4851results about "Refuse receptacles" patented technology

A material removal system includes a collection conduit having a distal end that is positionable adjacent particulate material. A primary particle separator system connected to the collection conduit separates quantities of particulate material entrained in an air stream. A secondary particle separator system connected to an outlet of the primary particle separator system separates additional quantities of particulate material entrained in an air stream exiting the primary particle separator system. An air pump connected to an outlet of the secondary particle separator system creates an airflow through the collection conduit and the primary and secondary particle separator systems. A conveyor system operatively associated with material discharge ports of the primary and secondary particle separator systems collects separated particulate material from the material discharge ports of the primary and secondary particle separator systems and transports the separated particulate material to a material discharge end of the conveyor system.

The invention discloses a garbage collection and transportation management method and a garbage collection and transportation management system, and belongs to the technical field of intelligent city management, and the method comprises the steps: carrying out the real-time monitoring of a plurality of garbage cans at a garbage collection point through a pre-arranged sensing unit, and obtaining the monitoring information of a plurality of garbage cans; according to the multiple pieces of garbage can monitoring information, overflow detection is conducted, and multiple overflow evaluation coefficients are obtained; calculating the number of overflowed garbage cans according to the plurality of overflowed evaluation coefficients; if the number of the overflowed garbage cans is larger than or equal to the overflowed garbage can number threshold value, a garbage collection and transportation instruction is generated; and based on the garbage collection and transportation instruction, the multiple pieces of garbage can monitoring information are sent to a garbage collection and transportation management center, and a garbage collection and transportation management scheme is generated. The technical problems that in the prior art, a garbage collection and transportation mode depends on manual monitoring or single sensor monitoring, so that garbage can state monitoring is not accurate, and collection and transportation scheduling efficiency is low are solved.

Various embodiments of a trash can assembly (e.g., a receptacle configured to receive refuse, recycleable materials, or otherwise), and related methods, are provided. Some embodiments of the trash can assembly include a body component and a lid configured to move between an open position and a closed position. In some variants, the lid can be moved between the open and closed positions by a power operated driving mechanism, such as a motor and / or other drivetrain components. In certain embodiments, the trash can assembly includes a clutch mechanism to facilitate manual operation of the lid while inhibiting or preventing damage to the motor and / or other drivetrain components.

Various trash can assembly embodiments are disclosed. In some embodiments, the trash can assembly includes a body and a lid assembly. The lid assembly can include a lid, and a multicomponent trim ring. The lid assembly can be rotatably connected with the body via a hinge unit. In certain embodiments, a flange of the trim ring is guided into and / or received into the hinge unit. A translating pin of the hinge unit can engage into the flange, thereby providing a rotatable connection between the trim ring and the body. In various embodiments, the translating pin is coupled with a handle to facilitate movement of the pin by a user during engagement of the trim ring and the hinge unit. A positioner can help to position the trash can against or adjacent to a wall or other structure. The movement of both the trim ring and the lid can be dampened.

A bag dispenser unit for dispensing bags may have a casing having an inner cavity for receiving a roll of bags and defining an opening for outletting a free end of the roll of bags to dispense bags. A cap mechanism may be rotatably mounted to the casing in a first rotational degree of freedom, the cap mechanism having a shutter portion sized to close the opening, the cap mechanism rotatable between a first orientation in which the shutter portion closes the opening, and a second orientation in which the shutter portion is away from the opening. An axle rotatably may be mounted to the casing or the cap mechanism in a second rotational degree of freedom and having an axle support configured to be engaged with an interior of the roll of bags.

The invention discloses a garbage feeding, bag breaking and paving system and method based on an artificial intelligence bionic mechanical arm. The garbage feeding, bag breaking and paving system comprises a feeding device, a paving device and an intelligent recognition and path optimization device. The feeding device comprises a conical hopper, a truss located above the conical hopper and the mechanical arm in sliding connection with the truss through a bendable and telescopic arm. The paving device comprises a paving platform, a conveying transmission structure and a vibrating screen device; the intelligent identification and path optimization device comprises an image acquisition device and an AI intelligent control module electrically connected with the image acquisition device, the manipulator comprises a bionic structure with two-hand equivalent fingers and capable of crossing the corresponding fingers of the two hands, a force feedback sensor is mounted on the surface of each finger to monitor the tension of the garbage bag in real time, and each finger is of a multi-joint structure. Therefore, bionic actions are carried out. According to the feeding, bag breaking and paving integrated device, traditional multiple-device dispersing and independent treatment of a garbage pit, a chain scraper conveyor, manual auxiliary paving and a bag breaking machine is replaced, and the feeding, bag breaking and paving integrated device is created for the first time.

