KR102427449B1 - Appratus for coleecting disposable cup - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus for collecting a disposable cup and, more specifically, to an apparatus for collecting a disposable cup, which separates and stores a drink and a cup. The apparatus for collecting a disposable cup comprises: a housing unit having a movement guide pipe formed therethrough to guide the movement of a cup toward an inner space thereof; a seating unit having a seating space for seating the cup passing through the movement guide pipe, and having a sensor for detecting whether the cup is seated in the seating space; a hole forming unit for forming a hole in the cup seated in the seating space by position movement; a rotating unit for limiting the rise of the cup seated in the seating space or dropping the cup by rotation; an accommodating unit having a liquid accommodating space for accommodating liquid flowing in the seating space and a cup accommodating space for accommodating the cup falling from the seating space; and a water purification unit for filtering out the liquid, introduced from the liquid accommodating space, through a filter and supplying the same to the movement guide pipe.

Description

Disposable cup collection device {APPRATUS FOR COLEECTING DISPOSABLE CUP}

The present invention relates to a disposable cup collection device, and more particularly, to a disposable cup collection device for storing beverages and cups separately.

As the consumption of take-out beverages increases, the use of disposable cups also increases, and disposable cups account for 1/3 of the annual household waste.

In the coffee shop, a collection table having a plurality of collection spaces is provided so that the user can separate the beverage from the disposable cup and then discharge the cup. The proportion of disposable cups placed still remains high.

Even if the beverage is separated from the disposable cup and discarded, a washing process is required to recycle the disposable cup, which causes considerable time and cost to recycle the disposable cup.

Meanwhile, the domestic water purifier market is expanding every year, and accordingly, the amount of discarded waste filters is also increasing. Most of the waste filters are discarded with their water purification capacity remaining, and they are disposed of through landfilling and incineration. Currently, about 1.2 billion won is used as an annual waste filter disposal cost.

Accordingly, there has been a demand for a disposable cup collecting device that separates and stores beverages and cups from the collected disposable cups, purifies the discarded beverage through a waste filter of a water purifier, and washes the cups.

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-2002712

An object of the present invention is to provide a disposable cup collection device that separates and stores cups and beverages from the collected disposable cups, purifies the discarded beverages through a waste filter of a water purifier, and washes the cups.

The technical problems to be achieved by the present invention are not limited to the technical problems mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned can be clearly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs from the description below. There will be.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention includes a housing part through which a movement guide tube for guiding the movement of the cup into the inner space is formed, and a seating space in which the cup passing through the movement guide tube is seated, , A seating part having a sensor for detecting whether the cup is seated in the seating space, a hole forming part forming a hole in the cup seated in the seating space by a position movement operation, and a cup seated in the seating space by a rotation operation A rotating part for limiting the upward movement of or dropping a cup, a accommodating part having a liquid accommodating space for accommodating a liquid flowing from the seating space and a cup accommodating space for accommodating a cup falling from the seating space, and a liquid accommodating space by a pumping operation It provides a disposable cup collection device including a water purification unit for filtering the liquid introduced from the filter through the movement guide tube.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the hole forming part is disposed opposite to the lower surface of the seating part, and a plurality of needles passing through the seating part are provided to be upright, and a hole may be formed in the cup seated in the seating space according to vertical movement.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the rotating part is located at a height higher than the upper end of the cup seated in the seating space, and is seated in the seating space and a first rotating bar that limits the rise of the cup seated in the seating space according to the position. It is positioned perpendicular to the first rotation bar at a height lower than the upper end of the cup, and may include a second rotation bar for dropping the cup seated in the seating space according to rotation.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the rotating part is vertically coupled to the first rotating bar and the second rotating bar to connect the first rotating bar and the second rotating bar, and 90° to the vertical bar based on the seating information received from the sensor. It may further include an actuator that provides a rotational force and a rotational force of 270° with a time difference.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the water purifying unit includes a filter for generating washing water by purifying the liquid, a tank for receiving and storing washing water from the filter, a first pump for supplying the liquid stored in the liquid accommodating space to the filter, and a tank; It may include a second pump for supplying the washing water stored in the moving guide tube.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the present invention can perform washing of the cup by forming a hole in the cup so that the beverage contained in the cup can be discharged, and supplying washing water. In addition, the present invention does not require a separate supply of washing water by filtering the liquid discharged from the cup to produce washing water.

