JP3220017B2 - Beverage container collection device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a beverage container, for example, an aluminum can (hereinafter referred to as an aluminum can),
The present invention relates to a beverage container collection device that sorts empty steel cans (hereinafter referred to as steel cans) and empty bottles and compresses the empty cans more efficiently.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An empty can collecting apparatus is required to sort as many kinds of empty cans and bottles as possible and to compress the empty cans and collect them in a collecting container for reuse. By the way, there are a number of devices for processing the sorting and compression at one time, but those which sort aluminum and steel cans by magnets or the like after compressing the cans are disclosed in JP-A-8-99198.
JP-A-6-246496 and JP-A-6-246496.
In such a device, there is an advantage that the compression of the can can be performed by one compression device. However, liquids, including residual beverages, are often contained in cans, and the liquid scatters outside the cans after compression.Therefore, the sensors and magnets for selection after compression of the cans, as well as the sorting device, are dirty and cleaned. Is often needed.

[0003] Therefore, in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 50-55772, an aluminum can and a steel can are selected by a rotating roller having magnetism, and the aluminum can and the steel can are put into their respective compression sections to compress the empty can. I have. The compression section compresses the empty can by moving a compression plate extending on both sides around the output shaft of one motor in the axial direction of the motor by screw feed. In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 51-24079, empty cans are compressed by moving both rod hydraulic cylinders back and forth after sorting to move a compression plate provided at the tip of a rod. In Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 51-2074, an empty can is compressed by moving a compression plate that moves back and forth in a direction perpendicular to the motor shaft via a cam provided on the motor shaft.

[0004] However, since these compression sections constitute compression sections on both sides of an electric motor or a power transmission mechanism and an actuator, there is a problem that the entire compression device becomes large. At the same time, the size of the sorting unit is relatively large, so that there is a problem that the entire apparatus is large.

On the other hand, as a small sorter for sorting beverage containers before the can is compressed, there is one disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-2302. In this apparatus, an empty can is inserted in a cylindrical axis direction, that is, a vertical direction, and a permanent magnet is arranged on an upper portion along an insertion hole so that the magnet can attract a steel can. On the other hand, aluminum cans are separated from aluminum cans and steel cans by directly dropping them downward. The steel can adsorbed by the upper magnet is pushed by an empty can inserted later, and further pushed into the cylindrical portion extending in the axial direction from the magnet portion.
Furthermore, it is pushed by a steel can inserted later (the aluminum can falls without pushing the steel can of the cylindrical portion), and is pushed out of the cylindrical portion and falls. Containers for collecting empty cans are respectively arranged at the drop destinations of the aluminum cans and steel cans so that the aluminum cans and the steel cans can be separately collected.

However, this method has a problem that when a bottle is inserted, the bottle falls at the position where the aluminum can is dropped, so that the aluminum can and the bottle cannot be separated.

