TWM481077U - Recyclable material treatment and recycling system - Google Patents

Description

Recycling recovery system

This creation is about the recycling of recyclables, especially a recycling system that automatically recycles and processes recyclables using a recycling machine. It has the advantages of being able to properly handle and facilitate instant delivery of information.

With the rise of environmental awareness, waste has gradually changed from the original method of cleaning and cleaning to a resource management method such as recycling and reuse. In order to encourage people to develop the habit of recycling, some food, beverage manufacturers or importers will set up recycling machines. In addition to recycling the recycled materials, these recycling machines usually reward rewards to users who use recycling machines. It can be expressed in cash or in the form of a coupon that can be redeemed at a designated store.

Among them, the new patent TW M326192 discloses a recycling machine that can enhance the loyalty of a user to a specific brand by a loyalty program, which mainly records the rewarded reward points on a smart card or a magnetic stripe card. Although the concept of such recycling machines is good, the inconvenience in use is that if the user inputs recycled materials (such as empty beverage cans, empty bottles), the recycling machine refuses to collect, at this time the user The liquid remaining in the recyclate must be removed by itself. The design of such inconvenient use has caused considerable problems for users and recyclers.

In addition, the current recycling machine lacks an instant information exchange mechanism, which causes related equipment maintenance or recycling companies to effectively manage the recycling machines scattered throughout the country, which may cause the recycling machine to be repaired in time, or the recycling industry cannot immediately carry out the waste. Recycling may affect the willingness of the general public to use it.

In view of this, the purpose of this creation is to provide a recycling processing system with an instant information exchange mechanism for the convenience of management.

Another purpose of this creation is to provide a back with complete de-processing capabilities. The collection processing system can handle it properly regardless of whether or not liquid remains in the recyclate.

In order to achieve the foregoing and other objects, the present invention provides a recyclate treatment system comprising: a recycling machine having at least one recyclate receiving port, a storage space connecting the recyclate receiving port, and a plurality of sensors respectively disposed at a reclaimed material receiving port and the storage space, and a control unit receiving signals of the sensors to generate an operation information; and a remote information device actively or passively receiving through a circuit connection or a network connection The operational information.

In this way, the recycling system of this creation can meet the needs of users, waste recycling companies, distributors, product manufacturers and logistics operators, and increase the willingness of all parties to invest in recycling, thereby realizing resource recycling and reuse. Positive purpose.

1‧‧‧Recycling machine

2‧‧‧Web server

3‧‧‧Information recipients

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a recycling process of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the remote monitoring step in the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the reward feedback step in the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a recycling processing system for recycling materials, which uses a recycling machine to automatically recover and process the recovered materials, which are commonly used as containers, and the containers can be classified into different types according to materials, and common types include plastics, Iron cans, aluminum cans, and glass, of which plastics can be further subdivided into more types.

The present invention provides a recyclate processing system according to a preferred embodiment, comprising a recycling machine 1 and a remote information device, wherein the recycling machine 1 has at least one recyclate receiving port, and a solid-liquid separation unit is connected to the recyclable receiving device. The two storage spaces are connected to the solid-liquid separation unit for respectively storing the separated solid portion and the liquid portion, and the plurality of sensors are respectively disposed in the recovery receiving port and the storage space for sensing the recyclables. The quantity and/or weight, and a control unit receiving signals from the sensors to generate an operational message. In addition, the remote information device can actively capture or passively receive the operation information provided by the recovery machine control unit through circuit connection or network connection, and then perform classification and operation processing. Referring to FIG. 2, the foregoing remote information device may be a network server 2.

Therefore, please refer to Figure 1, the recycling office used in the above-mentioned recycling treatment system. The method comprises: a de-processing step of accepting the recyclate of the user into the recycling machine by using the recyclate receiving port to receive the recyclables input by the recycler. Where the recycling machine has a plurality of recyclate receiving ports, these recyclate receiving ports can be used to receive recyclates of different brands or material types. In addition, this step can also be classified when receiving the recycled object, and the classification method is to set a scanner as a reading device in the recycling machine to read the barcode of the outer peripheral surface of the recycled object, and identify by the built-in barcode database. Then open the corresponding reclaimed material receiving port (usually the gate), or use the signal such as voice or light to make a classification prompt. At the same time, the creation can also use a metal sensor or a photosensitive element (CCD) instead of the scanner as a reading device for identification.

In addition, the foregoing decontamination treatment step further comprises disassembling the bottle ring or the cap of the container, removing the label, volume compression and waste liquid recovery operation, wherein the waste liquid recovery operation utilizes the solid liquid separation unit and the storage space system to receive the recovered product. The solid portion and the liquid portion are separated and stored separately. In the preferred embodiment, the decontamination process is performed immediately after each receipt of the recyclate; in other possible embodiments, the decontamination process may be performed after the reclaimed material has accumulated a certain amount, or each predetermined time. Timed after timing, the design of such quantitative or timed processing generally helps to improve the efficiency of the recovery machine.

