Processing a used container
AssigneeIndustrial Container Services, LLC
InventorsKevin Docken, Loren Flynn, Matt Jackels, Gerald P. Butler, Jr.
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Abstract
A method for processing a used container is disclosed. The method can include automatically dissecting the used container into a first portion and a second portion; removing the first or second closable access from the respective surface; removing at least a residual from the inside of the container; reducing the volume of the container by folding one surface onto another surface; and loading the container into a baler.
Claims8
A method for processing a used container, the used container includes a top surface having a first closable access, a front surface having a second closable access, a bottom surface, side surfaces, and a rear surface, the method comprising:
- feeding the container along a feeding path;
- dissecting the container into a first portion having at least the top surface and a second portion having at least the bottom surface;
- reducing a volume of the first portion by folding at least one side surface of the first portion onto the top surface of the first portion;
- removing the second closable access from a front surface of the second portion;
- removing a residual from an interior of the second portion;
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- loading the first portion and the second portion separately into a baler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.