Machine for cutting disposable containers
US4729515A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 28, 1986 |
| Grant date | Mar 8, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 28, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB30B9/301
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A machine is capable of cutting into pieces a plurality of diposable containers such as plastic bottles and metal cans. The machine includes a loading section, a cutting section and a collecting section. The cutting section includes a pair of parallel shafts mounted for rotation in opposite directions. Each of the shafts supports a plurality of cutting wheels keyed for rotation therewith. The cutting wheels of one shaft overlap the cutting wheels on the other shaft as each cutting wheel is axially separated from axially adjacent cutting wheels thereon by one of the cutting wheels on the other shaft. A plurality of combers in aligned with each cutting wheel to provide a gap between the cutting teeth and the end of the comber. The disposable containers are cut between the cutting wheels of one shaft and the cutting wheels of the other shaft with the pieces passing through the gap between the end of the comber and the cutting wheel teeth.
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