Check-actuated control mechanisms – Control mechanism actuated by check – other than coin – which... – Having means to mutilate check
Patent
1992-05-15
1993-12-28
Bartuska, F. J.
Check-actuated control mechanisms
Control mechanism actuated by check, other than coin , which...
Having means to mutilate check
209567, 209583, G07F 706
Patent
active
052731502
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a device for handling returnable cans, by means of which device a returnable can is handled mechanically such that it can be formed into a smaller size for transportation and further handling and from which device the person returning the can receives a receipt or directly a compensation corresponding to the quantity and/or type of the cans to be returned.
Devices for handling returnable cans are known in prior art, by means of which returnable can is pressed in a press into a smaller size and from which devices the person returning the can receives a receipt or directly a compensation corresponding to the quantity of the returnable items. In known device solutions, the can is placed in a trough, which turns into a position transferring the can to a press. The material and weight of the can are measured before the transfer to the press, whereby a non-accepted can can be transferred to rejection. The identification of the can material occurs by means of an inductive sensor.
OBJECTS AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the invention is a device solution of a new type, in which the feeding rate of the cans is sufficient, at least 50 cans/min. An object is also to provide a simple device solution, which is thereby reliable in operation and has a simple construction, whereby the constructional costs of the device decrease in comparison with known device solutions.
It has been realized in the invention that it is advantageous to form in connection with the lower press unit of the device for handling returnable cans an upper transfer unit such that said transfer unit comprises a conveyor belt, which transfers the returned can from an inlet gate A along a conveyor passage to the end of the belt run. In this manner, the can, which is received and accepted by the device, is gravitationally transferred further from the end of the belt run to a press, in which the press forms the can into a smaller volume by pressing it between a press drum and a counterplate into a longitudinal plate-like structure.
The inventive device for handling returnable cans is mainly characterized in that the device for handling returnable cans comprises above a press unit an upper transfer unit, which as a conveyor comprises a belt conveyor, on which a returnable can is first placed an inlet gate on top of the upper run of the belt run as a closed loop. The device further includes a conveyor passage comprising at least one diagonal side wall surface, by means of which a distance is provided between adjacent returnable cans to facililite the identification and further handling of the returnable can.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention is next described with reference to certain preferred embodiments of the invention shown in the figures of the accompanying drawings, to which the invention is not intended solely to be limited.
FIG. 1 shows axonometrically an inventive device for handling returnable cans in accordance with the present invention, when its cover has been removed.
FIG. 2 shows a section I--I of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 shows axonometrically, partially the inventive device in accordance with the invention with its main drive.
FIG. 4 shows a view of FIG. 1 from the direction of the arrow K.sub.1.
FIG. 5 shows the equipment of FIG. 1 from the direction of the arrow K.sub.2.
FIG. 6 shows a section II--II of FIG. 1.
FIG. 7 shows an embodiment of the inventive device, in which the returnable cans are sorted into aluminium cans and steel cans.
FIG. 8 shows an embodiment of the inventive device, in which the cans are separated by means of a magnetic wheel after the press unit.
FIG. 9 shows the operation of the inventive device as a block diagram representation.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 shows an inventive device 10 for handling returnable cans, which device comprises a cover 11 and above a lower press unit 12 an upper transfer unit 13. (In FIG. 1, the cover 11 is removed from top of the device.) In accordance with the invention, the transfer unit 13 i
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Koivisto Mika P.
Luostarinen Jukka T.
Bartuska F. J.
Halton Oy
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