US20120198790A1 - Food waste packaging apparatus for an automatic waste collection system - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a food waste packaging apparatus for an automatic waste collection system, and more particularly, to a food waste packaging apparatus for an automatic waste collection system, which automatically performs the processes of putting food waste into a packaging bag, sealing the packaging bag, and discharging the packaging bag when the food waste is injected into a food waste inlet port.
- An automatic waste collection system is a facility to transport waste, which is sucked together with air by suction force of an air blower, to a waste collection site through transport pipeline.
- a collection method of collecting household or office wastes by manpower and vehicles when wastes are injected into a waste inlet port of a waste bin installed indoors or outdoors, such an automatic waste collection system performs the processes of transporting the wastes to a central collection facility together with air flowing at high speed (ranging 70 km/h to 90 km/h) inside a transport pipeline by means of control of a central control system, directly injecting the wastes into an incineration plant according to kinds of the wastes or automatically loading on a container, and transporting to a waste disposal site.
- Such an automatic waste collection system is expected to create a pleasant residential environment by solving problems of bad smells and sanitary matters, to solve pollution and safety matters of waste collection vehicles, to enhance city life through an eco-friendly image, to prevent unnecessary waste of resources and energies, to reduce operation and management costs of residents through the unmanned system, to make local governments financially healthy because manpower resources to collect wastes and vehicles to transport the wastes are unnecessary, and to provide sanitary effects by preventing damages by bad smells, leachat, animals due to accumulation of wastes a certain period of time.
- Such an automatic waste collection system includes: a collection site for collecting and treating wastes; a plurality of waste bins installed at various places on the ground to allow persons to put wastes; and a transport pipeline buried underground to guide the wastes introduced through the plural waste bins to the collection site in a lump.
- Each of the waste bins includes: a storage chute that is to temporarily store the wastes put into the waste bin and is communicatingly connected to the transport pipeline arranged below the storage chute; and an inlet port that is mounted at the top of the waste bin and spaced apart from the storage chute at a predetermined interval.
- the upper portion of the inlet port is exposed to the ground, and a main body of the inlet port is buried underground and communicatingly connected to the storage chute buried under the main body of the inlet port at the predetermined interval from the main body.
- the waste inlet port and the storage chute are separated to separately collect general wastes from food waste, but the transport pipeline for transporting the wastes by suction is just one.
- the standard garbage bags containing food waste are bumped and burst at points where curvature is changed, and hence, the food waste is stained around the points and makes there mess, there is onerousness that persons have to put the food waste into the standard garbage bags and tie up and seal the upper portions of the bags so that the food waste does not leak out, and the food waste is stained on the hands during the above processes.
- Transport pipelines are respectively buried underground to separately transport the food waste and general waste, but in this instance, there is a problem in that respectively burying the transport pipelines underground is costly.
- the present invention has been made in an effort to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior arts, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a food waste packaging apparatus for an automatic waste collection system, which automatically carries out the processes of putting food waste into a packaging bag disposed inside an inlet port when the food waste is injected into the inlet port, sealing the packaging bag, and discharging the packaging bag to a storage chute located below the inlet port, thereby providing convenience and preventing the food waste from being stained on the hands because there is no need that someone directly puts food waste into the garbage bag and seal the upper portion of the bag not to leak, and preventing the packaging bag from bursting and the food waste from being stained on the inner wall of a transport pipeline while the packaging bag is moved through the transport pipeline because the food waste is moved in a state where it is put in the durable packaging bag.
- the present invention provides a food waste packaging apparatus for an automatic waste collection system including: a loading unit arranged below the waste inlet port in such a fashion that a plurality of packaging bags are laid in the horizontal direction and vertically loaded on the loading unit; supply means for sucking the top packaging bag out of the packaging bags loaded on the loading unit, placing the sucked top packaging bag below a hopper of the waste inlet port in the vertical direction by rotation, and opening the upper portion of the packaging bag to make the packaging bag ready to receive the food waste therein; sealing means arranged at the upper portion of the waiting packaging bag to seal the upper portion of the packaging bag by heat when the food waste is received in the packaging bag; and discharging means for supporting the bottom of the packaging bag and discharging the packaging bag to a storage chute arranged below the discharging means by means of rotation after the completion of the sealing of the packaging bag.
