Bottle crusher

Abstract

Disclosed are various aspects of a new and more advantageous compact bottle crusher for safely pulverizing empty glass bottles in commercial establishments such as restaurants and bars which includes an upper staging area including a carousel, an electric crushing unit attached to a sealed collection barrel in order to pulverize glass bottles into small pieces of glass, and a housing for a collection barrel. The carousel may be a rotary bottle cradle carousel and may be manually or automatically indexed for 12, or up to 24 bottles or more. The crushing unit is designed to be run off of normal 110 volt electricity, and is utilized to achieve essentially pebble or pea-sized pieces of glass by utilizing various methods, including hydraulic pistons, breaking anvils, rotating veins, crusher fins, or plunger units, such as a moveable jaw and a stationary jaw. Rotating units cause repeated impact which provides a pulverized smaller glass fragment. The crushing unit may also include sound deadening materials in order to make it more amenable for use behind a bar in a drinking establishment.

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