WO2008017229A1

WO2008017229A1 - A garbage bin with a fixed unit for fixing a plastic bag and a plastic bag accommodating unit

Info

Publication number: WO2008017229A1
Application number: PCT/CN2007/002117
Authority: WO
Inventors: Kampia Fong
Original assignee: Kampia Fong
Priority date: 2006-07-31
Filing date: 2007-07-11
Publication date: 2008-02-14

Abstract

A garbage bin with a fixed unit for fixing a plastic bag includes a grasp part for connecting handles of the plastic bag on both opposite surfaces of side walls of a bin, a fixing part placed on a flange which is connected with the opposite surfaces around a bin opening. The fixing part is engaged with a part of the plastic bag surface to limit position of the plastic bag. The garbage bin is connected with handles of the plastic bag by the grasp part. And the garbage bin limits the position of the surface of the plastic bag by the fixing part. The plastic bag can be stably fixed in the bin. The plastic bags of different size can be mated with the garbage, since the numbers of the fixing part and the grasp part can be selected and the positions of the fixing part and the grasp part can be changeable.

Description

Trash can and plastic bag accommodating device with plastic bag fixing device

The present invention relates to a trash can, and more particularly to a trash can with a plastic bag securing device. Background technique

People often get some bags, especially plastic bags, in their daily lives, such as when buying food at the market or shopping at a store. These plastic bags usually have two handles and vary in size. As is well known, plastic bags are detrimental to environmental protection. Therefore, these plastic bags should be reused as much as possible, not just discarded.

Trash cans are commonly used in everyday life, usually an open cuboid or cylindrical container, sometimes with a lid. Generally, in order to facilitate cleaning, people usually put bags, such as plastic bags, into the trash can, and throw the garbage into the bag. After the plastic bag is full, it is convenient to take the garbage bag together and discard it where appropriate. At this time, the «3⁄4 itself is still clean and does not need to be cleaned.

In daily life, certain trash cans have a fixed size. For these trash cans, some relatively small plastic bags cannot be properly loaded into the trash can, they can only partially hang on the edge of the mouth of the bucket, causing instability. Therefore, when the weight of the contained garbage is large, the plastic bag easily falls off from the edge of the mouth of the bucket to cause the garbage to be scattered into the tub, which causes the tub to be soiled and must be cleaned. For this reason, many smaller plastic bags can only be discarded and cannot be reused, which is very disadvantageous for the environment. Summary of the invention

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a trash can with a plastic bag securing device that is adaptable to various sizes of plastic bags and that is securely secured in the tub.

According to the present invention, there is provided a trash can with a plastic bag fixing device, the solid The fixing device comprises: a clamping portion provided on two opposite surfaces of the barrel wall for engaging with a handle of the plastic bag; and a positioning portion provided on an edge portion of the edge of the barrel that is connected to the two opposite surfaces It can cooperate with a part of the surface of the plastic bag and limit the position of the plastic bag.

As described above, the garbage can of the present invention is provided with a plastic bag fixing device which is engaged with the handle of the plastic bag by the grip portion, and the position of the surface of the plastic bag is restricted by the positioning portion. This allows the plastic bag to be securely held in the tub. Since the number of the positioning portion and the nip portion can be arbitrarily selected and the position thereof is varied, it is possible to adapt the plastic bags of different sizes to the shovel.

The present invention also provides a plastic bag accommodating device which can preferably be made in a frame type. This plastic bag holder can be hung on a wall or placed on the floor and securely holds the plastic bag without having to be used with a trash can. This is advantageous in certain situations and reduces costs. DRAWINGS

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figures 1 through 8 show a trash can according to one aspect of the present invention, wherein Figure 3 shows the situation in which the plastic bag is placed in the trash can;

9 to 16 show a trash can according to a second aspect of the present invention, wherein the trash can has a cover ring;

17 to 20 show a trash can according to the third aspect of the present invention, wherein the trash can is partially cylindrical;

21 to 25 show a garbage can according to a fourth aspect of the present invention, which is a frame type plastic bag accommodating device. detailed description

First, the first aspect of the invention will be described with reference to Figs.

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a trash can according to a first aspect of the invention. As shown As shown, the trash can 1 is shown as an open cuboid structure. Grip portions 21 are provided on two opposite surfaces of the barrel wall, such as the surface 11 shown in the figures and the opposite surface, not shown, which are shown longitudinally in the figures. At the same time, on the edge portions 16 and 17 of the edge of the barrel which are connected to the surface 11 and its opposite surface, there are provided positioning portions 31 extending upwardly, which are shown in the figure as ribs arranged along the entire edge of the mouth of the barrel. Positioning unit 31. The edges of the ribs are rounded to avoid scratching the plastic bag during use.

