Solid material comminution or disintegration – Apparatus – Bottle breakers
Patent
1992-06-15
1993-09-28
Eley, Timothy V.
Solid material comminution or disintegration
Apparatus
Bottle breakers
241100, 241DIG38, B02C 1914
Patent
active
052481026
ABSTRACT:
A device for handling empty beverage containers, comprising a rotatable revolver-type barrel with a plurality of container receiving compartments therein, means for rotating said revolver-type barrel, inlet means for entering a container into a compartment, means for detecting characteristic features of said containers upon rotation of said revolver-type barrel, means for comparing said detected features with predetermined feature data and to provide control signals as a function thereof, and two or more outlet means for discharging a container based on said control signals. Further, the device has means cooperating with at least one of said outlet means for compacting or crushing a container leaving said outlet means. Said comparing means includes means for calculating and presenting a possible redemption value for said container.
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Eley Timothy V.
Husar John M.
Tomra Systems A/S
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