EP1820753B1 - Additional container for a collection container and collection container - Google Patents

Description

The present invention initially relates to an additional container for receiving in a collecting container according to the preamble of protection claim 1. Furthermore, the invention relates to a collecting container wherein at least one such additional container is disposed within the collecting container.

Such collection containers may be, for example, waste collection containers, as such containers designed to receive waste.

It is already known to provide additional containers in storage containers for holding certain contents, through which the usually consisting of a thermoplastic material or metal collecting container, especially waste containers, could be damaged or even destroyed. These are, for example, smoldering residues of tobacco products, in particular ashes or cigarette residues, which can cause the collecting containers to burn or burn.

It is already known to provide such additional container for insertion of cigarettes, wherein the additional container and the actual collecting container each have an individual filling opening or insertion opening. So that cigarettes can be extinguished before throwing, a so-called cigarette cookie is usually provided. After the cigarette has been expressed there, it is thrown into the additional container provided for this purpose. Due to the necessity of first extinguishing the cigarette, ash residues generally cause contamination on the collecting container. Farther Smoldering cigarette residues can lead to scorching or burning of the collection container or the additional container.

To counteract these disadvantages is in the DE 198 46 464 A1 an additional container for a collecting container has been proposed, wherein the additional container has in its upper region at least one filling opening and in its lower region a closable disposal opening. The additional container is arranged within the collecting container, wherein the filling opening of the additional container is designed such that it is located outside and / or above the outer boundaries of the collecting container. The lower end of the additional container is designed so that it can be emptied together with the collecting container. In this case, the additional container extends to the bottom of the collecting container, which usually consists of metal. Emptying the additional tank is only possible if the sump is emptied. Alternatively, the additional container can be removed from the collecting container as a whole, so that a separate emptying of the additional container is possible. In this case, no closable removal opening is provided in the lower part of the additional container. Rather, the emptying of the additional container via the filling opening, for example, by the additional container is tipped after removal from the sump.

In the DE 202 14 008 U1 a generic container for cigarette butts is described, which is designed as a two-piece hollow cylinder. Slightly offset from the upper edge of the upper container part, a ring is provided, which tapers inwardly and which has a central insertion opening. The surface of the ring can be used to express cigarettes.

The present invention has the object, a supplementary container of the type mentioned in such a way that the insertion of tobacco products, especially ashes or cigarette remains, is facilitated again and Dirt on the additional container can be prevented. Furthermore, a correspondingly further developed collecting container is to be provided.

This object is achieved by the additional container with the features according to independent claim 1 and by the collecting container according to independent claim 7. Further advantages, features, details, aspects and effects of the invention will become apparent from the dependent claims, the description and the drawings. Features and details which are described in connection with the additional container according to the invention, of course, also apply in connection with the collecting container according to the invention, and vice versa.

Basically, the invention is not limited to certain types of collection containers. However, these are advantageously so-called waste collection containers for receiving waste.

The object of the invention is achieved by an additional container for receiving in a collecting container having a receiving space, an insertion opening and a container bottom, wherein the additional container has a receiving space and an insertion opening, wherein the additional container has a Aufnahmekulisse which is disposed between the insertion opening and the receiving space wherein the receiving link has a surface element adjoining the inner edge of the insertion opening and a filling opening tapering in the direction of the container interior of the additional container, wherein the surface element has a course tapering towards the filling opening, and wherein the tapered filling opening has a steeper conical course than the tapering extending surface element, solved. By such an additional container, the insertion of tobacco products, in particular of ash or cigarette residues, facilitates and prevents contamination on the additional container. Characterized in that between the insertion opening and the receiving space of the additional container a separate receiving link with a surface element, the As a smoking surface Ausdrückfläche is arranged, it is particularly easy to express there glowing tobacco products, such as cigarettes or cigars, before they are thrown into the receiving space of the additional container. The separate recording frame is recognized by a smoker as a clear expression surface for burning tobacco products. Once there expressed the tobacco products are also inserted into the corresponding, adjacent to the surface element filling opening of the additional container. Due to the tapered filling opening, the expressed tobacco products reach the receiving chamber of the additional container safely and easily. The actual insertion opening of the additional container forms a frame-shaped boundary or cover for the Aufnahmekulisse. In this case, the frame of the insertion opening may be narrow, at the same time with a relatively large diameter. The entire free inner surface of the insertion opening is filled by the Aufnahmekulisse, in particular of the surface element of the Aufnahmekulisse. The surface element can be arranged flush with the insertion opening of the additional container or offset therefrom. It is particularly advantageous if the surface element is arranged offset from the insertion opening of the additional container, ie in the direction of the receiving space of the additional container. As a result, the one who expresses the burning smoky goods on the surface element, not with the smoking product on the opening, because it is higher.