Therefore, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 6-30554, the difference in weight between a bottle and an empty can is used to pass the can as it is when it is put in. There is disclosed an apparatus in which a bottle-shaped balance plate is inverted and a bottle is dropped downward. By providing this in front of the above-described vertically inserted aluminum and steel can sorter, it becomes possible to sort bottles, aluminum cans, and steel cans.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, even if a bottle sorting function is added to the one disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 7-2302, in which a beverage container is loaded in the vertical direction, after the sorting, the empty cans are simply collected in a collection box. Therefore, the selected empty cans must be further compressed by another compression device. Therefore, it is sufficient to provide a compression section at the dropping section of the selected empty cans. However, as described above, since the compression section is provided on both sides of the electric motor etc., even if a small sorter is provided, the entire apparatus does not become too small. There was a problem. Furthermore, in the insertion slot, the one disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-2302 has a selection portion provided on the lid and the insertion slot is also integrally formed, but the insertion slot is provided on a door or the like provided separately from the selection device. Had problems such as difficulty in processing. Further, in bottle sorting, when a seesaw-shaped balance plate is inverted and bottles are dropped and sorted, since the weight difference between the steel can and the bottle is small, adjustment is troublesome and sorting accuracy is reduced. In particular, when there is a residue in the empty can, there is a problem that the sorting accuracy is further reduced. Furthermore, the cylindrical portion for temporarily stocking the steel can of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-2302 is effective for reliably separating the falling position of the aluminum can and the steel can,
It becomes longer in the longitudinal direction. In addition, there is a problem that a case where the can is caught by the cylindrical portion and does not fall may occur.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned problems, the object of the present invention is to provide a bottle which is short in the longitudinal direction, has a simple structure, has high sorting accuracy, and does not catch on a can or a bottle. , To provide a sorting device for aluminum cans and steel cans, and to provide a compact, easy-to-control compact compressor that can be compressed by a single motor after sorting beverage containers. An object of the present invention is to provide a small-sized beverage container collection device that combines these features and sorts and compresses the beverage containers, and is easy to maintain.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a beverage container having an opening into which a beverage container is inserted and an outlet opening on the opposite side of the opening is longer than the length of the beverage container. A cylindrical introduction portion, a flat plate having the same height as the upper portion of the cylindrical introduction portion and extending in the longitudinal direction adjacent to the outlet of the cylindrical introduction portion, and a longitudinally downward direction from the vicinity of the end of the flat plate. A swash plate that extends, a magnet disposed in the upper part of the flat plate in the longitudinal direction, and a part of the lower cylindrical surface of the cylindrical introduction part which is closed by the weight of an empty can and downward when the weight of the bottle is applied. The problem has been solved by providing a sorting unit including a balance member configured to drop the opening bottle downward.

[0011] In addition, the bottle can sorter is provided with a balance member which is closed at a part of the lower cylindrical surface by the weight of the empty can, and is opened downward when the weight of the bottle is applied to drop the bottle downward. A magnet is disposed in the longitudinal direction above a cylindrical introduction portion that is longer than the length of the beverage container and has an opening into which the beverage container is inserted and an outlet opening on the opposite side of the opening.

[0012] The beverage container insertion opening is formed of a ring portion having a smaller diameter than a mounting hole formed in a wall or a door, and a ring portion having a larger diameter than the mounting hole, the male ring having the insertion hole formed in the center, and the small diameter. And a female ring which is fitted to the outer diameter of the ring portion and is configured to sandwich the periphery of the mounting hole of the wall or the door by an elastic member. When the beverage container is inserted, the beverage insertion opening and the opening of the cylindrical introduction portion are arranged substantially concentrically adjacent to each other.

The compressor for compressing the can includes a motor, a speed reducer connected to an output shaft of the motor and having output shafts in both directions perpendicular to the motor output shaft, and a crank provided at each output shaft end of the speed reducer. Alternatively, the driving unit is constituted by the cam and the cam. A fulcrum shaft disposed in parallel with the output shaft of the speed reducer, two compression plates having lower ends fixed to the fulcrum shaft so as to be swingable and provided adjacent to each other with a motor output axis line as a boundary; An empty can compression section is constituted by a wall parallel to the axis and having a gap at a fulcrum position with respect to the compression plate and having an opening formed at an upper portion thereof. The drive unit and the empty can compression unit are connected to the respective cranks or cams and the two compression plates by connecting rods, respectively, so that the upper openings of the two compression plates and the wall can be opened and closed alternately. I do.

The upper openings of the two compression plates and the wall of the compression unit correspond to the lower part of the flat part where the aluminum can of the sorting unit falls and the lower part of the flat plate where the steel can falls and the lower part of the swash plate. Deploy.

(Operation) When an empty can or a bottle is inserted from the beverage container insertion opening of the round hole and is introduced into the long cylindrical introduction portion, the empty can is light in weight, so that the cylindrical introduction portion can be opened without opening the balance member. In the case of a bottle, the balance member opens due to the weight of the bottle and drops the bottle downward,
Sort bottles and empty cans. Empty cans that remain in the cylindrical introduction can be
It is extruded into a flat plate with a magnet on top. At this time, if the empty can is an aluminum can, it falls directly downward. When the empty can is a steel can, it moves in the cylindrical axis direction while being attracted to the magnets above the flat plate while being attracted to the magnets arranged in the longitudinal direction.

