US2142915A - Bottle crusher - Google Patents

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1939- I P. QSPALEWICZ 2,142,915

BOTTLE CRUSHER Filed March 19', 1936 E Sheets-Sheet l Inventor Jan. 3, 1939. P. OSPALEWICZ BOTTLE CRUSHER I; Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 19, 1936 1 J a Z i r L a um I wu W 9 7 3 w 7 w 0 4 4 1 a a 5 z J, W 2 1 2 J 7 M J 2 4 j Z I M 3 m 7 a x f 7 a v J 7 m Km Patented Jan. 3, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application March 19,

3 Claims.

My invention relates generally to means for conveniently, safely, and efliciently crushing and breaking bottles such as empty liquor containers required by law to be destroyed, and an important object of my invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and easily operated arrangement of this character.

Another important object of my invention is to provide an enclosure in which the bottle to be i 2) crushed is placed, the said enclosure having an end door which must first be opened to enable introduction of the bottle or bottles, the said enclosure including a hammer for crushing the bottle which is placed in inoperative position by l? operation of the door to an open position, and

which is released to operative crushing position by closing of the door; the said enclosure having a trap door bottom which automatically releases the broken glass into a suitable hopper.

Gther important objects of my invention will be apparent from a reading of the following description in connection with the drawings, wherein for purposes of illustration I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention,

In the drawings:-

Figure l is a bottom plan view of the embodiment showing the trap door bottom of the enclosure.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken through the embodiment and showing the same imposed on a hopper or receiver for the broken glass.

Figure 3 is an elevational view taken to the left of Figure 2 and showing the door in closed position.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view taken through the embodiment and showing the catch being in the holding position and the end door in an intermediate position beyond which it engages the catch so as to release the trap doors.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the numeral 5 generally designates a suitable enclosure which may be generally rectangular in form and be a closed box having the solid rear wall 6, the door opening equipped front wall I, and the metallic shell 8 which is mounted between the walls 5 and l and forms a top 9 having pendent sides as shown.

Pivotally mounted near the side edges of the end walls 6 and l as indicated by the numerals 9 and ill and ii and I2 at their laterally outward edges are the trap doors I3 and i4 whose meeting edges are slightly spaced as indicated by the numeral 55.

Swingable in the door opening H5 in the front 1936, Serial No. 69,706

end wall 3 is the door I! which has on its outer side a suitable opening handle l8, and on its inner side near its top the trigger operating lug I!) which is adapted to extend through the opening 26 in the wall 1 above the opening I6 for engaging the end of the trigger 2| which is pivotally supported as indicated by the numeral 22 on a bracket pendent from the top of the shell 8 and works in a guide 23 and has the end 24 engageable with a portion 25 of the hammer arm 25 which carries the hammer head or crusher Z'i.

The hammer arm is a strong spring which is wound on a pivot 28 supported between spaced brackets 29 attached to the back end wall 6 with the extremity of the spring fastened as indicated by the numeral 30 to a web extending between the brackets 29; in such an arrangement that when the left hand end of the trigger 2| is moved downwardly by the lug E9 the opposite end of the trigger will be disengaged from the portion 25 of the hammer so as to permit the spring arm 26 to swing the hammer downwardly in a violent manner so as to shatter a bottle which has been placed upon the trap doors within the enclosure.

A bracket 3i on the lower part of the door I! has pivotally connected thereto as indicated by the numeral 32 the link 33 which has its opposite end pivoted as indicated by the numeral 34 to the upper end of a support link 35 and to the front end of a connecting link 36. The supporting link 35 is pivoted as indicated by the numeral 31 to a block 38 on the side of the shell 8. The rear end of the link 36 is pivotally connected as indicated by the numeral 39 to a modified bell crank 49 which has a lateral arm 4| disposed in front of the arm 26 of the hammer. The described links are properly proportioned as to length and pivotal arrangement relative to the door ll so that when the door is moved from the closed position to the open position shown in Figure 2,the arm M will press the hammer arm 25 rearwardly into the erect position shown in Figure 2 wherein the trigger 2! can fall in front of the hammer projection 25 and hold the hammer ready for action upon subsequent release of the trigger,

