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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 1984
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshinobu Imamura, Nishinomiya, JP;
Shigeki Kamei, Nishinomiya, JP;
Tetuo Yamagata, Kobe, JP;
Hiroshi Fujii, Amagasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi Kiden Kogyo, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B30B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
100 45 ; 100 49 ; 100 91 ; 100215 ; 100218 ; 100266 ; 100295 ; 100902 ; 209 38 ; 221301 ;
Abstract
An empty can crusher for crushing and flattening empty cans, comprising an inlet, a chute, a stopper device, a pressing device and a forked chute. Empty cans supplied in the crusher are crushed and flattened by the pressing device and are sorted into aluminium cans and steel cans by means of a magnet embedded in the pressing device, which fall down into respective receptacles through the forked chute.