Abstract: A device for compressing crop into bales comprising a compression chamber having an inlet opening and a pressing member adapted to reciprocate along said opening and feeder mechanism for introducing the crop through the inlet opening into the compression chamber, which device is intended for making bales having a high specific weight; the device is able to be operated continuously.

Abstract: The invention relates to a material portioning apparatus and a method which provides portions of material of predetermined weight by measuring and portioning an appropriate volume of the material. Although the apparatus is especially useful when the material consists of whole pieces larger than the portioned sizes, such as fillets of fish or meat, it can also be used for portioning granular materials, or materials of sizes smaller than the portioned sizes. It is only necessary that the material, or bulks of the material, be of such a nature that, when it is compressed in one direction, it will expand or be forced to move in a different direction. In accordance with the invention, the apparatus comprises a preforming stage having an adjustable volume, and a weighing stage also having an adjustable volume. Material is fed, through the preforming stage, into the weighing stage and the weighing stage is overfilled to include a volume greater than the desired weight.

Abstract: As a part of the combination there is provided a trash container of the type which can be picked up and dumped by inverting it by the lift usually found on the front or rear end of a trash collection vehicle. However, because the invention contemplates compaction of the trash in the container before its contents are dumped into the vehicle, the container has flared end walls, such as to permit the compacted contents to fall freely from the container upon its inversion by the vehicle lift. To accomplish the desired in-container compaction, a vertical hydraulically driven ram is mounted in such a way that the container may be placed below it when the ram platen is raised to its first and upper position.

Abstract: A cabinet for a trash or refuse compactor having a recessed area formed in the inside surfaces of its side and rear panels and extending upward from the floor thereof for a predetermined distance, the depth and size of the recess in the side and rear panels being such that the vertical sides of a box-type container may be disposed completely within the recess so as to avoid contact with a descending compaction plate.

Abstract: Organic materials are fed tangentially into the head of a centrifugal mill by an adjustable rate feeding device. The materials, either in a dry state or in conjunction with a separately supplied liquid carrier, move downwardly through a compacter device which positively feeds the materials through a series of comminution devices which are arranged in an inverted conical housing and are of decreasingly smaller sizes, with the comminution means shredding the materials. The top of the mill is open to freely admit air which is admixed by the communition devices with the materials to satisfy the biochemical oxygen demand so that the output product of the mill is odor free and finely shredded.

Abstract: Apparatus for increasing the densichamber driven by a compression ram having a preset stroke and preferably being hydraulic, and a movable backplate facing the piston and being provided with means for producing a reaction force in opposition to the compression force of the ram and less than the maximum compression force exertable by the ram. Means for binding the compressed bales is also provided. Preferably the reaction force is maintained constant regardless of displacement of the backplate and this can be achieved by using a second hydraulic ram to which fluid is supplied at a constant pressure.

Abstract: A baler for car bodies using a simultaneous compression and cutting of the car body to produce in a working chamber of the baler a partly compressed bale which is then reduced to final dimensions in the working chamber by further compression stages.

Abstract: A baling machine for particulate material such as wood chips and bark includes a vertically elongated compression chamber provided at its upper end with an inclined inlet feed chute, a downwardly facing vertically movable compression ram in the chamber, an upwardly facing vertically movable gate ram forming the lower end of the chamber during compression, and a bale-strapping assembly associated with the lower end portion of the chamber. A horizontally movable door operating between open and closed positions at the inner end of the feed chute forms part of the wall of the chamber when closed. The leading edge of the door is specially shaped to penetrate the material in the chute and to cooperate with anvil surfaces at the end of its travel to prevent jamming of the door as it closes.

Abstract: A small portable housing forms a trash compacting chamber in the bottom. At one side of the housing interior, above the chamber, is a space through which trash can fall to the chamber from an upper trash compacting opening. At the other side of the interior of the housing and above the chamber is the compacting mechanism powered by a hydraulic ram. This mechanism includes a carriage supporting a two-part platen, one part of which is below the ram and fixed to the carriage and the other part of which is articulated for movement between a vertical position when raised, and a generally horizontal position across said space when being lowered. Several lost motion mechanisms are disclosed for initially so moving the articulated portion as the ram is extended and thereafter providing carriage movement. A gate is mounted to swing across the space when the platens are lowered so as to catch any trash introduced at that time.

Abstract: A horizontal piston-type compactor is mounted in a housing, having an open end, that is diagonally joinable to a trash container, also having an open end, the open ends coinciding in horizontal alignment to form the unit. A trash receiving port, surrounded by a combing, is defined in the top of the housing and overhangs the bottom of the trash container owing to diagonal joint between the housing and the container, to provide an interior spillage area and use of higher trash compacting pressure in the container. Side liners are pivoted to the respective sides of the container adjacent its open end and extend oppositely therefrom short of an opposite closed end thereof.

