Patent ID: 7432507

Claim:
A plastic identifying apparatus for identifying a kind of a plastic in an object to be identified comprising a first face and a second face that are used as an identification face and located adjacent to each other, the plastic identifying apparatus comprising: an identifying and detecting portion for identifying the kind of the plastic included in the object to be identified; and a toppling system for toppling the object to be identified by applying an external force to the object to be identified in order to change the identification face of the object to be identified facing the identifying and detecting portion; wherein in a state where the object to be identified is placed such that the first face faces the identifying and detecting portion as the identification face, the toppling system topples the object to be identified by applying a pushing force to at least a part of an end region of the second face on a side of the first face and at least a part of an end region of a third face, which is opposed to the second face, on a side opposite to the first face, thereby allowing the second face to face the identifying and detecting portion as the identification face.