Fixing device for waste collection bin divider wall

Abstract

The invention relates to a fastening element (14) for a partition wall (2) to a waste collection container, characterized in that it comprises a set of fastening walls (16) aligned with each other, the fastening walls (16) being intended to be traversed by a removable fastening element intended to pass through at least a portion of the assembly of fastening walls (16) and the wall of a waste collection container when the partition wall (2) is fixed in a waste collection container. Figure 2 for the abstract

Description

Title of the invention: Fastening device for a waste collection bin divider wall

[0001] The invention relates to partition walls for waste collection bins and more particularly to a fixing device for partition walls.

[0002] For the purpose of selective waste sorting, it is known to divide the storage volume of a waste collection container into several compartments, for example, two compartments, in order to create several different waste storage volumes within a single container. To achieve this, it is known to integrate a dividing wall, this wall extending, for example, vertically from an opening in the waste collection container to the bottom of the container, dividing the initial storage volume into two compartments. This dividing wall can divide the storage volume into two compartments of equal or unequal volumes.

[0003] The separating partition must create a certain seal between the two compartments created. Sealing means preventing the transfer of waste from one compartment to the other within the waste collection container. To achieve this (and also to keep the separating partition in the tank when the waste collection bin is emptied), the separating partition is preferably in contact with the inner faces of the side walls of the waste collection container, as well as the inner face of a bottom wall of the waste collection container, by being fixed to the latter.

[0004] Typically, the partition wall(s) inserted inside a waste collection container and the waste collection container include means for positioning and locking the partition wall within the waste collection bin. For example, this may consist of a guide rail formed on an inner face of one or more walls of the waste collection bin and cooperating with one or more grooves formed on the surface of the partition wall. Generally, this involves an interaction between a male and a female element on the waste collection bin and the partition wall. This male / female element interaction may also allow the partition wall to be inserted into the waste collection bin.

[0005] In addition, and in addition to this guiding / locking, it is known to clip the separating wall to the waste collection bin, for example at the level of an interaction zone between an upper side of the separating wall and the upper collar of the waste collection bin.

[0006] The drawback of the aforementioned solutions is that specific components must be provided for the waste collection bin and the partition wall to allow for its attachment. Consequently, it is no longer possible to attach a partition wall to a waste collection bin that does not include the necessary components for attaching said partition wall. Therefore, a waste collection bin not designed to allow its waste storage volume to be divided into several sub-volumes cannot be divided in this way.

[0007] The invention aims to provide a separating wall comprising a fixing element allowing it to be fixed in any type of waste collection bin, whether the latter have been designed to accommodate such a separating wall or not.

[0008] For this purpose, the invention relates to a fixing device for a separating wall to a waste collection bin comprising a set of fixing walls aligned with each other, the fixing walls being intended to be passed through by a removable fixing element intended to pass through at least a part of the set of fixing walls and the wall of a waste collection container when the separating wall is fixed in a waste collection container.

[0009] Thus, a set of fixing walls designed to be traversed by a removable fixing element is used to secure one or more walls of the waste collection bin, at the level of the area(s) in which fixing devices are located, between the fixing walls and the removable fixing element. It is therefore possible to fix a partition wall in a container that does not have any particular device for fixing said partition wall. It is therefore possible to adapt a partition wall to a container even if the latter was not designed with means for fixing a partition wall.

[0010] The fastening element according to the invention may comprise one or more of the following features, alone or in combination: - the fastening element comprises at least three fastening walls, preferably at least four fastening walls, preferably at least five fastening walls, preferably at least six fastening walls, and / or - the fixing walls are straight and parallel to each other, and / or - the fixing walls are solid, and / or - the fixing walls are hollow, and / or - the fixing walls are separated from each other, and / or - the fixing walls are linked to each other, each fixing wall being connected to at least one adjacent wall, and / or - the fixing walls include through holes aligned from one fixing wall to another.

[0011] The invention also relates to a waste collection bin partition wall comprising: - a main body comprising an upper slice, a lower slice and two side slices, the side slices and / or the lower slice being intended to be in contact with an inner face of a wall of a waste collection container, and - at least one fastening member according to any one of the preceding claims extending from at least one lateral slice or the lower slice, the fastening walls being aligned with each other in a direction extending perpendicularly to the lateral or lower slice and towards the interior of the main body.

[0012] The separating wall according to the invention may comprise one or more of the following features, alone or in combination: - the separating wall includes several fixing elements, at least one fixing element extending from each lateral edge, and / or - the fixing walls extend projecting from at least one face of the main body, and / or - the fixing walls extend into a thickness of the main body, and / or - the fixing element is made of the same material as the main body, and / or - the main body is hollow, and / or - the fixing device is brought into a housing provided in the main body.

[0013] The invention also relates to an assembly consisting of a separating wall according to the invention and a removable fixing element.

[0014] Advantageously, the removable fastening element is chosen from a screw or a fastening clip.

