Abstract: In order to achieve a small and simple compacter with high compression for garden equipment like lawn mower there is disclosed a method and apparatus for compacting grass, leafage or similar material, which is comminuted and compacted simultaneously in a single compactor device with a single drum with arc-shaped tines cooperating with a press-channel.

Abstract: Apparatus for shaping fodder feed and the like for flat storage thereof and having a molding channel mounted upon an undercarriage and compression roller means disposed therein. The compression roller means includes a roller having a shaft provided with a plurality of rigid tines or teeth arranged progressively spiraled about the circumference thereof for almost the entire length of the shaft. Said teeth are arranged in two adjacent sets or groups, each set or group completing part of a circumscription of the shaft. The teeth are arranged to cooperate with a stripping basket formed of spaced metal strips. Each set of teeth may be divided into outer and inner ones relative the ends of the roller. The tips of the teeth in the inner group have a smaller angular displacement relative to the adjacent teeth when compared with the angular displacement of the outer teeth, which are adjacent the sides of the channel walls when the roller is installed.