Container for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
AssigneeCoventry University
InventorsChristopher Patrick Johnson, Vincent Eckerman
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Abstract
A container (1) for the storage and transport of waste electrical and/or electronic equipment has at least one tray (17) provided with an array (24) of upwardly projecting resilient locating portions. The tray receives relatively small waste equipment such as electric lamps, mobile telephones or the like in a number of different orientations in which the items will occupy spaces between the locating portions and will be gripped by the locating portions.
Claims33
A container for the storage and transport of waste electrical and/or electronic equipment having therein at least one horizontally disposed tray provided with an array of upwardly projecting resilient locating portions, adapted to receive a plurality of waste electrical and/or electrical items in a plurality of different orientations in which the items will occupy spaces between the locating portions and will be gripped by the locating portions.
A container as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the locating portions are arranged in a matrix of rows and columns.
A container as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the tray is provided with a liquid absorbent base.
A container as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the tray is removable.
A container as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the tray is in a portion of the container separated from the remainder of the container by a partition.
A container as claimed in any preceding claim, adapted to hold a plurality of vertically spaced trays.
A container as claimed in any preceding claim, comprising a front wall, a rear wall, two side walls, a top member and a base member, and at least a portion one of the walls serving as a door to provide access to the interior of the container.
A collapsible container for the storage and transport of waste electrical and/or electronic equipment, which comprises a top member defining a top of the container, a base member defining a base of the container, two side walls, a rear wall and a front wall;
- wherein (a) in an erected state of the container the two side walls, the rear wall and the front wall are connected to the top member and the base member to form a substantially rigid structure, with at least part of the front wall being movable pivotally between a closed position preventing access to the interior of the container, and an open position in which there is access to the interior of the container;
- and (b) in a collapsed state of the container the top member and the base member cooperate so as to define a storage space in which are located the two side walls, the rear wall and the front wall.
A container for waste electrical or electronic products, having a base, side walls, a top and a lid, the container further being provided with a horizontal shelf and one or more vertical dividers which cooperate to define a plurality of battery compartments within the container, there being a plurality of apertures in the lid of the container which provide access to respective ones of the battery compartments, and the or each battery compartment below the shelf communicating with its corresponding aperture in the lid of the container by means of a tube which passes through a battery compartment above the shelf and through the shelf.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.