METHOD FOR PROCESSING WASTE FLUORESCENT LAMPS AND VIBRATION APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: processing of fluorescent lamps in vibration apparatus. SUBSTANCE: apparatus includes housing mounted onto vibration-proof supports and having vibrator and chamber for vibration cleaning connected through charging unit with disintegrator and valve gate with exhaust ventilation system. Chamber for vibration cleaning is divided by means of separation wavily bent grid having combined circular and slit perforations by sections for cleaning broken glass and lamp bases. Branch pipe for discharging broken glass is cantilever type U-shaped one. Concentrated vibrator is arranged on U-shaped branch pipe and it is shifted relative to mass center of housing in order to create swirling vibrofluxes for cleaning disintegrated fluorescent lamps. Lamp bulbs may be broken until size no more than 15 mm. EFFECT: enhanced efficiency of recovery of disintegrated fluorescent lamps at minimized cost. 6 cl, 4 dwg