Claims
- 1. A method of scribing an aluminum beverage can within a fixture for the purpose of recycling, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing four steeped side walls with a predetermined constant thickness, each of said side walls having a first surface and a second surface;
- securing each first surface of said side walls on a periphery of a first surface of a square bottom structure, said bottom structure having four square rubber pads secured beneath each corner thereof;
- assembling end portions of said walls together with four wood screws, thereby securing said side walls extending perpendicularly from said first surface of said square bottom structure and thereby creating a fixture having a square aperture between said side walls for positioning and holding a portion of an aluminum beverage can therein;
- disposing at least one of a plurality of shims of selected height into said aperture;
- adhering a non-abrasive side of a sand paper on each of said first surfaces of said side walls;
- placing an aluminum beverage can onto said at least one of said plurality of shims disposed within said aperture;
- positioning a scribe onto at least one abrasive side of said sand papers positioned on said top surfaces of said side walls so that said scribe contacting said aluminum beverage can, thereby marking said aluminum beverage can at a desired height thereof;
- turning said aluminum beverage can relative to said fixture thereby circumferentially scribing said aluminum beverage can completely at said desired height.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein said scribe comprising a razor blade sandwiched with an adhesive between two rubber jackets.
- 3. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing said bottom structure with two small holes, at least one of said holes being positioned in the center of said bottom structure.
Parent Case Info
This application claims benefit provisional application Ser. No. 60/014,513 filed Apr. 1, 1996.
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