摘要 |
<p>A densification apparatus for use in recycling plastic containers utilizes a hopper (65) with a movable lid (58) to feed collected plastic containers to a continuous chain conveyor (22) having a plurality of wedge-shaped teeth (41) which perforate the containers and urge them between a set of compression plates (21, 26) and rollers (30, 31) such that the plastics are compressed beyond their ability to resume their original shape. The vertical conveyor (22) and hopper-closing lid (58) prevent ballistic rejection of containers and enable iterative processing of plastic in a movable or stationary curbside apparatus.</p> |