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US 5,683,042 AGranted
Mobile compactor, pulverizer and cutting apparatus and method therefor
OwnerEnrico Giovanardiinventor
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for compacting and pulverizing waste and soil, including a mechanism for cutting wire, tubing, hoses, plastics, carpet, mattresses, and other like materials that tend to be present at landfill and other waste sites and that can interfere with the operation of a compacting and pulverizing apparatus. The mobile compactor, pulverizer and cutting method achieves superior performance in terms of increased compacting ability by using a plurality of compacting and pulverizing members that are mounted rotatably on a plurality of rods running parallel to a main shaft, which compacting and pulverizing members rotate about the main shaft during operation to compact and pulverize waste and soil and other materials.
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A combined mobile compactor, pulverizer and cutting apparatus comprising, in combination:
- a substantially horizontal main shaft located within a substantially rectangular housing;
- a first shaft receiving member and a second shaft receiving member located within said housing;
- a first end of said main shaft being rotatably connected to said first shaft receiving member located in a first wall of said housing and a second end of said main shaft being rotatably connected to said second shaft receiving member located in a second wall of said housing, said first and second walls of said housing being opposite each other;
- shaft driving means coupled to said main shaft for rotating said main shaft;
- a plurality of cylindrical spacing members displaced at substantially equal distances along said main shaft, said plurality of cylindrical spacing members including a first spacing member located substantially at said first end of said main shaft, a second spacing member located substantially at said second end of said main shaft, and multiple spacing members located between said first spacing member and said second spacing member;
- each of said plurality of spacing members having at least two openings therethrough displaced substantially equal distances from each other, said openings through each of said plurality of spacing members aligned with corresponding said at least two openings in each other of said plurality of spacing members;
- at least two rods displaced parallel to said main shaft, each of said rods passing through said aligned openings in said plurality of spacing members;
- a plurality of compacting members rotatably connected to each of said two rods;
- two of said plurality of spacing members bounding said plurality of compacting members, each of said plurality of compacting members located between said two spacing members;
- a first annular member circumscribing said first end of said main shaft and connected to said first wall of said housing, said first annular member having a width that is greater than the distance between said first wall and a proximate side of one of said two spacing members that is located closest to said wall and less than the distance between said first wall of said housing and a distal side of said spacing member that is located closest to said first wall;
- first cutting means connected to at least one of said first annular member and said first wall for severing wiring, tubing, hoses, carpet, plastics, mattresses, and other debris;
- second cutting means connected to said distal side of said one of said two spacing members that is located closest to said first wall for serving wiring, tubing, hoses, carpet, plastics, mattresses, and other debris in combination with said first cutting means;
- a second annular member circumscribing said second end of said main shaft and connected to said second wall of said housing, said second annular member having a width that is greater than the distance between said second wall and a proximate side of said other of said two spacing members that is located closest to said second wall and less than the distance between said second wall of said housing and a distal side of said other of said two spacing members that is located closest to said second wall;
- third cutting means connected to at least one of said second annular member and said second wall for severing wiring;
- tubing, hoses, carpet, plastics, mattresses, and other debris;
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- fourth cutting means connected to said distal side of said other of said two spacing members that is located closest to said second wall for severing wiring, tubing, hoses, carpet, plastics, mattresses, and other debris in combination with said third cutting means.
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A combined mobile compactor, pulverizer and cutting apparatus comprising, in combination:
- a plurality of rotatable compacting member means mounted between two spaced apart walls of said apparatus for compacting material coming in contact with said plurality of rotatable compacting member means;
- a plurality of rotatable cutting means mounted between two spaced apart walls of said apparatus for cutting said material coming in contact with said plurality of rotatable compacting members;
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- annular shield means connected to two spaced apart walls of said apparatus for preventing material that is being compacted and cut by said apparatus from interfering with and slowing down rotation of both said plurality of rotatable compacting member means and said plurality of rotatable cutting means.
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A method for compacting and cutting waste and soil comprising the steps of:
- providing a substantially horizontal main shaft located within a substantially rectangular housing;
- providing a first shaft receiving member and a second shaft receiving member located within said housing;
- rotatably connecting a first end of said main shaft to said first shaft receiving member located in a first wall of said housing and rotatably connecting a second end of said main shaft to said second shaft receiving member located in a second wall of said housing, said first and second walls of said housing being opposite each other;
- providing shaft driving means coupled to said main shaft for rotating said main shaft;
- providing a plurality of cylindrical spacing members displaced at substantially equal distances along said main shaft, said plurality of cylindrical spacing members including a first spacing member located substantially at said first end of said main shaft, a second spacing member located substantially at said second end of said main shaft, and multiple spacing members located between said first spacing member and said second spacing member;
- providing at least two openings through each of said plurality of spacing members displaced substantially equal distances from each other and aligning said openings through each of said plurality of spacing members with corresponding said at least two openings in each other of said plurality of spacing members;
- providing at least two rods displaced parallel to said main shaft, each of said rods passing through said aligned openings in said plurality of spacing members;
- providing a plurality of compacting members rotatably connected to each of said two rods;
- providing two of said plurality of spacing members bounding said plurality of compacting members, each of said plurality of compacting members located between said two spacing members;
- providing a first annular member circumscribing said first end of said main shaft and connected to said first wall of said housing, said first annular member having a width that is greater than the distance between said first wall and a proximate side of one of said two spacing members that is located closest to said wall and less than the distance between said first wall of said housing and a distal side of said spacing member that is located closest to said first wall;
- connecting first cutting means to at least one of said first annular member and said first wall for severing wiring, tubing, hoses, carpet, plastics, mattresses, and other debris;
- connecting second cutting means to said distal side of said one of said two spacing members that is located closest to said first wall for severing wiring, tubing, hoses, carpet, plastics, mattresses, and other debris in combination with said first cutting means;
- providing a second annular member circumscribing said second end of said main shaft and connected to said second wall of said housing, said second annular member having a width that is greater than the distance between said second wall and a proximate side of said other of said two spacing members that is located closest to said second wall and less than the distance between said second wall of said housing and a distal side of said other of said two spacing members that is located closest to said second wall;
- connecting third cutting means to at least one of said second annular member and said second wall for severing wiring, tubing, hoses, carpet, plastics, mattresses, and other debris;
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- connecting fourth cutting means to said distal side of said other of said two spacing members that is located closest to said second wall for severing wiring, tubing, hoses, carpet, plastics, mattresses, and other debris in combination with said third cutting means.
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