Abstract: A vertical trash compactor (10) comprises a dual ram assembly (18) for compacting trash which has been placed into an open top container (16) through a loading door (28). A primary ram unit (20) is pivotally mounted to a housing (12) for movement between a retracted loading position above the container (16) and a normal position adjacent to the top of the container (16). A secondary ram (22) unit is mounted to the primary ram unit (20) for pivotal rotation in a direction opposite the primary ram unit (20), between a retractive position relative to the primary ram unit (20) and an extended position within the container (16). A door lock (30) is also provided whereby the loading door (28) cannot be opened unless the primary ram unit (20) is in the retracted loading position.

Abstract: A hydraulic scrap shear having a multiple segmented shearing blade configuration at one end of a feed channel. The shearing blade configuration compresses and cuts the scrap into multiple uniform chunks on a single cycle.

Abstract: A baling machine of comparatively non-complex construction is disclosed. The baling machine comprises a baling chamber, which is of adjustable size in which can be mounted a ventillating hole making tube; and an eccentrically mounted circular or oval element. The eccentrically mounted circular or oval element is located at the entrance of the baling chamber, and as it rotates causes entering hay or other forage to be entered into the baling chamber and formed into a bale.

Abstract: A mobile apparatus having utility in the construction of roof trusses at a job site. An elongate trailer frame is mounted to a wheel and axle assembly and is transportable on public highways by towing. A jig assembly supported by the frame is formed primary of uni-strut members and has a first elongate fixed position side rail and a second parallel but movable jig support rail. Plural transversely disposed jig members are slidably mounted for lateral movement along the extent of the first and second side rails of the jig assembly. A clinching device is mounted for longitudinal movement along the extent of the jig assembly by an overhead cantilevered track support structure. The jig assembly is longitudinally extendable, and the overhead track support member has a hingedly mounted auxiliary portion that may be deployed so that the clincher device can reach even the extended portion of the jig assembly.

Abstract: A system for moving skips to and from a press in a scrap charging zone including at least one skip charging station and a station to press the scrap within the skip. The skip is borne by an independent support with legs in the charging station and is supported on a cradle in the press station. Containment housings are located laterally on a skip in diametrically opposite positions. A skup full of scrap is lifted from its support with legs by a trolley device and taken by such device from the skip charging station or from a parking station for skips and placed on a cradle comprised in cooperation with a press for the pressing of scrap.

Abstract: The back door of a cotton module builder is raised and lowered by a hydraulic cylinder extending from above the back door to a latch shaft extending across the back door. Movement of the hydraulic cylinder latches and unlatches latch bolts upon the latch shaft as well as raising and lowering the back door.

Abstract: A system for the pressing of scrap in skips which charge furnaces in steel works, whereby a skip (12) is borne on a support with legs (15) by means of a vehicle with a vertically moveable platform (16) and is then rested on a press cradle (17), the press (11) comprising hooks for engaging with support pins (13) included on the skip (12) so as to support the skip itself (12) momentarily below the press (11).

Abstract: A mobile scrap shear machine is comprised of a shear head assembly and a chute which is postionable between a lowered, transport position and a raised operational position. A frame work extends from the shear head assembly and hydraulic lifting assemblies are attached to the shear head assembly and framework so that upon extension of foot pads attached to the hydraulic ram assemblies the machine is lifted and the weight of the chute, the shear head assembly and the framework is borne through the support pads of the hydraulic ram assemblies. In operation, the chute is raised and has a bed which serves to gravity-feed scrap to the shear head assembly. A set of wheels is mounted to the framework and the chute includes a hookup mechanism which can be lowered onto and attached to a truck. When the chute is lowered onto a truck and when the support pads of the hydraulic assemblies are retracted, the weight of the shear machine is transferred to the wheels of the framework and the wheels of the truck.

Abstract: An apparatus for increasing the volumetric efficiency of a shipping container of standard tire carcasses is shown as a powered attachment to a standard warehouse tug or forklift. A horizontally extending steel plate, extending forward from the front of the tug, is powered for vertical motion by a double action, two stage hydraulic cylinder. The plate is enclosed by tightly fitting sliding stripper bars, which are spring-loaded into both the top and bottom surface of the plate; the stripper bars have a bronze wiper bushing at the point of contact with the plate, and are powered for wiping motion across the plate by a pair of balanced hydraulic cylinders.A vertical set of powered outriggers is installed on vertically acting hydraulic cylinders to provide a reacting force against the roof or side wall corners of a shipping container.In use, a standard, interleaved rick of tires is installed in a normal manner within a container.

