106 results about "Waste management system" patented technology

A coin sorting and counting machine and a method for operating it to automatically dispense cash vouchers based on the value of the counted coins, manufacturers' coupons and store coupons. Coins are placed in a hopper tray. When the hinged tray is lifted, the coins travel through a waste management system and into the coin sorting and counting apparatus. The value of the coins and the number of coins within each denomination are displayed as the coins are counted. After sorting, the coins fall into a temporary holding area. At this point the transaction can either be canceled or accepted. If the transaction is canceled, the coins are returned. If the transaction is accepted, the coins fall into a storage area and the user is issued a cash voucher and a series of store coupons. Manufacturers' coupons are dispensed regardless of whether or not the transaction is accepted.

A coin sorting and counting machine and a method for operating it to automatically dispense cash vouchers based on the value of the counted coins, manufacturers' coupons and store coupons. Coins are placed in a hopper tray angled downward from the horizontal. When the hinged tray is lifted, the coins travel over a peak structure, through a waste management system and into the coin sorting and counting apparatus. The value of the coins and the number of coins within each denomination are displayed as the coins are counted. The coins fall into a storage area and the user is issued a cash voucher and a series of manufacturer coupons.

A coin sorting and counting machine and a method for operating it to automatically dispense cash vouchers based on the value of the counted coins, manufacturers' coupons and store coupons. Coins are placed in a hopper tray angled downward from the horizontal. When the hinged tray is lifted, the coins travel over a peak structure, through a waste management system and into the coin sorting and counting apparatus. The value of the coins and the number of coins within each denomination are displayed as the coins are counted. The coins fall into a storage area and the user is issued a cash voucher and a series of manufacturer coupons.

A coin sorting and counting machine and a method for operating it to automatically dispense cash vouchers based on the value of the counted coins, manufacturers' coupons and store coupons. Coins are placed in a hopper tray angled downward from the horizontal. When the hinged tray is lifted, the coins travel over a peak structure, through a waste management system and into the coin sorting and counting apparatus. The value of the coins and the number of coins within each denomination are displayed as the coins are counted. The coins fall into a storage area and the user is issued a cash voucher and a series of manufacturer coupons.

A monitoring system comprises a plurality of monitoring stations disposed in or associated with a respective rubbish bin housing or surround. Each monitoring station comprising an identifier, a sensor for monitoring the bin or a detectable quality of the environment in which the bin is located, a processor for receiving a signal from the sensor and a transmitter for transmitting the signal.

A pyrolysis oven configured for vertical conveyance of material for incineration. The oven makes use of gravity and multiple plates to control the movement of material through the oven chamber. The plates and oven interior are heated in a low oxygen, pressurized environment to effect the decomposition of material as it freefalls down the chamber and makes contact with heated plates. The configuration and angle of declination of plates determines the freefall rate and retention time within the incinerating environment. The decomposition produces char and gas resultants, each of which are carried off through separate exits configured in the oven. The oven may be used as part of a waste management system in connection with a thermal oxidation chamber for the treatment of volatile organic compound gases that are a by-product of the pyrolytic process.

An integrated medical waste management and treatment system may include sensors, interlocks, communications links and / or other features for determining if the waste itself, the decontaminating disinfectant used in the process, or the status of the system are consistent with recommended or authorized system operation. System operation may be terminated if a condition inconsistent with recommended or authorized system operation is detected. Such compliance apparatus may include an electronic scale for determining the weight of the waste loaded into the receiver compartment, a metal detector, or a sensor for determining if the decontaminating disinfectant is a recommended or authorized disinfectant. A communications link may be provided one or more systems to transmit information to a central station to deliver updates or commands associated with the recommended or authorized operation of each system.

This invention is an automatic / semi-automatic bladder relief and fecal waste management system for use in the absence of sanitary facilities. The fecal collection bag is collapsed when not in use and is automatically expanded by the weight of feces upon defecation and is sealed after use. It incorporates an inflatable urine collection means that may be deflated after use. The power unit is powered by a battery that is integrated into a urine storage bag or female pad or male cup. It utilizes a disposable urine storage bag with an isolated cleaning fluid chamber with a directional valve and pump system automatically rinsing and sanitizing the pump, hoses, collection means and the user with a cleaning fluid stored in the cleaning fluid chamber of the urine storage bag. The disposable urine storage bag contains absorbent polymer crystals absorbing the urine as it is deposited in the bag during use.