As shown in Fig. 1, a plurality of positioning portions 31 are provided on the edge of the barrel so that a plurality of smaller-sized plastic bags can be firmly fixed in one trash can at the same time. This allows different wastes to be placed in different plastic bags to achieve pre-classification of the waste. This is very environmentally friendly.

However, it can be understood that the number, arrangement, and position of the positioning portion 31 and the nip portion 21 are not limited, and they can be arbitrarily selected as needed. Further, both the positioning portion 31 and the nip portion 21 can be made slidable, so that their positions can be more conveniently selected. For example, the grip portion 21 is movable along a slide provided in the wall of the tub. It is also easily conceivable to use an electronic control unit to control the movement of the positioning portion 31 and the grip portion 21.

Figure 2 shows another trash can 1A. A row of nip portions 21A disposed laterally is provided on the outer wall of the tub 1A. It is possible to specifically select which gripping portion to use depending on the size of the plastic bag. It is preferable to use the two holding portions 21A to fix the handle of the plastic bag. In addition, the positioning portion is in the form of a slit 31A that penetrates into the wall of the barrel. In a preferred embodiment, the slits have a depth of 2 inches or more and the width should be chosen to be slightly wider than the thickness of the plastic bag.

As an example, FIG. 3A shows a perspective view of a ridge according to the above embodiment. Figures 3B through 3D show the case where one, two and three plastic bags are placed over the above, respectively. It can be seen from Fig. 3C that two different sizes of plastic bags P can be simultaneously placed in a large-diameter rain, their handles are fixed in the clamping portion 21, and a part of the surface is stuck in The inside of the positioning portion 31 allows the plastic bag to be firmly fixed. Although not shown, it is easily conceivable that a large plastic bag can also be conveniently placed in the trash can. This gives you the ability to fit into different sizes of plastic bags. Lame.

Figure 4 shows a variation of the above trash can. The trash can 1B has two positioning portions 31 in the form of ribs on the edge of the barrel, and a nip portion 21 slidable in the direction of the arrow is provided on the side wall of the barrel. The main feature of this embodiment is that, in order to provide lateral support and positioning, a link 32 is used to connect the two positioning portions 31 on the opposite side walls. The unit formed by the connecting rod and the rib is designed to slide on the edge of the barrel.

In addition, a partition 39 may be inserted into the trash can 1B in order to provide a better separation. The diaphragm 39 can be adjusted in length using a nested design. At the same time, a recess 38 is formed in the top of the partition exposed at the edge of the barrel opening. The recess 38 can be used to receive a portion of the surface of the plastic bag, which also facilitates the attachment of the plastic bag.

Figure 5 shows another variation of the above trash can. The trash can 1C has a retractable frame 23 mounted on the edge of the bucket. The frame 23 is composed of four rods each configured to be stretchable in the longitudinal direction. As an example, each of the bars may include a plurality of portions that are slidable from each other. A wide variety of such members can be conceived by those skilled in the art. For example, the central portion of the rod is fixed while the two ends are slidable relative to the central portion.

In this way, the size of the frame 23 can be adjusted according to the size of the plastic bag so that different sizes of plastic bags can be placed on the frame 23. It is easy to understand that the maximum size of the frame 23 should be equal to the size of the edge of the barrel.

Further, for the "rain 1C", the holding portions 21B, 21C are provided on one or more outer walls of the tub. Among them, the grip portion 21B is made relatively large so that it can be used as a handle for the tub.

Figure 6 shows a trash can 1D similar to the trash can 1C described above. The difference is that one side of the frame 23A is stationary, and the opposite side extends downward to form a partition 24. A clamping portion 21 can also be provided on the partition 24.

Figure 7 shows another trash can. The trash can includes a frame 23B as described above, and a mouth edge 16A in which the free edge is folded inwardly, thereby forming a semi-closed space (not shown) between the mouth edge 16A and the outer wall of the trash can. The trash can IE includes a number of (two shown in the figure) grips 50. The top edge of the clamping member is secured in the semi-closed space by a snap fit. The clamping member 50 includes a chute member 55 and a clamping portion 60. The grip portion 60 is slidable within the chute member 55 to change its height position to accommodate handles of different sized plastic bags. In addition, the holder 50 can also be moved as indicated by a horizontal arrow.

