JP2828594B2 - Garbage collection box - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a garbage collection box installed on a side of a road or the like for periodically collecting refuse therein.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, this type of refuse collection box is designed so that refuse is put in on a designated refuse collection day, and after that refuse is collected on that day, cleaning is performed.

[0003]

However, if garbage is illegally input on a day other than the designated garbage collection date, the garbage will be left until the collection date, which is a major environmental health problem. .

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to provide a refuse collection box capable of preventing illegal input of refuse and avoiding environmental health problems.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a waste collection box comprising:
A garbage collection box including a door that can be opened and closed, and the refuse can be thrown into the interior by opening the door. It is characterized by comprising a setting means for setting, and a drive control means for causing the lock means to perform an unlocking operation at the closing permission time.

[0006]

The garbage collection box of the present invention automatically unlocks the door at a preset garbage dumping permission time to prohibit illegal dumping of garbage on days other than the designated garbage collection date. Avoid environmental health problems such as odors.

[0007]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a main body of a garbage collection box, and a door 3 is attached to the front surface of the garbage collection box by a hinge 2 so as to be openable and closable. Waste can be input. A lock device 5 that can lock and unlock the striker 4 on the main body 1 side is mounted on the inner surface of the door 3.

As shown in FIG. 5, the locking device 5 has an engagement direction (arrow A) of the striker 4 in the first hole 4A.
₁ direction) a latch 6 which is urged arrow A ₂ direction movement operable handle 7, the second hole portion 4 of the striker 4
Key cylinder (lock release means) 9 capable of moving lock member 8 engageable with B in the directions of arrows B ₁ and B _2.
Is provided. The lock member 8 and the second hole 4 </ b> B
Of the lock mechanism (lock means) L. Key cylinder 9 is made rotatable by the key (not shown) is inserted, it lock member 8 is moved in the arrow B ₁ direction by being rotationally operated in the arrow C ₁ direction in FIG. 6 with the key lever 10 it locking member 8 by being operated to rotate in the arrow C ₂ direction together with the key lever 10 is moved in the arrow B ₂ direction.

A reciprocating actuator 12 is connected to the lock member 8 via a connecting rod 11.
Moves in the directions of arrows B ₁ and B ₂ . Actuator 12
Is connected to a controller 20, which controls the actuator 12. 1
Reference numeral 3 denotes a battery as a drive power supply for the controller 20 and the actuator 12.

As shown in FIG. 7, the controller 20 has a timer section 21 as a clock and an operation time setting section (setting means) 22 for setting various operation times described later.
A display unit 23 for displaying the clock time of the clock unit 21 and the set time of the setting unit 22; and a comparison determination unit 24 for comparing the clock time of the clock unit 21 with the set time of the setting unit 22.
And a drive unit 25 for reciprocatingly driving the actuator 12 according to the determination result of the determination unit 24. The comparison determination unit 24, the drive unit 25, and the actuator 12 constitute a drive control unit 30 that drives and controls the lock mechanism L at the time set by the setting unit 22. The function of each part of the controller 20 will be described later together with the operation.

However, when using the refuse collection box having such a configuration, the refuse input permission time is set in advance according to the following procedure.

That is, first, the changeover switch 22A-1 (see FIG. 8) of the setting content changeover section 22A is set to "current time setting".
After having switched to the position P _1, while confirming the display contents of the display unit 23, "month" of the date and time setting section 22B, "day", "day of the week",
"Hour" and "minute" setting switches 22B-1, 22B-
2, 22B-3, 22B-4 and 22B-5 are operated to set the current time. For example, the corresponding adjustment contents are repeatedly changed in a predetermined order and displayed on the display unit 23 for the time corresponding to the pressing operation of the setting switches 22B-1 to 22B-5, and are displayed when the pressing operations are released. Is set. For example,
By keeping pressing the setting switch 22B-4 of "hour", the time is set to "1, 2, 3 ... 23, 24, 1, 2, 3".
.. ", And the pressing operation is released, whereby the time displayed at that time is set.

Thereafter, a garbage collection date is set by the garbage collection date setting section 22C. In this example, assuming that garbage is collected regularly on a fixed day of the week, the day of garbage collection is set. That is, "month",
The setting switches 22C-1, 22C-2, 22C-1 and 22C-2 corresponding to "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat", and "Sun" respectively.
, 22C-7 are provided, and by setting them, the corresponding day of the week is set as the day of garbage collection. For example, "Monday", "Wed",
A plurality of switches can be set as on “Friday”. For example, as the setting switches 22C-1, 22C-2,..., 22C-7, for example, a switch that repeats setting and resetting each time a push operation is performed is used. Can be.

