WO1999061349A1

WO1999061349A1 - Isothermal refuse collector

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Publication number: WO1999061349A1
Application number: PCT/FR1998/001073
Authority: WO
Inventors: Giovanni Pugliese; Chantal Pugliese Demaret
Original assignee: Giovanni Pugliese; Chantal Pugliese Demaret
Priority date: 1998-05-28
Filing date: 1998-05-28
Publication date: 1999-12-02
Also published as: EP0999988A1

Abstract

The invention concerns a box made of heat insulating material (1, 26), refrigerated or not, capable of being built-in or set on the ground, for prolonged storage between 4 and 6 °C of household refuse and all organic waste likely to deteriorate at ambient temperature, while awaiting to be collected by the refuse collecting services. The box is provided: with orifices (13, 35) vertical to the containers for depositing refuse; an access door for removing the containers. The collector enables to prevent all proliferation of odours, bacteria, rodents to preserve hygienic conditions, and also to prevent domestic animals from littering the ground with the refuse bin contents: so as to facilitate the working conditions of the refuse collecting personnel and all persons who in the course of their work come in contact with or handle such refuse; and to enhance environmental aesthetics of 'collecting points'. The isothermal collector capable of being built into the ground is further provided with a remote-control hydraulic lift system (16, 20, 21). In its buried position only 4 flexible ducts required for depositing refuse are above ground level, the built-in collector floor is designed to receive the surrounding ground covering thereby providing perfect integration with any urban site. Its design enabling a very discreet installation in all public locations, provides, in its non-refrigerated version, for selective collection of non-alterable refuse.

Description

ISOTHERMAL READER

The present invention relates to the isothermal waste collector, refrigerated or not, sheltering in a perfectly closed and temperate place the plastic or metal containers intended to receive household waste in particular and all organic waste liable to deterioration at ambient temperature, awaiting be collected by garbage collectors.

This waste is traditionally stored on public roads either in plastic or metal containers or on the ground in "trash" bags. These piles of waste are neither aesthetic nor hygienic, their collection involves many constraints, night collections, or even multiple daily collections to limit the disadvantages for the environment, the proliferation of odors, bacteria, rodents.

The collector will remedy these drawbacks by avoiding:

- the proliferation of foul smells, bacteria due to the accumulation of waste on public roads, hygiene is thus preserved.

- the scattering of garbage by animals and particularly rodents whose proliferation is thus limited.

// helps preserve the environment and aesthetics

- by the elimination of piles of garbage bags or containers overflowing with waste on public roads

// also brings an improvement in working conditions

- collection staff who no longer handle foul-smelling waste and manually pick up waste scattered on the ground by domestic animals or rodents - staff from waste-producing companies liable to deteriorate, such as slaughterhouses, rendering plants, hospitals and all trades involved in the production of food or organic products.

- it allows a reduction in the operating costs of the refuse collection services by reducing the number of collections, which is important in certain places where the concentration of tourists for example, requires up to five collections per day.

The insulated floor-mounted isothermal collector that discreetly integrates with the site can in its non-refrigerated version, by simple marking on the opening panels be used for the selective collection of non-alterable waste

The insulated collector is available in two versions:

1 / embedded in the ground

2 / to be placed on the ground as well as in different sizes for capacities of 1, 2, 3, (4), and 6 containers, (not illustrated here) THE DRAWING, THE PHOTO AND THE ANNEXED PLANS ILLUSTRATE THE INVENTION

I - Figure 1 shows the built-in insulated collector (4-container model)

II - Figure 2 represents the model insulated collector (4-container model) I - With reference to Figure 1 the insulated collector built into the ground is made up as follows:

Figure 3 Recessed manifold - Structure section

- Side panels (1) in aluminum profile of type P2530 clipped together and on 4 corner uprights in CNB profiles to form a rigid assembly.

- floor (2) in T of 40 x 40 x 4 covered with checkered sheet (3) of 4x5.4, with recess allowing the housing of the hydraulic lifting system (4) of the collector.

- ceiling (5) in T of 40 x 40 x 4 covered with aluminum sheet 5754 ready to receive on the external face a screed (6) in concrete and / or a pavement matching the site where the collector is installed. Figure 4 Recessed manifold - Pit sealing system

- A profile (8) in L of 80 x 80 x 5 is fixed to the ground (9) by stainless steel screws all around the pit receiving the collector

- on the four external faces of the collector is fixed an aluminum profile (10), on which is glued a Neoprene gasket (1 1) which presses on the profile L fixed to the ground when the collector is in the low position and thus ensures the '' tightness of the pit;

Figure 5 Recessed manifold - Top view

- the ceiling has 4 openings of the windsock type (12), provided with a security system with double hinged panel (36), located vertically from the collection containers (13), allowing the deposit of waste by the public - The aluminum air sleeves are lacquered (color range RAL)

- One of the faces of the collector is provided with an access door (14) for collecting the containers, it consists of a tubular frame, the filling is made of 6060 T5 type P2530 profile,

The door is fitted with a lock and a safety device preventing hydraulic operation in the open position.