It should be noted here that the notches 25 are provided at the four corners of the frame 23B. After the plastic bag is placed on the frame 23B, the surface of a part of the plastic bag can be inserted into the recess 25, which not only facilitates the fixing of the plastic bag, but also makes the appearance of the trash can more beautiful. A similar notch 25 is also shown in FIG.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 8, two movable partitions 39A are provided in the trash can. A positioning portion 31 in the form of a rib is provided on the top of the partition 39A.

The second aspect of the present invention will be described below with reference to Figs.

As shown in Fig. 9, the trash can 100 is a substantially rectangular container in which a pallet 110 is mounted on the inner wall of the tub 100. The pallet 110 is mounted at a distance from the bottom of the tub. It will be readily understood by those skilled in the art that the mounting form of the pallet is varied, such as a tongue and groove structure. Further, in order to adjust the height of the pallet 110, the pallet can be made to be slidable on the inner wall of the tub, which can be realized, for example, by an electronic control device.

When the plastic bag is placed, the entire plastic bag can be placed on the edge of the mouth of the bucket, and the height of the pallet can be adjusted according to the size of the plastic bag so that the bottom of the plastic bag is engaged with the pallet.

To enhance the robustness, a cover ring 120 can be added to the edge 101 of the barrel for gripping the portion of the plastic bag that is located on the edge of the barrel after being placed in the barrel. This allows the plastic bag to be securely mounted in the trash.

As shown, the cover ring 120 has a row of ribs 122 for mating with the surface of the plastic bag. The shape, number and configuration of the ribs 11 can be determined as described in the la according to the first aspect of the invention. It is to be noted that in Fig. 9, the rib 122 is shown to extend upward in the direction of the barrel wall. However, it can also be designed to extend inward or outward in a direction perpendicular to the wall of the barrel. In addition, as described below, the cover ring 120 may be provided without a rib but with a row of slits. It is easy to understand that the ribs and slits on the cover ring actually Have the same technical effect.

The cover ring 120 is formed to pivot about a horizontal axis, as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 9, wherein the shaft can be disposed where one edge of the cover ring 120 is joined to the edge of the barrel opening. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 10, the cover ring 120 is composed of three parts, and two horizontal axes are respectively disposed at the left side portion and the right side portion and the middle portion, so that the left side portion and the right side portion can be surrounded. Pivot the corresponding horizontal axis, as indicated by the arrow in the figure.

In order to facilitate the up and down movement of the cover ring 120, a plurality of telescopic rods 115 may be provided. One end of the rod 115 is attached to the inner wall of the tub, and the other end is attached to the cap ring 120. Thus, the cover ring 120, the rod 115 and the waste 100 are formed in one piece for easy storage.

To accommodate the needs of different sized plastic bags, a spacer 112 can be provided in the pallet 110 to divide the pallet 110 into two sections, as shown in FIG. Alternatively, another, more trays 114 may be placed above the pallet 110, as shown in FIG.

As shown in Fig. 11, the tray 110 may be provided with a plurality of openings 111 to fully utilize the cavity 113 formed between the pallet 110 and the bottom wall of the tub.

The pallet 110 shown in Figures 9-11 is a rigid flat plate. However, depending on the needs of the actual application, the pallet can also be made flexible or curved, as shown in FIG.

As shown in Figures 13 to 15, according to another embodiment, the cover ring may not be provided with ribs. In addition, it should be noted that the cover ring here is movable, as indicated by the direction of the arrow in the figure. For example, as shown in Fig. 15, the cover ring 120 can also be formed by two portions 177, 178 which are slidable relative to each other, so that the size of the cover ring can be advantageously adjusted to accommodate the actual size of the plastic bag. One skilled in the art can readily devise specific configurations of portions 177, 178 that can slide relative to one another.

It should be noted that the above garbage bins are all rectangular bodies. However, in practical applications, the corners of the rectangular body are usually rounded and the trash can is rounded, as shown in Fig. 16. Such rains are obviously also within the scope of the invention.

The barrel portion of the trash can 100 shown in FIG. 16 includes a platform portion 145 and a side wall portion 146. In addition, the cover 3 includes a cover ring 120 which is substantially identical to the cover ring 120 shown in FIG. 14 except that the four corners are rounded. The sidewall portion 146 is sized It is equivalent to the size of the cover ring 120 when it is fully extended. Due to the cover ring 120, it can be telescopically slid in one direction, so that the size of the cover ring can be adjusted according to the size of the plastic bag. At the same time, the cover ring 120 applies a spreading force to the surface of the plastic bag. In addition, the surface of the cover ring 120' that is in contact with the plastic bag may be provided with a protrusion that protrudes slightly outward to provide an anti-slip effect. Both of the above methods can facilitate the fixing of the plastic bag. It should be noted that these two means are applicable to all embodiments of the present invention.

