FR2834279A1 - Waste sorting bin has drawer at bottom with hole to receive bottles - Google Patents

Abstract

The bin for sorting domestic waste into different types consists of a body (1) with two inner compartments (7) for containers with liners, covered by hinged lids (4, 5). The bottom part of the body has a pull-out drawer (8) to receive elongated objects such as bottles, accessed through an aperture (111) in the front of the body and a lip (821) in the upper edge of the drawer. The drawer is fitted with a folding handle for manoeuvring it when it is removed from the bin., which is mounted on a base (2) with rollers.

Description

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 The invention relates to a bin for the selective sorting of waste.

 Increasingly stringent environmental regulations make it necessary to recycle as much waste as possible, store it apart from the hazardous ones and destroy only those that can not be reused or reused. This assumes that waste disposal centers or waste treatment centers separately collect waste according to their nature.

 Individuals are therefore obliged to sort their waste at source, that is to say at home, before depositing them in separate collection bins, dedicated to each type of waste.

 The need has therefore appeared to provide individuals, a trash can for domestic use to perform this sorting of waste. This trash must however be compact, not to be too cumbersome in a kitchen, functional and easy to use and clean.

 In practice, selective sorting of waste usually consists of separating glass, light packaging, biodegradable waste, plastics and aluminum.

 It is already known from FR-319 288, a trash for the selective sorting of household waste comprising several compartments, including two compartments accessible from the top of the trash, one containing a bucket and the other a bag and a third compartment accessible from the front of the bin after tilting a hinged door. This third compartment contains a bucket for collecting ashes.

 It is also known from EP-0 507 776, a device for storing and transporting household waste comprising several removable receptacles, some being accessible from the top of the device and others by its front face.

 However, neither of these documents provides receptacles or compartments that are simultaneously dedicated specifically to the collection of bottles or jars and easy access. It is always necessary to open a lid or door to access these receptacles.

 The object of the invention is to overcome these disadvantages of the prior art.

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 For this purpose, it relates to a trash for the selective sorting of different types of waste, including rigid or semi-rigid oblong articles, such as in particular bottles, jars or flasks, this trash can comprising a hollow trash body , erected vertically and at least one removable bucket, capable of being inserted from top to bottom in the upper part of said trash body and to be supported.

 This bin is remarkable in that it comprises in its lower part, at least one drawer whose front face constitutes a part of the front face of said bin, this drawer having in the upper part of its front face, an opening of access, allowing to introduce said objects of oblong shape.

- le tiroir possède au moins une anse escamotable. According to other features of the invention, taken alone or in combination: the upper edge of the front face of the drawer has a ramp inclined downwards and towards the inside of the drawer, cooperating with a recess provided at the base of the drawer; the upper part of the bin body located immediately above the inclined ramp, so as to define a chute for introducing and guiding said oblong shaped articles, - the inclined ramp of the tray forms a protruding beak on the front face of this drawer; - The spout is a gripping handle for extracting the drawer to the outside or the introduction thereof into the body of the trash can;

- The drawer has at least one retractable handle.

the upper flange of the bucket comprises fastening means, such as two pairs of slots, facing each other, for fastening a flexible plastic bag inside said bucket, in particular thanks to its handles; - the bucket includes a handle; the trash can comprises a frame fixed on the upper part of the trash can body, this frame having at least one opening allowing the insertion of said bucket inside the trash can body, this opening being provided with an internal shoulder adapted to bear the upper rim of said bucket; - The opening of the bucket is likely to be closed by a cover; - The cover is articulated and its opening movement is controlled by a foot pedal;

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 the trash can comprises a frame fixed on the upper part of the trash can body, this frame having two oblong-shaped openings whose longitudinal axes, medians are parallel to each other, a handling handle being arranged in front of said frame, in the free space between the two front ends of said openings; - the bin is mounted on wheels.

