| 摘要 |
A system for identification, separation and compacting of empty beverage cans (10) comprising a first device (38; 50; 43) having means (38) fo distinguishing between cans to be accepted and not accepted and rejecting non-acceptable cans, and having means (50) for detecting at least one dimension of a can to be compacted, and means (43) for determining a can redemption value based on such detection, and a second device (2-4, 9-22, 25-37) for compacting said can through interaction of three arm means (12, 22, 13, 14), a first (12, 22) of said arm means contacting a mid-portion (10') of said can and compressing that mid-portion, and second (13) and third (14) of said arm means acting on end regions (10'', 10''') on either side of said mid-portion to compress the remaining portions of said can, and means for retracting (4, 12, 20, 21; 3, 13, 17; 4, 14, 19) said arm means and removing (2, 3, 9, 16, 28-34) said compacted can after compressing action by said arm means. |
