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Method and apparatus for recycling oil filters

US7162786B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 6, 2004
Grant dateJan 16, 2007
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 7, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/53
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An apparatus for automatically feeding an oil filter(s) into a crushing zone to shear a canister from a connector plate. The apparatus feed the oil filters into the crushing zone one at a time for the crushing by a movable wall against a fixed wall (211) to flatten the canister while blade shears the canister from the connector plate. The apparatus enables capture of oil and recycling of the canister and connector plate.

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