CN113083457A - Garbage crushing and classifying device for plastic bottles and pop cans - Google Patents

Garbage crushing and classifying device for plastic bottles and pop cans Download PDF

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CN113083457A
CN113083457A CN202110411369.1A CN202110411369A CN113083457A CN 113083457 A CN113083457 A CN 113083457A CN 202110411369 A CN202110411369 A CN 202110411369A CN 113083457 A CN113083457 A CN 113083457A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B02—CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING; PREPARATORY TREATMENT OF GRAIN FOR MILLING
    • B02C—CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING IN GENERAL; MILLING GRAIN
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    • B02C18/06—Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragments with rotating knives
    • B02C18/08—Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragments with rotating knives within vertical containers
    • B02C18/12—Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragments with rotating knives within vertical containers with drive arranged below container
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B02—CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING; PREPARATORY TREATMENT OF GRAIN FOR MILLING
    • B02C—CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING IN GENERAL; MILLING GRAIN
    • B02C23/00—Auxiliary methods or auxiliary devices or accessories specially adapted for crushing or disintegrating not provided for in preceding groups or not specially adapted to apparatus covered by a single preceding group
    • B02C23/08—Separating or sorting of material, associated with crushing or disintegrating
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B03—SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS; MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
    • B03B—SEPARATING SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS
    • B03B5/00—Washing granular, powdered or lumpy materials; Wet separating
    • B03B5/28—Washing granular, powdered or lumpy materials; Wet separating by sink-float separation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29B—PREPARATION OR PRETREATMENT OF THE MATERIAL TO BE SHAPED; MAKING GRANULES OR PREFORMS; RECOVERY OF PLASTICS OR OTHER CONSTITUENTS OF WASTE MATERIAL CONTAINING PLASTICS
    • B29B17/00—Recovery of plastics or other constituents of waste material containing plastics
    • B29B17/04—Disintegrating plastics, e.g. by milling
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B30—PRESSES
    • B30B—PRESSES IN GENERAL
    • B30B11/00—Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses, tabletting presses
    • B30B11/22—Extrusion presses; Dies therefor
    • B30B11/224—Extrusion chambers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B30—PRESSES
    • B30B—PRESSES IN GENERAL
    • B30B11/00—Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses, tabletting presses
    • B30B11/22—Extrusion presses; Dies therefor
    • B30B11/26—Extrusion presses; Dies therefor using press rams
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29B—PREPARATION OR PRETREATMENT OF THE MATERIAL TO BE SHAPED; MAKING GRANULES OR PREFORMS; RECOVERY OF PLASTICS OR OTHER CONSTITUENTS OF WASTE MATERIAL CONTAINING PLASTICS
    • B29B17/00—Recovery of plastics or other constituents of waste material containing plastics
    • B29B17/04—Disintegrating plastics, e.g. by milling
    • B29B2017/0424—Specific disintegrating techniques; devices therefor
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    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02W—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT
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    • Y02W30/50—Reuse, recycling or recovery technologies
    • Y02W30/52—Mechanical processing of waste for the recovery of materials, e.g. crushing, shredding, separation or disassembly
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02W—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT
    • Y02W30/00—Technologies for solid waste management
    • Y02W30/50—Reuse, recycling or recovery technologies
    • Y02W30/62—Plastics recycling; Rubber recycling

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Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field related to garbage treatment, in particular to a garbage crushing and classifying device for plastic bottles and pop cans, which comprises a classifying shell, wherein an open separating cavity is arranged in the classifying shell, an upper cutting disc and a lower cutting disc are rotatably connected in the separating cavity, the lower ends of the upper cutting disc and the lower cutting disc are connected with a transmission device, a pressing block cavity is arranged in the classifying shell, the pressing block cavity is connected with a pressing plate in a sliding manner, and the upper end of the pressing plate is connected with a lifting device. And the space utilization rate is improved.

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Garbage crushing and classifying device for plastic bottles and pop cans
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field related to garbage treatment, in particular to a garbage crushing and classifying device for plastic bottles and pop cans.