Abstract: A portable can crusher for reprocessing cans such as beer cans and the like. The crusher includes a hopper in which a baffle (16) is provided for directing cans towards an elongate aperture (19) formed between a casing base and a driven reprocessing wheel (20). The wheel (20) has deformation means (24) on its periphery not only to compress cans fed to the aperture (19) but also to assist in the feeding of cans through the aperture. The can crusher may be trailer or vehicle mounted.

Abstract: An implement for compacting fibrous and other compressible materials and especially freshly picked cotton which is transported in mobile trailers or loaded into containers so as to increase the load capacity thereof. The apparatus includes a compaction ram assembly which is both horizontally and vertically adjustably supported relative to a conventional vehicle such as a farm tractor to which the implement is selectively mounted.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a trash compactor suitable for use in aircraft and aerospace vehicles. The compactor includes improved hydraulic power and control systems which provide short compaction cycle times and high compaction ratios and which has integrated means to loosen trash containers from the supporting walls of the compacting chamber at the completion of the compaction cycle so that the filled trash containers can be readily removed from the compactor.

Abstract: A portable crusher for removeable attachment to the boom structure and hydraulic system of a mobile power source such as a backhoe, or front end loader-type machine for compacting scrap metal and in particular automobile bodies. The crusher includes a frame having a large panel-shaped fixed jaw, integral with and depending from one end of the frame. The portable crusher also includes a panel-shaped operable jaw adjacent the frame and depending therefrom. The operable jaw is connected to the frame by two pairs of links so that the operable jaw can be swung towards and away from the fixed jaw, and so that during such movement the operable jaw is maintained in a substantially parallel relationship with the fixed jaw. The crusher includes a hydraulic cylinder secured on one end to a pair of the links and on its other end to the frame for operating the operable jaw.

Abstract: A compact, heavy duty trash compactor is provided for compacting trash in locations where space is limited. The compactor includes a C-shaped frame mounted on a skid. A cylindrical container is mounted on a tilt table attached to the skid such that the container is within the C-shaped frame. A telescoping ram is mounted on the frame to compact trash within the container. A foot guard is provided around the bottom of the container to prevent objects from being placed under the container when it is tilted forward.

Abstract: Module builder having a generally rectangular framework with an open top side and with spaced apart side walls and spaced apart front and rear walls. The rear wall is formed by a door movable between open and closed positions. A carriage is mounted on the framework for movement longitudinally of the framework between the front and rear walls. A motor is provided for causing movement of said carriage between the front and rear walls. A tramper mechanism is carried by the carriage and has a tramper foot. A hydraulic actuator is provided for moving said tramper foot vertically within said framework for forming a module of material which is dumped into the framework. Wheels are mounted on opposite sides of said framework to permit the module builder to be transported from one location to another. The side walls have upwardly and outwardly flared portions so that imaginery vertical lines depending from the outer upper margins of the side walls clear the wheels on the sides of the rectangular framework.

Abstract: A loading apparatus for loading feed stock into agricultural bags wherein the loading apparatus has a housing with a hopper, a passageway communicating with the hopper and a tunnel communicating with the passageway. The tunnel supports the open mouth of an agricultural bag to be filled. A rotor is drivingly located in the passageway. The rotor and passageway have widths approximately two thirds the width of the tunnel. The tunnel has an expanding chamber, a forming chamber and a guide member. The expanding chamber has a rear wall extending substantially vertically and has side walls diverging outwardly all with the view to accommodating the mass of feed stock received from the rotor in the passageway. The rotor has flanges on the ends within the passageway and mount plural pairs of teeth spaced about the circumference thereof.

Abstract: A brush bundling system including an elongated vertical frame; and at least one long strap fastened at one end to the frame and adapted to be extended along the ground a long distance behind the frame to enable a large volume of cut brush to be piled thereon. A tensioning arrangement is mounted on the frame and adapted to be fastened to the free end of said strap for pulling said strap around said volume of cut brush to compress said brush into a tight bundle, whereupon said compressed bundle may be strapped with a steel strap or other strapping or tying material to retain the bundle in its compressed state.

Abstract: Apparatus for use in assembling wooden trusses and girders by holding wooden members in proper location and orientation while fastener plates are pressed into place. A frame supports an adjustable grid for supporting a clamp table at the location of each joint between wooden members, and a tower, moveable along the length of the frame, carries an articulated boom supporting an upper clamp assembly which is matable with each clamp table to press fastener plates into opposite sides of the wooden members to join them together. The apparatus is extendable and includes a wheeled undercarriage which is removeable.