Further, the empty can of the cylindrical introduction portion is pushed out to the flat plate portion by the inserted bottle or empty can. Furthermore, the steel can adsorbed by the magnet of the flat plate portion is sequentially extruded, and the foremost steel can is extruded. The foremost steel can is separated at a position where the magnet of the flat plate portion is cut off or provided near the end of the flat plate portion. When the tip of the can comes into contact with the swash plate, the can is forcibly separated from the magnet and the can falls at a predetermined position.

When a magnet is provided above the cylindrical introduction portion, the steel can is attracted to the magnet. Therefore, the weight of the steel can is not applied to the balance member, or the weight of the balance member is reduced, so the adjustment for selecting the bottle of the balance member and the empty can is determined by the weight difference between the aluminum can and the bottle, and the weight difference between the opening and closing of the balance member is increased. The sorting sensitivity is improved.

In the beverage container insertion opening, a ring portion smaller in diameter than the mounting hole of the wall or the door is inserted into the mounting hole and is elastically held between the male ring and the female ring. The ring or beverage container insertion opening can move along the surface of the wall or door. Therefore, phase alignment (alignment) between the cylindrical introduction portion and the insertion port can be easily performed.

The compression device is provided with two reduction parts by one motor so that the empty can can be compressed alternately by a crank or a cam in a reduction gear having an output shaft in both directions perpendicular to the motor and the shaft. Since the two compression plates forming the compression portion at the location are provided adjacent to each other, the size is small,
A compression section corresponding to the downsized sorting section can be formed. An empty can is introduced from the upper opening of the compression section formed by the two compression plates and the wall, and the empty can is compressed. 2
Since the compression plates operate alternately, the compression force of the empty can is the same as that of a single compression plate. The compressed empty can is discharged below the lower gap.

Since the upper openings of the two compression plates and the wall of the compression unit are respectively arranged below the flat plate portion of the sorting unit and below the flat plate end and the swash plate, a bottle, an aluminum can , Sorting the steel cans, discharging the bottles as they are, compressing and discharging the aluminum cans in one compression section, and compressing and discharging the steel cans in the other compression section. Sorting and compression are performed.

[0021]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional explanatory view showing an arrangement of main parts of a beverage container collecting apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. It is. 1 and 2, the beverage container collecting device 1 includes an upper box portion 2 and a lower box portion 3, a door 4 is provided on the front, and a beverage container insertion opening 5 is provided on the right side of the center of the door. . The upper box 2 is used as a free space for storing plastic bags, cleaning tools, and the like. Above the inside of the lower box portion 3, there is provided a cylindrical introduction portion 6 which is opened with its axis aligned with the beverage container insertion opening 5 and is longer than the length of the beverage container. Cylindrical introduction part 6
A flat plate 10 is provided in the longitudinal direction adjacent to the outlet portion 9 of the cylindrical introduction portion at the same height as the upper portion 7 of the cylindrical portion, and further, a swash plate 11 is provided. The length of the flat plate 10, together with the structure of the partition, is set such that the falling position of the aluminum can and the falling position of the steel can do not overlap. For example, when the aluminum can and the steel can are sorted by a simple partition plate, the length of the flat plate 10 is preferably 1.5 times or more the maximum length of the inserted aluminum can or steel can.