A lower lug [9' on the door H, as shown in Figure his adapted to enter an opening 20' in the front wall I to engage the upper end of the catch 42 which is pivoted as indicated at 43 on the said front wall and has hooked lower ends 44 engageable with the adjacent end of the trap doors I3 and I4. It is believed obvious that when the lug l9 enters the opening 2Q at a time after the lug I9 actuates the trigger 2|, it will push the catch 42 so as todisengage the latch hook 44 from under the trap doors I3 and I4 and permit the trap doors to fall gravitationally to the position shown in Figure 3 to permit the broken glass to drop into the hopper 45 upon the open and upper end of which the device of the invention may conveniently be disposed.

In order to maintain the lever-like catch 42 in the position shown in Figure 4 and return it to said position after gravitation of the doors l3 and M, a spring (not shown) is interposed between the lower arm of the lever-like catch 42 and the adjacent end wall.

The lower edge of the door IT has depending lugs 46 which are positioned and arranged to engage under the trap doors l3 and [4 while the trap doors are in their open position, so that the trap doors are clcsed or moved to their elevated positions when the door I! is swung down to the open position as clearly indicated in Figures 2 and 4.

The catch hook 44 is beveled, Figure 4, and consequently when the doors l3 and M are raised as stated their ends will ride past the catch hook 44 which will assume a position below the doors as illustrated in said Figure 4.

A shield 41 supported across the upper part of the interior of the enclosure is disposed immediately below the trigger 2| to shield the trigger from the broken glass as it flies upon being struck by the hammer 21.

Pegs 48 rising from the tops of the trap doors stop the bottle as it is thrown into the device in a proper position to be properly crushed by the hammer.

It is to be observed that the linkage between the door and the hammer is arranged close to one side of the interior of the enclosure, as clearly indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1, so as to give as much room as possible for occupany by the bottle or bottles.

The latch hook 44 is carried at the end of an arm on the lower end of the catch 42 which is in the form of an upright lever, fulcrumed at 43 and disposed adjacent to one side of the shell 8 as shown by dotted lines in Figure 3.

Although I have shown and described herein a preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be definitely understood that I do not desire to limit the application of the invention thereto,

and any change or changes may be made in the materials, and in the structure and arrangement of the parts, Within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the subjoined claims.

What is claimed is:-

l. A bottle crushing device of the character described, said device comprising an enclosure, a trap door floor on said enclosure, a spring pressed hammer in said enclosure and arranged to operate to crush a bottle placed on said floor, said hammer being arranged to be in inoperative tensioned position while said floor is closed, and means for substantially simultaneously releasing said hammer into operative position and opening said floor to discharge the fragments of the bottle, said means comprising a swingable door closing one end of said enclosure, said door including elements engageable with the trap door floor for closing the same from an open position.

2. A bottle crushing device of the character described, said device comprising an enclosure, a trap door floor on said enclosure, a spring pressed hammer in said enclosure and arranged to operate to crush a bottle placed on said floor, said hammer being arranged to be in inoperative tensioned position while said floor is closed, and means for substantially simultaneously releasing said hammer into operative position and opening said floor to discharge the fragments of the bottle, said means comprising a swingable door closing one end of said enclosure, said door including elements engageable with the trap door floor for holding the same closed while said door is in an open position.

3. A bottle crusher comprising an enclosure, a trap door floor complementary to said enclosure, a spring-pressed hammer in said enclosure and arranged to operate to crush a bottle placed on said floor, said hammer being arranged to be in inoperative tensioned position while the floor is closed, means for releasing said hammer into operative position, means for subsequently opening said floor to discharge fragments of bottles, the means for both of said purposes including a swinging projection equipped door, and the means for opening the floor including a lever-like catch operable by a projection of said door and having a catch hook adapted to assume a position below the floor when closed, and means on the door for closing the floor when the door is opened.

PETER OSPALEWICZ.

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