Patent ID: 6598522
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: B29B,B30B,Y02W,Y10S

Abstract:
An empty-container pressing machine designed to crush a metallic or plastic empty container by means of footing force, comprising:a pedestal including a container bearing portion capable of carrying thereon said empty container in an upright posture; guide posts set up outside said container bearing portion; a foot-operated container presser vertically movable along said guide posts and capable of pressing and crushing the empty container on said container bearing portion from above; and a buckling mechanism for pressing the sidewall of the body of said empty container, thereby buckling the body of said empty container, before said empty container is crushed by means of said container presser, wherein said guide posts include a pair of upright pipes provided individually on the opposite sides, left and right, of said container bearing portion and formed individually having vertically extending slots in the respective opposite portions thereof, the upright pipes supporting said container presser for vertical movement; said buckling mechanism includes an operating member inserted in said upright pipes for vertical movement and urged upward by means of springs, and a pair of crank elements, upper and lower, adapted to be stored in said upright pipes when the operating member is raised and to project through said respective slots of said upright pipes toward the sidewall of said empty container when said operating member is lowered; and said operating member includes a grip portion capable of enabling operation to step on the container presser and operation to pull up said operating member with hands to be simultaneously carried out with one foot of a user on said container presser.