EP0625470B1 - Refuse receptacle with compaction device - Google Patents

Abstract

A refuse receptacle (10) has a receiving container (12) with standing space (20) for individual receptacles (22) which can be tilted and removed forwards and to which there is assigned in each case, below a covering (18), a manual pressing plate (30) which can be pulled forward in sliding guides (40, 58), can be pivoted down in the end position (50), and has at the rear on each side a sliding/rotating bearing (34) and on its underside a pressing body (60) which projects inwards/downwards and whose upper side forms a depression (32) which is accessible from above/outside and is bridged by a gripping strip (78). The pressing body (60) is carried along forwards during the forward tilting by the upper rear edge (68) of the individual receptacle (22). Each individual receptacle (22) is supported at the front by a bottom step (44; 46) on a tilting-bearing rib (54) of a container base (52) and can selectively be tilted by means of a foot pressure strip (26) or a handle (28) and/or can be removed by means of a carrying handle (64). A sealing stop (48) on the front panel (24) at the top rests against the front edge (74) of the covering (18) in the rest position of the receptacle. <IMAGE>

Description

The present invention relates to a refuse container system according to the preamble of claim 1.

Various containers such as baskets, buckets, bins, etc. are conventionally used to collect various types of waste, which are referred to as rubbish in the following, inside. Small containers made of sheet metal or plastic, in which bags or sacks can be inserted, are common in the house. The mostly loosely collected garbage is transferred to larger containers, the removal of which is usually organized by public services. Because large air spaces regularly remain between the waste, the containers often overflow; the shuttle service also needs additional commuting trips, even if their vehicles are equipped with pressing devices, which, however, can only be insufficiently compact in the end.

In order to remove larger quantities in an economical process, the thrown-in garbage must be compressed beforehand. For this purpose, DE-U-7 813 581 provides as a stand-alone device a compressor plate which has a handle on the back. With it, the plate is to be pressed into the household waste container without soiling your hand or clothing, which is only reasonably possible with a higher filling level and then requires a lot of physical strength.

In a pressing device according to DE-A-40 13 107, a push lever mechanism can be folded up to the height of a lifting cylinder, with which a pressing plate can be extended, which allows greater forces to be exerted. Furthermore, e.g. in DE-U-7 737 376 and DE-U-8 706 920 lever presses have been proposed, the relatively heavy mechanics unloads quite high. This also applies to other waste presses, for example as described in DE-A-2 419 369. All of these devices require oversized stable containers because of the sometimes very high pressure forces.

DE-A-2 446 894 goes into a niche, a box or the like. tiltable and removable garbage container emerges, over which sits a compactor with two motor-driven pairs of press rollers, the lower nip e.g. throws squeezed cans into the adjacent container opening. Often, however, there is not as great a height of the receiving box as required by the press unit, which is also expensive to drive.

Further developments focused in particular on the separate collection of different types of waste in sorting bins in order to enable material reuse.

Nevertheless, there is still a need for better options, in particular household waste, not just somehow, but with a small space requirement and moderate effort, so that the disposal is possible in a simple manner. For this purpose, the invention aims to create an improved waste container system, which is particularly suitable in the living area with the separability of different waste for their compressed intermediate collection and simple disposal. In addition, the handling should be foolproof as far as possible, including waste compaction and emptying the containers, require little effort and be as hygienic as possible.

Main features of the invention are set out in the characterizing part of claim 1. Refinements are the subject of claims 2 to 16.

In a garbage container system with a receptacle, which has a space delimited by walls and a cover for at least one individual container that can be tilted and removed from the front and is located below a compactor, the invention provides that the compressor can be moved and moved under the cover is formed in a front end position in the pre-tilted single container swiveling hand press plate. This arrangement is extremely simple and convenient to use. Because motor drives are not provided, the cost of purchase is greatly reduced, so that such a system can be purchased from any household thanks to inexpensive manufacture. Operation requires only moderate muscle strength, and the thrown-in waste can be compressed in relatively small portions.

According to claim 2, the individual container and hand press plate have a substantially rectangular basic shape and thus form a kind of narrow inserts. On both sides of the rear narrow side, the hand press plate has a sliding bearing according to claim 3, which also acts as a rotary bearing in the front end position. This particularly simple construction is equally advantageous in production and assembly and is as easy to use as it is to maintain.

