WO2001094242A1

WO2001094242A1 - Mixed vehicle for collecting wastes and washing igloo-type containers

Info

Publication number: WO2001094242A1
Application number: PCT/ES2001/000227
Authority: WO
Inventors: Pedro José OCAÑA PUEYO; Juan Angel Platero Arlaban
Original assignee: Ocana Pueyo Pedro Jose; Juan Angel Platero Arlaban
Priority date: 2000-06-08
Filing date: 2001-06-01
Publication date: 2001-12-13
Also published as: AU2001262369A1; EP1302414B1; ES2164023A1; ES2164023B1; DE60105434D1; EP1302414A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a mixed vehicle for collecting wastes and washing igloo-type containers, comprising a truck with a boom crane (2) and double hook, in addition to a wastes deposit (6) and washing means formed by a clean water deposit (7), a pump assembly (8) and a central foam unit (9), with corresponding brushes and foam discharge devices for releasing foam to the outside. The vehicle also has evacuation means and waste water filtering means consisting of a collector (16), a filtering assembly (17), waste water pumps (18) and a deposit (19). Said mixed vehicle also has a high-pressure lance (20) for manual use.

Description

MIXED VEHICLE FOR WASTE COLLECTION AND WASHING

IGLOO TYPE CONTAINERS

D E S C R I P C I ÓN

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The present specification refers to an application for an Invention Patent, relating to a mixed vehicle for waste collection and washing of igloo containers, whose purpose is on the one hand to allow the collection and emptying of waste from it contained inside the igloo type container, generally dedicated to the recovery of glass, while on the other side after its emptying, the vehicle itself is equipped with means to carry out the washing and disinfection of the container.

It should also be noted that this vehicle can be transformed into a fixed washing plant if the elements carried by the vehicle are deposited on the ground, while disinfecting the container, just as when it is a vehicle applicable to these operations.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention has its application within the industry dedicated to the manufacture of apparatus, vehicles and auxiliary elements for the collection of waste incorporated into containers.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The applicant is aware that the use of vehicles equipped with automatic container washing systems is well known, especially as a complementary function of garbage collection.

In these cases, the loading and unloading of the containers may or may not be automated, and in these cases the washing processes can be controlled by programmable automatons, there is even knowledge of systems that incorporate sensors to know at all times the state of the Cleaning cycle and timers to set the times.

FR2.645.775 is known as a VEHICLE FOR CONTAINER WASHING, IN PARTICULAR CONTAINERS FOR AUTOMATIC COLLECTION OF URBAN WASTE, the vehicle being equipped with a car wash with a rear door and charging means to introduce the containers in said tunnel.

The cleaning is done by means of a robot programmed and operated at a distance that supports a washing mechanism and a camera.

All operations, washing and loading-unloading can follow a programmed automatic cycle, and be operated remotely by an operator thanks mainly to the images sent by the camera.

The existence of a CLEANING DEVICE is known from Invention Patent GB2,196,446

INSIDE A TANK, which consists of a set of injectors that are located inside the tank and can move in different directions and at different heights thanks to remote control means.

The system follows a predetermined program and includes sensors that indicate the level of liquid in the tank and a timer that sends a process stop signal after a certain period of time.

The entire process is followed from an operating room in which there is a control panel with operating switches and detection units.

In US Pat. No. 5,329,949, a HOME WASHING SYSTEM WITH RADIO FREQUENCY DISTANCE CONTROL is known, specifically configured as an automatic car wash system with remote control and activated by an infrared position sensor, with application to any garage of a private individual or similar.

By means of a portable transmitter, that is to say a remote control, the user activates the washing system and the opening of the garage door.

The system processor consists of a microcontroller programmed to receive signals from the garage door, a radio frequency transmitter-emitter, a thermistor and an infrared position sensor.

In FR2.608.076 invention patent is known a set for the washing of wagons, containers and tanks, set that is mounted on a platform and consists of a generator set and the necessary means for washing the containers, ie suction pumps, water tanks, boiler, water pipes, etc.

The system is characterized in that it can be controlled remotely by a single person who, after the start-up of the generator set, can operate the different operations from the change of detergent to the choice of the recovery tank.

In addition, the assembly has means of attachment to a truck or similar for its displacement.

