Patent ID: 8516956

Claim:
A power drill operated can crusher comprising: a frame adapted to contain a can therein; a crushing plate positioned in said frame; inner and outer screw drive mechanisms installed in linear alignment with a longitudinal axis of said frame; and, a power drill adaptor connected directly to one end of said inner screw mechanism, said power drill adapter being adapted to be rotated by an existing power drill; wherein said crushing plate transforms a rotational torque of said inner and outer screw drive mechanisms to a crushing force along the longitudinal axis of said frame, said crushing plate connected directly to one end of said outer screw mechanism; wherein said inner screw drive mechanism is threadably inserted into said outer screw drive mechanism; wherein said outer screw drive mechanism rotatably travels about an outer surface of said inner screw drive mechanism; wherein said frame includes: a stationary wall disposed perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of said frame; a fixed wall having a centrally located guide hole; an insertion aperture adapted to receive the can; and, a dispensing aperture adapted to dispense the can; wherein said insertion aperture has proximal and distal curvilinear edges each intermediately located between said stationary wall and said fixed wall; wherein said dispensing aperture has a distal curvilinear edge distally spaced from said distal curvilinear edge of said insertion aperture relative to said fixed wall; wherein said frame has an outer shoulder extending from said distal curvilinear edge of said insertion aperture to said stationary wall; and, wherein said distal curvilinear edge of said insertion aperture is spaced from said stationary wall.