Abstract: A mobile apparatus for the "in-field" production of compact bales of fibrous material, particularly picked cotton, the apparatus including a bin into which the fibrous material can be deposited, a series of beaters near one end of the bin which are capable of dispersing the fibrous material, a movable wall for moving the fibrous material in the bin towards the beaters, a duct extending from at a point near the beaters to a baling hopper, a blower for creating an air stream for conveying the dispersed fibrous material through the duct, and a press ram for compacting the dispersed fibrous material in the baling hopper into compact bales.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for handling tobacco. Five to eight bales are compacted to reduce the transverse dimension of the bales, the compacted group being tied into a single pack. The disclosed apparatus for performing the method consists of a truck having a pair of jaws which are movable toward one another, which are rotatable and which are elevatable to permit the bales to be compressed, raised, rotated through 90.degree. and tied.

Abstract: An apparatus for crushing articles, such as aluminum beverage cans. The crushing apparatus includes a primary crusher followed by a secondary crusher. The primary crusher is composed of a rotatable, polygonal-shaped drum having a blade mounted on each flat surface which projects outwardly beyond the surface. The articles or cans to be crushed are introduced into the area between the drum and a spring loaded pressure plate, and on rotation of the drum, the blades engage the articles and move them into the nip between the drum and the pressure plate to provide a primary stage of flattening of the cans. The cans are then delivered to the secondary crusher which comprises a pair of cooperating rolls, which more fully crush or flatten the cans and deliver them to a pneumatic discharge conveyor. The apparatus also includes a feed conveyor having a provision for rejecting steel cans, as well as heavy objects, such as cans filled with liquid or foreign materials.

Abstract: A compactor particularly for junk vehicles, has a flatbed supporting a pair of opposed, hinged compaction doors. Each door has a linkage hydraulically operated to open and close the door for compaction of the vehicle against the flatbed. A winch disposed on the front of the compactor has its tow line extending beneath the doors and connects to the end of the vehicle opposite the flatbed to progressively advance the vehicle over the flatbed for compaction by the doors. A sequence control circuit is also provided which automatically opens and closes the compactor doors and automatically operates the winch to sequentially advance segments of the vehicle into the compactor. Additionally, the compactor can easily be made portable facilitating its transportation from one location to another.

Abstract: A transfer vehicle with a special clamping mechanism for clamping a stack of signatures supported on a stacker, and for maintaining clamping engagement with the stack as the transfer vehicle moves the stack to a delivery position. The clamping mechanism can bring an end board over to the stacker, and deposits the end board on the stacker as the clamping mechanism engages a stack. The clamping mechanism also has independently movable clamp members that can move to different coextents in applying pressures to different portions of a stack of signatures during the clamping process. Still further, the clamping mechanism is designed to positively contain a signature stack that is removed from a stacker.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing elongate brush cuttings, such as those resulting from the pruning of almond trees. The method comprises collecting the cuttings, loading them into the compaction chamber of a packer, moving a plunger longitudinally through the chamber to compress the cuttings and force them into an orientation extending generally normal to the direction of plunger travel, and discharging the cuttings from one end of the chamber while maintaining said orientation. The apparatus comprises a wheel supported chassis which carries a transfer packer and a crane supported grapple for loading cuttings into the packer. The packer has an open topped hopper into which the cuttings are charged. The plunger moves through the hopper to compress cuttings received therein and force said cuttings through a discharge opening in one side of the hopper.

Abstract: A base frame supports pairs of parallel compressing arms having a pivoted depending support on an upper extension. These arms are operated between open and bale forming positions by fluid operated cylinders. An article holding cartridge has upstanding ribs arranged to confine articles therebetween for baling. The ribs are spaced such that upon moving the loaded cartridge into place on a cross conveyor, the compressing arms thread through the ribs and compress the articles. The upper extension has powered lifting and lowering means for operation of the compressing arms in a baling sequence and also to open the arms rearwardly for ejecting the bale. Upper straps are associated with the compressing arms to compress the top portion of the bale, and banding mechanism is supported on the frame for applying bands around the bale. The base frame is supported on a wheeled chassis and has longitudinal adjustment on the chassis for positioning between a rear baling position and a forward road traveling position.

