Abstract: A cabinet has an upper portion which encloses a ram member movable vertically by a motor driven scissor-type actuator from an upper retracted position to a lower extended compacting position within a container positioned within the lower portion of the cabinet. The container is molded of a plastics material and is supported by a two-wheeled cart including pivotal arms which extend around an intermediate portion of the container and are locked together for restraining the container during compacting. When the container is tilted by the cart into a compacting position under the ram member, the container actuates a sealing frame which lowers and engages the upper rim of the container for confining within the upper portion of the cabinet any odors released by the material being compacted within the container.

Abstract: A hand held seed planter includes a tubular body and a pair of ground-opening jaws pivotally carried on one end of the body. A seed hopper is slidably mounted on the other end of the body and a ground engaging collar is carried on the one end, surrounding the jaws and mounted for sliding movement on the tubular body. When the soil collar is placed on the ground and a downward force applied to the handle attached to the hopper, the jaws are moved downward into the soil and create a seed opening in the soil. Adjustable pins on the collar control the depth of the opening. At the same time, a seed scoop recess, carrying a seed, is brought into alignment with an opening in a tube which extends through the hopper. A seed is then transferred into the tube, passing through the tubular body and between the jaws, to be planted in the seed opening.