Apparatus for recycling binder components
AssigneeBll Holdings Limited
InventorDerek Tryhorn
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Abstract
Apparatus for removing binder mechanisms (12) from binders (10), the apparatus comprising: a transport mechanism for transporting binders in series through the apparatus; an alignment mechanism (16) configured to align the binder mechanisms with a predetermined datum relative to the apparatus; a rivet releasing mechanism (24) positioned relative to the predetermined datum for releasing at least one rivet holding each binder mechanism to its respective binder; a binder mechanism removal mechanism (75) for removing each binder mechanism from its respective binder once the at least one rivet has been released by the rivet releasing mechanism; and an indexing mechanism (18) for indexing transport of binders through the apparatus in synchronism with operation of the rivet releasing mechanism.
Claims29
Apparatus for removing binder mechanisms from binders, the apparatus comprising:
- a transport mechanism for transporting binders in series through the apparatus;
- an alignment mechanism configured to align the binder mechanisms with a predetermined datum relative to the apparatus;
- a rivet releasing mechanism positioned relative to the predetermined datum for releasing at least one rivet holding each binder mechanism to its respective binder;
- a binder mechanism removal mechanism for removing each binder mechanism from its respective binder once the at least one rivet has been released by the rivet releasing mechanism;
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- an indexing mechanism for indexing transport of binders through the apparatus in synchronism with operation of the rivet releasing mechanism.
27-43. (canceled)
An automated method for removing binder mechanisms from binders, the method comprising:
- aligning the binder mechanisms with a predetermined datum relative to the apparatus;
- releasing at least one rivet holding each binder mechanism to its respective binder by means of a rivet releasing mechanism positioned relative to the predetermined datum;
- removing each binder mechanism from its respective binder once the at least one rivet has been released by the rivet releasing mechanism;
- and
- indexing the binders in series through the apparatus in synchronism with operation of the rivet releasing mechanism.
(canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.