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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1986
Richard M Janko, Cleveland, OH (US);
Robert J Zelinski, Richfield, OH (US);
Ronald C Shawl, Fremont, OH (US);
Chemical Waste Management, Inc., Oak Brook, IL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for treating waste material contained in drums comprises a conveyor for moving said drums to a purging chamber having an inlet door and outlet door, a conveyer in said purging chamber for moving said drums through said outlet door, a conveyer outside said purging chamber for moving said drums to a shear station where the bottom lids of the drums are sheared off, a compactor chamber for receiving and compacting said drums and extruding said waste materials therein, and a sorter for sorting the waste materials into liquid and solid components and conveying said sorted liquids and solids to respective storage facilities.