Mobile side-load metal crushing device
OwnerRobert M. Johnsoninventor
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Abstract
A mobile metal crushing system and a method for forming scrap metal bales by crushing automobiles and scrap metal latitudinally, vertically, and longitudinally. The crusher has a frame with wheels and a baling chamber with a bottom deck, a load door for latitudinal crushing, a crush plate for vertical crushing, and a wall. The wall has a plunger for longitudinal crushing.
Claims19
A mobile metal crusher capable of forming scrap metal bales by crushing automobiles or scrap metal latitudinally, vertically, and longitudinally, the crusher comprising:
- a frame having wheels to facilitate the transport of the mobile metal crusher;
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- a baling chamber rigidly attached to the frame and including a bottom deck, a load door, a crush plate, and a wall;
- wherein the load door has a first end that is pivotally connected to the bottom deck and is adapted to crush the scrap metal latitudinally as the load door pivots from an open position to a closed position;
- wherein the crush plate is located above the bottom deck, operatively connected to the frame, and adapted to crush the scrap metal vertically as the crush plate is displaced vertically within the baling chamber;
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- wherein the wall has a first end rigidly connected to the bottom deck and includes a plunger adapted to crush the scrap metal longitudinally as the plunger is displaced horizontally within the baling chamber.
A method of forming scrap metal bales by crushing automobiles or scrap metal latitudinally, vertically, and longitudinally, the steps of the method comprising:
- loading a baling chamber with the metal to be crushed;
- pivoting a load door up to its fully closed position to crush the metal latitudinally;
- vertically displacing a crush plate within the baling chamber to crush the metal vertically;
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- horizontally displacing a plunger within the baling chamber to crush the metal longitudinally.
A mobile metal crusher for forming scrap metal bales, the crusher comprising:
- a baling chamber rigidly attached to a frame and including a bottom deck, a load door, a plunger and a crush plate;
- wherein the load door has a first end that is pivotally connected to the bottom deck and is adapted to crush the scrap metal latitudinally as the load door pivots from an open position to a closed position;
- wherein the crush plate is located above the bottom deck, operatively connected to the frame, and adapted to crush the scrap metal vertically as the crush plate is displaced vertically within the baling chamber;
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- wherein the plunger has a face generally perpendicular to the bottom deck and is adapted to crush scrap metal longitudinally as the plunger displaces horizontally along the deck within the baling chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.