The invention of FR2.697.511 is known as the existence of a PORTABLE DEVICE FOR CLEANING OF CONTAINERS, which is a portable device mounted on a container washing vehicle consisting of liquid tanks, a mechanical lift and ramps. internal and external cleaning of the container.

The wash cycle is controlled by solenoid valves which in turn are activated by means of a programmable automaton or a microprocessor.

An invention for the cleaning of containers, such as garbage cans, is known from the invention patent E93400518, which is configured from a washing drawer that carries an opening for the passage of the containers, loading means for introducing at least a container inside the drawer and to remove one of these at the end of the washing operation, having a means of sealing said opening, and a plurality of washing heads arranged inside said drawer, at least one of said wash head arranged in such a way to project pressurized water inside the container introduced in the drawer, while at least one of the other washing head is arranged so as to project water on the outer walls of said container.

According to the invention, the central washing head is attached to a mechanical dragging device that allows it to be moved inside said container in the depth direction, and also in the two perpendicular directions.

In the Patent of Invention ES0513593 it is known that there are PERFECTION IN CONTAINER WASHING VEHICLES, ESPECIALLY OF GARBAGE, which is configured as a water tank, which has washing heads fed with washing liquid, particularly pressurized water, being arranged in a washing box that has an opening for the introduction of containers, loading means on the back of the vehicle "to introduce the containers into the interior of the box through the opening, and means for closing it , these means being also loading means and preferably have the shape of a tank.

By the Patent of Invention ES0527357, a LAVA-CONTAINER AND BUCKET EQUIPMENT is known, which optionally can be located on the chassis of a vehicle, consisting of a cleaning roller that rotates and moves along the interior walls of the container, as well as a mechanism that elevates the containers to be cleaned, as well as the door of the washing tank, and then descends to the containers at the end of the washing phase, presenting a pump that Take the clean water from a general tank and press it through the washing circuit.

In the Patent of Invention ES0536517 the existence of PERFECTION IN THE FACILITIES OF WASHING AND DISINFECTION OF CAVITIES is known, which is configured as an installation for washing and disinfection of containers installed in the street, destined in particular for the collection of garbage and the like , which consists of a lifting-turning device (3) disposed on the back of the truck (2), which is intended to be coupled with a street container provided with wheels, to clean, lift and turn it, in order to arrange it inverted next to a spray group and deposit it on the surface after washing.

The invention has a spray group that is formed by a lance fed through a conduit by the boiler-pressurization group, the attack base of the lance inserted in a support, and one or more water tanks.

From US Patent 4,694,846 a SYSTEM FOR CLEANING AND DISINFECTING WASTE CONTAINERS, namely formed by a vehicle that incorporates an air boiler fed by the compressor, and connected to a boiler provided with water and disinfectant, is known, to the one that feeds of air until the necessary pressure for the projection of the mixture of water, air and disinfectant through the nozzles oriented towards the inner surface of the container.

The cleaning process is done through an electromagnetic valve activated from the dashboard of the vehicle.

By the Spanish Invention Patent applied for with the number 8801602, published under the number 2,007,878, a HANDLING AND CLEANING SYSTEM FOR SOLID WASTE CONTAINERS is known, which consists of locating underground covers of watertight material at different points, whose function is to support or container airtight containers of cylindrical or prismatic form, in which the waste is stored, which is introduced through an upper opening that communicates with the surface by means of a hermetic gate tube.

To the surface emerges the upper lid of the container, which once opened gives access to two rings in which the container is hooked, pulling from its upper part to handle the loading, unloading, emptying or subsequent cleaning.

The existence of a communication in the container is foreseen, the system being completed by a crane truck that has a crane arm with two hooks, one fixed and the other mobile, whose mission is to pick up the containers to raise them to the previous one.

An AUTOMATIC TUNNEL FOR THE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL CLEANING AND DISINFECTION OF CONTAINERS is known from the Invention Patent 09952655.

A MOBILE CLEANING MACHINE FOR DISINFECTION is known from the Invention Patent GB2.283.409. An apparatus and a method for cleaning containers are known from the invention patent US743,155.

An invention for the cleaning of vehicles is known from the invention patent US5.098.023.

A REMOTE CONTROL FOR CLEANING is known from the Invention Patent US 4,880,346.