 Specifically, the invention also relates to a bin for the selective sorting of different types of waste, including rigid or semi-rigid oblong articles, such as in particular bottles, jars or flasks, this bin comprising a body trash bin, erected vertically, this bin being remarkable in that it comprises a frame fixed on the upper part of the trash body, this frame having two oblong openings, each opening being adapted to receive a removable bucket which is there inserted from top to bottom and to support it by its upper rim, the upper rim of each bucket being further provided with means for fixing a bag, said openings being closable each by a lid, one of which between them can be opened by a foot pedal, this trash further comprising in its lower part, at least one drawer whose front face is a part of the front of said bin, this drawer having in the upper part of its front face, an access opening, for introducing said objects oblong shape.

- la figure 2 est une vue en perspective, partielle, de la base de la poubelle et de son socle ; - la figure 3 est une vue en perspective, partielle, de la base et de la face avant de la poubelle ; - la figure 4 est une vue en perspective, partielle, de la base de la poubelle dont le compartiment en forme de tiroir est ouvert ; - la figure 5 est une vue en perspective, partielle, de la partie supérieure de la poubelle, les deux couvercles étant ouverts et les deux seaux amovibles partiellement enfoncés à l'intérieur de celle-ci ; et Other features and advantages of the invention will appear on reading the following description of a preferred embodiment of the invention, given by way of illustrative but non-limiting example. This description is established with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: - Figure 1 is a perspective view of the trash according to the invention, one of the two covers is in the open position;

- Figure 2 is a partial perspective view of the base of the bin and its base; - Figure 3 is a partial perspective view of the base and the front face of the trash; - Figure 4 is a partial perspective view of the base of the bin whose drawer-shaped compartment is open; - Figure 5 is a partial perspective view of the upper part of the bin, the two lids being open and the two removable buckets partially sunk into it; and

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 - Figure 6 is a partial perspective view of the top of the trash, the two covers being open.

 In the rest of the description and the claims, the terms such as "up, down, front, rear, horizontal, vertical" are to be considered with respect to the normal position of use of the bin shown in FIG.

 Referring to Figure 1, we can see that the trash according to the invention comprises a hollow body 1, erected vertically, mounted on a horizontal base 2 provided with wheels 3 (see Figure 2). This body 1 is surmounted by a horizontal upper frame 4 (or bezel) provided with two articulated covers 5,5 'of which one is shown in the open position. The opening movement of one of these covers can be controlled through a central pedal 6. In addition, two buckets 7,7 'are likely to be introduced into the upper part of the trash.

Finally, the bin has a drawer 8 in its lower part.

 Note that this bin has a vertical plane of symmetry referenced P.

 The various components of this trash will now be described in more detail.

 As illustrated in Figure 1, the bin has the general shape of a rectangular parallelepiped whose front face is in a semicircle or cylinder portion.

11. The body 1 consists of a support 10 and a front or front cover

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 The support 10 consists of a rectangular plate whose two ends are folded at right angles, so as to have the general shape of a "U" open towards the interior of the trash. This support 10 comprises a rear face 100 and two lateral faces 101 of which only one is visible in FIG.

 This support 10 is generally made of metal or any other sufficiently rigid and resistant material to form the structure of the bin and support the weight of the frame 4 and buckets 7.7 '.

 The front panel 11 has the shape of a half-cylinder whose height corresponds substantially to half that of the support 10. This front panel 11 advantageously consists of a plastic shell or metal, clipped or nested in half upper support 10.

 This facade 11 further has in the central portion of its outer face, two recesses 110, 111 in quarter-sphere shape.

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 The upper recess 110 opens simultaneously upwards and towards the front face of the bin, while the lower recess 111 opens on the front face and down the trash. Their respective roles will be detailed later.

 The base 2 consists of a metal or plastic plate having the shape of a rectangle whose front end 20 is semicircular. This base 2 is the bottom of the trash.

 The dimensions of this base 2 are slightly greater than those of the support 10 and the drawer 8 and its front portion 20 is slightly flared downwards, so as to ensure the stability of the trash.

 Advantageously, and as illustrated in Figure 2, the base 2 is mounted on four rollers 3, preferably pivoting, multi-directional, facilitating the movement of the trash in all directions.

 Finally, the base 2 has in its front part 20, a notch 200 for the passage of the pedal 6.

