Device for compressing plastic garbage into football

By using a low-cost, electricity-free segmented compression structure and adhesive spraying technology, plastic waste is rapidly molded into soccer balls, solving the problems of high equipment costs and strong electricity dependence, and achieving efficient plastic reuse and resource recycling.

CN224103346UActive Publication Date: 2026-04-10BEIJING INST OF TECH
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CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
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Filing Date
2025-04-14
Publication Date
2026-04-10

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Technical Problem

Existing plastic waste compression equipment is costly and highly dependent on electricity, making it difficult to promote in areas with scarce electricity, and it is also difficult to directly use compressed plastic waste for the efficient production of products such as soccer balls.

Method used

Employing a low-cost, electricity-free segmented compression structure, combined with adhesive spraying and skinning structures, compressed plastic waste is molded into soccer balls. This includes hemispherical and quarter-spherical compression units, a rotating adhesive spraying unit, and a skinning unit, enabling rapid molding of plastic waste.

Benefits of technology

It achieves low-cost, electricity-free plastic waste compression, improves the availability of equipment and the stability and durability of waste balls, and enhances plastic recycling rate and resource regeneration efficiency.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a device for compressing plastic garbage into a football. The device comprises a compression structure, a glue spraying structure, a leather attaching structure and a protection structure, the protection structure comprises a shell, an upper supporting layer and a lower supporting layer. The compression structure comprises a hemispherical compression unit and two quartered spherical compression units; an annular pressing handle is arranged at the top of the hemispherical compression unit; the quartered spherical compression unit is provided with a first push-pull handle; the glue spraying structure is located at the bottom of the compression structure and comprises a plurality of rotary glue spraying units which are distributed in the circumferential direction and rotationally installed in the lower supporting layer. The skin attaching structure is located at the bottom of the glue spraying structure and comprises a plurality of limiting columns, two hemispherical skin attaching units and a tire ball skin; and the semispherical skin attaching unit is provided with a second push-pull handle. The device can adopt a segmented compression structure which is low in cost, free of power dependence and high in environmental adaptability, so that the problem that high-cost equipment is difficult to popularize in the African region is solved.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model belongs to the football technical field, more particularly to a device that compresses plastic garbage into football. BACKGROUND

[0002] The global plastic garbage pollution problem is very serious, how to effectively recover and utilize plastic garbage has become a research hotspot in the field of environmental protection and resource regeneration. The traditional plastic recovery methods mainly include physical recovery (such as crushing and re-manufacturing), chemical recovery (such as pyrolysis) and energy recovery (such as combustion for power generation). However, these methods have problems such as degradation, high recovery cost, secondary pollution and low sustainability of plastic garbage in the material recovery process. At present, there are many special equipment for collecting plastic garbage, and the utility model patent CN213140038U adopts an electric telescopic push rod and a segmented compression device, which prevents the volume of garbage from rebounding through a check buckle mechanism, thereby solving the problem of classified garbage compression to a certain extent, but there are still defects such as high difficulty in compression classification and single form of recycling.

[0003] In addition, in the field of sports goods, the application of sustainable materials is attracting more and more attention. For example, some brands have launched footballs or sports shoes made of recycled plastic. However, these products still mainly rely on plastic particles or fabric materials for re-manufacturing, and have not been able to directly utilize the compressed whole of recycled plastic garbage for efficient product production. Therefore, using the segmented compression of plastic garbage to directly press footballs not only can improve the recycling rate of recycled plastic, but also can reduce the processing steps and achieve more resource regeneration.

[0004] The compression device of the existing compression garbage can relies on electric push rods, sensors and precise mechanical structures (such as magnet adsorption pressing plate and spring buckle), resulting in high manufacturing cost, strong dependence on electricity, and difficulty in adapting to areas with limited electricity and maintenance resources in Africa and other places. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT

[0005] The utility model provides a device that compresses plastic garbage into football, which can adopt a segmented compression structure with low cost, no dependence on electricity and strong environmental adaptability to solve the problem of difficulty in promoting high-cost equipment in African regions.

