Fluorescent lamp crusher

In a fluorescent lamp crusher apparatus of the type including a housing having an inlet for feeding fluorescent lamp bulbs one by one into said housing, a motor, a crushing member in said housing operable by said motor to break up the bulbs fed into said housing, and filter means including a replaceable filter cartridge for removing toxic gases released in said housing upon the destruction of said bulbs, the improvement comprising control means responsive to the insertion of a new filter cartridge in said filter means automatically to prevent the operation of said motor after said crushing member has destroyed a predetermined member of bulbs.

In fluorescent lamp crusher apparatus of the type including a replaceable waste container closed at its upper end by a removable cover, and a housing having an inlet for accepting fluorescent lamp bulbs and an outlet for discharging crushed lamp particles into said waste container through an opening in said cover, the improvement comprising

• extensible means releasably and sealingly connecting said outlet of said housing to said upper end of said container, and operative upon removal of said cover from said container to maintain a sealed connection between said outlet and said upper end of said container thereby to prevent escape of gas and dust from said container to the ambient atmosphere,
• said connecting mean comprising a plastic sleeve having open, opposed end, and
• means adjacent each of said opposed ends of said sleeve for releasably and sealingly connecting said opposed ends to said upper end of said waste container and to said outlet of said housing, respectively.

In fluorescent lamp crusher apparatus of the type including a replaceable waste container at its upper end by a removable cover, a housing having an inlet for accepting fluorescent lamp bulbs, a crushing member in said housing operable to destroy the incoming bulbs one by one, an outlet in said housing for discharging crushed lamp particles into said waste container through an opening in said cover, and filter means including a replaceable filter cartridge for removing toxic gases from the housing, the improvement comprising

• an extensible duct member releasably and sealingly connected at one end thereof to said outlet of said housing, and at its opposite end to said upper end of said container, and operative upon removal of said cover from said container to maintain a sealed connection between said outlet and said upper end of said container thereby to prevent escape of gas and dust from said container to the ambient atmosphere, and
• means for controlling the operation of said crushing member, and operative each time a new filter cartridge is inserted into said filter means to enable operation of said crushing member only for a predetermined number of bulb destroying operations.