LU81748A1 - SELF-COMPACTING CONTAINER, ESPECIALLY FOR GARBAGE REMOVAL - Google Patents

Description

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The present invention relates to a self-compacting container of new type, in particular for removing garbage.

The invention has for Lut to produce a container which can be filled with refuse without the aid of a vehicle, the container thus being able to be ^, 5 deposited by a vehicle on a filling place, then taken up by the vehicle later.

A self-compacting container according to the invention comprises a storage chamber with, at one end, a door and, at the other end, a compaction chamber where a pusher is actuated by jacks, and it is characterized in that that it further comprises a hydraulic group * provided with a pump driven by an electric motor, the electric motor being able to be supplied from the electric current of the sector.

According to an additional characteristic of the invention, the pusher comprises on the one hand a body animated in the container of a longitudinal reciprocating movement, this pusher body comprising a substantially vertical front wall and a substantially horizontal upper wall, ^ and on the other hand a tilting apron whose front edge is articulated on the rear edge of the upper wall of the pusher body, and whose rear edge is integral with rollers mounted to move inside the gutters of guidance integral with side walls of the container, the pusher being movable between two extreme positions, namely: - a front position according to which the deck is substantially in the extension of the upper wall of the pusher body; - a rear position according to which the apron extends upwards from its front edge upwards.

According to an additional characteristic of the invention, the compaction chamber includes a hopper, the apron of the pusher being housed below this one of the walls of this hopper when the pusher is in the rear position # 50 According to an additional characteristic of the invention, the evening push is connected to two actuating cylinders articulated between an end wall of the compaction chamber and the front wall of the body of the pusher, so that, when the pusher is in the rear position, the two actuating cylinders are housed below the upper wall of the pusher body 55 adjacent to said end wall of the compaction chamber.

According to an additional characteristic of the invention, the two actuating cylinders of the pusher are articulated, each, on the one hand on a pivot located near a lateral edge of the end wall of the chamber "2 *

Ide the front wall of the pusher body, so that these two jacks cross when viewed from above.

According to an additional feature of the invention, the container can comprise laterally, at the hopper of the compaction chamber, one or two vertical protective sheets up to the level of the upper part of the storage chamber, so that you can dump, garbage from one, .two or three sides of the hopper ·

According to an additional characteristic of the invention, the container comprises, on the side of the compaction chamber, a gripping device allowing handling by a carrier vehicle, the> compaction chamber being located at the front of the container.

According to a variant of the invention, the container is equipped, at the level of the hopper, with a handling device allowing the emptying into the hopper of small standardized containers · 15 The attached drawing, given by way of nonlimiting example , will better understand the characteristics of the invention.

. - Figure 1 is a side view of a self-compacting container according to the invention.

- Figure 2 is a top view of this container, 20 - Figure 3 is a front view of this container · - Figure 4 is a section IV-IV (fig l).

- Figures 5 ^ 7 are sections V-V (fig 2) showing the successive phases of operation.

- Figure 8 is an overall perspective view of the container.

25 - Figure £ * is a perspective view of the pusher.

- Figure 10 is a side view of the container loaded on a truck. transport equipped with an autonomous handling device.

There is shown in the drawings a self-compacting container according to the invention. This container fits inside a parai-30 volume of standardized dinensione elepipedicus, so as to be transportable on a truck 1 arranged to transport containers (fig 10).

The container includes a storage chamber 2 which extends over most of its length (fig 1 and 2), and yes is carried out in a conventional manner using thin walls 3 reinforced from place to place $ 5 by transverse belts 4 * The storage chamber 2 has a pivoting door 5 which constitutes the rear wall of the container, and which is articulated against the rear edge of the left side wall of the container by means of three hinges 6. A worm device - '3 f · The front end of the container is occupied by a cantilever 8, essentially yellowed with a hopper 9 and a movable pusher 10 · Since \ The mobile pusher.10 compresses the garbage in the direction of the storage cantor 2, we will consider that the front. 5 of the compaciion chamber ß is turned towards the rear of the container.

