WO2006109063A1 - Appareil d'evacuation des dechets - Google Patents

Appareil d'evacuation des dechets Download PDF

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WO2006109063A1
WO2006109063A1 PCT/GB2006/001342 GB2006001342W WO2006109063A1 WO 2006109063 A1 WO2006109063 A1 WO 2006109063A1 GB 2006001342 W GB2006001342 W GB 2006001342W WO 2006109063 A1 WO2006109063 A1 WO 2006109063A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F1/00—Refuse receptacles; Accessories therefor
    • B65F1/0093—Refuse receptacles; Accessories therefor specially adapted for collecting refuse from arrangements in buildings
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F1/00—Refuse receptacles; Accessories therefor
    • B65F1/14—Other constructional features; Accessories
    • B65F1/141—Supports, racks, stands, posts or the like for holding refuse receptacles
    • B65F1/1415—Supports, racks, stands, posts or the like for holding refuse receptacles for flexible receptables, e.g. bags, sacks
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F1/00—Refuse receptacles; Accessories therefor
    • B65F1/14—Other constructional features; Accessories
    • B65F1/1426—Housings, cabinets or enclosures for refuse receptacles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F1/00—Refuse receptacles; Accessories therefor
    • B65F1/14—Other constructional features; Accessories
    • B65F1/16—Lids or covers
    • B65F1/1607—Lids or covers with filling openings
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F1/00—Refuse receptacles; Accessories therefor
    • B65F1/14—Other constructional features; Accessories
    • B65F2001/1653—Constructional features of lids or covers
    • B65F2001/1676—Constructional features of lids or covers relating to means for sealing the lid or cover, e.g. against escaping odors

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  • the present invention relates to apparatus for facilitating the disposal of domestic waste. More particularly, but not exclusively, it relates to apparatus to allow a conventional wheeled refuse bin to be filled directly from within a kitchen or the like.
  • Wheeled refuse bins commonly known as “wheelie-bins” have become increasingly widely used for domestic refuse collections, in place of traditional metal or plastic dustbins or flexible plastics “bin-bags”. They are easier to move from a storage location to a refuse collection vehicle, and they can be emptied automatically into the vehicle if it is provided with the appropriate equipment, removing an onerous lifting step from the job of the refuse collector.
  • wheelie-bins There are certain drawbacks associated with wheelie-bins, however. They are relatively bulky. A standard 240 litre capacity bin, used by many councils in the UK, is about 1100mm tall overall (lid closed), and has a footprint of approximately 600mm by 750mm. They can thus occupy much valuable space in a smaller garden.
  • a housing for a wheeled refuse container of predetermined dimensions comprising casing means locatable substantially within a building and provided with door means openable to an exterior of the building through a wall thereof, and through which said wheeled container may be passed into and out of the casing means, and openable port means leading to an interior of a wheeled container located within the casing means.
  • the casing means comprises a horizontal work surface.
  • the port means extends through said work surface.
  • the casing means may comprise a fitted kitchen unit, optionally a section or module of a range of kitchen units.
  • the door means is so dimensioned that the wheeled container may pass therethrough in a substantially upright orientation.
  • the door means is provided with fastening means, optionally lockable fastening means.
  • the door means may be provided with thermal insulation means, for example comprising an outer panel with a layer of insulating material mounted to an interior face thereof.
  • the door means may be provided with ramp means to facilitate installation and removal of the wheeled container.
  • the ramp means may comprise a lower portion of the door means.
  • the ramp means may be deployably mounted within the casing means.
  • the casing means may comprise a plurality of port means, optionally two.
  • one or more port means may be intended for recyclable materials and one or more others for rubbish.
  • the or each port means may be so dimensioned as to prevent passage of an adult human body therethrough, optionally so that a child's body may not pass therethrough.
  • the or each port means may be provided with means to retain a plastics bag or the like dependent therefrom within the casing means.
  • the plastics bag may thus hang within an interior of a wheeled container located inside the casing means.
  • the or each port means may be provided with means to seal or tie said plastics bag or bags.
  • the plastics bag may thus be sealed or tied, released from the respective port means and dropped into the wheeled container.
  • the or each port means may be provided with cover means.
  • a plurality of port means may be provided with common cover means.
  • Said cover means may be bingeably or slideably mounted to the casing means.
  • Said cover means may comprise a portion of a work surface.
  • the or each port means may be provided with seal means adapted to prevent passage of odours from an interior of the wheeled container.
  • refuse disposal apparatus comprising a housing as described in the first aspect above and a wheeled refuse container removably held therein.
  • a building comprising a housing as described in the first aspect above so mounted in a wall thereof that its door means is openable to an exterior of the building and its casing means is located substantially within the building.
  • the building is a residential building, such as a house, hostel or care home.