However, according to the knowledge previously expressed, there is no evidence of the existence of a mixed vehicle for waste collection and washing of containers known as igloo type, which can be subsequently transformed by placing it on the ground surface as a fixed plant for washing and disinfection of igloo waste containers.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The mixed vehicle for the collection of waste and washing of igloo containers that the invention proposes, is configured in itself as an obvious novelty within its specific field of application, by gathering in its context a plurality of particular characteristics that endow it of the quality of cleaning the external and internal area of an igloo container, generally used for vitreous waste container, and its subsequent recovery, presenting the vehicle at the same time the quality of being configured as a fixed plant for the washing and disinfection of waste containers of the interested type, ie 'igloo type'. More specifically, the mixed vehicle for waste collection and washing of igloo containers object of the invention, is constituted from a truck provided with the relevant chassis, on which a pen for handling and positioning of the container is located , counting the boom with a double hook and at the same time placing on the truck chassis a truck box provided with a side safety gate, as well as a deposit for waste, glass, paper, etc.

The washing means are incorporated in the truck box, configured by a clean water tank, a group of pumps, a foaming unit, a vertical brush, a dome brush, a washing bench, an external rinsing arch and a external foam arch, as well as the relevant internal rinse heads »

The invention also presents the pertinent system or arrangement for the evacuation of wastewater, having a collector, a filtering group, sewage pump, as well as a dirty water tank.

Finally, the vehicle has a pressure lance for manual use.

The vehicle configured as a truck arrives at the point of destination, and by means of the pen, equipped with a double hook, the two rings of the container are hooked, and once hooked, it is lifted until it is placed above the waste container , which has the upper part open for easy downloading. The hooks of the pen are automated in such a way that when you pull one of them, the opening of the discharge gates and the consequent emptying of the contents of the container occurs, it must be indicated that the doors or discharge gates are located in the container on the bottom.

Once the container has been unloaded and with the gates open, it is positioned on the washing bench, and in a vertical and downward movement the container is deposited on the bench, indicating that this movement must be done in such a way that the dispensing heads of pressurized water are introduced inside the container through the lower gates, which are open, the bench being designed in such a way that as the container is going down, the discharge gates are closed until they are ajar , and it is through this opening that the wastewater generated during the washing process is evacuated.

Once the container is positioned on the washing bench, the hooks of the pen are released and the washing area is closed tightly by means of the upper side gate, in order to reduce the emanations of noise and waste outside.

Once the washing area is isolated from the outside, the brushes, the foam and the rinse arc are placed in the washing position by means of conventional hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders.

From there the process of washed, proper.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To complement the description that is being made and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, this descriptive report is attached, as an integral part thereof, a set of drawings in which for illustrative purposes and not limiting, the following has been represented:

Figure number 1 shows a side elevation view of the object of the invention, relative to a mixed vehicle for waste collection and washing of igloo containers.

Figure number 2.- Represents a view of the waste container, specifically a closed glass waste container.

Figure number 3.- Represents a view similar to that shown in figure number 2, but the container being open.

Figure number 4.- Corresponds finally to a detailed view of the cleaning mechanism and the retainer element of the container doors ^" to facilitate the entry of the cleaning nozzles through the internal area of the container itself.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

Following these figures, it can be seen as the mixed vehicle for waste collection and igloo container washing, is constituted from a chassis (1) provided with a pen (2) for handling and positioning of the container (30), the pen having a double hook (3) and counting on the chassis ( 1) of the truck of a box (4) equipped with a side safety gate (5) and a waste container (6), that is to say to incorporate the waste contained inside the container.

The vehicle has a washing system, configured as a clean water tank (7), a group of pumps (8), a foam center (9), a vertical brush (10), a dome brush (11) , a washing bench (12), an external rinse arc (13), an external foam arch (14), and internal rinse heads (15) and (15 ').

The vehicle has a wastewater evacuation system, configured by a collector (16), a filtering group (17), a sewage pump (18), a dirty water tank (19) and at the same time counts with a pressure lance for manual use (20).

In Figures 2 and 3, it can be seen how the container (30) has rings on the top (31) and (31 '), as well as openings (32) for the introduction of waste, a coupling element (35) .. designed for the lifting and lifting anchors (31) and (31 '), which acts directly by means of traction pieces (33) on the lower doors (34) and (34') constituting the trap doors of closure and evacuation.

