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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2005
David Aubrey Plumptre, Droitwich, GB;
David Aubrey Plumptre, Droitwich, GB;
Francis Henry Lee, Wilmslow, GB;
Abstract
An apparatus for crushing containers includes a die defining an opening, a punch, and a system for displacing the die and punch relative to each other. The punch may be fixed and the die may be moved from a first position spaced apart from the punch such that a container to be crushed can be placed between the punch and die and a second position in which the punch extends into the die opening to define an annular gap between the punch and die opening. The arrangement is such that a container crushed between the die and punch as a result of displacement of the die to the second position is at least in part forced into and deformed within the annular gap.