JPS5982199A - Press for compressing empty can - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To compress empty cans by manpower by oscillating a movable press plate, which is disposed so as to face to a stationary pressure receiving wall, by the manual operation of an operating lever for compression to grasp the empty can in the position where the pressure receiving wall and the movable press plate are detached from each other and crushing the can in the position where both approach to each other. CONSTITUTION:When empty cans A, B, C, D are placed continuously on a introducing plate 35, the cans are rolled from an introducing space 36 into the machine by a leftward down slope. The can A is grasped by a pressure receiving wall 30 and a press plate 20 in a wedge-shaped space 41 formed by said wall and said plate. The cans B, C, D stop by contacting successively with the can A. When the operator places his one foot on the operating end 19 of an operating lever 12 and depresses the lever against a spring 28, the lever 12 turns and displaces around the shaft 14 and while an outer race 18 of a bearing 15 turns, it rolls upward on the rear surface 24 of the plate 20 and advances the plate 20 toward the wall 30, thereby compressing the can A. When the operator releases the foot from the lever 12, the can A falls and the can B enters the space 41.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to an empty can compression press machine.

It is especially suitable for crushing relatively small empty cans such as youth, cola, soft drinks, and food products.Recently, empty can pollution has been particularly avoided, but this countermeasure still remains in place.
This has developed into a problem of natural destruction.

Even the relatively small empty cans mentioned above cannot be completely crushed by human power, and if they go wrong, there is a risk of injury, so they are often thrown away.

In addition, empty can collection companies would not buy empty cans that had not been crushed, which was another source of trouble for Kanji Youth and other distributors and consumers.

Especially for businesses with vending machines that sell large quantities of Kanji Youth, etc., if empty cans can be crushed easily,
The storage space for empty cans is small, and empty cans do not protrude from empty can storage racks and spill out, and consumers can easily throw away empty cans in the rack, so they can be thrown outside or taken away. As a result, there will be fewer cases of trash being thrown away on roadsides or in fields.

In short, if a press machine that can be easily crushed is always available at both the seller and the consumer side, empty cans will be prevented from being left unattended, and this will be an effective measure to prevent pollution.

However, commercially available presses are all large, heavy, and expensive, making them unsuitable for compressing waste cans.
The penetration rate was also low.

In addition, manual labor not only takes a long time, but may also be dangerous.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is to provide a press machine for manually compressing empty cans of reasonable size, weight, and price, thereby solving the above-mentioned problems.

The structure of the present invention is such that a movable pressing plate placed opposite a fixed pressure receiving wall is oscillated by manual operation of a compression lever applying the lever principle, and an empty can is moved when the pressure receiving wall and movable pressing plate are separated from each other. A roller is rotatably supported at one end of the operating lever, and the roller rolls on the back surface of the movable pressing plate in response to the vertical movement of the operating lever. The purpose is to induce rocking motion.

The effect is that since rolling rollers are used to transmit the movement of the operating lever to the movable pressure plate, there is little sliding resistance, and small human force can be reliably transmitted, and the lever principle can be used to increase the force. Therefore, it can be crushed easily and reliably.

In addition, there is no need for a special power generating device or its operating devices, and it is possible to do this with only a simple manual operation, so the structure is simple, and the weight is small and not bulky.

Therefore, it is easy to carry, requires less space for installation, is safe and easy to handle, and has many practical effects.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

10 is a fuselage made of a suitable steel frame material, 11 is a side plate fixed to the fuselage 10 on both sides, 12 is an operating lever 14 pivoted to the center column 13 of the fuselage 10, and a ball is attached to the operating tip. The bearing 15 is pivoted 16, that is, the inner race 17 of the bearing 15 is tightly fitted to the pivot pin 16,
An outer race 18 is configured to be able to roll freely via a ball bearing 15 with respect to a pivot pin 16 protruding from the tip.

Further, the operating lever 12 is provided with the other operating end 19 at a position away from the pivot pin 14 in the opposite direction by a distance that is an appropriate number of times longer than the distance between the axes of the pivot pins 14 and 16.

That is, the pivot pin 14 becomes a lever fulcrum.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a movable pressure plate, whose lower part is pivotably pivoted 22 at a suitable location on the lower part 21 of the fuselage 10, and has a front face 23 and a back face 24 extending upward from the pivot point. is bent into a dogleg shape toward the operating lever mouth side, forming a free end 39.

Furthermore, a stopper pin 26 is installed at a rear position slightly above the lower pivot point 22 of the pressing plate 20, and its position can be adjusted with a screw, for example, according to the size (diameter) of the empty can, as shown by the temporary line. By means of means, the attachment and detachment of the pin 26 can be changed to three positions.

Further, a tilting table 27 is welded to the upper rear surface of the pressing plate 20.
The outer race 18 of the bearing 15 can be continuously rolled and displaced from the top of the back surface 24 to the inclined table 27, and the back surface 2
4, the pressing plate 20 is designed to tilt further forward when the outer race 18 is located on the inclined table 27. (for the same angular displacement of the operating lever)
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Reference numerals 28 and 29 are tension springs, which are tensioned between the locking pin 30 installed in the center column 13, the operating lever 12, and the pressing plate 20, respectively, and are used to move the operating lever 12 counterclockwise as seen in FIG. , the pressing plate 20 is constantly biased clockwise, the biasing force of the spring 28 brings the outer race 18 into contact with the back surface 24 in correlation with the weight balance with the operating lever 12, and the biasing force of the spring 29 is applied to the stopper 25. is brought into contact with the stopper pin 26,
It serves to hold the pressing plate 20 and the operating lever 12 in the state shown in the first diagram.

