Can disintegrating apparatus and method

Details Can disintegrating apparatus and method Can disintegrating apparatus and method

1978-07-28

1980-04-01

Wilhite, Billy J.

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83331, 100DIG2, 100 97, 100 98R, 100100, 100215, 100218, B30B 1508

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041955625

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for disintegrating a can includes a feeding chute for feeding the cans into a cutter-compactor mechanism in which cutting blades are fixedly positioned on a rotating drum for cutting each can fed into the mechanism and driving the can further into the compacting portion of the drum. The rotating drum compacts the cans against a fixed arcuate surface and drops the cut and compacted can pieces into a receptacle. The rotating drum has annular raised sides for holding the cans therebetween and protruding cleats on its surface for dragging the cam into the compacting portion. The fixed compacting surface is arcuate to gradually compress the can being pulled against it as the space narrows between the surface and the rotating drum. The chute may have a ferrous can detector to eliminate ferrous cans from the unit, and the fixed compacting surface has a slot to allow the blades to pass therethrough as the drum rotates.

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