[0006] In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model adopts the following specific technical solutions:

[0007] A device that compresses plastic garbage into football, the device comprising a compression structure, a glue spraying structure, a skin attaching structure and a protection structure;

[0008] The protection structure comprises an outer shell, an upper support layer and a lower support layer; the upper support layer and the lower support layer are fixedly installed in the outer shell, and the upper support layer is arranged at the top of the lower support layer in a spaced manner; the outer shell is provided with a feeding opening between the upper support layer and the lower support layer and is provided with a ball outlet at the bottom;

[0009] The compression structure comprises a hemispherical compression unit and two quarter-spherical compression units; the hemispherical compression unit is movably installed in the outer shell and the upper support layer, is provided with a hemispherical cavity at the bottom and is provided with an annular pressing handle outside the outer shell at the top; the two quarter-spherical compression units are located at the bottom of the hemispherical compression unit and are movably installed in the outer shell and the lower support layer in a horizontal direction, are provided with quarter-spherical cavities and first push-pull handles, and the first push-pull handles extend to the outside of the outer shell through the lower support layer and the outer shell; the hemispherical cavity of the hemispherical compression unit and the quarter-spherical cavities of the two quarter-spherical compression units form a spherical cavity.

[0010] The glue spraying structure is located at the bottom of the compression structure and comprises a plurality of rotating glue spraying units which are distributed in a circumferential direction and are rotatably installed in the lower support layer; the rotating glue spraying units store glue inside and are provided with glue spraying openings at the outer ends; the inner ends of the rotating glue spraying units rotate around the connecting ring after being impacted by external objects, and the outer end segments are buckled on triggers to complete glue spraying through the glue spraying openings;

[0011] The skin structure is located at the bottom of the glue spraying structure and comprises a plurality of limiting columns, two hemispherical skin units and tire skins; the two hemispherical skin units are movably installed in the outer shell and the lower support layer in a horizontal direction and can rotate around the horizontal axis; the hemispherical skin units are provided with second push-pull handles which extend to the outside of the outer shell through the lower support layer and the outer shell; the plurality of limiting columns are arranged in parallel and are connected inside the two hemispherical skin units; one tire skin is arranged inside each of the hemispherical skin units.

[0012] Furthermore, the glue spraying structure further comprises a plurality of lugs and a connecting ring;

[0013] The plurality of lugs are distributed in a circumferential direction of the outer shell and are fixedly connected in the lower support layer;

[0014] The connecting ring is carried on the plurality of lugs;

[0015] The rotating glue spraying units are rotatably installed in the connecting ring.

[0016] Furthermore, the lugs are welded to the inner cavity of the lower support layer.

[0017] Further, the clamping plate is provided with 3-5.

[0018] Further, the rotating glue spraying unit is provided with 5-9.

[0019] Further, the shell is provided with a guide hole for guiding the up-down displacement of the annular pressing handle.

[0020] The upper support layer is provided with a sliding groove.

[0021] The hemispherical compression unit is installed in the sliding groove, so that the hemispherical compression unit can only move up and down along the sliding groove.

[0022] Further, the lower support layer is provided with a central passage penetrating in the vertical direction, an upper limiting cavity at the top and a lower limiting cavity at the bottom.

[0023] The four-segment spherical compression unit is accommodated in the upper limiting cavity, thereby realizing the horizontal direction movement guide.

[0024] The hemispherical skin unit is accommodated in the lower limiting cavity, thereby realizing the horizontal direction movement guide.

[0025] The clamping plate, the connecting ring and the rotating glue spraying unit are installed in the central passage.

[0026] Further, the shell is welded with the upper support layer and the lower support layer.

[0027] The top surface of the upper support layer is welded with the inner top surface of the shell.

[0028] Further, the vertical distance between the upper support layer and the lower support layer is 20cm.

[0029] Further, the shell is a cylindrical structure.

[0030] Compared with the prior art, the technical scheme of the utility model has the following beneficial effects:

[0031] 1. Low cost and no power dependence: the prior art adopts electric telescopic push rods, sensors and other power-driven and precise components, resulting in high equipment cost and strong power dependence. The product can be completed by using human power through simple mechanical principles, replacing the electric push rod and realizing garbage compression without power dependence, greatly reducing the equipment cost, improving the popularity and applicability of the equipment, and being especially suitable for areas with power shortage and limited maintenance resources in Africa.

[0032] 2. The football is made by spraying glue and attaching skin: the product uses the glue spraying structure and the skin attaching structure, the glue is evenly sprayed on the ball made of compressed garbage through the rotating glue spraying unit, and the tire skin is attached to the garbage ball through the skin attaching structure, so that the garbage football is quickly formed and efficiently utilized, and the stability and durability of the garbage ball are improved.

