Recycling apparatus by crushing and pasteurizing used hypodermic syringes and compressing waste
US6568614B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 5, 2001 |
| Grant date | May 27, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 5, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S241/606
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A recycling apparatus comprises a body; a slit on top having a hole on one end; a rear internal pasteurizing mechanism comprising a pulverizing device and a bottom first container; a front internal crushing mechanism comprising two sets of parallel blade wheels and a bottom second container; and a waste storage mechanism comprising a third container, a spring-loaded lever, and a plunger sliding in the third container. In use sequentially insert the needles of the used syringes into the slit with the piston syringe portion of the syringe held on the slit, push the syringes forward to cause the needles to contact the pulverizing device to be ground into powder while being pasteurized, the powder are dropped into the first container, the remained piston syringe portion of each syringe eventually drops into the crushing mechanism through the hole, the dropped piston syringe portion of each syringe is pressed and cut into pieces by the sets of the blade wheels, and the pieces are dropped into the second container. In another use lift the lever up to allow waste to store in the third container, and push down the lever to cause the plunger to compress the waste.
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