Patent application EP16425043A (EP), filed 2016-05-19
Publication number: EP3246883A1
Title: AUTOMATIC COMBINED SYSTEM FOR CHECKING AND TRACING SOLID WASTE THROUGH A MECHANICAL-ELECTRONIC-TECHNOLOGICAL GEOLOCALIZED DEVICE
Abstract: Automatic combined system for checking and tracing solid waste by means of a mechanical, electronic and technological geolocalized device consisting of a modular battery made of six combined systems which are subdivided according to each type delivered material (plastic, glass, paper, wet waste, metal, wood) and of a container for waste oils collection and temporary storage thereof.  By means of the check and traceability system object of the present invention, if any waste material is erroneously delivered an alarm will sound, and the box containing them will go back to the primary (waste delivery phase) position.
IPC codes: G06Q  20/    14            A I
G06Q  30/    02            A I
G07F  17/    00            A I
G07F   7/    06            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: "Combined system for checking and tracing solid waste through a mechanical-electronic-technological geolocalized device", characterised by the fact that the waste material, after being introduced into the machinery (1), moves through different combined checking systems (metal detector sensors, survey chambers and dimensional inspection, load cells) so as to assure, by properly cross-checking data, no elements different from those made known by the user are delivered.
number: 2
text: "Combined system for checking and tracing solid waste", characterised by the fact that the process of transportation and load of the box (4) automatically operates in the machinery, so as to activate the phase of checking and data recording ((type of delivered materials, weight, user's code, check result, quick calculation of the tax reduction, and so on).
number: 3
text: "Combined system for checking and tracing solid waste", characterised by the fact that the machinery consists of a modular battery made of six combined systems (2), each of them being intended for delivering and checking a specific type of waste material: plastic, glass, paper, wet waste, metal, wood.
number: 4
text: "Combined system for checking and tracing solid waste" as claimed in the previous claim, characterised by the fact that the box (4) lies on load cells (7) which determine the total weight of the delivered materials, so as to gather and transmit all information about the quantity of the collected waste materials.
number: 5
text: "Combined system for checking and tracing solid waste" as claimed in the previous claim, characterised by the fact that the plates (9a) which compose the load hopper (9), and which are properly hinged, rotate through the action of oleo-dynamic rollers (12) which get in a horizontal position, so not allowing the introduction of any other waste material. The plates (9a), through an up and down movement, push down the waste contained in the box and compact it.
number: 6
text: "Combined system for checking and tracing solid waste" as claimed in the previous claim, characterised by the fact that at the end of the scale band (3a), the box (4) is coupled with a second conveyor belt (3b), provided with suitable elements (5), so to be carried to the top of said belt (3b), where it discharges the bag containing the waste, by letting it fall down, into the load hopper of the "smart box" (10) and, always being coupled to the conveyor belt (3b), goes all the way back towards the primary position.
number: 7
text: "Combined system for checking and tracing solid waste" as claimed in previous claims, characterised by the fact that the recognition and check of the waste materials delivered into the machinery (1) are possible through the use of different methods and sensors, such as an infrared thermo-camera, an electronic scent detector, a mass spectrometer, which allow the identification of the type of waste material as delivered, so assuring a correct waste delivery and recycling.
number: 8
text: "Combined system for checking and tracing solid waste" as claimed in previous claims, characterised by the fact that the machinery is also provided of an inner container (16) for waste oils collection and storage. The collection tank is equipped with anoverflow sensor (17), which does not allow users to overfill it until it is emptied by suitably coupling it to a tanker.
number: 9
text: "Combined system for checking and tracing solid waste" as claimed in the previous claim, characterised by the fact that once the weight is determined, the user is asked to insert a personal card into a the magnetic reader (8), and award credits are recorded on the card on the basis of the quantity and type of the delivered material.
number: 10
text: "Combined system for checking and tracing solid waste" as claimed in previous claims, characterised by the fact that all the machineries - which are placed in different urban areas and interconnected through computerised means - are feeded by means of photovoltaic panels (14).
Office action: search_report, dated 2017-11-22
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Final disposition: pending (2017-11-22)