[0033] 3. The garbage compression effect and space utilization rate are improved: the compression structure of the product adopts a segmented design, the garbage rebound is effectively inhibited through the cooperation of the hemispherical compression unit and the quarter-spherical compression unit, and the garbage compression ball forming effect is improved. Meanwhile, the space utilization rate of the compression device is improved through the optimization of the internal structure design, so that more garbage can be effectively compressed into a ball. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0034] Figure 1 It is a perspective view of the device for compressing plastic garbage into a football;

[0035] Figure 2 It is Figure 1 a perspective view of the device;

[0036] Figure 3 It is Figure 1 a plane sectional view of the device;

[0037] Figure 4 It is a perspective view of the glue spraying structure;

[0038] Wherein, 1 is an outer shell, 2 is an upper support layer, 3 is a lower support layer, 4 is a feeding port, 5 is a ball outlet, 6 is a guide hole, 11 is a hemispherical compression unit, 12 is a quarter-spherical compression unit, 13 is a ring-shaped pressing handle, 14 is a first push-pull handle, 21 is a rotating glue spraying unit, 22 is a glue spraying port, 23 is a clamping plate, 24 is a connecting ring, 31 is a limiting column, 32 is a hemispherical skin attaching unit, 33 is a tire skin, and 34 is a second push-pull handle. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0039] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0040] For example, Figure 1 , Figure 2 and Figure 3As shown in the diagram, this embodiment provides a device for compressing plastic waste into a soccer ball. The device includes a compression structure, a glue spraying structure, a skinning structure, and a protective structure; wherein:

[0041] like Figure 2 and Figure 3 As shown, the protective structure includes an outer shell 1, an upper support layer 2, and a lower support layer 3. The upper support layer 2 and the lower support layer 3 are fixedly installed inside the outer shell 1, with the upper support layer 2 spaced at the top of the lower support layer 3. A feeding port 4 is provided between the upper support layer 2 and the lower support layer 3, and a ball outlet 5 is provided at the bottom of the outer shell. The outer shell 1 has a cylindrical structure. The outer shell 1 is welded to the upper support layer 2 and the lower support layer 3. The top surface of the upper support layer 2 is welded to the inner top surface of the outer shell 1. The vertical distance between the upper support layer 2 and the lower support layer 3 can be 20 cm.

[0042] like Figure 2 and Figure 3 As shown, the compression structure includes a hemispherical compression unit 11 and two quarter-spherical compression units 12. The hemispherical compression unit 11 is movably mounted on the outer shell 1 and the upper support layer 2, with a hemispherical cavity at the bottom and an annular pressing handle 13 located on the outside of the outer shell 1 at the top. The two quarter-spherical compression units 12 are located at the bottom of the hemispherical compression unit 11 and are slidably mounted on the outer shell 1 and the lower support layer 3 in the horizontal direction. They are provided with quarter-spherical cavities and a first push-pull handle 14, which extends through the lower support layer 3 and the outer shell 1 to the outside of the outer shell 1. The hemispherical cavity of the hemispherical compression unit 11 and the quarter-spherical cavities of the two quarter-spherical compression units 12 form a spherical cavity.

[0043] like Figure 2 and Figure 4 As shown, the glue spraying structure is located at the bottom of the compression structure and includes multiple circumferentially distributed and rotatably mounted rotary glue spraying units 21, multiple mounting plates 23, and a connecting ring 24. The rotary glue spraying units 21 store glue inside and have a glue spraying nozzle 22 at their outer ends. When impacted by an external object, the inner end of the rotary glue spraying unit 21 rotates around the connecting ring 24, causing its outer end to engage with a trigger and complete glue spraying through the nozzle 22. Multiple mounting plates 23 are distributed circumferentially along the outer shell 1 and fixedly connected to the lower support layer 3. The mounting plates 23 can be welded to the inner cavity of the lower support layer 3. The connecting ring 24 is mounted on the multiple mounting plates 23; the rotary glue spraying units 21 are rotatably mounted on the connecting ring 24. There are 3-5 mounting plates 23 and 5-9 rotary glue spraying units. In this embodiment, a glue spraying structure with 4 mounting plates 23 and 8 rotary glue spraying units is used as an example for explanation.

[0044] like Figure 2 and Figure 3As shown, the skin structure is located at the bottom of the glue spraying structure, and includes a plurality of limiting columns 31, two hemispherical skin units 32 and a tire skin 33; the two hemispherical skin units 32 are slidably mounted in the horizontal direction on the shell and the lower support layer 3, and can rotate around the horizontal axis; the hemispherical skin unit 32 is provided with a second push-pull handle 34, which extends to the outside of the shell 1 through the lower support layer 3 and the shell 1; a plurality of limiting columns 31 are arranged in parallel and connected inside the two hemispherical skin units 32, such as Figure 2 As shown, in this embodiment, six limiting columns 31 are provided as an example for illustration; one tire skin 33 is arranged inside each hemispherical skin unit 32. Six limiting columns 31 are distributed at the bottom or top, and when rotated to the bottom, a basket for receiving the sprayed ball is formed. After the ball is skinned by the skin structure, it can be rotated by 180°, so that the skinned football falls from the bottom.