A system includes a refuse vehicle, multiple refuse containers, and a remote computing system. The refuse vehicle includes a telematics unit. The refuse containers are positioned at different customer locations. Each of the refuse containers include a sensor configured to measure a fill level and a wireless transceiver. The remote computing system includes processing circuitry configured to obtain a status of the refuse vehicle from the telematics unit. The processing circuitry is also configured to obtain sensor data from the refuse containers indicating the fill level of each of the refuse containers. The processing circuitry is also configured to determine a route for the refuse vehicle based on the status of the refuse vehicle and the sensor data obtained from the refuse containers. The processing circuitry is also configured to transmit the route to the telematics unit of the refuse vehicle.

The utility model is suitable for the technical field of garbage classification, and provides a garbage classification throwing station which is provided with a box body, a frame, an overturning plate, a limiting plate and a lifting mechanism, in the garbage throwing process, the overturning plate can be driven by the gravity of garbage to overturn downwards, and after the garbage falls into a garbage can, the overturning plate is reset under the action of a reset torsion spring, so that the garbage can be automatically thrown into the garbage can. The reset overturning plate can block the throwing opening of the dustbin body, the phenomenon that garbage smell is diffused all around is effectively avoided, in addition, in the process that the lifting mechanism drives the frame to move from top to bottom, the limiting plate limits the overturning plate, the overturning plate can extrude and compress garbage in the dustbin, and therefore the space of the garbage is reduced, and the garbage utilization rate is improved. And the replacement frequency of the dustbin is reduced.

A food waste disposer comprises: a cover housing; a disposal device which is positioned in the cover housing to accommodate food waste; an exhaust pipe to be connected to the disposal device so as to guide moisture-containing air; a water storage container which may collect condensate water in the exhaust pipe and may be separated to the outside of the cover housing; a water storage housing to accommodate the water storage container; and a sensor module which comprises a water level sensor coupleable to the water storage housing, which based on the water level sensor being adjacent to the water storage container outputs a signal related to the water level of the condensate water collected in the water storage container, wherein the water level sensor detects the water level of the condensate water in the water storage container by making contact with the water storage container.

An apparatus for providing airflow over food waste includes a first housing coupled with a second housing, the first housing having a chamber to hold food waste, the second housing comprising a fan, the first housing and the second housing being coupled to form one or more input channels for the fan to cause air to flow from the second housing through the first housing into the chamber, and the first housing and the second housing forming one or more output channels for the air to flow from the chamber through the first housing and the second housing and out of a vent of the second housing, wherein none of the one or more input channels intersect with any of the one or more output channels.

A trashcan assembly can include a body portion, a lid portion pivotably coupled with the body portion, and a sensor assembly configured to generate a signal when an object is detected within a sensing region. The sensor assembly can include a plurality of transmitters having a first subset of transmitters and a second subset of transmitters. A transmission axis of at least one transmitter in the first subset of transmitters can be different from a transmission axis of at least one of the transmitters in the second subset of transmitters. An electronic processor can generate an electronic signal to a power-operated drive mechanism for moving the lid portion from a closed position to an open position, such as in response to the sensor assembly detecting the object.

In an approach to a docking station for a robotic cleaner, the docking station includes a base; a trash bin having a substantially air-impermeable trash bag removably disposed thereon; a dock dirty air inlet defined in the base, the dock dirty air inlet being configured to fluidly couple to the robotic cleaner; and a dock suction motor, wherein the dock suction motor is activated after the robotic cleaner is determined to be docked with the docking station and configured to urge debris from the robotic cleaner into the trash bin.

A container comprising: doors, a body, a tray, a cover, a lid, a trash bag compartment, and a closure or vertical locking mechanism. The closure has an engaged or locked position and a disengaged or unlocked position. The closure is operatively connected to the cover such that when the cover is in an open position, the closure is in the disengaged position. When the cover is closed, the closure is in an engaged position. The closure is also operatively connected to one or more of the doors such that when the closure is in an engaged position, the doors are prevented from being opened. When the closure is in a disengaged position the doors are allowed to be opened.

