Apparatus for storing mercury-containing used products

An apparatus for destroying and storing used products containing injurious substances, comprising:

• a housing for accommodating used products;
• an inlet portion for receiving the used products;
• means in said housing for crushing the used products in said housing;
• suction means, including a passage for ventilation air, for drawing injurious substances suspended in air in said housing;
• a filter for removing dust from the air;
• adsorbent means for adsorbing said substances;
• said filter and said adsorbent means being located in said passage for ventilating air;
• and
• an outlet portion for exhausting said ventilating air after it has passed through said suction means,
• said inlet portion including means for breaking the used products and directing the used product broken therein therealong toward said crushing means for crushing the broken used product, said breaking and directing means including two hollow guide arms having means for receiving therein a used product such that the used product is partially received in each of said two arms, at least one of said two arms being reciprocally vertically pivotable between a first position in which the used product is partially receivable in each of said two arms and a second position in which the used product is folded and broken by the pivotal movement of said at least one of said two arms.