[0045] As shown Figure 1 In order to achieve the above functions, the shell is provided with a guide hole 6 for guiding the up-down displacement of the annular pressing handle 13; the upper support layer 2 is provided with a sliding groove; the hemispherical compression unit 11 is installed in the sliding groove, so that the hemispherical compression unit 11 can only move up and down along the sliding groove. The lower support layer 3 is provided with a central passage penetrating in the vertical direction, an upper limiting cavity at the top and a lower limiting cavity at the bottom; the four-quarter spherical compression unit 12 is accommodated in the upper limiting cavity, thereby realizing the movement guide in the horizontal direction; the hemispherical skin unit 32 is accommodated in the lower limiting cavity, thereby realizing the movement guide in the horizontal direction; the lap plate 23, the connecting ring 24 and the rotating glue spraying unit 21 are installed in the central passage.

[0046] The working principle of the compression structure is as follows: when the annular pressing handle 13 of the hemispherical compression unit 11 is pressed to the lowest position, and the first push-pull handle 14 of the quarter-spherical compression unit 12 is pushed to the central position, the three can just compress the internal garbage into a spherical shape. After the user releases the annular pressing handle 13 of the hemispherical compression unit 11, the hemispherical compression unit 11 can be manually lifted to the initial position or automatically rebound to the initial position by the spring. The two quarter-spherical compression units 12 need to be pulled back to the original position by the user pulling the first push-pull handle 14. During the process of pulling back to the original position, the compressed garbage ball falls into the glue spraying structure. The hemispherical compression unit 11 is connected with the upper support layer 2, and the annular pressing handle 13 inside it is constrained by the guide hole 6 of the shell 1, so that it cannot fall out. The two quarter-spherical compression units 12 are respectively connected with the lower support layer 3 and the shell 1 in a sliding manner, so that the position can only be linearly pulled out. After accumulating enough plastic garbage, the annular pressing handle 13 of the hemispherical compression unit 11 is pressed downward, and the first push-pull handle 14 of the quarter-spherical compression unit 12 is pushed inward, so that the plastic garbage can be compressed into a spherical garbage ball. After the compression is completed, the two quarter-spherical compression units 12 are pulled outwards, so that the garbage ball can slide and fall into the glue spraying structure.

[0047] The position relationship between the components of the glue spraying structure is as follows: the inner cavity of the lower support layer 3 is welded with four lapping plates 23, and the connecting ring 24 can be stably loaded on the four lapping plates 23. The connecting ring 24 is uniformly loaded with eight rotating glue spraying units 21 at the positions in contact with the lapping plates 23. When the eight rotating glue spraying units 21 are impacted by external objects at the inner end, they will rotate around the tangent line in contact with the connecting ring 24 as the rotation axis, press the outer end storing glue on the trigger, and complete the glue spraying.

[0048] The working principle of the skin structure is as follows: the two hemispherical skin units 32 can be respectively slidably connected with the shell 1 through the shaft holes on the shell 1, and installed in the lower support layer 3 through the lower limiting cavities of the lower support layer 3, so that the position can only be linearly moved. The limiting column 31 is connected inside the two hemispherical skin units 32 and will not fall off with the push-pull movement of the two hemispherical skin units 32. When the second push-pull handle 34 is pulled outward to linearly move the two hemispherical skin units 32 outward, the limiting column 31 will remain in the original position, and at the same time, the two hemispherical skin units 32 will expose the space in which the garbage ball can fall, which is intercepted by the limiting column 31. After the garbage ball is intercepted to the central position, the second push-pull handle 34 is pushed inward, so that the tire skin 33 inside the hemispherical skin unit 32 can be pasted on the garbage ball with glue. Finally, the two hemispherical skin units 32 are rotated by 180°, and the two hemispherical skin units 32 are pulled out, so that the compressed football can fall into the bottom of the shell 1 without the limitation of the limiting column 31, and the user can take it out through the ball outlet 5 and use it.