[0015] Also, before or after the setting of such garbage collection day, by switching the change-over switch 22A-1 to "unlock time setting" position P _2, introduction of unlocking time (dust of the door 3 in the garbage collection day Permission time). In the present example, regardless of the day of the week garbage collection, it is adapted to set the unlock time as a common thing, after having switched the change-over switch 22A-1 to position P _2, "hour", of "minute" The setting switches 22B-2 and 22B-4 are operated. In this case, as in the case of the setting of the current time described above, the display unit 23 displays “Hour” and “Minute” of the lock release time, and confirms the display contents while checking the corresponding setting switch 22B.
-3, 22B-4 may be operated.

[0016] In addition, by switching the change-over switch 22A-1 to "lock time setting" position P _3, to set the lock time of the door 3 in the garbage collection days (end time of the garbage on enable). In this example, regardless of the day of the garbage collection, and those locking time of the common adapted to configure, after having switched the switch 22A-1 to the position P _3, the setting of the lock release time of the aforementioned Similarly to the case, the lock time is set by operating the "hour" and "minute" setting switches 22B-3 and 22B-4. Then, on the set garbage collection date, the time from the above-described lock release time to the lock time is a trash allowance time, that is, the main body 1
The time is set as the time for unlocking the door 3 so that dust can be put into the inside.

After setting the refuse permission time in this manner, the changeover switch 22A-1 is set to "STA".
RT "switched to the position P _0, and from the lock to close the door 3, dust collection box is subjected to use.

Now, for example, the garbage collection date is "Wednesday",
The lock release time is “5:00” and the lock time is “15:
If “00” is set, the comparison determination unit 24 outputs an unlock signal at 5:00 am every Wednesday, and outputs a lock signal at 3:00 pm every Wednesday. Control unit 2
5, when the lock release signal is output to drive the actuator 12 in one direction, are moved by releasing the lock of the door 3 by the lock mechanism L of the locking member 8 in the arrow B ₂ direction (see FIG. 4) whereas, when the lock signal is output to drive the actuator 12 in the other direction, to move the locking member 8 in the arrow B ₁ direction to lock the door 3 by the lock mechanism L in. Therefore, every Wednesday from 5:00 am to 3:00 pm, the door 3 is operated by operating the handle 7.
Can be freely opened and closed, and the introduction of the refuse into the main body 1 is permitted. In other cases, the door 3 is locked and the introduction of the refuse is prohibited.

Further, at the time of dust collection work or cleaning work, the door 3 can be opened regardless of the operation state of the lock mechanism L by rotating the key cylinder 9 using a key. .

It is to be noted that a guide display section of the permitted time for insertion may be provided on the surface of the main body 1 or the like. In this case, the guide display section automatically displays the set time of the setting section 22. Is also good.

In addition, the controller 20 only needs to set at least a lock release time (a time at which refuse is permitted) and release the lock on the door 3 at that time. In this case, the controller 20 locks the door 3. May be performed manually.
For example, a timer that performs a switch operation after a predetermined time from the set time can be simply used as the controller 20. In this case, for example, every time the garbage collection worker finishes the collection work, the timer sets the time until the unlocking time of the door 3 (the garbage input permission time) on the next garbage collection date, and then sets the timer. By locking the door 3, the timer automatically unlocks the door 3 at the unlock time.

[0022]

As described above, the garbage collection box of the present invention is configured so that the door is automatically unlocked at a preset garbage insertion permission time, so that the garbage collection day is not on the designated garbage collection date. In this way, illegal input of garbage can be prohibited and environmental health problems such as bad smell can be avoided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the garbage collection box shown in FIG. 1 with a door opened.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the refuse collection box shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a view taken in the direction of arrow IV in FIG. 3;

5 is a perspective view of the lock device shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of components inside the lock device shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram of the controller shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a front view of the controller shown in FIG. 6;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body 3 Door 5 Lock device 8 Lock member 9 Key cylinder (lock release means) 12 Actuator 20 Controller 21 Clock section 22 Operation time setting section (Setting means) 23 Display section 24 Comparison / determination section 25 Drive section 30 Drive control section L lock Mechanism (locking means)

Continuation of front page (56) References JP-A-61-106880 (JP, A) JP-A-49-42165 (JP, A) JP-A-7-53005 (JP, A) JP-A-2-138001 (JP) , A) Japanese Utility Model 5-13696 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model 6-6866 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model 2-33569 (JP, Y2) Japanese Utility Model Utility Model 61-13442 (JP, Y2) (58) Surveyed field (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) B65F 5/00 B65F 1/00-1/16 B65F 9/00 E05B 43/00

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A refuse collection box provided with an openable and closable door, into which refuse can be thrown into the interior by opening the door, a lock means capable of locking and unlocking the door in a closed state, A garbage collection box comprising: setting means for setting a charging permission time of the vehicle; and drive control means for unlocking the locking means at the charging permission time. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a setting unit that sets an end time of the refuse input permission; and a drive control unit that locks the lock unit at the ending time of the input permission. The garbage collection box described. 3. The garbage collection box according to claim 1, further comprising a lock releasing means capable of unlocking the lock mechanism by a key.