It should be understood that the effects of the present invention are not limited to the above-described effects, and include all effects that can be inferred from the configuration of the invention described in the detailed description or claims of the present invention.

1 is a perspective view illustrating a disposable cup collection device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A' of FIG. 1 .
Figure 3 is a right side view showing the inside of the disposable cup collection device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line B-B' of FIG. 3 .
5 is a reference plan view illustrating an operation process of the rotating part of the disposable cup collection device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention may be embodied in several different forms, and thus is not limited to the embodiments described herein. And in order to clearly explain the present invention in the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted, and similar reference numerals are attached to similar parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to be “connected (connected, contacted, coupled)” with another part, it is not only “directly connected” but also “indirectly connected” with another member interposed therebetween. Including cases where In addition, when a part "includes" a certain component, it means that other components may be further included, rather than excluding other components, unless otherwise stated.

The terms used herein are used only to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The singular expression includes the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present specification, terms such as “comprise” or “have” are intended to designate that a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification exists, but one or more other features It is to be understood that this does not preclude the possibility of the presence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a view showing a disposable cup collecting apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A' of FIG. 1 .

The disposable cup collecting device 1 has a housing part 10 forming an exterior, a seating part 20 on which the cup moved to the inside of the housing part 10 is seated, and a hole in the cup seated on the seating part 20 . Receiving part having a hole forming part 30 to form, a rotating part 40 for limiting upward movement of the cup seated on the seating part 20 or dropping the cup, a liquid accommodating space 51 and a cup accommodating space 52 (50) and may include a water purifying unit 60 for supplying purified liquid.

Hereinafter, each configuration of the disposable cup collecting device 1 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3 .

The housing unit 10 may be formed in a hexahedral shape having an inner space 11, a movement guide tube 12 may be formed through the upper surface, and a door 13 for opening and closing the inner space 11 on one side. ) can be formed.

The movement guide tube 12 may have a movement guide passage 121 of a certain diameter opened up and down therein, and a passage 122 for discharging water toward the center of the movement guide passage 121 at the lower portion thereof. A through hole may be formed.

Referring to FIG. 4 , the flow path 122 is located between the lower inner circumferential surface and the outer circumferential surface of the movement guide tube 12 , and the inner circumferential surface of the ring-shaped main flow path 1221 and the main flow path 1221 connected to the water purification unit 60 . It may include a plurality of discharge passages 1222 extending toward the. In this case, the plurality of discharge passages 1222 may be radially disposed.

The seating portion 20 may be provided in the inner space 11 so as to be located below the movement guide tube 12 . The seating portion 20 may have a seating space 21 having an open upper portion on which the cup passing through the movement guide tube 12 is seated, and a sensor 22 for detecting whether the cup is seated in the seating space 21 . ) may be provided.

When the sensor 22 determines that the cup is seated in the seating space 21 , the seating information is transmitted to the first actuator 31 , the second actuator 44 , the first pump 63 and the second pump 64 . can provide At this time, the sensor 22 may be a weight sensor, and may determine whether the cup is seated according to the weight.

In addition, a plurality of discharge holes 23 for discharging the liquid in the seating space 21 may be formed on the lower surface of the seating part 20 , and a plurality of needles 301 of the hole forming part 30 can pass through. A needle hole 24 may be formed.

The hole forming part 30 may be provided at a position corresponding to the seating part 20 in the inner space 11 to form a hole in the cup C seated in the seating space 21 by a positional movement operation.

The hole forming part 30 is disposed opposite to the lower surface of the seating part 20 and may be formed in the form of a plate in which a plurality of needles 301 capable of penetrating the seating part 20 are provided to be upright and seated according to vertical movement. A hole may be formed in the cup seated in the space 21 .