[0049] The position and connection relationship between the components of the protection structure is that the shell 1 wraps the upper support layer 2 and the lower support layer 3 and is welded with the upper support layer 2 and the lower support layer 3. The top surface of the upper support layer 2 is welded with the inner top surface of the shell 1. The vertical distance between the upper support layer 2 and the lower support layer 3 is 20 cm. These spaces provide 360° and sufficient width for the plastic garbage to be thrown in. The shell 1 maintains the standing posture of the whole device, reduces the stacking of device materials and provides space for the internal structures. The upper support layer 2 and the lower support layer 3 support the compression structure, the glue spraying structure and the skin structure in the interior.

[0050] The space between the inner ends of the plurality of rotating glue spraying units 21 is less than the diameter of the spherical cavity.

[0051] Obviously, those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations to the embodiments of the present application without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application. Thus, if these modifications and variations of the present application belong to the scope of the claims of the present application and the equivalent technologies thereof, the present application also intends to include these modifications and variations.

Claims

1. A device for compressing plastic waste into a football, characterized in that, The compression structure, the glue spraying structure, the skin attaching structure and the protection structure are included. The protection structure includes an outer shell, an upper support layer and a lower support layer; the upper support layer and the lower support layer are fixedly installed in the outer shell, and the upper support layer is arranged at the top of the lower support layer in a spaced manner; the outer shell is provided with a feeding opening between the upper support layer and the lower support layer and is provided with a ball outlet at the bottom; The compression structure includes a hemispherical compression unit and two quarter-spherical compression units; the hemispherical compression unit is movably installed in the outer shell and the upper support layer, is provided with a hemispherical cavity at the bottom and is provided with an annular pressing handle outside the outer shell at the top; the two quarter-spherical compression units are located at the bottom of the hemispherical compression unit, are movably installed in the outer shell and the lower support layer in a horizontal direction, are provided with quarter-spherical cavities and first push-pull handles, and the first push-pull handles extend to the outside of the outer shell through the lower support layer and the outer shell; the hemispherical cavity of the hemispherical compression unit and the quarter-spherical cavities of the two quarter-spherical compression units form a spherical cavity. The glue spraying structure is located at the bottom of the compression structure and includes a plurality of rotating glue spraying units which are distributed in a circumferential direction and are rotatably installed in the lower support layer; the rotating glue spraying units store glue inside and are provided with glue spraying openings at the outer ends; the inner ends of the rotating glue spraying units rotate around the connecting ring after being impacted by external objects, and the outer end segments are buckled on triggers to complete glue spraying through the glue spraying openings; The skin attaching structure is located at the bottom of the glue spraying structure and includes a plurality of limiting columns, two hemispherical skin attaching units and tire skins; the two hemispherical skin attaching units are movably installed in the outer shell and the lower support layer in a horizontal direction and can rotate around the horizontal axis; The hemispherical skin attaching units are provided with second push-pull handles which extend to the outside of the outer shell through the lower support layer and the outer shell; the plurality of limiting columns are arranged in parallel and are connected inside the two hemispherical skin attaching units; one tire skin is arranged inside each of the hemispherical skin attaching units.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The glue spraying structure further includes a plurality of lugs and a connecting ring; The plurality of lugs are distributed in a circumferential direction of the outer shell and are fixedly connected in the lower support layer; The connecting ring is loaded on the plurality of lugs; The rotating glue spraying units are rotatably installed in the connecting ring.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein, The lugs are welded to the inner cavity of the lower support layer.

4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein, The lugs are provided with 3-5.

5. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein, The rotating glue spraying units are provided with 5-9.

6. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein, The outer shell is provided with a guide hole for guiding the up-down displacement of the annular pressing handle; The upper support layer is provided with a sliding groove; The hemispherical compression unit is installed in the sliding groove, so that the hemispherical compression unit can only move up and down along the sliding groove.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein, The lower support layer is provided with a central passage penetrating in a vertical direction, an upper limiting cavity at the top and a lower limiting cavity at the bottom; The quarter-spherical compression units are accommodated in the upper limiting cavity, so as to realize movement guidance in a horizontal direction; The hemispherical skin unit is accommodated in the lower limiting cavity, thereby realizing horizontal motion guidance. The connecting ring and the rotating glue spraying unit are installed in the central passage.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The upper support layer and the lower support layer are welded to the shell. The top surface of the upper support layer is welded to the inner top surface of the shell.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The vertical distance between the upper support layer and the lower support layer is 20 cm.

10. The apparatus of any of claims 1-9, wherein, The shell is in a cylindrical structure.

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