Empty-container pressing machine
AssigneeToyoda Products Co., Ltd.
InventorMasao Yamaguchi
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Abstract
An empty-container pressing machine comprises a pedestal including a container bearing portion capable of carrying thereon an empty container in an upright posture, a pair of guide posts provided outside the container bearing portion, a container presser vertically movable along the guide posts, and a buckling mechanism for buckling the body of the empty container. The container presser has a function to press and crush the empty container on the container bearing portion from above. The buckling mechanism has a function to buckle or deform the body of the empty container by pressing the sidewall of the body of the empty container before the empty container is crushed by means of the container presser.
Claims5
An empty-container pressing machine designed to crush a metallic or plastic empty container by means of footing force, comprising:
- a pedestal including a container bearing portion capable of carrying thereon said empty container in an upright posture;
- guide posts set up outside said container bearing portion;
- a foot-operated container presser vertically movable along said guide posts and capable of pressing and crushing the empty container on said container bearing portion from above;
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- a buckling mechanism for pressing the sidewall of the body of said empty container, thereby buckling the body of said empty container, before said empty container is crushed by means of said container presser.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.