JPH11104506A - Crusher, collector equipped with the crusher, and collecting vehicle loaded with the collector - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a crusher for crushing glass bottles and empty cans to make small the volume thereof, a collector equipped with the crusher for separating the crushed glass bottles and empty cans to collect them, and a collecting vehicle loaded with the collector. SOLUTION: Glass bottles and empty cans are fed into a crushing press 175 from a feeder 194 and a crankshaft 203 of the crushing press 175 is rotated, and thereby an upper jaw part 191 oscillating and rotating works together with a lower jaw part 190 to crush the glass bottles and smash the empty cans. The fragments of glass pass through an opening 217 and fall onto a belt conveyor 184 through a second chute 216. The empty cans slide over the opening 217 and fall onto a belt conveyor 183 through a first chute 215. When the empty cans are carried by the belt conveyor 183 and pass below a magnetic separator, they are classified into those made of steel and those made of aluminum.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a crusher for crushing or crushing glass bottles and empty cans to reduce the volume, and collecting the glass bottles and crushed empty cans crushed by the crusher in a removable storage container. And a collection vehicle having the collection device mounted on a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The Containers and Packaging Recycling Law, which stipulates the division of roles between local governments and businesses, was promoted in 1997 to promote the reuse (recycling) of containers made of glass and metal (iron and aluminum). It went into effect in April. The Containers and Packaging Recycling Law stipulates that the collection and transportation of glass bottles, empty cans, PET bottles, etc. is the role of local governments. Currently, local governments are promoting the separate collection of glass bottles and empty cans.

On the other hand, as recycled products, heat insulating and sound insulating materials, soil materials, paints and the like using glass bottles as raw materials have recently been released one after another. However, the problem is that the supply of glass bottles is unstable, and the cost of recycled products is high. Therefore, in order to promote recycling, it is necessary to efficiently collect glass bottles and empty cans without increasing costs.

[0004]

However, even if each municipality performs separate collection of glass bottles and empty cans,
Collecting by truck and sorting by hand requires a great deal of manpower and expense, and the current cost of municipalities is high.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a compact and low-cost crusher for crushing glass bottles or crushing empty cans to reduce their volume, and to provide a crusher having the crusher and a glass. To provide a compact collecting device for separating aluminum cans and steel cans reliably and easily, and to provide a compact collecting vehicle in which the collecting device is mounted on a vehicle and the small space of a body frame is effectively used. That is. The collecting device according to the present invention is characterized in that a glass bottle is crushed to reduce its volume and / or an empty can is pressed to reduce its volume and then collected in a storage container.
A collecting device that allows the storage container to be directly carried to a recycling factory, or a glass bottle can be collected by color and / or an empty can can be collected by material. This collection vehicle has one of the above-described collection devices mounted on the vehicle.

According to the present invention, there is provided a cylindrical rotary body having a receiving port at an upper end and a discharge port at a lower end, and having a sectional area decreasing from the receiving port to the discharge port. A supporting device for supporting the oscillating member, a plurality of crushing rods helically arranged in the rotating body, a wire mesh provided near the outlet, a sphere arranged on the wire mesh, and a drive for rotating the rotating body. Crusher comprising means. Further, the supporting device supports the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body at two upper and lower locations with at least three rollers so as to be centerable.

Alternatively, the present invention comprises a lower jaw having crushing teeth on an inclined upper surface and an upper jaw having crushing teeth capable of meshing with the crushing teeth of the lower jaw on an inclined lower surface, wherein the upper jaw, the lower jaw, Has an inlet and an outlet at the upper and lower ends of the slant, and is swingably supported at the lower part of the slant. The upper jaw is pressed against the lower jaw while being swung in the tilt direction by a driving means. And a crusher comprising:

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cylindrical rotating body having a receiving port at an upper end and a discharging port at a lower end, the cross-sectional area of which decreases from the receiving port to the discharging port. Device for rotatably supporting the rotating body, a plurality of crushing rods spirally arranged in the rotating body, a wire mesh provided near the discharge port, a sphere arranged on the wire mesh, and rotating the rotating body. And a crusher having driving means for causing the crusher to operate. Further, the supporting device supports the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body at two upper and lower locations with at least three rollers so as to be centerable.

Alternatively, the present invention comprises a lower jaw having crushing teeth on an inclined upper surface and an upper jaw having crushing teeth meshable with the crushing teeth of the lower jaw on an inclined lower surface, wherein the upper jaw, the lower jaw, Has an inlet and an outlet at the upper end and the lower end, respectively, and is pivotally supported at the lower part. The upper jaw is pressed against the lower jaw while being swung in the inclination direction by the driving means. And a crusher comprising:

The driving means includes a motor, a crankshaft rotated by the motor, and a transmission member for transmitting the force of the crankshaft to the upper jaw. Further, the driving means is an electric hydraulic cylinder in which an end of the cylinder is rotatably supported by a stationary member and an end of a piston rod is rotatably supported by the upper jaw.

Alternatively, according to the present invention, there is provided a pair of crushers having a receiving port at an upper end, a discharging port at a lower end, and being set such that a distance between the receiving port and the discharging port is reduced. A press roller, a support device for rotatably supporting the crushing press roller, a sorting machine disposed below the discharge port of the crushing press roller positioned at the lowest position, and a driving unit for driving the crushing press roller to rotate. And a crusher comprising: The crusher is provided with a discharge belt conveyor for discharging the metal members selected from the separator, and a magnetic separator for adsorbing a steel member such as a steel can and separating the member from an aluminum member is provided above the discharge belt conveyor. In addition, a scraper is provided for the magnetic separator to peel off the steel member adsorbed to the magnetic separator. Alternatively, the crushing machine is provided with a magnetic separator for adsorbing a steel member such as a steel can or the like to the aluminum member by adsorbing the steel member such as a steel can on the lowermost crushing press roller located above the separator, and the magnetic separator is provided with a magnetic separator. On the other hand, a scraper is provided to peel off the steel member adsorbed on the magnetic separator.

As described above, this crusher uses a pair of crushing press rollers to crush the collection of glass bottles and empty cans by the pressing force of the crushing press roller, and has a very simple structure and a small space. Can be configured,
Since the crushing press roller is driven by a hydraulic motor or the like, noise can be reduced, and it can be manufactured at low cost. Therefore,
Not only the collection device equipped with the crusher but also a collection vehicle equipped with the collection device can be constructed in a small space and compact, and can be manufactured at low cost.

According to the present invention, there is provided the crusher according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the crusher crushes or crushes an input port formed in a housing, a glass bottle or an empty can that is input from the input port. The present invention relates to a collection device comprising a storage container which is detachably installed in a housing and stores crushed or crushed objects collected from the crusher.

This collecting device separates and collects the glass bottles according to colors and / or the empty cans according to the materials such as aluminum cans and steel cans, and in some cases, stores the lids of the containers according to the materials. It has a container. At the lower end of the crusher, there is provided a sorting means for sorting crushed glass bottles and crushed empty cans. The sorting means comprises a sorting chute comprising a first chute and a second chute, wherein the first chute is provided along the inclination of the lower jaw, and a fragment of a crushed glass bottle is provided above the first chute. An opening is formed in such a size as to pass through but not pass through the crushed empty can, and the second chute is disposed below the opening. The storage containers are respectively provided corresponding to the first chute and the second chute.

The collecting device includes a rotating disk rotatably supported by a housing, a driving means for rotating the rotating disk, a plurality of storage containers mounted on the rotating disk, and characteristics of the object to be collected. And a controller for activating and deactivating the driving means in accordance with the type of the identification signal corresponding to. The identification signal is a signal from an identification sensor for identifying the color of the glass bottle or an identification sensor for identifying the material of the empty can, or a signal from a selection switch for specifying the color of the glass bottle or a selection switch for specifying the material of the empty can. is there. Further, a plurality of drain holes are formed at the bottom of the storage container. In addition, a liquid storage recess and a drain hose are provided below the storage container on the bottom surface of the housing. Further, a caster is attached to the bottom of the housing. Further, the crusher is attached to a housing via a vibration isolator.

[0016] Alternatively, the present invention relates to a collection vehicle equipped with a collection device comprising the collection device according to any one of claims 11 to 22 mounted on an equipment mounting portion on a vehicle body frame.

Alternatively, according to the present invention, there is provided a device mounting portion provided on a vehicle body frame, the crusher according to any one of claims 1 to 10 installed on the device mounting portion, and a crushing machine capable of moving up and down. A loading machine provided at a lower position for dropping a glass bottle or an empty can charged at the lowering position into the crusher at the ascending position, a sorting means for sorting and discharging the glass bottle or the empty can crushed or crushed by the crusher, and the device The present invention relates to a collection vehicle equipped with a collection device, which is provided on a mounting portion and includes a storage container for separating and storing glass bottles or empty cans discharged from the sorting means.

In this collection vehicle, during a descending stroke in which the crankshaft rotates from the top dead center toward the bottom dead center, the upper jaw swings around the pivot shaft toward the lower jaw. In the ascending stroke in which the crankshaft approaches and the crankshaft further rotates in the same direction from the bottom dead center to the top dead center, at the beginning of the ascending stroke, the upper jaw moves away from the lower jaw while moving the pivot shaft. It consists of swinging obliquely downward to the center.

This collection vehicle has a first belt conveyor provided below the first chute and a second belt conveyor provided below the second chute, and transports empty cans on the first belt conveyor. Then, the fragments of the glass bottle are transported by the second belt conveyor.
Further, in this collection vehicle, the first belt conveyor and the second belt conveyor are arranged in parallel with the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and a magnetic separator for separating aluminum cans and iron cans is provided at a downstream end of the first belt conveyor. The aluminum can and the iron can selected by the magnetic separator are stored in separate storage containers.

A vibrating sifter for sifting the fragments transported by the second belt conveyor to store the glass fragments smaller than a predetermined size in the storage container; A return conveyor for returning the fragments having a size equal to or larger than the predetermined size selected by the vibrating sieve to the crusher;

In this collection vehicle, the charging machine includes a box-shaped box for charging a glass bottle and an empty can, and an arm extending from the box. It is pivoted. The charging machine is rotated from a lowered position to a raised position, and the rotation range is set so as not to exceed the width and height of the vehicle body.

In this collection vehicle, the crusher is disposed at one of the front part and the rear part of the body frame, and the storage container is disposed at the other. The crusher is provided at the front part of the body frame. In this case, the storage container is provided at the rear portion of the body frame, so that the collection operation by the operator is facilitated. Safety can be ensured. Further, in this collection vehicle, the crusher can be attached to the body frame via a vibration isolator.

[0023]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a collecting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a front sectional view showing one embodiment (first embodiment) of a collecting apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a left side view of the collecting apparatus of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the collecting apparatus of FIG. 4 is a detailed view of a portion D of the collection device of FIG. 1, FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of AA of FIG. 1, FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of BB of FIG. 1, and FIG. It is.

