Recycling strip and dispenser for handling empty plastic bottles

Claim 1

A device for holding a recycling strip having a plurality of circular collar holes placed uniformly along the strip for the insertion of recyclable bottles having bottleneck flanges comprising: (a) a strip dispenser having a vertically rectangular parallelepiped form with a front wall, a back wall, and side walls, each said wall having a top and a bottom which define a top and a bottom of said dispensing device; (b) a chamber formed by said front wall, said back wall, said side walls, and a horizontal partial midwall for holding the recycling strip, said front wall defining a front of said chamber and said midwall defining a bottom of said chamber; (c) a channel exiting the chamber bottom at the front of said chamber and formed by said front wall and a a parallel inner channel wall for threading the recycling strip; (d) a collar opening at the bottom of aid front wall and said channel wall having a semicircular arch shape slightly wider than a bottleneck flange and permitting insertion of a bottleneck into a concentrically aligned collar hole of the threaded recycling strip in said channel; (e) a mounting means for securing said strip dispenser to a vertical surface; whereby said strip dispenser is used to facilitate the storage of recyclable bottles.

Claim 2

A device for holding a recycling strip having a plurality of circular collar holes placed uniformly along the strip for the insertion of recyclable bottles having bottleneck flanges comprising: (a) a strip dispenser having a vertically rectangular parallelepiped form with a front wall, a back wall, and side walls, each said wall having a top and a bottom which define a top and a bottom of said dispensing device; (b) a chamber formed by said front wall, said back wall, said side walls, and a horizontal partial midwall for holding the recycling strip, said front wall defining a front of said chamber and said midwall defining a bottom of said chamber; (c) a channel exiting the chamber bottom at the front of said chamber and formed by said front wall and a a parallel inner channel wall for threading the recycling strip; (d) a collar opening at the bottom of aid front wall and said channel wall having a semicircular arch shape slightly wider than a bottleneck flange and permitting insertion of a bottleneck into a concentrically aligned collar hole of the threaded recycling strip in said channel; (e) a mounting means for securing said strip dispenser to a vertical surface; whereby said strip dispenser is used to facilitate the storage of recyclable bottles.

Claim 6

A device for holding a plurality of recycling strips each having a plurality of circular collar holes placed uniformly along each strip for the insertion of recyclable bottles having bottleneck flanges comprising: (a) a multi-strip dispenser having a vertically rectangular parallelepiped form with a front wall, a back wall, side walls, and a plurality of internal vertical walls parallel to said side walls forming a plurality of individual dispensers, said front wall, back wall and side walls defining a top and a bottom of said multi-strip dispenser; (b) a chamber in each said individual dispenser formed by said front wall, said back wall, and side walls, said internal vertical walls, and a horizontal partial midwall for holding a recycling strip, said front wall defining a front of each chamber and said midwall defining a bottom of each chamber; (c) a channel in each of said individual dispenser exiting the bottom of each chamber at the front of each of said chambers and formed by said front wall and a parallel inner channel wall for threading the recycling strip; (d) a collar opening in each said individual dispenser at the bottom of said front wall and said channel wall having a semicircular arch shape slightly wider than a bottleneck flange and permitting insertion of a bottleneck into a concentrically aligned collar hole of the threaded recycling strip in said channel; (e) a mounting means for securing said multi-strip dispenser to a vertical surface; whereby said multi-strip dispenser is used to facilitate the storage and sorting of recyclable bottles.

Claim 7

A device for holding a plurality of recycling strips each having a plurality of circular collar holes placed uniformly along each strip for the insertion of recyclable bottles having bottleneck flanges comprising: (a) a multi-strip dispenser having a vertically rectangular parallelepiped form with a front wall, a back wall, side walls, and a plurality of internal vertical walls parallel to said side walls forming a plurality of individual dispensers, said front wall, back wall and side walls defining a top and a bottom of said multi-strip dispenser; (b) a chamber in each said individual dispenser formed by said front wall, said back wall, and side walls, said internal vertical walls, and a horizontal partial midwall for holding a recycling strip, said front wall defining a front of each chamber and said midwall defining a bottom of each chamber; (c) a channel in each of said individual dispenser exiting the bottom of each chamber at the front of each of said chambers and formed by said front wall and a parallel inner channel wall for threading the recycling strip; (d) a collar opening in each said individual dispenser at the bottom of said front wall and said channel wall having a semicircular arch shape slightly wider than a bottleneck flange and permitting insertion of a bottleneck into a concentrically aligned collar hole of the threaded recycling strip in said channel; (e) a mounting means for securing said multi-strip dispenser to a vertical surface; whereby said multi-strip dispenser is used to facilitate the storage and sorting of recyclable bottles.

Claim 11

A method of holding and storing recyclable bottles having bottleneck flanges comprising: (a) providing a flexible recycling strip having a plurality of circular collar holes placed uniformly along said strip; (b) providing a strip dispenser having a vertically rectangular parallelepiped form, a chamber for holding said recycling strip, a channel exiting said chamber for feeding said recycling strip, a collar opening at the bottom of said channel slightly wider than said bottleneck flange, a locking means which secures said recycling strip in said channel automatically revealing an aligned collar hole of said plurality of collar holes concentric with said collar opening, a disengagement means which automatically releases said locking means whenever a bottleneck is inserted into said aligned collar hole freeing said recycling strip, a detachment means for removal of an exiting portion of said recycling strip, and a mounting means for securing said strip dispenser to a vertical surface; (c) placing said recycling strip in said chamber; (d) feeding said recycling strip in said channel until locking means secures said recycling strip in place; (e) inserting a bottleneck into said aligned collar hole until the bottleneck flange securely engages said recycling strip and releases disengagement means; (f) repeating steps (d) and (e) for additional bottles; and (g) removing said exiting portion of said recycling strip with said detachment means for return of recyclable bottles.

Claim 12

A method of holding and storing recyclable bottles having bottleneck flanges comprising: (a) providing a flexible recycling strip having a plurality of circular collar holes placed uniformly along said strip; (b) providing a strip dispenser having a vertically rectangular parallelepiped form, a chamber for holding said recycling strip, a channel exiting said chamber for feeding said recycling strip, a collar opening at the bottom of said channel slightly wider than said bottleneck flange, a locking means which secures said recycling strip in said channel automatically revealing an aligned collar hole of said plurality of collar holes concentric with said collar opening, a disengagement means which automatically releases said locking means whenever a bottleneck is inserted into said aligned collar hole freeing said recycling strip, a detachment means for removal of an exiting portion of said recycling strip, and a mounting means for securing said strip dispenser to a vertical surface; (c) placing said recycling strip in said chamber; (d) feeding said recycling strip in said channel until locking means secures said recycling strip in place; (e) inserting a bottleneck into said aligned collar hole until the bottleneck flange securely engages said recycling strip and releases disengagement means; (f) repeating steps (d) and (e) for additional bottles; and (g) removing said exiting portion of said recycling strip with said detachment means for return of recyclable bottles.