| 摘要 |
A portable unitary apparatus, preferably wheeled, is provided herein for disposing of hazardous light bulbs, e.g., fluorescent light bulbs. The apparatus is in the form of a housing which includes an upper compartment, and a lower compartment. The top of the housing is provided with a cylindrical flourescent light bulb feed chute for a fluorescent light bulb to be disposed of. A rotary, bulb crushing fluorescent light device, which is powered by a motor, is disposed within an enclosed reduction chamber shroud which depends from the upper compartment. A disposable, pulverized fluorescent light bulb collection bag is selectively disposed within the lower compartment in air-sealed relationship to the reduction chamber. A filter system is disposed within the upper chamber. This filter system includes exhaust tubes which are connected between the reduction chamber and the fluorescent light bulb feed chute, and is constructed to draw noxious vapors through a primary filter by means of a vacuum generator. The filtered vapors pass through secondary and tertiary filters and then into the reduction chamber shroud, where a portion of the vapors is recycled through the filters again, while the rest of the vapors accompanies the disintegrated glass into the disposable bag. Thus, any trace amount of vapors which may be discharged into the ambient environment are environmentally-clean. A weigh scale means may also be provided to prevent overfilling of the disposable bags.
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