Patent ID: 8763941
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: B02C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a decorative housing shaped in the form of a bottle having an opening in its upper portion for receiving plastic bottles and a bin in its lower portion for receiving shredded plastic, said bin being slidably removable or at least extendable out from said bottle shaped decorative housing; a shredder having a rotating disk with blades thereon spaced from said disk mounted within said decorative housing for shredding plastic bottles into shredded plastic which is collected in said bin; said shredder being in the form of a substantially horizontal disk having blades mounted thereto, said blades being separated from said disk by a spacer, said disk being rotated by an electric motor; said decorative housing being in the form of a beverage bottle is provided with an intake chute extending from an upper portion of said bottle to a mid portion of said bottle, said rotating disk shredder being mounted below said intake chute and an outflow duct being provided from a periphery of said rotating disk for transport of shredded plastic to said bin; a pan being provided underneath said rotating disk with an axle of said motor passing through said pan, said pan being provided with a drain for draining fluid from said rotating disk shredder to said bin; and whereby used plastic bottles may be conveniently shredded for reduction in volume of the plastic bottles for storage and/or transportation.