The hole forming unit 30 may be formed through a plurality of discharge holes 302 in the vertical direction, and the discharge hole 302 may be formed at a position corresponding to the discharge hole 23 of the seating unit 20 . .

In addition, the hole forming unit 30 may receive a vertical movement force from the first actuator 31 . The first actuator 31 may provide a moving force that rises and then descends based on the seating information received from the sensor 22 to the hole forming unit 30 .

The rotating part 40 limits the upward movement of the cup (C) seated in the seating space (21) by a rotational operation, or in the inner space (11) to drop the cup (C) seated in the seating space (21). It may be provided at a position corresponding to the seating portion 20 .

The rotating part 40 is located at a height higher than the upper end of the cup C seated in the seating space 21 and is seated in the first rotation bar 41 that restricts the rise of the cup according to the position, and the seating space 21 . It is located at a lower height than the upper end of the cup (C) and may include a second rotation bar 42 that pushes the cup seated in the seating space 21 in accordance with the rotation to fall. At this time, the second rotation bar 42 may be disposed perpendicular to the first rotation bar 41 and may face different directions.

In addition, the rotating part 40 is vertically coupled to the first rotating bar 41 and the second rotating bar 42 to connect the first rotating bar 41 and the second rotating bar 42 to the vertical bar 43 . And it may further include a second actuator 44 for providing a rotational force to the vertical bar (43).

The second actuator 44 may provide a rotational force of 90° rotation and a rotational force of 270° rotation to the vertical bar 43 with a time difference based on the seating information received from the sensor 22 .

Before the vertical bar 43 rotates 90°, the first rotating bar 41 and the second rotating bar 42 may be in a state that is not located above the seating space 21 as shown in FIG. 5 (a). have. In this case, the end of the first rotating bar 41 may be disposed closer to the seating space 21 than the second rotating bar 42 .

When the vertical bar 43 rotates 90°, the first rotating bar 41 may be located in the upper center of the seating space 21 as shown in FIG. 5(b), and the second rotating bar 42 is vertical. The bar 43 may be positioned at the position of the first rotating bar 41 before the 90° rotation. At this time, the first rotating bar 41 may limit the rise of the cup located in the seating space 21 .

When the vertical bar 43 rotates 90° and then rotates 270°, the first rotating bar 41 and the second rotating bar 42 are positioned before the vertical bar 43 rotates, as shown in FIG. may be returned to, and may be in a state that is not located above the seating space 21 . At this time, the second rotating bar 42 may push the cup C seated in the seating space 21 during rotation to fall into the cup receiving space 52 located in a direction corresponding to the rotation direction. At this time, the cup (C) may fall over the side wall of the seating portion 20 by the second rotating bar (42).

Such an operation of the rotating unit 40 may be repeated whenever seating information is received from the sensor 22 .

The accommodating part 50 may be provided in the inner space 11 so as to be located below the seating part 20 , and a liquid accommodating space for accommodating liquid discharged from the seating space 21 through the discharge hole 23 ( 51 ) and a cup accommodating space 52 accommodating a cup falling from the seating space 21 by the rotating part 40 may be formed. In this case, the liquid accommodating space 51 and the cup accommodating space 52 may be formed in an open top form.

The water purification unit 60 may be provided in the inner space 11, and filters the liquid flowing in from the liquid receiving space 51 by the pumping operation of the pumps 63 and 64 through the filter 61 to move the guide tube ( 12) can be supplied.

The water purification unit 60 filters the liquid stored in the filter 61 for generating washing water by filtering the liquid, the tank 62 receiving and storing the washing water generated by the filter 61, and filters the liquid stored in the liquid accommodating space 51 . It may include a first pump 63 for supplying to the 61 , and a second pump 64 for supplying the washing water stored in the tank 62 to the movement guide pipe 12 .

The filter 61 may be provided in plurality, and may generate washing water by sequentially filtering the liquid supplied from the liquid accommodating space 51 to remove foreign substances. In this case, each filter 61 may remove different substances.

The tank 62 may be connected to the filter 61, and an accommodating space (not shown) in which washing water can be accommodated may be formed therein.