An empty bottle collection container 12 is provided below the cylindrical introduction portion 6. A partition plate 39 for separating the bottle and the aluminum can is provided between the outlet portion 9 of the cylindrical introduction portion and the flat plate 10, and a hole corresponding to the outlet portion 9 is formed in the partition plate 39,
The beverage container of the cylindrical introduction part 6 is made to enter the flat plate 10 side. A can partition plate 13 is provided below the flat plate 10 and the swash plate 11 to prevent mixing of an aluminum can and a steel can, and has two empty can compression parts 14 and 15 with a partition below the flat plate and the lower swash plate. A compression device 16 is disposed, and an aluminum can collection container 1 is provided below two compression units.
7. A steel can collection container 18 is provided. A control device 19 is provided at an upper portion of the compression device 16 shown in FIG. 2, a horizontal partition plate 20 for introducing an empty can into the compression section is provided, and an empty can introduction passage 21 slightly wider than the outer diameter of the empty can is provided. ing. The upper box 2 may be used for height adjustment when the beverage vending machine and the beverage container collection device 1 are installed side by side, or may be removed to reduce the device height. In FIG. 2, the empty bottle collection container 12 is omitted.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view (a) and a side view (b) of the vicinity of the beverage container insertion opening 5. As shown in FIG. 3, a mounting hole is formed in the door 4 and a plastic male ring 22 is inserted therein. The male ring is formed at the center of the beverage container insertion opening 5 having a slightly larger round hole than the outer diameter of the beverage container, an outer threaded ring portion 22a having a smaller diameter than the mounting hole, and a ring portion 22b having a larger diameter than the mounting hole. I have. The plastic female ring 23 has a larger outer diameter than the mounting hole, is formed with a screw on the inner diameter side, and is screwed to the male ring small-diameter ring portion 22a. Rubber 24 is sandwiched between the door surface and the step portion of the male ring. In addition,
If the ring is made of plastics, there are advantages such as a good touch when the beverage container is inserted and a low stain. Also,
A spring washer, a wave washer, a spring, or the like may be used instead of rubber as the elastic member 24, but the ring is made of plastics, and rubber is suitable for strength and preventing damage to the door.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the cylindrical introduction portion 6. As shown in FIG. In FIG. 4, the lower part of the cylindrical introduction part 6 is cut out substantially half to form a notch part 31, and a lone plate 32 having substantially the same shape and the same size as the shape of the notch part is formed by a notch part of the cylindrical introduction part. Is attached to one of the edges along the longitudinal direction by a hinge 33. A weight 34 is provided on the opposite side of the arcuate plate 32 with the hinge 33 therebetween.
Is provided to lift the arc-shaped plate upward, forming a balance member. The arc-shaped plate 32 has a cylindrical introduction portion 6
Of the notch 31 so that the arc-shaped plate does not enter the cylindrical portion. In addition, the lifting force of the weight supports the empty can weight and is set to a value lower than the weight of the bottle. Further, a permanent magnet 35 is attached to the upper part 7 of the cylindrical introduction part 6 in a longitudinal direction so that a steel empty can can be adsorbed.

FIG. 5 shows a cylindrical introduction portion 6, a flat plate 10, and a swash plate 1.
1 is a perspective view showing the arrangement of a compression device 16, and collection containers 12, 17, and 18. FIG. As shown in FIG.
A flat plate 10 is provided which is at the same height as the upper part 7 and extends in the longitudinal direction adjacent to the outlet part 9 of the cylindrical introduction part and is at least 1.5 times longer than the length of the empty can. On the upper side of the flat plate 10, a permanent magnet 36 is attached in the longitudinal direction similarly to the upper part 7 of the cylindrical introduction portion. The position of the permanent magnet 36 is at least 1.5 times longer than the length of the empty can. If the length is shorter than this, the steel can may fall to the falling position of the aluminum can depending on the length and the partition position of the steel can. The flat plate 10 is opened upward by a hinge 37 so that maintenance of the empty can introduction path 21 and the compression units 14 and 15 is facilitated. The limit switch 38 detects the open / closed state of the flat plate.

The material of the cylindrical introduction portion 6 and the flat plate 10 is made of a non-magnetic material, and the upper permanent magnets 35 and 36 are made thick enough to attract the cylindrical introduction portion and the steel can below the flat plate. If the material is made of a magnetic material, the adsorption position of the steel can becomes unstable, and a stable position cannot be secured, which may cause a catch. Also, it cannot move along the magnet.

