Separate containers

Abstract

To improve the storage efficiency of a cap storage part.SOLUTION: A separation trash 10 has a lid body 20 with a cap storage part 35. The cap storage part 35 is formed by recessing a curved upper wall 30 of the lid body 20 downward and includes: a belt-like opening 35A; side wall parts 36 facing each other in the longitudinal direction; and a bottom wall 37. The bottom wall 37 of the cap storage part 35 is inclined to descend more as it goes further toward backward. A cap input port 45 is positioned above the upper end part of the bottom wall 37.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present disclosure relates to separation containers. [Background technology]

[0002] BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, as this type of separating container, one that separates the caps of a capped bottle from the bottle is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2001-019102 A (paragraph

[0005] , Figure 1, etc.) Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] In the conventional sorting container described above, caps tend to accumulate near the inlet and not advance to the back, resulting in a problem of low storage efficiency in the cap storage section. In view of this, there is a need to improve the storage efficiency of the cap storage section in the sorting container. [Means for solving the problem]

[0005] The invention of claim 1, made to achieve the above-mentioned object, is a sorting container in which caps and bottles of capped bottles, in which the caps are screwed onto the bottles, are inserted through their corresponding inlets and stored separately in a cap storage section and a bottle storage section, wherein the bottom surface of the cap storage section is inclined and the inlet for the caps is located in the upper region of the upper part of the inclination.

[0006] The invention of claim 2 is the separation container according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of the separation container is transparent and serves as a transparent part that allows the inside of the cap receiving part to be seen.

[0007] The term "transparent" used here means that the inside of the cap receiving portion can be seen.

[0008] The invention of claim 3 is a sorting container as described in claim 1 or 2, wherein the cap storage section is provided with a cap discharge outlet through which caps that have reached the lowest part of the bottom surface are discharged, and a cover that can open and close the cap discharge outlet.

[0009] The invention of claim 4 is a sorting container as described in claim 3, which is provided with an attachment portion to which a recovery member can be attached that receives the caps that flow down along the slope of the bottom surface and are discharged from the cap discharge outlet when the cap discharge outlet is opened.

[0010] A fifth aspect of the present invention is the sorting container according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein a liquid-retaining recess configured to prevent the cap from falling is provided at the bottom of the cap storage section.

[0011] The invention of claim 6 is a sorting container described in any one of claims 1 to 5, which has a container body having the bottle storage section inside, and a lid body that closes the opening of the container body and has the cap storage section and the inlet for the bottle, and the cap storage section is arranged to the side of the inlet for the bottle in a direction perpendicular to the insertion direction in which the bottle is inserted into the inlet for the bottle.

[0012] The invention of claim 7 is a sorting container described in any one of claims 1 to 6, in which the inlet for the cap can only accept the cylindrical cap with one open end when the opening surface is facing sideways. [Effects of the Invention]

[0013] In the sorting container of claim 1, caps inserted through the cap inlet move toward the back along the slope of the bottom surface of the cap storage section, making it easier for caps to be buried from the back of the cap storage section, improving storage efficiency.

[0014] In the sorting container of claim 2, it is easy to check the number of caps stored in the cap storage section.

[0015] In the sorting container of claim 3, when the cover is operated to open the cap discharge outlet, the caps are guided by the slope of the bottom surface of the cap storage section and discharged from the cap discharge outlet, making it easy to collect the caps.

[0016] In the sorting container of claim 4, by attaching a recovery member to the attachment portion, recovery of the cap can be made easier.

[0017] If liquid adheres to the cap, there is a concern that the liquid will collect at the bottom of the cap storage section and the cap will become submerged in the liquid.However, with the sorting container of claim 5, the liquid adhering to the cap collects in the liquid collection recess, preventing such a situation.

[0018] In the sorting container of claim 6, when the bottle is inserted through the insertion opening, it is less likely to interfere with the cap storage section.

