Bottle shredder having a bottle shaped housing
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a decorative housing shaped in the form of a bottle having an opening in its upper portion for receiving plastic bottles and a bin in its lower portion for receiving shredded plastic, said bin being slidably removable or at least extendable out from said bottle shaped decorative housing;
a shredder having a rotating disk with blades thereon spaced from said disk mounted within said decorative housing for shredding plastic bottles into shredded plastic which is collected in said bin;
said shredder being in the form of a substantially horizontal disk having blades mounted thereto, said blades being separated from said disk by a spacer, said disk being rotated by an electric motor;
said decorative housing being in the form of a beverage bottle is provided with an intake chute extending from an upper portion of said bottle to a mid portion of said bottle, said rotating disk shredder being mounted below said intake chute and an outflow duct being provided from a periphery of said rotating disk for transport of shredded plastic to said bin;
a pan being provided underneath said rotating disk with an axle of said motor passing through said pan, said pan being provided with a drain for draining fluid from said rotating disk shredder to said bin; and
whereby used plastic bottles may be conveniently shredded for reduction in volume of the plastic bottles for storage and/or transportation.
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Apparatus provided for reducing the volume of trash generated from plastic bottles and containers whether destined for landfill or not. The apparatus includes a shredder mounted within an aesthetically pleasing and functionally suggestive beverage bottle shaped housing. A chute with a plunger is provided which forces the plastic bottles against blades rotated on a substantially horizontally mounted disk with a fan for directing the shredded particles into a duct for transport to a bin within the bottle shaped housing. A pan structure is provided to collect any fluid remaining in the bottles being shredded and directed via a duct to the bin.
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10 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a decorative housing shaped in the form of a bottle having an opening in its upper portion for receiving plastic bottles and a bin in its lower portion for receiving shredded plastic, said bin being slidably removable or at least extendable out from said bottle shaped decorative housing; a shredder having a rotating disk with blades thereon spaced from said disk mounted within said decorative housing for shredding plastic bottles into shredded plastic which is collected in said bin; said shredder being in the form of a substantially horizontal disk having blades mounted thereto, said blades being separated from said disk by a spacer, said disk being rotated by an electric motor; said decorative housing being in the form of a beverage bottle is provided with an intake chute extending from an upper portion of said bottle to a mid portion of said bottle, said rotating disk shredder being mounted below said intake chute and an outflow duct being provided from a periphery of said rotating disk for transport of shredded plastic to said bin; a pan being provided underneath said rotating disk with an axle of said motor passing through said pan, said pan being provided with a drain for draining fluid from said rotating disk shredder to said bin; and whereby used plastic bottles may be conveniently shredded for reduction in volume of the plastic bottles for storage and/or transportation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus, comprising:
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a decorative housing, said decorative housing being shaped in the form of a bottle, said housing having a top section, a middle section and a bottom section; an opening in said top section for receiving plastic bottles; a bin in its lower section for receiving shredded plastic, said bin being at least partially removable or at least extendable out from said bottle shaped decorative housing; a front wall of said bin forming a portion of said decorative housing; a disk substantially horizontally mounted in said middle section of said housing; an electric motor connected to said disk for rotating said disk; a plurality of blades mounted to an upper surface of said disk, each of said plurality of blades having at least one sharpened edge, each of said blades being mounted a predetermined distance above said upper surface of said disk; a plurality of fins mounted to a lower surface of said disk for moving air and shredded chips of plastic contained in the air to be thrown towards a periphery of said housing; a chute extending from said opening to approximately a lower end of said first section and positioned over said disk; a plunger moveably mounted in said chute; a perforated pan mounted in said housing below said disk, said perforations being of a size that will not pass shredded chips of plastic, but will pass liquid; a duct connected to said perforated pan and extending substantially to said bin; a second pan mounted below said perforated pan and above said motor; and a drain connected to said second pan and emptying into said bin. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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