Abstract:
A motor truck for use in collecting and processing solid waste material such as scrap tires. The truck includes a chassis including a cab; a body structure positioned on the chassis behind the cab and defining a storage chamber; a shredder mounted on top of the body structure forwardly of the storage chamber; a compactor positioned within the body structure beneath the shredder and forwardly of the storage chamber; and a conveyor system for conveying tires from a curbside location upwardly for discharge downwardly into the open upper end of the shredder. The shredded tires are discharged downwardly into the body structure rearwardly of the compactor, whereafter the compactor is actuated to stroke rearwardly and compress the tire shreds into the storage chamber. After the truck has visited a series of retail tire outlets and the storage chamber is full of tire shreds, the truck returns to a recycling facility where a door at the rear of the storage chamber is opened and the compactor is utilized as an ejector to eject the tire shreds from the storage chamber. At the recycling facility the tire shreds are processed to form a rubber crumb material and the rubber crumb material is further processed at further processing facilities to form diverse finished products.
Abstract:
A motor truck for use in collecting and processing solid waste material such as scrap tires. The truck includes a chassis including a cab; a body structure positioned on the chassis behind the cab and defining a storage chamber; a shredder mounted on top of the body structure forwardly of the storage chamber; a compactor positioned within the body structure beneath the shredder and forwardly of the storage chamber; and a conveyor system for conveying tires from a curbside location upwardly for discharge downwardly into the open upper end of the shredder. The shredded tires are discharged downwardly into the body structure rearwardly of the compactor, whereafter the compactor is actuated to stroke rearwardly and compress the tire shreds into the storage chamber. After the truck has visited a series of retail tire outlets and the storage chamber is full of tire shreds, the truck returns to a recycling center where a door at the rear of the storage chamber is opened and the compactor is utilized as an ejector to eject the tire shreds from the storage chamber. At the recycling center the tire shreds are processed to form a rubber crumb material and the rubber crumb material is combined with scrap plastic to form a rubber/plastic resin compound in pellet form.
Abstract:
A shearing wheel, and a method of assembling the same, having individually demountable cutting segments, shear knives, and an interlock key assembly to wedge adjacent shear knives together so that each shear knife shares a mounting force of the attachment bolts present on adjacent knives. The shear knives are mounted in successive abutting relation, forming a chevron-shaped aperture into which a rectangular key is wedged. A portion of each shear knife extends radially beyond the annular member. This extending portion forms a toothlike structure for feeding and ripping waste material. A support shoulder extending axially from the annular member contacts and supports the shear knives. The shear knives may be individually removed and resharpened, whereafter shims are positioned between the shear knives and the annular member to properly space the shear knives from an adjacent shearing wheel.
Abstract:
A rubber crumbing apparatus and method for making crumb rubber from tire chips is disclosed. The rubber crumbing apparatus comprises a frame assembly, a first cone assembly including a truncated cone having an interior surface and an opening extending therethrough, and a second cone assembly positioned substantially within the first cone assembly. The second cone assembly includes a truncated cone having an exterior surface in opposing relationship to interior surface of the first truncated cone. The second cone assembly rotates relative to the first cone assembly. A plurality of crumber blades are connected to one of the opposing surfaces and a plurality of beads are attached to the other opposing surface of the truncated cones. The crumber blades are in close proximity to said beads without contacting said beads as the second cone assembly rotates relative to the first cone assembly. Tire chips are fed between the truncated cones. The close proximity of the crumber blades and the beads as the second cone assembly rotates tears the rubber from the tire chips to make crumb rubber.
Abstract:
A tire disintegrator having rows of abrasive counterrotating wheels between and over which defective tires are passed to be ground into particles or residue for disposal or recycling into new tire products and road resurfacing materials.
Abstract:
Waste such as combustible trash and prime garbage is mixed with rubber tires and shredded together to produce a compacted and combustible output product which can be used as a fuel or be incinerated for further compacting.The process involves interengaging rotary feeder-cutter wheels mounted on counterrotating shafts to pull materials through a feed path while shredding with the aid of shredder blades interspersed between the wheels. Feeding, mixing and conveying techniques through one or more shredder stages provide for attainment of high speed feed rates and handling of some degree solid debris such as steel belts in tires.
Abstract:
There is disclosed herein a mobile material shearing apparatus for receiving solid waste material and reducing said material to a comparatively small size. The apparatus includes an elongated movable truck bed on which is mounted a rotary shear into which the solid waste material is fed for size reduction. The smaller solid waste material exits the rotary shear and is received on a conveyor which delivers the material either to a predetermined location for disposal without further processing or to a rotary classificaton mechanism for further processing. The classifier receives the sheared solid waste material and separates particles which are above and below a predetermined size. A discharge is provided for receiving the smaller particles (fines) and means are provided for returning the larger particles (overs) to the shear for further size reduction.
Abstract:
An improved apparatus for cutting scrap tires is disclosed wherein compressed scrap tires are cut. A scrap tire is compressed, then fed into a plurality of rotary disc cutters axially spaced along a shaft and rotated against a stationary anvil. In the preferred embodiment, cutting tools are vertically mounted on the rotary disc cutters, whose outer circumference is recessed in a concave arc starting at the top of the cutting tool and ending at that portion of the cutting tool closest to the center. The cutting tools are off-set along successive rotary disc cutters rather than placed in a line parallel to the shaft. Anvil tools having at least one cutting edge are mounted on the stationary anvil for ease in maintaining cutting edges opposite the rotating cutting tools. Cleaner bars facilitate the removal of cut scrap tires from the rotary disc cutters and their subsequent collection.
Abstract:
Waste such as combustible trash and prime garbage is mixed with rubber tires and shredded together to produce a compacted and combustible output product which can be used as a fuel or incinerated for further compacting.The process involves interengaging rotary feeder-cutter wheels mounted on counterrotating shafts to pull materials through a feed path while shredding with the aid of shredder blades interspersed between the wheels. Feeding, mixing and conveying techniques through one or more shredder stages provide for attainment of high speed feed rates and handling of some degree solid debris such as steel belts in tires.