JP2001225197A - Empty can crushing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an empty can crushing machine to crush an empty can in a simple structure and operation, of compact with a small space, of a low cost and being introduced by a general household and a retailer. SOLUTION: A fixed plate 8 and a pressing plate 9 in freely oscillating are arranged in facing so that an empty can A advanced from above is stopped between both facing faces when the pressing plate 9 is apart from the fixed plate 8 and is crushed when the pressing plate 9 is approached toward the fixed plate 8, a groove 11 where part of the empty can A advanced from above is fitted and a protrusion 12 to prevent the empty can A advanced from above from moving upward are respectively arranged to one of the facing faces of the fixed plate 8 and the pressing plate 9, by operating an oscillation imparting mechanism 4 while linking the oscillation imparting mechanism 4 to the pressing plate 9, the pressing plate 9 is approached to the fixed plate 8, the empty can A between the pressing plate 9 and the fixed plate 8 is crushed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an empty can crusher capable of crushing empty cans after consuming various beverages and foods in cans with a simple structure and a small operation force. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various types of beverages and foods in cans generate empty cans after the contents are consumed. When collecting these empty cans for use as recycled products, the empty cans are reduced in volume in terms of storage space and transportation costs. Therefore, crushers for crushing empty cans to reduce bulk have been proposed.

Conventional crushers employ a press system using a hydraulic cylinder or a crush system using gears.

[0004]

However, each of the above-mentioned conventional crushers has a large-scale structure, requires a large space for installation, requires high equipment costs, and is generally used by households and retailers. However, the introduction of these requires a large economic burden.

[0005] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to make it possible to crush empty cans with a simple structure and operation, to be compact, take up little space, to be inexpensive, and to be easily introduced by ordinary households and retailers. An object of the present invention is to provide an empty can crusher that can be used.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an invention according to claim 1 includes a fixing plate and a swingable pressing plate that approaches and separates from the fixing plate, When the pressing plate is at the separated position, the empty can that has entered from above stops between the opposing surfaces of the two, and is arranged in an opposing shape such that the empty can can be crushed when the pressing plate approaches the fixed plate, and the fixed plate and On one of the opposing surfaces of the pressing plate, a groove is provided in which a part of the empty can entered from the upper part is fitted, and on the other side, a groove in which a part of the empty can entered from the upper part is inserted, and a groove of the empty can entered from the upper part. One or both of the protrusions for preventing upward movement are provided, and a configuration in which a swing applying mechanism is interlocked with the pressing plate is adopted.

[0007]

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

As shown in the figure, in the empty can crusher, a hopper 2 provided at an upper portion, a crushing mechanism 3 provided at a lower end portion of the hopper 2, and the crushing mechanism 3 are operated in a case 1. The hopper 2 is constituted by a swing applying mechanism 4 and a storage container 5 located below the crushing mechanism 3, and the upper end of the hopper 2 faces an input port 6 provided at an upper part on the front surface of the case 1. A plurality of empty cans A charged through the port 6 are stored inside, and one empty can A is sequentially dropped by its own weight from a discharge port 7 at the lower end that opens downward.

The crushing mechanism 3 has a rectangular shape having a width wider than the axial length of the empty can A to be crushed and a sufficient height vertically, and is fixed vertically in the case 1. And a swingable pressing plate 9 which is opposed to one surface side of the fixed plate 8 and approaches and separates from the fixed plate 8. The pressing plate 9 has the same width as the fixed plate 8. The upper and lower heights are longer than the fixing plate 8, and the upper end position is
The lower end thereof is pivoted on a shaft 10 in a state of being aligned with the upper end of the shaft, and can swing about the shaft 10 as a fulcrum.

The fixing plate 8 and the pressing plate 9 in the crushing mechanism 3 have an upper end opening directly below the lower end discharge port 7 of the hopper 2 when the pressing plate 9 is at a position separated from the fixing plate 8. The empty can A dropped from the hopper 2 is fixed plate 8
Further, the fixed plate 8 and the pressing plate 9 are arranged so as to fall between the fixing plate 8 and the pressing plate 9 when the pressing plate 9 is at the separated position. The pressing plate 9 stops at a substantially intermediate portion between the surfaces and presses against the fixing plate 8.
The empty can A can be crushed at the time of the approach movement.

On the opposing surfaces of the fixed plate 8 and the pressing plate 9, an arc-shaped groove 11 into which a part of the empty can A that has entered the pressing plate 9 from above is provided over the entire length in the width direction.
Further, a protrusion 12 having a mountain-like cross section is provided at a position near the upper portion of the fixing plate 8 to prevent the empty can A from moving upward when the empty can A entered from above is crushed.

Although not shown, the pressing plate 9 of the fixed plate 8
The groove 1 is located at a position facing the groove 11 on a surface facing the groove 1.
An arc-shaped groove similar to 1 may be provided, and in this case, the protrusion 12 is located above the groove. In this way, by providing grooves in both the fixing plate 8 and the pressing plate 9, even when an empty can whose body is crushed is inserted, the circular portions at both ends of the empty can fit into both grooves. In other words, the grooves can effectively prevent the empty can from escaping upward.

The grooves and the projections 12 may be provided on the pressing plate 9 side, and both the grooves and the projections 12 are not necessarily required, and only one of the grooves and the projections 12 is provided. You may make it employ | adopt.

