KR100332228B1 - Apparatus for compacting, separating and storing metallic containers such as beverage cans - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus capable of automatically carrying out the process of compressing and separating and storing metal containers, such as beverage cans. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the can compressor has a proximity sensor 222 and an optical sensor 224 installed in the can inlet 22, and the can is selectively inputted by the sorting input plate 285, and a protective cover ( 24) and a hand protection guide 287. In addition, the can compressor includes a mechanical rack cylinder 10 having a hammer 12 reciprocating in a vertical direction, a can guide housing 14 having upper and lower portions open to accommodate the hammer 12, and the can guide housing. (14) Compression can guide housings 16 having a top and bottom opening, which are disposed in close proximity below and can be moved horizontally by a separate air cylinder 184 to drop the compressed can, and the compression can The guide housing 16 is disposed in close proximity to the guide housing 16 and includes a compression base 18 fixed by the frame. In addition, the can compressor includes an aluminum can collecting plate 42 having a permanent magnet 44 attached to the bottom thereof, and an iron can collecting plate 46 in parallel with the can collecting plate 42. 42. The compressed iron can attached to the surface is moved to the iron can collecting plate 46 by the compression can release lever 164.

Description

Apparatus for compressing and separating and storing metal containers such as beverage cans {APPARATUS FOR COMPACTING, SEPARATING AND STORING METALLIC CONTAINERS SUCH AS BEVERAGE CANS}

The present invention relates to an apparatus for compressing and separating and storing metal containers, such as beverage cans, and more particularly, to an apparatus capable of automatically performing a process of compressing and classifying and storing cans by type.

In recent years, the importance of material saving and recycling has emerged, and the recycling of metal containers such as beverage cans has become a big issue. In particular, only a fraction of the total annual production of beverage cans is recovered after use, and most of them are disposed of as garbage. Given that, the importance of recycling beverage cans is inevitably important in saving materials.

Various types of devices have been developed in the art to facilitate the recovery and regeneration of metal containers. For example, Korean Patent No. 0574574 can compression separation collector is configured to separate and collect metal cans into iron and aluminum cans first, and to extinguish the collected cans by respective hydraulic cylinders.

In the conventional can compression separation collector, a foreign matter proximity sensor is attached to the upper part of the inlet, and an electromagnet having a proximity switch is installed on the upper part of the guide tube having the opening and closing plate. And sensors are installed respectively.

In the opening and closing plate of the guide cylinder and the lower side of the outlet side, an iron can compression cylinder and an aluminum can compression cylinder having a cover and an inlet are respectively provided, and both ends of each compression cylinder are formed with long holes at both ends of the compression plate coupled to the front. The guide lever is protrudingly installed, and can slide with the front and rear micro switches.

