Apparatus for receiving and discharging material such as waste vinyl

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9598255-B2
Application number	US-201414535980-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 7, 2014
Priority date	Dec 21, 2010
Publication date	Mar 21, 2017
Grant date	Mar 21, 2017

Abstract

Provided is an apparatus for disposing a material such as waste vinyl, which is configured to collect and dispose of the material on a constant quantity basis. The apparatus includes a receiving part which receives a material supplied from an outside; a supply part, provided at an end of the receiving part, through which the material is supplied to the receiving part; a door part provided at another end of the receiving part and configured to be opened to the outside; and a fixing part formed at a location adjacent to the door part and maintaining the receiving part in a closed state until an internal pressure of the receiving part reaches a predetermined pressure level, wherein the door part is opened to discharge the material to the outside if the internal pressure of the receiving part exceeds the predetermined pressure level.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. 1 . An apparatus of receiving and discharging a material, the apparatus comprising:
a receiving part which receives a material supplied from outside;
a supply part which is provided at an end of the receiving part and through which the material is supplied to the receiving part;
a door part which is provided at another end of the receiving part and configured to be opened to the outside;
a fixing part which is provided at a location adjacent to the door part and maintains the receiving part in a closed state until an internal pressure of the receiving part reaches a predetermined pressure level; and
a pressure transmitting part which is provided at one side of the receiving part and configured to be shifted by the internal pressure of the receiving part so that one end of the pressure transmitting part to contact the door part to open the door part to the outside,
wherein the pressure transmitting part comprises:
a pressure sensing unit which is provided adjacent to the supply part and is configured to protrude toward the inside of the receiving part so as to sense the internal pressure of the receiving part; and
a pressing unit which is provided adjacent to the door part, is connected to the pressure sensing unit and is configured to contact the door part to open the door part to the outside if a sum of a force applied to the door part to the outside by the internal pressure of the receiving part and a force applied to the door part by the pressure transmitting part pressing the door part to the outside is greater than a force of fixing the door part to the fixing part.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the pressure sensing unit is shifted by the internal pressure of the receiving part, and the pressing unit is moved to the door part by the pressure sensing unit to press the door part to the outside and to allow the door part to be opened.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the door part is opened to discharge the portion of the material if a sum of a force applied to the door part to the outside by the internal pressure of the receiving part and a force applied to the door part by the pressure transmitting part pressing the door part to the outside is greater than a force of fixing the door part to the fixing part.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the internal pressure of the receiving part becomes higher at around the supply part than at around the door part when a quantity of the material received at the receiving part increases.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the fixing part is configured to be fixed to the door part in the closed state.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the material received and discharged is a substantially flat, flexible and continuously received material.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the pressure sensing unit comprises an elastic member elastically deformed by the internal pressure and is configured to convexly protrude toward the inside of the receiving part.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the pressure sensing unit is elongated in the lengthwise direction toward the door part, and the pressing unit is connected to the pressure sensing unit, is moved to the door part by the pressure sensing unit to press the door part to the outside and to allow the door part to be opened.

9. The apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising a hinge part which is connected to the pressing unit, provided around the door part of the pressing unit and guides a movement direction of the pressing unit due to elastic deformation of the pressure sensing unit.

10. An apparatus of receiving and discharging a material, the apparatus comprising:
a container which receives the material, and contains the material until a quantity of the material contained in the container reaches a predetermined amount or an internal pressure of the container reaches a predetermined level,
wherein the container comprises;
a fixing part;
a door part contacting the fixing part; and
a pressure transmitting part which is provided at one side of the container and configured to be shifted by the internal pressure of the container so that one end of the pressure transmitting part to contact the door part to open the door part to the outside,
wherein if the quantity of the material contained in the container reaches the predetermined amount or the internal pressure of the container reaches the predetermined level, the fixing part and the door part are configured to be separated from each other to discharge a portion of the material,
wherein the pressure transmitting part comprises:
a pressure sensing unit which is provided adjacent to an input portion of the container through which the material is received and is configured to protrude toward the inside of the container so as to sense the internal pressure of the container; and
a pressing unit which is provided adjacent to the door part, is connected to the pressure sensing unit and is configured to contact the door part to open the door part to the outside if a sum of a force applied to the door part to the outside by the internal pressure of the container and a force applied to the door part by the pressure transmitting part pressing the door part to the outside is greater than a force of fixing the door part to the fixing part.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the door part is opened to discharge the portion of the material if a sum of a force applied to the door part to the outside by the internal pressure of the container and a force applied to the door part by the pressure transmitting part pressing the door part to the outside is greater than a force of fixing the door part to the fixing part.

12. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the internal pressure of the container becomes higher at around a portion of the container, through with the material is received, than at around the door part when a quantity of the material received at the container increases.

13. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the material received and discharged is a substantially flat, flexible and continuously received material.

14. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the pressure sensing unit comprises an elastic member elastically deformed by the internal pressure and is configured to convexly protrude toward the inside of the container.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the pressure sensing unit is elongated in the lengthwise direction toward the door part, and the pressing unit is connected to the pressure sensing unit, is moved to the door part by the pressure sensing unit to press the door part to the outside and to allow the door part to be opened.

16. The apparatus of claim 14 , further comprising a hinge part which is connected to the pressing unit, provided around the door part of the pressing unit and guides a movement direction of the pressing unit due to elastic deformation of the pressure sensing unit.

Assignees

• Hanwha Techwin Co Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Hyung-Soo

Classifications

• H05K13/021

  Loading or unloading of containers (H05K13/028 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B65G65/32

  Filling devices · CPC title

• B65H20/22

  to effect step-by-step advancement of web · CPC title

• B65H20/32 Primary

  by making loops · CPC title

• H05K13/0417

  Feeding with belts or tapes · CPC title