The shape of the insertion opening can be designed in various ways. Advantageously, the throw-in opening has a semicircular or circular-segment-shaped form, so that it covers a partial region of a particularly round collecting container.

It is particularly advantageous if the receiving link of the additional container is differently colored than the frame-shaped insertion opening. As a result, the person who wants to throw away a burning smoking product immediately recognizes where he can express it. A special color coding of the receiving link acts like a magnet for the thrower. The fact that the Aufnahmekulisse is a separate component of the additional container, this can be simply make a different color to the actual opening of the additional container. The surface element and the tapered filling opening may also have a different color to each other, whereby the recognition of the squeezing surface and the filling opening for tobacco products is further facilitated.

According to the invention, the surface element has a tapering towards the filling opening of the additional container course. The course can be conical, for example. In this case, the taper of the surface element is preferably relatively pronounced, so that this forms an approximately flat surface. As a result, on the one hand the tobacco products are well expressed before they are thrown into the filler opening of the additional container. On the other hand, due to the slight chamfering of the surface element, less contamination occurs on the latter, since the expressed tobacco products fall more easily, in part by themselves, in the direction of the filling opening of the additional container.

An additional container in which the surface element and the tapered filling opening are formed of a heat-resistant material, in particular of metal, is particularly well suited for burning tobacco products. The invention is not limited to certain materials. For example, it may be a non-combustible or foulable material, such as a ceramic material, a metallic material or the like. If the surface element and the tapered filling opening consist of a metallic material, this may be, for example, a light metal, steel, such as a surface-treated or galvanized steel, a cast material or the like.

Particularly simple is the production of the receiving link, if this is formed in one piece. That is, if the surface element and the tapered filling opening are integrally formed, they can be easily formed from one and the same heat-resistant material, while, for example, the Has insertion opening of the additional container plastic. The different materials can save costs in the production of the additional container.

According to the invention, the tapered filling opening has a steeper conical shape than the tapering surface element. As a result, the user of the additional container, who wants to express his burning smoking product, the expressions are even more predetermined. The user meets the tapered surface element broader, so that he recognizes this as expressing and uses. Due to the slight conical shape of the surface element, it is automatically guided when squeezing the smoking article to the more tapered filling opening of the additional container, so that the discarding of the expressed smoking product is facilitated by the filling opening into the receiving space of the additional container. Due to the stronger conical course of the filling opening, the expressed remnants of the tobacco products fall more easily into the receiving space of the additional container.

Further preferred is an additional container in which the surface of the surface element and / or the tapered filling opening are microscopically finely napped and have liquid-repellent wax crystals. Through this so-called nanotechnology, the additional container or the surface of the surface element and / or the tapered filling opening of the additional container remains stable for years. The surfaces of the surface element and / or the tapered filling opening have by this nanotechnology strongly curved cells and special wax crystals of the size of a few micrometers. In this combination, they produce a hydrophobic, ie water-repellent, surface structure, which is also extremely resistant to natural influences. The contamination of the surface element and / or the tapered filling opening can be severely limited.

Advantageously, the insertion opening of the additional container is pivotally mounted. In this way, the insertion opening, which forms the frame-shaped cover of the Aufnahmekulisse, easily be removed from this. After swiveling the insertion opening, the receiving link can first be removed from the receptacle and then the receptacle of the additional container can be easily removed from its holder on the sump and emptied, if it is not emptied through the bottom opening of the sump.

Preferably, the additional container, in particular the insertion opening of the additional container, a closure element for releasable attachment to the inside of the collecting container. As a result, it is only possible for the owner of the additional container or the collection container to empty the additional container. Access to the additional container by a third party can be easily prevented by the closure element.

An additional container, which has a receptacle for attaching the additional container to the inside of the collecting container, is particularly easy to attach to the collecting container. The recording may be a hoe, an eyelet, an undercut or the like.