- the food waste packaging apparatus can provide convenience and prevent the food waste from being stained on the hands because there is no need that someone directly puts food waste into the garbage bag and seal the upper portion of the bag not to leak, and also prevent the packaging bag from bursting and the food waste from being stained on the inner wall of a transport pipeline while the packaging bag is moved through the transport pipeline because the food waste is moved in a state where it is put in the durable packaging bag.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a structure of a food waste packaging apparatus according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the structure of FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 3 is a plan view of a loading unit for packaging bags of FIG. 1 .
- FIGS. 4 a and 4 b are a front view and a side view of packaging bag supply means of FIGS. 1 and 2 .
- FIG. 5 is a plan view of sealing means of FIG. 2 .
- packaging bag 100 waste packaging apparatus 200: hopper 300: loading unit 400: supply means 500: sealing means 600: discharging means
- FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a structure of a food waste packaging apparatus according to the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the structure of FIG. 1
- the food waste packaging apparatus 100 includes a hopper 200 , a loading unit 300 , supply means 400 , sealing means 500 , and discharging means 600 .
- the hopper 200 for guiding a person to put food waste into an open packaging bag 10 is disposed at an upper portion of the front of an inlet port body 110 .
- the loading unit 300 for loading the packaging bags 10 is disposed below the rear of the inlet port body 110 , and a plurality of packaging bags 10 are vertically loaded in a state where they are laid in the horizontal direction.
- the loading unit 300 includes height controlling means 310 and width controlling means 320 for controlling height and width of the loading unit 300 according to the standards of height and width of the packaging bags 10 (here, the height means a height in a state where the packaging bags are upright, and the width means a width in a state where the packaging bags are flattened).
- the height controlling means 310 are mounted oppositely against each other in the height direction of the packaging bags 10 (in drawings, in a lateral direction).
- Each of the height controlling means 310 includes: a conveying shaft 311 traversing along the height direction of the packaging bags 10 ; a guide 312 of a predetermined length arranged side by side with the conveying shaft 311 near end portions of the conveying shaft 311 ; a control main body 313 conveyed along the conveying shaft 311 and the guide 312 ; a support projection 314 protrudingly formed at an upper portion of the control main body 313 for supporting outer faces of the upper and lower portions of the loaded packaging bags 10 ; and stoppers 315 for fixing the control main body 313 not to move when a position of the control main body 313 is determined.
- the width control means 320 are mounted oppositely against each other in the width direction of the packaging bags 10 , and each of the width controlling means 320 includes: a rotary shaft 321 traversing along the width direction of the packaging bags 10 ; a guide 322 of a predetermined length arranged side by side with the rotary shaft 321 near end portions of the rotary shaft 321 ; a support projection 324 conveyed along the rotary shaft 321 and the guide 322 and supporting the width of the loaded packaging bags 10 from the outside; and stoppers 325 for fixing the support projection 324 not to move when a position of the support projection 324 is determined.
- one of the width control means 320 has a handle 326 joined to an end of the rotary shaft 321 for rotating the rotary shaft 321 to thereby make the support projections, which are opposed to each other, distance from each other and closer to each other.
- the supply means 400 which is operated to suck the top packaging bag out of the packaging bags 10 loaded on the loading unit 300 , place the sucked top packaging bag below the hopper 200 in the vertical direction by rotation, and open the upper portion of the packaging bag 10 is located above the loading unit 300 .
- the supply means 400 includes grip means 410 and suction means 430 that are shaft-mounted to the rotary shaft 450 to thereby be rotated together with the rotary shaft 450 .
- each of the grip means 410 includes: a fixed gripper 411 that is shaft-mounted to the rotary shaft 450 and is bent in the form of the Alphabet “L”; and a rotary gripper 415 rotatably joined to the lower portion of the outer face of the fixed gripper 411 for holding the packaging bag 10 together with the fixed gripper 411 .
- the packaging bag 10 is interposed between the bent bottom face of fixed gripper 411 and the upper face of the rotary gripper 415 , and the grip means 410 hold the packaging bag 10 when the rotary shaft 450 is rotated.
- the rotary gripper 415 is joined to a piston rod 416 a of a cylinder 416 rotatably joined to the upper portion of the outer face of the fixed gripper 411 and is rotated by means of expansion and contraction of the piston rod 416 a.
- the suction means 430 includes: a rotary body 431 shaft-mounted to the rotary shaft 450 ; a mounting rod 432 mounted at the rotary body 431 ; a cylinder 433 joined to the mounting rod 432 ; and a suction plate 434 joined to a piston rod 433 a of the cylinder 433 .
