Apparatus for packing objects into an elongated tube
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B65B-043/42
B65B-043/48
출원번호
US-0665144
(2003-09-22)
우선권정보
CA-2412431 (2002-11-20)
발명자
/ 주소
Mauffette, Claude
Lefebvre, Louis
Tremblay, Yan
출원인 / 주소
Les Developpements Angelcare Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Kubovcik & Kubovcik
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
24인용 특허 :
18
초록▼
The invention relates to an apparatus for packaging objects, like soiled diapers, into an elongated flexible plastic tube. The apparatus includes a container with an upper portion with an opening and a lower portion. A cassette is mounted in the upper portion of the container coaxially with the open
The invention relates to an apparatus for packaging objects, like soiled diapers, into an elongated flexible plastic tube. The apparatus includes a container with an upper portion with an opening and a lower portion. A cassette is mounted in the upper portion of the container coaxially with the opening to store a tube in a compacted form. A plunging device is provided to compress the object to be disposed of, and to push it into the tube and then to the bottom part of the container. The plunging device includes biased flaps and biased slides orthogonal to the arms which permits to push the object down while allowing a hermetic seal of the flexible tube to prevent escape of bad odours.
대표청구항▼
1. An apparatus for packaging objects to be disposed of into pouches formed along a tube of plastic material, said apparatus comprising:a container having an upper portion with an opening having a vertical axis, and a lower portion;a ring-shaped cassette mounted into the upper portion of the contain
1. An apparatus for packaging objects to be disposed of into pouches formed along a tube of plastic material, said apparatus comprising:a container having an upper portion with an opening having a vertical axis, and a lower portion;a ring-shaped cassette mounted into the upper portion of the container coaxially with the opening, said cassette storing the tube of flexible plastic material in a compacted form and allowing it to be pulled from the cassette and moved towards the lower portion of the container in order to receive and store the objects to be disposed of which are inserted into the opening in the upper portion of the container;a receiving area located below the opening and the cassette in the upper portion of said container, for receiving the objects to be inserted into the tube; anda plunging device mounted onto the upper portion of said container, for forcing said objects and a portion of said tube beyond said receiving area into the lower portion of said container,wherein said plunging device comprises:two opposite arms mounted laterally inside the container, said arms each having a top and a bottom portion and being adapted to move upwardly and downwardly along a predetermined course;two opposite flaps pivotably attached to the bottom of the arms, said flaps being orthogonal to the arms and each biased towards each other by at least one spring, said flaps also having interlocking edges abutting each other in a horizontal transverse manner relative to the arms, said flaps being opened when the objects are inserted into the opening and manually pushed down; anda pair of opposite slides, said slides being orthogonal to the arms and external to the flaps and each having a top portion and a bottom portion attached to said upper portion of said container a pivot allowing the bottom portions of the slides to move towards and away from each other, said pivot lying in a horizontal transverse axis relative to the arms, the bottom portions of said slides being biased towards each other by at least one spring and comprising an interlocking means, said interlocking means forming a hermetic seal and abutting in a parallel manner to the interlocking edges of the flaps, the bottom portions of said slides being kept away from each other by the bottom portion of the arms when said arms are moved upwardly or downwardly between the pivot and the bottom portions of the slides, said bottom portion of the slides being forced together to close and thus prevent objects from going beyond the interlocking means of the slides when the bottom portion of the arms are at a position higher than the pivot of the slides. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the two arms have their top ends joined together by a handle. 3. The apparatus according to claim 2 wherein a cover is provided on top of the container to close the opening. 4. The apparatus according to claim 3 wherein the top and the bottom portions of the container are connected together with a hinge and wherein a lock is located opposite the hinge to lock said top and bottom portions. 5. The apparatus according to claim 4 wherein the cover is spring-loaded for automatically opening and thus giving access to the opening, said cover being kept closed when the arms of the plunging device are moved down within the container, said cover gradually opening when the arms are lifted. 6. The apparatus according to claim 3 wherein the lock is a child-proof lock. 7. The apparatus according to claim 3 wherein the cover is spring loaded for automatically opening and thus giving access to the opening, said cover being kept closed when the arms of the plunging device are moved down within the container, said cover gradually opening when the arms are lifted. 8. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein a cover is provided on top of the container to close the opening. 9. The apparatus according to claim 8 wherein the cover is spring-loaded for automatically opening and thus giving access to the o pening, said cover being kept closed when the arms of the plunging device are moved down within the container, said cover gradually opening when the arms are lifted. 10. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the arms of the plunging device have their bottom ends that are T-shaped. 11. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the top and the bottom portions of the container are connected together with a hinge. 12. The apparatus according to claim 11 wherein the container comprises a lock located opposite the hinge to lock its top and bottom portions. 13. The apparatus according to claim 12 wherein the lock is a child-proof lock. 14. The apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising a cutter placed inside the container under the hinge in order to cut the plastic tube when the top portion of the container is open and said plastic tube is to be disposed of. 15. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the flaps are biased by two springs, one on each side of the flaps. 16. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the bottom portion of each slide is biased with more than one spring wound about the pivot. 17. The apparatus according to claim 1, in which the objects to be disposed of are waste material. 18. The apparatus according to claim 1, in which the objects to be disposed of are disposable diapers.
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