This collecting device 1 is applicable to collecting glass bottles, and has a rectangular cross-section housing 2 surrounded by four side walls 3, a top wall 4 and a bottom wall 5 in appearance, and is provided on a top wall 4 of the housing 2. A loading lid 8 attached to the top wall 4 so as to be openable and closable with a hinge 7 so as to cover the loading port 6 and the loading port 6 of the formed glass bottle;
It comprises an opening / closing door 9 provided on the left side wall 3 of the housing 2 and a tire or caster 10 mounted on the bottom wall 5 of the housing 2.
A handle 9 a is provided on the opening / closing door 9, and a handle 11 is provided on the input lid 8. The rear side wall is a maintenance opening / closing wall 12 that can be removed during maintenance. On the upper surface of the top wall 4, a push button type power switch 13 for turning on the power is provided. A switch 18 is provided at the opening edge of the insertion port 6, and the switch 18 is designed to be turned on when the input lid 8 is closed. The inside of the housing 2 has two partition walls 1.
The upper and lower compartments are divided by four and fifteen.

The inlet 6 communicates with a cylindrical chute 16 extending downward from the inlet 6. The inner diameters of the inlet 6 and the chute 16 are large enough to accommodate one glass bottle. The upper end of the chute 16 is attached to the opening edge of the input port 6, and the lower end of the chute 16 is
7 supported. In the middle of the chute 16 the middle lid 19
Is installed so that it can be opened and closed. Inner lid 19 is motor 2
The opening and closing of the passage 22 formed in the chute 16 is performed by opening and closing the passage 22 formed in the chute 16, and the opening position is rotated downward from the closed position to open the passage 22. It can move between three positions, usually in the closed position.

The glass bottle crusher 2 is located below the chute 16.
3 are provided. The glass bottle crusher 23 includes a frustum-shaped cylindrical rotating body 24 in which the area of the upper receiving port 26 is larger than the area of the lower discharging port 27, a lower supporting device 25 that rotatably supports the rotating body 24, and an upper part. It comprises a support device 35, a motor 30 fixed to the side wall 3 of the housing 2, and the like, for rotationally driving the rotating body 24 via the V-belt 28 and the pulley 29. A number of crushing rods 31 are provided inside the rotating body 24.
(FIG. 4) are arranged radially toward the center axis of the rotating body 24 and spirally from top to bottom, and the inside of the rotating body 24 constitutes a crushing chamber 43. The line connecting the point at which the base end of the crushing rod 31 is attached to the conical inner wall of the rotating body 24 is
It has a spiral shape. The space formed by the tip of the crushing rod 31 when the rotating body 24 rotates becomes smaller toward the lower side of the rotating body. That is, the space formed by the tip of the crushing rod 31 is formed as a conical space.

The lower partition wall 15 is provided with a wire mesh 32 on a surface facing the discharge port 27 at the lower end of the rotating body 24.
The wire mesh 32 is made of a steel plate and has a large number of holes having a diameter of 13 mm. Further, at least one iron ball 33 that rolls on the wire mesh 32 is accommodated in the rotating body 24. An opening 34 for inserting the upper part of the rotating body 24 is formed in the upper partition wall 14. The lower end portion of the chute 16 is inserted into the receiving port 26 at the upper part of the rotating body 24 protruding upward from the opening 34. .

The rotating body 24 is supported by supporting devices 25 and 35 including an upper supporting device 35 attached to the upper partition 14 and a lower supporting device 25 attached to the lower partition 15. As shown in FIG. 4, the lower support device 25 has an annular rail 36 having a groove welded to the lower outer peripheral surface of the rotating body 24, and rotates in the groove of the annular rail 36 to adjust the lower partition wall 15. And a hard rubber roller 38 attached with bolts 37. Since the adjusting bolt 37 is inserted and attached to the elongated hole 46 formed in the lower partition wall 15, the position of the hard rubber roller 38 can be freely adjusted. The upper support device 35 also has the same structure as the lower support device 25,
Rail 39 having a groove welded to the upper outer peripheral surface of the rail
And a hard rubber roller 41 which rotates in the concave groove of the annular rail 39 and is attached to the upper partition 14 by adjusting bolts 40.
It is composed of The rotating body 24 is rotatably supported by hard rubber rollers 38 and 41 provided four each at the top and bottom. Each hard rubber roller 3
Reference numerals 8 and 41 are used for smooth rotation of the rotating body 24 and for absorbing vibration of the rotating body 24. Each of the hard rubber rollers 38 and 41 is provided with an adjusting bolt 37,
Since it is attached to each of the partition walls 14 and 15 by 40, centering of the rotating body 24 can be easily performed. In this embodiment, four hard rubber rollers 38 and 41 are provided vertically, but it is sufficient to provide at least three hard rubber rollers.

A pulley 29 is attached to the outer peripheral surface of the rotator 24 around the height of the center of gravity of the rotator 24. Pulley 29 of rotating body 24 and pulley 42 of motor 30
A V-belt 28 is hung between the two, and the rotating body 24 can be rotated through the V-belt 28 by driving of the motor 30. When the closing lid 8 is closed, the switch 18 is turned on when the closing lid 8 is closed, and starts to rotate, and when a predetermined time has elapsed, the switch 18 is turned off and stopped by the action of a timer.

The lower chamber of the lower partition 15 is a storage 44. The storage case 44 is provided with a storage container 45 such as a plastic bucket or a polyethylene bag. The pieces of glass crushed by the glass bottle crusher 1
Fall into 5. An opening / closing door 9 is attached to the left side wall 3 of the housing 2 so that a storage container 45 installed in a storage 44 can be taken out.

Next, the operation of the collection device 1 will be described. The power switch 13 of the collection device 1 is turned on, and the closing lid 8 is turned on.
Open the glass bottle. The loaded glass bottle is temporarily received by the inner lid 19 at the closed position. Subsequently, when the loading lid 8 is closed, the switch 18 is turned on,
The motor 30 rotates. The rotation of the motor 30 is the V belt 2
The rotation is transmitted to the rotating body 24 via the rotating member 8, and the rotating body 24 rotates. When the rotation of the rotating body 24 becomes normal, the motor 21
The inner lid 19 is opened by the operation of the
Fall to 3. Immediately after opening, the inner lid 19 returns to the closed position.

The glass bottle dropped into the crushing chamber 43 is a crushing rod 3
Crushed by 1. Since the crushing rod 31 is spirally arranged, the crushing rod 31 is crushed into pieces by sending the glass bottle downward. The glass piece is further ground at the bottom by an iron ball 33. The small crushed glass pieces pass through the wire mesh 32 and fall into the storage 44. Since the storage case 45 is installed in the storage case 44, the crushed glass pieces are stored therein. Glass piece is storage container 4
When a predetermined time required to be stored in the storage unit 5 elapses, the timer 30 stops the motor 30 and enters a standby state.

The collecting device 1 is designed such that the inner diameter of the inlet 6 and the chute 16 is large enough to accommodate only one bottle, so that each household can crush the glass bottle and recycle it. It was developed as a household glass bottle collection device. Since the collecting device 1 can handle up to the size of a single bottle, it can be used for almost all household glass bottles such as bottles of sake, wine, beer, seasonings, juices, and glass cups. In addition, a caster 10 is attached to the bottom wall 5 of the housing 2 and the collection device 1 can be easily moved, so that the installation location can be freely changed as needed, which is very convenient.

Further, it is preferable that the collection device 1 be configured to detect the amount of glass fragments stored in the storage container 45 and display the amount. When the storage container 45 is full of glass pieces, the user may open the opening / closing door 9 to take out the storage container 45 and recycle it. Since the crushed glass pieces are stored in the storage container 45, the collector can collect a large amount of glass pieces without being bulky. In addition, since the collecting company can collect the storage container 45 by a collecting vehicle and carry it to the recycling factory as it is, the burden of collecting glass bottles can be greatly reduced.

By arranging a plurality of collecting devices 1 side by side, glass bottles can be collected for each color. In particular, by arranging a plurality of collection devices 1 side by side at a collection site for recycled products, it is possible to collect glass bottles for each color. For each collection device 1, it is necessary to specify the color of the glass bottle to be charged, the color of the glass bottle to be charged, and to paint the same color as the color of the glass bottle to be charged on the charging lid 8 or something. Good. A person who intends to recycle the glass bottle may open the input lid 8 of the collection device 1 of the corresponding color and put the glass bottle through the input port 6. Of course, if it is not necessary to collect the glass bottles for each color, it is sufficient to put the glass bottles into one collection device 1 irrespective of the color of the glass bottles.

Next, another embodiment of the collecting apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 8 is a side sectional view showing another embodiment (second embodiment) of the collecting device, and FIG.
8 is a plan view of the collecting device of FIG. 8, FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line EE of FIG. 8, FIG. 11 is a sectional view taken along line FF of FIG. 8, and FIG.

The collecting device 47 is capable of separating and collecting glass bottles in particular, and has a rectangular cross-section casing 51 surrounded by a top wall 48, a bottom wall 49, and four side walls 50 in appearance. A glass bottle inlet 52 formed on the front side wall 50, a loading lid 53 attached to the front side wall 50 so as to cover the inlet 52, a maintenance opening / closing door 54 provided on the left side wall 50 of the housing 51, and a crushing bottle. Opening / closing door 55 for storage, opening / closing door 56 for bottle lid storage, top wall 48 of housing 51
And a tire or caster 57 attached to the bottom wall 49 of the housing 51, and an opening / closing lid 70 for the bottle lid storage, which is attached to the bottom so as to be opened and closed by a hinge. Handles 107 and 108 are provided on the door 55 and the door 56, respectively. The housing 51 has a soundproofing material attached to the inner surface of each wall to take measures against noise. The inside of the housing 51 is a partition 5
8, a bottle lid storage 59 in which a bottle lid storage container 60 for storing a glass bottle lid is placed, a crusher chamber 61 for crushing the glass bottle, and a storage container 62 for storing the crushed glass pieces. , 63, 64, 65 are formed, a storage 66, a machine room 67 and the like are formed.

As shown in FIG. 9, a main switch 68 for power supply is provided on the right side wall 50. The top wall 48 is provided with a selection push button switch 69. The selection push button switch 69 is used to specify the color of the glass bottle to be inserted into the insertion port 52. Only by pressing the selection push button switch 69,
The loading lid 53 can be opened and closed. The bottle lid storage 59 is provided with a bottle lid storage container 60 for storing the bottle lids by material. That is, in each bottle lid storage container 60, a plastic lid, an aluminum lid, and other metal lids other than aluminum can be stored for each material. A handle 71 is attached to the opening / closing lid 70 of the bottle lid storage 59.

