Patent ID: 7913898

Claim:
A collecting container, comprising: an insertion opening on the front of the collecting container that is adapted to receive objects that are dropped in; a removal opening; a receiving device disposed in the insertion opening and arranged to receive the objects and to convey them to a storage space in the collecting container, the receiving device being movable between at least two operating states, a first operating state in which the receiving device allows an object to be received in it, while the entrance from the receiving device to the storage space is blocked, and a second operating state in which the receiving device does not allow an object to be received in it, while the entrance from the receiving device to the storage space is open, the storage space containing a filling-level measuring device that is connected to a blocking device preventing the receiving device from being opened when a defined filling level has been reached in the storage space corresponding to the second operating state, the receiving device comprising a roller shutter box whose receiving area is formed by at least two side walls and a bottom; and a roller shutter that is adapted to be moved in rails on the side walls in such a way that, in a first position corresponding to the first operating state of the receiving device, the roller shutter covers the entrance from the receiving area of the roller shutter box to the storage space, while the receiving area of the roller shutter box is accessible to the user and, in a second position corresponding to the second operating state of the receiving device, the roller shutter covers the insertion opening, while the entrance from the receiving area of the roller shutter box to the storage space is open, the blocking device being configured so that it can block the movement of the roller shutter.