Patent SG-11201806408Q-A (SG)
Title: Container compressing arrangement and method of operating a container compressing arrangement
Inventor: JENTER HOLGER
IPC: B30B9/32
Filed: 2017-02-17
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date WO 2017/140863 Al 24 August 2017 (24.08.2017) WIPO I PCT 111111111111110111011111111111010111110111010111111111111011011011111111111110111111 W O 20 17 / 140863 Al (51) International Patent Classification: B3OB 9/16 (2006.01) B3OB 9/32 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/EP2017/053648 (22) International Filing Date: 17 February 2017 (17.02.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 16156129.5 17 February 2016 (17.02.2016) EP (71) Applicant: TOMRA SYSTEMS ASA [NO/NO]; Drengs- rudhagen 2, 1372 Asker (NO). (72) Inventors: JENTER, Holger; Auf dem Pfeffinger 7, 72336 Balingen-Heselwangen (DE). VOLKLE, Thomas; Lehenstrasse 12, 72348 Rosenfeld-Tabingen (DE). (74) Agent: AWAPATENT AB; Box 11394, 404 28 Goteborg (SE). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Declarations under Rule 4.17: — as to applicant's entitlement to apply for and be granted a patent (Rule 4.1700) Published: with international search report (Art. 21(3)) = (54) Title: CONTAINER COMPRESSING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF OPERATING A CONTAINER COMPRESS - = ING ARRANGEMENT 100 110c (57) : Container compressing arrangement (100), mountable in a reverse vending machine, for compacting empty contain- ers, in particular beverage bottles or cans which are preferably made of plastic or metallic material, such as PET or tinned metal, said container compressing arrangement comprising: • a first and a second rotatable roller (102, 104), each of said rollers having a work - ing surface (122) arranged between two oppositely arranged ends(110a-110b, 110c-110d), wherein said rollers are arranged adjacent to each other to rotate in opposite directions around a respective rotation axis (106, 108) in a common geometrical xz-plane (x-z); and wherein said working surface (122) comprises a plurality of ridges extending across said working surface, in an axial direction of said roller, and distributed in the circumferential direction of said working surface, each ridge (120) having a longitudinal exten - sion in said axial direction.