Plastics waste processor

A plastics waste processor comprising:

• a base;
• a frame having a top end, and a bottom end attached to said base;
• a hinge arm assembly movably attached to the frame comprising a hinge fixed to said frame, and a handle portion attached to said hinge;
• a waste containment chamber attached to said frame, said waste containment chamber comprising a waste chamber having a chamber entrance port therein, said chamber entrance port defining a chamber entrance port outer circumference;
• a breech-lock door assembly rotatably attached to said hinge arm and adjacent to said chamber entrance port, said breech door lock assembly comprising:
• (i) a waste containment chamber door adjacent to and in rotatable communication with the chamber entrance port, and attached to the handle portion of the hinge arm assembly, said waste containment chamber door having:
• (a) a rotary bearing disposed on a central axis, for rotatable engagement with the hinge arm;
• (b) an outer circumference equal to or larger than the chamber entrance port outer circumference;
• (c) two or more pivoting lugs attached to the outer circumference of the waste containment chamber door, so as to be capable of rotatable interaction with receptor blocks;
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• (d) one or more release blocks attached to said pivoting lugs;
• (ii) a linear actuating means having a first end fixably attached to the hinge and a second end movably attached to the waste containment chamber door, and positioned so as to be able to rotatably move the waste containment chamber door;
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• (iii) a waste containment chamber door damper means having a first end, a second end, and a damper there between, the first end of the waste containment chamber door damper means fixably connected to the hinge, and the second end of the waste containment chamber door damper means movably connected to the waste containment chamber door, the damper means positioned so as to oppose rotary motion of the waste containment chamber door;
• two or more of said receptor blocks affixed to the frame, and positioned adjacent to the outer circumference of the waste containment chamber entrance port;
• a pneumatically driven waste compaction means interactively adjacent to said waste containment chamber, said pneumatically driven waste compaction means comprising:
• (i) a pneumatic drive means attached to said base;
• (ii) a pneumatically driven ram in movable connection with said pneumatic drive means, so as to be capable of compressing/compacting waste located within said waste containment chamber;
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• (iii) one or more dampers positioned between the pneumatically driven ram and the base,
• and parallel to the pneumatically driven ram;
• a waste containment chamber heating means integral with the breech lock door assembly and the pneumatically driven waste compaction means;
• a processor temperature monitoring means comprising one or more thermostats located adjacent to one or more components of the plastics waste processor for monitoring a temperature of the processor during operation;
• a cooling means in conductive connection with said processor temperature monitoring means and integral with the breech lock door assembly and the pneumatically driven waste compaction means so as to be capable of cooling same, said cooling means comprising a fluid circulation means having a first end, a second end and a flow control means, said fluid circulation means flowably connected to a pressurized fluid source, a fluid entrance port flowably connected to the first end of the fluid circulation means, and a fluid exit port flowably connected to the second end of the fluid circulation means;
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• a user control means conductively connected to one or more of the the waste containment chamber heating means, the pneumatically driven waste compaction means, and the processor temperature monitoring means.