- the suction plate 434 is connected to an air line (not shown) to thereby suck the packaging bag 10 by means of suction of air and release the sucked packaging bag 10 by means of discharge of air.
- a weight shaft 435 is located at one side of the mounting rod 432 in such a way as to be side by side with the mounting rod 432 , and includes a sensor (not shown) to balance weight and sense a rotational angle by being joined to the rotary body 431 .
- another suction plate 436 is joined to another piston rod 437 at the side where the suction plate 436 is opposed to the suction plate 434 , and in this instance, it is preferable that the suction plate 436 and the piston rod 437 are not joined straight but joined face to face so that the size of the inlet port body 110 is not big.
- the suction plate 436 is also connected to the air line to suck the packaging bag 10 or release the sucked packaging bag 10 .
- the piston rod 433 a performs expansion and contraction to lift up the packaging bag 10 .
- the packaging bag 10 lifted by the expansion and contraction of the piston rod 433 a in the sucked state is caught to the bent bottom face of the fixed gripper 411 , and at the same time, the contracted piston rod 416 a is projected, so that the rotary gripper 415 is upwardly rotated and holds the packaging bag 10 below the fixed gripper 411 .
- the lower portion of the packaging bag 10 is supported by a discharge plate 602 of the discharging means 600 .
- the suction plates 434 and 436 are closer to each other such that the upper portion of the packaging bag 10 closes up.
- the upper portion of the packaging bag 10 is sealed by means of the sealing means 500 arranged above the packaging bag 10 , and then, the sealed packaging bag 10 is discharged to a storage chute located below the packaging bag 10 when the discharge plate 602 of the discharging means 600 is rotated downwardly.
- the supply means 400 is operated on the contrary to the above to thereby be located at the original position.
- the sealing means 500 is disposed above the packaging bag 10 in a waiting state of the packaging bag 10 , and seals the packaging bag 10 when food waste is put into the packaging bag 10 .
- the sealing means 500 includes: a rotary shaft 502 rotating at a predetermined angle; cantilevers 504 a and 504 b protrudingly mounted at the rotary shaft 502 in the opposite direction to each other; links 506 a and 506 b respectively joined to the cantilevers 504 a and 504 b; bearings 508 a and 508 b respectively joined to the links 506 a and 506 b; and slide shafts 510 that move in a state where the bearings 508 a and 508 b are shaft-mounted, the slide shafts 510 being mounted oppositely at the front and rear of the sealing means 500 when viewed in the drawings.
- Connectors 510 a and 510 b are respectively joined to the opposed bearings 508 a and 508 b, and respectively include sealers 512 a and 512 b for sealing both sides of the upper portion of the packaging bag 10 by heat.
- the cantilevers 504 a and 504 b are rotated to ascend or descend in the opposite direction to each other according to the rotational direction of the rotary shafts 502 , such that the links 506 a and 506 b joined to the cantilevers 504 a and 504 b and the bearings 508 a and 508 b joined to the links are moved in a direction that they distance from each other or in a direction that they become closer to each other, and thereby, the sealers 512 a and 512 b are also moved to distance from each other or become closer to each other.
- the sealers 512 a and 512 b become closer to each other to be in contact with the packaging bag 10 , and in this instance, seals the upper portion of the packaging bag 10 by heat.
- the rotary shafts 502 are rotated in the opposite direction to each other at a predetermined angle, such that the sealers 512 a and 512 b distance from each other to be located at the original position.
- the discharging means 600 is disposed below the front of the inlet port body 100 , and includes the discharge plate 602 , which has an end rotatably joined, and a cylinder 604 for rotating the discharge plate 602 .
- the discharge plate 602 normally supports the packaging bag 10 while keeping horizontality, but, when sealing of the packaging bag 10 is finished, is downwardly rotated by expansion or contraction of the piston rod 604 a of the cylinder 604 to discharge the packaging bag 10 to the storage chute located below the discharging means 600 .
- the supply means 400 , the sealing means 500 , and the discharging means 600 are controlled by means of program of a controller (not shown) to be operated in time series by interworking.
- the supply means 400 vertically locates the packaging bag 10 , which is horizontally loaded on the loading unit 300 , below the hopper 200 in such a way that the packaging bag 10 is opened so that someone can put food waste therein.
- the sealing means 500 is operated to seal the upper portion of the packaging bag 10 , and in this instance, the supply means 400 is in a standby status at the original position.
- the packaging bag 10 is discharged downwardly by the discharging means 600 , and then, the supply means 400 is operated again so that the packaging bag 10 is in the waiting state till someone puts food waste therein.