Further, it is to be noted that, although not shown, in the garbage can of the second aspect of the present invention, a nip portion may be provided on the outer wall of the tub.

The third aspect of the present invention will be described below with reference to Figs.

As shown in Fig. 17, the rain «rain 200 is made into a semi-cylindrical shape, that is, it appears as a semicircle in the top view. A row of slits 222 are provided in the mouth edge 201 of the trash can 200 through which the surface of the plastic bag can pass. A grip portion 250 is provided on the outer wall of the trash can.

A plurality of partitions 260 are disposed in the trash, the upper edge of which is flush with the mouth edge 201, and is rotatable about the longitudinal central axis of the trash can (ie, the longitudinal axis passing through the semicircular center), thereby enabling Feel free to adjust the size of the inner cavity of the trash can. Although not shown in Fig. 17, it is easy to understand that a slit may be provided at the upper edge of the spacer 260, and/or a nip similar to the nip 250 may be provided on the vertical surface of the spacer. It is to be noted that the slit can also be eliminated in this embodiment, and instead, a cover ring in the form of a frame as shown in Fig. 15 is provided on the edge of the barrel.

In order to make better use of the space inside the trash can, the inner wall 270 can also be disposed in the trash can 200, as shown in FIG. Thus, the trash can 200 is first divided into two concentric arcuate spaces by the inner wall 270, and the outer arcuate space is divided by the partition 260 into a small space. A plastic bag can be accommodated in each of such small spaces.

Figures 18 through 20 show several other shapes of trash cans 200. Figure 18 shows a trash can that appears as a quarter circle in a top view. This type of trash can is especially suitable for placing in corners. In addition to the spacer 260 as described above, a spacer 262 may be alternatively provided which is slidable in a direction perpendicular to the chord direction. At this time, the partition 262 should be extensible Shrink to accommodate the chord length at different locations.

Figure 19 shows a fully cylindrical trash can with a circular inner cavity 270 and four baffles 260. Figure 20 shows a fully cylindrical trash can with four baffles 260 that are rotatable about the longitudinal center axis 205 of the tub.

A plastic bag containing device according to a fourth aspect of the present invention will now be described with reference to Figs.

As shown in Fig. 21, the plastic bag accommodating device 300 includes a holder 70 and a fixing mechanism 80 which may be made of stainless steel or plastic. In this embodiment, the holder 70 is a rectangular frame, and the fixing mechanism 80 includes a holding member 82 and a positioning member 83. A plurality of the above-mentioned holding portions 21 may be provided in the holding member 82, and a positioning portion 31 in the form of a rib may be provided on the positioning member 83. Therefore, the plastic bag accommodating device 300 can directly hold the plastic bag and use the plastic bag to carry the garbage without using the garbage.

Several variations of the above plastic bag accommodating device will be described below. As shown in Fig. 22, the holder 70A of the plastic bag accommodating device 300A is formed as a base having a variable-width rectangular shape, which can be realized by the retractable sliding of the side of the base (as indicated by an arrow). The holding member 21 on the holding member 82A is slidable in the vertical direction as indicated by the arrow. In this embodiment, the two positioning members 83A project from each other and are placed one inside the other, so that the rectangle constructed by the two positioning members 83A can be adapted to the size change of the base. Thus, the positioning member 83A, the holding member 82A and the holder 70A together constitute a rectangular body frame. Therefore, the size of the plastic bag accommodating device 300A can be arbitrarily changed to fit the plastic bags of different sizes.

Fig. 23 shows another frame type plastic bag accommodating device 300B. As shown, the plastic bag accommodating device 300B includes a holder 70B, four struts 92 at the four corners of the holder 70B, and a ejector 90 that connects the two struts 92. Among them, two horizontally movable grip portions 21 are provided on the link 94 connecting the two pillars 92. The link 94 is made to slide up and down along the post 92. Thus, the position of the grip portion 21 can be freely selected in the horizontal and vertical directions. Also, slits or ribs (not shown) as described above may be provided on the jack 90. Another plastic bag accommodating device 300C is shown in FIG. The plastic bag accommodating device 300C is adapted to be hung on a wall, and the holder 70C is a bar member that can be hung on a wall. The holding member 82C and the positioning member 83C are similar to those in the embodiment shown in FIG. Here, the holder 70C is provided with a chute so that the positioning member 83C can slide as indicated by the arrow. Therefore, the size of the plastic bag accommodating device 100C can be arbitrarily changed to fit with plastic bags of different sizes.