A charging lid 53 provided at a charging port 52 for charging a glass bottle has a front plate 72 and side plates 73 and 7.
3, the lower end of the front plate 72 is attached to the front side wall 50 by a hinge 74. The handle is opened by pulling the handle toward the user, and the opened state is maintained due to the position of the center of gravity. The structure is Front side wall 5
0 is a motor 7 for driving a crusher 75 described later.
6 movable switches 77 are provided, and the movable switch 77 is turned on when the closing lid 53 is closed.

A chute 78 extending obliquely downward from the charging port 52 communicates with the charging port 52. The inner diameters of the inlet 52 and the chute 78 are large enough to accommodate one glass bottle at a time. Below the chute 78, a crusher 75 for crushing the bottle is installed on the frame 94 in an inclined state. The crushing machine 75 has a lower jaw 79 having a U-shaped cross section and an upper jaw 80 disposed in the lower jaw 79, and crushing teeth 81 are provided on opposing surfaces of the lower jaw 79 and the upper jaw 80. Crushed teeth 81 of lower jaw 79 and upper jaw 8
The glass bottle is configured to be chewed with the 0 crushing teeth 81. A bottle stopper projection 82 is formed on the upper jaw 80 and the lower jaw 79. This crushing machine 75 has a lower jaw 7
The lower end of a chute 78 is placed and connected to the bottom surface of the lower jaw 9, and the thrown glass bottle is moved from the chute 78 to the lower jaw 7.
9 so as to slide down smoothly. The lower jaw 79 has a shape such that the passage becomes narrower toward the downstream side, and the distance between the upper jaw 80 and the lower jaw part 79 is also downstream, as can be seen by comparing FIGS. The lower jaw 7
The passage of the glass bottle constituted by 9 and the upper jaw 80 is large at the receiving port 83, and is gradually reduced toward the discharge port 84. For this reason, the glass piece is formed by the lower jaw part 79 and the upper jaw part 80, gathers in the middle of the passage, and is gradually chewed into small pieces.

The upper jaw 80 is flat and slightly bent so that its lower end is convex downward. The upper jaw 80 is the outlet 8
4, it is pivotally supported by the lower jaw 79 so as to be swingably mounted. That is, the portion of the upper jaw 80 on the outlet 84 side is
As shown in FIG. 11, the lower jaw 7 is attached to a hook bolt 85, the hook bolt 85 is fixed to a pivot shaft 86, and the pivot shaft 86 is U-shaped in cross section through a bearing 87.
9 is rotatably supported on the upper end of the side,
The upper jaw 80 is swingable with respect to the lower jaw 79. As shown in FIG. 10, the portion of the upper jaw 80 on the side of the receiving opening 83 is attached to a hook bolt 88, which is attached to a crankshaft 89, and the crankshaft 89 is connected via a bearing 90. The lower jaw 79 is attached to the side upper end. Pulleys 91 are attached to both ends of the crankshaft 89, respectively.
The motor 76 is rotated by driving the motor 76 through a motor 92 and a belt 92 wound around a pulley 91. The upper jaw 80 rotates while swinging about the pivot shaft 86 with the rotation of the crankshaft 89, and repeatedly approaches and separates from the lower jaw 79. When the crankshaft 89 rotates clockwise in FIG. 8 and shifts from the top dead center to the bottom dead center, the upper jaw 80 crushes or crushes while pushing the lower jaw 79 in a downward direction. When transitioning from the dead center to the top dead center, at the initial stage, the outlet 8 moves while moving down the slope.
4 is slightly opened, and in a subsequent step the upper jaw 80 rises rapidly with respect to the lower jaw 79. A large vibration is generated during the crushing or crushing operation. However, since the lower jaw 79 has its upper end and lower end supported by the frame 94 of the housing 51 via the vibration isolator 93, that is, the cushion rubber, respectively, The transmission of vibrations to is suppressed. The crusher 75 includes the charging lid 53.
Is closed, that is, in a standby state, the receiving port 83 is configured to be open. That is, in the standby state, the upper jaw 80 stops at the position where it is raised.

A storage 66 is provided below the crusher 75. The storage 66 is provided with a turntable 95 on which the storage containers 62, 63, 64, 65 are placed. As a storage container, a red bottle storage container 62 and a white bottle storage container 6 are provided so that crushed glass pieces can be stored in different colors.
3, four blue bottle storage containers 64 and a transparent bottle storage container 65 are provided. Each of the storage containers 62, 63, 64, and 65 has a shape obtained by dividing a cylinder into four equal parts. Each storage container 62,
63, 64 and 65 are provided with a handle 96 on the outer arc surface, so that they can be easily pulled out when the opening and closing door 55 is opened to take them out. Further, since the handle 97 is also provided on the inner arc surface, it is easy to carry. It is convenient. In addition, each storage container 6
A large number of drain holes 98 are formed at the bottom of 2, 63, 64, 65, so that liquid such as juice remaining in the glass bottle can be discharged. A drain hole is also formed in the rotating plate 95, and the storage containers 62, 63, 64, 65 are provided.
The liquid discharged from is collected through a drain hole of the rotating disk 95 into a liquid storage recess 99 formed in the bottom wall 49 of the housing 51, and is discharged to the outside through a drain hose 100.

The rotating disk 95 is fixed to a rotating shaft 101, and the rotating shaft 101 is separated from the partition 5 by a bearing 102.
8 and the bottom wall 49 so as to be rotatable and driven by a motor 103 with a transmission via a chain 104.
The motor with transmission 103 is a push button switch 6 for selection.
Driven by pressing 9. The turntable 95 stops when the storage containers 62, 63, 64, 65 corresponding to the pressed selection pushbutton switch 69 come to a position below the discharge port 84 of the crusher 75.

Next, the operation of the collecting device 47 will be described. The collection device 47 is installed at a predetermined place, and the main switch 68 is turned on before use. A person who intends to recycle the glass bottle removes the lid of the bottle before opening the glass bottle in the collection device 47, opens the opening / closing lid 70 of the bottle lid storage 59 corresponding to the material of the lid, and opens the bottle. It is put into the lid storage 59.

Next, the selection push button switch 69 corresponding to the color of the glass bottle is pressed to specify the color. As a result, the motor 103 rotates, and the turntable 95 rotates, and stops when the storage container of the selected color comes to a position below the discharge port 84 of the crusher 75. For example, when blue is selected by the selection push button switch 69, the turntable 95 is rotated, and the storage container 64 for storing the blue glass bottle is positioned below the discharge port 84 of the crusher 75, as shown in FIG. Come to stop. Although the loading lid 53 of the glass bottle is normally locked and cannot be opened, when the selection push button switch 69 is pressed, the locking is released and the loading lid 53 is opened.
Can be opened. When the charging lid 53 is opened and a blue glass bottle is inserted, the glass bottle
To fall. Since the crushing machine 75 has a large opening 83, the glass bottle falls into the crushing machine 75 and is stopped by being caught by the bottle stopper projection.

When the loading lid 53 is closed, the movable switch 77 is turned on, the motor 76 rotates, and the pulleys 91 provided at both ends of the crankshaft 89 of the crusher 75 rotate. The crankshaft 89 rotates with the rotation of the pulley 91, and the upper jaw 80 rotates while swinging about the pivot shaft 86 and repeats the crushing motion up and down. The glass bottle is crushed by the crushing teeth 81 and gradually becomes finer.
2,63,64,65. When the predetermined time has elapsed, the rotation of the motor 76 is automatically stopped by the action of the timer. At that time, the crushing machine 75 stops in a state where the receiving port 83 is widely opened, and is in a standby state until the next glass bottle is charged.

When the storage containers 62, 63, 64 and 65 are full of glass pieces, the door 55 is opened to open the storage containers 62, 63, 64 and 65.
63, 64 and 65 can be taken out. Storage container 6
Since pieces of crushed glass bottles are stored in 2, 63, 64, and 65, a large amount of glass pieces can be collected at once without being bulky. Since they are stored in the storage tanks 64 and 65, they can be transported to a recycling factory as they are using a collection-dedicated vehicle, so that the burden of collecting glass bottles can be greatly reduced, and re-commercialization is further promoted. In addition, a caster 57 is provided on the bottom wall of the housing 51, and this glass bottle sorting and collecting apparatus can be easily moved, so that the installation place can be freely changed as necessary. It goes without saying that the glass bottle sorting and collecting apparatus itself may be collected and carried to a recycling factory.

In the above-described embodiment, the stop position of the turntable 95 is controlled by providing the push button switch 69 for selection and manually selecting and specifying the color of the glass bottle. The sensor 105 may be attached so that the stop position of the turntable 95 can be automatically controlled by a computer.

In the above-described embodiment, the crushing motion of the crusher 75 is configured to be performed by rotation of the motor 76. It may be configured as follows.

Next, still another embodiment of the collecting apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG.
13 is a side sectional view showing still another embodiment (third embodiment) of the collecting apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 14 is a sectional view taken along line HH of FIG. 13, FIG. 15 is a plan view of FIG. 13, and FIG. I-I
FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view, FIG. 17 is a JJ cross-sectional view of FIG. 13, and FIG. 18 is a perspective view of a crusher in the collection device of FIG.

The collecting device 109 is particularly applicable to automatically sort and collect glass bottles and empty cans.
A housing 113 having a rectangular cross section surrounded by a top wall 110, a bottom wall 111, and four side walls 112, and a top wall 11 of the housing 113
0, the input port 114 of the glass bottle and the empty can, the input lid 115 attached to the top wall 110 so as to cover the input port 114, and the top wall 1 of the housing 113 for storing the bottle lid.
10, and the door 1 attached to the left side wall 112 of the housing 113 to take out the bottle lid storage container 117 containing the bottle lid from the bottle lid storage 118.
19. Storage containers 121, 1 containing glass bottles and empty cans
It comprises an opening / closing door (not shown) attached to the left side wall 112 of the housing 113 for taking out 22, 22, 124 from the storage 120, and a tire or caster 125 attached to the bottom wall 111 of the housing 113. In addition, housing 11
3 is provided with the mounting bolt 1 during maintenance.
27 can be removed and removed. The housing 113 has a soundproofing material attached to the inner surface of each of the walls 110, 111, and 112 to take measures against noise.

A main switch 128 for power supply is provided on the top wall 110 of the housing 113. In addition, housing 113
Is provided with a bottle lid storage 118 for storing the bottle lids by material. The bottle lid storage 118 is provided with a plastic lid, an aluminum lid, A storage container 117 for storing the iron lids by material can be arranged. The storage container 117 containing the bottle lid can be taken out by opening the door 119.

A charging port 115 formed in the top wall 110 is provided with a charging lid 115. A movable switch 130 is provided in the vicinity of the input port 114, and the input cover 115 is provided.
Is closed, the movable switch 130 is turned on, and the timer is set. Also, the charging lid 115 cannot be opened while the timer is set, but can be opened when the timer is reset. When the movable switch 130 is turned on, an electric hydraulic cylinder 144 described later is operated, and when the timer is reset, the electric hydraulic operating cylinder 144 is stopped.

