Devices and methods for recycling mattress box springs

A device for removing a set of springs from a mattress box spring, the device comprising:

• a mattress box spring support;
• a pushing block support frame positioned over the mattress box spring support;
• a pushing block supported by the pushing block support frame, the pushing block positionable adjacent to the mattress box spring support;
• a cylinder for extending the pushing block over a mattress box spring when positioned on the mattress box spring support;
• wherein the cylinder is operable to extend the pushing block transversely over a frame of the mattress box spring when positioned on the mattress box spring support to separate springs attached to the frame of the mattress box spring from the frame of the mattress box spring;
• wherein the pushing block support frame further comprises a first bearing assembly supported by the first beam and secured to a top of a first end of the pushing block, and a second bearing assembly supported by the second beam and secured to a top of a second end of the pushing block;
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• wherein the first and second beams and first and second bearing assemblies serve to guide the pushing block when it is extended over the mattress box spring and separating the springs from the frame of the mattress box spring.

A device for removing a set of springs from a mattress box spring, the device comprising:

• a mattress box spring support;
• a pushing block positionable adjacent to the mattress box spring support and sized to span a length or a width of a frame of a mattress box spring;
• wherein a cylinder provides relative horizontal movement between the pushing block and the mattress box spring support in a plane parallel to an upper surface of the mattress box spring support;
• wherein the cylinder provides relative horizontal movement between the pushing block and the frame of the mattress box spring when the mattress box spring is positioned on the mattress box spring support to separate springs attached to the frame of the mattress box spring from the frame of the mattress box spring;
• wherein a horizontal shearing plate is secured to a bottom of the pushing block, and extends in front of the pushing block;
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• wherein the pushing block extends upwardly and rearwardly from the shearing plate.

A method of separating springs from a frame of a mattress box spring, comprising the steps of:

• providing a device comprising a mattress box spring support, a pushing block support frame positioned over the mattress box spring support, a pushing block supported by the pushing block support frame, the pushing block positionable adjacent to the mattress box spring support and sized to span a length or a width of a frame of a mattress box spring, a cylinder operable for providing relative movement between the pushing block and the mattress box spring support in a plane parallel to an upper surface of the mattress box spring support, wherein the cylinder is operable to provide relative movement between the pushing block and the frame of the mattress box spring when the mattress box spring is positioned on the mattress box spring support to separate springs attached to the frame of the mattress box spring from the frame of the mattress box spring, and wherein a plurality of forks extend in front of the pushing block for helping to prevent the springs from extending beneath a bottom of the pushing block when the pushing block is extended over the mattress box spring to separate the springs from the frame of the mattress box spring;
• positioning the mattress box spring on the mattress box spring support;
• extending the cylinder to provide relative movement between the pushing block and the frame of the mattress box spring to separate springs on the mattress box spring from the frame of the mattress box spring;
• and
• retracting the cylinder.