Background
Bottles and cans are recyclable articles, so the bottles and the cans are generally recycled, and after recycling, classification of metal and plastic is needed, and the classification of the metal and the plastic is also manually needed, so that the classification mode is troublesome and requires manpower, the efficiency is low, time is wasted, and fingers are possibly scratched when hands of people are sharp at some places after the pop cans are flattened.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides a garbage crushing and classifying device for plastic bottles and pop cans, which aims to solve the technical problems.
The above object of the present invention is achieved by the following technical solutions: the utility model provides a sorter is smashed to waste of plastic bottle and easy open can, includes categorised shell, be equipped with open-ended separation chamber in the categorised shell, the separation intracavity rotates and is connected with cutting disc and lower cutting disc, go up the cutting disc and the cutting disc lower extreme is connected with transmission down, be equipped with the briquetting chamber in the categorised shell, briquetting chamber sliding connection has the clamp plate, the clamp plate upper end is connected with jacking equipment.
Advantageously, the transmission comprises at least: erect output shaft, rotating tube, motor, rotating gear, axis of rotation, belt rotating device, meshing gear, be equipped with the motor chamber in the categorised shell, the motor links firmly the motor intracavity, erect output shaft power connect in motor chamber upper end, the rotating tube rotates to be connected erect the output shaft periphery, meshing gear links firmly the rotating tube periphery, be equipped with the gear chamber in the categorised shell, meshing gear rotates to be connected in the gear intracavity, the rotating gear meshing is connected the one end of meshing gear, the axis of rotation links firmly the rotating gear lower extreme, the axis of rotation with erect and be connected with belt rotating device between the output shaft.
Advantageously, said lifting device comprises at least: the push rod is fixedly connected to the upper end of the pressing plate, and the upper end of the push rod is in power connection with the lower end of the stepping motor.
Beneficially, a blowing fan blade cavity is arranged in the classifying shell, a blowing fan blade is rotationally connected in the blowing fan blade cavity, and a linkage device is connected between the blowing fan blade and the motor.
Advantageously, a protective net is fixedly connected to one end of the blowing fan blade cavity, and the protective net plays a role in preventing residues from entering the blowing fan blade cavity and damaging the blowing fan blades.
Advantageously, a resettable wobble plate is connected to one side of the pressure chamber in a wobble manner, and a switching valve is connected between the pressure chamber and the separation chamber.
Advantageously, one side of the separation chamber is provided with a through-going discharge channel.
Advantageously, one side of the separation chamber is provided with a water replenishing port, and the water replenishing port is connected to an outside water source.
Advantageously, the lower side of the briquetting chamber is provided with a pair of through holes, which only allow the passage of liquid.
The invention has the beneficial effects that: according to the invention, the plastic bottle and the pop can are crushed and cut, and then fall into the separation cavity, water is periodically supplemented into the separation cavity through the water supplementing opening, the plastic bottle and the pop can are separated through different densities of plastic, metal and water, plastic residues are blown away through wind, and metal residues at the bottom are periodically discharged into the flattening cavity to be flattened, so that fingers of people are prevented from being cut, and the space utilization rate is improved.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative efforts.
The invention is further illustrated with reference to the following figures and examples.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a garbage crushing and sorting device for plastic bottles and pop cans of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is an enlarged schematic view of a of fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is an enlarged structural view of B of fig. 1.
In the figure: 11-classification shell, 12-separation cavity, 13-upper cutting disc, 14-vertical output shaft, 15-lower cutting disc, 16-rotating pipe, 17-protective net, 18-blowing fan blade, 19-blowing fan blade cavity, 20-discharge channel, 21-switch valve, 22-briquetting cavity, 23-swinging plate, 24-pressing plate, 25-push rod, 26-stepping motor, 27-horizontal output shaft, 28-motor cavity, 29-motor, 30-rotating gear, 31-rotating shaft, 32-gear cavity, 33-belt rotating device, 34-meshing gear, 35-linkage device and 36-water replenishing port.
Detailed Description
The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present embodiment is only for explaining the present invention, and it is not limited to the present invention, and those skilled in the art can make modifications of the present embodiment without inventive contribution as required after reading the present specification, but all of them are protected by patent law within the scope of the claims of the present invention.