[0019] In the sorting container of claim 7, the caps are inserted with the opening side facing sideways, so that the side of the cylinder is more likely to come into contact with the bottom surface of the cap storage section, making it easier for the caps to roll. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0020] [Figure 1] 1 is a perspective view of a waste sorting bin according to the present disclosure; [Figure 2] Perspective view of a trash sorting bin [Figure 3] Front view of the top of the trash sorting bin [Figure 4] Perspective view of the cover [Figure 5] Enlarged view of the upper end of the cap storage section [Figure 6] Enlarged view of the mounting area [Figure 7] Side cross-section of the top of the waste sorting bin [Figure 8] Side cross-section of the top of the waste sorting bin [Figure 9] Enlarged view of the top of the modified waste sorting bin [Figure 10] FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a cover according to a modified example. [Figure 11] 10 is a cross-sectional side view of the upper portion of a modified trash sorting bin; [Figure 12] 10 is a cross-sectional side view of the upper portion of a modified trash sorting bin; [Figure 13] 10 is a cross-sectional side view of the upper portion of a modified trash sorting bin; [Figure 14] 10 is a cross-sectional side view of the upper portion of a modified trash sorting bin; DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0021] A trash sorting bin 10 (corresponding to the "sorting container" in the claims) of the present disclosure will be described below with reference to Figures 1 to 8. The trash sorting bin 10 shown in Figure 1 is a trash bin for disposing of, for example, plastic bottles 100, and includes a trash bin body 11 having an upper end opening 11A (see Figure 2), and a lid body 20 that closes the upper end opening 11A of the trash bin body 11.

[0022] The trash can body 11 has a rectangular bottom wall 12 and side walls 13 that rise from the four sides of the bottom wall 12. The side walls 13 are inclined so that the cross section of the trash can body 11 gradually increases upward. Of the side walls 13, those that rise from the long sides of the bottom wall 12 are called long side walls 13A, and those that extend from the short sides of the bottom wall 12 are called short side walls 13B.

[0023] The lid body 20 has a front wall 21, a curved upper wall 30, and a lid side wall 25. The front wall 21 extends flush with one long side wall 13A of the trash can body 11 and has a rectangular shape. The curved upper wall 30 has a horizontal wall 30A that extends slightly horizontally from the upper end of the front wall 21 and a curved wall 30B that curves and connects from there to the upper end of the other long side wall 13A of the trash can body 11. Hereinafter, the side toward which the front wall 21 of the lid body 20 faces will be referred to as the front side of the trash sorting bin 10, and the opposite side will be referred to as the rear side of the trash sorting bin 10. Furthermore, the "left and right" when viewing the trash sorting bin 10 from the front will be referred to as the "left and right" of the trash sorting bin 10.

[0024] A bottle insertion opening 22 for inserting the bottle body 101 of the PET bottle 100 and a label insertion opening 23 for inserting the label (not shown) peeled off from the bottle body 101 are formed through the front wall 21 of the lid body 20. The bottle insertion opening 22 is circular and located in the center of the left half of the front wall 21, while the label insertion opening 23 is horizontally rectangular and located in the center of the right half of the front wall 21. In this embodiment, the label insertion opening 23 is sized so that the bottle body 101 cannot fit through it.

[0025] The bottle bodies 101 and labels inserted through the bottle insertion port 22 and the label insertion port 23 are respectively stored in the trash can body 11. Note that the trash can body 11 may have a partition separating the bottle storage section that stores the bottle bodies 101 inserted through the bottle insertion port 22 from the label storage section that stores the labels inserted through the label insertion port 23, or may have a configuration in which the bottle storage section and the label storage section are separated only by a trash bag attached to the trash can body 11 without a partition.

[0026] The waste sorting bin 10 of this embodiment is provided with a cap storage section 35 capable of storing caps 102 of plastic bottles 100. As shown in Fig. 2, the cap storage section 35 is formed by recessing the curved upper wall 30 of the lid body 20 downward, and has a strip-shaped opening 35A formed from the rear end of the horizontal wall 30A to a position near the rear end of the curved wall 30B, side wall sections 36 facing each other in the left-right direction, and a bottom wall 37. The left and right side wall sections 36 are arranged parallel to each other at a distance of about 1 to 1.5 times the height (axial length) of the caps 102.

[0027] In this embodiment, a cap storage section 35 is provided at each of the left and right ends of the lid body 20. As shown in Fig. 3, each cap storage section 35 is horizontally offset from the bottle insertion opening 22 and the label insertion opening 23. This makes it less likely that the bottle body 101 will interfere with the cap storage section 35 when inserted through the bottle insertion opening 22.

