DE3728637A1

DE3728637A1 - Refuse bin opener with foot operation

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Publication number: DE3728637A1
Application number: DE19873728637
Authority: DE
Inventors: Wilhelm Ing Grad Doerr
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1987-01-07
Filing date: 1987-08-27
Publication date: 1988-02-18

Abstract

The designation is: Refuse bin opener with foot operation. My Patent No. 3313309.3. My Patent Application No. 3700264. These patents use the lid handles to open the lid and are also dependent on the type of bin handles. Both bin and lid handles have complicated the designs and increased production costs because of their many shapes. Another approach has therefore been sought and found. The results are: 1) The lid handles no longer play any part. 2) The bin handles no longer play any major part. 3) The lid is raised on the lid arm. 4) The angle of opening is larger (60@). 5) The new opener is lighter (2300 grams). 6) It is easier to produce. 7) It is cheaper to produce. 8) Also improved ease of handling for handicapped people. The apparatus is placed unchanged on the bin onto a running wheel, and the lid arm is inserted by lifting the lid by hand, the lid being let down into the U-shaped stirrup (14). When the foot pedal is operated the lid is raised on the lid arm via a lever arm and a lifting rod with an articulated U-shaped stirrup (14). When the foot is removed, the lid closes as a result of its own weight. <IMAGE>

Description

Ein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung ist in der Zeich nung dargestellt, mit 3 Fotografien dokumentiert und wird in folgendem näher beschrieben.An embodiment of the invention is in the drawing shown, documented with 3 photographs and is described in more detail below.

Es zeigt den Behälter mit aufgesetztem MülltonnenöffnerIt shows the container with the garbage can opener attached

Fig. 1 von vorne, Fig. 1 from the front,

Fig. 2 von der Seite, Fig. 2 from the side,

Fig. 3 von oben. Fig. 3 from above.

Der Mülltonnenöffner besteht aus einem dem Laufrad (4) angepaßten Stützblech (5) mit Halte- und Führungslappen. Am Stützblech (5) ist ein Flacheisen (8) mit Handgriff (9), Führung (14) und Verstrebung (10) angeschweißt. Der Lappen (6) dient zur Führung und Hubbegrenzung von Hebel arm (11). Zwischen Lappen (7) und Verstrebung (10) ist ein doppelarmiger Hebelarm (11) beweglich gelagert. Mit Blech (12) wurde am langen Hebelarm von (11) ein Fußpedal geschaffen. Am kurzen Hebelarm von (11) ist ein Hebestab (13) angelenkt. Dieser wird in der Führung (14) geführt. Am oberen Ende der Hebestange (13) ist ein U-förmig ge bogenes Blech (15) angelenkt.The garbage can opener consists of a support plate ( 5 ) adapted to the impeller ( 4 ) with holding and guiding tabs. A flat iron ( 8 ) with a handle ( 9 ), guide ( 14 ) and strut ( 10 ) is welded to the support plate ( 5 ). The tab ( 6 ) serves to guide and limit the stroke of the lever arm ( 11 ). A double-armed lever arm ( 11 ) is movably mounted between the tab ( 7 ) and the strut ( 10 ). A foot pedal was created with sheet metal ( 12 ) on the long lever arm of ( 11 ). A lifting rod ( 13 ) is articulated on the short lever arm of ( 11 ). This is guided in the guide ( 14 ). At the upper end of the lifting rod ( 13 ) a U-shaped ge bent sheet ( 15 ) is articulated.

Ist der Öffner nach Anspruch 2a + b aufgesetzt, so wird beim Betreten des Fußpedals (12) über den Hebelarm (11) der angelenkte Hebestab (13) mit dem angelenkten U-för mig gebogenen Blech (15) des Deckel gehoben. Bei Weg nahme des Fußes schließt er sich durch sein Eigengewicht.If the opener is attached according to claim 2a + b, when the foot pedal ( 12 ) is stepped on the lever arm ( 11 ) the articulated lifting rod ( 13 ) with the articulated U-shaped sheet ( 15 ) of the lid is lifted. When the foot is removed, it closes due to its own weight.

Vorteile des Öffners:
Der Öffnungswinkel beträgt 60°.Advantages of the opener:
The opening angle is 60 °.

Die vielen Formen der Deckel- und Tonnengriffe spielen keine Rolle mehr. Dieses Gerät ist für Behinderte (wegen des Handgriffes) besser zu handhaben. Auch dieses Gerät ist leicht (2300 gr) und billiger herzustellen.The many forms of lid and barrel handles play no longer matter. This device is for the disabled (because of handle) to handle better. This device too is easy (2300 gr) and cheaper to manufacture.

Der Mülltonnenöffner befindet sich üblicherweise an der Mülltonne und wird nur zum Entleeren der Tonne wegge nommen. Hierbei muß der Deckel (2) zuerst mit der Hand gehoben werden, damit der Deckelarm (3) den U-förmig ge bogenen Bügel (15) freigibt.The garbage can opener is usually located on the garbage can and is only taken away to empty the bin. Here, the cover ( 2 ) must first be lifted by hand so that the cover arm ( 3 ) releases the U-shaped bracket ( 15 ).

Am Bügel (15) befinden sich 2 Löcher, womit Tonne und Öffner mit einer Kette und einem Vorhängeschloß gegen Diebstahl gesichert werden können.There are 2 holes on the bracket ( 15 ), which can be used to secure the barrel and opener against theft with a chain and a padlock.

Claims

1. Garbage can opener with foot operations via a lever mechanism, characterized in that

a) on a sheet metal strip ( 5 ) with two lobes on the left and four lobes on the right each 2 opposing lobes diagonally inwards and the two remaining ( 6 ) and ( 7 ) are bent upwards at a right angle,
b) on the metal strip ( 5 ) a short piece as a floor support at right angles and the rest is bent so that the sheet fits on an impeller,
c) a flat iron ( 8 ) with a handle ( 9 ) and a strut ( 10 ) are welded to the bent sheet metal strip ( 5 ) in such a way that a double-armed lever arm ( 11 ) is movably mounted between the strut ( 10 ) and the tab ( 7 ),
d) a sheet ( 12 ) is welded onto the longer end of the lever arm ( 11 ) as a foot pedal,
e) a lifting rod ( 13 ) is articulated at the short end of lever arm ( 11 ),
f) a guide ( 14 ) is welded to the flat iron ( 8 ), in which the lifting bar ( 13 ) is guided,
g) a U-shaped sheet ( 15 ) is articulated at the upper end of the lifting bar ( 13 ),
h) the tab ( 6 ) on the metal strip ( 5 ) is the guide and stroke limiter for the double-armed lever arm (11).

2. Garbage can opener according to claim 1, characterized in that

a) it is placed on the impeller ( 4 ) with the handle ( 9 ) so that the angle on the sheet metal strip ( 5 ) touches the ground and the sheet metal sheet is held by the 4 tabs on the impeller ( 4 ),
b) the cover ( 2 ) is now lifted by hand and the cover arm ( 3 ) comes to rest when the cover ( 2 ) is lowered into the U-shaped sheet ( 14 ).