The waste crushing and classifying device for the plastic bottles and the pop cans comprises a classifying shell 11, wherein an open separating cavity 12 is arranged in the classifying shell 11, an upper cutting disc 13 and a lower cutting disc 15 are rotatably connected in the separating cavity 12, the lower ends of the upper cutting disc 13 and the lower cutting disc 15 are connected with a transmission device, a pressing block cavity 22 is arranged in the classifying shell 11, the pressing block cavity 22 is slidably connected with a pressing plate 24, and the upper end of the pressing plate 24 is connected with a lifting device.
Advantageously, the transmission comprises at least: erect output shaft 14, rotating tube 16, motor 29, rotating gear 30, axis of rotation 31, belt rotating device 33, meshing gear 34, be equipped with motor chamber 28 in the categorised shell 11, motor 29 links firmly in the motor chamber 28, erect output shaft 14 power connect in motor chamber 28 upper end, rotating tube 16 rotates to be connected erect output shaft 14 periphery, meshing gear 34 links firmly rotating tube 16 periphery, be equipped with gear chamber 32 in the categorised shell 11, meshing gear 34 rotates to be connected in gear chamber 32, rotating gear 30 meshing is connected the one end of meshing gear 34, axis of rotation 31 links firmly rotating gear 30 lower extreme, axis of rotation 31 with erect and be connected with belt rotating device 33 between the output shaft 14.
Advantageously, said lifting device comprises at least: the push rod 25 and the stepping motor 26, the push rod 25 is fixedly connected to the upper end of the press plate 24, and the upper end of the push rod 25 is in power connection with the lower end of the stepping motor 26.
Advantageously, a blowing fan blade cavity 19 is formed in the sorting shell 11, a blowing fan blade 18 is rotatably connected in the blowing fan blade cavity 19, and a linkage 35 is connected between the blowing fan blade 18 and the motor 29.
Advantageously, a protective screen 17 is attached to one end of the blowing blade chamber 19, said protective screen 17 serving to prevent debris from entering the blowing blade chamber 19 and damaging the blowing blade 18.
Advantageously, a displaceable oscillating plate 23 is pivotably connected to one side of the pressure chamber 22, and a switching valve 21 is connected between the pressure chamber 22 and the separating chamber 12.
Advantageously, one side of the separation chamber 12 is provided with a through-going discharge channel 20.
Advantageously, a water replenishing port 36 is arranged on one side of the separation chamber 12, and the water replenishing port 36 is connected to an outside water source.
Advantageously, the lower side of the inside of said chamber 22 is provided with a through pair of small holes, which are only able to let the liquid pass.
The following will describe in detail the steps of using the waste crushing and sorting device for plastic bottles and pop cans with reference to fig. 1 to 3:
initially, the pressure plate 24 is located at the uppermost end of the briquetting chamber 22, the briquetting chamber 22 is in a closed state, and no water is present in the separation chamber 12.
When the garbage sorting machine is used, when garbage is required to be sorted, the motor 29 is started at the moment, so that the vertical output shaft 14 is driven to rotate, the upper cutting disc 13 is driven to rotate, the belt rotating device 33 is driven to rotate, the rotating shaft 31 is driven to rotate, the rotating gear 30 is driven to rotate, the meshing gear 34 is driven to rotate, the rotating pipe 16 is driven to rotate, the lower cutting disc 15 and the upper cutting disc 13 are driven to rotate in opposite directions, so that pop cans and plastic bottles can be completely crushed, the plastic bottles and pop cans are guided into the plastic bottles and pop cans, the plastic bottles and pop cans are crushed, residues fall into the separation cavity 12, the water replenishing port 36 starts to fill water into the separation cavity 12, metal sinks to the water bottom due to the fact that the metal density of the pop cans and the density of the plastic bottles are different from the water bottom density, and the plastic floats to the water surface, when the metal residues and the plastic residues need to be separated, the switch valve 21 and the motor 29 are started at the moment, the transverse output shaft 27 is driven to rotate, the linkage device 35 is driven to transmit, the blowing fan blade 18 is driven to rotate, the plastic residues on the water surface are blown into the discharge channel 20, the plastic residues are discharged through the discharge channel 20 to be recycled, the switch valve 21 is opened, the underwater metal residues are discharged into the briquetting cavity 22, the stepping motor 26 is started at the moment, the push rod 25 is driven to move downwards, the press plate 24 is driven to move downwards, the metal residues are pressed into blocks, liquid is discharged through the small holes of the briquetting cavity 22, the metal residues after being pressed into blocks are better recycled, the surface of the metal residues cannot be sharp, and the danger that hands are cut does not exist, and the utilization ratio in space after flattening will improve, when the metal residue of briquetting is retrieved to needs, pull open swinging plate 23 this moment, thereby played and taken out the metal block in briquetting chamber 22, thereby played the effect of retrieving metal residue, ooff valve 21 and horizontal output shaft 27 are periodic starting, and ooff valve 21 will have the water to flow away after starting, the effect of supplementing water will be carried out for separating chamber 12 in to moisturizing mouth 36 this moment, thereby guarantee that the liquid level can keep the opening part at briquetting chamber 22, thereby can let better being blown away of plastic residue.