Further, a swash plate 11 is provided from the vicinity of the end of the flat plate 10 downward in the longitudinal direction. After the upper end of the steel can, which is extruded while being attracted to the flat plate, touches the swash plate 11, the can is pressed downward and the permanent magnet 36 is pressed.
It is provided at the position where the steel can is peeled off. Here, a can partition plate 13 is provided to prevent the aluminum can and the steel can from being mixed at the time of dropping, and is disposed at a position where the steel can falls from the position of the partition plate at a position substantially equal to the length of the steel can. Have been.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the compression device 16. FIG.
In the above, a partition between the cylindrical introduction portion and the falling portion of the aluminum can is partitioned by the above-described partition plate 39 and the outer wall 40 of the compression device 16 so that the can and the bottle are not mixed. The compression device 16 is provided with a partition 43 for the two compression plates 41 and 42, and the above-mentioned can partition plate 13 prevents the mixing of the aluminum can and the steel can. The partition 43 and the can partition plate 13 may be integrated. The compression device 16 includes a reduction gear 45 having output shafts 45a and 45b in both directions perpendicular to the output shaft of the electric motor 44, respectively.
Is connected. Each shaft 45a of the speed reducer 45,
At the end of 45b is provided a crank composed of disks 46, 47 and connecting rods 48, 49 eccentrically mounted on the disks. Supports 64 and 65 are provided on the back surfaces of the crank disks 46 and 47 to receive a reaction force when foreign matter enters for some reason during compression of the can and abnormal overload is applied. Approximately flat compression plates 41 and 42 are connected to the ends of the respective cranks, and the compression plates can be alternately swung about a lower shaft 50 as a fulcrum. A wall 51 is provided to face the compression plate. Openings 52 and 53 which are opened and closed by the compression plates 41 and 42 and the wall 51 are respectively opened corresponding to the aluminum can drop position and the steel can drop position with the can partition plates 13 and 43 interposed therebetween. The axial lengths of the compression plates 41 and 42 and the wall 51 are slightly longer than the length of the empty can. Below the compression plates 41, 41 and the wall 51, there is a gap 5 sufficient for the compressed empty can to be discharged.
4, 55 are provided.

As described above, each of the compression units 14,
15, an aluminum can collection container 17 and a steel can collection container 18 are arranged.
Although the aluminum can and the bottle collection containers 18, 17, and 12 are arranged in this order, the bottle collection container 12 may be provided below instead of above. In this case, the collection capacity can be increased by enlarging the steel can and aluminum can collection containers 18 and 17 in the longitudinal direction. A photoelectric sensor 60 is provided to traverse the empty can introduction path 21 from the back to the front, and when the photoelectric sensor 60 is activated by the fall of the empty can, the electric motor 44 rotates to compress the fallen empty can and stop the motor after a few seconds. To save energy. The motor 44 is stopped by a timer or the like. The lower photoelectric sensor 61 is arranged to cross slightly above the upper edges of the collection containers 18, 17, 12 to monitor overflow of empty cans in the collection containers. It goes without saying that the dimensions, positions, and the like of the flat plate 10, the swash plate 11, and the permanent magnets 35 and 36 are appropriately determined by the size of the empty can and the compression device.

The operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described. In FIG. 1, an empty can or a bottle is inserted from the beverage container insertion opening 5. At this time, when a force is applied in an oblique direction or a lateral direction, and the empty can is bent, there is a case where a reliable process cannot be performed in a subsequent process. However, insertion hole 5
Moves slightly in the radial direction, so that no excessive force is applied to the empty can, so that the rate of occurrence of deformation is low. Further, since it can be easily adjusted to the center of the cylindrical introduction portion 6, processing and assembly are easy.
In addition, if the diameter of the opening 8 of the cylindrical inlet 6 is made larger than the diameter of the beverage container insertion opening 5 plus the radial movement distance, even if the opening is displaced, the introduction of the beverage container will not be hindered. There is no.

When the beverage container is a bottle, when the bottle hits the arc-shaped plate 32 of the cylindrical introduction portion 6, it overcomes the weight 34 that balances the arc-shaped plate, the arc-shaped plate opens downward, the bottle falls, and the bottle collection container 12 In the case of an aluminum or steel empty can, the weight 34 of the arc-shaped plate 32 overcomes and stays in the cylindrical introduction portion 6 without falling.

Next, a bottle or an empty can is inserted, and the empty can remaining in the cylindrical introduction portion 6 is pushed out to a flat plate portion having a magnet 36 on the upper portion. At this time, if the empty can is an aluminum can, it falls directly downward. Even if the can or bottle inserted later is short or the aluminum can is caught by the cylindrical introduction portion 6 without falling, the length from the opening 8 to the exit portion 9 is short, and the cylindrical introduction portion 6 Immediately with the next empty can inserted along, it is smoothly pushed out and falls.

