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A system for collecting and recycling used containers made from metal and plastic materials, having two different operative cycles for processing the containers in a closed cubicle compartment provided with two openings for introducing containers while pre-separating the plastic from the metal conta

A system for collecting and recycling used containers made from metal and plastic materials, having two different operative cycles for processing the containers in a closed cubicle compartment provided with two openings for introducing containers while pre-separating the plastic from the metal containers; lower doors provide access to the cubicle for removal of processed containers, a gate including a central opening for receiving the neck and only allowing passage of the plastic container sensed by a neck sensor and for operating an electrically operated piston-cylinder assembly to operate the gate and permit the entire plastic bottle to be conveyed to a first roller set for squeezing thereof including intermediate rollers positioned between two squeezing rollers, the intermediate rollers having different diameters for reducing the size of the container, and the metal container is also conveyed to a second set of squeezing rollers and both types of containers pass a sensor for counting the number thereof, the second set of rollers includes coaxial rollers which turn simultaneously with the first set of squeezing rollers, and a sensor capable of recognizing the material type for authorizing payment.

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A collection and recycling unit for used containers having two operating cycles formed from different materials, and comprising: cubicle compartment means including individual means for carrying out two operating cycles and having first and second inlets, one for each said operating cycle, for recei

A collection and recycling unit for used containers having two operating cycles formed from different materials, and comprising: cubicle compartment means including individual means for carrying out two operating cycles and having first and second inlets, one for each said operating cycle, for receiving plastic and metal containers, respectively, said cubicle compartment means including means for withdrawal of processed plastic and metal containers; first and second path means, one of said path means for each of said operating cycles, coupled with said first and second inlets, respectively, and with said withdrawal means for individually processing the plastic containers in one of said operating cycles and the metal containers in the other of said operating cycles and conveying thereof to said withdrawal means; first and second container processing means each individually and separately responsive to the characteristics of the material of the container in said first and second path means, respectively, for processing the plastic containers in one of said processing means and the metal containers in the other of said processing means individually, said first and second container processing means including at least two pairs of counter-rotating rollers positioned on a pair of spaced axles for maintaining a portion of each pair of adjacent rollers in tangential contact as said rollers rotate, one of said pairs of adjacent rollers having a first outer configuration suitable for processing plastic containers, and another of said pairs of adjacent rollers having a second outer configuration suitable for processing metal containers, and totalizing means responsive to each of said first and second container processing means for supplying an indicia of value related directly to the type of containers processed in said first and said second processing means.