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1. The utility model provides a sorter is smashed to rubbish of plastic bottle and easy open can, includes categorised shell (11), its characterized in that: be equipped with open-ended separation chamber (12) in categorised shell (11), separation chamber (12) internal rotation is connected with cutting disc (13) and lower cutting disc (15), go up cutting disc (13) and lower cutting disc (15) lower extreme is connected with transmission, be equipped with briquetting chamber (22) in categorised shell (11), briquetting chamber (22) sliding connection has clamp plate (24), clamp plate (24) upper end is connected with jacking equipment.
2. The waste crushing and sorting device for plastic bottles and pop cans according to claim 1, wherein: the transmission device at least comprises: erect output shaft (14), rotating tube (16), motor (29), rotating gear (30), axis of rotation (31), belt rotating device (33), meshing gear (34), be equipped with motor chamber (28) in categorised shell (11), motor (29) links firmly in motor chamber (28), erect output shaft (14) power connect in motor chamber (28) upper end, rotating tube (16) rotate connect in erect output shaft (14) periphery, meshing gear (34) link firmly rotating tube (16) periphery, be equipped with gear chamber (32) in categorised shell (11), meshing gear (34) rotate to be connected in gear chamber (32), rotating gear (30) meshing is connected the one end of meshing gear (34), axis of rotation (31) link firmly rotating gear (30) lower extreme, a belt rotating device (33) is connected between the rotating shaft (31) and the vertical output shaft (14).
3. The waste crushing and sorting device for plastic bottles and pop cans according to claim 1, wherein: the lifting device at least comprises: push rod (25), step motor (26), push rod (25) link firmly clamp plate (24) upper end, push rod (25) upper end power is connected step motor (26) lower extreme.
4. The garbage crushing and sorting device for plastic bottles and pop cans according to claim 2, wherein: a blowing fan blade cavity (19) is arranged in the classification shell (11), a blowing fan blade (18) is rotationally connected in the blowing fan blade cavity (19), and a linkage device (35) is connected between the blowing fan blade (18) and the motor (29).
5. The garbage crushing and sorting device for plastic bottles and pop cans according to claim 4, wherein: one end of the blowing fan blade cavity (19) is fixedly connected with a protective net (17), and the protective net (17) plays a role in preventing residues from entering the blowing fan blade cavity (19) and damaging the blowing fan blades (18).
6. The waste crushing and sorting device for plastic bottles and pop cans according to claim 1, wherein: one side of the briquetting cavity (22) is connected with a resettable swing plate (23) in a swing mode, and a switch valve (21) is fixedly connected between the briquetting cavity (22) and the separation cavity (12).
7. The waste crushing and sorting device for plastic bottles and pop cans according to claim 6, wherein: one side of the separation cavity (12) is provided with a through discharge channel (20).
8. The waste crushing and sorting device for plastic bottles and pop cans according to claim 7, wherein: and a water replenishing port (36) is arranged on one side of the separation cavity (12), and the water replenishing port (36) is connected to an outside water source.
9. The waste crushing and sorting device for plastic bottles and pop cans according to claim 6, wherein: the lower side in the briquetting cavity (22) is provided with a small hole which is communicated with the briquetting cavity, and the small hole only can allow liquid to pass through.
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