Patent ID: 8444794

Claim:
An automatic core joiner and cutter apparatus for use in the recycling of used cores and the manufacture of new conjoined cores comprising in combination a controller, an infeed unit, a milling unit and an outfeed unit, wherein: the infeed unit includes at least two infeed rollers for supporting a used core member and an infeed pusher bar for moving the used core member into and out of contact with the milling unit; the outfeed unit includes at least two outfeed rollers for supporting a core remnant and an outfeed pusher bar for moving the core remnant into and out of contact with the milling unit; and the milling unit, positioned between the infeed unit and the outfeed unit includes an infeed cutter, an infeed milling bit, an outfeed cutter, and an outfeed milling bit; wherein the used core positioned in the infeed unit and the core remnant positioned in the outfeed unit are automatically machined by the infeed cutter and infeed milling bit and outfeed cutter and outfeed milling bit respectively in accordance with instructions received from the controller.