Plastic shredder
OwnerCalvin Mooreinventor
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Abstract
A bottle shredder is disclosed. The bottle shredder features a bottle holder, sized to receive a plastic bottle, a wire cutter and bottle support, both of which are located below the bottle holder. The bottle holder is attached to a linear slide, which is capable of moving the bottle holder directly above a shredding apparatus. The shredding apparatus contains at least one feed roller operatively connected to a first motor, a spur gear, a bearing block, featuring at least one bearing, and at least one shredding blade operatively connected to a second motor via the spur gear and bearing block. Below the shredding apparatus is a finished shreds chute, which collects the post-shredded bottle parts.
Claims19
A bottle shredder, comprising:
- a bottle holder, sized to receive a plastic bottle;
- a wire cutter, located below the bottle holder;
- a bottle support, located below the bottle holder;
- a linear slide attached to the bottle holder, capable of moving the bottle holder directly above a shredding apparatus, the shredding apparatus comprising:
- at least one feed roller operatively connected to a first motor,
- a spur gear,
- a bearing block, featuring at least one bearing,
- at least one shredding blade operatively connected to a second motor via
- the spur gear and bearing block,
- wherein the at least one feed roller is proximate to the at least one shredding blade;
- a finished shreds chute, located directly below the shredding apparatus.
A method of shredding bottles, comprising the steps of:
- providing, a bottle shredder comprising:
- a bottle holder, sized to receive a plastic bottle,
- a wire cutter, located below the bottle holder,
- a bottle support, located below the bottle holder,
- a linear slide attached to the bottle holder, capable of moving the bottle holder directly above a shredding apparatus, the shredding apparatus comprising:
- at least one feed roller operatively connected to a first motor,
- a spur gear,
- a bearing block, featuring at least one bearing,
- at least one shredding blade operatively connected to a second motor via the spur gear and bearing block,
- wherein the at least one feed roller is proximate to the at least one shredding blade,
- a finished shreds chute, located directly below the shredding apparatus;
- inserting, a bottle into the bottle holder;
- allowing, the bottle to rest on the bottle support;
- removing, a cap off the bottle by the linear slide dragging the neck of the bottle along the wire cutter such that the bottle is now proximate to the at least one feed roller;
- and
- feeding, the bottle into the shredding mechanism, by the at least one feed roller;
- shredding, the bottle, by the shredding mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.