A chute 131 extending obliquely downward from the input port 114 communicates with the input port 114. The chute 131 is attached at an angle of 45 degrees or more so that the fragments of the glass bottle fall naturally. Shoot 13
The inner diameter of 1 is set to a size that allows one glass bottle or an empty can of drinking water to be charged one by one. Shoot 13
In the middle of 1, a color identification sensor 132 for identifying the color of the glass bottle and a metal sensor 133 for detecting whether the material of the empty can is iron or aluminum are provided.

Below the chute 131, a crushing press 1
34 are provided. The crushing press 134 has a section U
A crushing press chamber 137 formed by a lower jaw 135 having a U-shape and an upper jaw 136 disposed in the lower jaw 135.
The crushing teeth 138 are formed on the opposing surfaces of the lower jaw 135 and the upper jaw 136, and the crushing teeth 1 of the lower jaw 135 are formed.
38 and the crushing teeth 138 of the upper jaw 136, the glass bottle is chewed or the empty can is pressed and crushed. In this crushing press 134, the lower end of the chute 131 is mounted on and connected to the bottom surface of the lower jaw 135, and the inserted glass bottles and empty cans smoothly slide down from the chute 131 into the lower jaw 135 of the crushing press 134. It is configured as follows. Since the crushing press chamber 137 of the crushing press machine 134 is formed so that the lower discharge port 140 side is narrower than the upper receiving port 139 side, the empty cans and glass bottles that have been input are reliably received in the crushing press chamber 137. Can be

The upper jaw 136 has a lower end bent in a convex shape toward the lower jaw 135, and the lower end is pivotally supported by the lower jaw 135 and is swingably mounted. That is, the upper jaw 13
As shown in FIG. 17, a lower end of the pivot shaft 6 is attached to a hook bolt 141, and the hook bolt 141 is
42, and the pivot 142 is rotatably supported by the lower jaw 135 via the bearing 143, so that the upper jaw 136 can swing with respect to the lower jaw 135. As shown in FIG. 13, the upper end of the upper jaw 136 is attached to a piston rod 145 of an electric hydraulic cylinder 144 via a bearing 146. Also,
In the electric hydraulic cylinder 144, the cylinder part 147 is
13 through a bearing 148. When the electric hydraulic cylinder 144 is operated, the piston rod 1
45 is extended, and the upper jaw 136 swings while pivoting about the pivot shaft 142 to narrow the gap between the upper jaw 136 and the lower jaw 135. At this time, the crushing press chamber 137 formed by the upper jaw 135 and the lower jaw 136 is narrowed, the empty can is pressed and reduced, and the glass bottle is crushed into small fragments.
The size of the receiving port 139 of the crushing press 134 is the upper jaw 1
Although it largely changes in accordance with the swing of 36, the gap of the discharge port 140 is small at about 20 mm.

Below the crushing press 134, a sorting chute 149 is provided. The distribution chute 149 is a bifurcated chute composed of the first chute 150 and the second chute 151.
The function of distributing the glass bottle to the second chute 151 is achieved. The first chute 150 extends toward the empty can storage 152, and the second chute 151
Extending towards 3. A large number of slit-shaped openings 154 are provided upstream of the first chute 150, and the openings 154 communicate with the second chute 151. Each opening 1
Numeral 54 is small enough to pass through small crushed glass pieces but not through pressed empty cans, and serves as a sieve. A small piece of glass discharged from the crushing press 134 falls into the opening 154 and the second chute 1
It slides down 51 and is guided to the glass bottle storage 153.
On the other hand, the pressed empty can slides down the first chute 150 over the opening 154, and the empty can storage 1
Guided to 52.

The empty can storage 152 has a gear motor 15
A rotating disk 156 that rotates by the action of 5 is attached.
On the turntable 156, a storage container 121 for storing an aluminum can and a storage container 122 for storing an iron can.
And is listed. A rotating disk 158 that rotates by the action of a gear motor 157 is attached to the glass bottle storage 153. On the rotating disk 158, a storage container 123 that stores colorless glass pieces, and a brown or other colored glass bottle Is stored. Each of the rotary discs 156 and 158 has a rotating shaft 1
The rotating shaft 159 is rotatably supported by the frame 161 via bearings 160 at both upper and lower ends, and is driven by the gear motors 155 and 157.

The control of each gear motor 155, 157 is performed by a controller (not shown). The controller inputs signals from the metal sensor 133 and the color identification sensor 132 to determine whether the input material is a glass bottle or an empty can. If the input is a glass bottle, it determines whether it is colorless or colored. It determines whether it is an iron can and outputs a signal to each gear motor 155,157. For example, if the controller determines that the input is an aluminum can, the controller outputs a signal to the gear motor 155 to rotate the turntable 156, and the storage container 121 for the aluminum can.
Stops the rotation of the gear motor 155 when comes to a position below the first chute 150. Also, if the controller determines that the input is a brown glass bottle,
The controller outputs a signal to the gear motor 157 to rotate the turntable 158, and stops the rotation of the gear motor 157 when the storage container 124 for storing the brown glass piece comes to a position below the second chute 151.

Each storage container 121, 122, 123, 12
Numeral 4 denotes a semi-cylindrical container having handles 162 and 163 provided on the outer and inner arc surfaces, respectively. The handle 162 provided on the outer arc surface of each of the storage containers 121, 122, 123, and 124 is easy to pull out when opening the opening / closing door of the housing 113 and taking out the storage container, and moreover, the handle 162 is provided on the inner arc surface. Since the handle 163 is provided, it is convenient for transportation. Further, a large number of drain holes (see 98 in FIG. 12) are formed at the bottom of each of the storage containers 121, 122, 123, and 124 so that the liquid such as juice remaining in the glass bottle can be discharged. it can. The liquid discharged from the storage containers 121, 122, 123, and 124 passes through drain holes (not shown) formed in the rotating disks 156 and 158, and is used for liquid storage formed in the bottom wall 111 of the housing 113. The water is collected in the concave portion 164 and discharged from the drain hose 165 to a sewer.

Next, the operation of the collecting device 109 will be described. Since the collecting device 109 is provided with the casters 125, the installation place can be freely selected. Therefore, first, the collection device 109 is installed at a predetermined collection place, and the main switch 128 is turned on before use. A person who intends to recycle glass bottles and empty cans removes the bottle lid before putting the glass bottle into the collecting device 109, and stores the bottle lid storage 11 corresponding to the material of the bottle lid.
8 is opened and put into the corresponding bottle lid storage container 117 in the bottle lid storage 118.

Next, when the charging lid 115 is opened and one glass bottle or empty can is charged, the input material is a chute 131.
Slides down into the crushing press chamber 137 and stops. When the input lid 115 is closed, the timer is set accordingly and the movable switch 130 is turned on. When the movable switch 130 is turned on, the electric hydraulic cylinder 144 operates, and the upper jaw 136 rotates while swinging about the pivot shaft 142, and the crushing teeth 138 of the upper jaw 136 and the lower jaw 1
With 35 crushing teeth 138, the glass bottle or empty can is crushed or crushed. The operation of the electric hydraulic cylinder 144 is stopped by resetting the timer. When the input material is a glass bottle, the crushed glass piece passes through the opening 154, which is a pit, passes through the second chute 151, and is stored in the storage containers 123 and 124 of the glass bottle storage 153. When the input material is an empty can, the crushed empty can slides on the opening 154, passes through the first chute 150, and is stored in the storage containers 121 and 122 of the empty can storage 152.

Further, when the glass bottle or empty can that has been inserted slides down the chute 131, the color identification sensor 132 and the metal sensor 133 provided on the chute 131
Detects the input and sends a detection signal to the controller. In response to the signal, the controller determines whether the input is a glass bottle or an empty can, and if the input is a glass bottle, determines whether the color is colorless or brown (colored). Is determined to be aluminum or iron, and a start signal is sent to the corresponding gear motor 155 or 157. Along with this, the turntable 156 or 158 rotates, and when the corresponding storage container comes below the first chute 150 or the second chute 151, the turntable automatically stops. Further, since the charging lid 115 can be opened by resetting the timer, the charging lid 115 can be opened, and the next glass bottle or one empty can can be charged. Hereinafter, the above operation will be repeated.

The storage containers 121, 122, 123, 124
When the glass pieces or empty cans become full, the opening / closing door can be opened and the storage containers 121, 122, 123, and 124 can be taken out. It is preferable to provide a sensor for detecting whether or not the storage container is full, and to provide a display device that can indicate when the storage container is full. The glass bottle and empty can automatic sorting apparatus 109 automatically sorts the glass bottles and the empty cans into the housing 113 regardless of whether the glass bottles or empty cans are thrown into the inlet 114 and stores the containers 121, 122, 12.
3,124 can be stored separately. Moreover,
The glass bottles are crushed and the empty cans are crushed to reduce the volume and stored in the storage containers 121, 122, 123 and 124. Therefore, when collecting, it is possible to collect a large amount of glass pieces and empty cans at once without being bulky. It can be transported directly to a recycling factory by a dedicated collection vehicle, greatly reducing the burden of collecting glass bottles and further promoting recycling. Empty cans are sorted by material and stored in storage containers 121 and 122, and glass bottles are stored by storage containers 123 and 124 by color.
The cans can be transported directly to a recycling plant by a dedicated collection vehicle, greatly reducing the burden of separating and collecting empty cans and glass bottles, and further promoting recycling. Further, since the casters 125 are attached to the bottom wall 111 of the housing 113, the collecting device 109 can be easily moved.
Therefore, the installation location can be freely changed as needed.

Next, an embodiment of the collection vehicle according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 19 is a side view showing one embodiment (fourth embodiment) of the collection vehicle according to the present invention, FIG. 20 is a plan view of the collection vehicle of FIG. 19, FIG. 21 is a rear view of the collection vehicle of FIG. 19, and FIG. The enlarged view of the crushing press in the collection vehicle of FIG. 19, and FIG.
It is -K sectional drawing.

The collection vehicle 166 can be equipped with the above-described collection device, and includes a collection device for crushing a glass bottle and storing it in a storage container 167, and pressing and crushing an empty can to store a storage container 168. 169 and a collection device for collection are mounted on a medium-sized (for example, 4
(Ton class) truck 173, which is designed to be able to run on general roads. It travels directly to the sorting and collection site, various facilities, parks, etc., crushes glass bottles there, and presses empty cans. The glass bottles and empty cans that have been collected are individually separated and stored in storage containers 167, 168, and 169, and the collected glass bottles and empty cans can be directly transported to a recycling factory.

