Waste bin provided with means for compressing waste
AssigneeBrabantia Nederland B.V.
InventorRobert-Jan Willem Antoine van Beuningen
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Abstract
A waste bin, including a container for holding waste and having a cover, and further including compressing mechanisms for compressing the waste inside the container, wherein the compressing mechanisms are displaceable between a nominal position and a compression position, wherein the compressing mechanisms in the compression position are configured to be moved inwards with respect to the nominal position to compress waste inside the container, wherein the compressing mechanisms form a part of the container that is movable at least transversely to the longitudinal axis of the waste bin.
Claims20
A waste bin, comprising a container for holding waste and having a cover, and further comprising compressing means for compressing the waste inside the container, wherein the compressing means are displaceable between a nominal position and a compression position, wherein the compressing means in the compression position are configured to be moved inwards with respect to the nominal position to compress waste inside the container, wherein the compressing means comprise a part of the container that is movable at least transversely to a longitudinal axis of the waste bin,
- wherein the container comprises an outer bin and an inner bin accommodated in the outer bin, wherein the inner bin is adapted to accommodate the waste, and wherein the part of the container that is movable is a part of the inner bin, and
- wherein the inner bin comprises a rigid sub-bin and the part of the container that is movable comprises a flexible sleeve arranged on the sub-bin.
A method for collecting and compressing waste, comprising the steps of:
- providing a waste bin having a container for holding waste and having a cover, and further comprising compressing means for compressing the waste inside the container, wherein the compressing means are displaceable between a nominal position and a compression position to compress waste inside the container, wherein the compressing means comprise a part of the container that is movable at least transversely to the longitudinal axis of the waste bin, wherein the container comprises an outer bin and an inner bin accommodated in the outer bin, wherein the inner bin is adapted to accommodate the waste and wherein the part of the container that is movable is a part of the inner bin, and wherein the inner bin comprises a rigid sub-bin and the part of the container that is movable comprises a flexible sleeve arranged on the sub-bin;
- placing the waste in the inner bin;
- increasing the waste up to a level of the compressing means delimiting an opening of the inner bin;
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- pressing a section delimiting the opening of the inner bin inwards to compress the waste.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.