Plastic bottle crushing system and method
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Mar 29, 2011
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Sep 2, 2009
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Abstract
A container with a door forms an operating chamber. A crushing zone within the chamber is defined below by a support and above by a vertically reciprocable ram. A driving assembly raises and lowers the ram to compact a plastic bottle in the crushing zone. A heating element softens the plastic bottle. A programmer is operatively coupled to a plurality of controls for receiving operating instructions and to the heating element and the driving assembly to thereby cause an appropriate cycle of operation for crushing and compacting the plastic bottle.
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- 15 United States
- 10 France
- 8 Japan
- 7 China
- 5 Korea
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Patent Owner | Address | |
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ESPEY JOHN R | Not Provided |
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- 2009 Application Filing Year
- B30B Class
- 102 Applications Filed
- 67 Patents Issued To-Date
- 65.69 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Espey, John R | Dunedin, US | 1 | 1 |
# of filed Patents : 1 Total Citations : 1 |
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Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unavoidable | $700.00 | $350.00 | $175.00 |
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unintentional | $1,640.00 | $820.00 | $410.00 |
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Apr 27, 2015 | STCH | INFORMATION ON STATUS: PATENT DISCONTINUATION | free format text: PATENT EXPIRED DUE TO NONPAYMENT OF MAINTENANCE FEES UNDER 37 CFR 1.362 |
Mar 29, 2015 | FP | LAPSED DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEE | Effective Date: Mar 29, 2015 |
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