MUMBAI, India, Aug. 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202441013352 A) filed by JAIN, Bangalore, Karnataka, on Feb. 23, 2024, for 'automated trash collection and segregation device.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Srikantha H.
The application for the patent was published on Aug. 29, under issue no. 35/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An automated trash collection and segregation device, comprising a cuboidal body 1 positioned on a ground surface, a touch enabled screen 2 for inputting commands for collecting trash from surface, a camera 3 detects presence of trash on surface, four motorized omnidirectional wheels 4 maneuver body 1 near trash, two C-shaped members 5 are deployed by a motorized hinge 6 in a manner to collect trash between members 5, an electromagnet configured with each of members 5 for adhering metallic objects present in trash, two motorized pivot joints 8 configured between rods 7 and body 1 for positioning members 5 over a first chamber 9, a conveyer 10 for translating metallic objects in a second chamber 12 which are compressed by two hydraulic pushers 13, a weight sensor detects weight of non-metallic and metallic objects, and an alert on a computing unit for notifying user to collect trashes."
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