Methods and systems for chemical management. In one embodiment, a blender is coupled to a processing system and configured to supply an appropriate solution or solutions to the system. Solutions provided by the blender are then reclaimed from the system and subsequently reintroduced for reuse. The blender may be operated to control the concentrations of various constituents in the solution prior to the solution being reintroduced to the system for reuse. Some chemicals introduced to the system may be temperature controlled. A back end vacuum pump subsystem separates gases from liquids as part of a waste management system.

The present invention provides a system and method for electronically automating the solid waste hauling industry's existing paper system for tracking driver services. In at least one embodiment, the system directs the driver through his daily activities, allowing changes and corrections to customer service data along a route. This information is uploaded and converted to payroll data, customer service information, and invoicing for customers, among other aspects, periodically throughout the route or upon return to a home base after the route. The information that is collected on site and in real time into a unit available to the driver during the route can require specific and traceable entries that improve the accuracy and completeness of the data useful to the waste management system. The automation provides the information collected by a driver independently of additional clerks that heretofore have been used to input this information into a waste management system.

The one-step system of the present invention provides a highly sanitary, efficient, economical and humane method for raising pigs from birth to finished product. Farrowing and raising pigs in just one location helps to reduce virus and bacteria problems as compared with conventional methods and significantly reduces labor costs. As a result, the mature hog is healthier and also more profitable. By slowing composting fibrous material and manure on-site, the waste management system of the one-step system completely eliminates the need for offensive lagoons, and recycles the manure for end products useful in gardening and agricultural applications.

The invention relates to the field of management technology for a smart city. The embodiment of the invention provides a waste management system for a smart city. The waste management system for the smart city comprises a plurality of dustbins and waste monitoring centers, wherein each dustbin is equipped with a sensor unit, a positioning unit, and a controller unit. The sensor unit is used to detect the waste information in the dustbin, the positioning unit is used to determine the positioning information of the dustbin, and the controller unit is used to upload the positioning information and the waste information to the waste monitoring center. The waste monitoring centers are used to perform the following operations of: determining whether each dustbin meets inspection conditions according to the waste information; determining points to be inspected based on the positioning information of the dustbins satisfying the inspection conditions; and generating an inspection path for a waste truck based on the points to be inspected. Therefore, a waste information map of the entire city can be controlled, and the waste status of the dustbins can be recorded and analyzed in real time. The inspection path of the waste truck can be adjusted and planned in real time, and manpower inspection costs can be scientifically and reasonably saved.

The invention provides systems and methods for creating, managing and staging aerobic and / or anaerobic landfills. The invention provides systems and methods for collecting liquids from and recirculating liquids into landfills and systems and methods for collecting gases from and introducing gases into landfills. The invention also provides a novel conduit for conveying liquids and gases which comprises a first pipe coaxially disposed within a second pipe.

A chemical control system for controlling the chemistry of a chemical solution having predetermined chemical constituents in a plating system, such as a NiFe plating system, employs a mix container for containing a plating solution and a hold container for containing a plating solution delivered from the mix container. A precision delivery arrangement delivers a precise predetermined quantum of a predetermined constituent of the plating solution to multiple mix containers and the hold containers. Transfer of plating solution between the mix and hold containers is effected by a transfer pump. Nitrogen gas that has been humidified with deionized water protects the plating solution from either acquiring water or becoming dehydrated, the humidified nitrogen gas being humidified to a predetermined relative humidity with respect to the temperature of the plating solution in the mix container. This is achieved by urging the nitrogen gas through a column that is at the same temperature as the plating solution. Precise delivery of the chemical constituents is achieved by a pneumatic pump arranged serially with an orifice and an inexpensive flow meter. The pneumatic pump is a positive displacement, double diaphragm pump.

Disclosed herein are high-throughput sample processing systems and waste management systems, and methods of using the same.

Methods and systems for chemical management. In one embodiment, a blender is coupled to a processing system and configured to supply an appropriate solution or solutions to the system. Solutions provided by the blender are then reclaimed from the system and subsequently reintroduced for reuse. The blender may be operated to control the concentrations of various constituents in the solution prior to the solution being reintroduced to the system for reuse. Some chemicals introduced to the system may be temperature controlled. A back end vacuum pump subsystem separates gases from liquids as part of a waste management system.

Methods and systems for chemical management. In one embodiment, a blender is coupled to a processing system and configured to supply an appropriate solution or solutions to the system. Solutions provided by the blender are then reclaimed from the system and subsequently reintroduced for reuse. The blender may be operated to control the concentrations of various constituents in the solution prior to the solution being reintroduced to the system for reuse. Some chemicals introduced to the system may be temperature controlled. A back end vacuum pump subsystem separates gases from liquids as part of a waste management system.

