Presses – Portable receptacle lid applying – With gathering of contents
Patent
1979-07-06
1981-10-27
Wilhite, Billy J.
Presses
Portable receptacle lid applying
With gathering of contents
100DIG2, 100 99, 100215, 100256, 100283, 100902, B30B 932
Patent
active
042966833
ABSTRACT:
A can crusher having a housing, a hopper removably supported on the housing for holding cans to be crushed, a baffle secured inside the hopper gravitationally supports cans thereon and permits descent of the cans into the bottom of the hopper whereby said cans drop into and rest upon a can cradle attached to a ram, a drive sprocket extending from a motor is connected to a sprocket wheel whereby the sprocket wheel turns upon turning of the drive sprocket, a ram connected to the sprocket wheel pivots on a ram support and reciprocates within guide means on said ram support upon turning of the sprocket wheel, a can engaging plate attached to the ram advances toward a can engaging plate attached to the ram support, a can supported on the can cradle is crushed between the plates as the ram advances with the sprocket wheel, the crushed can drops by gravity through an opening in the bottom of the housing upon the return stroke of the ram.
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Lidik Albert F.
Talley, III Randall E.
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