Method and apparatus for crushing glass

A glass smasher for reducing glass articles to particles, the glass smasher comprising:

• an enclosed barrel having an access port and a first closed end and a second closed end, said barrel forming at least a first and second interior chamber, said interior chambers being divided by a partition having at least one port formed therethrough for passing glass particles;
• said first chamber having at least one sharding plate rigidly connected to an interior portion of said barrel for impacting a glass article disposed within said chamber, when said barrel is rotated;
• said second chamber having fee moving smashing objects located therein;
• a driving mechanism functionally connected to said barrel in a manner to rotate said barrel;
• at least one sized exit port formed through the circumference of said barrel to permit the passage of glass particles formed from the smashing of said glass article;
• and
• a collecting collar disposed about said barrel and adjacent said rotational path of said exit port for collecting said glass particles that pass therethrough and routing said glass particles to a collecting container.

A method for crushing glass articles into glass particles, the method comprising the steps of:

• placing a glass article into a first chamber of a barrel, said barrel having at least one sharding plate rigidly connected to an interior portion of said barrel;
• rotating said barrel in a manner such that said glass article impacts said sharding member and is reduced to glass particles;
• and
• passing said glass particles through a port formed through said barrel into a container.

A glass smasher for reducing glass articles to particles, the glass smasher comprising:

• an enclosed barrel having an access port and a first closed end, and a second closed end, said barrel forming at least one interior chamber;
• said first chamber having at least one sharding plate rigidly connected to an interior portion of said barrel for impacting a glass article disposed within said chamber, while said barrel is rotated;
• at least one free moving smashing object located within said interior chamber;
• a driving mechanism functionally connected to said barrel in a manner to rotate said barrel;
• and
• at least one sized exit port formed through the circumference of said barrel to permit the passage of glass particles formed from the smashing of said glass article.

A glass smasher for reducing glass articles to particles, the glass smasher comprising:

• an enclosed barrel having an access port and a first closed end and a second closed end, said barrel forming at least one interior chamber;
• said first chamber having at least one sharding plate rigidly connected to an interior portion of said barrel for impacting a glass article disposed within said chamber, while said barrel is rotated;
• at least one free moving smashing object located within said interior chamber;
• a driving mechanism functionally connected to said barrel in a manner to rotate said barrel;
• at least one sized exit port formed through the circumference of said barrel to permit the passage of glass particles formed from the smashing of said glass article;
• and
• a collecting collar disposed about said barrel and adjacent said rotational path of said exit port for collecting said glass particles that pass therethrough and routing said glass particles to a collecting container.