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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 1985
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1983
Robert L LaBarge, Ben Avon, PA (US);
Eric D Arndt, New Kensington, PA (US);
Jerrold D Green, Murrysville, PA (US);
Ronald G Hawkins, Massena, NY (US);
Frank J Horansky, Apollo, PA (US);
Charles J Leftault, Jr, Murrysville, PA (US);
Elmer E Pohlenz, Richmond, IN (US);
Thomas W Scherf, Vandergrift, PA (US);
Aluminum Company of America, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for the receipt of a recyclable container is disclosed. The apparatus includes a manually rotatable carrier having a container receiving station. The recyclable container is inserted into the receiving station where the presence or absence of a container having a metallic sidewall is determined prior to any movement apparent to the user. If the object inserted into the receiving station is determined to be a container having a metallic sidewall, rotation of the carrier for further processing of the recyclable container is permitted. The initial passive screening may include detecting the orientation of the container, detection for the type of metal sidewall, and may also include optical scanning of the container for reading a product code thereon.