The invention is implemented, just as Figure 4 can be seen with a part (45) provided with two rollers (44) and (44 ') located on a rotating part (41) that keep the doors (34) and (34') open, while operating the cleaning heads (15) and (15 ') - while allowing the contents to drain.

The two rings (31) and (31 ') are intended, one of them to raise the container with the covers closed and the other to raise the bell, leaving free the gates (34) and (34') located at the bottom , generating the opening for the maneuver to unload the contents of the container.

Inside are located the syrups (33) that connect the gates (34) and (34 ') with the rings (31) and (31').

The container (30) is made of fiberglass or similar.

The truck arrives at the destination point and by means of the boom (3) incorporated on the crane (2), which is equipped with a double hook, the two rings (31) and (31 ') of the container (30) are hooked, and Once hooked, the container (30) is lifted up to be placed on top of the waste container (6), which has the upper part open.

The hooks of the pen (3) are automated, so that when one of them is pulled, the discharge gates (34) and (34 ') are opened and the consequent emptying of the contents of the container. Once the container (30) has been unloaded with the doors (34) and (34 ') open, it is positioned on the washing bench (12), and by means of a vertical and downward movement it is deposited on it.

This movement must be carried out in such a way that the heads (15) and (15 ') pressurized water dispensers are inserted inside the container (30) through the lower gates

(34) and (34 ') that are open.

The bed (12) is designed in such a way that as the container (30) descends, the discharge gates are closed until they are ajar, and through that opening the wastewater generated in the washing process is evacuated.

Once the container is positioned on the washing bench, the hooks of the pen are released

(3) and the washing area is hermetically sealed by means of the upper side gate (5), in order to minimize the emission of noise and waste to the outside.

Once the washing zone is isolated from the outside, the brushes (10) and (11), as well as the foam arch (13) and the rinse arc (14) are placed in the washing position by means of conventional hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders, starting the washing process, proper.

To carry out the internal washing, the pump group (8) draws water from the clean water tank (7) and drives it under high pressure, dispensing it by means of two rotating heads (15) and (15 ') inside the container (30).

The feeding of the two 'rotating heads is carried out from the center of the bench

(12) by means of a rotary joint (41), which allows the circular or rotational movement of the entire bench

(12).

The external wash is composed of an external foam, external brushing and an external rinse.

Simultaneously to washing inside the container (13) foaming of the container is produced on the outside, by means of the dispensing arch (14), which emits a cleaning chemical to the outside, such as soap or detergent, which in combination with an engine that prints rotation to the washing bench on which the container (30) is positioned.

The arch (14) is fixed and is connected to a dosing center, which takes the soap or liquid detergent from a tank and dispenses it in the form of foam.

When the foam begins to spray, the bed (12) starts to move and begins to rotate, which allows the container to be covered with foam on its entire outer surface, and once covered it leaves a waiting time before brushing , in order to allow the chemical emitted by the arc (14) to act. The external brushing is produced by the brushes (10) and (11), that is to say the vertical brush and the dome brush, which, as can be seen, is in an upright position, that is, the (10), while the brush The dome is mobilized being attached to the dome of the container (30) generating its cleaning through this area unattainable for the vertical brush (10).

The external rinse is carried out by means of the dispensing arc (13) that emits high-pressure water in combination with an engine that prints rotation to the washing bench (12) on which the container (30) is positioned, similar to foaming system, explained above.

After a period of time considered as suitable, the wash cycle is terminated.

The "wastewater produced in the washing process is collected at the base of the bed and taken to a collector (16) where they are filtered by a filter group (17) in collaboration with a waste water pump (18), being transferred to the dirty water tank (19).

This reservoir stores the water used for later reuse or for its evacuation in a suitable place.

Once the washing is finished, the side doors (5) are opened and the drained container is hooked by the pen (3) and deposited in its place.

In short, how can it be derived from the explanation, the mixed vehicle for waste collection and washing of igloo containers is configured as an appropriate invention for washing igloo containers, using chemical agents, brushes and water under pressure, combining the three mechanisms.