The dropped aluminum can is put into the compression section 14 on the front door side from the empty can introduction path 21 on the front door 4 side (aluminum can side). The photoelectric sensor 60 operates in the empty can introduction path 21, and the electric motor 44 rotates, causing the compression plate 41 to oscillate.
The aluminum can is compressed between 1 and the wall 42. The compressed aluminum can falls into the aluminum can collection container 17 from the lower gap 54. The electric motor 44 stops after a certain time. The hole 62 is a hole for passing the light beam of the photoelectric sensor.

The steel can of the cylindrical introduction portion 6 pushed out into a bottle or an empty can inserted later is further arranged in the longitudinal direction of the upper portion of the flat plate 10 while being attracted to the magnet 35 of the upper portion 7 of the cylindrical introduction portion. It moves in the cylindrical axis direction while being attracted by the magnet 36. Since the steel can is supported by the arc-shaped plate 32, the magnet 35 at the upper part of the cylinder is not necessary. However, since the steel can is heavier than the aluminum can, it is necessary to sort the bottle by the weight of the bottle because the difference in weight is small because the weight difference is small. The sensitivity will drop. Therefore, the magnet 3 is also provided in the cylindrical introduction portion 6.
5, the steel cans are adsorbed, and sorting by weight is limited to aluminum cans and bottles, increasing the sorting sensitivity.

Further, the empty can of the cylindrical introduction portion 6 is pushed out to the flat plate 10 by the inserted bottle or empty can, and the steel can adsorbed 36 by the magnet of the flat plate 10 is pushed out. If the latter can is an aluminum can, the steel can is pushed. However, the steel can falls downward in about half the length of the aluminum can, and the steel can moves considerably and remains adsorbed by the magnet 36 of the flat plate 10.

If the later can is a steel can, it is extruded without being dropped while being attracted by the magnet 36 of the flat plate portion, and further pushed out of the foremost steel can that has already been attracted to the magnet of the flat plate portion. . The first steel can is a flat plate
Attempting to drop away at the position where the magnetic force of the magnet of part 0 is interrupted, the drop position shifts depending on the size of the can, and a long one does not fall forever. However, flat plate 1
When the tip of the can comes into contact with the swash plate 11 provided near the end of the zero part, the tip of the can is subjected to a downward force to forcibly separate the can from the magnet 36 and drop the can at a predetermined position without fail.

The dropped steel can is introduced into the compression unit 15 on the back side from the empty can introduction path 21 on the back side (steel can side). The photoelectric sensor 60 operates in the empty can introduction path 21, and the electric motor 44 rotates to swing the compression plate 42 and compress the steel can between the compression plate 42 and the wall 51. The compressed steel can falls into the steel can collection container 18 through the lower gap 55. The electric motor 44 stops after a certain time.

When one of the beverage containers selectively filled in each of the containers 18 and 17 becomes full, the photoelectric sensor 61 operates to stop the apparatus, and a full signal is issued to remove the collection containers 18 and 17.

[0039]

According to the present invention, an empty can or bottle is inserted from the beverage container insertion opening, and the balance member is opened downward so as to be openable and closable, and further, a cylindrical introduction portion having a magnet at the top, and a flat plate having a magnet at the top , Since swash plates were provided sequentially,
Bottles that are short in the longitudinal direction, simple in structure, do not catch on cans and bottles,
The present invention provides a beverage container collection device having a device for sorting aluminum and steel cans.

Since the beverage container insertion opening 5 can be moved in the radial direction, the empty can is hardly deformed and can be reliably inserted and selected, and processing and assembly are easy.

The compression device is provided with a crankshaft on both sides of a speed reducer connected to the output shaft of a motor and having output shafts in both directions perpendicular to the shaft, and having a fixed plate and a substantially flat compression plate connected to a fulcrum. The two cans are provided adjacent to each other in the direction, and alternately compressed and opened by a crank or the like to provide a discharge gap for empty cans on the lower side, so that openings for empty cans are arranged in the axial direction. After the sorting, the compressor can be compressed by one electric motor, and the structure, the control and the compactness can be easily provided.