Abstract: A cotton module is one type of a stack of agricultural produce. A tarp is specially folded and mounted on the back gate of a cotton module builder. As the module builder is moved off a completed module, the tarp is unrolled onto the top of the module. The tarp is tied down using ground cords, which extend along the ground underneath the module. The ground cord is mounted on spools on the side wall of the module and is placed under the side walls while the side walls are elevated upon the conclusion of a move from an old location to a new one. Then, when the module builder is lowered and the module is built, the ground cords are in place. The tarp's sides are vented.

Abstract: The recycling machine is provided with a baling chamber having a cyclable hydraulic ram. The ram cycles continuously, and each time it retracts, no more than a predetermined number of cans are admitted to the baling chamber for crushing and adding to the bale therein. A counting mechanism is provided as well as a mechanism for separating steel cans before baling.

Abstract: A machine for turning over compost in an initial pile thereof and molding it into a new pile comprises a wheeled frame mounting a feed roller and a set of endless belt conveyors. As the machine advances into the initial pile of compost the compost is picked up and fed to the rear and onto the conveyors, which are adapted for depositing the compost from the outer sections of the initial pile of compost in the central section of the new pile being molded, and the compost from the central section of the initial pile of compost in the outer sections of the new pile being molded.

Abstract: The wood baler of the present invention comprises a rectangular frame adapted to receive a plurality of split pieces of wood. A pressure member is movably mounted to the frame so as to move toward and away from one of the end frame members. Hydraulic cylinders are connected to the pressure member for causing it to move toward the opposite frame member, thereby compressing the wood so that it can be bound together in a bale. One of the upper or lower frame members is movable from a first position to a second position which increases the distance between the upper and lower frame members. This permits release of the bale after it has been secured together.

Abstract: A dumping transport vehicle for harvested cotton bolls has the capacity to receive in its basket body two dumps from a large self-propelled harvester. An internal power-operated pivoted packer-divider panel of the vehicle enables compacting of the first dump received from the harvester against the dump-out side of the vehicle basket so that the second dump from the harvester can be adequately received in the vehicle basket. The packer-divider panel also enables a two-stage dumping of the contents of the fully loaded vehicle basket into a module builder which is unable to handle and pack the entire volume of harvested cotton in the vehicle basket in a single delivery or dump.

Abstract: A compact snow removal apparatus for continuously removing snow from a generally horizontal surface. The snow is then compacted to substantially remove all air and reduce it to ice or an ice-like substance. The apparatus employs several steps to achieve the compaction. By addition of accessories the ice pieces may be tossed to the side, stored in a container within the apparatus or conveyed to the box of a truck to which the snow removal device is attached or adjacent.

Abstract: An improved, hydraulically controlled, cotton harvesting apparatus comprising: cotton receiving and containing means; means for feeding cotton to a cotton boll breaking means; cotton boll breaking means comprising a roller and a brush operatively associated with said roller; cotton cleaning and ginning means comprising a plurality of cleaning saws each of said saws having a brush operatively associated therewith and on one side thereof and a rotary stripper adjacent and opposite of bottom portion of each of said saws; cotton condensing means for receiving cleaned and ginned cotton comprising a plurality of rollers and means for exhausting air therefrom; a piston horizontally mounted below the condensing means and movable between first and second positions to provide cotton to a compressing and baling means comprising an enclosure having a piston vertically mounted in the upper portion thereof and being movable from an upper to a lower position to compress and bale cotton.

Abstract: A fire hose retracting and flattening apparatus has a first endless belt having a width at least as great as that of the hose to be retracted which is mounted in a main frame so as to have a generally planar run thereof on which the hose can be lain. The belt is mounted so as to be operatively connected to a motor to effect the driving thereof in a retracting direction. First and second pairs of rollers are provided which co-act with the planar run of the belt to retract and flatten the hose disposed thereon. The first and second roller pairs are mounted above the planar run, with the first roller pair downstream of the second roller pair, for pivotal movement between a first position wherein the first roller pair is adjacent to the run and the second roller pair is spaced apart therefrom and a second position wherein the first roller pair is spaced apart from the run and the second roller means is adjacent thereto.

Abstract: A mobile vehicle for crushing scrap metal, especially for flattening car body shells, has a crusher jaw mechanism (11) carried ahead of a generally conventional vehicle body (12). The jaw includes a press plate (55) above a platform (31). The car body shell (90) is loaded on to the platform by advancing the vehicle towards the body shell and driving the platform under the shell, and is then crushed between the press plate and the platform. The jaw mechanism may be carried on an arm or arms (13) which can be raised and lowered. Side plates (32) and a rear gate (80) may be provided on the crusher jaw mechanism to contain light scrap. The jaws may be tiltable, and may be provided with front fork tines (71) to act as an entry ramp and for manipulating the body shells before and after flattening.

