ES1078153U - Antivandalic protection device for urban waste containers (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Anti-vandalism protection device for urban waste containers, intended to keep immobilized in place one or more containers of those provided on public roads for the reception of urban waste, characterized because it is constituted from a kind of fork with its open side closed by a swing arm and establishing a kind of frame that is supported by two or more vertical struts anchored to the ground and a height below the height of the container or containers to be held, with the swing arm endowed at its opposite end to the articulation of an anchoring and blocking element by a locking system with a trained key. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Vandal protection device for urban waste containers.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a vandal protection device for urban waste containers, specifically intended to keep one or more containers in their location and be protected against vandalism, by means of a safety closing system. The containers can be of the type of two or four wheels, and of one size or another, being able, depending on the amplitude of the device, to house and hold one or more containers.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

As is known, containers destined for urban waste are placed in certain places on public roads, without means that keep them in their specific location with a security closure system that prevents them from being handled by unauthorized personnel, which is why which the containers can be displaced by pushing vehicles when they park, also displaced by themselves when they are on a public road with a slope, being able to be equally displaced and even overturned by the wind itself and, more importantly, in acts of vandalism or public disorders in which the containers are displaced, overturned and emptied their contents by public roads. Even, on many occasions, containers without any security holdings can be stolen.

Therefore, the problems and inconveniences arising from the lack of support with a system of closing security of urban waste containers are numerous and sometimes of costly consequences for the municipality, for individuals and even annoying for citizens.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The device that has been recommended has been designed to solve the aforementioned problem, based on holding it in a kind of enclosure in which it is housed during its maintenance on public roads with a security closure system, which species can be opened of enclosure by the cleaning services, to carry out the unloading of the container in the classic urban waste collection trucks.

More specifically, the device of the invention is constituted from a kind of quadrangular or rectangular frame, which is located parallel to the ground and at a height below the height of the container itself, so that one of the sides of that quadrangular frame or rectangular is tilting upwards to be able to fold upwards and allow the entry and exit of the container with respect to the frame of subjection of the same, the aforementioned tilting arm being anchored in operative position by means of a lock of lock or lock whose opening requires master key which will be logically available to waste collection employees.

That kind of frame that constitutes the enclosure for the container is at least two vertical struts anchored to the ground, so that the frame is in a plane parallel to said ground and raised with respect to it to prevent when it is closed by the swing arm can be moved, turned and ultimately removed from the enclosure that forms said device or frame with the struts anchored to the ground.

The device, depending on its amplitude, can accommodate one or two containers, being valid for two-wheeled containers, as well as for four-wheeled containers, being able to be of square or rectangular contour, to house a container or two containers, and even if It is given the appropriate length, to house more than two containers.

In short, the device can be considered as constituted by a fork whose open side is closed by an articulated arm that tilts vertically allowing operators or waste collection employees to release the container, anchoring the aforementioned swing arm to the fixed part of the fork by means of a lock system with a trained key that serves to prevent vandalism that could tip over the container or move it from its correct location, also preventing displacement due to the wind, accidental bumps of vehicles or the uneven terrain on the ground itself. Let them settle.

As already mentioned, the device is applicable to all types of urban waste containers, both those of large capacity arranged to be picked up by truck with rear loading system, and for those of small and medium capacity manually operated, so which is especially indicated in certain places, such as urbanizations, historic centers, neighborhood communities, etc., where the installation of side-load or large-capacity containers is unfeasible.

Obviously the closing system can incorporate any lock system, depending on the needs of the end user.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To complement the description that will then be made and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical implementation thereof, a set of drawings is attached as an integral part of said description. where, for illustrative and non-limiting purposes, the following has been represented:

Figure 1 shows a representation corresponding to a side elevation of the device of the invention, with the swing arm in the initial opening situation.

Figure 2.- It shows a side elevation view like that of the previous figure, with a container attached inside the fork or frame that constitutes the device.

Figure 3.- Shows a plan view of the device housing two containers.

Figures 4 and 5.- They show details in side elevation of the opening and closing positions of the tilting arm of the device.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

As can be seen in the aforementioned figures, the device of the invention is constituted from a kind of fork (1) that with a tilting arm (2) determines what can be considered as a frame, which can be quadrangular or rectangular, in which three of the sides are fixed and correspond to the fork itself (1), and the fourth side corresponds to the swing arm (2), so that it can swing upwards to open the enclosure that determines the fork or framework in question.

That frame or fork is located parallel to the ground and at a certain elevation with respect to it, by means of a pair of vertical struts (3) anchored to the ground (4), these struts being able to be in solidarity in the intermediate zone of two of the sides of the fork (1), being able to even have three struts, each corresponding to one of the fixed sides of the fork or frame that determines said fork with the swing arm (2), this being provided to swing through an articulation point (2 '), which corresponds to one of its ends, while the opposite end includes an anchoring element (6), lockable by a lock system (7).

In this way, the corresponding waste container (5) can be housed inside the enclosure that determines the referred device, after tilting up the arm (2), so that once the container (5) is located inside, it can be tilted the arm (2) down and anchor it through the element (6) on the lock or closing system (7), thus preventing the container from moving from one side to the other, being also protected against vandalism and hooliganism.

As stated, the device is intended to house containers of a pair of wheels

or for containers of two pairs of wheels (5 ’), as represented in this second case in Figure 2.

Finally, say that the device can house one or two containers, showing in Figure 3 how the device is rectangular, housing two containers (5) that can be considered as small capacity.

Ultimately, the device of the invention allows the subjection and protection without displacements of the containers, without hindering or hindering the normalized maneuvers of the collection of waste and without the need for more municipal operators or employees to participate in it than the usual ones waste collection tasks in containers without any restraint system, as conventionally occurs.

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Claims (1)

1.- Vandal protection device for urban waste containers, intended to keep one or more containers located in the street for the reception of urban waste immobilized in its place of positioning, characterized in that it is constituted from a kind of fork with its open side closed by means of a swing arm and establishing a kind of frame that is supported by two or more vertical struts anchored to the ground and at a height less than the height of the container or containers to be held, with the swing arm provided at its end opposite to the articulation of an anchoring and locking element by a lock system with a trained key. 4  5  6  7