The present invention for a pet waste management system for use by domestic animals includes a shallow container; having a bottom and four sidewalls, for receiving and collecting domestic animal waste product, excrement, and urine, a receptacle combined with the container, for holding and dispensing plastic disposal bags for the animal excrement, a moisture absorbent pad, a polymeric grid disposed within the container for providing support for the weight of the animal, and a porous synthetic green grass surface shaped to overlie the polymeric grid base.

A waste management system comprising providing householders with waste collection units having predetermined collection containers for predetermined categories of waste whereby the householder performs a preliminary sorting of his waste into said predetermined categories, providing a household collection vehicle having collection containers for at least the waste categories sorted by the householder, providing a way-station at which categorised waste from the collection vehicle can be temporarily stored, providing a way-station collection vehicle having the facility to transport said categorised waste from a plurality of way-stations, and providing a recycling depot at which categorised waste from said way-station collection vehicle can be distributed for recycling or disposal. There is also disclosed a household collection unit, a collection vehicle, and compaction units.

A system is disclosed for managing waste. The system may have a first portal configured to receive input indicative of a customer service opportunity, a second portal configured to receive input indicative of a vendor's acceptance of the customer service opportunity, and a central processing unit in electronic communication with the first and second portals. The central processing unit may be configured to determine, from a list of registered vendors stored in memory, a shorter list of vendors capable of accommodating the customer service opportunity. The central processing unit may also be configured to offer the customer service opportunity to at least one vendor on the shorter list of vendors via the second portal, to receive an acceptance from the at least one vendor via the second portal to accommodate the customer service opportunity, and to automatically generate at least one contract based on the acceptance.

A mobile drilling waste management system including a trailer having at least one centrifuge and a solids catch tank receiving solids separated from drilling fluid by one or more of the centrifuges. And a method of reclaiming drilling fluid including pumping drilling fluid contaminated with solids onto a trailer, separating the contaminant solids from the drilling fluid with at least one centrifuge located on the trailer, directing the contaminant solids to a solids catch tank located on the trailer, and pumping the drilling fluid off of the trailer.

Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for creating, managing and staging aerobic and / or anaerobic landfills. Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for collecting liquids from and recirculating liquids into landfills and systems and methods for collecting gases from and introducing gases into landfills. Embodiments of the invention also provide a novel conduit for conveying liquids and gases which comprises a first pipe coaxially disposed within a second pipe.

A waste management system and associated method are used to control routing of an autonomous waste receptacle in a facility. The autonomous waste receptacle includes a cavity for storing trash, a trash level sensor for sensing a level of trash stored therein, and a motor operative to move the waste receptacle. Position trackers sense positions of the autonomous waste receptacle and of patrons in the facility. Additionally, concession consumption concession consumption data indicative of sales performed by concessions in the facility are stored. A processing subsystem controls the waste receptacle to move autonomously in the facility along a route determined according to correlations between concession consumption data, trash levels monitored by the waste receptacle, and patron positions.

The invention discloses an underground waste management system and method, wherein a surface portion includes a remote transmission management system and data acquisition sensors, such as a waste receiving bin, a lifting power system, visual monitoring, automatic warning, and card swiping management; an underground portion includes an automatic lifting system allowing six classifier waste bins tobe placed, a sand trap, a blow-down pump and a blow-down pipe; background management software includes software available for a PC (personal computer) and a mobile terminal. The underground waste management system and method have the advantages that a waste bin station is placed underground, so that the situation that a bin station is dirty, disorderly and bad is thoroughly changed; facility hardware and software are combined, so that a waste bin station can be remotely monitored in real time, objectively evaluated and effectively supervised by the government; wastes are classified into six categories, common waste, glass, metal, plastics, paper, and harmful waste, so that waste classification can be remotely monitored in real time, objectively evaluated and effectively supervised by the government.

The illustrative embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for managing a plurality of items. A housing has an opening and is configured to receive a plurality of items through the opening of the housing. A first bag has a first end that is sealed and an opening. The opening of the first bag is associated with the opening of the housing. A sensor system configured to detect a selected condition for the first bag. A sealing system configured to seal a second end for the first bag in response to the sensor system detecting the selected condition. An ejection system is configured to transfer the first bag to a desired location in response to the sealing system sealing the second end for the first bag.