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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2004
Applicants:
Edwin E. Rice, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Charles H. Franklin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Edwin E. Rice, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Charles H. Franklin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 19/02 (2006.01); B23P 19/00 (2006.01); B30B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for automatically feeding an oil filter(s) into a crushing zone to shear a canister from a connector plate. The apparatus feed the oil filters into the crushing zone one at a time for the crushing by a movable wall against a fixed wall () to flatten the canister while blade shears the canister from the connector plate. The apparatus enables capture of oil and recycling of the canister and connector plate.