[0028] As shown in Fig. 2, a cover 40 that closes the opening 35A is attached to the cap storage section 35. As shown in Figs. 2 and 4, the cover 40 is strip-shaped and has a horizontal portion 40A and a curved portion 40B so as to be flush with the horizontal wall 30A and the curved wall 30B of the curved upper wall 30 of the lid body 20. The cover 40 also has a hanging wall 40C that extends downward from the upper end of the horizontal portion 40A. In this embodiment, the lid body 20 is made of a transparent resin, and the cover 40 is made of an impermeable resin.

[0029] A shaft 41 that protrudes horizontally outward is provided at the corner of the horizontal portion 40A and the hanging wall 40C of the cover 40. As shown in Fig. 5, a shaft receiving portion 35U that receives the shaft 41 of the cover 40 is formed at the upper end of the front end of the cap accommodating portion 35. The shaft receiving portion 35U is a groove that extends vertically, and its lower end is sized to rotatably receive the shaft 41. An engagement protrusion 42 that protrudes slightly horizontally outward is formed at the lower end of the cover 40 (see Fig. 4), and an engagement recess 35K that receives the engagement protrusion 42 is formed at the rear end of the cap accommodating portion 35 (see Fig. 6).

[0030] As a result, the cover 40 is rotatable around the upper end of the front end of the cap accommodating portion 35 to open and close the cap accommodating portion 35. When the cap accommodating portion 35 is closed, the engaging protrusion 42 of the cover 40 engages with the engaging recess 35K of the cap accommodating portion 35, stably maintaining the closed state. In addition, a finger hook 43 is provided at the rear end of the top surface of the cover 40.

[0031] A rectangular cap insertion opening 45 is formed through the upper end of the cover 40. The width of this cap insertion opening 45 in the left-right direction is approximately the same as the height (axial length) of the cap 102, and the width in the front-rear direction is approximately the same as the diameter of the cap 102, and the cap 102 can only be received with the opening sideways (with the opening facing "left" or "right").

[0032] 2 and 7, in the waste separation bin 10 of this embodiment, the bottom wall 37 of the cap accommodating portion 35 is inclined downward toward the rear. Specifically, the cap accommodating portion 35 includes a hanging wall 38 that hangs down from the front end of the edge of the opening 35A, and the bottom wall 37 has a first inclined portion 37A that is disposed from the lower end of the hanging wall 38 in a range of about 2 to 4 times the diameter of the cap 102 in the front-to-rear direction, and a second inclined portion 37B that extends from the rear end of the first inclined portion 37A to the rear end of the edge of the opening 35A. The first inclined portion 37A has a greater slope than the second inclined portion 37B; for example, the inclination angle of the first inclined portion 37A with respect to the horizontal is 45 to 70 degrees, and the inclination angle of the second inclined portion 37B with respect to the horizontal is 5 to 30 degrees.

[0033] When the cover 40 closes the cap storage section 35, the cap insertion opening 45 of the cover 40 is located in an area above the uppermost portion of the first inclined portion 37A. The inclination of the bottom wall 37 guides the caps 102 inserted through the cap insertion opening 45 to the rear side of the cap storage section 35. When the cover 40 is rotated to open the cap storage section 35, the caps 102 in the cap storage section 35 are guided by the inclination of the bottom wall 37 and ejected from the rear end of the cap storage section 35 (see FIG. 8). The rear end of the opening 35A of the cap storage section 35 corresponds to the "cap ejection opening" in the claims.

[0034] As shown in FIGS. 2 and 8, the trash can body 11 is provided with an attachment portion 15 on the rear sidewall 13 to which a bag (not shown) or a box-shaped cap collection container 111 can be attached. The attachment portion 15 extends across the entire rear sidewall 13 in the left-right direction and includes a first wall portion 15A extending rearward from the sidewall 13 and a second wall portion 15B extending upward from the rear end of the first wall portion 15A. Five equally spaced notches 15K are formed in the second wall portion 15B. As shown in FIG. 6, the notches 15K extend from the upper end of the second wall portion 15B to a position near the lower end, and the upper end of the notches 15K is inclined so that it becomes wider as it extends upward. The attachment portion 15 allows the hook 111F of the cap collection container 111 to be hung on the second wall portion 15B, or the handle of a bag to be hung on the notch 15K. When the cap storage section 35 is opened with the bag or cap collection container 111 attached to the attachment section 15, the caps 102 discharged from the cap storage section 35 are received by the bag or cap collection container 111.