The invention relates to the technical field of garbage classification detection, and discloses a garbage classification supervision system based on multi-sensor fusion, which comprises a multi-view camera, an ultrasonic sensor, an edge calculation layer and an execution layer, the edge calculation layer comprises a data acquisition module, a human body feature detection module, a garbage classification detection module and a garbage overflow detection module; the garbage classification detection module performs garbage classification detection and identification on video image data in target data based on an improved visual Transform algorithm and a front-back time sequence comparison algorithm, so that model updating is automatically started under low-confidence alert, disastrous forgetting is effectively prevented, and meanwhile, the real-time performance and high precision of the system are kept.

Various embodiments of a trash can assembly (e.g., a receptacle configured to receive refuse, recycleable materials, or otherwise), and related methods, are provided. Some embodiments of the trash can assembly include a body component and a lid configured to move between an open position and a closed position. In some variants, the lid can be moved between the open and closed positions by a power operated driving mechanism, such as a motor and / or other drivetrain components. In certain embodiments, the trash can assembly includes a clutch mechanism to facilitate manual operation of the lid while inhibiting or preventing damage to the motor and / or other drivetrain components.

The utility model discloses a garbage box of a pool cleaner. The garbage box comprises a detachable box body and a filter part, a filtering cavity is formed in the box body, and the filtering piece is mounted in the filtering cavity and divides the filtering cavity into a sewage cavity and a clear water cavity; the box body is provided with at least one sewage suction port and at least one water drainage port which are communicated with the sewage cavity, the box body is further provided with at least one clear water port communicated with the clear water cavity, and the sewage suction port is matched with a sewage suction one-way valve plate for controlling water flow to flow into the sewage cavity in a one-way mode. The drainage port is matched with a drainage filter screen and a drainage one-way valve plate for controlling water flow to flow out of the sewage cavity unidirectionally. According to the utility model, water flow in the filtering cavity can be quickly discharged by adding the water outlet.

A collapsible holding device supporting apparatus is releasably mountable to a separate surface and includes first and second proximal arms, first and second distal arms and a handle that are interconnected by pivot connections. A holding device is supported on the first and second proximal arms and the first and second distal arms with the holding device surrounded by the arms. The pivot connections enable the handle to be moved toward the separate surface causing the first and second proximal arms and the first and second distal arms to move to adjacent, side by side positions and closing the holding device, and enable the handle to be moved away from the separate surface causing the first and second proximal arms and first and second distal arms to be move to angled orientations and opening the holding device surrounded by the arms.

The invention provides a recycled object processing method and device applied to a dustbin and electronic equipment, and relates to the field of data processing. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring reflection spectrum data, weight data and laser scanning data aiming at a target recycled object; performing feature recognition on the reflection spectrum data, the weight data and the laser scanning data to determine multi-modal features; inputting the multi-modal features into a multi-modal fusion model to obtain a classification result and a confidence score corresponding to the classification result; and a recycling instruction is generated according to the classification result and the confidence score, and the dustbin is controlled to recycle the target recycled object according to the recycling instruction. By implementing the technical scheme provided by the invention, the accuracy of treating the recycled materials is improved.

The invention belongs to the technical field of garbage classification, and particularly relates to an intelligent household garbage classification device. When garbage is thrown, the garbage firstly passes through a first sensing assembly, the first sensing assembly senses the quantity of the thrown garbage and transmits information to a control mechanism, and the control mechanism controls a garbage sorting and conveying mechanism according to the quantity of the garbage; garbage falls on the garbage throwing mechanism in sequence, the garbage on the garbage throwing mechanism is shot through the image recognition mechanism, data are transmitted to the control mechanism, the control mechanism judges the garbage type, then the garbage throwing mechanism is controlled to throw the garbage into the garbage receiving mechanism of the corresponding type, and garbage classification work is completed. According to the garbage sorting and conveying device, garbage can be classified, meanwhile, through the arrangement of the garbage sorting and conveying mechanism, the device can treat various kinds of garbage at a time, and the device is more suitable for practical application.

Systems and methods for sanitizing, cleaning, and deodorizing the interior of a garbage can are provided. A device is provided that includes a housing and an adjustable nozzle configured to dispense a cleaning solution into the interior of the garbage can. Additionally, the device includes a power source such as a battery, as well as an electronic board that can enable and disable the nozzle. The device can be mounted to an underside of a lid of the garbage can, which allows solution to be sprayed downwardly into the interior of the garbage can and bags contained therein. The adjustable nozzle can be adjusted to a number of different spray patterns. When the solution of the device is depleted, it can be replaced for further use of the device.

