Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for crushing containers

US4599941A · kind A · utility

19Cited by

4References

3Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Boro Recycling, Inc. · US

Inventors

Ronald C. Johnson · Fullerton, US
Rex M. Johnson · Mahopac, US
Henry Jankowiak · Suffern, US
Thomas J. MORLEY · Suffern, US
Robert P. Dingwall · Clinton Corners, US
Henry R. Heimerich · Lynbrook, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 27, 1984
Grant date	Jul 15, 1986
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 27, 2004

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S100/902
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Crushing apparatus for crushing containers which includes a tray on which the container is received and which can be positioned along side the housing of a crushing unit. A wiper panel is operated to move the container off the tray and into the crushing unit and onto a lower crushing platen. An upper crushing platen is then stroked down to crush the container. Following crushing, the lower platen is slid away from the crushing unit housing and the crushed container falls to a collection location.

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