CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A GLASS BOTTLE BREAKING MACHINE

摘要

A control system (43) for a glass bottle breaking machine (10) controls a motor (42) for driving a bottle breaking means (14) such that power to the motor (42) is switched off only after blocking means (24, 25, 26) has been activated to prevent passage of bottles from an inlet (21) to the breaking means (14) and after all of the bottles contained within the breaking means (14) have been broken to cullet and the cullet has passed to a collection bin (16). This reduces the possibility of fragments of glass remaining within the machine (10) when the bin (16) is removed and the fragments causing the breaking means (14) to become jammed and failing to restart when required.