compression plate member 13 is suspended, the suspension arm connecting member 25 moves in the same direction, and the compression limit sensor 33 operates, the electric motor 28 immediately reversely rotates. Then, the movable compression plate member 13 is returned in the direction of the solid arrow B (compression opening direction) shown in FIG. 4, and when the compression is loosened, the aluminum can follows the tray guide 42 and is shown in FIG. It falls into the basket 4 from the direction of the solid arrow C. In the case of a steel can, it is compressed and returned to the steel can releasing pin 12 by being attracted to the magnet 18, and is further separated by the steel can releasing pin 12 by the reverse rotation of the electric motor. It separates from the magnet 18 and falls into the basket 3 from the direction of the solid arrow D shown in FIG. It should be noted that the adsorption of the steel can to the magnet 18 is not always perfect, and there is a case of an adsorption failure such that it is adsorbed on the edge of the steel can. Although there is a risk of falling into the basket 4, in the case of such a suction defect, the slip-prevention stabilizing plate 41 prevents slipping into the aluminum can basket and surely drops into the steel can basket 3 separately. It is like this. Further, in both the steel can and the aluminum can, when compressed in the vertical direction, the bottom part or the pull-top part protrudes. Therefore, this protruding part is compressed together with the center of the lower end of the movable compression plate member 13. When the steel can is attracted by the magnet 18 and returned, it is prevented from hitting the stopper portion 37 of the stopper member 35 when the steel can is attracted by the magnet 18 and returned. In this way, the empty can A is compressed, the movable compression plate member 13 returns to its original position, and the compression limit sensor 34
Is operated, the electric motor 28 starts to rotate forward again, and the same operation is repeated thereafter. Then, the series of operations are automatically controlled by the control unit 52.

[0012]

According to the present invention, therefore, the compression release of the steel can is attracted to the magnet and is pushed away by the steel can release pin, and the slipping prevention stabilizer prevents the steel can from slipping toward the aluminum can basket side. Since this is done by being prevented, steel cans and aluminum cans are reliably separated automatically and compressed.

Further, according to the present invention, an aluminum can tray guide is provided in the main body of the empty can compressing device, and the aluminum can tray guide has a steel can basket whose center of the compression space is two baskets. Since it is displaced to the side, the empty can compression device main body is small, the overall weight is light, and handling such as installation and movement is easy, and it is suitable for use, for example, in the place where a soft drink vending machine is installed. is there.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing the overall configuration of a compression device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the above.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an empty can compression device body.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the above.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a movable compression plate member.

[Explanation of reference symbols] 1 housing 2 empty can input port 3 steel can basket 4 aluminum can basket 5, 6 double door 7 mount 8 empty can compression device body 9 mounting base 10 fixing plate 11 empty can protrusion prevention guide member 12 steel can removal Pin 13 Movable compression plate member 14 Compression plate 15 Reinforcement frame member 16 Empty can protrusion prevention guide member insertion hole 17 Steel can removal pin insertion hole 18 Magnet 19 Fixed compression plate member 20 Gear box 21 Compression space part 22, 23 Suspension arm 25 , 26 Suspension arm connecting member 27 Reducer 28 Electric motor 29 Ball screw 30 Nut member 31, 32 Bearing 35 U-shaped stopper member 36 Arm part 37 Stopper part 38 Holding metal fitting 39 Support shaft 40 Operating plate 41 Displacement prevention stabilizing plate 42 Aluminum Can tray guide

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A housing having an input port for an empty can of an object to be processed, an opening for loading and unloading two storage baskets of a compressed steel can and an aluminum can, and an empty can compression device body mounted in the housing. In addition, the main body of the empty can compression device is provided upright on a mounting base, and a plurality of protrusion preventing guide members for preventing the protrusion of an empty can of an object to be processed, and a plurality of steel can releasing pins inside the protrusion preventing guide member. Fixing plates horizontally projected in the same direction, and a support plate of the fixing plate, which is horizontally movably inserted into and supported by the protrusion preventing guide member and the steel can release pin, and is surrounded by the steel can release pin. A movable compression plate member provided with a magnet, a fixed compression plate member facing the movable compression plate member and standing in front of the protrusion prevention guide member and erected on the mounting base,
A suspension drive mechanism for the movable compression plate member that suspends the movable compression plate member and compresses the object empty can with the fixed compression plate member, the movable compression plate member, and the fixed compression plate member. A U-shaped stopper member that locks an empty object to be processed, which is pivotally supported by holding metal fittings on opposite sides of the mounting base, below a compression space formed by The movable compression plate member is horizontally protruded from the lower end of the side surface, and is slid on the arm portion of the U-shaped stopper member as the movable compression plate member is driven to pull down the U-shaped stopper member. , An operating plate to be erected, and a compressed steel can, which is provided in the front lower end central portion of the movable compression plate member with a slight forward inclination and is attracted to the magnet of the movable compression plate member, to the aluminum can basket side. With a slip-prevention stabilizer that prevents slipping Automatic sorting compression apparatus of the empty cans to be equipped. 2. A mounting base for the main body of the empty can compression device,
Further, an aluminum can tray guide is provided at a central portion in a vertical direction orthogonal to the compression direction of the compression space portion, and the empty can compression device main body is configured such that the compression space portion is a steel can basket from the center portion of the two basket loading / unloading ports. 2. The automatic separation and compression apparatus for empty cans according to claim 1, wherein the automatic separation and compression apparatus for empty cans is mounted close to the side.