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US3945315A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Hydraulic scrap shearing machine

Assignee: Lyndex Recycling Systems Ltd
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Filing: 1975-04-16
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Granted: 1976-03-23
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Expires: 1995-04-16
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Abstract

Abstract In a hydraulic scrap shearing machine having scrap shears at one end of an open feed channel which is wider than the mouth of the shears and which has one of its opposite side walls movable towards the other to squash scrap placed in the feed channel to a final width which will allow the scrap to be pushed by a feeder ram along the feed channel and into the mouth of the shears, the movable side wall is formed by the working faces of a main hydraulic ram and an auxiliary hydraulic ram which can be advanced independently of the main ram, the working face of the auxiliary ram being situated adjacent the mouth of the shears and being shorter than the working face of the main ram measured in the direction of the feed channel. Normally the main and auxiliary hydraulic rams are operated so that their working faces, together forming the whole of the movable side wall, are advanced and retracted together. However, if this operation fails to squash sufficiently the scrap in the feed channel, the auxiliary ram is operated so that its working face advances relative to the face of the main ram to squash further the scrap in the region adjacent the mouth of the scrap shears.

Inventors

  • 👤 Peter Dahlem
  • 👤 Hubert Milles

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-05 07:03
CPC Classifications
B; B23; B23D; B23D31/00; B23D31/008; B30; B30B; B30B9/00; B30B9/32; B30B9/326; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S83/00; Y10S83/923

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 186 words
In a hydraulic scrap-shearing machine comprising an open feed channel having two opposing side walls, scrap shears at one end of said feed channel and having a mouth narrower than the normal width of said feed channel between said side walls, hydraulic means for moving at least one of said side walls towards the other of said side walls whereby scrap placed in said feed channel can be squashed to a final width no greater than the width of said mouth of said scrap shears, and a feeder ram for pushing scrap along said feed channel into said mouth of said scrap shears, the improvement consisting of said movable one of said side walls being divided into two longitudinal portions of different lengths, and said hydraulic means comprising a main hydraulic ram having a working face forming the longer portion of said movable side wall, and an auxiliary hydraulic ram having a working face forming the shorter portion of said movable side wall just upstream of said mouth of said scrap shears, said auxiliary hydraulic ram being capable of operation independently of said main hydraulic ram.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 186 words
In a hydraulic scrap-shearing machine comprising an open feed channel having two opposing side walls, scrap shears at one end of said feed channel and having a mouth narrower than the normal width of said feed channel between said side walls, hydraulic means for moving at least one of said side walls towards the other of said side walls whereby scrap placed in said feed channel can be squashed to a final width no greater than the width of said mouth of said scrap shears, and a feeder ram for pushing scrap along said feed channel into said mouth of said scrap shears, the improvement consisting of said movable one of said side walls being divided into two longitudinal portions of different lengths, and said hydraulic means comprising a main hydraulic ram having a working face forming the longer portion of said movable side wall, and an auxiliary hydraulic ram having a working face forming the shorter portion of said movable side wall just upstream of said mouth of said scrap shears, said auxiliary hydraulic ram being capable of operation independently of said main hydraulic ram.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 48 words
A scrap shearing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said other of said side walls of said feed channel is stationary, and said mouth of said scrap shears is positioned eccentrically whereby one side of said mouth coincides with said stationary side wall of said feed channel.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 21 words
A scrap shearing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said auxiliary hydraulic ram is mounted on said main hydraulic ram.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 22 words
A scrap shearing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said auxiliary hydraulic ram is mounted independently of said main hydraulic ram.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 36 words
A scrap shearing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said machine includes a barrier plate mounted for insertion when desired into said mouth of said scrap shears to reduce the effective width of said mouth.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1979-03-23 1979-09-22 1980-03-23 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1983-03-23 1983-09-22 1984-03-23 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1987-03-23 1987-09-22 1988-03-23 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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