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EP-4282782-B1 - LARGE WASTE COLLECTION CONTAINER

EP4282782B1EP 4282782 B1EP4282782 B1EP 4282782B1EP-4282782-B1

Inventors

  • DEN BOER, REINIER
  • DIETS, Torsten

Dates

Publication Date
20260513
Application Date
20230524

Claims (15)

  1. A large waste collection container (10) with a capacity of 1,100 litres, comprising a container body (11), having a container bottom (18), a side wall (12) projecting upwards from the container bottom (18), wherein the side wall (12) is formed from four side wall segments, a first side wall segment being designed as the rear side (14), a second side wall segment being designed as the front side (13), and a third and fourth side wall segment each being designed as transverse sides (15, 16), an insertion opening (20) which is formed at the upper end of the side wall (12) and which is delimited by an upper edge (19) of the container body (11), and a drive gear (26), which comprises four wheel devices (27), the wheel devices (27) each being arranged in a corner region of the container body in the region of the container bottom (18) on the side wall (12) or below the container bottom (18) and extending below the container bottom (18), wherein the at least one receiving device (30) comprises at least one receiving profile element (31, 32) which is provided for receiving and holding the additional container components on the container body (119), wherein the receiving profile member (31, 32) is connected by a first end (31a, 32a) to the upper edge (19) of the container body (11) and projects downwardly from the upper edge (19) of the container body (11) in the direction of the container bottom (18), and wherein the receiving profile element (30) comprises a fastening device for fastening the additional container component in a detachable manner, characterized in that at least one receiving device (30) is arranged or formed on the upper edge (19) or in the region of the upper edge (19) of the container body (11) for selectively receiving and detachably holding various additional container components, said additional container components being designed as an additional handle device (40) and/or as a trunnion device (50) and/or as a communication device (60), that the receiving device (30) is arranged or formed on one or both transverse sides centrally between the front side and the rear side.
  2. The large waste collection container (10) according to claim 1, characterised in that at least one receiving device (30) is arranged or formed on the rear side (14) and/or on the front side (13) of the side wall (12).
  3. The large waste collection container (10) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the receiving device (30) comprises two receiving profile elements (31, 32) spaced apart from one another.
  4. The large waste collection container (10) according to anyone of claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the at least one receiving profile member (31, 32) is formed as a receiving hollow profile member, and in that the receiving hollow profile member comprises an insertion opening (31c, 32c) provided for insertion of the additional container components.
  5. The large waste collection container (10) according to anyone of claims 1 to 4, characterised in that , when the receiving profile member (31, 32) is formed as a hollow receiving profile member, an insertion opening (31c, 32c) is formed in the second end (31b, 32b) of the receiving profile member (31, 32) opposite the first end (31a, 32a), or that the insertion opening is formed laterally in the wall of the receiving profile member (31, 32).
  6. The large waste collection container (10) according to anyone of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the fastening device of the receiving profile element (31, 32) is provided for producing a snap-in connection or a screw connection.
  7. The large waste collection container (10) according to anyone of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the receiving profile element (31, 32), if it is designed as a hollow receiving profile element, comprises at least one fixing opening (31d, 32d) as a fixing device, which fixing opening (31d, 32d) is provided in such a way that it is capable of interacting with corresponding fixing elements, in particular fixing screws or latching tabs (44a, 45a; 57a, 58a), of the additional container component.
  8. The large waste collection container (10) according to anyone of claims 1 to 7, characterised in that a kit with additional container components is provided, the kit comprising at least one additional handle device (40) and/or at least one trunnion device (50) and/or at least one communication device (60).
  9. The large waste collection container (10) according to anyone of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the additional container component is designed as a trunnion device (50) and that the trunnion device (50) comprises a communication device (59), or the trunnion device (50) comprises a device for receiving a communication device (59).
  10. The large waste collection container (10) according to anyone of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the additional container component is designed as a handle device (40) having a handle element (41) which comprises at least one fixing leg (44, 45) which projects from the handle element (41), the handle element (41) comprising in particular two fixing legs (44, 45) which each project from the handle element (41) at one end (42, 43) of the handle element (41), the at least one fixing leg (44, 45) being provided in such a way that it is able to cooperate with the at least one receiving profile element (31, 32) of the receiving device (30).
  11. The large waste collection container (10) according to anyone of claims 1 to 10, characterised in that the additional container component is designed as a trunnion device (50), and in that the trunnion device (50) is provided such that it is capable of being connected to the receiving device (30) by means of a formlock connection.
  12. The large waste collection container (10) according to anyone of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the trunnion device (50) comprises a base body (51) from whose first surface (52) a trunnion element (53) projects, in that the trunnion device (50) comprises on one of its end faces (54), which is provided for cooperation with the receiving device (30), a particularly rectilinear course with at least one, preferably two recesses (55, 56) formed therein, and that in the recess (55, 56) a fixing leg (57, 58) is arranged or formed which projects outwardly from the recess (55, 56), wherein the at least one fixing leg (57, 58) is provided in such a way that it is able to cooperate with the at least one receiving profile element (31, 32) of the receiving device (30).
  13. The large waste collection container (10) according to anyone of claims 1 to 12, characterised in that the additional container component is formed as a communication device (60) comprising a fixing leg (62), the fixing leg (62) being provided so as to be able to cooperate with the at least one receiving profile element (31, 32) of the receiving device (30).
  14. The large waste collection container (10) according to anyone of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that the attachment of the additional container component to the receiving means (30) is provided by means of a snap-in connection, that the additional container component comprises at least one latching tab (44a, 45a; 57a, 58a) provided to cooperate with at least one fixing opening (31d, 32d) of the receiving means (30).
  15. The large waste collection container (10) according to anyone of claims 1 to 14, comprising a lid device (24) for closing the insertion opening (20) of the container body (11), the lid device (24) being articulated, in particular pivotably, on the container body (11) via at least one fastening device (23).

