Refuse airlock
AssigneeInnoRatio Aktiengesellschaft fur innovative umwelttechnische System i.Gr.
InventorsIwe Kardum, Rudolf Ebner
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a refuse airlock (10) for refuse bins or fuse containers, having a closable inlet (20) for introducing waste material and a closable outlet (30) for discharging the waste material, wherein the inlet (20) and the outlet (30) are not open at the same time, at least one controllable interlock is provided for the inlet (20) and/or outlet (30), a payment device is provided, which controls the interlock in dependence on a payment or cost calculation operation, the inlet (20) comprises a first closure device (22) which is (mechanically) connected to the outlet (30) and has a pivoting and/or sliding or slide closure, and the outlet (30) has a pivoting and/or sliding or slide closure (32).
Claims18
A refuse airlock (10) for use with refuse containers comprising:
- a refuse chamber of a predetermined volume;
- an inlet (20) communicating with said refuse chamber;
- a first inlet closure device (22) movably mounted in proximity to said inlet (20) for selectively opening and closing said inlet;
- a second inlet closure device (24) movably mounted in proximity to said inlet (20) for selectively opening and closing said inlet (20) after an initial opening of said first inlet closure device (22);
- an outlet (30) spaced from said inlet (20) and communicating with said chamber;
- an outlet closure (32) movably mounted in proximity to said outlet (30) for selectively opening and closing said outlet (30);
- means for preventing simultaneous opening of the inlet (20) and the outlet (30);
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- at least one controllable interlock for selectively locking at least said second inlet closure device (24) in dependence on a payment calculation operation.
A refuse airlock (10) for refuse containers, comprising:
- an inlet (20) for introducing waste material;
- an outlet (30) for discharging the waste material;
- an inlet closure device (22) movably mounted in proximity to said inlet (20) for selectively opening and closing said inlet (20);
- an outlet closure device (32) movably mounted in proximity to said outlet (30) for selectively opening and closing said outlet (30);
- means for preventing simultaneous opening of the inlet closure device (22) and the outlet closure device (32);
- at least one controllable interlock for selectively locking at least one of the inlet closure device (22) and the outlet closure device (32);
- a weighing device for weighing the waste material introduced into the refuse airlock (10);
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- a payment device communicating with said interlock and said weighing device for controlling the interlock in dependence on a payment calculation operation based on the weight of the waste material introduced into the refuse airlock (10).
A refuse airlock (10) for refuse containers, comprising:
- an inlet (20) for introducing waste material;
- an outlet (30) for discharging the waste material;
- an inlet closure device (22) movably mounted in proximity to said inlet (20) for selectively opening and closing said inlet (20);
- an outlet closure device (32) movably mounted in proximity to said outlet (30) for selectively opening and closing said outlet (30);
- means for preventing simultaneous opening of the inlet closure device (22) and the outlet closure device (32);
- at least one controllable interlock for selectively locking at least one of the inlet closure device (22) and the outlet closure device (32);
- an identification device which provides the waste material introduced into the refuse airlock (10) with an identification;
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- a payment device for controlling the selective locking of the interlock in dependence on a payment calculation operation.
A refuse airlock comprising:
- an inlet (20) for introducing waste material;
- an outlet (30) for discharging the waste material;
- an inlet closure device (22) movably mounted in proximity to said inlet (20) for selectively opening and closing said inlet (20);
- an outlet closure device (32) movably mounted in proximity to said outlet (30) for selectively opening and closing said outlet (30);
- means for preventing simultaneous opening of the inlet closure device (22) and the outlet closure device (32);
- at least one controllable interlock for selectively locking at least one of the inlet closure device (22) and the outlet closure device (32);
- a payment device for controlling the selective locking of the interlock in dependence on a payment calculation operation, the payment device comprising a substraction device and a reading/writing device for reading in a credit, the subtraction device subtracting a unit from the credit and entering a new amount, the payment device further comprises a data transmission device (60, 60', 62, 62') for transmitting data to a data recording device (70), the data transmission device (60, 60', 62, 62') transmitting the data by a data transmission network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.