Abstract: Apparatus for crushing scrap metal, especially for flattening car body shells, has a jaw mechanism (11) which includes a lower jaw member (30) and an upper jaw member (50). The lower jaw carries a platform (31) for the object to be crushed and the upper jaw carries a flat press plate (55). The two jaw members are hinged together behind both the platform and the press plate, and above both the platform and the press plate when the jaws are closed to a position in which the press plate is parallel to, yet spaced from, the platform. Side plates (32) and a rear gate (80) may be provided to contain light scrap in the jaws. The jaws may be tiltable and/or vehicle mounted, and may be provided with front fork tines (71) to act as an entry ramp and for manipulating the scrap.

Abstract: A compactor particularly for junk vehicles, has a flatbed supporting a pair of opposed, hinged compaction doors. Each door has a linkage hydraulically operated to open and close the door for compaction of the vehicle against the flatbed. A winch disposed on the front of the compactor has its tow line extending beneath the doors and connects to the end of the vehicle opposite the flatbed to progressively advance the vehicle over the flatbed for compaction by the doors. A sequence control circuit is also provided which automatically opens and closes the compactor doors and automatically operates the winch to sequentially advance segments of the vehicle into the compactor. Additionally, the compactor can easily be made portable facilitating its transportation from one location to another.

Abstract: A roof truss forming machine for assembling and nailing with nail plates timbers into a planar roof truss includes a jig frame having a base with a continuous inflatable tubular member arranged thereon for creating a seal between the base and a supporting floor surface and a vacuum machine for creating a partial vacuum between the base and the seal to hold the roof truss forming machine in a desired location. A plurality of such machines arranged in a desired pattern simultaneously drive nailer plates into the timbers forming the truss.

Abstract: A roller press assembly for compacting mushroom beds and the like. A carriage-like structure having a pair of rollers suspends a vertically adjustable smoothing plate for compacting and smoothing the surface of the bed. The structure may be guided manually by handles or by side rails. Such side rails may be provided on each of a plurality of vertically stacked beds to form a bunk bed structure to enable selective traversing by the roller press.

Abstract: A cotton module builder has a hydraulic cylinder which extends far above the top of the builder in operating position. The cylinder is latched in the upper position so that it may be lowered when the module builder is moved. A wedge-shaped tongue upon the carriage of the builder is hydraulically moved into a tube having an inclined surface to snugly wedge and latch the tramper cylinder into the upper operating position. The source of hydraulic pressure to move the wedge-shaped tongues is taken from the top of the hydraulic latch cylinder; therefore the latch may be withdrawn or released only when there is pressure in the top of the tramper cylinder, which will be forcing the tramper cylinder in the up position.

Abstract: A device for baling agricultural crop comprising a compression chamber, a sidewall of which has an inlet port, a driven pressing member adapted to reciprocate along said port, an auxiliary space communicating with said inlet port for temporarily storing the crop to be compressed and a member periodically closing said inlet port and being rotatable about an axis transverse of the direction of movement of the pressing member in order to advance the crop out of the auxiliary space via the inlet port into the compression chamber, wherein the boundary of the auxiliary space near the transverse axis is formed by one or more elements having a circular circumference coaxial with the transverse axis, whereby it is avoided that crop is jammed between the rotatable member and the neighbouring boundary of the auxiliary space.

Abstract: Apparatus for positioning and holding on an elongate bed pieces of a floor truss of the type comprising a pair of generally parallel spaced-apart wood chord members and a series of relatively flat metal web members having connector portions with teeth struck therefrom to be pressed into the wood chord members for rigidly interconnecting them.

Abstract: A truss-fabricating machine comprising a table for supporting a pair of parallel spaced-apart wood chord members, a series of web members spanning the chord members, and connectors having teeth adapted to be pressed into the wood chord members. The machine further comprises apparatus on the top of the table for clamping the chord members in fixed position with respect to the table, including a pair of outside jaws engageable with the outside faces of the chord members, and expansible tubing extending longitudinally of the table for effecting movement of the outside jaws relative to one another transversely of the table to clamp the chord members in fixed position with respect to the table. A press is movable longitudinally with respect to the table for pressing the teeth of the connectors into the chord members when the chord members are clamped in fixed position.

