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US 2017/0283169 A1Published application
Refuse collection apparatus
AssigneeEcube Labs Co., Ltd.
InventorsSun Beom GWON, Gil Rok DO
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Abstract
A refuse collection apparatus is disclosed. A refuse collection apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention a main body unit into which a refuse is inserted, a refuse compression unit installed in the main body unit and configured to compress the refuse inserted into the main body unit and a movement range detection unit located inside of the main body unit and configured to detect a movement range of the refuse compression unit.
Claims30
A storage container, comprising:
- a main body and a main door;
- a refuse slot formed at the main door and configured to receive refuse;
- a refuse storage container inside the main body configured to store the refuse or space within the main body for an external container to be inserted in;
- an ashtray;
- a solar energy reception plate;
- a power supply unit comprising a charge battery charged by solar energy received via the solar energy reception plate or from an external power source;
- a driving unit comprising a driving motor powered by the power supply unit;
- an electronic control unit powered by the power supply unit and configured to control operations of the storage container;
- a refuse compression unit installed in the main body and comprising a compression plate configured to compress the refuse stored in the refuse storage container;
- a sensor configured to detect whether the main door is open or closed;
- the refuse compression unit comprising a belt unit coupled to the driving motor via a rotation driving axis to cause the compression plate to move up and down relative to a height of the storage container during operation of the driving motor;
- a movement range detection unit comprising a rotation plate and a rotation detection sensor separately located from the rotation plate and configured to detect a rotation of the rotation plate, wherein the rotation plate is connected to the rotation driving axis, and wherein the rotation detection sensor comprises a photo sensor configured to detect a light or a magnetic sensor configured to detect a magnetic substance;
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- a communication unit powered by the power supply unit and configured to transmit wirelessly a state of the storage container to an external server.
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A storage container, comprising:
- a main body and a main door;
- a refuse slot formed at the main door and configured to receive refuse;
- a refuse storage container inside the main body configured to store the refuse;
- a solar energy reception plate;
- a power supply unit comprising a charge battery charged by solar energy received via the solar energy reception plate;
- a driving unit comprising a driving motor powered by the power supply unit;
- an electronic control unit powered by the power supply unit and configured to control operations of the storage container;
- a refuse compression unit installed in the main body and comprising a compression plate configured to compress the refuse stored in the refuse storage container;
- a sensor configured to detect whether the main door is open or closed, the control unit stopping operation of the refuse compression unit in response to the sensor detecting an opening of the main door during operation of the refuse compression unit;
- the refuse compression unit comprising a belt unit coupled to the driving motor via a rotation driving axis to cause the compression plate to move up and down relative to a height of the storage container during operation of the driving motor;
- a movement range detection unit comprising a rotation plate and a rotation detection sensor separately located from the rotation plate and configured to detect a rotation of the rotation plate, wherein the rotation plate is connected to the rotation driving axis, wherein the rotation detection sensor comprises a photo sensor configured to detect a light or a magnetic sensor configured to detect a magnetic substance;
- a refuse accumulation amount detection sensor installed inside the main body and configured to detect an accumulation amount of the refuse;
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- a communication unit powered by the power supply unit and configured to transmit wirelessly an accumulation state of the refuse to an external server, the transmitted accumulation state of the refuse indicating that the detected accumulation amount of the refuse exceeds a criterion.
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A storage container, comprising:
- a main body and a main door;
- a refuse slot formed at the main door and configured to receive refuse;
- a refuse storage container inside the main body configured to store the refuse;
- a solar energy reception plate;
- a power supply unit comprising a charge battery charged by solar energy received via the solar energy reception plate;
- a driving unit comprising a driving motor powered by the power supply unit;
- an electronic control unit powered by the power supply unit and configured to control operations of the storage container;
- a refuse compression unit installed in the main body and comprising a compression plate configured to compress the refuse stored in the refuse storage container;
- a sensor configured to detect whether the main door is open or closed, the control unit stopping operation of the refuse compression unit in response to the sensor detecting an opening of the main door during operation of the refuse compression unit;
- the refuse compression unit comprising a belt unit coupled to the driving motor via a rotation driving axis to cause the compression plate to move up and down relative to a height of the storage container during operation of the driving motor;
- a movement range detection unit comprising a rotation plate and a rotation detection sensor separately located from the rotation plate and configured to detect a rotation of the rotation plate, wherein the rotation plate is connected to the rotation driving axis, and wherein the rotation detection sensor comprises a photo sensor configured to detect a light or a magnetic sensor configured to detect a magnetic substance;
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- a communication unit powered by the power supply unit and configured to transmit wirelessly to an external server a state of the storage container, the state of the storage container comprising an accumulation state of the refuse and a state of the power supply unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.