Abstract: A baler for baling refuse and having a pressing platen and a platen guide. The platen guide includes spaced sets of rollers bearing inwardly against opposed sides of the baler, and brackets rigidly attached to the platen and extending externally of the baler for mounting the rollers in engagement with the pressing box sides.

Abstract: A baler having an improved hydraulically driven toggle mechanism for operating a baler pressing platen, improved bale ejector, and improved baler door latch. The toggle mechanism includes opposed pairs of first and second arms .Iadd.foldably joined together at their ends with their other respective ends joined to a pressing box and a pressing platen. The opposed sets of arms are mutually oriented so that as the platen is moved to a withdrawn position, the first and second arms of one set interfold compactly and without interference across the respective first and second arms of the opposed set .Iaddend. .[.and second arms, each first arm of which is a generally C-shaped bell crank arm. The first arms are connected.]. to provide a pressing mechanism which is compact but nonetheless has a long pressing stroke to facilitate production of a large bale in only a few pressing strokes.