  • a method of refuse disposal comprising the steps of providing a housing as described in the first aspect above, providing a wheeled refuse container and installing it therein, depositing refuse into the wheeled container through the port means of the housing, removing the wheeled container from the housing through the door means thereof and transporting it to a location where it is emptied, and returning it to the housing.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic cross-sectional elevation of a housing for a wheelie-bin embodying the invention, installed in a building and with a wheelie-bin present therein;
  • Figure 2 is a cross-sectional plan view of the housing shown in Figure 1, installed in a building;
  • Figure 3 is a scrap cross-sectional elevation of a filling aperture of the housing shown in Figures 1 and 2, with a plastics waste bag in position;
  • Figure 4 is an elevation of an external door of the housing shown in Figures 1 and 2;
  • Figures 5a and 5b are schematic scrap elevations of alternative ramp arrangements for the housing shown in Figures 1 and 2.
  • a wheelie-bin housing 1 is shown, installed in a wall 2 of a domestic building.
  • a door 3 of the housing 1 opens to an exterior of the building, while its main casing 5, 6 extends through the wall 2 and into an interior of the building, typically a kitchen 7.
  • the casing 5, 6 is dimensioned to hold a standard wheelie-bin 8 upright with its lid open.
  • the door 3 is lined with a layer 9 of thermal insulation, such as expanded polystyrene or polyurethane foam.
  • the door 3 itself may comprise metal, wood, a plastics material or any other strong, rigid sheet material.
  • the housing 1 extends, at its lowest point, immediately above a damp course 10 of the wall 2, and so the door 3 is slightly raised above a local external ground level 11.
  • Ramp means for example as shown in Figures 5a and 5b below, may be provided to allow for this.
  • the casing 6 of the housing 1 is slightly inset into the kitchen floor 12.
  • the floor 12 itself (comprising screed, insulation and flooring material) rests on a layer of concrete 13, which in turn rests on a layer of hardcore 14.
  • the casing 6 is conveniently mounted directly on top of the concrete layer 13.
  • the internal casing 6 is incorporated into a range of kitchen units with a top 15 of the casing 6 fitting into a conventional horizontal worktop 16.
  • a hinged cover 17 in the top 15 of the casing 6 conceals access points to an interior of the wheelie-bin 8 (see below).
  • the casing 5, 6 is conveniently made of sheet steel, GRP or other plastics material, particularly a portion 5 of the casing extending through the external brickwork 18 and internal blockwork 19 of the wall 2.
  • the top 15 and cover 17 of the casing 6 in this case comprise brushed or polished stainless steel, for structural, aesthetic and hygiene reasons.
  • the internal casing 6 may be provided with cladding or the like so that it is integrated with a remainder of the kitchen units.
  • NB the top 15 and cover 17 of the casing are here shown standing slightly proud of the worktop 16. They may instead be arranged flush with the worktop 16 if preferred.
  • Wheelie-bins 8 are usually supplied in a small number of standard sizes. Bins with a nominal capacity of 60 litres, 80 litres and 120 litres are widely available, but a majority of local authorities in the UK appear to have selected a 240 litre bin as standard. Since these bins are intended to be picked up and emptied by automatic equipment mounted to a refuse collection lorry, there is little variation in their dimensions.
  • a typical 240 litre wheelie-bin is about 1100 millimetres tall with its lid closed, and has maximum overall width and depth of just under 600 millimetres and just under 750 millimetres, respectively.
  • a 240 litre bin is normally very close to 1000mm in height. A height allowance of 1010 millimetres should, it is believed, accommodate all conventional 240 litre bins.
  • Fitted kitchen units have also come to be provided in standardised heights, in the UK at least.
  • the height from floor level 12 to work top 16 is normally between 930 and 940 millimetres.
  • the floor of a modern kitchen, etc generally comprises about 150 millimetres of hardcore 14, about 100 millimetres of concrete 13 and about 70 millimetres of screed, insulation and flooring 12.
  • the upper surface of the concrete layer 13 extends level with the damp course 10 of the walls 2, which defines a lowest position for a sill of the door 3 of the housing 1 (usually two courses, or about 150 millimetres, above ground level 11).
  • the housing 1 is mounted directly on the concrete layer 13, and is thus sunk into the screed/insulation layer 12, it can be made sufficiently high to receive a standard 240 litre wheelie-bin 8 while simultaneously forming part of a kitchen unit of normal height. In some cases, especially when installing a housing 1 in an existing building, this arrangement may not be quite possible. It is envisaged that a modified form of the standard 240 litre bin, marginally less tall when open, could be specially provided for such cases. Alternatively, standard 60 litre, 80 litre or 120 litre wheelie-bins could be used, which each normally have a height (lid open) of just under 900 millimetres.
  • two circular disposal holes 20 extend through the top 15 of the internal casing 6, allowing refuse to be dropped through the holes 20 into the open wheelie-bin 8.
  • the disposal holes 20 are concealed when not in use by the cover 17.
  • the disposal holes 20 each have a diameter too small for a human body to pass therethrough. This prevents an intruder obtaining access to the kitchen 7 by opening the external door 3 of the housing 1, then climbing up through the holes 20. It also prevents a child falling through the holes 20 into the wheelie-bin 8. (A diameter of around 150 millimetres will probably suffice).
  • the presence of two holes 20 provides increased flexibility in use, one possibly being reserved for recyclable materials.
