Device for breaking glass
AssigneeGlassbusters Limited
InventorsIan Webb, Peter Ancketill
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Abstract
The invention is directed to a glass disposal system. A device (10) for breaking glass articles is provided, which comprises an inlet (12) and an outlet (26) in fhrkl communication with one another and having a rotating member (16) interposed therebetween. The rotating member (16) is attached to, and capable of being rotated by, a motor (24). The inlet (12) to the device (10) opens onto the rotatable member (16) and the outlet (26) is substantially tangential to the rotatable member (16). The rotatable member (16) comprises portions to create an overall flow of air from the inlet (12) towards the outlet (26), and subsequently expels the particles of the broken object away from the rotatable member (16) through the outlet (26). The invention extends to a conduit (60) for the system.
Claims17
A device for breaking glass articles, the device comprising an inlet and an outlet in fluid communication with one another and having a rotatable member interposed there between, the rotatable member being attached to, and capable of being rotated by, a motor, wherein the inlet to the device opens onto the rotatable member and the outlet is substantially in the plane of the rotatable member, and wherein the rotatable member comprises portions to create an overall flow of air from the inlet towards the outlet, subsequently expelling particles of a broken object away from the rotatable member through the outlet, the device having an air-conduit linking the inlet and the outlet, wherein the air expelled from the outlet of the device is re-circulated through and to the inlet of the device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.