The first pump 63 may be provided between the filter 61 and the receiving unit 50 , and may operate for a preset time based on the seating information received from the sensor 22 . The inlet pipe 631 of the first pump 63 may be connected to the lower portion of the liquid accommodating space 51 , and the outlet pipe 632 may be connected to any one of the filters 61 .

The second pump 64 may be provided between the tank 62 and the movement guide tube 12 , and may operate for a preset time based on the seating information received from the sensor 22 . The inlet pipe 641 of the second pump 64 may be connected to the lower portion of the tank 62 , and the outlet pipe 642 may be connected to the main flow path 1221 . At this time, a heating wire (not shown) for heating the washing water may be wound around the outer periphery of the outlet pipe 642 of the second pump 64 in a spiral shape.

In the present invention, when the sensor 22 determines that the cup C is seated in the seating space 21, the first actuator 31, the second actuator 44, and the first pump 63 according to a preset order. And it is possible to provide seating information to the second pump 64 . At this time, the sensor 22 may provide seating information in the order of the second actuator 44 , the first actuator 31 , the first pump 63 , and the second pump 64 .

On the other hand, the time difference between the rotational force that rotates 90° and the rotational force that rotates 270° provided by the second actuator 44 completes the operation of the first actuator 31 , the first pump 63 , and the second pump 64 . It can be set to a value that is longer than the time it takes to complete. That is, the rotational force for rotating 270° may be provided after the operation of the second pump 64 is completed.

In the present invention, when the cup is seated in the seating space 21, a hole is formed in the cup so that the beverage accommodated in the cup can be discharged, washing water is supplied to wash the cup, and the cup after washing is placed in the cup receiving space. (52) can be stored.

The above description of the present invention is for illustration, and those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains can understand that it can be easily modified into other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative in all respects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single type may be implemented in a distributed manner, and likewise components described as distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is indicated by the following claims, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

1: Disposable cup collection device
10: housing part
20: seating part
30: hole forming part
40: rotating part
50: receptacle
60: integer part

Claims (5)

A housing part through which a movement guide tube for guiding the movement of the cup into the inner space is formed;
A seating space is formed in which the cup passing through the movement guide tube is seated, and a seating part having a sensor for detecting whether the cup is seated in the seating space;
A hole forming part for forming a hole in the cup seated in the seating space by a position movement operation;
A rotating part for limiting the upward movement of the cup seated in the seating space by the rotation operation or for dropping the cup;
a accommodating part having a liquid accommodating space accommodating a liquid flowing from the seating space and a cup accommodating space accommodating a cup falling from the seating space;
Disposable cup collection device, characterized in that it comprises a water purifying unit for filtering the liquid introduced from the liquid receiving space by a pumping operation through a filter and supplying it to the movement guide tube.
According to claim 1,
The hole forming part,
Disposable cup collection device, which is disposed to face the lower surface of the seating part, and a plurality of needles passing through the seating part are provided to stand upright, and a hole is formed in the cup seated in the seating space according to vertical movement.
According to claim 1,
The rotating part,
A first rotating bar located at a height higher than the upper end of the cup seated in the seating space, and limiting the rise of the cup seated in the seating space according to its position;
Disposable cup collection, which is positioned perpendicular to the first rotation bar at a height lower than the upper end of the cup seated in the seating space, and comprises a second rotation bar for dropping the cup seated in the seating space according to rotation. Device.
4. The method of claim 3,
The rotating part,
a vertical bar coupled to the first rotating bar and the second rotating bar to connect the first rotating bar and the second rotating bar;
Disposable cup collection device, characterized in that it further comprises an actuator that provides a rotational force of 90° and a rotational force of 270° to the vertical bar with a time difference based on the seating information received from the sensor.
According to claim 1,
The water purification unit,
a filter that purifies the liquid to produce washing water;
a tank for receiving and storing the washing water from the filter;
a first pump for supplying the liquid stored in the liquid accommodating space to the filter;
Disposable cup collection device, characterized in that it comprises a second pump for supplying the washing water stored in the tank to the movement guide tube.

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