- an access hatch to the technical parts of 500 X500 mm (5) Inside the collector are arranged:

- the 4 collection containers in line with the windsock holes (13)

- the 220 or 380 V refrigerating unit (16) - the hydraulic unit (17)

Figure 6 Built-in collector - Pantograph the pantograph consists of:

- aluminum flat (1) 6082 T5 120 x 20 with 4 ertacetal rollers of 110 x40 (18) fitted with a Z7CND1711 stainless steel axle with a diameter of 30 mm

- 2 rails (4) (floor supports) in U profile 6060 T5 alloy of 140 x 50 x 5 In the low position the height of the pantograph does not exceed 300 mm

Its stroke is 1600 mm, allowing the collector to be raised to ground level, for cleaning and removing waste.

Figure 7 Recessed manifold - Hydraulic lifting system

The lifting system includes

- a central unit consisting of a motor and a pump installed inside the collector (17) - 2 double-acting cylinders (20) in stainless steel, mounted on clevis (21) articulated allowing a stroke of 1600 mm

A safety device makes it possible to block the collector in its position in the event of a pipe rupture in order to prevent any untimely fall of the collector into the pit. The maneuver is triggered by remote control.

Figure 8 Recessed manifold - Refrigeration system

1 refrigeration unit (17) in 220 or 380 Volts, installed inside the collector allows the conservation of waste between 4 and 6 ° C. The ventilation of the group includes: 1 fresh air intake grille (22) located on one of the air bag type orifices, the grid is connected to the refrigeration compressor by a sheath (23). 1 hot air exhaust grille located near the compressor on one of the side faces of the manifold. The hot air circulating in the empty space between the collector and the pit to escape through a louver-type outlet grid (24) located on another Electricity orifice

An electrical panel comprising millithermal protection circuit breakers and a switch for lighting an interior ceiling light is located near the access door. The collector also includes an earth connection. II - With reference to FIG. 2, the isothermal collector is constituted as follows:

Figure 9 Isothermal collector - Sectional view

- sandwich side panels (26) composed of a core of polyurethane foam. coated on the outside with lacquered aluminum sheet (colors of the RAL range) and on the inside with stainless steel This covering can be of any type depending on user demand

- 4 uprights in tube of 200 x 5 aluminum alloy 6060 15 machined allowing the fixing of the sandwich panels (34) This structure receives:

- the floor (27) in T of 40 x 40 x 4 covered with checkered sheet 4x4.6, with a drain hole in the central part allowing connection to the mains drainage

- the sandwich panel ceiling (30) identical to the side panels, has a removable panel in the central part for access to the cooling unit - the roof (31) made of aluminum sheet 4 mm thick with a radius of 2260 mm, allows to clear a 650 mm high space in the central part for housing the refrigeration compressor (32)

- The roof also includes a central lifting ring (33), allowing the crane and the handling of the collector. Figure 10 Isothermal manifold - Opening side panels

- 4 panels (35) opening outwards are located on the side walls of the collector giving access to the container located inside the collector These panels are made of aluminum provided with a grip handle and mounted on hinges with spring reminder allowing them to be kept in the open position during waste deposition.

A second tilting panel (36) doubles this opening panel, and closes automatically to avoid any loss of cold

- Access door (37)

As the side panels this door is made in sandwich, it is provided with a key lock, to limit the access of the collector to the personnel of collection, and of a security system allowing the instantaneous opening of the door of l inside. The door is lined with a curtain of transparent plastic slats to prevent any loss of cold during the intervention of the cleaning service.

- Electricity An electrical panel comprising millithermal protection circuit breakers and a switch for lighting an interior ceiling light is located near the access door. The collector also has an earth connection.

Claims

1) The isothermal collector is characterized in that it is composed of partitions made of thermal insulating material (1) (26) of a non-slip floor (27) of a ceiling or a roof depending on whether it is built-in or non .forming a fixed irremovable structure housing standard plastic or metal containers for the storage by the public of organic or non-organic waste, awaiting collection by city cleaning services.

2) The isothermal collector is characterized in that it includes a refrigeration unit (17) in the ceiling or in a technical room in the recessed version on the ground with a hatch for access to the technical room (15) of the orifices with panels openings (13) (35) arranged directly above the standard containers it houses, a service access door fitted with a security lock for removing the containers containing the waste (14) (37) , a lifting ring (33).

3) The isothermal collector according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that the orifices with opening panels (13) are equipped with a double panel (36) with automatic closure, on which the nature of the waste is indicated by marking that it is permitted to deposit.

4) The insulated built-in collector is characterized according to claims 1 to 3 in that it is equipped with its own hydraulic system (16) (20) (21) with pantograph and remote control, safety system type parachute lined with safety mechanical which is triggered when the service door is opened.

5) The insulated built-in collector according to claim 1, 2 and 3 is characterized in that it is provided with an aluminum profile (10) comprising a neoprene seal (11) coming to bear on an L-profile fixed to the floor by stainless steel screw (9)

6) The isothermal collector according to any one of the above claims is characterized by a sloping roof in shape, with a radius of 2260 mm to clear the technical space of the cold group (32).

7) The insulated built-in collector according to any one of the above claims is characterized in that the external surface of its ceiling consists of a structure (5) (6) (7) making it possible to receive a macadam or other coating of ground. 8) The fixed or built-in isothermal collector is characterized according to any one of the above claims in that it allows the collection of waste by means of existing collection trucks, with regard to collecting the waste deposited in 2 to 6 or plus standard plastic or metal containers.