摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a PET bottle collecting device suppressing classification considering re-cycling and adhesion of dirt to a rupturing surface. SOLUTION: When a mouthpiece portion of a PET bottle 2 is inserted in an opening portion of a throw-in port door 8C provided on a collecting throw-in port 3C, the throw-in port door 8C is opened, and the bottle 2 is locked to a stopper 17 through chutes 11, 16, and a boring machine 19 is actuated to bore a hole on the bottle 2. Then, when a guiding door 24 is opened, the bottle 2 is rolled, and a compressing roller 26B is rotated by a compressing roller driving motor 30 to be guided to a carrying portion 27 while being compressed at a body portion. The PET bottle 2 is carried while the mouthpiece portion of the PET bottle 2 is clipped by belts 39A, 39B. In the middle of carrying, a cutting device 46 is actuated to cut the body portion of the bottle 2 in a longitudinal direction by 20 cm, and a dividing cutting device 48 divides and cuts the mouthpiece portion and the body portion of the bottle 2 into four pieces in a lateral direction. |