[0035] This completes the configuration of the trash sorting bin 10 of this embodiment. Next, the effects of the trash sorting bin 10 will be described. As described above, the trash sorting bin 10 is provided with the bottle insertion port 22, the label insertion port 23, and the cap insertion port 45. When discarding a plastic bottle 100, the cap 102 is removed and inserted into the cap insertion port 45, the label (not shown) is peeled off and inserted into the label insertion port 23, and the remaining bottle body 101 is inserted into the bottle insertion port 22. When removing the cap 102, it is conceivable to turn the cap 102 with the cap 102 facing up, but because the cap insertion port 45 faces upward, it is easy to insert the removed and lifted cap 102.

[0036] When the caps 102 are inserted into the cap insertion opening 45, they are guided to the inner (rear) side of the cap storage section 35 by the inclination of the bottom wall 37 of the cap storage section 35. This makes it easier for the caps 102 to be filled in from the innermost side of the cap storage section 35, improving the efficiency with which the caps 102 are stored in the cap storage section 35. In addition, because the lid body 20 that includes the cap storage section 35 is made of a transparent resin, it is easy to check the amount of caps 102 stored in the cap storage section 35, making it easier to know when to collect the caps 102 (using the amount of caps 102 stored as a guideline also makes it possible to predict when to collect the bottle bodies 101 and labels). In addition, the fact that the caps 102 that have already been inserted can be seen is thought to have the effect of encouraging people who are about to throw away plastic bottles 100 to sort them.

[0037] When the cover 40 is rotated to open the cap storage compartment 35, the caps 102 in the cap storage compartment 35 are guided by the slope of the bottom wall 37 and ejected from the rear end of the cap storage compartment 35, making it easy to collect the caps 102. If the caps 102 are stored up to the upper end of the cap storage compartment 35, opening the cover 40 causes the hanging wall 40C of the cover 40 to rotate so as to push the caps 102 rearward, facilitating the ejection of the caps 102. Furthermore, because the trash can body 11 is provided with the attachment portion 15 for attaching a bag or cap collection container 111, collection of the caps 102 is easier than, for example, collecting the caps 102 while holding a bag or cap collection container in one's hand.

[0038] Furthermore, because the cap insertion port 45 can only receive the caps 102 with the opening side facing sideways, the caps 102 are stored sideways in the cap storage section 35, making it easier for the caps 102 to roll on the bottom wall 37 of the cap storage section 35. Moreover, because the width of the cap storage section 35 is about 1 to 1.5 times the height of the caps 102, the caps 102 are lined up in a single row and are less likely to tip over, stabilizing the rolling of the caps 102.

[0039] [Other embodiments] (1) The cap insertion port 45 may be capable of receiving the cap 102 with its axial direction aligned vertically.

[0040] (2) When there are two or more cap storage sections 35, the cap storage sections 35 and the cap insertion openings 45 may be different in size to accommodate different types of caps 102, as shown in FIG.

[0041] (3) The number of cap accommodating sections 35 may be one, or may be three or more.

[0042] (4) In the above embodiment, only one cap 102 is accommodated in the width direction, but two or more caps may be accommodated in the width direction.

[0043] (5) The label insertion slot 23 does not have to be provided.

[0044] (6) In the above embodiment, the waste sorting bin 10 is for disposing of the PET bottles 100. However, it may also be for disposing of bottles and caps separately, such as for energy drinks. In this case, instead of the label insertion slot 23, an insertion slot for inserting the outer box of the energy drink may be provided.

[0045] (7) As shown in FIG. 10, the cover 40 may be provided with hanging walls 40H that hang down from both edges in the width direction.

[0046] (8) As shown in FIG. 11, the bottom wall 37 of the cap storage portion 35 may be curved (inclined) along the curved upper wall 30 of the lid 20.

[0047] (9) As shown in Figure 12, the bottom wall 37 of the cap accommodating section 35 may be divided into three or more sections, each section inclined at a different angle. Alternatively, the entire bottom wall 37 of the cap accommodating section 35 may be inclined at the same angle.