It will be noted that the length of the compaction cantor 8 is very reduced compared to the length of the storage cantor 2.

the hopper 9 is composed of three inclined walls, namely a rear wall 11 and two side walls 12, the upper twists of these walls 3, 10 which form the peripheral twist of the hopper 9 "being situated substantially at> mid-height from the container.

the movable pusher 10, more particularly visible in Figures 4 to. 7 and 9 ”includes a body 13 and an apron 14 · the body 13 is hollow, and its rear face is hollowed out. It fits inside a rectangular rectangular pa-15, and has on the sides two guide grooves 15 of triangular cross section. Each guide groove is intended to receive a longitudinal slide of the same shape 16 integral with the fixed walls of the container, the front wall 17 ensuring the actual compacting action is vertical, two actuating cylinders 18 being articulated between this wall 17 and the front wall 19 of the container (fig 2). Yus from above, these two cylinders intersect, because they are articulated on pivots 20 and 21 secured, respectively, to the lateral twists of the wall 19 and from there central part of the wall 17 *

The apron 14 "which is essentially planar, is articulated by the intermediary of a pivot 22 on the rear twist of the upper wall 23 of the body 13 · The liter rear edge of the apron 14 is integral with two rollers 24 · Each roller is mounted to move inside a guiding gutter 25 secured to a side wall of the container. In addition, it will be noted that each guide gutter 25 comprises at mid-length 30 a hole 26 allowing, during assembly, to introduce from the outside a pin coming to engage simultaneously in the deck 14 and in the rollers 24 · Thus , thanks to the simultaneous action of the horizontal jacks 18, the pusher is movable between a rear end position and a front end position.

35 when the pusher is in the rear end-of-travel position, the apron 14 extends upwards above the level of the pusher body 13 which is practically adjacent to the front wall 19 of the container (fig 5) »the jacks 18 being entirely enveloped by the body 13- when the pusher is at the end of the forward stroke (fig 7) "the 4 * * 23 of the body 13" while the active wall 17 of the body 13 is adjacent to 1 * front opening of the storage cantor 2.

• ·· 'A vertical protective sheet 9a can border the hopper 9 on one or two sides by extending in line with the corresponding side wall 5 of the storage chamber 2.

the container comprises a hydraulic unit 27 housed in the upper front part of the storage chamber. This hydraulic unit essentially comprises an oil tank 28 "an electrically controlled distributor 29" an electric motor 3® which drives an oil pump, different pressure relief valves, or relief valves, and an electrical cabinet 31 in connection with control buttons arranged laterally on either side of the hopper 9 "in a box 32. Each box · * 32 includes 1 '- - a" start "push button 33 lockable by ignition key, 15 - an emergency stop button 34 "- an indicator light 35 to indicate that the container is full, r · - a power outlet 36 to. connect to any electrical supply, - an indicator light 37 indicating that the appliance is on.

• * Externally, the container also includes all the equipment that allows its handling using the autonomous handling device of a transport vehicle. Thus, a grip hitch 38 is integral with the front wall 19 of the container, to receive the hook 40 25 of the handling bracket 41 of the vehicle (fig 10).

The operation is as follows:

The container is autonomous in the sense that it does not require the presence of a vehicle to ensure the functioning of the compacting mechanism for the refuse discharged into the hopper. The container can be deposited anywhere. It suffices to plug its socket 36 into a power supply for it to work.

When the assembly is at rest, the pusher 10 is in the rear end-of-travel position. Users can pour waste into the compaction chamber 8 by approaching the hopper 9 from the rear or through 33 the side (s) without sheet metal

Pressing a button 33 triggers a complete return cycle of the pusher · Note that the obliquity of the jacks 18 relative to “* the long longitudinal axis of the container decreases when the pusher advances, 1 JIam wX 4 m“ 1 w An 5τλ »» 4 »s4ne4 ti 44 14 a ^ a vn 4 a», ^ 1 a 4 * 4 w Λ av 5 requires the most energy.