[0015] The invention also relates to a waste collection container comprising an assembly according to the invention. Brief description of the figures

[0016] The invention will be better understood upon reading the following description, given solely by way of example and made with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

[0017] [Fig-1] is a perspective view of a separating wall according to the invention,

[0018] [Fig.2] is a first view of a portion of the separating wall according to the invention including separating walls of a fastening element,

[0019] [Fig.3] is a second view of a portion of the separating wall according to the invention including separating walls of a fastening element,

[0020] [Fig.4] is a cross-sectional view of a portion of a separating wall according to the invention, and

[0021] [Fig.5] is a front view of a portion of a portion of a separating wall according a variant embodiment of the invention. Detailed description

[0022] Reference is now made to [Fig. 1] illustrating a partition 2 intended to divide the storage volume of a waste collection container into two sub-volumes in order to create two streams of waste of different types within the same waste collection container. The partition 2 is intended to be placed in a waste collection bin to divide the storage volume into two sealed compartments. Sealing means that there can be no transfer of waste from one compartment to the other within the waste collection container.

[0023] The partition wall 2 extends, for example, vertically from an opening in the waste collection bin to the bottom of the waste collection bin, dividing the initial storage volume into two compartments. It may divide the storage volume into two compartments of equal or unequal volumes. The partition wall 2 may also be positioned at an angle within the waste collection container.

[0024] The main body 4 is preferably made of high-density polyethylene. This material is commonly used for designing waste collection bins and offers optimal mechanical properties. The main body 4 can be hollow, for example by blow molding. It can also be solid, for example by injection molding.

[0025] The separating wall comprises a main body 4. This main body 4 forms almost the entire separating wall 2. It may include a plurality of discontinuities 6 (two discontinuities referenced in [Fig. 1]) allowing the separating wall 2 to be stiffened. These discontinuities 6 form depressions on the external faces of the main body 4. Preferably, discontinuities 6 arranged opposite each other on opposite faces of the main body 4 meet, which allows the main body 4 to be stiffened.

[0026] The main body 4 comprises at least four slices, three of which are intended to be in contact with internal faces of walls of the waste collection container (the two lateral slices 8 and the lower slice 10), in order to carry out the separation of the storage volume.

[0027] The separating wall 2 may include at least one elastically deformable sealing lip 12 extending from the side edges 8 and / or the bottom edge 10. The illustrated example shows the presence of a sealing lip extending from one lateral slice 8 to the other lateral slice 8 via the lower slice 10.

[0028] Advantageously, the sealing lip 12 is molded with the main body 4. This is a simple way of obtaining the separating wall 2. For example, the sealing lip 12 can be made of high-density polyethylene, just like the main body 4. With regard to the sealing lip 12, the use of high-density polyethylene contributes to obtaining a certain elasticity of the sealing lip 12.

[0029] Alternatively, the sealing lip 12 could be attached to the main body 4 after molding the latter, for example by bonding, or even be overmolded onto the main body 4. This allows a specific material to be chosen for the sealing lip 12 and different from that of the main body 4.

[0030] The partition wall 2 comprises at least one fastening element 14 for attaching the partition wall to a waste collection container extending from at least one side slice 8 or from the bottom slice 10. In the example of [Fig. 1], the partition wall 2 comprises six fastening elements 14 forming two groups of three fastening elements 14, each side slice 8 having three fastening elements 14 extending from it at different levels of said side slice. The number of fastening elements and their positions may obviously differ from the example in the figures.

[0031] Each fastening member 14 comprises a set of fastening walls 16 (see figures 2 to 4) aligned with each other in an extension direction A extending perpendicularly to the lateral or lower edge 8 10 (in the example of [Fig.2] perpendicularly to a lateral edge 8) and towards the interior of the main body 4. The purpose of this alignment is to ensure that a removable fastening element can pass through the fastening walls 16 when it is put in place from outside the waste collection container to pass through a wall of the waste collection container and at least part of the fastening walls 16.

[0032] The fixing walls 16 can extend outward from at least one face 19 of the main body 4, for example perpendicularly to a plane in which said face 19 extends.

[0033] Alternatively, and as shown in the figures, the fixing walls 16 can extend into a thickness of the main body 4. This is particularly visible in [Fig. 4]. In this case, a removable fixing element (described hereafter) passes, at the time of fixing the partition wall 2 to a waste collection container, through a wall forming the lateral or lower edge 8 or 10 and then through at least part of the fixing walls 16 to ensure the fixing of the partition wall 2 to the waste collection container.

[0034] The fixing walls 16 may be straight or not, and may or may not be parallel to each other. In the example of [Fig. 4], the fixing walls 16 are not parallel to each other. They form, together with connecting walls (described below), a crenellated structure.

[0035] The fixing walls 16 can be solid or hollow. A solid fixing wall forms a robust anchoring element for a removable fixing element, especially if its thickness is significant. A hollow fixing wall allows for the consumption of less plastic material and a lighter fixing wall, and can still form a robust anchoring element for a removable fixing element, for example, if it is completely traversed by a removable fixing element. The removable fixing member according to the invention is particularly suitable for fixing hollow walls. Commonly, a hollow wall is called a blown wall and can be obtained by a blow-extrusion process.