Abstract: Apparatus capable of producing pellets of compacted refuse having a density of at least 20 lbs./ft..sup.3 comprising:(1) a cylindrical tube having a compacted chamber whose length is shorter than the shortest "critical length" for the refuse to be pelletized, with a feed port in the side wall of the tube and a discharge port at the end of the tube,(2) a feed hopper communicating with the inlet port of the tube,(3) a reciprocating ram in the inlet end of the tube capable of exerting a pressure of at least 200 psi on each forward stroke, and(4) a refuse flow restrictor in the tube in which the degree of restriction is controlled in response to changes in the ram pressure required to advance the compacted refuse down the tube.

Abstract: An assembly for cleaning and packing tobacco leaves after curing. The cured tobacco leaves are conveyed to a rotating drum of wire construction to allow sand and dirt to be removed from the tobacco leaves while being tumbled. The cleaned tobacco leaves are then deposited within a sheeting ring which is positioned on a tobacco sheet. A power operated compression member engages the tobacco leaves within the ring to compress the same. Locking elements are provided for selectively engaging the sheeting ring with the compression member for removing the same as a unit from the tobacco, following which the ends of the tobacco sheet are tied together.

Abstract: A portable waste compactor for automatically compressing, from above, waste material deposited in a dolly-supported waste bin has a hydraulically actuated reciprocable ram mechanism including a ram plate operative to compress the waste material within the waste bin. A chute leading to the waste bin extends forewardly thereof and of the ram mechanism, and has a top opening for the feeding of waste material to be compacted. The ram plate is pivotally mounted with respect to a ram cylinder piston and cam means is provided for tilting the forward end of the ram plate upwardly to provide for unimpeded passage of refuse through the chute into the compacting bin when the said ram is at its uppermost position of rest at the end of a cycle of ram operation. Electrical interlocking means controlling operation of the hydraulic system prevents operation of the ram mechanism unless the dolly and its associated refuse bin is in proper position, and unless a cover covering the waste discharge chute is in closed position.

Abstract: A baling press has opposed boxes with a tramper movable along the lint feed box for pre-packing fibrous material fed thereinto. The press box opposed to the feed box has a ram follow block against which the fibrous material is pre-packed, and which moves incrementally away from the lint box as the prepacked fiber mass accumulates. The tramper is reciprocable at a uniform stroke and has a pronged tramper head thereon for restraining the pre-packed bale in the press box as a slotted gate is closed prior to a final compression of the bale. Prepacking in the lint box may then continue for another batch during the final bale compression.

Abstract: Apparatus for filling containers with refuse which has been compacted by pressing comprises a weighing device for weighing refuse collecting vehicles, a plurality of holders each capable of holding and discharging a batch of refuse from one vehicle, a refuse press including a filling shaft and two conveyor belts, which are preferably arranged one on each of two opposite sides of the filling shaft, for conveying batches of refuse discharged from the holders, which are arranged in a row, to the filling shaft of the press. The apparatus enables batches of refuse of different weights from each other to be selected from a larger number of batches to provide optimum filling of the container with the weight of the contents of the container closely approximating a predetermined weight.

Abstract: Machine to draw metal (especially aluminum) cans by suction into a housing by a vacuum fan. A hose may be used to pick up cans from the ground or cans may be fed manually into the intake of the housing. The intake is at the top of the housing and in registry therewith is a vertical cylinder of expanded metal or machined from high-impact plastic, which directs the cans down through a conical hopper of high-impact plastic. Small foreign particles pass through the vertical cylinder and hopper and drop to the bottom of the housing. These particles may be collected from the housing from time to time. Dust and very small particles are drawn through the vacuum fan and collected in a filter bag. Large particles such as cans are directed from the hopper to a chute where they are shredded by revolving blades and pass into a compactor housing where they are compressed for salvage.

Abstract: Apparatus for sequentially compacting a plurality of containers includes first and second plates each juxtaposed with respect to the other and having respective compacting surfaces, one of the plates being operated by a cam for effecting the reciprocal operation toward and away from the other plate so as to crush containers between the two compacting surfaces. A magazine is provided above the compacting plates for feeding the containers into the space therebetween, the magazine being pivoted above the plates such that downward rotation of the magazine occurs responsive to the weight of a predetermined number of the containers to operate a switch which energizes the cam mechanism.

