A propane bottle recycler comprising a bottle station, first and second
propane collection tank, compressor, liquid propane storage tank, bottle
crusher, and crushed bottle storage compartment. The bottle station
comprises a bottle manifold and bottle station frame, and the bottle
manifold is pivotally connected to the bottle station frame. Propane
bottles are placed in receiving cavities in the bottle manifold and held
in place with cam levers, and the bottle manifold is raised to a vertical
position. The propane drains out of the propane bottles, through propane
hoses into a propane manifold, into the first and second collection
tanks, and to a compressor, which repressurizes the propane. The propane
is then stored in a liquid propane storage tank. The used propane bottles
are crushed by the bottle crusher and stored in the crushed bottle
storage compartment.