[0048] (10) As shown in FIG. 12, a portion of the bottom wall 37 of the cap accommodating portion 35 may be further recessed to provide a liquid reservoir recess 37U in which liquid adhering to the cap 102 is collected. In this case, the cap 102 is prevented from being immersed in the liquid. In the example shown in FIG. 12, the liquid reservoir recess 37U is smaller than the cap 102, which prevents the cap 102 from becoming stuck in the liquid reservoir recess 37U. Note that when opening the cap accommodating portion 35 to retrieve the cap 102, wiping off the liquid in the liquid reservoir recess 37U is thought to prevent stains from remaining on the cap accommodating portion 35.

[0049] (11) As shown in Fig. 12, a folded portion 40V may be provided at the rear end of the cover 40, facing inward toward the cap storage section 35. If this folded portion 40V is configured to abut against the edge of the opening 35A of the cap storage section 35, friction will stabilize the closed state of the cover 40, and even if the caps 102 accumulate and apply a load to the rear end of the cover 40, the cover 40 will be prevented from opening unintentionally.

[0050] (12) As shown in Figure 13, the liquid reservoir recess 37U may be larger than the cap 102, and a lid 37F may be attached to the liquid reservoir recess 37U to prevent the cap 102 from falling. Alternatively, a through-hole smaller than the cap 102 may be formed in the bottom wall 37, and a liquid recovery member may be attached to collect the liquid that falls from the through-hole.

[0051] (13) The cover 40 may be made of a transparent resin, and the lid 20 may be made of an impermeable resin. Also, the entire waste sorting container (trash sorting bin 10) may be made of a transparent resin, or only a portion of the cover 40 or the lid 20 may be transparent.

[0052] Furthermore, the material does not need to be completely transparent, and may be semi-transparent resin or the like as long as it has transparency that allows the amount of content in the cap 102 to be visually confirmed. Alternatively, the material may be made of a resin that has a level of translucency that allows the amount of content in the cap 102 to be ascertained. Furthermore, such resins may be colored.

[0053] (14) In the above embodiment, the cap insertion port 45 was formed in the cover 40, but a space may be provided between the front end of the opening of the cap storage section 35 and the front end of the cover 40, and that space may be used as the cap insertion port 45.

[0054] (15) The cap storage section 35 may be provided in the trash can body 11 instead of the lid 20. Furthermore, the trash sorting bin 10 may not have a lid 20.

[0055] (16) The cap storage section 35 may extend in the left-right direction instead of the front-rear direction.

[0056] (17) As shown in FIG. 14, the cap accommodating section 35 may have a wall at its rear end, and the opening of the cap accommodating section 35 may face only upward.

[0057] Although the present specification and drawings disclose specific examples of the technology included in the scope of the claims, the technology described in the claims is not limited to these specific examples, but also includes various modifications and variations of the specific examples, and also includes parts of the specific examples taken out alone. [Explanation of symbols]

[0058] 10 Separate trash bins 11 Trash can body 15 Mounting part 20 Lid 22 Bottle inlet 23 Label slot 30 Curved upper wall 35 Cap storage section 37 Bottom Wall 40 Cover 45 Cap insertion slot

Claims

1. A sorting container in which a cap and a bottle of a capped bottle, in which the cap is screwed onto the bottle, are inserted through corresponding insertion ports and are separately stored in a cap storage section and a bottle storage section, A sorting container in which the bottom surface of the cap storage section is inclined, and the cap insertion port is located in an upper region of the upper part of the inclination.

2. The separation container according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of the separation container is transparent, and serves as a transparent portion that allows the inside of the cap receiving portion to be seen.

3. The sorting container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the cap storage section comprises a cap discharge outlet through which caps that have reached the lowest part of the bottom surface are discharged, and a cover that can open and close the cap discharge outlet.

4. The sorting container according to claim 3, further comprising an attachment portion to which a recovery member can be attached that receives the caps that flow down along the slope of the bottom surface and are discharged from the cap discharge port when the cap discharge port is opened.

5. 5. The sorting container according to claim 1, wherein a liquid-retaining recess configured to prevent the cap from falling is provided at the bottom of the cap storage section.

6. a container body having the bottle storage portion therein; a lid body that closes the opening of the container body and has the cap storage section and the insertion port for the bottle, 6. A sorting container according to claim 1, wherein the cap storage section is arranged to the side of the bottle inlet in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the bottle is inserted into the bottle inlet.

7. 7. The sorting container according to claim 1, wherein the cap insertion port can receive the cylindrical cap with one open end only in a position with the open surface facing horizontally.

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