Can crusher

Claim 1

A CAN CRUSHER COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A FRAME HAVING SIDE AND END PORTIONS, GENERALLY TRIANGULAR PLATE MEMBERS MOUNTED ON THE SIDE PORTIONS OF SAID FRAME, PORTIONS OF SAID PLATE MEMBERS PROJECTING FROM ONE END OF SAID FRAME, A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED ENDLESS CONVEYOR POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID TRIANGULAR PLATE MEMBERS AND THE PROJECTING PORTIONS THEREOF, A HOPPER POSITIONED ADJACENT THE PROJECTING PORTIONS OF SAID TRIANGULAR PLATE MEMBERS AND HAVING A DISPENSING OPENING IN OVERLYING RELATION TO SAID CONVEYOR, A PAIR OF SPACED LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING CRUSHER SHOES MOUNTED BETWEEN SAID TRIANGULAR PLATE MEMBERS ABOVE SAID ENDLESS CONVEYOR AND INCLINED TOWARDS THE SAME AT THE END THEREOF REMOTE FROM SAID HOPPER, SPACED FIRST AND SECOND TRANSVERSE ROD MEMBERS SECURED TO SAID CRUSHER SHOES, A FIRST PAIR OF LINK MEMBERS, EACH HAVING ONE END CONNECTED TO ONE END OF SAID FIRST TRANSVERSE ROD MEMBER, EACH OF SAID LINK MEMBERS HAVING ITS OTHER END PIVOTALLY SECURED TO ONE OF SAID TRIANGULAR PLATE MEMBERS, A ROTARY SPROCKET MOUNTED ON EACH OF SAID TRIANGULAR PLATE MEMBERS, A SECOND PAIR OF LINK MEMBERS, EACH OF SAID SECOND PAIR OF LINK MEMBERS HAVING ONE END PIVOTALLY AND ECCENTRICALLY MOUNTED ON ONE OF SAID SPROCKETS AND THE OTHER END CONNECTED TO ONE END OF SAID FIRST TRANSVERSE ROD MEMBER, A THIRD PAIR OF LINK MEMBERS, EACH HAVING ONE END THEREOF CONNECTED TO ONE END OF SAID SECOND TRANSVERSE ROD MEMBER AND THE OTHER END OF EACH OF SAID THIRD PAIR OF LINK MEMBERS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID TRIANGULAR PLATE MEMBERS, A MOTOR ON SAID FRAME, A GEAR REDUCTION BOX ON SAID FRAME DRIVEN BY SAID MOTOR, SAID GEAR REDUCTION BOX DRIVINGLY CONNECTED TO SAID SPROCKETS TO IMPART A ROTARY RECIPROCATORY MOVEMENT TO SAID PAIR OF CRUSHER SHOES, AND SAID GEAR REDUCTION BOX FURTHER DRIVINGLY CONNECTED TO SAID ENDLESS CONVEYOR WHEREBY CANS CARRIED BY SAID CONVEYOR ARE ADAPTED TO BE CRUSHED BETWEEN THE CRUSHER SHOES AND THE CONVEYOR.