- the food waste packaging apparatus when food waste is put into the waste inlet port, the food waste packaging apparatus according to the present invention automatically carries out a series of processes of putting the food waste into the packaging bag 10 , sealing the packaging bag 10 , and discharging the packaging bag 10 . Accordingly, because there is no need that someone directly puts food waste into the garbage bag and seal the upper portion of the bag not to leak, the food waste packaging apparatus provides convenience and food waste is not stained on the hands.
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The present invention relates to a food waste packaging apparatus for an automatic waste collection system, and more particularly, to a food waste packaging apparatus for an automatic waste collection system which automatically performs, when food waste is injected into a food waste inlet port, the processes of putting the food waste into a packaging bag, sealing the packaging bag, and discharging the packaging bag. The food waste packaging apparatus for an automatic waste collection system according to the present invention comprises:
a loading unit arranged below the food waste inlet port such that a plurality of packaging bags are laid in the horizontal direction and loaded into a layer on the loading unit; supply means for sucking the top packaging bag from among the packaging bags loaded on the loading unit, placing, by means of rotation, the sucked top packaging bag in the vertical direction below a hopper of the waste inlet port, and opening the upper portion of the packaging bag to ready the packaging bag for receiving food waste therein; sealing means arranged at the upper portion of the waiting packaging bag to heat seal the upper portion of the packaging bag when food waste is received in the packaging bag; and discharging means for supporting the bottom of the packaging bag and discharging, by means of rotation, the packaging bag to a storage chute arranged below the discharging means after the completion of the sealing of the packaging bag.
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- The present invention relates to a food waste packaging apparatus for an automatic waste collection system, and more particularly, to a food waste packaging apparatus for an automatic waste collection system, which automatically performs the processes of putting food waste into a packaging bag, sealing the packaging bag, and discharging the packaging bag when the food waste is injected into a food waste inlet port.
- An automatic waste collection system is a facility to transport waste, which is sucked together with air by suction force of an air blower, to a waste collection site through transport pipeline. Differently from a collection method of collecting household or office wastes by manpower and vehicles, when wastes are injected into a waste inlet port of a waste bin installed indoors or outdoors, such an automatic waste collection system performs the processes of transporting the wastes to a central collection facility together with air flowing at high speed (ranging 70 km/h to 90 km/h) inside a transport pipeline by means of control of a central control system, directly injecting the wastes into an incineration plant according to kinds of the wastes or automatically loading on a container, and transporting to a waste disposal site.
- Such an automatic waste collection system is expected to create a pleasant residential environment by solving problems of bad smells and sanitary matters, to solve pollution and safety matters of waste collection vehicles, to enhance city life through an eco-friendly image, to prevent unnecessary waste of resources and energies, to reduce operation and management costs of residents through the unmanned system, to make local governments financially healthy because manpower resources to collect wastes and vehicles to transport the wastes are unnecessary, and to provide sanitary effects by preventing damages by bad smells, leachat, animals due to accumulation of wastes a certain period of time.
- Therefore, most of apartments, hospitals, large-scaled restaurants, high-rise buildings, airports, and others constructed recently are equipped with automatic waste collection systems.
- Such an automatic waste collection system includes: a collection site for collecting and treating wastes; a plurality of waste bins installed at various places on the ground to allow persons to put wastes; and a transport pipeline buried underground to guide the wastes introduced through the plural waste bins to the collection site in a lump.
- Each of the waste bins includes: a storage chute that is to temporarily store the wastes put into the waste bin and is communicatingly connected to the transport pipeline arranged below the storage chute; and an inlet port that is mounted at the top of the waste bin and spaced apart from the storage chute at a predetermined interval.
- The upper portion of the inlet port is exposed to the ground, and a main body of the inlet port is buried underground and communicatingly connected to the storage chute buried under the main body of the inlet port at the predetermined interval from the main body.
- In the meantime, the separate garbage collection legally obligated is an invaluable system to reduce the volume of waste, to effectively use resources by recycling waste resources, and to reduce environmental pollution.
- Accordingly, the waste inlet port and the storage chute are separated to separately collect general wastes from food waste, but the transport pipeline for transporting the wastes by suction is just one.
- So, food waste and general waste are transported together through the transport pipeline. Typically, food waste put in standard garbage bags is transported together with general waste, and because the waste in the transport pipeline is transported at high speed of about 25 m/s to 2 km˜3 km, the standard garbage bags containing food waste (the standard garbage bags are not durable because they are made of bio-degradable resin) may burst while flying at the high speed.
