Multiple chambered container compaction assembly with diverter
US5921372A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 2, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jul 13, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 2, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB02C19/0081
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A container compaction assembly includes a chamber. First and second parallel counter-rotating shafts are mounted in the chamber. A plurality of interleaved compacting wheels are mounted on the first and second shafts, respectively. A divider is mounted in the chamber perpendicular to the shafts, having first and second arcuate openings through which the respective shafts pass, the divider dividing the chamber into first and second chamber portions. A diverter is provided which, in response to a characteristic of the container sensed by a sensing device, diverts containers into one or the other of the chamber portions.
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