In the collection vehicle 166, a truck 173 for traveling on the road, on which a glass bottle and empty can collection device are mounted.
Are the cab 172 and cab 17 provided on the front wheel 174.
The vehicle body frame 170 is formed integrally with the vehicle body frame 170. The body frame 170 constitutes the equipment mounting portion 171 and includes a chassis originally included in the truck 173 itself and various reinforcing frames for reinforcing the chassis. A gantry 177 is mounted on the body frame 170 to support a crushing press 175 and a hydraulic motor 176 for driving the crushing press 175.

The collection vehicle 166 has a glass bottle and empty can collection device mounted on an equipment mounting portion 171. The collecting device is mounted on the equipment mounting unit 1 located above the rear wheel 182.
Crushing press machine 175, crushing press machine 17 installed at 71
5. Storage containers 167, 168, for storing small glass pieces of the glass bottle crushed in 5 and empty cans pressed and crushed.
169, two belt conveyors 183, 184 to be carried out toward the storage containers 167, 168, 169, and a control panel equipped with a hydraulic pump 185 for driving these devices and switches for operating the collection device. 186, a hydraulic tank 187, and the like. The two belt conveyors 183 and 184 are arranged in parallel on the equipment mounting section 171 along the front-rear direction of the vehicle body. One belt conveyor 1
Reference numeral 84 is disposed substantially at the center of the vehicle body frame 170, and another belt conveyor 183 is disposed on the right side of the vehicle body frame 170 in the forward direction. Note that a stair 188 and a handrail 189 are provided on the side of the vehicle body frame 170 in order to make it easy for the worker to go up and down on the device mounting section 171.

The gantry 177 for supporting the crushing press 175 has four leg frame portions 178, 178, 19.
5,195, and the leg frame portions 178, 178 disposed on the front and rear sides on the left side of the body frame 170 are long,
The leg frame parts 195 and 195 arranged on the right and back are short. A mounting frame portion 180 extends between the left long leg frame portions 178, 178.
0 is a vibration isolator for absorbing vibration, that is, a cushion rubber 179,
179 via a bolt 181 with leg frame portions 178, 1
It is fixed to 78. Right short leg frame 19
Similarly, a mounting frame portion 197 extends between 5, 5195, and the mounting frame portion 197 is fixed to the leg frame portions 195, 195 with bolts 198 via cushion rubbers 196, 196 for absorbing vibration. I have. Therefore, a crushing press 175 is installed on the gantry 177 in a state of being inclined to the lower right as shown in FIG.

The crushing press 175 has a lower jaw 190 having a U-shaped cross section, and a flat upper jaw 191 arranged in the lower jaw 190.
1 together form a crushing press chamber 192. The receiving port 210 of the crushing press chamber 192 is wide and the discharging port 211 is narrow. The flat upper jaw 191 is positioned at the lower end 22 thereof.
5 is bent toward the lower jaw 190. Crushing teeth 193 are formed on opposing surfaces of the lower jaw 190 and the upper jaw 191, respectively. The lower jaw 190 is fixed to the mounting frames 180 and 197 of the gantry 177. On the other hand, the upper jaw 191 is movably attached to the lower jaw 190.

On the upper surface of the lower end 225 of the upper jaw 191,
As shown in FIG. 23, a hook bolt 200 is attached via a bearing 199, and the hook bolt 200
Is rotatably attached to a pivot 201 via a bearing 202, and the pivot 201 is fixed to the lower jaw 190. For this reason, the upper jaw 191 is
It is swingable about 0 about the pivot 201 in the inclined direction. The upper jaw 191 has an upper end 226 attached to a hook bolt 204 via a bearing 206, and the hook bolt 204 is rotatably attached to the crankshaft 203 via a bearing 205. Further, since the crankshaft 203 is connected to the hydraulic motor 176, the crankshaft 203 is driven by the hydraulic motor 176.
Rotates around the center point X counterclockwise in FIG. As the crankshaft 203 rotates, the upper jaw 191 rotates while swinging about the pivot 201 with respect to the lower jaw 190. That is, in the descending stroke in which the crankshaft 203 rotates counterclockwise from the top dead center toward the bottom dead center (the direction of the arrow Y in FIG. 22), the upper jaw 191 swings around the pivot shaft 201, Approaching toward the lower jaw 190, the glass bottle is crushed or the empty can is crushed. In the upward stroke in which the crankshaft 203 rotates further counterclockwise from the bottom dead center to the upper dead center, the upper jaw 191 slightly swings diagonally right and downward about the pivot shaft 201 at the beginning of the upward stroke. While separating from the lower jaw 190 and then rapidly separating.

Therefore, during the downward stroke, the upper jaw 19
The lower jaw 190 moves toward the outlet 211 side.
Approaching the discharge port 21 at the beginning of the ascent stroke.
1 spreads a little and the upper jaw 191 swings obliquely downward to the right, so that broken pieces of the glass bottle and crushed empty cans are not clogged in the outlet 211, and the lower end 225 of the upper jaw 191 is not clogged.
And is discharged from the discharge port 211 as if pushed out. In the present invention, since the crushing press 175 is installed diagonally on the gantry 177, the broken pieces of the glass bottle and the crushed empty cans fall on the lower jaw 190 by gravity. Although the discharge port 211 of the crushing press 175 is formed to be narrow, since the above-described configuration is employed, pieces of the glass bottle are not clogged at the discharge port 211.

The crushing press machine 175 has a bottle can input machine 19
4 are connected. The bottle can input device 194 includes a box-shaped box portion 207 into which a glass bottle or an empty can is charged, and an arm portion 208 extending from the box portion 207. Is pivoted to. A glass bottle or an empty can is put into the box portion 207 with the box portion 207 in the lowered position indicated by the broken line in FIG. In addition, bottle can input machine 19
Step 212 and handrails 21 are provided at the rear of the body frame 170 so that glass bottles and empty cans can be easily put into
3 are provided. The layout of the devices on the device mounting section 171 can be reversed so that the bottle can input machine 194 can be arranged in front of the vehicle.

The box section 207 is rotated around the tip of the arm section 208 by a hydraulic motor 209 operated by a remote control, and rises to a rising position indicated by a solid line in FIG. When the box part 207 is raised to the raised position,
The glass bottles and empty cans placed in the box unit 207 fall into the crushing press chamber 192 of the crushing press 175. Since the crushing press chamber 192 of the crushing press machine 175 is formed so that the lower outlet 211 side is narrower than the upper receiving port 210 side, empty cans and glass bottles that have been input can be reliably received in the crushing press machine 175. Further, the bottle can input machine 194 rotates from the lowered position to the raised position, and the rotation range is set so as not to exceed the width and height of the vehicle body as shown in FIG. For this reason,
Collection work can be performed even in narrow alleys and places with ceilings.

The outlet 211 of the crushing press 175 has
The distribution chute 214 is connected. The structure of the distribution chute 214 is the same as that shown in FIG. The distribution chute 214 is composed of the first chute 215 and the second chute 215.
This is a bifurcated chute composed of a chute 216 and has a function of distributing a crushed empty can to a first chute 215 and a crushed glass bottle fragment to a second chute 216. The first chute 215 moves toward the belt conveyor 183 disposed on the right side of the vehicle body, and has a lower jaw 190.
, And the second chute 216 extends toward a belt conveyor 184 disposed at the center of the vehicle body. A slit-shaped opening 217 is provided on the upstream side of the first chute 215, and the opening 217 communicates with the second chute 216. The opening 217 is small enough to allow small crushed glass fragments to pass through but not crushed empty cans, and serves as a trap. The small glass fragments discharged from the crushing press 175
7, slides down the second chute 216 and falls on the belt conveyor 184. On the other hand, the pressed empty can crosses over the opening 217 and the first chute 2
15 and fall onto the belt conveyor 183.

As the belt conveyor 183 and the belt conveyor 184, those having a concave cross section are used so that broken pieces of glass and crushed empty cans do not fall out. The belt conveyor 184 is driven by a hydraulic motor 218 and transports the glass bottle fragments dropped from the second chute 216 toward the storage container 167. At the downstream end of the belt conveyor 184, the fragments of the glass bottle are guided by the chute 219, fall into the storage container 167, and are collected. On the other hand, the crushed empty can guided by the first chute 215 falls onto the belt conveyor 183. The belt conveyor 183 is driven by the hydraulic motor 220 and transports the crushed empty cans to the storage containers 168 and 169. At the downstream end of the belt conveyor 183, a magnetic separator 222 having a hydraulic motor 221 is provided. The magnetic separator 222 has a function of sorting the transported empty cans according to whether they are made of aluminum or iron, and is rotated by a hydraulic motor 221 to attract the iron empty cans by magnetic force. When the empty iron cans sucked by the magnetic separator 222 are removed by a scraper (not shown), they fall into the iron can storage container 168 through the chute 223. The empty aluminum cans are transported as they are by the belt conveyor 183 and fall into the aluminum can storage container 169.

In the collection vehicle 166, the collection device including the crushing press 175 and the like is operated on the body frame 170 with the rear wheel 182 in contact with the road surface 224. In the glass bottle and empty can collection vehicle 166, loads such as vibrations generated from the crushing press 175 and the like are absorbed by the cushion rubbers 179 and 196 which are vibration damping devices, and the loads transmitted to the body frame 170 and the frame 177 are front and rear. It is supported and absorbed by the wheels 174 and 182, and the vibration and noise caused by the operation of the crushing press 175 are reduced.
In addition, a rear portion such as a jack that can be expanded and contracted by hydraulic pressure, a link, a screw, or the like is provided at a rear portion of the body frame 170 of the truck 173 in order to support a force such as an impact force or a vibration generated by the crushing press 175 that is higher than a predetermined value. An outrigger serving as a support can be provided. Outrigger is a crushing press 17
When an excessive load such as vibration generated from the crushing press 175 is applied to the truck 173 at the time of the operation of the truck 5, the vehicle body frame 170 is supported by spreading the iron plate or the like and extending it to the ground, thereby supporting the truck 173. Can be protected.

Next, the operation of the collection vehicle 166 will be described. The collection vehicle 166 is equipped with a collection device for collecting glass bottles and empty cans in the vehicle.
It can be moved freely to carry out separate collection work. When the vehicle arrives at the collection site, the hydraulic pump 185
Is operated to operate the main switch and the like of the operation panel 186. When the main switch of the operation panel 186 is turned on, the belt conveyors 183 and 184 start to move. Since the box section 207 of the bottle can input machine 194 is waiting at the lowered position indicated by the broken line in FIG.
07 can easily be filled with glass bottles and empty cans. A large number of glass bottles and empty cans can be
When the remote control switch is operated, the hydraulic motor 209 is rotated and the box unit 2 of the bottle can input machine 194 is turned on.
07 rises while rotating around the pivot point of the arm 208. When the box section 207 reaches the ascending position, the glass bottle and the empty can are crushed in the crushing press chamber 1 of the crushing press 175.
It falls into 92 and stops. The box unit 207 can be returned to the lower position by operating the remote controller.

