Refuse bin fitted with a transponder

• US 6,191,691 B1
• Filed: 10/08/1999
• Issued: 02/20/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Plastic Omnium Systemes Urbains
• Original Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium (Burelle)
• Inventors: Serrault, Jean-Pierre
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Benjamin C.
• Application Number:
  US09/415,276
• Time in Patent Office: 501 Days
• Field of Search: 340/572.8, 340/572.9, 340/571, 340/693.5, 340/825.34, 340/10.3, 340/825.36, 342/42, 342/44, 177/145
• US Class Current: 340/572.8
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 1/1484 relating to the adaptation of receptacles to carry identification means

Abstract

A bin for collecting refuse, the bin comprising a container having a transponder secured thereto by fixing means. The fixing means are arranged to come into direct contact with the transponder.

Claims

1. A bin for collecting refuse, comprising a container having a transponder secured thereto by fixing means wherein said fixing means comprise a box body inserted in a housing of the bin, said box body being threaded externally and having a bottom face accessible from an outside of said bin and provided with reliefs for the engagement of a tool for unscrewing said box body, and wherein said box body comprises an internal recess for accommodating said transponder in direct contact with said box body.

2. A bin according to claim 1, wherein said fixing means further comprise a cover snap-fastened to said box body, and wherein said transponder includes a printed circuit clamped between the box body and the cover.

3. A bin according to claim 2, wherein the box body has an annular groove and the cover has a rib designed to snap-fasten in said groove.

4. A bin according to claim 1, wherein said housing of the bin is situated under a handling collar of the bin, and wherein said housing is open downwards and has a smooth inside surface.

5. A bin according to claim 1, wherein said fixing means are made from one or more materials chosen to be compatible, from a recycling point of view, with the plastics material used to make the container.

6. A bin according to claim 5, wherein said fixing means are made of polyethylene.