Further, in accordance with the sorting order of the sorting unit, two compression units provided adjacent to each other in the axial direction of the fulcrum are arranged at the falling positions of the aluminum can and the steel can extending in the longitudinal direction.
Since the compression device is arranged and a collection container for collecting the aluminum can and the steel can is provided according to the lower gap from the compression unit, a smaller beverage container collection device is provided in combination with the downsizing of the sorting unit. It became something. In addition, since the sorting unit, the compression unit, and the collection container can be easily unitized in each part and can be arranged according to hierarchy, a collection device for a beverage container that is easy to assemble and maintain is provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory cross-sectional view showing an arrangement of main parts of a beverage container collecting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the beverage container collecting device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3A is a perspective view of the vicinity of a beverage container insertion port according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3B is a side view.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a cylindrical introduction portion according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an arrangement of a cylindrical introduction portion, a flat plate, a swash plate, a compression device, and a collection container according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a compression device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Beverage container collection apparatus 4 Door 5 Beverage container insertion port 6 Cylindrical introduction part 7 Upper part of a cylindrical introduction part 8 Opening part (inlet part) of a cylindrical introduction part 9 Exit part of a cylindrical introduction part 10 Flat plate 11 Swash plate 14 , 15 Compressor 16 Compressor 22 Male ring 22a Small-diameter ring 22b Large-diameter ring 23 Female ring 24 Elastic member 32 Balance member (arc-shaped plate) 35, 36 Magnet (permanent magnet) 41, 42 Compression plate 44 Motor 45 Reduction gear 46, 47 Crank or cam 48, 49 Connecting rod 50 Support shaft 51 Wall 52, 53 (Compression device) Opening 54, 55 Clearance

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Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A cylindrical introduction portion longer than the length of the beverage container having an opening into which a substantially cylindrical beverage container is inserted, and an outlet opening on a side opposite to the opening, and an upper portion of the cylindrical introduction portion. A flat plate having the same height as the above and extending in the longitudinal direction adjacent to the outlet of the cylindrical introduction portion, a swash plate extending longitudinally downward from the vicinity of the end of the flat plate, and a swash plate extending in the longitudinal direction above the flat plate. And a magnet disposed on the lower portion of the cylindrical introduction portion, the portion of the lower cylindrical surface is closed by the weight of the empty can, and when the weight of the bottle is applied, the bottle is opened downward to drop the bottle downward. A beverage container collecting device, comprising a sorting unit provided with a balanced member provided. 2. A cylindrical introduction part longer than the length of the beverage container having an opening into which a substantially cylindrical beverage container is inserted and an outlet part opened on the opposite side of the opening, wherein the cylindrical introduction part is provided. A magnet arranged in the longitudinal direction at the upper part of the cylinder and a balance member which is closed by the weight of the empty can on a part of the lower cylindrical surface, opens downward when the weight of the bottle is applied, and drops the bottle downward. And a beverage container collecting device, comprising: 3. The upper part of the cylindrical introduction part according to claim 1.
The beverage container recovery device according to claim 1 , wherein a magnet is provided in the beverage container. 4. An electric motor connected to an output shaft of the electric motor.
Reduction gear with output shafts in both directions perpendicular to the motor output shaft
And a clutch provided at each output shaft end of the speed reducer.
Link or cam, and in parallel with the reducer output shaft.
The fulcrum shaft and the lower end fixed to the fulcrum shaft
And provided adjacent to the motor output axis plane.
The two compression plates and the compression plate parallel to the fulcrum axis
At the fulcrum position, create an opening at the top with a gap
Wall and having the respective cranks or cams
The two compression plates are connected by connecting rods, and
A compression device having a mouth that can be opened and closed alternately;
An opening portion of the compression device below the flat plate portion according to claim 1;
The end of the flat plate and the lower portion of the swash plate are respectively arranged correspondingly.
The beverage container according to claim 1 or 3, wherein
Collection device. 5. An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said opening is substantially the same as said cylindrical introduction section.
Slightly larger than the outer diameter of the substantially cylindrical beverage container provided in the core
Has such a beverage container insertion opening of the round hole, the beverage container insertion opening wall
Or install with a ring part smaller in diameter than the mounting hole drilled in the door
And a ring part having a diameter larger than the hole.
Fits the open male ring and the small ring outer diameter.
Around the mounting hole of the wall or door by the elastic member
It is characterized by being composed of a scalpel that is to be held
The beverage container collection device according to claim 1, 2 or 3 or 4, wherein
Place.