When a glass bottle or an empty can is put into the crushing press 175, the hydraulic motor 17 of the crushing press 175
6 rotates, which causes the crankshaft 203 to rotate.
With the rotation of the crankshaft 203, the upper jaw 191 attached to the crankshaft 203 rotates while swinging about the pivot 201, and approaches or separates from the lower jaw 190. By this movement, the glass bottle is crushed by the crushing teeth 193 of the upper jaw 191 and the crushing teeth 193 of the lower jaw 190, and the empty can is pressed. The crushed glass fragments pass through the opening 217, which is a pit, pass through the second chute 216, and fall onto the belt conveyor 184. Since the belt conveyor 184 is driven by the hydraulic motor 218, the fragments of the glass bottle that have fallen on the belt conveyor 184 are transported toward the front of the vehicle as they are, fall from the chute 219 to the storage container 167, and are stored.

On the other hand, the pressed and crushed empty can slides on the opening 217, passes through the first chute 215, and falls onto the belt conveyor 183. The dropped empty cans are conveyed toward the front of the vehicle by the belt conveyor 183 and pass below the magnetic separator 222 on the downstream side. Magnetic separator 2
When the empty can that has passed below is made of iron, the empty can is sucked and guided from the belt conveyor 183 toward the chute 223, and the iron empty can is stored in the iron can storage container 168. If the empty can that has passed under the magnetic separator 222 is made of aluminum, it is transported as it is by the belt conveyor 183 and stored in the aluminum can storage container 169.

As described above, the collection vehicle 166 has the collection device mounted on the equipment mounting portion 171 of the body frame 170, and the storage containers 167, 168, and 169 store broken glass bottle fragments and crushed empty cans. Since it can be stored separately, a large amount of glass bottles and empty cans can be collected at once without being bulky. In particular, collection vehicles 166
Can go around the site and sort and collect glass bottles and empty cans, and can directly carry the glass bottles and empty cans collected in the storage containers 167, 168, and 169 directly to the recycling factory. For this reason, the storage containers 167, 168, 16
In addition to the need for a dedicated vehicle for collecting and turning around 9, the burden of collecting glass bottles can be greatly reduced, and re-commercialization is further promoted.

The collection vehicle 166 is a bottle can input machine 194.
The box portion 207 is configured to be able to move up and down and to be in a standby state at the lowered position, so that glass bottles and empty cans can be easily inserted without any particular difficulty. In particular, a step 212 is provided at the rear of the body frame 170.
And the handrail 213, the collecting operation can be performed easily. Further, the collection vehicle 166 can be manufactured by mounting a collection device on a commercially available truck, and the sorting device of the collection device is to attach a distribution chute 214 to the discharge port 211 of the crushing press 175. Therefore, an inexpensive collection vehicle can be provided. further,
The collection vehicle 166 is connected to the box 20 of the bottle can input machine 194.
Even if a large number of glass bottles and empty cans are put into the tray 7 at a time, the sorting chute 214 is provided, so that sorting can be performed reliably and collection work can be performed efficiently. In addition, since the collection vehicle 166 is provided with the magnetic separator 222, after separating into glass bottles and empty cans, the empty cans can be further automatically separated according to their materials.

In the fourth embodiment, the crushing press 17
The pieces of the glass bottle crushed in Step 5 are
4 is transported toward the front of the vehicle.
Although dropped from the container 9 and stored in the storage container 167, a process of further sieving depending on the size of the crushed fragments may be performed. FIG. 24 shows the collection vehicle shown in the fourth embodiment,
FIG. 25 is a front view showing an example in which a vibrating sieve for sieving glass bottle fragments crushed by the crushing press 175 is provided, and FIG. 25 is a plan view of the vibrating sieve shown in FIG. The pieces of the glass bottle crushed by the crushing press 175 are conveyed by the belt conveyor 184 and put into the vibrating sieve 227. The vibrating sieve 227 is supported via a cushion rubber 230 on a gantry 229 supported by a leg frame 228 erected on a device mounting portion 171 on the body frame 170.

The vibrating sieving machine 227 is provided with
1, a wire mesh 232 stretched over the machine frame 231,
And a vibration exciter 234 attached to the lower surface of the first exciter. The wire mesh 232 has a mesh of about 10 mm, and is inclined as a whole toward the side of the collection vehicle. The machine frame 231 is surrounded by a side wall 233 except for the inclined lower end 235 of the wire mesh 232. Inclined lower end 23
In the vicinity of 5, an intermediate chute 236 is attached to the side wall 233 by a bolt 237. The width of the intermediate chute 236 can be tapered to converge from the entire width of the wire mesh 232. A discharge chute 238 is connected to a tip of the intermediate chute 236 by a bolt 239. The discharge chute 238 is also supported by a turnbuckle 241 and a connecting rod 242 that are stretched between a support 240 attached to the machine frame 231.

A wire mesh 243 having a mesh of about 20 mm is provided above the discharge chute 238, that is, on the side connected to the outlet of the intermediate chute 236. Wire mesh 2
A return conveyor 244 supported by the gantry 229 is disposed below the base 43. The return conveyor 244 conveys the fragments to the vicinity of the bottle can input device 194 of the crushing press 175. Below the wire mesh 232, a chute 245 that collects the fragments falling from the wire mesh 232 into one side of the vehicle and throws the pieces into the glass storage container 167 is arranged in a state supported by the gantry 229. The glass container 167 corresponds to the discharge port of the chute 245,
1.

The operation of the vibrating sieving machine 227 will be described. Pieces of glass bottles conveyed by the belt conveyor 184 include garbage such as crowns and labels. The broken pieces of the glass bottle are the wire mesh 23 of the vibrating screen machine 227.
When the pieces are put on the glass 2, the fragments as small as 10 mm square are sieved by the vibrating sieve action of the vibrator 234 and the wire mesh 232, and are collected from the chute 245 into the glass container 167. 10m not sieved by wire mesh 232
Fragments larger than the m-square slide down from the intermediate chute 236 to the discharge chute 238. Debris as small as 20 mm square is collected by the wire mesh 24
3 and conveyed by a return conveyor 244 to a crushing press 175. The debris transported by the return conveyor 244 is transferred to the bottle can input machine 1
Once collected near 94, the bottle can input machine 19
4 again crushes in the crushing press 175. Debris that passed without being screened by wire mesh 243
Since it is trash such as bottle caps or labels, it is collected in trash containers or garbage trucks. If the number of glass bottles to be crushed is large, a carry-out conveyor for carrying out glass pieces as a product may be provided instead of the glass container 167.

Further, as a fourth embodiment, a glass bottle and empty can collection vehicle 166 as shown in FIGS.
The layout of various devices mounted on the device mounting unit 171 can be changed as appropriate. For example, in the above-mentioned collection vehicle 166, the crushing press machine 175 is arranged at the rear of the vehicle, and the storage containers 167 to 169 are stored in the equipment mounting unit 1 at the front of the vehicle.
Although the crushing press 175 is placed on the equipment mounting section 171 in front of the vehicle, the sorting container can be placed on the equipment mounting section 171 behind the vehicle. The objects collected from the rear side of the vehicle are conveyed to the front of the vehicle by a conveyor, and the glass pieces crushed by the crushing press 175 and the empty cans crushed by the press are separated into separate storage containers at the rear of the vehicle by another conveyor. It will be stored. Each separation storage container is, for example, a device mounting unit 171.
When it is rotatably mounted on the rear edge of the vehicle and is rotated rearward by a hydraulic cylinder, the storage containers 167 to 169 have a simple structure as compared with the case where the storage containers 167 to 169 are lifted and collected by a hoist or the like. In addition, the glass pieces and the pressed empty cans stored in the separation storage container by the operation can be collected from the collection vehicle.

Further, as the crusher in each of the above-described embodiments (or a modification thereof), a crusher in which at least a pair of crushing press rollers are arranged at a predetermined gap can be used. In this case, it is preferable that the rotating shafts of the pair of crushing press rollers are arranged horizontally, and both rotating shafts are arranged in parallel in the horizontal direction. The rotation direction of the pair of crushing press rollers is
Bottles and cans, which are objects to be collected from above, are crushed or crushed, and are discharged in opposite directions so as to be discharged further downward from a predetermined gap. It is preferable to provide projections on the surface of the crushing press roller so as to alternately mesh with each other in order to promote crushing and crushing. Further, when a plurality of pairs of crushing press rollers are arranged so that the distance between the axes of each pair of crushing press rollers is gradually reduced, the crushing or crushing of the object to be collected is performed stepwise. If one of a pair of crushing press rollers arranged at the bottom is a magnetic separator roller having magnetism, only empty iron cans can be sorted and discharged. Furthermore, by disposing a wire mesh of a predetermined mesh below a pair of crushing press rollers arranged at the lowermost position, only the crushed glass pieces can be dropped through the wire mesh and separated from the aluminum cans. When a blower is installed below the wire mesh,
The wire mesh can be prevented from being clogged, and the dust such as the bottle lid and the label can be blown off and collected separately from the glass pieces.

As an embodiment of the collecting device according to the present invention,
Although the embodiment of the glass bottle collecting apparatus (first embodiment), the embodiment of the glass bottle separating and collecting apparatus (second embodiment), and the embodiment of the glass bottle and empty can automatic sorting and collecting apparatus (third embodiment) have been described, Then, various collecting devices can be easily obtained by appropriately applying these embodiments. For example, if the second embodiment is applied to collection of empty cans, it can be used as an empty can separation and collection device.
Further, by removing the turntable 95 and the push button switch 69 for selection from the second embodiment, it can be used as a collecting device dedicated to empty cans. In the third embodiment, if the second chute 151 and the turntable 158 are removed,
It can be used as an automatic sorting / collecting device dedicated to empty cans, or as an automatic sorting / collecting device dedicated to glass bottles by removing the first chute 150 and the turntable 156. Also, in the glass bottle sorting and collecting apparatus of the second embodiment, the glass bottle crusher 2 of the first embodiment is used instead of the crusher 75.
3 may be employed, or the design may be changed so that the color of the glass bottle is automatically identified, so that an automatic glass bottle sorting and collecting apparatus may be used. Thus, depending on whether the collection target is a glass bottle or an empty can, whether the material of the empty can is iron or aluminum, or the color of the glass bottle,
Whether to automatically sort according to the material of the empty can,
Depending on whether or not to automatically sort according to the color of the glass bottle, it is used in the various collecting devices shown in the first to third embodiments or the collecting device mounted on the collecting vehicle of the fourth embodiment. Appropriate combinations of the constituent elements can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art. In addition, as an embodiment of the collection vehicle equipped with the collection device, the embodiment (fourth embodiment) of the collection vehicle equipped with the glass bottle collection device and the empty can automatic sorting / collection device has been described. Needless to say, the device may be appropriately selected from the above and mounted on the vehicle. Furthermore, although examples in which hydraulic motors are used as various driving sources have been described, an electric motor driven by electricity generated by a generator mounted on a commercial power supply or a vehicle may be used. In addition, a vibration motor may be attached to each of the chutes to urge the conveyance of fragments and the like.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 26 to 30, another embodiment of the crusher according to the present invention, a collecting device provided with the crusher, and a collecting vehicle equipped with the collecting device will be described. FIG.
6 is a side view showing another embodiment of the collection vehicle according to the present invention, FIG. 27 is a plan view of the collection vehicle of FIG. 26, and FIG. 28 is FIG.
FIG. 29 is a sectional view showing a crusher that can be mounted on the collection vehicle of FIG.
FIG. 30 is a side sectional view of the crusher of FIG. 28, and FIG. 30 is a partially sectional explanatory view showing another embodiment of the crusher which can be mounted on the collection vehicle of FIG. 26 or installed at a predetermined place.

