Inventors:
Steven C. Walker - Pittsburgh PA, US
David J. Niedoba - Greensburg PA, US
Gary L. Alexander - Hagerstown MD, US
Carlton W. Jones - Upper Marlboro MD, US
Thomas V. Walters - Glen Burnie MD, US
Christian R. Adamoyurka - Langhorne PA, US
Paul J. Schwegler - Philadelphia PA, US
Steven S. Marx - Havertown PA, US
Whitfield T. Reddin - Woodbury NJ, US
Joseph B. Lynch - Havertown PA, US
International Classification:
B30B 15/34
US Classification:
100 92, 100245, 100250, 10026901, 100316, 100319, 100326, 425407, 425416
Abstract:
A plastics waste processor is provided for efficiently compacting and melting plastics waste, so as to form easily disposable compact plastic units having a volume considerably smaller than the unprocessed plastics waste. The plastics waste processor has a waste containment chamber, a rotating chamber door, a jam breaker bar to facilitate opening of the door when jammed by melted plastic waste, pneumatically driven waste compaction means with plastic shedding rams, a waste containment chamber heating system, a processor temperature monitoring means, a cooling means, and a control means. Further a cable and hose management system is provided for protection of moving cables and hoses, as well as a washdown system for automatic cleaning of the processor.