Oil filter recycler apparatus
AssigneeFrank Mayer & Associates, Inc.
InventorsJohn Crosslen, John Tolentino, Gary Monroe
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Abstract
An oil filter recycler for severing the casing of an automotive oil filter, for separating the filter into its components for recycling, and for removing engine waste oil for environmentally safe disposal, characterized by a turntable for rotating a cylindrically shaped filter about its' axis and a knife for severing the casing of the filter as it is rotated. The turntable is rotatable either manually or automatically. The knife is radially adjustable relative to the axis of the turntable. A releasable ratchet pawl spring biased for engagement with a rotatable threaded rod on a slidable knife holder provides for slidable, rotatable adjustment of the knife, and for quick release and retraction of the knife.
Claims13
An apparatus for severing the casing of an automotive oil filter, the filter having a substantially cylindrical shape and being of the type which includes on one end thereof a circular metal base plate, a casing forming the wall and other end of the cylinder, and a filter cartridge contained therein, the apparatus including:
- a turntable for rotating the filter about the axis of its cylindrical shape;
- a knife for severing the casing as the filter is being rotated, with the knife being radially adjustable toward and away from the axis of the turntable, and the knife being a rotatable circular blade protrudable through the casing of the filter;
- a slidable knife holder for supporting the knife;
- a rotatable threaded rod on the slidable knife holder;
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- a ratchet pawl releasably engageable with the threaded rod.
An apparatus for severing the casing of an automotive oil filter, the filter having a substantially cylindrical shape and being of the type which includes on one end thereof a circular metal base plate, a casing forming the wall and other end of the cylinder, and a filter cartridge contained therein, the apparatus including:
- a rotatable turntable;
- a protuberance projecting out form the center of the turntable and insertable into a central opening in the circular metal base plate of the filter;
- knife means for severing the casing as the filter is being rotated;
- gear teeth around the periphery of the turntable;
- a drive gear;
- a chain engaged with the drive gear and engaged with the gear teeth of the turntable;
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- an electric motor for turning the drive gear.
An apparatus for cutting and separating an automotive oil filter into recyclable parts, the filter being of a substantially cylindrical shape and of the type which includes a casing forming the wall and one end of the cylindrical shape, and a metal base plate forming the other end thereof, the metal base plate having a central opening therein, and the filter including an interior filter cartridge, the device comprising:
- a turntable;
- a protuberance at the center of the turntable insertable into the central opening of the metal base plate of the filter;
- the turntable being rotatable so as to rotate the filter about the axis of the cylindrical shape thereof;
- a knife radially adjustable relative to the axis of the turntable;
- gear teeth around the circumference of the turntable;
- a drive gear;
- a chain engaged with the drive gear and engaged with the gear teeth of the turntable;
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- an electric motor for rotating the drive gear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.