B - Operations – Transporting – 02 – C
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
02
C
241/26
B02C 23/14 (2006.01) B03B 9/06 (2006.01) B07C 5/36 (2006.01) B30B 9/32 (2006.01) B65G 15/42 (2006.01) B65G 39/12 (2006.01) G07F 7/06 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1160196
Abstract of the Disclosure A housing of a size adapted for installation at a parking position at a shopping center or other location has an input hopper for receiving municipal trash items, particularly aluminum cans, which drop onto a conveyor and are carried to a crusher. The crushed items drop onto a second conveyor which carries the items past a magnetic separator station which recognizes and sepa- rates out any ferrous materials. Such ferrous items fall by gravity and in so doing to interrupt a light beam which, when interrupted, causes a photoelectric cell to generate a signal which actuates a panel on the front of the housing to inform the customer that the can he or she deposited was a steel can, not an aluminum can. The remaining material, including aluminum cans, glass bottles, plastic cartons, paper and other items, are carried to an identification station which recognizes the aluminum items and signals a pusher mechanism to push the aluminum items off the conveyor. The pushed-off aluminum items drop onto the platform of a weighing scale where they remain and accumulate awaiting arrival of additional items. If a time period of preselected length passes during which no additional items are received on the scale platform, a signal is generated which is sent to a coin-payout mechanism to make payment for the weight of the aluminum items deposited on the scale. The scale is then cleared by a rotatable indexing push-off mechanism and the separated and weighed aluminum items drop by gravity into a chute and are directed onto a third conveyor which carries the aluminum items upwardly to a storage bin located in the upper part of the housing. When the storage bin is full, a signal is generated to indicate that the machine cannot accept any additional trash items and requires emptying. Any non-ferrous non-magnetic items, such as glass bottles, plastic containers, paper, etc., pass through the aluminum identification station and are carried by the second conveyor to a trash receptacle within the housing.
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Jamgochian Herbert H.
Levasseur Joseph L.
Ara Services Inc.
Smart & Biggar
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