- Particularly, in the case of a curved transport pipeline, the standard garbage bags containing food waste are bumped and burst at points where curvature is changed, and hence, the food waste is stained around the points and makes there mess, there is onerousness that persons have to put the food waste into the standard garbage bags and tie up and seal the upper portions of the bags so that the food waste does not leak out, and the food waste is stained on the hands during the above processes.
- Transport pipelines are respectively buried underground to separately transport the food waste and general waste, but in this instance, there is a problem in that respectively burying the transport pipelines underground is costly.
- Accordingly, the present invention has been made in an effort to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior arts, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a food waste packaging apparatus for an automatic waste collection system, which automatically carries out the processes of putting food waste into a packaging bag disposed inside an inlet port when the food waste is injected into the inlet port, sealing the packaging bag, and discharging the packaging bag to a storage chute located below the inlet port, thereby providing convenience and preventing the food waste from being stained on the hands because there is no need that someone directly puts food waste into the garbage bag and seal the upper portion of the bag not to leak, and preventing the packaging bag from bursting and the food waste from being stained on the inner wall of a transport pipeline while the packaging bag is moved through the transport pipeline because the food waste is moved in a state where it is put in the durable packaging bag. Technical Solution
- To achieve the above objects, the present invention provides a food waste packaging apparatus for an automatic waste collection system including: a loading unit arranged below the waste inlet port in such a fashion that a plurality of packaging bags are laid in the horizontal direction and vertically loaded on the loading unit; supply means for sucking the top packaging bag out of the packaging bags loaded on the loading unit, placing the sucked top packaging bag below a hopper of the waste inlet port in the vertical direction by rotation, and opening the upper portion of the packaging bag to make the packaging bag ready to receive the food waste therein; sealing means arranged at the upper portion of the waiting packaging bag to seal the upper portion of the packaging bag by heat when the food waste is received in the packaging bag; and discharging means for supporting the bottom of the packaging bag and discharging the packaging bag to a storage chute arranged below the discharging means by means of rotation after the completion of the sealing of the packaging bag.
- According to the present invention, the food waste packaging apparatus can provide convenience and prevent the food waste from being stained on the hands because there is no need that someone directly puts food waste into the garbage bag and seal the upper portion of the bag not to leak, and also prevent the packaging bag from bursting and the food waste from being stained on the inner wall of a transport pipeline while the packaging bag is moved through the transport pipeline because the food waste is moved in a state where it is put in the durable packaging bag.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a structure of a food waste packaging apparatus according to the present invention. -
FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the structure ofFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 3 is a plan view of a loading unit for packaging bags ofFIG. 1 . -
FIGS. 4 a and 4 b are a front view and a side view of packaging bag supply means ofFIGS. 1 and 2 . -
FIG. 5 is a plan view of sealing means ofFIG. 2 . -
<Explanation of essential reference numerals in drawings> 10: packaging bag 100: waste packaging apparatus 200: hopper 300: loading unit 400: supply means 500: sealing means 600: discharging means - Reference will be now made in detail to a bicycle tire 1 of the present invention with reference to the attached drawings.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a structure of a food waste packaging apparatus according to the present invention, andFIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the structure ofFIG. 1 . As shown in the drawings, the foodwaste packaging apparatus 100 includes ahopper 200, aloading unit 300, supply means 400, sealing means 500, and discharging means 600. - The
hopper 200 for guiding a person to put food waste into anopen packaging bag 10 is disposed at an upper portion of the front of aninlet port body 110. - The
loading unit 300 for loading thepackaging bags 10 is disposed below the rear of theinlet port body 110, and a plurality ofpackaging bags 10 are vertically loaded in a state where they are laid in the horizontal direction. - As shown in
FIG. 3 , theloading unit 300 includes height controllingmeans 310 and width controlling means 320 for controlling height and width of theloading unit 300 according to the standards of height and width of the packaging bags 10 (here, the height means a height in a state where the packaging bags are upright, and the width means a width in a state where the packaging bags are flattened). - The height controlling