According to the second aspect of the invention, a collecting container is proposed, with a receiving space, an insertion opening, which is advantageously located in the upper region of the collecting container, and with a container bottom. The collecting container according to the invention is characterized in that within the collecting container at least one inventive additional container as described above is provided. The collecting container is particularly advantageously a waste container or a waste collection container.

It can also be provided that the collecting container has two or more additional containers. Of course, the invention is not limited to a particular size of the collecting container, nor to a specific size of the additional container. For example, in a non-exclusive example, the sump may be configured as a 50 liter container, wherein the auxiliary container may have a sizing of between 0.25 and 5 liters, preferably between 0.5 and 1 liter. The collecting container may for example be round, but of course also be angular or have any other geometric shape. Advantageously, the additional container is arranged in the upper region of the collecting container.

Preference is given to a collecting container in which the additional container is arranged in the region of the insertion opening, preferably below the insertion opening, in the receiving space of the collecting container. As a result, the additional container is protected against external influences. Only the insertion opening and the receiving link are not enclosed by the collecting container. The insertion opening of the additional container covers a small area of the insertion opening of the collecting container.

Advantageously, a collecting container in which the additional container is releasably secured on the receptacle of the additional container on the inside of the collecting container. It is particularly simple if the additional container is hooked and held by means of a hook on a corresponding fastening device on the collecting container, in particular on the inner lateral surface of the collecting container. Preferably, a fastening device is provided for fastening the additional container to the collecting container. In particular, it is also possible via the fastening device to retrofit existing collecting containers with one or more additional containers (s).

Preferably, the attachment means may comprise attachment means for attaching the auxiliary container to the collection container. The fastening means may be, for example, rivets, screws and the like. In such a case, the fastening means hold the auxiliary container to the wall of the collecting container. For this purpose, one or more fastening holes can be provided in the wall of the collecting container, through which the fastening means are inserted through. The attachment means may preferably terminate flush with the surface of the wall of the collection container. Of course, other types of attachment are possible, such as by means of an adhesive bond or the like.

In a further embodiment, the fastening device may for example have a mounting panel. The mounting panel is in the assembled state of the additional container, for example, outside of the collecting container, for example, below the insertion opening. It serves primarily for receiving the fastening means. In such a case it can be provided that one or more mounting holes are present in the wall of the collecting container. The invention is not limited to a specific shape for the mounting panel. For aesthetic reasons, for example, a shape can be selected for the mounting panel, which reflects the upper radii of the insertion opening of the collecting tank down. additionally Identification symbols - such as a cigarette symbol - may also be provided on the mounting panel, which signal to the user of the collecting container what type of content can / should be thrown into the auxiliary container.

In such a case, the fastening means hold the auxiliary container and the mounting panel with the intermediate wall of the collecting container. The attachment means may preferably terminate flush with the surface of the attachment panel.

In a simple embodiment can be dispensed with the mounting bracket. Then, the fastening means are inserted directly through the mounting holes in the wall of the collecting container and secured in the auxiliary container. A recognition symbol can then also be mounted directly on the wall of the collecting container, for instance below the insertion opening, for example in the form of a print, a sticker or the like.

As already mentioned above, the additional container, in particular the insertion opening of the additional container, can have a closure element for releasable attachment to the inside of the collecting container. Particularly preferred is a collecting container having on the inside of a fastening / locking device for releasably securing the closure element of the additional container. As a result, it is only possible for the owner of the additional container or the collection container to empty the additional container. Access to the additional container by a third party can be easily prevented by the closure element.

Preferably, furthermore, a collecting container, in which the container bottom is pivotably arranged on the collecting container. Such attachment of the container bottom is easy to implement. In this case, the invention is not limited to specific positions where the container bottom is movable on the collecting container can be arranged. For example, the container bottom can be arranged pivotably on the back wall of the collecting container.

The manner of a suitable arrangement of the container bottom at the collecting container results primarily from the design of the container bottom itself. In the simplest case, it may be in the container bottom to a flap.

In order to realize a pivotal movement of the container bottom is preferably provided that the container bottom is arranged by means of at least one hinge element movable on the collecting container. However, the invention is not limited to a certain number or to certain types of hinge elements.

Depending on the embodiment, the additional container according to the invention can be arranged, for example, outside or inside the collecting container. Of course, it is also conceivable that not only one, but two or more additional containers can be arranged on a collecting container, where quite combinations of the aforementioned arrangement variants are possible.

