pulley 92 activating belt 79 around single pulley 88. Belt 97 is twisted to cause the inner sides of belts 85 and 79 to run in the same direction when activated. Belt attachment 77 is connected to belts 79 and 85 and then moves along in the same direction as the inner side of belts 79 and 85 moving powered ram 90 forward through the side enclosed compression chamber 94 pushing the metal springs 93 out of the side enclosed compression chamber 94. Then motorized belt drive unit 82 activates powered pulley 83 in the reverse direction which powers belt 96 turning triple power transfer pulley 80 which then activates belt 85 around single pulley 81 and activates belt 97 with belt 97 turning double power transfer pulley 92 activating belt 79 around single pulley 88. Belt 97 is twisted to cause the inner sides of belts 85 and 79 to run in the same direction when activated. Belt attachment 77 is connected to belts 79 and 85 and then moves along in the same direction as the inner side of belts 79 and 85 moving powered ram 90 back through side enclosed compression chamber 94 to its initial position as shown in Fig. 3C.
In further detail, still referring to the invention of Fig. 1A and Fig. 3C, the interior dimensions of the side enclosed compression chamber 94 may be slightly larger than the exterior dimensions of the metal springs 93 in order to enable loading the metal springs into the side enclosed compression chamber 94. The interior height of the side enclosed compression chamber 94 may be slightly taller than the height 91 of the metal springs 93, more preferably the interior height of the side enclosed compression chamber 94 will be the height that maintains the angles 10 and 12 of the metal springs 93 as they are are being compressed. Further the height of the movable powered ram 90 must be slightly less than the height of the side enclosed compression chamber 94 and the width of the movable powered ram 90 must be slightly less than the width of the side enclosed compression chamber 94 to enable the movable powered ram 90 to move through the side enclosed compression chamber 94 without damaging the side enclosed compression chamber 94.
Further the height of the movable resistance block 86 may be slightly more than the height of the side enclosed compression chamber 94 and the width of the movable resistance block 86 may be slightly wider than the width of the side enclosed compression chamber 94 to enable the movable resistance block 86 to close the end of the side enclosed compression chamber 94.
The construction details of the invention as shown in Fig. 3C, the movable powered ram 90 and the movable resistance block 86 and the side enclosed compression chamber 94 may be be constructed of material of adequate strength to withstand both the initial pressures of compressing the metal springs 93 and the increased pressures exerted by the metal springs 93 during the compaction operation as the movable powered ram 90 compacts the compressed metal springs 93 against the movable resistance block 86, preferably the material may be metal, more preferably the material may be metal harder than the metal of the metal springs 93, and more preferably the material may be machine finished metal harder than the metal of the metal springs 93.
The advantages of the present invention shown in Fig. 3C include, without limitation, the capability of compacting a set of metal springs 93 into a configuration suitable for recycling in the scrap metal market.
