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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:
Feb. 14, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1987
Michael W Rouse, West Linn, OR (US);
Robert L Thelen, Woodburn, OR (US);
Waste Recovery, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for separating rubber tires from discarded metal wheels and for breaking large pieces of wood and the like into smaller pieces has a linear motor which drives a ram to crush a wheel rim, permitting it to fall free from a tire originally mounted thereon. A punch punctures inflated tires. A transverse arm structure includes sockets which hold vertical pins used to support long pieces of wood and the like while the ram is used to break them into smaller lengths. A blade which may be attached to the ram is usable to cut very large tires along radial planes to reduce such tires into smaller sections preparatory to further processing.