Abstract: An apparatus for crushing articles, such as aluminum beverage cans. The crushing apparatus comprises a rotatable, polygonal-shaped drum having blades mounted on each flat outer surface of the drum which project outwardly beyond the respective surface. The articles to be crushed are introduced into the area between the drum and a spring-loaded pressure plate, and on rotation of the drum, the blades engage the articles and move them into the nip between the drum and pressure plate to crush and flatten the articles. The apparatus also includes a quick release mechanism in which the pressure plate can be readily released to correct a jamming situation.

Abstract: A latch for the door of a module builder includes a plate attached to the door and a notched latch bar pivoted to the frame of the module builder. A hydraulic latch cylinder raises the latch bar at the same time pressure is applied to a main door cylinder to open the door. An orifice is placed adjacent to the main door opening cylinder to make certain sufficient hydraulic fluid is applied to the latch opener and also to limit the speed by which the door is closed. The latch cylinder is attached to a floating bar so that upon the door closing, the latch bar can rise to be latched closed even though the latch cylinder is closed.

Abstract: An improved brake mechanism is disclosed for use on an agricultural bag loading apparatus (10) having a pair of cable drums (20, 21) secured to the loading apparatus for deploying cables (18, 19) attached to the filled end of an agricultural bag (12). The brake mechanism comprises a disc brake rotor (23) rigidly secured to one end of a brake drum (20), a plurality of disc brake calipers (25) secured to the loading apparatus (10) and a hydraulic fluid pressurizer (29). Braking action between the rotor (23) and the calipers (25) permits control of the compression of the material packed within the agricultural bag (12).

Abstract: The Specification concerns a refuse disposal system in which a refuse compacting unit located adjacent a wall of a building has a refuse input accessible from inside the building and a refuse output accessible from outside the building for discharging compacted refuse into a removable container.In order to permit a high degree of freedom in the placement of the container the unit is mounted on wheels for mobility and is located in an aperture in the wall, the aperture being substantially wider than the unit. The unit is disposed between a pair of sliding doors mounted for movement parallel to the wall, the doors being coupled to opposite sides of the unit by upwarding directed rollers on the doors engaging inverted channels along opposite sides of the unit.

Abstract: A vehicle towable cotton module compacter (10) is disclosed for use in the cotton field on seed cotton. A rigid framework (12) has upper and lower rectangular frames (28, 22). The upper frame (28) has a hopper (88) with an open top mouth (90). The hopper (88) has a collection box (92) with a push plate (96) for discharging collected cotton rearwardly through an opening (94) into a vertical compaction chamber (30). The chamber (30) is formed by a stationary vertical front wall (32) and a pair of L-shaped doors (40, 42) hinged along vertical axes at their forward edges. The longitudinal sides (44, 46) of the doors (40, 42) form the right and left sidewalls of the compaction chamber (30), and the lateral sides (48, 50) of the doors (40, 42) each form half of the rear wall of the chamber (30). The left, right and rear chamber walls are tapered outwardly as they extend downwardly. The upper frame (28) includes tamper means (108) mounted above the compaction chamber (30).

Abstract: A lid unit for a portable refuse bin adapted to be engaged and inverted, by the lift mechanism of a refuse truck, to discharge a load of refuse from the bin and into the receiving body of the truck; the lid unit being hinged to the bin and normally but releasably latched in closed position, and a hinged loading lid is included in the lid unit and normally but releasably latched in closed position; the loading lid--when unlatched--being manually swingable, relative to the remainder of the lid unit, to open position to permit manual deposit of refuse in the bin, and the entire lid unit gravitationally swinging to open position when unlatched and upon such inversion of the bin, whereupon the load of refuse dumps from the bin and into the receiving body of the truck; the loading lid remaining in latched, closed position during said inversion of the bin.

Abstract: A cotton module builder has a hydraulic cylinder which extends far above the top of the builder in operating position. The cylinder is latched in the upper position so that it may be lowered when the module builder is moved. A hook on the cylinder is engaged by bails upon a toggle lever so that the latch will not release the cylinder unless the cylinder is in a relaxed condition.

Abstract: An improved brake mechanism is disclosed for use on an agricultural bag loading apparatus (10) having a pair of cable drums (20, 21) secured to the loading apparatus for deploying cables (18, 19) attached to the filled end of an agricultural bag (12). The brake mechanism comprises a disc brake rotor (23) rigidly secured to one end of a brake drum (20), a plurality of disc brake calipers (25) secured to the loading apparatus (10) and a hydraulic fluid pressurizer (29). Braking action between the rotor (23) and the calipers (25) permits control of the compression of the material packed within the agricultural bag (12).