In addition to the de-processing step, the remote monitoring step is also included. As shown in FIG. 2, in the preferred embodiment, the remote monitoring step first transmits the operation information of the recovery machine 1 to a network through the network. The server 2 (ie, the remote information device), and then the network server 2 transmits the operation information to the operation information receiver 3 through the network or the mobile communication system. The operation information may be a storage signal of the solid portion and the liquid portion, and the operation information receiver 3 is generally referred to as a waste recycling company. When the storage amount reaches a certain amount, the recovery machine 1 may send the foregoing operation information to the waste recycling company, so that Inform the waste recycling industry to come and deal with it. The operation information may also be a monitoring signal of whether the recycling machine is in a normal state, and whether the recycling machine 1 is in a normal state refers to whether the machine consumables have reached the timing of the required timing or quantitative replacement, and/or whether the machine is faulty. Judgment, etc., at this time, the operator of the operation information usually refers to the recycler maintenance industry. The operational information may also be statistical information of the received recyclable materials, including at least one of the brands, material types, quantities and the like of the reclaimed materials received, and the operational information recipients are one of the statistical information needs. , usually a channel operator, product manufacturer or logistics operator. Among them, the network server can be connected The operational information received is classified and processed in advance to ensure that the information transmitted to the recipient of the operational information is easy to understand and apply. In other possible embodiments.

In addition, the foregoing recycling processing system may further provide a user interface electrically connected to the control unit of the recycling machine for the user to operate and generate reward feedback information. At the same time, the control unit will also transmit the reward feedback information to the remote information device, so that the relevant operators can instantly understand the release of the recycling operation and the reward.

Accordingly, the recycling process can further include a reward feedback step of providing a corresponding reward to the user based on the accepted recyclate. For example, the user is rewarded according to the brand, material type and quantity of the recyclables received, thereby encouraging the user to develop a habit of recycling, or cultivating the user's loyalty to a particular brand. As shown in FIG. 3, in the preferred embodiment, the user can select at least one reward form by using a user interface, and then the recycling machine can provide the foregoing corresponding reward according to the reward form selected by the user. For the user, the reward form includes, but is not limited to, printing a redemption voucher, recording on a stored value card, and recording on a smart mobile device. The user interface may include a display panel and a plurality of buttons, and the user interface is also It may be a single touch panel, or in other possible embodiments, the user interface includes a touch panel and buttons.

The rewards can be calculated in the form of reward points, which can be used to redeem specific items, for discounts or directly into cash. The user may choose to receive the reward in the form of a single reward, for example, selecting to record all the bonus points on the stored value card or the smart mobile device; or the user may choose to print the partial reward points as a redemption voucher for the specific reward. The remaining bonus points are recorded on the stored value card or smart mobile device. In the preferred embodiment, the reward feedback step is performed simultaneously with the de-processing step; in other possible embodiments, the reward feedback step may be performed after the de-processing step; or the reward feedback step may be omitted.

With the previous design, the Recycling System can provide instant feedback to meet the needs of users, scrap recyclers, distributors, product manufacturers and logistics operators. Further, regardless of whether or not liquid remains in the recyclate, the recovery machine using the recyclate treatment method can properly treat the recyclate, thereby solving the problem of having to return to the user due to the residual liquid remaining in the recyclate. In addition, the operation information of the recycling machine can be passed to the operator of the operation information, so that the waste recycling industry knows when to go to handle the recycling and ensure that the recycling machine is in a normal state. And allows the channel operator, product manufacturer or logistics provider to get the statistical information they need; moreover, users can choose different reward forms to accept the reward. Overall, the recycling system of this creation can meet the needs of users, waste recyclers, distributors, product manufacturers and logistics operators, and increase the willingness of all parties to invest in recycling, and then realize resource regeneration. The positive purpose of utilization.

Finally, it must be stated that the constituent elements disclosed in the foregoing embodiments are merely illustrative and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Other equivalent substitutions or variations should also be the scope of patent application for this case. Covered.

1‧‧‧Recycling machine

2‧‧‧Web server

3‧‧‧Information recipients

Claims (10)

A recyclate treatment system comprising: a recycling machine having at least one recyclate receiving port, a storage space connecting the recyclate receiving port, and a plurality of sensors respectively disposed in the recyclable receiving port and the storage space And a control unit receives the signals of the sensors to generate an operation information; and a remote information device actively and passively receives the operation information through a circuit connection or a network connection. The reclaimer processing system of claim 1, wherein the remote information device is a web server. The recyclate processing system of claim 1, wherein the recycling machine is provided with a user interface electrically connected to the control unit. The recyclate processing system of claim 3, wherein the control unit is capable of generating a reward feedback message and transmitting the information to the remote information device. The reclaimed material processing system of claim 1, wherein the operational information includes a monitoring signal of whether the recycling machine is in a normal state. The recyclate processing system of claim 1, wherein the operational information comprises a storage signal of the solid portion and the liquid portion. The recyclate processing system of claim 1, wherein the operational information includes statistical information of the recyclables received, the statistical information including at least one of a brand, a material type, and a quantity of the reclaimed materials received. The recyclate processing system of claim 1, further comprising a reading device for recognizing the recyclate and controlling the opening of the reclaim receiving port. The recyclate processing system of claim 8, wherein the reading device is a scanner for reading a bar code of the recyclables and identifying by a code database. The recyclate processing system of claim 1, wherein the recovery machine further has a solid-liquid separation unit connected to the recyclate receiving port, the recycling machine further provided another storage space, and the two storage spaces respectively connect the solid liquid Separation unit.