Preferably, the additional container is used for receiving such contents that should not be thrown into the actual collection container. These may be, for example, residues of tobacco products, in particular hot residues.

In any case, it is prevented that hot cigarette remains can get into the receiving space of the collecting container, where they could lead to damage of the mostly plastic collection container or to fires within the collection container.

The invention is not limited to a particular configuration of the auxiliary container. This results rather according to the particular location of the additional container. Preferably, at least individual walls of the additional container are adapted to the contour of the collecting container in which it is arranged. Vorzugsswiese, the additional container from its upper region - with the insertion opening - towards its lower portion have a conically widening configuration.

The invention is not limited to certain contents that can be filled in the auxiliary container. In particular, the additional container is suitable for such contents, which attack the materials of the collection container or could lead to damage or destruction of the collection container. According to one aspect of the invention, an additional container according to the invention as described above, in particular in a collecting container according to the invention as described above, is used as the ash container.

Figur 1

ein Ausführungsbeispiel eines erfindungsgemäßen Zusatzbehälters;

Figur 2

den Aufnahmeraum des erfindungsgemäßen Zusatzbehälters gemäß Figur 1;

Figur 3

den Aufnahmeraum des erfindungsgemäßen Zusatzbehälters gemäß Figur 1 mit Aufnahme;

Figur 4

eine Frontansicht eines erfindungsgemäßen Sammelbehälters mit einem erfindungsgemäßen Zusatzbehälter;

Figur 5

eine Frontansicht eines erfindungsgemäßen Sammelbehälters mit einem erfindungsgemäßen Zusatzbehälter.

The invention will now be explained in more detail by means of embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings. Show

FIG. 1

an embodiment of an additional container according to the invention;

FIG. 2

the receiving space of the additional container according to the invention FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3

the receiving space of the additional container according to the invention FIG. 1 with recording;

FIG. 4

a front view of a collecting container according to the invention with an additional container according to the invention;

FIG. 5

a front view of a collecting container according to the invention with an additional container according to the invention.

In FIG. 1 For example, an embodiment of an auxiliary container 20 is shown, which is arranged in the upper region of a collecting container, which is usually made of plastic or metal.

Within the collecting container, not shown, the additional container 20 is provided in the receiving space of the collecting container at the insertion opening. This is used to hold content that could lead to damage to the collection container, for example, to receive some of the still hot remains of tobacco products.

The additional container 20 has a receiving space 21, an insertion opening 22 and a receiving link according to the invention, which is arranged between the insertion opening 22 and the receiving space 21 on. The receiving link has a surface element 23 adjoining the inner edge of the insertion opening 22 and a filling opening 24 tapering in the direction of the container interior of the additional container 20. The receiving space 21 of the additional container 20 has an angular shape.

Such an additional container 20 facilitates the insertion of tobacco products, in particular of ash or cigarette remains, and prevents contamination on the additional container 20. In that between the insertion opening 22 and the receiving space 21 of the additional container 20, a separate receiving link with a surface element 23, as the expressing surface for tobacco products is arranged, it is particularly easy there glowing tobacco products, such as cigarettes or Cigars, express before they are thrown by the tapered filling opening 24 into the receiving space 21 of the additional container 20.

In particular, the take-up slant, i. the surface element 23 and the tapered filling opening 24, and the container bottom 25 of the additional container 20 are made of a non-combustible or non-foulable material, such as a metallic cast material, so that filled in the additional container 20 hot residues of tobacco products can cause no damage.

Furthermore, the additional container 20 has a device by means of which it can be attached to a collecting container, in particular on the inside thereof. This is done, for example, via a receptacle 31, which in FIG. 1 is shown. The receptacle 31 is in this embodiment, attached to the outside of the receiving space 21 of the additional container 20 hooks or a detent that sits on a corresponding attachment / locking device 15 which is arranged on the inside of the receiving space of a collecting container, releasably , The additional container 20, in particular the insertion opening 22 of the additional container 20, further comprises a closure element 30 for releasable attachment to the inside of a collecting container. The closure element 30 is formed as a U-shaped profile which undercuts a movable latching lug 16 of the fastening device 15 on the inside of the receiving space of a collecting container.

The device for attaching the additional container 20 to a collecting container may also have fastening means, such as screws, rivets and the like.