  • bags of distinguishable colours may be attached below respective holes for later sorting, or two separate wheelie-bins 8 might be used, side-by-side, one under each hole 20.
  • an internally-divided wheelie-bin 8, or a secondary container held within the wheelie-bin 8 and so positioned that it receives material deposited through one hole 20 but not the other, might suffice).
  • a seal may be provided around a margin of the cover 17, contactable with the top 15 of the casing 6.
  • seals could be provided, on an underside of the cover 17 which would contact the top 15 of the casing 6 around each individual hole 20.
  • An alternative (or additional) approach involves the use of conventional plastics bags, as shown in Figure 3.
  • a flexible plastics bag 21 has been inserted through a disposal hole 20, so that it hangs within an interior of the casing 6 (and hence within an interior of the wheelie-bin 8).
  • An annular collar 22 dimensioned to be an interference fit in the disposal hole 20 is used to grip an upper margin of the bag 21 and thus to retain it in position.
  • Refuse may thus be deposited in the bag 21 until it is full.
  • the bag 21 is then released from the collar 22, preferably tied or otherwise sealed, and dropped into the wheelie-bin 8. While the bag 21 is in place, it forms a substantially odour-tight barrier between an interior of the wheelie-bin 8 and the kitchen 7.
  • An interior of the bag 21 may be open to the kitchen 7, but the bag 21 will be sealed and replaced frequently; even if the refuse 23 therein begins to smell, the bag 21 need only be dropped into the wheelie-bin 8 and replaced forthwith.
  • the corresponding bag 21 may be removed and transferred to a separate recycling container, rather than being dropped into the wheelie-bin 8 with refuse destined for landfill.
  • the door 3 can be made to fit neatly into the courses of the external brickwork 18 of the wall 2. It could be produced in a contrasting colour, as for modem external utilities meter cabinets. Alternatively, it could be camouflaged to blend in with the brickwork 18 by being painted in a similar colour, for example, or even finished with a simulated brickwork pattern.
  • the door 3 comprises a simple rectangular panel, vertically hinged to its frame 24 so as to swing open to one side.
  • a catch or lock 25 is provided to secure the door 3.
  • This may be a simple catch arrangement opened with a hollow triangular section key of the same form as is used for meter cabinets, or a more complex tumbler lock if preferred.
  • Figures 5a and 5b show two proposed ramp arrangements, hi a first of these (Figure 5a) the door 3 is split along a horizontal line into two portions; an upper portion 26 is vertically hinged so as to swing open sideways, but a lower portion 27 is horizontally hinged along its lower margin so that it swings down until it contacts the ground 11, forming an angled ramp, up and down which the wheelie-bin 8 may be moved.
  • a single-piece full- height sideways-opening door 3 is employed, and a ramp 28, stored in a first position 28a within the housing 1, can be slid out into a second position 28b.
  • a ramp 28 stored in a first position 28a within the housing 1 can be slid out into a second position 28b.
  • Further arrangements are possible, for example a hybrid of the two shown, using a full height door 3 with a hinged ramp mounted behind it that swings out and down into position when the door 3 is opened.
  • a ramp stored separately from the housing 1 may be used, although this is likely to be less convenient. If the door 3 opens to a low-traffic area, a permanent ramp could be installed, although this might sacrifice some of the space-saving benefit of the housing 1.
  • the housing 1 of the present invention Using the housing 1 of the present invention, one may have the benefits of a full-size wheelie-bin 8, accessible from within a kitchen without occupying excessive space therein.
  • the wheelie-bin 8 When the time comes for the wheelie-bin 8 to be emptied, it can be extracted by someone outside the house without needing to pass through an interior of the house, wheeled to a refuse collection point for emptying (e.g. into a refuse collection vehicle) and then returned to the housing 1. Not only does this save space outside the house, where the wheelie-bin 8 would otherwise need to be stored, but it removes the need for a separate kitchen waste bin, saving money and kitchen floor space.
  • the present system is more aesthetically pleasing. While it is particularly suitable for installation in a new-build house as a design feature, it may also be retrofitted to a wide range of existing buildings.

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L'invention concerne un logement (1) destiné à renfermer un conteneur à ordures muni de roues ou 'poubelle à roulettes' (8). Le logement (1) comprend une enveloppe (5, 6) qui s'étend à travers un mur (2) d'un bâtiment et est située principalement à l'intérieur du bâtiment, par exemple dans une cuisine (7). L'enveloppe (5, 6) est munie d'une porte (3) s'ouvrant sur l'extérieur (4) du bâtiment, par laquelle la poubelle à roulettes (8) peut être installée dans, et retirée de, l'enveloppe (5, 6). Une trappe couverte (17) permet de déposer des déchets dans la poubelle à roulettes (8) depuis l'intérieur du bâtiment. L'enveloppe (5, 6) peut être intégrée à une gamme d'éléments de cuisine, un dessus (15) de l'enveloppe (5, 6) étant intégré à un plan de travail classique (16). Une rampe (27, 28) peut être déployée à l'extérieur du logement (1) pour donner accès à la porte (3).
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