Description

The present invention relates to a large waste collection container having a capacity of 1,100 litres. Such large waste collection containers are generally known in the state of the art. First of all, they consist of a container body that serves to receive and hold the waste. The container body consists of a container bottom and a side wall which projects upwards from the container bottom. At the upper end of the side wall there is an insertion opening which is limited by an upper edge of the container body. As a rule, the container body has an approximately rectangular, pot-shaped form. For better manageability of the large waste collection container, it has a drive gear, which usually consists of four wheel devices, which are arranged below the container bottom in its corner areas. In order to be able to maneuver the large waste collection container, it has one or more handle elements, in particular in the area of the upper edge of the container body. The open upper side of the container body, which provides the insertion opening, through which the waste is filled, is closed by means of a lid device. For this purpose, the lid device is hinged to the container body. This type of large waste collection container is often discharged into waste collection vehicles. For this purpose, the waste collection vehicles have a chute with a lifting device. By means of the lifting device, the large waste containers are gripped, lifted, and tilted into a receiving area of the waste collection vehicle. For this purpose, the large waste containers have, preferably on their side wall segments, corresponding trunnion elements which are pick-up pins and which cooperate with the lifting device. The lid device opens and the waste in the large waste container falls into the receiving area of the waste collection vehicle. As a rule, the waste collection vehicles also have a pressing device, which in particular has a pressing plate construction. The waste poured into the receiving area is pressed together by the pressing device and pushed into the collection container of the waste collection vehicle. The production of such large waste collection containers basically involves first manufacturing the individual components, which are then assembled in a further assembly step. For example, the container body and the lid device are first manufactured separately, for example by means of an injection moulding process. For transport, the individual components are stacked. It is advantageous to combine as many components per stack as possible for a given stack height. This is especially true for voluminous container bodies. In order to combine as many of these as possible in a single stack, it is necessary that, at least during transport, as few container components as possible protrude from the outside of the container body. Usually, the individual container components are assembled at a later point in time. Then, for example, the lid device is arranged on the container body and the wheel devices are mounted in the area of the container bottom. Up to now, it was common for the trunnion devices to be firmly attached to the side wall of the container body. The trunnion devices are located in the upper half of the container body and protrude far from the side wall due to the length of the trunnion element. In such a case, container bodies on which the trunnion devices are already arranged can only be stacked in insufficient numbers, especially if, as in the case of transport, a certain stacking height must not be exceeded. This increases the transport costs. Furthermore, it has become common practice in the circular economy to construct large waste collection containers in a modular way so that individual container components can be replaced if they are damaged or if the existing large waste collection container is to be used for other applications. Some examples for large waste containers, which comprise four wheels, are disclosed in EP 1354824 B1, EP 1354825A1 and FR 2850630 A1. EP 1354824 B1 discloses a large four-wheeled waste container comprising laterally located receiving devices suitable for the attachment of handle devices. The present invention is based on the object of further optimising such large waste collection containers, which are known per se, in the aforementioned direction. This object is solved according to the invention by the large waste collection container with the features according to the independent claim 1. Further features and details of the invention become evident from the dependent claims, the description, and the drawings. The present invention is directed to a large waste collection container with a capacity of 1,100 litres. For example, the large waste collection container may be a large waste collection container as described at the beginning, so that reference is made in full to the corresponding explanations above in order to avoid repetition. The large waste collection container comprises a container