Collector for empty used recyclable beverage cans

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1994-03-04

1995-11-28

Gerrity, Stephen F.

Presses

Automatic or material triggered control

Of actuating means

100 91, 100 99, 100173, 100176, 100902, B30B 932

Patent

active

054697832

ABSTRACT:
A large cylindrical enclosure shaped to look like a huge beverage can has a recessed area in its outer wall containing an operator's panel and an opening into the interior for inserting empty recyclable beverage cans. Inside the enclosure is a conveyor for receiving the inserted cans, a discriminator for distinguishing between ferrous and non-ferrous cans and a pneumatic transporter for carrying the cans to a mechanical crusher which compacts the cans individually and discharges them into a temporary storage area from which they are removed from time to time for recycling. The operator'panel includes a photoelectric sensor for initiating operation of the mechanisms in the interior of the structure and may also include various visual readouts as well as a dispenser for feeding out coins, printed credit slips and receipts. The machine also contains programmable electronic circuitry for providing information and controls necessary for operation of the equipment and for determining the amount of payout and other useful data and information.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3926792 (1975-12-01), Buford
patent: 4257511 (1981-03-01), Miller
patent: 4480737 (1984-11-01), Jamgochian et al.
patent: 4505370 (1985-03-01), Swenck
patent: 4989507 (1991-02-01), Rhoades et al.
patent: 5239920 (1993-08-01), Schuff et al.

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