B - Operations – Transporting – 03 – B
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
03
B
241/26, 201/37
B03B 9/06 (2006.01) B03C 1/30 (2006.01) B07C 5/344 (2006.01) B30B 9/32 (2006.01) G01G 19/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1190201
ABSTRACT 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 separates out any ferrous materials. 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 into one of the pockets of a rotatable collector-and-wiper device. After a pre-selected number of items have been recognized and pushed off the conveyor, or if a time period of preselected length passes during which no additional items are received at the input hopper, a signal is generated which causes the collector-and-wiper device to be indexed, thereby to push the collector items onto the platform of a weighing scale. 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 collector-and-wiper device is then indexed. This wipes the scale clean and the weighed aluminum items are pushed by the open-bottom pocket into a chute which directs the items 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.
434368
Jamgochian Herbert H.
Levasseur Joseph L.
Ara Services Inc.
Smart & Biggar
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