Reference numeral 30 denotes a pressure receiving wall fixed to the side plate 11 in the vertical direction at a position corresponding to the pressure plate 20, and 31 is a pressure receiving wall located near the pivot point 22 and inclined downward to the left with a slight gap from the lower end of the pressure plate 20. In this state, the lower end of the pressure receiving wall 30, the lower front face 23 of the pressing plate 20, and the oblique upper surface 32 of the leading plate 31 form a leading space 33.

Reference numeral 34 denotes an introduction upper plate which is fixed to the side plate 11 with a downward slope to the left so as to close the upper end of the pressure receiving wall 30, and 35 is fixed to the side plate 11 with a gentle downward slope to the left near the free end 39 of the pressure plate. In the lower introduction plate, an empty can introduction space 36 is formed between the right end of the upper introduction plate 34 and the left end of the lower introduction plate 35 above and below.

In the structure described above, when empty aluminum cans A, B, C, and D of small-diameter J-Use are successively placed on the lower introduction plate 35 in the pre-operation state shown in the first figure, they will move downward to the left. The empty can A rolls with its own weight from the introduction space 36 into the machine due to the inclination of The empty cans B, C, and D are then held in contact with the empty cans A and then stop.

Next, when a foot is applied to the operating end 19 of the actuating lever 12 against the spring 28 and a force F is applied, the actuating lever 1
2 rotates around the pivot 14 in the clockwise direction as seen in FIG. 1, and the outer race 18 of the bearing 15 at its operating tip
While rotating, it rolls upward on the back surface 24 of the press plate 20, advances the press plate 20 toward the pressure receiving plate 30, and contracts the wedge-shaped space 41.

At this time, the next empty can B rolls on the doglegged upper surface 40 of the pressing plate 20 and moves slightly to the right, leaving it behind.

Therefore, the empty can A held between the pressure receiving plate 30 and the pressing plate 20 is compressed, and the crushing phenomenon progresses.

As the pressing force F is further applied, the outer race 18 rolls and displaces onto the inclined table 27, and the inclination angle becomes large from this state, so that the forward movement of the pressing plate 20 is further promoted, and finally When the outer race 18 is displaced to near the top of the inclined table 27, the empty can A is completely crushed between the pressure receiving plate 30 and the pressing plate 20, as shown in the second figure.

The crushing process is now complete.

The next empty can B is placed between the free right end 25 of the press plate 20 and the fixed left end 37 of the lower introduction plate 35, straddling the space 38 between the two ends, in preparation for the next process.

Next, when the foot is removed from the actuating lever 12, the actuating lever 12 is rotated by the spring 28 in the counterclockwise direction as seen in FIG.

Therefore, the contact position between the press plate 20 and the outer race 18 is displaced from above to below, and the wedge-shaped space 41 is increased.

The crushed empty can A falls downward under its own weight and enters the lead-out space 3.
3 to the outside, and is housed in a cage (not shown) to complete the release process.

That is, each member is restored to the state shown in the first figure by the stopper 25 coming into contact with the corresponding pin 26, and the empty can B is held between the plates 20 and 30 in the wedge-shaped space 41 in place of the empty can A. You will have to wait for the operation.

By repeating the above operations in the same manner, the empty cans can be crushed continuously, easily, completely, and safely.

In addition, if the size of the empty can is a little large, such as one for can beer, it is sufficient to install the screw-removable stopper pin 25 in the temporary wire hole on the right as shown in Figure 1, and one can can hold two or three pins. It is also possible to use both.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a central vertical sectional view showing an embodiment embodying the present invention, and shows the state before operation. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the state of FIG. 1 during operation. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10... Body, 12... Compression actuation lever, 14... Fulcrum, 18... Bearing outer race (roller), 19... Other operating end, 20... Movable pressing plate, 28.
29... Spring means, 30... Fixed pressure receiving wall, A, B, C, D...
Empty ring. Patent applicant Ikuko Higo

Claims (1)

[Claims] A movable pressure plate placed facing a fixed pressure receiving wall is swingably pivoted at its lower part at an appropriate position on the aircraft.The arrangement of both is such that the empty can is held between them at the farthest position from the pressure receiving wall, and the most The empty can is crushed when approached, and a fulcrum formed near one operating tip of a compression actuation lever, which has a roller rotatably supported on one operating tip and the other operating end, is placed through the body. The arrangement of the compression operating lever and the movable pressing plate is such that when the lever is at the upper limit, the movable pressing plate is at the farthest position from the pressure receiving plate by a spring means, and the lever is at the upper limit. During the operation displacement from 1 to the lower limit, the roller comes into contact with the back surface of the pressure plate and the distance between the pressure plate and the pressure plate gradually decreases.When the roller further moves to the lower limit, the pressure plate approaches the pressure plate closest to the pressure plate. A press machine for compressing an empty can, characterized in that it is configured so that it is placed in the position shown in FIG.