means 310 are mounted oppositely against each other in the height direction of the packaging bags 10 (in drawings, in a lateral direction). Each of the height controllingmeans 310 includes: a conveyingshaft 311 traversing along the height direction of thepackaging bags 10; aguide 312 of a predetermined length arranged side by side with the conveyingshaft 311 near end portions of the conveyingshaft 311; a controlmain body 313 conveyed along the conveyingshaft 311 and theguide 312; asupport projection 314 protrudingly formed at an upper portion of the controlmain body 313 for supporting outer faces of the upper and lower portions of the loadedpackaging bags 10; and stoppers 315 for fixing the controlmain body 313 not to move when a position of the controlmain body 313 is determined. - The width control means 320 are mounted oppositely against each other in the width direction of the
packaging bags 10, and each of the width controllingmeans 320 includes: arotary shaft 321 traversing along the width direction of thepackaging bags 10; aguide 322 of a predetermined length arranged side by side with therotary shaft 321 near end portions of therotary shaft 321; asupport projection 324 conveyed along therotary shaft 321 and theguide 322 and supporting the width of the loadedpackaging bags 10 from the outside; and stoppers 325 for fixing thesupport projection 324 not to move when a position of thesupport projection 324 is determined. - Moreover, one of the width control means 320 has a
handle 326 joined to an end of therotary shaft 321 for rotating therotary shaft 321 to thereby make the support projections, which are opposed to each other, distance from each other and closer to each other. - Continuously, in
FIGS. 1 and 2 , the supply means 400, which is operated to suck the top packaging bag out of thepackaging bags 10 loaded on theloading unit 300, place the sucked top packaging bag below thehopper 200 in the vertical direction by rotation, and open the upper portion of thepackaging bag 10 is located above theloading unit 300. - As shown in
FIGS. 1 , 2 and 4 a and 4 b, the supply means 400 includes grip means 410 and suction means 430 that are shaft-mounted to therotary shaft 450 to thereby be rotated together with therotary shaft 450. - When the suction means 430 is rotated, the grip means 410 for gripping the packaging bags are opposed to each other at right and left sides of the suction means 430 when they are viewed from the front, and each of the grip means 410 includes: a
fixed gripper 411 that is shaft-mounted to therotary shaft 450 and is bent in the form of the Alphabet “L”; and arotary gripper 415 rotatably joined to the lower portion of the outer face of thefixed gripper 411 for holding thepackaging bag 10 together with thefixed gripper 411. - In this instance, the
packaging bag 10 is interposed between the bent bottom face offixed gripper 411 and the upper face of therotary gripper 415, and the grip means 410 hold thepackaging bag 10 when therotary shaft 450 is rotated. - The
rotary gripper 415 is joined to apiston rod 416 a of acylinder 416 rotatably joined to the upper portion of the outer face of thefixed gripper 411 and is rotated by means of expansion and contraction of thepiston rod 416 a. - The suction means 430 includes: a
rotary body 431 shaft-mounted to therotary shaft 450; amounting rod 432 mounted at therotary body 431; acylinder 433 joined to themounting rod 432; and asuction plate 434 joined to apiston rod 433 a of thecylinder 433. - The
suction plate 434 is connected to an air line (not shown) to thereby suck thepackaging bag 10 by means of suction of air and release the suckedpackaging bag 10 by means of discharge of air. - Furthermore, a
weight shaft 435 is located at one side of themounting rod 432 in such a way as to be side by side with themounting rod 432, and includes a sensor (not shown) to balance weight and sense a rotational angle by being joined to therotary body 431. - Additionally, in the case that the
mounting rod 432 is rotated at an angle of ninety degrees to keep horizontality, anothersuction plate 436 is joined to anotherpiston rod 437 at the side where thesuction plate 436 is opposed to thesuction plate 434, and in this instance, it is preferable that thesuction plate 436 and thepiston rod 437 are not joined straight but joined face to face so that the size of theinlet port body 110 is not big. - The
suction plate 436 is also connected to the air line to suck thepackaging bag 10 or release the suckedpackaging bag 10. - In the supply means 400, in a state where the
mounting rod 432 is positioned vertically and thepiston rod 433 a is projected such that thesuction plate 434 is located directly above thepackaging bags 10 loaded on theloading unit 300, when thesuction plate 434 sucks thetop packaging bag 10 by means of suction of air, thepiston rod 433 a performs expansion and contraction to lift up thepackaging bag 10. - In this instance, while the
piston rod 416 a joined to therotary gripper 415 performs expansion and contraction, therotary gripper 415 downwardly rotates, so that the bent bottom face of thefixed gripper 411 is exposed to the outside. - The
