Abstract: A trash compactor may include a frame, a cavity, a trash receptacle, a platen movable to compress trash collected in the trash receptacle, a set of linkages and a drive mechanism configured to drive said platen up and down, the drive mechanism further configured as one of the link elements, and a platen guide mechanism configured to restrict the motion of the platen in an up and down manner.
Abstract: A trash compactor may include a frame, a cavity, a trash receptacle, a platen movable to compress trash collected in the trash receptacle, a set of linkages and a drive mechanism configured to drive said platen up and down, the drive mechanism further configured as one of the link elements, and a platen guide mechanism configured to restrict the motion of the platen in an up and down manner.
Abstract: A compaction capable receptacle may include a housing with a trash receiving opening, a compaction unit arranged within the housing, and a trash bin arranged within the housing and articulable between a compaction position within the housing and a trash receiving position within the housing, the compaction position aligning the trash bin with a compaction stroke of the compaction unit and the trash receiving position aligning a portion of the trash bin with the trash receiving opening.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 11, 2018
Date of Patent:
May 28, 2019
Assignee:
Compaction Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
James Faucher, Luke Lundquist, John Vangen
Abstract: A compaction capable receptacle may include a housing with a trash receiving opening, a compaction unit arranged within the housing, and a trash bin arranged within the housing and articulable between a compaction position within the housing and a trash receiving position within the housing, the compaction position aligning the trash bin with a compaction stroke of the compaction unit and the trash receiving position aligning a portion of the trash bin with the trash receiving opening.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 20, 2015
Date of Patent:
August 14, 2018
Assignee:
Compaction Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
James Faucher, Luke Lundquist, John Vangen
Abstract: A trash compactor may include a frame, a cavity, a trash receptacle, a platen movable to compress trash collected in the trash receptacle, a set of linkages and a drive mechanism configured to drive said platen up and down, the drive mechanism further configured as one of the link elements, and a platen guide mechanism configured to restrict the motion of the platen in an up and down manner.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 4, 2014
Date of Patent:
July 24, 2018
Assignee:
Compaction Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Jim Hitchcock, Kenneth Judge, Luke Lundquist