Material or article handling – Device for emptying portable receptacle – For emptying contents thereof into portable receiving means
Patent
1994-06-16
1995-12-26
Huppert, Michael S.
Material or article handling
Device for emptying portable receptacle
For emptying contents thereof into portable receiving means
220909, 294 6825, B65D 8858
Patent
active
054781868
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a device for collecting waste, comprising at least one intake container having a bottom part and a bottomless housing part fitting thereon and provided with waste intake openings that is movable relative to the bottom part between a closed position in which a lower edge of the housing part lies sealingly against the-bottom and an open position in which the lower edge is situated at a distance from the bottom part, first engaging means for first lifting means being connected to the bottom part and second engaging means for second lifting means being connected to the housing part.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
Such a device is known from AU-B-22 281/83. In the present day trend of separated collection of different kinds of waste material, on each collecting point a number of intake containers are positioned, each for a different kind of waste material. Each of these containers has to be emptied separately, so as to avoid mixing of the separated waste materials. Furthermore, the separate intake containers take up a lot of space and for the persons discarding the waste materials it is cumbersome to walk back and forth between the different containers for getting rid of their waste materials, and this is not inducive for stimulating the desired separate collection of the waste.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention has for its object to provide a device of the kind set forth above with which these disadvantages are eliminated.
This object is achieved with the device according to the invention. Different sorts of waste can now be collected in the different compartments of one and the same intake container. Particularly, when used for waste packing glass, a separate compartment can be formed for each type of glass, in particular for each colour. During emptying the different compartments are positioned by the aligning means above the different compartments of the collecting container, so that the different types of waste, in particular different types of glass, also fall into the separate compartments of the collecting container.
The intake container can be positioned at a random location in lengthwise direction of the rails so that the collecting container can be evenly filled. The rails simultaneously form the aligning means.
The waste thrown into the intake container falls entirely and without leaving remnants into the collecting container during emptying.
The housing part is well positioned relative to the bottom part when the intake container is re-closed. The reliable closing of the intake container does not hereby depend on any special vigilance on the part of the operative.
The rod-like lifting member is pushed downward in the situation where the intake container is arranged standing outside. When the container is raised the rod-like lifting member slides out so that space is created for the housing part to move upward relative to the bottom part.
The invention likewise relates to and provides an intake container and a collecting container intended for a device according to the invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention will be further elucidated in the following description of an embodiment shown in the figures.
FIG. 1 shows a partly broken away perspective view of an intake container according to a preferred embodiment of the device.
FIG. 2 shows a sectional side view in the direction of arrow II of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 shows the intake container of the preceding figures placed on a collecting container of the device.
FIG. 4 shows a view corresponding with FIG. 3 wherein the housing part of the intake container is raised for emptying this container.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
The intake container 1 comprises a bottom part 2 and a housing part 3 fitting thereon. The bottom 7 of the bottom part 2 is substantially pyramid-shaped. The bottom part 2 comprises in this embodiment two vertical transverse walls 5, 6 which divide the interior space of the intake container 1 into three compartments. Each of these compartments is p
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Huppert Michael S.
Keenan James W.
Zovko Mark
Zuidema Milieu B.V.
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