packaging bag 10 lifted by the expansion and contraction of thepiston rod 433 a in the sucked state is caught to the bent bottom face of thefixed gripper 411, and at the same time, the contractedpiston rod 416 a is projected, so that therotary gripper 415 is upwardly rotated and holds thepackaging bag 10 below thefixed gripper 411. - As described above, in the state where the
packaging bag 10 is sucked by the suction means 430 and held by the grip means 410, when therotary shaft 450 is rotated at an angle of ninety degrees and themounting rod 432 becomes in a horizontal state, thepackaging bag 10 laid in the horizontal direction stands vertically. - In the above state, when the
piston rod 437 joined to thesuction plate 436 performs expansion and contraction (if necessary, when thepiston rod 433 a is projected, in this instance, therotary gripper 415 is rotated not to hold the packaging bag 10) and thesuction plates suction plate 436 sucks the upper portion of the standingpackaging bag 10 by means of suction of air, so that both sides of the upper portion of thepackaging bag 10 are in a sucked condition by means of thesuction plates - As described above, in the state where both sides of the upper portion of the
packaging bag 10 are in the sucked condition by means of thesuction plates piston rod 437 joined to thesuction plate 436 is projected (if necessary, thepiston rod 433 a of thecylinder 433 is contracted), thesuction plates packaging bag 10 is opened, so that someone can put food waste into thepackaging bag 10. - In this instance, the lower portion of the
packaging bag 10 is supported by adischarge plate 602 of the discharging means 600. - As described above, after the food waste is put into the inlet port and contained in the
packaging bag 10, thesuction plates packaging bag 10 closes up. After that, the upper portion of thepackaging bag 10 is sealed by means of the sealing means 500 arranged above thepackaging bag 10, and then, the sealedpackaging bag 10 is discharged to a storage chute located below thepackaging bag 10 when thedischarge plate 602 of thedischarging means 600 is rotated downwardly. - Moreover, the supply means 400 is operated on the contrary to the above to thereby be located at the original position.
- Continuously, in
FIGS. 1 and 2 , the sealing means 500 is disposed above thepackaging bag 10 in a waiting state of thepackaging bag 10, and seals thepackaging bag 10 when food waste is put into thepackaging bag 10. - As shown in
FIG. 5 , the sealing means 500 includes: arotary shaft 502 rotating at a predetermined angle;cantilevers rotary shaft 502 in the opposite direction to each other;links cantilevers bearings links slide shafts 510 that move in a state where thebearings slide shafts 510 being mounted oppositely at the front and rear of the sealing means 500 when viewed in the drawings. -
Connectors opposed bearings sealers packaging bag 10 by heat. - When the
rotary shafts 502 are rotated at the predetermined angle by means of the structure of the sealing means 500, thecantilevers rotary shafts 502, such that thelinks cantilevers bearings sealers - In order to seal the upper portion of the
packaging bag 10, thesealers packaging bag 10, and in this instance, seals the upper portion of thepackaging bag 10 by heat. In addition, after sealing, therotary shafts 502 are rotated in the opposite direction to each other at a predetermined angle, such that thesealers - Continuously, in
FIG. 2 , the discharging means 600 is disposed below the front of theinlet port body 100, and includes thedischarge plate 602, which has an end rotatably joined, and acylinder 604 for rotating thedischarge plate 602. - The
discharge plate 602 normally supports thepackaging bag 10 while keeping horizontality, but, when sealing of thepackaging bag 10 is finished, is downwardly rotated by expansion or contraction of thepiston rod 604 a of thecylinder 604 to discharge thepackaging bag 10 to the storage chute located below the dischargingmeans 600. - The supply means 400, the sealing means 500, and the discharging means 600 are controlled by means of program of a controller (not shown) to be operated in time series by interworking. The supply means 400 vertically locates the
packaging bag 10, which is horizontally loaded on theloading unit 300, below thehopper 200 in such a way that thepackaging bag 10 is opened so that someone can put food waste therein. After the food waste is put into thepackaging bag 10, the sealing means 500 is operated to seal the upper portion of thepackaging bag 10, and in this instance, the supply means 400 is in a standby status at the original position. After sealing, thepackaging bag 10 is discharged downwardly by the discharging means 600, and then, the supply means 400 is operated again so that thepackaging bag 10 is in the waiting state till someone puts food waste therein. - As described above, when food waste is put into the waste inlet port, the food waste packaging apparatus according to the present invention automatically carries out a series of processes of putting the food waste into the
packaging bag 10, sealing thepackaging bag 10, and discharging thepackaging bag 10. Accordingly, because there is no need that someone directly puts food waste into the garbage bag and seal the upper portion of the bag not to leak, the food waste packaging apparatus provides convenience and food waste is not stained on the hands. - While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiment thereof, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the following claims.
