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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 1978
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1977
Ewald A Arp, Hopkins, MN (US);
Other;
Abstract
Apparatus for crushing containers, such as beverage cans, in a crushing zone between a movable ram and a relatively stationary platen, and for delivering the crushed containers to given receptacles according to the material of the containers. Control means for power operated means, such as a container counting device, includes a pair of movable container engaging probe members that are adapted to engage opposite ends of a container in a testing zone through which the container passes during movement to the crushing zone, the probe members comprising portions of an electric circuit also including a selector switch having a movable switch element. The extent of movement of the movable switch element is governed by the extent of movement of the probe members toward and away from engagement with a container. Power operated mechanism imparts movements to the ram, probe members, and a container feeding device. The feeding device is disposed to feed containers in succession toward the crushing apparatus, and is limited in its feeding ability to containers weighing less than a given maximum weight.