 Drawer 8 will now be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

 This drawer 8 is intended more specifically for the storage of glass, including glass bottles or jars. It could also be used to store waste such as plastic bottles, such as bottles of water or oil or plastic bottles for the packaging of cosmetics, for example. Finally, this drawer 8 can also be used for storing metal cans, such as cans of beer or fruit juice.

 In the remainder of the description and the claims, the expression "oblong articles" will be used to describe the aforementioned articles, whether they are made of a rigid or semi-rigid material.

 This drawer 8 can slide between a closed position shown in Figure 3, a partially open position shown in Figure 4 and a position not shown in the figures, wherein it is completely removed from the trash.

 This drawer 8 is advantageously made of molded plastic or metal, so as to be easily washed or disinfected and to have a sufficient resistance to shocks and weight including glass bottles.

 This drawer for receiving heavy items is advantageously disposed at the base of the trash to improve the stability thereof.

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 As best seen in Figure 4, the drawer 8 has a bottom 80, a rear half 81 and a front half 82.

 The rear half 81 has the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped. It consists of a vertical rear wall 810 and two vertical side walls 811, 811 '. The dimensions of this rear half 81 are calculated so that the latter can penetrate inside the support 10 in the shape of "U".

 The upper edge of the rear wall 810 and the two side walls 811, 811 is folded at right angles outward, so as to define a guide flange, referenced in a general manner 812.

 This guiding flange 812, and in particular its right and left lateral portions, can slide inside two horizontal guide rails 102 formed on the inner face of the two lateral walls 101 of the support 10 respectively. A single rail 102 is visible on Figure 4. The slide 8 slides above the base 2.

 The drawer 8 further comprises a loop 83 in the shape of "U", made for example using a metal wire bent twice.

 This handle 83 is fixed at both ends at the intersection between the rear half 81 and the front half 82 of the drawer 8, by any appropriate technique known to those skilled in the art. For example, its two ends can be folded inwards and introduced into two holes (not shown) provided for this purpose on both sides of the drawer 8.

 This handle 83 is retractable, that is to say that it can be folded.

In unfolded position illustrated in Figure 4, this handle 83 can carry the drawer 8 as a bucket. In the folded position, (not shown in the figures), this handle 83 rests on the guiding flange 812 and its dimensions are therefore designed for this purpose, so as not to hinder the closure of the drawer 8.

 The front half 82 of the drawer 8 has a semi-cylindrical shape, the dimensions of which are such that when the drawer 8 is in the closed position illustrated in FIG. 3, its curved front face 820 is simultaneously in line with the front facade 11 and in the extension of the side walls 101 of the support 10, with the exception of a spout 821 and a cavity 822 which will be described below.

 The width of the rear half 81 of the drawer 8 is slightly smaller than the largest width of the front half 82, so that there are two recesses 84, 84 'between the two halves of said drawer.

 The cavity 822 is formed at the intersection of the front face 820 and the bottom 80 of the drawer 8. It has a concave shape in a quarter sphere opening

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 simultaneously on this front face 820 and on the bottom 80. This cavity 822 is arranged opposite the pedal 6 and allows the user to slide the foot to press on it.

 Spout 821 consists of a recess protruding formed in the upper flange 823 of the front face 820 of the spool 8. It has the shape of a cylinder portion and defines a ramp 824 inclined downwards and inside the drawer 8.

 This spout 821 is located opposite the recess 111 and its width corresponds to the width of the latter. It cooperates with this recess 111 to define an access opening or chute for introducing and guiding articles of oblong shape.

 When the user introduces such an article into the drawer 8, the inclined ramp formed by the spout 821 guards it inside said drawer 8.

 In addition, thanks to the access opening, the user can introduce this item in the drawer 8, even when it is in the closed position. This is particularly advantageous, especially when the drawer 8 is already partially filled and therefore heavy, because the user does not need to open it to deposit an article. It opens the drawer 8 only when it is filled and must be emptied.

 Finally, when the drawer 8 is in the closed position (see Figure 3), this spout 821 also plays the role of a handle, since it allows the user to slide the fingers to pull the drawer 8 to the outside of the trash.

 The upper part of the bin will now be described with reference to Figures 5 and 6.

