Patent ID: 6672496
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: B02C,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of cracking a derelict product having a shell covering a core, said shell having opposed front and rear faces and a sidewall extending between said faces, said sidewall having at least one pair of diagonally opposed corner-edges extending transversely between said faces, said shell being separable along said sidewall into a pair of covers, each said cover including one of said faces and a part of said sidewall, said method comprising:placing said derelict product into a nest such that said pair of diagonally opposed corner-edges of said sidewall are in alignment with an axis of said nest; following said placing, impacting said shell at one corner-edge of said pair of diagonally opposed corner-edges with sufficient force to separate said covers; maintaining said alignment with said nest axis during said impacting; collecting said covers and said core; and sorting out said core.