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1. A food waste packaging apparatus for an automatic waste collection system, wherein the food waste packaging apparatus automatically carries out a series of processes of putting food waste into a packaging bag, sealing the packaging bag and discharging the packaging bag to a storage chute located below a waste inlet port when the food waste is put into the waste inlet port.
2. The food waste packaging apparatus for the automatic waste collection system according to claim 1 , comprising:
a loading unit arranged below the waste inlet port in such a fashion that a plurality of packaging bags are laid in the horizontal direction and vertically loaded on the loading unit;
supply means for sucking the top packaging bag out of the packaging bags loaded on the loading unit, placing the sucked top packaging bag below a hopper of the waste inlet port in the vertical direction by rotation, and opening the upper portion of the packaging bag to make the packaging bag ready to receive the food waste therein;
sealing means arranged at the upper portion of the waiting packaging bag to seal the upper portion of the packaging bag by heat when the food waste is received in the packaging bag; and
discharging means for supporting the bottom of the packaging bag and discharging the packaging bag to a storage chute arranged below the discharging means by means of rotation after the completion of the sealing of the packaging bag.
3. The food waste packaging apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the loading unit comprises height controlling means and width controlling means for controlling height and width of the loading unit according to the standards of height and width of the packaging bags to thereby support the loaded packaging bag from the outside.
4. The food waste packaging apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the height controlling means are mounted oppositely against each other in the height direction of the packaging bags, and each of the height controlling means comprises: a conveying shaft traversing along the height direction of the packaging bags; a guide arranged side by side with the conveying shaft near end portions of the conveying shaft; a control main body conveyed along the conveying shaft and the guide; a support projection protrudingly formed at an upper portion of the control main body for supporting outer faces of the upper and lower portions of the loaded packaging bags; and stoppers for fixing the control main body not to move when a position of the control main body is determined.
5. The food waste packaging apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the width control means are mounted oppositely against each other in the width direction of the packaging bags, and each of the width controlling means comprises: a first rotary shaft traversing along the width direction of the packaging bags; a guide arranged side by side with the first rotary shaft near end portions of the first rotary shaft;
a support projection conveyed along the first rotary shaft and the guide and supporting the width of the loaded packaging bags from the outside; and stoppers for fixing the support projection not to move when a position of the support projection is determined.
6. The food waste packaging apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein one of the width control means has a handle joined to an end of the first rotary shaft for rotating the first rotary shaft to thereby make the support projections, which are opposed to each other, distance from each other and closer to each other.
7. The food waste packaging apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the supply means comprises grip means and suction means that are shaft-mounted to a second rotary shaft, and
wherein the grip means for holding the packaging bag when the suction means is rotated are opposed to each other at both sides of the suction means, and each of the grip means comprises: a fixed gripper that is shaft-mounted to the rotary shaft and is bent in the form of the Alphabet “L”; and a rotary gripper rotatably joined to the lower portion of the outer face of the fixed gripper for holding the packaging bag together with the fixed gripper.
8. The food waste packaging apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the suction means comprises: a rotary body shaft-mounted to the second rotary shaft; a mounting rod mounted at the rotary body; a cylinder joined to the mounting rod;
and a first suction plate joined to a piston rod of the cylinder and connected to an air line; and a second suction plate opposed to the first suction plate and connected to an air line when the mounting rod is rotated at an angle of ninety degrees to keep horizontality.
9. The food waste packaging apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the second suction plate is joined face to face with another piston rod and moves horizontally.
10. The food waste packaging apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein a weight shaft for balancing weight is joined to the second rotary shaft and located side by side with the mounting rod.
11. The food waste packaging apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the sealing means comprises:
a third rotary shaft rotating at a predetermined angle; cantilevers protrudingly mounted at the third rotary shaft in the opposite direction to each other; links respectively joined to the cantilevers; bearings respectively joined to the links; and slide shafts that move in a state where the bearings are shaft-mounted, the slide shafts being opposed to each other, and
wherein connectors are respectively joined to the opposed bearings, and respectively comprise sealers for sealing both sides of the upper portion of the packaging bag by heat.
12. The food waste packaging apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein a weight shaft for balancing weight is joined to the second rotary shaft and located side by side with the mounting rod.
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