REFUSE SORTING DEVICE FOR REFUSE STORAGE ROOMS

摘要

PCT No. PCT/SE94/00259 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 25, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 25, 1995 PCT Filed Mar. 24, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO94/21390 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 29, 1994A refuse-sorting device for use at the base of a building's refuse chute, for aiding in category-sorting of refuse. The device includes an open-topped container which is fitted with an openable bottom element. The container is supported for disposition under the discharge opening of a reuse chute, but for being shifted in a horizontal direction into overlying relation with any one of a plurality of upwardly open refuse bin. The device includes a first detector for detecting that refuse is falling into the container, and a second detector, for indicating that the container has completed shifting into overlying relation to a refuse bin designated for reception of the category of refuse contained in the container.