JPH10258902A - Dust box - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To call attention of a person, give a beautiful appearance, arouse a interest in throwing an empty can, and improve the recovery rate by using a lid, which rotatably attached to a mount lid mounted on the top end of a storage box for storing empty cans, by a sensor in the front face of the mount lid, a drive source and a transmission mechanism provided in the rear part inside. SOLUTION: A mount lid 11 is installed in an opening in the top end of a storage box 14 for storing thrown empty cans K and a sensor 21 which is operated, when a person approaches to the front face in a prescribed range is provided. A tray 13 is fixed to the top end of the mount lid 11 and an opening/closing lid 12 having a shape, for example, of some character is rotatably attached thereto by a hinge provided in its rearward. A motor provided in the rear part inside of the mount lid 11 is driven by the command of the sensor 21 and the rotation is converted into a reciprocating movement of a wire via a transmission mechanism so as to rotationally move the opening/closing upper lid 12. When a person approaches to a prescribed range, the sensor 21 is operated so that the opening part M is opened, an empty can K is thrown therein, and, when the person is apart after completing the throwing, the opening part M is closed by the sensor 21.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a duster box for storing empty cans and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional duster box, a hole for inserting an empty can or the like is opened in a lid of a storage box for storing an empty can or the like.

[0003]

In the conventional duster box, since only a hole was opened in the lid of the storage box,
The structure was the same as other trash cans, did not draw the user's attention, and was not attractive enough to be noticeable. As a result, the collection rate of empty cans was poor.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a duster box which is excellent in the appearance and aesthetic appearance, makes it interesting to insert empty cans, and improves the collection rate of empty cans. And

[0005]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, a mounting lid is mounted on the upper end of a storage box for storing empty cans, and a tray is attached to the mounting lid. The opening / closing upper lid is rotatably mounted on the mounting lid, a sensor is mounted on the front surface of the mounting lid, and a driving source and a power transmission mechanism that operate in response to a command from the sensor are formed inside the rear portion. The opening and closing upper lid is opened and closed with respect to the receiving tray by the operation of the source and the transmission mechanism. Further, the receiving tray and the opening / closing upper lid are constituted by characters.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a front view of the duster box of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view thereof, FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a switch system.

[0007] The duster box 10 includes a lower storage box 1.
4, a mounting lid 11 mounted on the upper end thereof, a receiving tray 13 attached to the mounting lid 11, and an opening / closing upper lid 12 rotatably mounted on the receiving tray 13.

A storage box 14 into which empty cans K are put and stored.
Is commercially available. The upper end of the storage box 14 is open, and the mounting lid 11 is installed here.

The sensor 21 is provided on the front surface of the lid 11 described above.
Is attached. This sensor 21 is activated when a person approaches a certain range. A motor 22 driven by receiving a command from the sensor 21 and a transmission mechanism 23 for transmitting the rotational motion of the motor 22 to the wire 24 are provided inside the rear portion of the mounting lid 11. One end of the wire 24 is connected to the gear 37 of the transmission mechanism 23, and the other end is locked to an arbitrary edge 26 on the rear side of the open / close upper lid 12. 29 is an AC adapter

The transmission mechanism 23 connects a gear 31 to a rotating shaft of a motor 22 as shown in the figure. This gear 31
Gear 32 which meshes with and converts the rotation of gear 31 into a horizontal direction
, The shaft 33 of the gear 32 is extended downward, and the gear 34 is fixed to the lower end thereof. A gear 35 having the same shape as that of the gear 31 is meshed with the gear 34 and arranged.
A winding portion 37 of the wire 24 is formed at an end of the shaft 36 of the gear 35. Further, a spring 25 is attached to the lower end of the wire 24 near the winding portion 37 to prevent a shock absorber against external impact of the wire 24.

A receiving tray 13 is fixed to the upper end of the lid 11 described above. The opening / closing upper lid 12 is rotatably attached to the receiving tray 13 by a hinge 28 at the rear. Further, the opening / closing lid 13 is manufactured in the shape of a character imitating the head of a crow.

Next, the operation of the embodiment constructed as described above will be described. The duster box 10 is usually installed near a vending machine (not shown) such as canned coffee.
When a person approaches a predetermined distance, for example, in a range of 30 cm to 1 m, the sensor 21 detects this and gives a command to an electric circuit (not shown) to operate a motor 22 as a driving source. The rotational motion of the motor 22 is transmitted to the wire 24 by the transmission mechanism 23 composed of gears and the like, and is converted into a reciprocating motion of the wire 24.

That is, when the motor 22 is driven, the gear 31 connected to the rotation shaft of the motor 22 rotates. Then, the gear 32 meshing with the gear 31 rotates in the horizontal direction, and at the same time, the gear 34 at the lower end rotates in synchronization with the shaft rod 33. By this rotation, the gear 35 meshed with the gear 34 rotates, and at the same time, the shaft 36 also rotates.
The wire 24 is wound by the winding portion 37 at the end of the wire 24.

One end of the wire 24 is connected to a take-up portion 37 of the transmission mechanism 23 and the other end is locked to an arbitrary edge 26 at the rear of the open / close upper lid 12. The wire 24 is pulled down while being wound up, and the opening / closing upper lid 12 rotates around the hinge 28 and comes up. In this way, the open / close upper lid 12 is pulled up by the wire 24, the front opening M is opened, and the empty can K can be put in. It should be noted that a crank mechanism can be employed instead of the wire 24.

When the empty can K has been loaded and the person leaves, the sensing function of the sensor 1 is released and the electric circuit is cut off, so that the open / close upper lid 12 is automatically connected with the hinge 28 on the receiving tray 13 integrated therewith. And the opening M, which is the input port of the empty can K, is closed.

By making the opening / closing lid 13 in various character shapes, there is an effect that the interest of the people can be raised and the user can use it while having fun. Particularly, for children, the frequency of use of empty cans K is increased, and the efficiency of empty can recovery is increased. In the embodiment, the character is configured to have a shape reminiscent of a crow. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and an arbitrary character can be configured.

Further, the duster box 10 of the present embodiment
According to this, since the opening / closing upper lid 12 operates to open and close the mouth, the children may be amused and frequently used, so the spring 25 is attached to the lower end of the wire 24 near the gear shaft, It serves to prevent a shock absorber against external impact of the wire 24.

According to the duster box of the present invention, it is easy to see the location of the duster box because of its structure and the appearance is excellent, and the opening / closing top cover is automatically opened and closed. It becomes interesting and improves the collection rate of empty cans.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a duster box of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the duster box of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged view of the front view of the duster box of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a switch system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 K empty can 10 duster box 11 mounting lid 12 opening and closing upper lid 13 tray 14 storage box 21 sensor 22 motor 23 transmission mechanism 24 wire

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A mounting lid is placed on an upper end of a storage box for storing empty cans, a receiving tray is attached to the mounting lid, and an openable upper lid is rotatably mounted on the receiving tray, while a front face of the mounting lid is mounted. A duster for mounting a sensor on the inside and a drive source and a power transmission mechanism that operate in response to a command from the sensor inside the rear portion, and opening and closing the upper cover with respect to the tray by operating the drive source and the transmission mechanism box. 2. The duster box according to claim 1, wherein the tray and the opening / closing upper lid are constituted by characters.