 The upper frame 4 is a plate, advantageously made of plastic, rectangular in shape and whose front end is in a semicircle.

 This frame 4 partially closes the upper end of the trash.

It has a peripheral flange 41 folded down which ensures its nesting on the upper ends of the support 10 and the front 11.

 This frame 4 comprises two openings 42, 42 ', on either side of the plane of symmetry P (see FIG. 5). Each opening 42, 42 'has an oblong shape whose horizontal median longitudinal axis X-X is parallel to this plane P (see FIG. 1).

 More specifically, the rear half of each aperture 42, 42 is rectangular and the front half has the shape of a half-ellipse.

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 Each aperture 42,42 'has on almost all of its circumference, with the exception of its front tip, an inner shoulder 420, respectively 420', for supporting the upper edge of the buckets 7,7 '.

 The frame 4 further has in the extension of the front tip of each opening 42, respectively 42 ', a rectilinear groove 43, respectively 43', of shallow depth and whose role will be described later.

 Finally, in the free space located at the front of the upper frame 4, between the two openings 42 and 42 ', there is provided a notch 44 in the form of half cylinder open towards the inside. This notch 44 emerges opposite the recess 110 of the facade 11.

 A handle 45 extends horizontally inside this notch 44. The latter, combined with the recess 110 defines a free space in which the user can pass the hand more easily to grip the handle 45. As the trash is mounted on swivel casters 3, the user can easily move the bin by manipulating it with the handle 45.

 The two openings 42, 42 'can be closed by means of covers 5 or 5' of corresponding shapes.

 The two covers 5,5 'being identical, only the cover 5 will be described in detail, it being understood that the parts of the lid 5' identical to those of the cover 5 bear the same reference numerals plus the prime sign.

 As it appears better in FIG. 6, the cover 5 is hinged at its rear part around a horizontal axis Y-Y ', perpendicular to the plane of symmetry P. This type of articulation is well known to those skilled in the art and will not be described in detail. It may be for example two pins protruding from both sides of the cover 5 and penetrating into the slots provided for this purpose in the thickness of the frame 4.

 As shown in Figure 5, the cover 5 further has a gripping tab 50 which protrudes forwardly of the bin when the lid is closed (as illustrated as for the lid 5 ', in Figure 1).

 The groove 43 allows the user to slide the finger under this tab 50 to open the lid 5 manually by pivoting it rearward about its axis of rotation YY '.

 Advantageously, the covers 5 and 5 'are made of plastic, possibly of different colors, to allow the user to more easily sort the waste.

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 Finally, as best shown in Figures 5 and 6, one of the two covers, here the cover 5 ', can be opened using the foot pedal 6 (shown in Figure 1). In this case, the rear end of this cover 5 is connected to said pedal 6 via a linkage 60. This type of opening system is well known to those skilled in the art and will not be described. more.

 Finally, and as illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6, the trash can comprises two buckets 7, respectively 7 ', which can be introduced or conversely extracted vertically inside the openings 42, respectively 42', formed in the frame 4.

 The two buckets being identical, only the bucket 7 will be described.

 This bucket 7 has on the top, a shape similar to that of the opening 42 into which it is introduced, except that its front face 74 is slightly curved towards the inside of the bucket.

 Advantageously, it is made of plastic.

 The entire upper edge is folded outwardly, to form a flange 70 which rests on the shoulder 420 when it is fully depressed inside the trash.

 It will be noted that the height of the buckets 7,7 is calculated so as not to enter the drawer 8, which would make it impossible to open the latter.

 The bucket 7 is further provided in the upper part of its front face 74, with a handle 71 in an arc whose concavity is oriented towards the concavity of the front face 74, so as to provide a gap 75 for the passage of the fingers of the user.

 When the bucket 7 is fully depressed in the opening 42 as shown in Figure 6, the handle 71 is housed in the front tip of the opening 42 having no shoulder 420.

 Finally, fastening means, such as two pairs of slots 72, 73 are provided in the upper part of the bucket (7, 7 '), respectively on its rear face and on its front face. The two pairs of slots 72 and 73 are located facing each other and are intended to receive the two opposite handles (90) of a bag (9) suspended inside the bucket. It may be a flexible plastic bag, of the type provided by merchants.