In front of the iron can compression cylinder and the aluminum can compression cylinder, a compression plate is attached to the front end of the cylinder connected to the hydraulic pump, respectively, and is coupled to the open side of the iron can compression cylinder and the aluminum can compression cylinder, and the lower part of each of the compression cylinders Each of the conventional can and compressor canisters is equipped with a length in the inlet to allow the cylindrical can to roll along the guide when the cylindrical can is introduced. Attention should be given to inserting in a direction. Therefore, when a crushed can is inserted, the can does not roll smoothly along the guide, and when the can is not fully loaded, the crimping collector is stopped. In addition, the aluminum and iron cans are separately collected using the operation of electromagnets and sensing switches. When the iron can is inserted, the electromagnet is momentarily activated, the iron can is attached to the electromagnet, and the proximity switch that detects it operates to open the lower opening and closing plate. At the same time, the magnetic force of the electromagnet is removed to release the detention state. When the can is dropped, the can is collected in the iron can compression cylinder through the opening and closing plate. On the other hand, since the aluminum can is not affected by the electromagnet, the can is guided along the guide tube and moved to the aluminum can compression cylinder. In order to achieve the purpose of separating according to the conventional can crimping collector had to be equipped with an electromagnet, a proximity switch, and the opening and closing plate, there was a problem that the overall structure is complicated. Previously separated and compressed into individual hydraulic cylinders, two of the most expensive machines The hydraulic cylinder system must be equipped, and thus the manufacturing cost is increased. Also, when the hydraulic pump for operating the hydraulic cylinder is operated, a lot of noise is generated, and the hydraulic pump must be operated with a very high horsepower. As a representative example of the related art, Korean Registered Utility Model No. 137011, "Can Presser", is known. When a can is put through an opening by opening and closing a door, a limit switch and an electromagnet are used. Separating (sensing) the iron can and the aluminum can to operate the separator plate by the control motor.When the can that has passed through the feeding cylinder falls into the pressing cylinder and flows in, the pressing plate moves forward and backward by the operation of the cylinder. After pressing, it is retracted. When pressing cans are discharged through the discharge hole, The cans are collected by dropping them into a predetermined container through a separator plate having a fine angle control. However, since the conventional can presses are pressurized in a horizontal state, only cans that are almost intact can be pressed. In case of crushing, it is not easy to press horizontally, and if it is pressed excessively, there is a problem that the mechanical device is damaged. In addition, as the pressing means uses a hydraulic motor and a hydraulic cylinder, the noise is large during operation. Therefore, it is very inadequate to install and use in the building, and the operation time of the hydraulic pump takes a lot, so there is a problem of high power consumption and operation cost. The control motor makes the structure complicated and the production cost It takes a lot of unnecessary and there is a problem to increase the volume.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and to provide a can compression separation device having a simple structure.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a can compression separation device that can be installed in the vertical type of one compressor to compress the can first, the free fall, but can separate the aluminum can and the iron can using a permanent magnet. .

Another object of the present invention is to install the compression device of the can vertically so that it can be pressed against all the cans irrespective of the condition and the shape of the can, and as a power source, ascending and descending by the reduction motor By operating the hammer up and down by the elevating rod or the air cylinder to reduce the manufacturing cost and operating cost while simplifying the structure, and also to provide a can compression separation device that can reduce the noise.

The above and other objects of the present invention,

Cans introduced through the can inlet 22 are introduced into the can guide housing 14 through the can guide 20, and the cans are compressed and discharged by a hammer 12 operated by a power means. The can guide housing 14 to which the can guide 20 is connected is installed vertically, and the compressed can guide housing 16 is detachable on the same vertical line below the can guide housing. And a compression base 18 in order to discharge or communicate the compressed can guide housing 16 to one side of the can guide housing 14 and the compression base 18 by an air cylinder 184. Compression base 18 is to be supported by a separate support plate 182, fixed to the fixing bracket 141 on one side of the outer surface of the can guide housing 14 and the positioning arm at the tip of the fixing bracket (141) 144) and compression Mandrel install the bushing 143 having the pressure lever 145 integrally provided, but the compression can pressure lever 145 is elastically upward by the spring 145-1 and the positioning arm 144 is the compression can guide. The aluminum can collecting plate 42 and the iron can collecting plate 46 are inclined zigzag to be in contact with the outer surface of the housing 16 and to the lower side of the compressed can guide housing 16 discharged to the outside. An ordinary permanent magnet 44 is attached to the bottom of the collecting plate 42, and an iron can attached to the aluminum can collecting plate 42 by the permanent magnet 44 on one side of the outer surface of the compression can guide housing 16. It can be achieved by the can compression device (1) characterized in that the fixed can separation lever 164 to be separated and discharged by the vertical arm 162 is included.

1 is a perspective view showing an example of a can compression separation device according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the can compression apparatus illustrated in Figure 1 seen from the rear.

3 is a rear perspective view of the can compression separator for showing a state of dropping the compressed can.

