Presses – Automatic or material triggered control – Of material addition – deposition – or discharging
Patent
1997-07-29
1999-08-24
Gerrity, Stephen F.
Presses
Automatic or material triggered control
Of material addition, deposition, or discharging
100 53, 100216, 100281, 100902, B30B 932
Patent
active
059411678
ABSTRACT:
A portable can compactor of the present invention includes a housing, a chamber in the housing sized to accept aluminum beverage cans for compacting. A ram is reciprocally driven in the chamber to compact cans against a front wall or anvil of the chamber. The ram front surface is sloped relative to the anvil to reduce the amount of force needed to compact a can. A feed control includes a vane which pivots between an opened and a closed position in response to movement of the ram to prevent a second can from entering the chamber before a first can exits the chamber. The compactor is operated by a momentary-on push button switch. The switch is surrounded by a guard wall which extends around a least a portion of the push-button switch. A cut-off switch is closed by a removable feed tray when the feed tray is mounted to the compactor housing. The compactor therefore cannot be operated without the feed tray mounted to the housing. A support platform is provided to mount the can compactor over a collection or recycling bin, so that compacted cans (and residual fluids) will fall into the bin after they are compacted and exit the compactor. The support platform reinforces plastic recycling bins to substantially prevent an upper edge of the bin from bending over in response to the weight of the compactor.
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