In the case shown in the figure, the swing applying mechanism 4 urges the pressing plate 9 with a spring 13 so that the elasticity in the direction of returning to the fixed plate 8 always returns to the separated position. A rocking rod 15 having a shaft 14 as a fulcrum is disposed at a position on the side of the roller 16.
Is rotatably pivoted, and the upper end of the elevating rod 17 and the rear end of the oscillating rod 15 movably arranged in the case 1 are connected so that the oscillating rod 15 is oscillated by the up and down movement of the elevating rod 17. And the lifting rod 1
When the pedal 18 provided at the lower end of the roller 7 is depressed from the outside of the case 1, the roller 16 rotates upward,
To move the pressing plate 9 closer to the fixed plate 8.

The swing applying mechanism 4 is not limited to the structure as shown in the drawing, but may be a manual type in which the swing of the swinging rod 15 is manually operated by a lever, or a motor or the like which swings the swinging rod. A power source driven by hydraulic pressure may be used, and in any case, the swing of the swing rod 15 applies the principle of leverage,
What is necessary is just to design so that the operation force by a foot or a hand and the output of a power source may become small.

The empty can crusher of the present invention has the above-described configuration, and the empty cans A for various drinks such as juice are charged into the hopper 2 from the charging port 6 of the case 1. As shown by the solid line in FIG. 2, the pressing plate 9 of the swing applying mechanism 4 is at a position separated from the fixed plate 8, and one empty can A located at the lowermost position from the discharge port 7 of the hopper 2 falls by its own weight. Then, it stops at a substantially intermediate portion between the fixed plate 8 and the pressing plate 9, and the next empty can A is put thereon, and when the empty can A is put, the empty can A accumulates in the hopper 2. become.

In this state, the pedal 18 of the swing applying mechanism 4
When the pedal is depressed, the rear end of the swinging rod 15 is pulled down by the lowering of the lifting / lowering rod 17, and the swinging rod 15 rotates clockwise in FIG. 2 to move the roller 16 upward about the shaft 14. Then, the pressing plate 9 is moved toward the fixing plate 8.

The pressing plate 9 moves the shaft 1 from the inclined position.
The fixing plate 8 and the pressing plate 9
The cylindrical empty can A, which has stopped at a substantially intermediate portion between the cans, tries to escape upward, but fits into the arc-shaped groove 11 provided in the pressing plate 9 while moving upward, and rests on the upper side. Empty can A is pushed up and returned into hopper 2.

When the empty can A is fitted into the groove 11 and the empty can A is fitted into the groove 11 at the same time, the projection 12 provided on the fixing plate 8 is positioned above the empty can A. As a result, escape of the empty can A upward is prevented,
The empty can A is crushed between the fixing plate 8 and the pressing plate 9, and as shown by the dashed line in FIG.
The empty can A in the hopper 2 is spilled out because the empty can A in the hopper 2 is squashed to the maximum in the state closest to the hopper 2 and the upper end of the pressing plate 9 is located almost in the middle just below the outlet 7 of the hopper 2. There is no such thing.

When the pedal 18 is released from the above state, the pressing plate 9 returns to the release position by the action of the spring 13, and
The empty can A crushed flat is released by its own weight in the storage container 5 immediately below because the pressing pressure is released, and the roller 16 of the swinging rod 15 is returned to the release position by the pressing plate 9.
2, the swinging rod 15 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 2, whereby the lifting rod 17 is raised and the pedal 1
8 returns to the raised position, and at the same time, the next empty can A located at the lowermost position in the hopper 2 falls between the fixed plate 8 and the pressing plate 9, and thereafter the pedal can be depressed in the same manner as described above. Then, the next empty can A can be crushed.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the fixing plate and the swingable pressing plate are at the separated position with respect to the fixing plate, the empty can that has entered from the upper part faces the both surfaces. A part of the empty can that has entered between the stationary plate and the pressing plate, which is arranged in an opposing manner so that the empty can can be crushed when the pressing plate approaches the fixed plate. A groove into which the part of the empty can that has entered from above is fitted, and one or both of protrusions that prevent the empty can from moving upward are provided on the other side, and the pressing plate is provided with a swing. Since the mechanism is interlocked, just by operating the swing applying mechanism to move the pressing plate closer to the fixed plate, the empty can that has fallen between the fixed plate and the pressing plate can be flattened and crushed. Only requires a simple operation to operate the rocking mechanism. It becomes Rukoto.

Further, since it is formed of a fixed plate, a swingable pressing plate and a swing imparting mechanism, the structure is extremely simple, compact and takes up little space, the manufacturing cost is low, and it can be used in general households and retailers. Even a trader can easily introduce it.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an empty can crusher of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view in which main parts of the above are enlarged.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 case 2 hopper 3 crushing mechanism 4 rocking mechanism 5 storage container 6 input port 7 discharge port 8 fixing plate 9 pressing plate 11 groove 12 protrusion 13 spring 15 rocking rod 16 roller 17 elevating rod 18 pedal

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A fixed plate and a swingable pressing plate which approaches and separates from the fixed plate. When the pressing plate is at a separated position with respect to the fixed plate, an empty can entered from above is located between the opposing surfaces of the two. And the cans are arranged so as to be able to crush the empty cans when the pressing plate approaches the fixed plate, and a part of the empty can entered from above is fitted on one of the opposed surfaces of the fixed plate and the pressing plate. A groove is also provided, and on the other side, a groove in which a part of the empty can entered from the upper part is fitted, and one or both of protrusions for preventing the empty can entered from the upper part from moving upward are provided. An empty can crusher characterized by interlocking a swinging mechanism.