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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2005
Steven C. Walker, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
David J. Niedoba, Greensburg, PA (US);
Gary L. Alexander, Hagerstown, MD (US);
Carlton W. Jones, Upper Marlboro, MD (US);
Thomas V. Walters, Glen Burnie, MD (US);
Christian R. Adamoyurka, Langhorne, PA (US);
Paul J. Schwegler, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Steven S. Marx, Havertown, PA (US);
Whitfield T. Reddin, Woodbury, NJ (US);
Joseph B. Lynch, Havertown, PA (US);
Steven C. Walker, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
David J. Niedoba, Greensburg, PA (US);
Gary L. Alexander, Hagerstown, MD (US);
Carlton W. Jones, Upper Marlboro, MD (US);
Thomas V. Walters, Glen Burnie, MD (US);
Christian R. Adamoyurka, Langhorne, PA (US);
Paul J. Schwegler, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Steven S. Marx, Havertown, PA (US);
Whitfield T. Reddin, Woodbury, NJ (US);
Joseph B. Lynch, Havertown, PA (US);
Abstract
A plastics waste processor is provided for efficiently compacting and melting plastics waste, so as to form easily disposable compact plastic units having a volume considerably smaller than the unprocessed plastics waste. The plastics waste processor has a waste containment chamber, a rotating chamber door, a jam breaker bar to facilitate opening of the door when jammed by melted plastic waste, pneumatically driven waste compaction means with plastic shedding rams, a waste containment chamber heating system, a processor temperature monitoring means, a cooling means, and a control means. Further a cable and hose management system is provided for protection of moving cables and hoses, as well as a washdown system for automatic cleaning of the processor.