Plastic bottle crushing system and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7913617
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12584234

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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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ESPEY JOHN RNot 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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Espey, John R Dunedin, US 1 1

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