Material or article handling – Device for emptying portable receptacle – Elevator type
Patent
1994-06-21
1996-06-11
Saether, Flemming
Material or article handling
Device for emptying portable receptacle
Elevator type
220909, 220 238, 232 431, B65B 6900
Patent
active
055250203
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention relates to a collector container for reuseable waste materials.
DESCRIPTION OF RELATED PRIOR ART
Such a collector container is described in DE-34 13 937 A1, in which it is referred to as a hinged-lid container because the two containers that it comprises can be opened and closed relative to each other in a synchronous, mirror-image movement. To this end, in the known collector container, tops of the two containers are articulated directly with each other, and in a closed position open sides of the constituent containers lie directly against each other. Because of this arrangement, when in the closed position, these two constituent containers form a single and continuous storage space, which is a disadvantage with respect to accommodating those types of waste that are to be separated from each other. In particular, a collector container of this type is not suitable for holding variously coloured glass fractions; for example, using such a container, it is not possible to pre-sort clear and coloured glass.
The German utility model DE-G 88 05 173.0 describes a similar collector container that incorporates a separator flap that is arranged inside the container between the open sides of the two constituent containers that are adjacent to each other. When the flaps of the two constituent containers are raised synchronously with their open sides away from each other, the separator flap first holds the open side of the one constituent container closed, to a pre-determined opening angle, so that initially the other constituent container can be emptied. If the two constituent containers are tilted further apart, the separator plate unblocks the open side of the second constituent container, which makes it possible to empty the two constituent containers separately. The disadvantage of this known arrangement lies in the fact that it is only suitable for two constituent containers that can be tilted directly towards each other; a complicated mechanism is required to control the separator flap; and the sequence by which the two constituent containers are emptied cannot be selected as desired.
German utility model DE-G 91 02 154.5 describes a collector system for discrete collection of individual materials; in this collector system, a plurality of individual containers are arranged on a central receiver body. Each individual container can be manipulated separately and it has to be removed from the receiver body in order to be emptied by way of a top flap.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention presents a collector container of the type described, which can comprise two or more constituent containers that can be emptied individually, independently of each other, and in any sequence.
It is essential to the present invention that the individual constituent containers of the collector container be articulatable independently of each other on a central receiver body, and for this reason can be opened towards the bottom by tilting their open sides away from the receiver body. When this is done, the wall sections of the receiver body keep the remaining constituent containers closed without any risk of unintentional and self-actuated opening, because when the particular constituent containers are opened and closed the relative movement takes place only between this constituent container and the receiver body, but not between the different constituent containers.
In an advantageous configuration according to the present invention, a constituent container has an overall, essentially cubic shape and comprises three or four constituent containers; lines of separation between these constituent containers, run in longitudinal and transverse mid-planes of an essentially cubic basic body when the collector container is in the closed position. Thus, the central receiver body is arranged at the intersection of lines of separation in order to achieve a favourable position for the centre of gravity. The axes of the hinges between the tops of the constituent containers and the receiver
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Baxley Charles E.
Bernard Reiling Glas-Recycling GmbH (German corp.)
Saether Flemming
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