Glass vessel crusher

• US 5,289,980 A
• Filed: 11/17/1992
• Issued: 03/01/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kings III Of America, Inc., TOYO Glass Company Limited (Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: TOYO Glass Company Limited (Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kitao, Shuji, Ueda, Sadao, Shinpo, Toshio, Ito, Yoshifumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Watts, Douglas D.
• Application Number:
  US07/977,871
• Time in Patent Office: 469 Days
• Field of Search: 241/99, 241/246, 241/257.1, 241/258, 241/260.1, 241/261.1
• US Class Current: 241/99
• CPC Class Codes: B02C 19/0087 for glass bottles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02W 30/60 Glass recycling

Abstract

A glass vessel crusher including an external cylinder 1 and an internal cylinder disposed in the external cylinder, a glass-vessel crushing space A of ring shape in section being defined by the inner wall of the external cylinder 45 and the outer wall of the internal cylinder. At least one of the external cylinder and the internal cylinder is freely rotatable and is so designed that the glass-vessel crushing space is gradually narrowed along a direction from a glass-vessel throw-in side toward a fragment discharge side, and at least one of the inner wall of the external cylinder and the outer wall of the internal cylinder is provided with a spiral projection 57 extending into the ring-shaped glass-vessel crushing space.

Claims

1. A glass vessel crusher, comprising:

an external body of revolution (1); and

an internal body of revolution (45) disposed in the external body of revolution, an annular glass vessel crushing space (A) being defined by an inner wall of said external body of revolution and an outer wall of said internal body of revolution, wherein at least one of said external body of revolution and said internal body of revolution is rotatable and is so designed that the glass vessel crushing space is gradually narrowed along a direction from a glass vessel introduction end toward a fragment discharge end, at least one of the inner wall of said external body of revolution and the outer wall of said internal body of revolution is provided with a projection extending into the annular glass vessel crushing space for conveying glass vessels towards the discharge end, and at least one of said external body of revolution and said internal body of revolution, not provided with said projection, is provided with a plurality of spaced post members (55) individually projecting from a side wall thereof into the glass vessel crushing space.

2. The glass vessel crusher as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of said external body of revolution and said internal body of revolution has a conical portion projecting into the glass vessel crushing space.

3. The glass vessel crusher as claimed in claim 2, wherein said conical portion has a spiral projection member which is continuously or intermittently formed on the surface thereof.

4. The glass vessel crusher as claimed in claim 1, further including a rotary shaft which is linked to one of said external body of revolution and said internal body of revolution to rotate the linked one of said external body of revolution and said internal body of revolution.

5. The glass vessel crusher as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a rotating mechanism for rotating said rotary shaft.

6. The glass vessel crusher as claimed in claim 6, wherein said rotating mechanism comprises a motor, a sprocket linked to one end of said rotary shaft, another sprocket linked to said motor, and a chain suspended between said sprockets.