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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
May. 08, 2001
Takao Hisazumi, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Uemura, Kyoto, JP;
Nobuo Terada, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshiaki Furuya, Kyoto, JP;
Shoichi Irie, Osaka, JP;
Kaoru Shimizu, Osaka, JP;
Norio Hirata, Nara, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A crushing apparatus is provided for crushing a printed circuit board on which electronic components are mounted into pieces of a size ranging from a few to ten centimeters square and separating some of the components and sheathed wires from the printed circuit board. The crushing apparatus comprises a rotor having a substantially conical or truncated conical projected center mounted at the center of rotation thereof, a plurality of extensions thereof extending from the conical projected center radially and horizontally, and studs and mounted on the extensions thereof. A drive motor is provided for rotating the rotor , a cylindrical case accommodates the rotor therein, and a plurality of studs mounted are on the inner side of the cylindrical case