According to claim 4, the hand press plate has guided on side rails sliding grooves with inner outlet ends, which leave the rails in the front end position, whereby the downward pivoting movement of the hand press plate is released around the sliding bearing. The sliding bearings of the hand press plate are expediently guided laterally below the cover by parallel strips, rails or the like. Claim 6 provides that the sliding bearing of sliding heads are formed, which protrude on both sides of the hand press plate, for example, from a rod located on the rear narrow side. It can be seen that the clear structure is very inexpensive to implement.

According to claim 7, the hand press plate on its underside has an inward / under protruding pressing body, which according to claim 8 can be formed on the top as a trough with a grip strip which is accessible from above / outside in the moving hand press plate and thus serves as a pressing surface and lifting handle can.

According to claim 9, the pressing body is resilient inward / downward and / or provided with a stop. The elastic design ensures a force or pressure distribution during the pressing process, so that edge areas in the individual container are also compacted. The stop can serve as a carrier in that, according to claim 10, the upper rear edge of the individual container takes the hand press plate with it when it tilts forward. According to claim 11, the pressing body can carry or form the stop on the back. It can be seen that the mere opening of the individual container also moves the hand press plate forward, which can then be pulled out further by hand and pivoted downwards in order to carry out the pressing process.

According to claim 12, the individual container is supported with a shoulder located at the front on the bottom on a rib of a base serving as a tilting bearing in the receiving box. This particularly simple construction allows the individual container to be removed at any time, and it automatically rests on its tilting bearing when it is reinserted.

An important further development according to claim 13 is that a front plate of the individual container has a sealing stop at the top, which in the container rest position at the front edge the cover comes into contact. This ensures an odor trap without the opening and closing of the waste container being somehow difficult.

According to claim 14, the individual container is optionally tiltable by means of a foot pressure bar or a handle and / or can be removed by means of a handle. This ensures the simplest operating options.

The system is characterized according to claim 15 in that the box is designed to hold at least two battery-like individual containers arranged side by side. A triple or quad battery is particularly advantageous for waste sorting. Multiple combinations can also be clearly implemented in this way.

Yet another embodiment according to claim 16 is that the box preferably has a pivot bearing for the cover at the top of the rear wall, so that all the individual containers are visible and accessible from above. In addition, the cover can be cleaned particularly easily in this way. Furthermore, this structure allows, if greater effort is not an obstacle, the placement of motor-driven waste crushing and pressing devices.

Fig. 1

eine Schrägansicht eines Müllsystems mit vier Einzelbehältern,

Fig. 2a

eine Längsschnittansicht durch einen Einzelbehälter in Ruheposition,

Fig. 2b

eine Längsschnittansicht des Behälters von Fig. 2a in teilweise vorgekippter Position,

Fig. 2c

eine Längsschnittansicht des Einzelbehälters von Fig. 2a und 2b in ganz vorgekippter Position,

Fig. 2d

eine Längsschnittansicht entsprechend Fig. 2c mit herabgeschwenkter Handpreßplatte,

Fig. 2e

eine Längsschnittansicht zur Veranschaulichung des Bewegungsablaufs entsprechend Fig. 2a bis 2d,

Fig. 3

eine Längsschnittansicht ähnlich Fig. 2a mit hochgeklappter Abdeckung und

Fig. 4

eine schematisierte Draufsicht auf das Müllbehältersystem von Fig. 1 bei abgenommener Abdeckung.

Further details and advantages of the invention emerge from the wording of the claims and from the following description of exemplary embodiments with reference to the drawing. In it show:

Fig. 1

an oblique view of a garbage system with four individual containers,

Fig. 2a

2 shows a longitudinal sectional view through a single container in the rest position,

Fig. 2b

FIG. 2 shows a longitudinal sectional view of the container from FIG. 2a in a partially tilted position, FIG.

Fig. 2c

2 shows a longitudinal sectional view of the individual container from FIGS. 2a and 2b in the fully pre-tilted position,

Fig. 2d

2c with the hand-pressed plate swung down,

Fig. 2e

2 shows a longitudinal sectional view to illustrate the sequence of movements corresponding to FIGS. 2a to 2d,

Fig. 3

a longitudinal sectional view similar to FIG. 2a with the cover folded up and

Fig. 4

a schematic plan view of the refuse container system of Fig. 1 with the cover removed.

A garbage container system according to the invention is designated by a total of 10 in FIG. 1. It has a receiving box 12 with side walls 14, a rear wall 16 (FIGS. 2a to 2e) and a cover 18 designed as a cover plate. The receiving box 12 encloses a storage space 20 for a number of individual containers 22 which close off the box 12 with its front plate 24 . There is a foot pressure bar 26 at the bottom and a handle 28 at the top to move the individual container 22 into a tilted position and back.