A system and method for processing of organic waste, the system comprising: a converter reactor (such as having pyrolytic characteristics); an input waste feed material identification subsystem; one or more energy generators; one or more sensors for acquiring at least processing data; a communication bus for remote monitoring and control of the system; and artificial intelligence agents for making localised decisions (and optionally remote decisions) The system is configured to autonomously select or control the processing according to at least the identity of the waste feed material, and the system is configured to be controlled according to at least the processing data. The system may be equipped with or configured to be controlled according to smart contracts within blockchain digital ledgers that may be connected to a carbon trading exchange.

An instrument is described for collecting domestic organic waste comprising:an external container forming a cavity with an inner surface,a lid for hermetically closing the cavity of the container,a device for decreasing the pressure inside the container by extracting air from the cavity,an inner bag located inside the cavity to contain organic waste,a protruding element comprising a portion which is spaced and cantilevered from the inner surface and configured to support the bag inside the container suspending it inside the cavity in order to avoid pressure difference between inside and outside of the bag.

Portable and adaptable material handling autonomous guided vehicle (“AGV”) for temporary job sites are disclosed, along with related systems and methods. The AGV may include wheels, a deck, a compartment for receiving materials, and attachment component(s) for detachably securing the compartment to the deck. The AGV may be guided to and / or docked with a docking portion of a motorized and / or automated lift for dumping the materials from the detachable compartment into a dumpster. The AGV may be guided by sensing of temporary navigational markers placed about obstacles at the job site.

A refuse vehicle includes a body coupled at least one of the frame and the chassis, a battery configured to provide electrical power to a first motor, a vehicle body supported by the chassis and defining a receptacle for storing refuse therein, an electric power take-off system coupled to the vehicle body, the electric power take-off system including a second motor configured to convert electrical power received from the battery into hydraulic power, one or more microphones coupled to the body and configured to detect noise, one or more speakers coupled to the body configured to emit noise reducing sounds, and a controller configured to receive data related to the detected noise from the one or more microphones and cause the one or more speakers to emit the noise reducing sounds in response to the data received from the one or more microphones.

The double-layer garbage can with the packaging structure comprises an inner can body with an upper opening and an outer can body with a lower opening, the outer can body can cover the outer side of the inner can body from top to bottom, the two sides of the inner can body are respectively provided with a drawing rope positioning area, and notches with upper openings are formed in the positions, corresponding to the drawing rope positioning areas, of the two sides of the inner can body. A bag lifting rod and a driving component are arranged on the two sides of the outer can body and located below the drawing rope positioning area respectively, the bag lifting rod is rotationally connected with the outer can body, and the driving component is connected with the bag lifting rod and can drive the bag lifting rod to rotate in the direction of the notch. The bag lifting rod is driven by the driving component to rotate towards the notch, and then the bag lifting rod rotates to the position under the drawing rope positioning area, so that when the outer can body is detached and lifted from bottom to top, the bag lifting rod can abut against a drawing rope for lifting a garbage bag, the garbage bag is packaged and necked, automatic packaging of the garbage bag is achieved, and the labor intensity of workers is reduced. And packaging of the garbage bag is associated with the action of lifting the outer can body by the user, so that the operation inertia of the user is met.

Receptacle assemblies with user assists are disclosed. The receptacle assembly can include a container, a lid, a foot pedal, a linkage configured to transmit force from the foot pedal to the lid, and a user assist. The user assist can be configured to reduce the amount of force needed to be applied by the user to open the lid and / or to dampen movement of the pedal during closing of the lid.

A trash bin is provided which includes a hollow body having an open end and a closed end, the open end providing access to a cavity. The trash bin may also include a first handle, a second handle, and a third handle. The trash bin may include a foothold disposed at the closed end. The foothold may include a foot recess projecting into the cavity of the hollow body, the foot recess having a bottom step substantially coextensive with a bottom of the closed end of the hollow body. The trash bin may include a first handhold, a second handhold, and a third handhold, each disposed at the closed end and respectively including a first handhold recess, a second handhold recess, and a third handhold recess projecting into the cavity of the hollow body. A method of using the trash bin is also provided.