System for detecting, signing, opening and closing tubes and containers for collecting organic waste
Abstract
Sistema para la detección, señalización, apertura y cierre de cubos y contenedores para recogida de basura orgánica. Sistema para la detección, señalización, apertura y cierre de cubos y contenedores para recogida de basura orgánica, de especial aplicación en los servicios de limpieza urbana, mediante el cual se obtiene la recogida selectiva de residuos orgánicos en contenedor diferenciado; se eliminan olores; posibilita el reconocimiento del tipo de residuo por medio del color, previamente definido, de la bolsa destinada a la acumulación de basura orgánica; se determina la detección, electrónica o mecánica, de contenedor lleno; se dispone de un sistema de apertura y cierre autónomo y adaptable a los vehículos actuales de recogida de basuras; la autosuficiencia del sistema, con adquisición de las bolsas especificas en establecimientos concretos; e incentivación de la utilización del sistema vía retorno fiscal.
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- 1ES 2 139 503 A1 REIVINDICACIONES 1. Sistema para la detección, señalización, apertura y cierre de cubos y contenedores para recogida de basura orgánica, que se caracteriza por el hecho de que la detección de la naturaleza orgaánica de la basura se efectuáa por el color de la bolsa que la contiene, el cual viene acusado por un sensor estimulado por la longitud de onda de dicho color, de manera que permite la apertura manual del cubo o automaática del contenedor, al liberar el mecanismo de sujeciáon de la tapa superior de los mismos.
- 2Sistema, seguán la reivindicaciáon anterior, que se caracteriza por el hecho de que el cubo o, en su caso, el contenedor, estáan dotados de pilotos que indican si su capacidad ha sido o no superada, es decir si la tapa puede ser abierta en el caso de que el sistema de identificaciáon de la bolsa lo permita, disponiendo dicha tapa, en el primer caso, de un recorrido angular inferior a 90°, siendo susceptible de ser abierta por el usuario, y cerráandose por la acciáon de la gravedad, mientras que en el segundo caso la apertura es automáatica gracias a una plataforma con un saliente en el que se coloca el usuario y que dispone de un sistema de muelles capaces de producir, gracias al peso de aquel, una energía potencial que es aprovechada para la apertura de la tapa, produciáendose el cierre automaático al retirarse el usuario de la plataforma.
- 3Sistema, seguán las reivindicaciones 1 y 2, que se caracteriza por el hecho de que la alimentacioán de los sistemas de detecciáon, senñalizacioán y liberaciáon del mecanismo de apertura, se consigue autáonomamente mediante condensadores o bateráas recargables, alimentadas por conversiáon de parte de la energáa potencial mediante trasductor, por obtencioán de energáa primaria mediante gomas neumáaticas dispuestas en la calzada, perpendiculares al contenedor, que aprovechan el paso de los veháculos, o por cáelulas solares exteriores al cubo o contenedor.
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DESCRIPTION
System for the detection, signaling, opening and closing of buckets and containers for organic waste collection.
Field of the invention
The purpose of this patent is a system for the detection, signaling, opening and closing of buckets and containers for the collection of organic waste, which is based on the recognition of the type of waste, the application of an opening and closing system that ensures the hermeticity of the container in order to avoid bad odors and the establishment of a total autonomy of the driving energy source with respect to the electrical network.
Until now, the selective collection of urban waste has been progressively applied to certain products, such as glass, paper, cans or batteries. With regard to garbage collection, the separation between organic and inorganic garbage has recently been implemented, albeit experimentally.
Due to the characteristics of organic waste -high density and short fermentation or putrefaction cycle- the containers intended for its collection should be of small volume and be provided with systems that guarantee a certain tightness, preventing them from remaining open outside of the time required for the introduction of garbage bags. On the other hand, and with a view to selective collection, it is necessary to couple to the same identification systems that allow the exclusive introduction of organic waste.
Background of the invention
In the selective collection of waste, it is based on the fact that the user himself differentiates the type of waste, often without objective criteria, which inevitably leads to a faulty selection and, specifically, in the case of those of an organic nature, to the presence of inorganic materials that cannot be recycled or used together with them. Therefore, in conventional collection systems, the nature of the waste is not recognized, at least with a minimum capacity for differentiation and separation, and, specifically, in the case of organic waste, the problems are aggravated. due to its indiscriminate presence in all types of containers, due to the lack of airtightness of these, which causes the leakage of the fermentation gases into the environment, with the consequent bad odors and annoyances for the neighborhood.