Figure 25 shows another plastic bag accommodating device 300D. As shown in the figure, overhanging arms 98 are respectively provided at both ends of the top rod 90A. The overhanging arm 98 is slidable along the length of the jack 90A as indicated by the arrow. At the same time, the post 92A is also made retractable to adjust the height of the entire plastic bag accommodating device 300D. Therefore, the height of the strut and the spacing between the overhanging arms can be adjusted according to the size of the plastic bag.

Further, a fixing portion 96 is integrated on the overhanging arm 98. A portion of the plastic bag can be secured between them by the cooperation of the overhanging arm 98 and the fixed portion 96.

It should be noted that the plastic bag is just one preferred embodiment of the bag that can be used in the present invention. Additionally, the trash can and plastic bag containment device of the present invention can also be used to accommodate other objects, such as paper, books, etc., the use of which is not limited by the specific examples presented herein.

The invention has been described above by way of example. However, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made, such as the combination of features in one embodiment, in other embodiments, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. These are all within the scope of the invention.

Claims

Claim

A waste with a plastic bag fixing device, the fixing device comprising:

a clamping portion disposed on two opposite surfaces of the barrel wall for engaging the handle of the plastic bag; and

A locating portion on the edge portion of the edge of the barrel that is joined to the two opposing surfaces that engages a portion of the surface of the plastic bag and limits the position of the plastic bag.

2. The trash can according to claim 1, wherein the positioning portion is a rib extending upward from an edge of the barrel opening.

3. A vehicle according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the positioning portion is movable along the edge of the mouth of the bucket, preferably by means of an electronic control device.

4. The trash can according to claim 1, wherein the positioning portion is a slit provided in an edge of the barrel opening.

5. The trash can according to claim 1, wherein the clamping portion is movable, preferably by a chute provided in the wall of the tub.

6. The trash can according to claim 5, wherein the movement of the clamping portion is achieved by an electronic control device.

7. The trash can according to claim 1, wherein the positioning portion is configured as a telescopic frame structure.

8. —3⁄4^, including:

a pallet installed in the «i3⁄4, used to support a plastic bag that is placed in the trash; and a cover ring that is mounted on the edge of the trash can to clamp the plastic bag after being placed in the bucket The part on the edge of the barrel.

9. The trash can according to claim 8, wherein the cover ring is provided with a row of ribs extending upward, inward or outward from the cover ring.

10. A trash can according to claim 8 or claim 9, wherein the cover ring is mounted on the edge of the mouth of the trash can by a complementary form fit.

11. The trash can according to claim 8, wherein the cover ring is Pivot about the horizontal axis.

12. The trash can according to claim 8, wherein the cover ring is configured as a telescopic frame structure.

13. A trash can according to claim 8, characterized in that the position of the pallet can be adjusted, preferably by means of an electronic control unit.

14. The trash can according to claim 8, wherein the trash can further comprises a telescopic rod, one end of which is connected to the inner wall of the barrel and the other end of which is connected to the cover ring.

The garbage can according to claim 8, wherein a nip portion for engaging with a handle of the plastic bag is provided on an outer wall of the garbage can.

16. The trash can according to claim 8, wherein a portion of the cover ring that is in contact with the surface of the plastic bag is provided with a non-slip surface, and the cover ring can apply a spreading force.

17. A type of waste, including:

a plurality of slits disposed on the edge of the barrel mouth;

a plurality of partitions rotatable about a longitudinal central axis of the trash can;

A grip portion provided on the outer wall of the trash can for engaging the handle of the plastic bag nested in the trash can.

18. The trash can according to claim 17, wherein the trash can is a quarter cylindrical, semi-cylindrical or complete cylindrical shape.

19. The trash can according to claim 17, wherein the waste: is further provided with an inner cavity partitioned by an inner wall parallel to the outer wall thereof.

20. A plastic bag accommodating device comprising:

Support

a fixing mechanism coupled to the holder, comprising a clamping member and a positioning member, wherein the clamping member is provided with a clamping portion for engaging with a handle of the plastic bag, and the positioning member is engageable with a portion of the plastic bag The surface fits and limits the position of the plastic bag.

21. Plastic bag accommodating device according to claim 20, characterized in that the clamping member and/or the positioning member are telescopically slidable, in particular by means of an electronic control device.