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Vehicle recycling system and method

  • US 6,571,693 B1
  • Filed: 10/06/2000
  • Issued: 06/03/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/06/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An indoor system for recycling scraped vehicles;

  • comprisingan engine pulling means for removing an engine from a vehicle that is to be scraped; and

    a hold down means for restraining the vehicle from moving in the direction in which the engine is being pulled by the engine pulling means while the engine is being removed from the vehicle;

    a material press means for compressing the body of the vehicle once the engine has been removed from the vehicle;

    means for moving the vehicle body into the material press following removal of the engine by the engine pulling means; and

    a building enclosing the engine pulling means, the hold-down means and the material press means.

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