Device for reducing the volume of bottle made of plastic material
OwnerLajos Simoninventor
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Abstract
The apparatus according to the invention comprises a housing or frame for receiving the bottle, an element for fixing the bottle, a heating element surrounding part of the bottle and compressing means for compacting the softened bottle, wherein the housing or frame is constructed to receive the bottle with its mouth part upwards, the heating element or the part of the heating element surrounding the bottle is at most 60 mm high, and is arranged around the neck part of the bottle in its starting position and the fixing element is a sealable plug in the compressing means, to be fitted into the mouth of the bottle and having an air channel, the cross section of which is preferably adjustable, preferably with flow control means. The flow control means may be a valve.
Claims13
Apparatus for compacting empty plastic bottles, comprising a housing or frame for receiving a bottle, an element for fixing the bottle, a heating element surrounding part of the bottle to soften the bottle, and compressing means for compacting the softened bottle, and the heating element is directly connected to the compressing means;
- wherein:
- the housing or frame is constructed to receive the bottle with a mouth part of the bottle upward;
- the heating element, or a part of the heating element surrounding the bottle, is at most 60 mm high, and is arranged only around a neck part of the bottle in its starting position;
- and
- the fixing element is a sealable plug that is located in the compressing means, that is to be fitted into the mouth of the bottle, and that has an air channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.