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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2020
Nessie Solutions, Llc, Spring Lake, MI (US);
Nathan Arnold, Spring Lake, MI (US);
Foster Hovey, Lowell, MI (US);
Nick Tonar, Holland, MI (US);
John Santose, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Matthew Reed, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Andrew Westrick, South Lyon, MI (US);
Constantine Fanourakis, Zeeland, MI (US);
Olek Berezecky, Zeeland, MI (US);
Joe Brophy, Zeeland, MI (US);
NESSIE SOLUTIONS, LLC, Spring Lake, MI (US);
Abstract
A container deposit return system having a housing, a crushing assembly and a control system. The crushing assembly is positioned within the housing and has a first crushing wall and a second crushing wall spaced apart from the first crushing wall defining a crush cavity, and, a crushing wall movement assembly structurally configured to move the first crushing wall relative to the second crushing wall to direct the first crushing wall toward and away from the second crushing wall. The two crushing walls are configured crush a container that is positioned within the crush cavity. The control system having at least one imaging sensor, the imaging sensor configured to record an image the container before crushing and after crushing.