 According to other embodiments not shown in the figures, this bin could comprise a single bucket 7 or on the contrary more than two and also two drawers 8 or more.

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 This bin is erected in height. It is compact enough to store a large volume of different waste on a relatively small floor area. In addition, it is functional since the user can discard the bottles without opening the drawer 8 and easily carry it through the handle 83 when he wants to empty it.

Claims (13)

1. Waste bin for the selective sorting of different types of waste, including rigid or semi-rigid oblong articles, such as in particular bottles, jars or flasks, this bin having a trash body (1) hollow, erected vertically and at least one bucket (7.7 ') removable, capable of being inserted from top to bottom in the upper part of said trash body (1) and to be supported therein, characterized in that said trash body ( 1) comprises in its lower part, at least one drawer (8) whose front face (820) constitutes a part of the front face of said trash can, this drawer (8) having in the upper part of its front face (820) , an access opening, (111,821) for introducing said oblong shaped objects.  2. Waste bin according to claim 1, characterized in that the upper edge of the front face (820) of the slide (8) has a ramp (821) inclined downwardly and inwardly of the slide (8), cooperating with a recess (111) formed at the base of the upper part (11) of the trash can (1) immediately above this inclined ramp (821), so as to define a chute for introducing and guiding said articles. oblong shape.  3. trash according to claim 2, characterized in that said inclined ramp of the slide (8) forms a spout (821) projecting from the front face (820) of this drawer.  4. trash according to claim 3, characterized in that said spout (821) constitutes a gripping handle for extracting the slide (8) outwardly or the introduction thereof into the body of trash (1).  5. Trash according to claim 1, 2 or 3 characterized in that said drawer (8) has at least one handle (83) retractable.  6. Waste bin according to claim 1, characterized in that the upper flange (70,70 ') of the bucket (7,7') comprises fixing means, such as two pairs of slots (72,72 ', 73,73). ') facing each other for fixing a bag (9) of flexible plastic material, inside said bucket (7, 7'), in particular by means of its handles (90).  7. Trash according to claim 1 or 6, characterized in that the bucket (7,7 ') comprises a handle (71,71').  8. Trash according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a frame (4) fixed on the upper part of the trash body (1), this <Desc / Clms Page number 12>  frame (4) having at least one opening (42,42 ') allowing the introduction of said bucket (7,7') inside the trash body (1), this opening (42,42 ') being provided with an inner shoulder (420,420 ') adapted to support the upper flange (70,70') of said bucket (7,7 ').  9. Trash according to claim 1, characterized in that the opening of the bucket (7, 7 ') is closable by a cover (5, 5').  10. Trash according to claim 9, characterized in that the cover (5 ') is articulated and in that its opening movement is controlled by a foot pedal (6).  11. Trash according to claim 1 or 8, characterized in that it comprises a frame (4) fixed on the upper part of the trash body (1), this frame (4) having two openings (42,42 ') of oblong shape whose median longitudinal axes (X-X ') are parallel to each other, a handle (45) being arranged in front of said frame (4) in the free space between the two front ends of said openings ( 42,42 ') Trash can according to Claim 1, characterized in that it is mounted on rollers (3).  13. Waste bin for the selective sorting of different types of waste, including rigid or semi-rigid oblong articles, such as in particular bottles, jars or flasks, this bin having a trash body (1) hollow, erected vertically, characterized in that it comprises a frame (4) fixed on the upper part of the trash body (1), this frame (4) having two oblong openings (42, 42 '), each opening (42, 42 ') being adapted to receive a removable bucket (7,7') which is inserted from top to bottom and to support it by its upper rim (70,70 '), the upper rim (70,70') each bucket (7, 7 ') being further provided with means for fixing a bag (9), said openings (42, 42') being closable each by a lid (5, 5 '), one of which of them (5 ') can be opened by a pedal foot (6), this trash further comprising in its lower part, at least one drawer (8) whose front face (820 ) constitutes a part of the front face of said bin, this drawer (8) having in the upper part of its front face (820), an access opening, (111,821) for introducing said objects of oblong shape.