[0036] The fixing walls 16 can be disjoint from one another. They can also be connected to each other, as can be seen in Figures 3 and 4, in which connecting walls 18 (only two are referenced in [Fig. 4]) connect the fixing walls 16 in pairs (each connecting wall connecting two adjacent fixing walls 16). The connecting walls 18 can, as in the illustrated example, be subsets of a single connecting wall 20 (see Figures 3 and 4). Generally, each fixing wall 16 can have a first end connected to a first adjacent fixing wall 16 by a first connecting wall 18 and a second end opposite the first end connected to a second adjacent fixing wall 16 by a second connecting wall 18.

[0037] The fastening member 14 can be made of the same material as the main body 4 by conventionally being molded with the latter.

[0038] Alternatively, the fastening member 14 can be removable and attached to the main body 4 as shown in [Fig. 5]. In such a case, the main body 4 is produced, for example, by molding or blow molding. A recess 22 is provided in the main body 4. This recess can be formed by a through hole or a blind hole.

[0039] The fastening member 14 is designed separately, for example by molding, and then is brought into the housing 22. It can, for example, be glued or press-fitted into the housing 22.

[0040] This possibility of attaching the fastening member 14 to the main body 4 allows, for example, the fastening member to be made of a different material than that of the main body (for example, a more robust one, etc.), or by a different design technique than that of the main body. It also allows the separating wall 2 to be equipped with one or more fastening members 14 only when desired. or to replace the fixing device(s) 14 in the case where the separating wall 2 is moved and / or reused, or to adapt fixing devices 14 of different shapes on the same separating wall 2.

[0041] The fixing walls 16 are intended to be passed through by a removable fixing element (not shown) intended to pass through at least part of the assembly of fixing walls 16 and a wall of a waste collection container when the separating wall 2 is fixed in a waste collection container.

[0042] The higher the number of fixing walls 16, the more anchor points this creates for the removable fixing element in order to stabilize and reinforce the fixing of the separating wall 2.

[0043] In other words, the removable fastening element can pass through, from outside the waste collection container, the wall of said waste collection container and all or part of the fastening walls 16. As explained above, and when the fastening walls 16 extend into the thickness of the main body 4, the removable fastening element also passes through the wall of the side slice 8 (or the bottom slice 10).

[0044] The removable fastener is, for example, a screw or a clip. Any other removable element that can pass through the fastener walls 16 may be considered.

[0045] The fixing walls 16 may include through holes allowing the passage of the removable fixing element. Alternatively, the removable fixing element may, for example when it is a screw, pierce the fixing walls through which it passes when the separating wall 2 is fixed to the waste collection container.

[0046] The invention also relates to an assembly consisting of a separating wall 2 and a removable fixing element.

[0047] The invention also relates to a waste collection container comprising an assembly consisting of a separating wall 2 and a removable fixing element. List of references

[0048] 2: separating wall

[0049] 4: main body

[0050] 6: discontinuities

[0051] 8: side edges

[0052] 10: bottom edge

[0053] 12: sealing lip

[0054] 14: fastening members

[0055] 16: fastening walls

[0056] 18, 20: connecting walls

[0057] 19: face of the main body

[0058] 22: housing

Claims

Demands

1. A fixing element (14) for a partition wall (2) to a waste collection bin characterized in that it comprises a set of fixing walls (16) aligned with each other, the fixing walls (16) being intended to be passed through by a removable fixing element intended to pass through at least a part of the set of fixing walls (16) and the wall of a waste collection container when the partition wall (2) is fixed in a waste collection container.

2. Fastening member (14) according to claim 1, wherein the fastening member (14) comprises at least three fastening walls (16), preferably at least four fastening walls (16), preferably at least five fastening walls (16), preferably at least six fastening walls (16).

3. A fastening member (14) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the fastening walls (16) comprise through holes aligned from one fastening wall (16) to another.

4. Separating wall (2) of waste collection bin comprising: - a main body (4) comprising an upper slice, a lower slice (10) and two side slices (8), the side slices (8) and / or the lower slice (10) being intended to be in contact with an inner face of a wall of a waste collection container, - at least one fastening member (14) according to any one of the preceding claims extending from at least one side slice (8) or the lower slice (10), the fastening walls (16) being aligned with each other in a direction extending perpendicularly to the side slice (8) or lower slice (10) and towards the interior of the main body (4).

5. Separating wall (2) according to the preceding claim, the separating wall (2) comprising several fastening members (14), at least one fastening member (14) extending from each lateral slice (8).

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11. Separating wall (2) according to any one of claims 4 or 5, in which the fixing walls (16) extend into a thickness of the main body (4). Separating wall (2) according to any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein the fixing member (14) is formed of material with the main body (4). Separating wall (2) according to any one of claims 4 to 6, in which the fixing member (14) is brought into a housing (22) provided in the main body (4). Separating wall (2) according to any one of claims 4 to 8, wherein the main body (4) is hollow. Assembly of a separating wall (2) according to any one of claims 4 to 9 and a removable fixing element. Waste collection container comprising an assembly according to claim 10.

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