U.S. patent application number 09/727844 was filed with the patent office on 2002-06-06 for kelly container drainer reclaimer.
Invention is credited to Kelly, Kevin J..
Application Number | 20020066844 09/727844 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 24924311 |
Filed Date | 2002-06-06 |
United States Patent
Application |
20020066844 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Kelly, Kevin J. |
June 6, 2002 |
Kelly container drainer reclaimer
Abstract
Pursuant to the need for equipment in the area of reclamation,
re-use and recycling of materials and the containers of materials
this, The Kelly Container Drainer Reclaimer, has been invented and
developed. This device consists of a positioning means to hold
various size containers while the contents of those containers is
drained into collecting containers thereby preparing the container
and its contents for recycling, reclaimation or reuse. This device
may be used to position containers in dishwashers or other
processing machines when the containers are being further prepared
for recycling and refuse.
Inventors: |
Kelly, Kevin J.; (Neptune
City, NJ) |
Correspondence
Address: |
KEVIN J KELLY
35 BOSTON RD
NEPTUNE CITY
NJ
07753
US
|
Family ID: |
24924311 |
Appl. No.: |
09/727844 |
Filed: |
December 1, 2000 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
248/312.1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47J 47/16 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
248/312.1 |
International
Class: |
A47K 001/08 |
Claims
1. The Kelly Container Drainer Reclaimer introduces reclamation
into the process of material handling of foods and other materials
by providing a simple, safe, facile and inexpensive means of
reclamation of containers and the residual material in them.
2. The device is a great aid to sanitation and the proper handling
of materials by facilitating their reclamation.
3. The Kelly Container Drainer Reclaimer may be used to drain the
contents of one jar into another so as to consolidate material.
(FIG. 4)
Description
BACKGROUND
[0001] Pursuant to the need for a device to facilitate the
conservation of materials and the containers of those materials the
following device has been invented. This device, The Kelly
Container Drainer Reclaimer, will in a simple, sanitary, safe and
easy manner facilitate the recovery of material held in containers
as well as emptying those in preparation for refilling or recycling
them. Material held in contains does not leave the containers
completely when poured from the containers. This is especially true
of viscous materials such as ketchup, syrups, sauces, mustards,
oils of all sorts, salsas, and dressings such as mayonnaise, tartar
sauce other home and industrial materials to numerous to mention
may also be reclaimed as well as the containers holding them. Some
material usually remains in the containers requiring time and
manpower to be expended removing and reclaiming it and cleaning the
container preparatory to recycling or refilling it.
[0002] Containers are most easily cleaned if a maximum of their
contents is removed prior to washing them.
[0003] Gravity over time is the force used to remove the material
from containers. Gravity removal of contents of containers is
accomplished by the Kelly Container Drainer Reclaimer by providing
a means for holding the containers inverted so that their contents
may drain out over time. This same device may be used for holding
the containers in an inverted position while they are being washed
in a conventional dishwasher. Great savings in the cost of labor is
achieved by not having to use persons to drain containers manually
because of the time involved in thorough emptying the containers of
their contents. The prior art in the field consists of various
unsafe "jury-rigged" arrangements of flatware or string and rubber
bands or containers being proper up against one another in a
precarious and possibly dangerous manner. The occurrence of
injuries such as persons being cut by broken containers which
containers were broken by reason of unstable stacking and the
subsequent falling down of the containers.
[0004] The contamination of materials being reclaimed when collapse
of these "jury-rigged" systems occurs is also well known.
OBJECTS AND ADVANTAGES
[0005] Facilitating the separation of contents from containers will
improve the quality of operations where material is not replaced by
reason of persons not bothering to recycle it.
[0006] Proper food and other product handling will be enhanced
resulting in a higher quality of product as well as a safer
product. The reclamation of contents and recycling of containers
will be of a general economic and health benefit.
[0007] Safety of operations will be greatly enhanced. Procedures
incorporating reclamation and recycling into daily operations by
reason of the use of this device will upgrade those operations to
the higher level of modern requirements of reclamation and
recycling as well as the higher quality of product produced.
[0008] The recycling and reclamation of materials and containers is
of importance in other fields as well. Gasoline stations may
reclaim residual motor oil and other additives from the containers
from which they are dispensed as well as the containers
themselves.
DESCRIPTION
[0009] The Kelly Container Drainer Reclaimer (Figure #1) consists
of suitable sheet stock (02) having holes of various sizes (04
& 06) both plain (04) and collared (06) to allow for many
different size containers. Clamping legs (10) are formed so as to
clamp the drainer to a receiving container (12). The collared
openings collars (08) act to hold containers in a draining position
as the collars are of a size adapted to the mouths of the jars. One
jar may be drained into another of the same size The different size
openings (04 & 06) serve to hold containers of various diameter
necks in a draining position. The clamp (10) may serve as legs to
allow the drainer to be placed on a plane surface over different
containers so as to discretely drain containers diverse contents
into different containers (FIG. 2) or to attach the drainer to a
single container (FIG. 3) into which all containers are
drained.
DRAWINGS
[0010] 1. Top View
[0011] 2. Side View
[0012] 3. End View
[0013] 4. Jar to Jar
[0014] 5. Side View with bottle
REFERENCE NUMERALS DRAWINGS
[0015] 02 Sheet Stock FIGS. 1, 2, & 3
[0016] 04 Holes FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5
[0017] 06 Collared Hole FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5
[0018] 08 Clamping Legs FIGS. 1, 2, & 3
[0019] 10 Receiving Container FIGS. 2 & 5
Operation
[0020] In operation the Kelly Container Drainer Reclaimer (02 FIGS.
1, 2, 3, 4, & 5 is clamped to a receiving container (10 FIGS. 2
& 5). Containers to be drained are placed in the collared and
plain openings and allowed to drain. They are then removed and
washed and the drained material used as is appropriate.
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