Patent ID: 6427845
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: B07C,Y10S

Abstract:
Apparatus for separating cans from plastic bag parts comprising:a frame; a perforated drum operably rotatably attached to said frame for rotation in at least one rotary direction about a fixed axis, said drum having a circular cross section, an interior, an exterior having a dynamically upwardly moving half and a dynamically downwardly moving half, and ends; a divider member disposed in the interior of said drum, edges of said divider member being in close proximity to the interior of said drum; a conveyor having beverage cans and plastic bag parts thereon, said conveyor having a discharge portion means completely above the drum for discharging said cans and plastic bag parts only onto said downwardly moving half; and a vacuum device connected to one side of said divider creating a lower pressure section on at least a portion of the downwardly moving half said drum whereby said cans and plastic bag parts falling from said conveyor discharge portion means onto said rotating drum causes the plastic bag parts to attach to the exterior of the downwardly moving half said drum on said lower pressure section thereof and allows the plastic bag parts to be released from a pull of said lower pressure when the plastic bag parts are disposed on the exterior of at least a portion of the upwardly moving half of the drum on the other side of said divider.