This embodiment is the same as that described in each of the above embodiments as a basic technical idea, however, compared to the above embodiments, it is configured in a more compact and low-cost facility. ing. In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 26 and 27, a collection device 300 incorporating a crusher 301 is mounted on a vehicle 310 capable of traveling on a road. The collection device 300 mounted on the vehicle 307 has a crusher 301 mounted on the front of the vehicle 307 and a crushed material storage container mounted on the rear of the vehicle 307. The crushed material storage container includes an aluminum can storage container 311 in which an aluminum can is crushed, a steel can storage container 312 in which a steel can is crushed, and a glass storage container 313 in which a glass bottle stores crushed glass. As shown in FIG. 26, each of the crushed material storage containers is configured to be capable of tilting with a pivot point as a pivot 319 on a vehicle 310 using a hydraulic hoist 318 or the like in order to discharge the crushed material stored therein. As shown in FIG. 30, a caster 320 may be attached to the lower part so that the vehicle 310 can be unloaded.

As shown in FIGS. 28 and 29, the crusher 301 has a hopper 306 at the uppermost part, and a pair of hoppers 306 arranged opposite to each other below the hopper 306 and rotating inward from top to bottom. The crushing press roller 302 is arranged in a plurality of stages (four in the figure) from the upper side to the lower side, so that the crushing function is improved and the structure is made compact. The crusher 301 has a receiving port 308 at the upper end and a discharge port 309 at the lower end, and a pair of crushing press rollers 302 set so that the cross-sectional area decreases from the receiving port 308 to the discharge port 309. , A support device 303 rotatably supporting the crushing press roller 302, and a sorter 3 installed below the discharge port 309 of the crushing press roller 302 located at the lowest position.
04 and a hydraulic motor 307 that rotationally drives the crushing press roller 302. Crushing press roller 3
Numeral 02 is rotatably driven by a hydraulic motor 307 via a chain 336, and has a large number of projections on its surface. Is crushed and the glass bottle is broken into glass shards.

In the collection vehicle 310 equipped with the crusher 301, a step 328, a handrail 337, and an opening / closing catch 32 on which a worker collecting the crushed material can ride at the rear of the vehicle.
9, a storage 332 or the like can be provided. In addition, the collection vehicle 310 is provided with a hydraulic tank and an operation panel 331 for driving a hydraulic motor 307 as a driving unit of the crusher 301. The collection vehicle 310 is configured so that crushed materials such as glass bottles, aluminum cans, and steel cans input from the input port 333 are input to the crusher 301 from the receiving port 308 by the belt conveyor 305. The crushed material is crushed by the crushing press roller 302 of the crusher 301, the glass bottle is crushed into small pieces of glass, the metal can is crushed and flattened, and the metal can is dropped from the outlet 309 to the sorter 304.

The sorter 304 comprises a screen such as a wire mesh or a slit for separating glass fragments and crushed metal cans, and a magnetic separator 314, and is additionally provided with a blower 334 for blowing off the fragments. Glass shards are sorted by a sorter 304
From the sieve on the glass discharge belt conveyor 317,
It is stored in a glass storage container 313 by a glass discharge belt conveyor 317. The crushed cans that cannot fall through the sieve of the sorter 304 are carried out of the sorter 304 by the can discharge belt conveyor 32. The crushed steel can carried out by the can discharge belt conveyor 32 is attracted by a magnetic separator 314 composed of a rotating body having a magnet, is carried to the steel can discharge belt conveyor 316, and the steel is discharged by the steel can discharge belt conveyor 316. It is stored in the can storage container 312. The crushed aluminum cans that are not adsorbed by the magnetic separator 314 are carried out by the can discharge belt conveyor 32 and carried to the aluminum can discharge belt conveyor 316, where they are conveyed to the aluminum discharge belt conveyor 316.
16 accommodated in the aluminum can storage container 311. The aluminum can discharge belt conveyor 316, the steel can discharge belt conveyor 316, and the glass discharge belt conveyor 317 can be tilted by the hydraulic hoist 321 so that the vehicle 3 can be tilted.
10 can be mounted.

The collecting device 330 shown in FIG. 30 is of a type that can be installed at a station, a park, or a collection location. Although the collecting device 330 of this embodiment is provided with the casters 327, it is needless to say that the collecting device 330 can be mounted on the vehicle 310. In addition, this collection device 330
While the magnetic separator 314 in the collecting device 300 shown in FIG. 27 is disposed above the can discharge belt conveyor 32, as shown in FIG. 30, the magnetic separator is moved around the lowermost crushing press roller 302 by a magnet. Provided magnetic separator roller 322
Can also be configured. The magnetic separator is a magnetic separator roller 322.
In this case, the steel can can be accommodated in the steel can storage container 312 by providing a scraper 323 for peeling the crushed steel can attracted to the magnet with respect to the magnetic separator roller 322.

The collecting device 330 crushes the crushed bottles and cans that have been introduced into the crusher 301 from the receiving port 308 by the crushing press roller 302, and crushes the crushed product from the discharge port 309.
To fall. The sorter 326 includes sieves 324 and 32 such as wire meshes and slits inclined in the opposite direction with the magnetic separator roller 322 as a boundary.
6. Therefore, the crushed steel can dropped from the outlet 309 to the sorter 326 is absorbed by the magnetic separator roller 322, dropped on the sieve 324 by the scraper 323, guided by the sieve 324, and stored in the steel can storage container 312. Is done. The crushed aluminum can that has fallen from the discharge port 309 to the separator 326 is not adsorbed by the magnetic separator roller 322, and thus falls directly onto the sieve 325,
25 and is stored in the aluminum can storage container 311. Further, the gas-fired glass crushed by the crushing press roller 302 passes through the sieves 324 and 325 and is stored in a glass storage container 313 disposed thereunder.

The collecting device 330 is provided with a storage 338 for storing a steel member such as a steel lid, an aluminum member such as an aluminum lid, and a plastic in addition to the above-mentioned crushed aluminum can, steel can and glass bottle. Can be.

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The collecting device according to the present invention is configured to store the crushed glass bottles in the storage container, so that a large amount of glass bottles can be collected at once without being bulky.
Moreover, since the storage container can be removed from the collection device, the storage container can be collected by a collection vehicle and transported to a recycling factory as it is, thus greatly reducing the burden of collecting glass bottles. it can. Also, by arranging a plurality of glass bottle collection devices side by side at the collection site, or by installing a plurality of storage containers in one collection device and storing glass pieces by color in each storage container. This makes it possible to collect glass pieces by color. In addition, by arranging a plurality of empty can collection devices side by side at the collection site, or by installing a plurality of storage containers in one collection device so that each storage container can store empty cans by material. Thus, empty cans can be collected for each material.

Since this collecting device is configured so that pieces of crushed glass bottles and crushed empty cans are sorted and stored in a storage container, a large amount of glass bottles and empty cans can be collected at once without being bulky. In addition, glass bottles can be stored in storage containers by color, and empty cans can be stored separately in iron or aluminum storage containers. Therefore, storage containers can be transported directly to a recycling factory using a dedicated collection vehicle. In addition, the burden of separating glass bottles and empty cans and the burden of collection work can be greatly reduced, and re-commercialization is further promoted.

In this collecting apparatus, since the housing is made of soundproofing material, it is possible to prevent noise generated when the crusher crushes the glass bottle or crushes the empty can.
In addition, since the collecting device has a caster mounted on the bottom wall of the housing, the collecting device can be easily moved, and the installation location can be freely changed as necessary.

This collection device can collect glass bottles and empty cans at low cost, which not only saves the cost of local governments, but also promotes recycling, and also reduces the amount of garbage that has been dumped at the final disposal site. By reducing the amount, environmental destruction can be prevented.

Since the collection vehicle according to the present invention has the collection device mounted on the vehicle, the collection and sorting work of the glass bottles and empty cans is performed simultaneously at the collection site to collect the glass bottles and empty cans collected in the storage container. The vehicle can be taken directly to the recycling plant. For this reason, there is no need to use a special collection vehicle for collecting and rotating storage containers. In addition, since there is no need to perform conventional manual sorting, the burden of sorting and collecting glass bottles and empty cans is greatly reduced. It can be reduced, and recommercialization is further promoted.

This collection vehicle has a collection device including a crusher and a belt conveyor mounted on the vehicle.
It can be easily manufactured using commercially available trucks,
In addition, the collection device itself can be made compact, power consumption can be reduced, a small generator can be used, and the device can be provided at low cost. In addition, since the crusher is mounted on the gantry via the vibration isolator on the body frame, the vibration generated by the crusher can be absorbed by the vibration isolator, and the vibration applied to the surrounding environment and the accompanying noise can be suppressed. , Collection work can be performed favorably.

Since the crusher according to the present invention has a structure in which the material to be collected is crushed by the lower jaw and the upper jaw or a structure using a crushing press rotor, it can be applied not only to crushing glass bottles but also to pressing of empty cans. Furthermore, since the structure can be made compact and the number of parts is reduced, the collecting device incorporating the crusher can be made compact, and the collection vehicle equipped with the collecting device can be made compact.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front sectional view showing an embodiment of a collection device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a left side view of the collection device of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the collection device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a detailed view of the collection device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line AA of the collecting device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line BB of the collecting device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along the line CC of the collecting device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a side sectional view showing another embodiment of the collecting device according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of the collection device of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along the line EE of the collecting device of FIG. 8;

FIG. 11 is a sectional view taken along the line FF of the collecting device of FIG. 8;

FIG. 12 is a sectional view taken along the line GG of the collecting device of FIG. 8;

FIG. 13 is a side sectional view showing still another embodiment of the collecting device according to the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a sectional view taken along line HH of the collection device of FIG. 13;

FIG. 15 is a plan view of the collection device of FIG.

