Oil filter disassembly method
OwnerGilbert B. Ross, Charles Brittaininventors
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Abstract
A continuously cycling oil filter disassembly and recycle apparatus and method comprising tandem transport of filters and filter components in a given spaced relation to and from a disassembling facility where the filters are cut while rotatably retained by selectively depressible pins, and the disassembled components shifted to recycle receptacles arranged to receive the components spaced as removed from the disassembling facility
Claims5
A method of disassembling an oil filter, said oil filter comprising a perforated base, a filter element, and a canister connected to said base and enclosing said filter element, said method comprising;
- engaging said oil filter with a first operating head movable between a receiving facility and a disassembling facility, said disassembly facility including a cutter and a rotating means;
- shifting said oil filter, with said first operating head, from said receiving facility to said disassembling facility;
- engaging said filter perforated base with said rotating means through pins contained on said rotating means;
- rotating said oil filter and said cutter relative to each other to sever the canister from the base;
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- shifting the severed canister away from said disassembling facility.
A method of retaining an oil filter at a cutting station, said oil filter comprising a filter element, a canister, and a perforated base, said cutting station comprising cutting means and a plurality of spring-loaded retaining pins adapted to selectively engage perforations in said perforated base and to rotate said perforated base subsequent to engagement, said method comprising:
- setting said perforated base against said plurality of spring-loaded pins such that any pins in registration with perforations in said perforated base enter said registered perforations, and any pins which are not in registration with perforations in said perforated base are deflected by said perforated base away therefrom.
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