The vehicle itself is configured as a mixed vehicle that performs at the same time the functions of waste collection and cleaning of the containers, being equipped with a special bench (12) that allows to fix the container, rotate it, access the interior by rotating heads (15) and (15 ') and collect the wastewater in a reservoir (19).

The boom (3) of the crane (2) is equipped with a double hook.

Claims

RE I V I N D I CAC I ONE S

i.- Mixed vehicle for the collection of waste and washing of igloo containers, of those constituted from a chassis (1) of a truck, which has a boom (2) attached for the handling and positioning of the container (30) , with a truck box (4), characterized in that the crane boom (2) has a double hook (3), the truck box being provided with a side safety gate (5), but also with a tank for waste (6), having a washing system formed by a clean water tank (7), a group of pumps (8), a foam center (9), a vertical brush (10), a dome brush (11), a wash bench (12), an external rinse arc (13), an external foam arch (14), internal rinse heads (15) and

(15 ') also having means for evacuating wastewater, formed by a collector (16), a filtering group (17), a sewage pump (18), a dirty water tank (19) and a pressure lance for manual use (20).

2.- Mixed vehicle for waste collection and washing of igloo containers, according to the first claim, characterized in that the washing bench (12) provided with an engine to generate its circular mobilization, the incorporation of a vertical element is provided or plunger (45) provided with two side rollers (44) and (44 ') which act directly on the doors (34) and (34') open so over the ^v previous operation, permitting the introduction of the heads inside rinse ( 15) and (15 '), as well as the evacuation of the liquid used.

3.- Mixed vehicle for waste collection and washing of igloo containers, according to the first claim, characterized in that the crane boom (2) that has a double hook (3) hooks the rings (31) and (31 ' ) of the container (30), raising the container (30) and placing it on the waste container (6) with the upper part open, the hooks (3) of the crane boom (2) being automated, pulling one of them on the rings (31) or (31 ') and generating the opening of the discharge gates (34) and (34').

4.- Mixed vehicle for waste collection and washing of igloo containers, according to the third claim, characterized in that once the container (30) has been unloaded, it is positioned on the washing bench in a downward vertical movement, penetrating the heads ( 15) and (15 ') of pressurized water and being introduced inside the container (30) through the lower gates (34) and (34'), remaining open supported on the rollers (44) and (44 ' ) supported by the plunger (45).

5.- Mixed vehicle for waste collection and washing of igloo containers, according to the preceding claims, characterized in that the container (30) located on the washing bench

(12), when positioned on it, it is released from the hooks (3) of the crane boom (2), the washing area is closed tightly by the side gate (5), the vertical and dome brushes acting

(10) and (11) respectively, as well as the foam (14) and rinse (13) arc by means of hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders.

6.- Mixed vehicle for waste collection and washing of igloo containers, according to the fourth and fifth claim, characterized in that for the internal washing, the pump (8) takes water from the clean water tank (7) by pushing them under pressure by two rotating heads (15) and (15 ') inside the container (30), the rotating heads being fed from the central area of the bench (12) by means of a rotating joint (41), capable of circularly moving or in rotation as "the entire bench.

7.- Mixed vehicle for waste collection and washing of igloo containers, according to the fifth claim, characterized in that the external foaming is carried out by means of a dispensing arc (14) of the cleaning chemical, and in combination with the motor that prints rotation to the washing bench (12), the external foam arch (14) being fixed and connected to a dosing unit that takes the soap or liquid detergent from a tank, dispensing it in the form of foam.

8.- Mixed vehicle for the collection of waste and washing of igloo containers, according to the preceding claims, characterized in that when the external foaming arch (14) begins to spray the chemical, the bench (12) is set in motion starting to rotate, acting _ afterwards vertical (10) and dome (11) brushes, to subsequently operate the pressurized water or external rinse arc (13), dispensing high pressure water in combination with the motor that prints rotation to the wash bench (12).

9.- .. Mixed vehicle for the collection of waste and washing of igloo containers, according to the preceding claims, characterized in that the wastewater produced in the washing process is collected at the base of the bed, taking ..to a collector. (16) in which they are filtered by a filtering group (17) separating the suspended solid matter from the purified water by means of a filtering group (17) by operating a residual water pump (18) that transfers the water to a reservoir ( 19) where it is stored.