Waste recovery station structure for beach cleaner and beach cleaner structure

Abstract

To provide a waste recovery station for a beach cleaner which is less liable to be bulky after being divided and can facilitate installing work, and which can easily load and unload a beach cleaner and a waste recovery station on and from a trailer. A waste recovery station includes a pair of left and right grounded members, guide members formed like a mountain as viewed from the side and attached to the grounded members, and bar-like connecting members integrally connecting the grounded members. The waste recovery station can recover the waste collected by the beach cleaner towed by the towing vehicle to run on the sand area by allowing the beach cleaner to ride on the waste recovery station. The waste recovery station includes a connecting pipe which removably connect an end of the connecting member to the grounded member.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention will become more fully understood from the detailed description given hereinbelow and the accompanying drawings which are given by way of illustration only, and thus are not limitative of the present invention, and wherein:

FIG. 1 illustrates a state where beach cleaners and the like according to a first embodiment of the invention loaded on a trailer are carried;

FIG. 1( a) illustrates a state where beach cleaners and the like according to a second embodiment of the invention loaded on a trailer are carried;

FIG. 2 is a side view of a first beach cleaner of the embodiment;

FIG. 2( a) is a side view of a first beach cleaner of the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a plan view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 3( a) is a plan view of FIG. 2(a);

FIG. 4 includes explanatory views of a sand pin of the first beach cleaner, in which

FIG. 4( a) is a side view and FIG. 4(b) is a view as viewed from arrow A of FIG. 4(a);

FIGS. 4( c) and 4(d) are explanatory views of a second embodiment of a sand pin of the first beach cleaner, in which FIG. 4(c) is a side view and FIG. 4(d) is a view as viewed from arrow A of FIG. 4(c);

FIG. 5 includes explanatory views of a modified example of the sand pin, in which FIG. 5(a) is a side view and FIG. 5(b) is a view as viewed from arrow A of FIG. 5(a);

FIG. 6 is a side view illustrating a weight mount portion attached to the first beach cleaner;

FIG. 7 is a plan view of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 includes explanatory views of the weight mount portion of FIG. 6, in which FIG. 8(a) is a plan view and FIG. 8(b) is a side view;

FIG. 9 is an exploded explanatory view of the weight mount portion of FIG. 6 and a weight attached thereto;

FIG. 10 is a side view of the weight mount portion attached to a front carrier of the towing vehicle;

FIG. 11 is a plan view of FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is an exploded explanatory view of the weight mount portion of FIG. 10 and a weight attached thereto;

FIG. 13 is a side view of a waste recovery station according to the embodiment;

FIG. 13( a) is a left side view of a waste recovery station according to the embodiment;

FIG. 13( b) is a right side view of the waste recovery station;

FIG. 14 is a plan view of FIG. 13;

FIG. 14( a) is a plan view of FIG. 13(a);

FIG. 15 is a perspective view for assistance in explaining the dividing structure portion of the waste recovery station;

FIG. 16 is a side view of a second beach cleaner according to the embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a plan view of FIG. 16;

FIGS. 18 and 18( a) are rear views of FIG. 16;

FIG. 19 is a side view of the front portion of the frame of the second beach cleaner;

FIG. 20 is a view as viewed from arrow A of FIG. 19;

FIG. 21 is a side view illustrating the periphery of hinges for a net of the second beach cleaner;

FIG. 22( a) is a view as viewed from arrow A of FIG. 21 and FIG. 22(b) is a view as viewed from arrow B of FIG. 21;

FIG. 23 illustrates an example where the net of the second beach cleaner is made movable forwardly and backwardly, in which FIG. 23(a) is a side view of the net located at its withdrawal position and FIG. 23(b) is a side view of the net located at its forward position;

FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the running trajectory of a vehicle when the beach cleaners of the embodiment clean a sandy beach;

FIG. 25 is a side view illustrating a state where the first beach cleaner is towed by the vehicle;

FIG. 25( a) is a side view illustrating a state where the first beach cleaner is towed by the vehicle according to a second embodiment;