Figure 4 is a schematic diagram showing the principle of operation as an excerpt excavation perspective view showing another embodiment of the can compression device according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

1. Can compression separator 10. Rack cylinder

12. Hammer 14. Can Guide Housing

16. Compression Can Guide Housing 18. Compression Base

42. Aluminum Can Collector 44. Permanent Magnet

46. Iron cans collection board

The above and other objects and features of the present invention will be more clearly understood by the following detailed description based on the accompanying drawings.

1 to 3 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a can compression separation device 1 according to the present invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view from one side, Figure 2 is a perspective view from the rear, Figure 3 is a compressed can It is a perspective view of the rear side which shows and shows the state which makes it fall.

First, a description will be given with reference to FIG. 1. The can compression separation device 1 according to the present invention is disposed below the rack cylinder 10 and the rack cylinder 10 so as to reciprocate the hammer 12 in the vertical direction, but the hammer 12 may be stored therein. A guide housing 14 having an open top and bottom portions so that the top and bottom portions are open, and installed in close proximity to the lower side of the can guide housing 14 can be operated in a horizontal direction by a separate air cylinder 184 to drop the compressed can. And a compression can guide housing 16 having an upper and a lower part opened, and a compression base 18 fixed by a backing plate 182 to be disposed very close to the lower side of the compression can guide housing 16.

One side of the top of the can guide housing 14 is provided with an inclined can guide 20 having a semi-circular cross section and connected to the can inlet 22, and the can inlet 22 is illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 4. As described above, the can detecting proximity sensor 222, the can detecting light sensor 224, and the sorting input plate 285 are installed to determine whether the input material is a metal can or a foreign substance. The upper portion of 22) is provided with a protective cover 24 to protect the hand, and attached to the lower portion a hand protection guide 287.

2, 3 and 4, a fixed bracket 141 is mounted on one side of the outer surface of the can guide housing 14 so as to protrude rearward, and the bushing 143 is rotated at the tip of the fixed bracket 141. Install a mandrel so that the rear side of the bushing 143 is fixed to the positioning arm 144 that is in contact with the back of the compression can guide housing 16, the front surface of the housing 16 is the air cylinder 184 It has a compression can pressure lever 145 which is inserted from the upper side into the inside when it is discharged (exposed) by the outside, which can be compressed by the hammer 12 When it is fitted to the inner circumferential surface of the can guide housing 16, the can is dropped downward.

The vertical arm 162 is fixed to one side of the outer circumferential surface of the compression can guide housing 16 by fixing means such as welding, and the compression can separation lever 164 is attached to the lower end of the vertical arm 162 to permanent magnet 44. The magnetic can attached to the aluminum can collecting plate 42 by the magnetic force of the) can be discharged. In addition, the rod 185 of the air cylinder 184 is attached to the other outer surface of the compressed can guide housing 16 through the end 186 to be horizontally moved, and the compressed can guide housing 16 is The horizontal movable bushing 36 attached to the side was mounted and the guide arm 34 mounted on the frame was inserted so that the horizontal movable bushing 36 was horizontally moved along the guide arm 34.

The compression can release lever 164 is preferably spaced apart from the surface of the aluminum can collecting plate 42 inclined, this compression can release lever 164 is horizontal with the compression can guide housing 16 Will move. The can compressed in the compression base 18 is moved by the compression can pressure lever 145 flowing inward while moving out of the compression base 18 along the can guide housing 16 operated by the air cylinder 184. Falling downward, this can falls in the center of the aluminum can collecting plate 42. Since the aluminum can collecting plate 42 is mounted obliquely in one direction, the aluminum can dropped on this surface is slid along the surface of the aluminum can collecting plate 42 along the surface of the aluminum can collecting plate 42 by a free-falling force to free the aluminum collecting container. Will fall.

