Apparatus for purging and rinsing a chemical container

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9873138
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14736587

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An apparatus for purging and rinsing a container having longitudinal ends, an upper sheet, lateral walls, and a lower wall, the apparatus having a frame defining a processing space; a punch positioned to overlie the container's upper sheet; a die positioned to underlie the container; a plurality of bend resistance relieving container wall cuts positioned for segmenting the container between its longitudinal ends; a plurality of linear motion actuators connected operatively to the punch or connected operatively to the die for lessening the die's downward displacement from the punch, for bending the chemical container's upper bendable sheet about the punch, and for splaying the container's longitudinal ends; and a plurality of rinse nozzles connected operatively to the frame for spraying water into the opened container.

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Eck, Ethan Kingman, US 5 13

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