Summary of the invention
Detection system
The detection or identification of the specific type of biodegradable paper or plastic bag destined to the accumulation of organic waste, would be carried out by means of its color. The system has a chromatic sensor, sensitive to the wavelength of its color.
The correct identification of the organic garbage bag enables the container to be opened, releasing the holding mechanism of the upper lid of the same, which will be described in detail later on. The opening of the lid would be manual in the case of buckets or automatic in containers.
Signaling system
In all cases, the container or the bucket are equipped with two different colored LEDs that will permanently indicate, and in intermittent operation in order to reduce consumption, whether or not the capacity of the container has been exceeded.
Systems for opening and closing the bucket or container
The lid of the bucket or container is fixed by means of a mechanical interlock that can be released automatically if the identification system of the bag allows it, or manually by the collection personnel, using a mechanical key for this purpose.
In the case of cubes, the lid would have an angular travel of less than 90 °, limited by a mechanical stop. The opening will be manual, by the user who deposits the bag, and the closure will be carried out by the action of gravity.
The automatic opening system will be incorporated into the containers. It consists of the placement of a metal platform located in the lower part -or ground level-, on which the container itself sits and provided with a projection with sufficient surface to allow the accommodation of the person who deposited the garbage bag. .
The indicated platform rests on a system of springs whose elongation, given the weight of the person, provides sufficient potential energy that, converted by the system, is used to open the lid of the container.
The opening process requires the person to stand on the aforementioned part of the platform and place the bag in front of the detection sensor. If the identification is favorable, then the automatic opening of the top cover will occur.
Such a system is adapted to containers provided with the above-described opening system; the closing of the container will be automatic, acting at the moment when the person descends from the platform.
Supply of electrical energy necessary to power the detection, signaling and release systems of the opening mechanism.
The electrical energy would be accumulated by means of capacitors or rechargeable batteries, sized to provide sufficient autonomy to the system and obtained by one of the following processes:
- By conversion of part of the energy, mechanical potential by means of a transducer;
- By arrangement of pneumatic tires, placed on the road and in a direction perpendicular to the container, which, taking advantage of the passage of vehicles, allow obtaining primary energy; Y
- By placing solar cells mechanically protected by transparent lamines or by grids, outside or inside the cube or container, that collect the solar rays directly or indirectly, through lenses, mirrors or reflective surfaces.
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In summary, the described system provides the selective collection of organic waste in a differentiated container; supposes the elimination of odors; allows the recognition of the type of waste by means of the color, previously defined, of the bag destined to the accumulation of organic waste; determines the detection, electronic or mechanical, of a full container; It has an autonomous opening and closing system that is adaptable to current garbage collection vehicles; the system is self-sufficient (it does not require external energy input through connection to the electrical network); foresee the acquisition of the bags in specific establishments; incentive for the use of containers via fiscal return.
Contents3
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| Document | Relation | Office | Category | Cited during |
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| EP3078611A1 | Cited by | European Patent Office (EPO) | – | Applicant |
| JPH08301406A | Cites | Japan | X | Search report |
| BASE DE DATOS WPI en EPOQUE, semana 199543, Londres: Derwent Publications Ltd., AN 1995-328987, Clase Q35, & DE 4341899 A1 (PUHAN U) 21.09.1995 | Non-patent | – | – | Search report |
| BASE DE DATOS WPI en EPOQUE, semana 199642, Londres: Derwent Publications Ltd., AN 1996-414170, Clases Q35, S02, T01, X27, & DE 29613111 U1 (CSL COMPUTER SERVICE LAUCHHAMMER GMBH) 12.09.1996 | Non-patent | – | – | Search report |
2 priority claims, no other members on record
Priority claims2
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| 9700830 | Spain | A | |
| ES19970000830 | – | – | – |
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Numbers
- Publication
- 2139503
- Publication, DOCDB
- 2139503
- Publication, EPODOC
- ES2139503
- Application
- 9700830
- Application, DOCDB
- 9700830
- Application, EPODOC
- ES19970000830
Titles
- Spanish
- SISTEMA PARA LA DETECCION, SEÑALIZACION, APERTURA Y CIERRE DE CUBOS Y CONTENEDORES PARA RECOGIDA DE BASURA ORGANICA.
Classification
- IPC, 1
- B65F1 00