Structure and use can be seen more clearly from FIGS. 2a to 2e. Beneath the cover 18 is a hand press plate 30, which has a binding recess 32 in the front area and is supported with sliding bearings 34 in the rear area within a side guide 40. The sliding bearings 34 can be attached to a rod 36 on the rear narrow side of the hand press plate 30 in the form of sliding heads 38 (FIG. 4).

Each individual container 22 has an opening 42 at the top for receiving waste with or without an inserted bag (not shown). At the lower end of the container at the front, a shoulder 44 and a cam 46 together define a channel which rides on a rib 54 of a base 52 of the receiving box 12. It can be seen that a simple tilting bearing is formed in this way, which immediately positions the removed container 22 when it is reinserted.

The hand press plate 30 has sliding grooves 58 on both sides, the outlet ends 72 of which have a predetermined distance from the sliding bearings 34/38. On the underside of the hand press plate 30, this has a pressing body 60 with a rear stop 70 which is carried along by the rear edge 68 of the individual container 22 as soon as it is tilted forward (FIG. 2b). This opens the opening 42 for throwing in waste. If this is to be compressed, the individual container 22 is moved further forward, be it by pressure on the baseboard 26 or by pulling on the handle 28. At the same time, the hand pressing plate 30 is pulled further forward (FIG. 2c), so that the sliding bearing 34 go forward from the rest position. In a front end position 50 (FIG. 2d) the outlet ends 72 have left the rails 40; Now the hand press plate on path 76 can be pivoted downward by pressing on the trough 32 in order to press the contents of the individual container 22.

An important guide element for the hand press plate 30 is the guide piece 56 near the front end position 50, which prevents the sliding bearings 34/38 from sliding off. A grip bar 78 makes it easier to grip the hand press plate 30 in the region of the trough 32 and forms a lifting handle.

In order to avoid odor nuisance in the closed state, each individual container 22 has a sealing stop 48 on the top of the front plate 24, which comes to rest on the front edge 74 of the cover 18. Suitable (not shown) sealing material can support the sealing effect at these points.

FIG. 2e illustrates the handling of the garbage container system 10, in that the handling is shown to a certain extent in snapshots. A rest position, generally designated I, corresponds to the illustration in FIG. 2a. With the omission of the initial tilting according to FIG. 2b, position II (corresponding to FIG. 2c) is then shown, the The rear edge 68 of the individual container 22 has reached the stop 70 of the pressing body 60 and the hand pressing plate 30 has already advanced a little. In position III, the individual container 22 is fully tilted, the sliding bearings 34, 38 have reached their end positions 50 and the hand press plate 30 can therefore be pivoted into the interior of the container. When the pressing process is finished, the hand press plate 30 is lifted with the grip bar 78 and pushed back in a horizontal position on the slide guide 40/58, the stop 70 already taking the rear edge 68 of the individual container 22 with it. The container 22 is pivoted back into the rest position I with the handle 28.

Variants are illustrated in FIG. 3. A pivot bearing 62 for the cover 18 can be seen here, which is drawn here in the folded-up position. The receiving box 12 is therefore freely accessible from above and can be viewed in full.

The underside of the cover 18 together with the hand press plate 30 and the press body 60 can then be easily cleaned. A glance is also sufficient to recognize the degree of filling of the individual containers 22 of the system 10.

Each individual container 22 can be provided with a handle 64 which, when not in use, can be pivoted backwards as drawn with solid lines, but can also be pivoted upwards (dashed lines) and forwards, engaging in a recess 66. Such a handle 64 can hold an insert bag (not shown).

3 that the individual container 22 can have softer curves in the lower region, as indicated by dotted lines. This makes a significant contribution to completely removing residues and making cleaning easier overall.

The schematic plan view of FIG. 4 shows the system 10 again with different positions of the four individual containers 22 used here. The rest position (corresponding to I in FIG. 2c) is shown on the left. The subsequent individual container 22 is already partially tilted, but the hand press plate 30 is still in its rest position. In the following container 22, the intermediate position (II, Fig. 2c) is reached, in which the hand press plate 30 is already extended a bit and the individual container 22 is completely tilted. The working position III is shown on the far right, in which the extended hand press plate 30 can be pressed downward, as schematically indicated by a dash-dotted arrow.