The compressed iron can is once dropped onto the aluminum collecting plate 42. At this time, the iron can cannot be slid downward by the magnetic force of the permanent magnet 44 attached to the bottom of the aluminum collecting plate and remains attached to the initial position that has been dropped. When the compressed can guide housing 16 moves in the direction of the can guide housing 14 retracted backward by the reverse operation of the air cylinder 184, the compressed can separating lever 164 attached to the outer surface thereof The iron can is dropped on the side of the iron can collecting plate 46 which is disposed on the side because the iron can is pushed while pushing the iron can attached to the aluminum collecting plate 42 while moving together. Since the iron can collecting plate 46 is also obliquely inclined, the iron can slides in the A direction along this surface, and naturally falls to the iron can collecting container below.

The embodiment of FIG. 4 illustrates the compression and separation collection of the can more specifically as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 except that the rack cylinder for operating the hammer 12 in the drawing is an air cylinder 7 rather than a mechanical one. It works substantially the same as the embodiment.

As can be seen from the figure, between the can inlet 22 and the can guide 20, a sorting input plate 285 capable of sorting and storing cans and foreign matters was installed so as to be pivotable, and also a hammer 12 ) Forms a projection 12a on the bottom of the can, that is, the bottom surface. The projection 12a first crushes one side of the can, thereby preventing the rupture sound when compressing the can. The sorting input plate 285 rotates up and down by the cam plate 282 connected to the piston 286 of the air cylinder 284 to feed the can.

In particular, since the air cylinders 184 and 284 are connected to the air tank 62 through the lines 65, 66, 67, and 68 and the solenoid valve 64, the air may be supplied from the compressor 60.

According to the above-described structure, the can compression separation device according to the present invention has only one mechanical rack cylinder means for compressing the can, thereby simplifying the overall structure and greatly reducing the manufacturing cost, in particular, the can. It is made by the free fall method using gravity from the input to the collection of aluminum, and the aluminum can and the iron can can be separated and collected by a simple means by a permanent magnet without any separate device, and the deformed cans can also be compressed. Since a pneumatic cylinder or a reduction motor is used as the power unit, the noise can be reduced.

Claims (4)

The cans introduced through the can inlet 22 are introduced into the can guide housing 14 through the can guide 20 and the hydraulic cans are compressed and discharged by the hammer 12 operated by the power means. In that the can and the aluminum can can be separated and collected in the container, The can guide housing 14 to which the can guide 20 is connected is installed vertically, and a compression can guide housing 16 and a compression base 18 which are separated on the same vertical line on the lower side thereof are provided in sequence, but the compressed can guide housing 16 ) Can be discharged or communicated to one side of the can guide housing 14 and the compression base 18 by the air cylinder 184 and the compression base 18 is supported by a separate support plate 182 To make it work, A fixing bracket 141 is fixed to one side of the outer surface of the can guide housing 14, and a bushing 143 having a positioning arm 144 and a compression can pressure lever 145 integrally provided at the tip of the fixing bracket 141. Install the mandrel but the compression can pressure lever 145 is to be shot upward by the spring 145-1 and the positioning arm 144 is to be in contact with the outer surface of the compression can guide housing 16, An aluminum cam collecting plate 142 and an iron can collecting plate 46 are installed in an inclined zigzag on the lower side of the compressed can guide housing 16 discharged to the outside, and a normal permanent magnet ( 44) attached, On one side of the outer surface of the compressed can guide housing 16, a vertical can 162 has a compressed can separation lever 164 for discharging and discharging the iron can attached to the aluminum can collecting plate 42 by the permanent magnet 44. Apparatus for compressing and separately storing metal containers, such as beverage cans, characterized in that the fixed ones are included. delete 2. The can guide housing (14) according to claim 1, wherein the can guide housing (14) is provided with a fixing bracket (141) protruding rearward, and at the distal end of the fixing bracket (141) for positioning in contact with the rear surface of the compressed can guide housing (16). Compression and pressurization of the metal container, such as beverage cans, characterized in that the arm 144 and the compression can pressing lever 145 inserted into the can guide housing 16 is provided with a mandrel of a bushing 143 that is pivotable. Device for separate storage. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the hammer (12) has a protrusion (12a) formed on a bottom surface in contact with the can.