Patent ID: 8240319

Claim:
An apparatus to process used materials for input into a manufacturing process; said apparatus comprising: a housing having a top surface; a plurality of locations positioned under said top surface and through which used materials are to pass, each said location being provided for receipt of a predetermined used material; a descending path extending from each of said locations and providing for transfer of said used material from said location respectively and successively through sensing, washing and drying, and processing chambers; a sensing chamber downstream of each of said locations, said sensing chamber having at least one sensing means operable to sense said used material's composition located within said sensing chamber, said sensing means being in communication with an alarm; a gripping means operable to hold said used material within said sensing chamber or release said used material along said descending path; at least one washing and drying chamber downstream of said locations and having means operable to wash and dry said used material located within said washing and drying chamber; a processing chamber downstream of said washing and drying chamber, said processing chamber having at least one processing device operable to reduce the size of said used material located within said processing chamber; a storage chamber downstream of said processing chamber, said storage chamber having multiple storage units for receipt of different used material once processed by said apparatus; and displacement means operable to displace said washing and drying chamber from said path.