The additional container 20 can be retrofitted in a simple manner even with existing collection containers. For this purpose, it is only necessary a fastening device 15 on the inside of the receiving space of a To install collecting container and provide a receptacle 31 to the additional container 20.

Fig. 2 shows the receiving space 21 of the additional container 20 according to the invention. In this embodiment of the additional container 20 of the receiving space 21 is formed angular. The additional container 20 is arranged only in the upper region of a collecting container and has its own container bottom 25. The emptying of the additional container 20 takes place by a removal of the additional container 20 from the insertion opening of a collecting container. The auxiliary container 20 is fixed by means of the receptacle 31 on the attachment / locking device 15, which sits on a closing element 14 of a collecting container.

In Fig. 3 the receptacle 31 of the additional container 20 is shown. By this recording 31, the additional container 20 is attached to a fastening / locking device of a collecting container.

In the Fig. 4 and 5 in each case a front view of a collecting container 10 according to the invention is shown with an additional container 20 according to the invention. The insertion opening 22 of the additional container 20 covers the front region of the insertion opening 12 of the collecting container 10. Below the insertion opening 22 of the additional container 20, the receiving link sits with the surface element 23 and the The surface element 23 is seated directly on the inner edge of the insertion opening 22. The surface element 23 and / or the tapered filling opening 24 are preferably colored, so that they are recognized as expressing surface for tobacco products. On the surface element 23, the still burning tobacco products can be simply expressed before they are simply thrown into the receiving space 21 of the additional container 20 through the tapered filling opening 24. In Fig. 4 the additional container 20 sits in the upper region of the collecting container 10, while in Fig. 5 the additional container 20 extends over the entire height of the collecting container 10.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

10

Clippings

11

accommodation space

12

deposit slot

13

container bottom

14

closing element

15

Attachment / locking device

16

locking lug

17

back

18

container lid

19

reinforcement ring

20

additional container

21

accommodation space

22

deposit slot

23

Surface element (receiving link)

24

tapering filling opening (receiving slot)

25

container bottom

26

Divider

30

closure element

31

admission

Claims (10)

1. Additional container (20) to be disposed in a collecting container (210), comprising an uptake space (11), an insertion opening (12) and a container base (13), wherein the additional container (20) comprises an uptake space (21) and an insertion opening (22), wherein the additional container (20) comprises an uptake setting (23, 24) being arranged between the insertion opening (22) and the uptake space (21) of said additional container (20), and wherein the uptake setting (23, 24) comprises a surface element (23) adjoining to the inner edge of the insertion opening (22) and a filling opening (24) being tapered in the direction of the container interior, characterized in that the surface element (23) comprises a tapered course towards the filling opening (24) and that the tapered filling opening (24) comprises a steeper conical course than the tapered surface element (23).
2. Additional container (20) according to claim 1, characterized in that the surface element (23) and the tapered insertion opening (24) are made of a heat resistant material, in particular made of metal.
3. Additional container (20) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the surface of said surface element (23) and/or of said tapered insertion opening (24) is microscopically fine studded and comprises liquid repellent wax crystals.
4. Additional container (20) according to anyone of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the insertion opening (22) of said additional container (20) is pivotally mounted.
5. Additional container (20) according to anyone of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the additional container (20), in particular the insertion opening (22) of said additional container (20), comprises a closure element (30) for a releasable attachment at the inner side of said collecting container (10).
6. Additional container (20) according to anyone of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the additional container (20) comprises an uptake element (31) for fastening the additional container (20) on the inner side of the collecting container (10).
7. Collecting container (10), comprising an uptake space (11), an insertion opening, a lateral surface, an inner lateral surface and a container base (13), characterized in that inside of the collecting container (10) at least one additional container (20) according to anyone of claims 1 to 6 is provided.
8. Collecting container (10) according to claim 7, characterized in that the additional container (20) is arranged inside of the uptake space (11) of said collecting container (10) in the region of said insertion opening (12), in particular below said insertion opening (12).
9. Collecting container (10) according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that the additional container (20) is releasably arranged on the inner side of said collecting container (10) via said uptake element (31) of said additional container (20).
10. Collecting container (10) according to anyone of claims 7 to 9, characterized in that the collecting container (10) comprises at the inner side a fastening/locking device (15) for the releasable attachment of the closure element (30) of said additional container (20).

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