3 in 1 reverse vending machine

{
  "publication_number": "US11952209B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "3 in 1 reverse vending machine",
  "abstract": "A 3 in 1 reverse vending machine. A vending machine that is solar powered and accepts bottles and cans made of plastic, aluminum, and glass. The machine includes a conveyor system, barcode reader and cleaning system, this prepares the bottle and cans to be shredded and then granulated into small pieces. The machine houses a delivery system that carries the smaller pieces of processed material to its predetermined receptacle for storage. Each bottle and can has a monetary value once received by the machine that will be issued to the user once all bottles and cans are received and calculated per user per transaction.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A reverse vending machine, said machine comprising of: a plastic transparent front face cover for housing the machine that allows a visual interpretation of the machine operation; a receptacle feeding cone that allows the user to scoop or place bottle and cans into a receptacle feeding cone structure to feed the machine bottle and cans in multiples instead of one at a time; a shredder to shred the bottles and cans when said bottles and cans are dropped from a conveyor into the shredder mouth; one or more rotating shredder blades that rotate simultaneously within the shredder housing to shred said bottles and cans to produce granulated material; a delivery system that catches the granulated material, said delivery system collecting the granulated material as the granulated material falls from the shredder and comprising a circular discharge wheel that rotates after collecting the granulated material to deliver the granulated material to one or more recycled materials receptacles; a color detector that detects the color of the granulated material produced from the bottles and cans placed into the machine for recycling; said one or more recycled materials receptacles store the granulated material based on color; one or more material waste screens of mesh design that screen large waste from being recycled with a material cleaning solution; one or more liquid waste sponges to absorb the material cleaning solution and filter waste.",
    "2. The machine according to claim 1, wherein said receptacle feeding cone is a device with an attachment.",
    "3. The machine according to claim 1, wherein said shredder blades are incurved sharpened all the way through with curved edge endings capable of shredding bottles and cans housed within the shredder."
  ],
  "cpc": [
    "B65F 1/006",
    "B02C 18/0084",
    "B02C 18/06",
    "B02C 19/0081",
    "B02C 2018/147",
    "B02C 2201/06",
    "B65F 1/1431",
    "B65F 2210/1023",
    "B65F 2210/1123",
    "B65F 2210/1125",
    "B65F 2210/116",
    "B65F 2210/138",
    "B65F 2210/168",
    "B65F 2210/169",
    "B65F 2210/172",
    "B65F 2210/176",
    "B65F 2240/1123",
    "B65F 2240/1126",
    "G07F 7/0609",
    "Y02W 30/60"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "Dowdell Kareem Casadyrell",
    "BAKER SHIRLEY ROBENA",
    "DOWDELL JR ROOSEVELT"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2020-12-31",
  "publication_date": "2024-04-09",
  "grant_date": "2024-04-09",
  "priority_date": "2020-04-02",
  "application_number": "US-202016974339-A",
  "family_id": "90567493",
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}