chamber 60. The interior height of the side enclosed compression chamber 60 may be slightly taller than the height 61 of the metal springs 51, more preferably the interior height of the side enclosed compression chamber 60 will be the height that maintains the angles 10 and 12 of the metal springs 51 as they are are being compressed. Further the height of the movable powered ram 56 must be slightly less than the height of the side enclosed compression chamber 60 and the width of the movable powered ram 56 must be slightly less than the width of the side enclosed compression chamber 60 to enable the movable powered ram 56 to move through the side enclosed compression chamber 60 without damaging the side enclosed compression chamber 60.
Further the height of the movable resistance block 62 may be slightly more than the height of the side enclosed compression chamber 60 and the width of the movable resistance block 62 may be slightly wider than the width of the side enclosed compression chamber 60 to enable the movable resistance block 62 to close the end of the side enclosed compression chamber 60.
The construction details of the invention as shown in Fig. 3A, the movable powered ram 56 and the movable resistance block 62 and the side enclosed compression chamber 60 may be be constructed of material of adequate strength to withstand both the initial pressures of compressing the metal springs 51 and the increased pressures exerted by the metal springs 51 during the compaction operation as the movable powered ram 56 compacts the compressed metal springs 51 against the movable resistance block 62, preferably the material may be metal, more preferably the material may be metal harder than the metal of the metal springs 51, and more preferably the material may be machine finished metal harder than the metal of the metal springs 51.
The advantages of the present invention shown in Fig. 73A include, without limitation, the capability of compacting a set of metal springs 51 into a configuration for recycling in the steel market.
In broad embodiment, the invention Fig. 3A is a metal spring compactor of any shape which comprises at least one powered ram and at least one resistance or opposing force between which at least one metal spring is laterally to its axis of resistance (See Fig. 1A 6.) compressed beyond its bending point or elastic limit. Further, to enhance efficiency of the current invention the compression chamber 60 may be augmented via the invention as shown in Fig. 1C and Fig. 1D. And, the invention shown in Fig. 3A may be operated in a horizontal mode or vertical mode or any plane inbetween.
Referring now to the invention in more detail, in Fig. 3B, there is shown, one embodiment of the current invention comprising; a motorized geared drive unit 68, a movable threaded screw 66, a powered ram 70, a compression chamber 72, a movable resistance block 74, a motorized geared drive unit 76, a movable threaded screw 78, and a set of springs 67 of height 77.
In more detail, still referring to the invention of Fig. 3B, in operation the motorized geared drive unit 76 rotates its gears causing movable threaded screw 78 to move the resistance block 74 to where it opens the end of the side enclosed compression chamber 72 so that the metal springs 67 to be compressed may be loaded into the side enclosed compression chamber 72. When the metal springs 67 to be compressed are loaded into the side enclosed compression chamber 72, the
