Selective collection system for recycling input materials having a monitor

Abstract

A selective collection system for recyclable containers comprising of a housing part, a material identification device, a control device, a collection part and a shredding device and / or a compressing device. The material identification device identifies the input material and transmits a signal to the control device, which categorizes the input material into a plastic bottle, a can, or other material based on the signal. The shredding device receives and shreds the input material if the input material is identified as a plastic bottle by the material identification device. The compressing device receives and compresses the input material if the input material is identified as a can. Other materials are collected by the collection part without any processing. The control device controls the overall operation of the selective collection system and comprises a display to display advertisements, messages and / or announcements.

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RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims priority from Korean Patent Application No. 2010 0036188 filed Apr. 20, 2010 and this application is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. application Ser. No. 12 / 848,618, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]The claimed invention relates to a selective collection system for recycling input materials that transports and performs shredding and compressing operation on the input materials lying on their sides, distinguishes the material of input material, sorts and groups the input materials based on their material content. More particularly, the claimed invention increases the storage space by decreasing installation length (vertical length) of each component to provide more vertical space for longer collection bins, selectively sort the input materials into three categories (1) aluminum cans, (2) plastic (polyethylene terephthalate (PET)) input materials and 3 glass bottles, steel...

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Benefits of technology

This patent describes a system for collecting and sorting materials. The system includes bins with increased storage capacity, a device to identify and categorize materials, and a guide to direct materials to specific devices or parts of the system. The system also includes shutters to prevent damage to other parts and a cam to control the rotation of the shutters. The technical effect of this system is to increase storage capacity and efficiency in collecting and sorting materials.

Problems solved by technology

Typically, input materials including bottles, cans or PET bottle are for one time use and are discarded after use and caused environmental pollution and waste of resources.

Such conventional press separate store system for beverage input materials has multiple issues.

Firstly, the conventional press separate store system for beverage input materials has a vertical size restriction.

Secondly, the storage space of the recycling storage part (50) of the conventional press separate store system is also narrow.

As a result, the operator of such system have to collect recycling input materials that are loaded in the recycling storage part (50) frequently and such issue of maintaining the system often arises.

Although glass bottles compared to cans have low utilization rate and human resources must be mobilized to sort these mixed loaded input materials by hand to separate the metal cans from the glass bottles and debris, thereby lowering the recycling efficiency of these system.

Thirdly, the shredding device (60) of the conventional press separate store system cannot easily perform the shredding operation on the PET container or input material because of their low weight, leading to longer shredding time and low shredding efficiency.

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