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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1990
Albert S Chou, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Donald J Massaro, Atherton, CA (US);
Frank M Balbas, San Jose, CA (US);
Sjoberg Industries, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A household recycling appliance for recycling aluminum cans. The appliance has a housing containing a vertical crushing chamber with a frontal opening into which an empty aluminum can is to be inserted. The bottom plate of the crushing chamber, serving as a plunger or piston, is advanced upwardly by a motor and bell crank assembly to crush the can against the fixed top plate. As the bottom plate recedes, a spring-operated lever ejects the crushed can rearwardly via a conduit into a can storage receptacle which is sized to hold a selective number of crushed cans. Any residual fluid draining from the crushed can is collected in a fluid storage receptacle located below the can storage receptacle. The can and fluid storage receptacles are removable for transferring the crushed cans and disposing of the fluids.