When the pou33oir 10 is in the front end-of-travel position, the apron 14 and the wall 23 prevent the waste from descending below the lower end of the hopper 9 · When the pusher 10 returns 5, the apron 14 returns to be housed below the rear wall 11 of the hopper 9 "

Pressing an emergency stop button 34 immediately stops the pusher 10 during a cycle.

When the storage chamber 2 is full, the pressure exerted by the waste against the active wall 17 of the pusher 10 becomes such that the hydraulic pressure in the control circuit of the jacks 18 has. turns on a predetermined limit value, which automatically triggers î - the electric motor stops 31 "- the lights go on 35 · 15 With the container full, a vehicle such as a truck 1 can come and pick it up, to go empty it by tilting it backwards after opening the rear door 5 "*

The container can be equipped, at the hopper 9 "with a handling device allowing the emptying into the hopper 9 of small 20 standardized containers. This handling device can be supplied with electricity via electrical outlets 37 ·

The container according to the invention has the following advantages in particular: s - Its articulated pusher takes up very little space in terms of length in inches. This makes it possible to reduce the length necessary for folding the plunger. in favor of the length of the storage chamber. Thus, on the one hand the container with standardized dimensions can contain a larger volume of waste, and on the other hand a better distribution of the loads is obtained, the center of gravity 42 of the container being 30 closer to the middle of the container.

- The use of standard crossed cylinders 18 saves space without the need for expensive telescopic cylinders.

- User safety is ensured by the large height of the hopper "9, · which practically prevents any direct access to the pusher 10.

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Claims (8)

11. Self-compacting container comprising a storage chancre with, at one end., A door and, at the other end, a coxapaction chamber where a pusher is actuated by jacks, characterized in that it comprises in in addition to a hydraulic unit provided with a hydraulic pump driven by an electric motor, the electric motor being able to be supplied from an external source of electric current. 2. Container according to claim 1, characterized in that the pusher comprises on the one hand an animated body in the container of a longitudinal reciprocating displacement, this pusher body comprising a substantially vertical active front wall and a substantially • .horizontal upper wall, and on the other hand a tilting apron whose front edge is articulated on the rear edge of the upper wall of the pusher body, and whose rear edge is integral with rollers mounted to move 15 to. the inside of guide gutters secured to the side walls of the container, the pusher being movable between two extreme positions, viz. -20 active king of the pusher then being adjacent to an opening of the storage chamber - a rear position according to which the apron extends upwards from its front edge. 3. Container according to claim 2, characterized in that its compact ion chamber comprises a hopper, the apron of the pusher coming to be housed below the rear wall of this hopper when the pusher is in the rear position— 4 · Container according to any one of claims 2 and 3 »charac- terized in that the pusher is in connection with two actuating jacks-30 vre articulated between an end wall of the convection chamber and the front wall of the pusher body so that, when the pusher is in the rear position, the two actuating cylinders are housed below the upper wall of the pusher body adjacent to said end wall of the convection chamber. 35 5 · container following the claim 4i characterized in that the two actuating cylinders of the pusher are each articulated on the one hand on a pivot located near a lateral edge of the end wall of the compaction chamber, and on the other hand on a pivot located on the central part of the front wall of the pusher body, these two jacks being s- 7 k "\ 6, Container according to any one of the resells! Cations nrécéden-tec, characterized in that it comprises laterally, at the level of the hopper - of the compaction chamber, one or two vertical protective sheets which extend up to at the upper part of the storage chamber, the upper level of the hopper of the compaction chamber being situated substantially halfway up the container. 7 · Container according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises, on the side of the conpac-tion chamber, a gripping device allowing handling by a vehicle carrier provided with an autonomous device handling, the compaction chamber being located at the front of the container. 8. Container according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises, at the hopper of the compactinn chamber, a handling device allowing the emptying into the hopper of small standardized containers.