FIG. 26 is a side view illustrating a state where the second beach cleaner is towed by the vehicle;

FIG. 26( a) is a side view illustrating a state where the second beach cleaner is towed by the vehicle according to a second embodiment;

FIG. 27 is a side view of the third beach cleaner of the embodiment used as a trailer;

FIG. 28 is a plan view of FIG. 27;

FIG. 29 is a plan view of the third beach cleaner;

FIG. 30 includes partial enlarged views of the third beach cleaner, in which FIG. 30(a) is a side view and FIG. 30(b) is a plan view;

FIG. 31 is a plan view illustrating the loading state of the trailer of FIG. 1(a);

FIG. 32 is a side view illustrating another loading state of the trailer;

FIG. 33 is a plan view of FIG. 32;

FIG. 34 is a side view illustrating loading and unloading the second beach cleaner on and from the trailer; and

FIG. 35 is a plan view of FIG. 34.

Claims

1. A waste recovery station for a beach cleaner, comprising: a pair of grounded members;mountain-shaped guide members attached to the respective grounded members; andconnecting members integrally connecting the grounded members, and enabling recovery of waste by allowing the beach cleaner to ride, the waste being collected by the beach cleaner when towed by a towing vehicle to run on the sand area,wherein a connecting portion is provided to detachably connect an end of the connecting member with the grounded member.

2. The waste recovery station structure for the beach cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the connecting portion is cylindrical so as to insertably receive the end of the connecting member, and while the connecting member is inserted into the connecting portion, a retaining member to be passed through is inserted into the connecting member and the connecting portion and is dug into the sand.

3. A waste recovery station structure for a beach cleaner, in which the beach cleaner which runs on a sand area to collect waste while being towed by a towing vehicle is allowed to ride on a waste recovery station for enabling recovery of the waste, said waste recovery station comprising: a trapezoid structure formed by providing, on a grounded member, a mountain-shaped guide member on which the beach cleaner rides, and a portion of a trailer on which the beach cleaner and the waste recovery station are loaded constitutes at least an upper side section of the structure.

4. The waste recovery station structure for the beach cleaner according to claim 3, wherein the structure is composed of a plurality of divided bodies attachable to and detachable from each other, and the trailer constitutes at least one of the divided bodies.

5. The waste recovery station structure for the beach cleaner according to claim 3, wherein the waste recovery station includes a pair of the structures and a loading part of the trailer constitutes at least an upper side section of one of the structures.

6. The waste recovery station structure for the beach cleaner according to claim 4, wherein the waste recovery station includes a pair of the structures and a loading part of the trailer constitutes at least an upper side section of one of the structures.

7. The waste recovery station structure for the beach cleaner according to claim 5, wherein the beach cleaner includes a net adapted to capture waste and the net is provided to be turnable so that waste collected can be thrown into the loading part of the trailer when beach cleaner rides on the waste recovery station.

8. The waste recovery station structure for the beach cleaner according to claim 6, wherein the beach cleaner includes a net adapted to capture waste and the net is provided to be turnable so that waste collected can be thrown into the loading part of the trailer when beach cleaner rides on the waste recovery station.

9. The waste recovery station structure for the beach cleaner according to claim 5, wherein the waste recovery station includes connecting members adapted to connect a pair of the structures and the connecting members are provided to be spanned between divided bodies of the structures except a portion corresponding to the trailer.

10. The waste recovery station structure for the beach cleaner according to claim 6, wherein the waste recovery station includes connecting members adapted to connect a pair of the structures and the connecting members are provided to be spanned between divided bodies of the structures except a portion corresponding to the trailer.

11. The waste recovery station structure for the beach cleaner according to claim 7, wherein the waste recovery station includes connecting members adapted to connect a pair of the structures and the connecting-members are provided to be spanned between divided bodies of the structures except a portion corresponding to the trailer.

12. The waste recovery station structure for the beach cleaner according to claim 8, wherein the waste recovery station includes connecting members adapted to connect a pair of the structures and the connecting members are provided to be spanned between divided bodies of the structures except a portion corresponding to the trailer.