From Fig. 4 it can also be seen that the individual containers 22 can be separated from one another by partition walls (not designated), but bottom rails which correspond to the arrangement of the side guides 40 in the cover plate 18 are also sufficient for this. There, too, the sliding heads 38 of the sliding bearings 34 are separated from one another by walls of the side guides 40.

The invention is not restricted to the exemplary embodiments shown. However, it can be seen that a preferred garbage container system 10 has a receiving box 12 with a storage space 20 for individual containers 22 which can be tilted and removed to the front. Each of these is assigned under a cover 18 a hand press plate 30 which can be pulled forward in sliding guides 40, 58 and can be swiveled down in the end position 50 and which has a push / pivot bearing 34 on both sides at the rear. On its underside, a pressing body 60 projects inward / downward from the hand pressing plate 30, the upper side of which forms a depression 32 accessible from above / outside and has a grip strip 78. A stop 70 on the pressing body 60 is carried along by the upper rear edge 68 of the individual container 22 when it is tilted forward. The individual container 22 is supported with a shoulder 42 located at the front on the bottom as Rib 54 serving a tilt bearing from a base 52 in the receiving box 12 and can optionally be tilted by means of a foot pressure bar 26 or a handle 28 and / or can be removed by means of a carrying handle 64. A sealing stop 48 on top of the front plate 24 comes to rest in the container rest position on the front edge 74 of the cover 18. The box 12 accommodates at least two individual containers 22 arranged next to one another in the manner of a battery. A pivot bearing for the cover 18 can be provided on the rear wall at the top.

Claims (16)

1. A waste container system (10) having a receptacle box (12), which has a stowage space (20) limited by walls (14; 16) and a cover (18) for at least one individual container (22) is located underneath a compactor (30) and that can be tilted forward out of the box front and be removed, wherein said compactor is designed as a manual pressing plate (30) that moves forward under said cover and in a front limit position (50) swings downwards into said forward-tilted individual container (22).
2. System according to claim 1, wherein the individual container (22) and the manual pressing plate (30) have a substantially oblong basic form whose narrow sides face forwards and rearwards into the receptacle box (12) while its wide sides are parallel to the side walls (14) of the receptacle box (12).
3. System according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein said manual pressing plate (30) has on either side at the rear a sliding bearing (34) that doubles as a pivot bearing in the front limit position (50).
4. System according to claim 3, wherein said manual pressing plate (30) has sliding grooves (58) with run-out ends (72) on lateral rails (40), said ends (72) leaving said rails (40) in the front limit position (50) for enabling the downward swing movement of said manual pressing plate (30) about the sliding bearings (34).
5. System according to claim 3 or claim 4, wherein parallel strips (40), rails or the like underneath the cover (18) laterally guide the sliding bearings (34) of the manual pressing plate (30).
6. System according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein the sliding bearings are designed as sliding heads (38) that project on both sides of the manual pressing plate (30), for example from a rod (36) located on the rear narrow side.
7. System according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the manual pressing plate (30) has on its underside a pressing element (60) projecting inwards/downwards.
8. System according to claim 7, wherein a recess (32) is provided which is accessible from above/outside when the manual pressing plate (30) is moved forwards, which preferably forms the upper side of the pressing element (60) and which is topped by a handle strip (78).
9. System according to claim 7 or claim 8, wherein the pressing element (60) is flexible in an inward/downward direction and/or is provided with a stop (70).
10. System according to claim 9, wherein the upper rear edge (68) of the individual container (22) is disposed relative to the stop (70) in such manner that as the individual container (22) is tilted forwards, the manual pressing plate (30) is pulled forwards.
11. System according to claim 9 or claim 10, wherein the pressing element (60) supports or forms said stop (70) at the rear.
12. System according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein a front depression (44) at the bottom of the individual container (22) serves for supporting it on a rib (54) of a pedestal (52) inside the receptacle box (12), said rib (54) acting as a tilting bearing.
13. System according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein a front plate (24) of the individual container (22) has at the top a sealing stop (48) that engages the front edge (74) of the cover (18) when the container (22) is in its rest position.
14. System according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein the individual container (22) can be tilted forwards by selectively using a pedal strip (26) or a handle (28) and/or be removed using a carrying handle (64).
15. System according to any one of claims 1 to 14, wherein the box (12) is designed to hold at least two individual containers (22) desposed in a battery adjacent to one another.
16. System according to any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein the box (12) has a swivel bearing (62) for the cover (18) preferably at the top of the rear wall (16).

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