Patent ID: 7735764
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: B02C,Y02W

Abstract:
1. A hammer assembly for glass bottle breaking apparatus comprising; a shaft, a series of carriers secured on the shaft and spaced one from another longitudinally of the shaft, a series of links each being pivotally connected to a corresponding one of the carriers, and a series of hammers each being connected for pivotal movement relative to a corresponding one of the links, wherein each of the links is provided with a recess sized and configured to receive an adjacent portion of the shaft so that in operation if any hammer should strike an obstruction without dislodging the obstruction immediately, the corresponding link pivots relative to the shaft such that the adjacent portion of the shaft is received within the recess of the link thereby reducing a radial displacement between the link and the shaft and causing the hammer to be withdrawn from the obstruction.