FIG. 16 is a sectional view taken along the line II of the collecting device of FIG. 13;

FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view of the collection device of FIG. 13 taken along the line JJ.

FIG. 18 is a perspective view of a crusher in the collection device of FIG.

FIG. 19 is a side view showing one embodiment of a collection vehicle according to the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a plan view of the collection vehicle of FIG. 19;

FIG. 21 is a rear view of the collection vehicle of FIG. 19;

FIG. 22 is an enlarged view of a crushing press in the collection vehicle of FIG. 19;

FIG. 23 is a sectional view taken along the line KK of the crushing press of FIG. 22.

FIG. 24 is a front view showing an embodiment of a collection vehicle provided with a vibration sieving machine for sieving pieces of a glass bottle crushed by a crushing press.

FIG. 25 is a plan view of the vibrating sieve shown in FIG. 24.

FIG. 26 is a side view showing another embodiment of the collection vehicle according to the present invention.

FIG. 27 is a plan view of the collection vehicle of FIG. 26.

FIG. 28 is a sectional view showing a crusher that can be mounted on the collection vehicle of FIG. 26;

FIG. 29 is a side sectional view of the crusher of FIG. 28.

FIG. 30 is a partially sectional explanatory view showing another embodiment of the crusher that can be mounted on the collection vehicle of FIG. 26 or installed at a predetermined place.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 47, 109, 300, 330 Collection device 2, 51, 113 Housing 10, 57 Casters 23, 75, 301 Crusher (crusher) 24 Rotating body 26, 83, 139, 210 Receiving port 27, 84, 140, 211 Discharge port 30, 76, 176, 307 Motor (drive means) 31 Crushing rod 32, 232, 304, 324, 325 Wire mesh 45, 62, 63, 64, 65, 311, 312, 31
3 Storage container 52, 114 Input port 79, 135, 190 Lower jaw 80, 136, 191 Upper jaw 81, 138, 193 Fragmented tooth 93 Cushion rubber (vibration isolator) 95, 156, 158 Turntable 98 Drain hole 99 Liquid Reservoir recess 105, 132 Color identification sensor (identification sensor) 121, 122, 123, 124, 167, 168, 1
69 storage container 125 caster 133 metal sensor (identification sensor) 134,175 crushing press machine (crushing machine) 144 electric hydraulic cylinder (drive means) 149,214 sorting chute (sorting means) 150,215 first chute (sorting means) 151 , 216 Second chute (selection means) 154 Opening (selection means) 155, 157 Gear motor (drive means) 164 Liquid reservoir recess 165 Drain hose 166, 310 Collection vehicle 170 Body frame 171 Equipment mounting section 179 Cushion rubber (vibration isolation) 183, 184, 315, 316, 317 Belt conveyor 196 Cushion rubber (vibration isolator) 217 Opening (sorting means) 222, 314, 322 Magnetic separator 227 Vibrating sieve 238 Discharge chute 244 Return conveyor 302 Crushing press roller 303 Support device 323 scraper

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Claims (33)

[Claims] A cylindrical rotary member having a receiving port at an upper end and a discharge port at a lower end, and having a cross-sectional area decreasing from the receiving port to the discharge port; A supporting device for supporting, a plurality of crushing rods spirally arranged in the rotating body, a wire mesh provided in the vicinity of the outlet, a sphere arranged on the wire mesh, and a driving means for rotating the rotating body. A crusher comprising: 2. A lower jaw having crushing teeth on an inclined upper surface, and an upper jaw having crushing teeth on the inclined lower surface capable of meshing with the crushing teeth of the lower jaw, wherein the upper jaw and the lower jaw are inclined. A receiving port and a discharge port are formed at the upper end and the inclined lower end, respectively, and are swingably supported at the inclined lower part. The upper jaw is pressed against the lower jaw while being swung in the inclination direction by the driving means. Crusher consisting of: 3. A cylindrical rotary body having a receiving port at an upper end and a discharge port at a lower end, and having a cross-sectional area decreasing from said receiving port to said discharge port. A supporting device for supporting, a plurality of crushing rods spirally arranged in the rotating body, a wire mesh provided in the vicinity of the outlet, a sphere arranged on the wire mesh, and a driving means for rotating the rotating body. A crusher comprising: 4. The crusher according to claim 1, wherein the support device supports the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body at two upper and lower positions so as to be aligned with at least three rollers. 5. A lower jaw having crushing teeth on an inclined upper surface and an upper jaw having crushing teeth on the inclined lower surface capable of meshing with the crushing teeth of the lower jaw, wherein the upper jaw and the lower jaw are inclined. A receiving port and a discharge port are formed at the upper end and the inclined lower end, respectively, and are swingably supported at the inclined lower part. The upper jaw is pressed against the lower jaw while being swung in the inclination direction by the driving means. Crusher consisting of: 6. The crusher according to claim 5, wherein the driving means includes a motor, a crankshaft rotated by the motor, and a transmission member for transmitting a force of the crankshaft to the upper jaw. 7. The electric drive cylinder according to claim 5, wherein the driving means is an electric hydraulic cylinder having an end of a cylinder rotatably supported by a stationary member and an end of a piston rod rotatably supported by the upper jaw. Crusher as described. 8. A pair of crushing press rollers having a receiving port at an upper end, a discharge port at a lower end, and being set so that a distance between the receiving port and the discharge port is reduced. A crushing machine comprising: a support device rotatably supporting the crushing press roller; a sorting machine disposed below the discharge port of the crushing press roller positioned at the lowest position; and a driving means for rotating and driving the crushing press roller. . 9. A discharge belt conveyor for discharging a metal member selected from the separator is provided, and a magnetic separator for adsorbing a steel member and separating the aluminum member from the aluminum member is provided above the discharge belt conveyor. The crusher according to claim 8, wherein a scraper that peels off the steel member adsorbed on the magnetic separator is provided for the magnetic separator. 10. A magnetic separator for adsorbing a steel member and separating it from an aluminum member is provided on the lowermost crushing press roller located above the separator, and the magnetic separator is separated from the magnetic separator by a magnetic separator. 9. The crusher according to claim 8, further comprising a scraper for separating the steel member adsorbed on the crusher. 11. The crushing machine according to claim 1, wherein the input port formed in the housing, the object to be collected in the glass bottle or the empty can input from the input port is crushed or crushed. A collecting device comprising a crusher, which is detachably installed and configured to store a crushed or crushed object discharged from the crusher. 12. The glass bottles are collected according to color and / or the empty cans are separated according to material.
2. The collection device according to item 1. 13. The collection device according to claim 11, further comprising a bottle lid storage container that stores the lid of the glass bottle for each material. 14. The collecting apparatus according to claim 11, wherein a sorting means for sorting crushed glass bottles and crushed empty cans is provided at a lower end of the crusher. 15. A sorting chute comprising a first chute and a second chute, wherein the first chute is provided along the inclination of the lower jaw, and is provided on an upper portion of the first chute. 15. The collecting device according to claim 14, wherein an opening having a size that allows the crushed glass bottle pieces to pass but does not allow the crushed empty can to pass through is formed, and the second chute is disposed below the opening. 16. The collection device according to claim 15, wherein the storage containers are respectively provided corresponding to the first chute and the second chute. 17. A turntable rotatably supported by a housing,
Drive means for rotating the turntable, a plurality of storage containers placed on the turntable, and a controller for starting and stopping the drive means in accordance with the type of identification signal according to the characteristics of the object to be collected The collection device according to claim 11, comprising: 18. The identification signal is a signal from an identification sensor for identifying the color of the glass bottle or an identification sensor for identifying the material of the empty can, a selection switch for designating the color of the glass bottle, or a selection switch for designating the material of the empty can. The collection device according to claim 17, which is a signal from a switch. 19. The collecting device according to claim 11, wherein a plurality of drain holes are formed in a bottom of the storage container. 20. A liquid storage recess and a drain hose are provided on a bottom surface of the housing below the storage container.
2. The collection device according to item 1. 21. The collection device according to claim 11, wherein the crusher is attached to a housing via a vibration isolator. 22. The collection device according to claim 11, wherein a caster is attached to a bottom of the housing. 23. A collection vehicle equipped with a collection device comprising the collection device according to any one of claims 11 to 22 mounted on a vehicle. 24. An equipment mounting portion provided on a body frame,
The crushing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 10, which is installed in the equipment mounting portion, the glass bottle or the empty can, which is provided in the crushing machine so as to be able to move up and down and is charged at a descending position, crushes the glass bottle or empty can at an ascending position. A dropper, a sorting means for sorting and discharging glass bottles or empty cans crushed or crushed by the crusher, and a glass bottle or empty can set in the equipment mounting portion and discharged from the sorting means. A collection vehicle equipped with a collection device consisting of storage containers. 25. The collection vehicle according to claim 24, wherein the driving means includes a motor, a crankshaft rotated by the motor, and a transmission member for transmitting a force of the crankshaft to the upper jaw. 26. In a descending stroke in which the crankshaft rotates from the top dead center to the bottom dead center, the upper jaw approaches the lower jaw while swinging about the pivot shaft, In the upward stroke in which the crankshaft rotates further in the same direction from the bottom dead center toward the top dead center, at the beginning of the upward stroke, the upper jaw moves away from the lower jaw while being inclined about the pivot shaft. 3. The method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising swinging downward.
The collection vehicle according to 5. 27. A first device provided below the first chute.
A belt conveyor and a second belt conveyor provided below the second chute, wherein the first belt conveyor carries empty cans, and the second belt conveyor carries glass bottle fragments. 24. The collection vehicle according to 24. 28. The first belt conveyor and the second belt conveyor are arranged in parallel with the vehicle longitudinal direction, and
27. The downstream end of the belt conveyor is provided with a magnetic separator for separating aluminum cans and iron cans, and the aluminum cans and iron cans selected by the magnetic separator are stored in separate storage containers. Collection vehicle described. 29. A vibrating sieving machine for sifting the fragments transported by the second belt conveyor to store the fragments of the glass having a size smaller than a predetermined size in the storage container. 25. The collection vehicle according to claim 24, further comprising: a return conveyor that returns the fragments having a size equal to or greater than the predetermined size selected by the vibrating sieve to the crusher. 30. The dispenser comprises a box-shaped box for charging a glass bottle or an empty can, and an arm extending from the box, and a tip of the arm is pivotally supported by the lower jaw. The collection vehicle of claim 24, wherein 31. The collection vehicle according to claim 24, wherein the thrower rotates from a lowered position to a raised position, and a rotation range thereof is set so as not to exceed a width and a height of the vehicle body. . 32. The collection vehicle according to claim 24, wherein the crusher is disposed at one of a front portion and a rear portion of the body frame, and the storage container is disposed at the other. 33. The collection vehicle according to claim 24, wherein the crusher is attached to the device mounting portion via a vibration isolator.