Abstract: A conveyor carries cans or other refuse from a source of cans to a jaw crusher. The conveyor is adapted to drop cans generally one at a time into a bin, and the bin has an opening to release each can when the jaws open to receive it. In the open position, the jaws are spread far enough apart so that the can drops to the bottom thereof. A flap is provided at the bottom to hold the can between the jaws. The end of the flap extends to a position above the bottom of the stationary jaw. As the jaws come together in crushing, the moving jaw cams the flap downward along the stationary jaw. However, the flap is not cammed entirely out of the area beneath the jaw until the jaws have come together to hold the can. The flap ensures that no lip is formed on the can. After the jaws close, the flap is moved out from beneath the jaws so that when the jaws open, the crushed object can fall out of the jaws for carrying away.

Abstract: A refuse compactor having an auxiliary loading means for introducing small refuse elements into the compacting container for obviating the need to move the compacting container to the normal fully exposed refuse loading position exteriorly of the compactor cabinet. A door may be used to control the small access opening. The compacting ram is disposed at the top of the compacting container in the retracted position and is constructed to define a passage for movement of refuse from the auxiliary opening into the container notwithstanding the disposition of the ram means therebetween.

Abstract: A bottomless container for household dry refuse such as garbage and rubbish is positioned within a bag having its upper edge folded firstly inwardly and then outwardly of the container edge, so that the refuse can be compacted and the bag removed when the bottomless container is raised off the bag. The system for filling the container comprises a box-shaped trap pivotally mounted to an external wall of the house, at the bottom of an aperture adapted to be closed by a double seal device operatively connected to the trap, so that when the trap is shut the aperture is closed by the bottom of the trap and by one of a pair of parallel vertical spaced curtains of the double seal device, and when the trap is open the aperture is closed by the pair of curtains. The aperture leads into a rubbish chute which receives the container in its bottom and which has means in its upper portion for compacting the refuse.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of packaging asbestos fibers wherein damp asbestos fibers are consolidated into blocks having a density of at least about 100 lbs./cu. ft. (PCF). These blocks can then be stacked on pallets, pulpable pallets if desired, and secured to said pallet with various means, for example with a shrink film, to produce a clean, compact package. At the point of use, the blocks are disintegrated using a block-breaker and the resultant pieces are then opened into a loose mass of asbestos fibers in a conventional opening apparatus.

Abstract: A machine feeds material such as shredded or ground paper, cellulose fiber, peat moss, or the like, into a vertical chamber having a ram forcing the material into a communicating chamber adapted to retain a bag over an open end thereof and having a ram or pressure plate moveable longitudinally thereof for compressing the material in the chamber. The rams are perforated, with the rear thereof being evacuated to dispose of dust or the like, and a piston operated back-up plate is mounted on a track for controlled movement relative to the open ended chamber for holding a bag end during compression of material and removal of loaded bags.

Abstract: A can compactor comprising a frame, a generally vertical anvil mounted in the frame, and a ram movable horizontally toward and away from said anvil. A guide is provided for guiding the cans for rolling movement toward the anvil. A stop is provided for a row of cans rolling toward the ram. Upon retraction of the ram a can is forced over the stop into the space between the anvil and the ram where it is retained between the anvil and the ram to permit the ram to be moved and thereby compact the can.

Abstract: The trash compactor of the present invention utilizes a three piece toggle linkage mechanism for moving the compactor blade from its inoperative to its operative position. The toggle linkage includes a frame link hinged to the frame of the compactor, a primary link hinged to the frame link, and a blade link pivotally connected to the primary link and also pivotally connected to the compactor blade. Hydraulic cylinders are operatively connected to the linkage mechanism for causing movement of the compactor blade from its initial position to its compacting position. Another feature of the trash compactor, includes a counterbalance mechanism for the door to the compactor, the counterbalance mechanism being adapted to neutralize the weight of the door throughout the swinging movement of the door from its open to its closed position. A safety interlock is engaged by a cam plate on the door so that the hydraulic system is inoperative whenever the door is open.

Abstract: A baling machine for particulate material such as wood chips and bark includes a vertically elongated compression chamber provided at its upper end with an inclined inlet feed chute, a downwardly facing vertically movable compression ram in the chamber, an upwardly facing vertically movable gate ram forming the lower end of the chamber during compression, and a bale-strapping assembly associated with the lower end portion of the chamber. A horizontally movable door operating between open and closed positions at the inner end of the feed chute forms part of the wall of the chamber when closed. The leading edge of the door is specially shaped to penetrate the material in the chute and to cooperate with anvil surfaces at the end of its travel to prevent jamming of the door as it closes.

Abstract: A device for discharging refuse through a discharge pipe being in communication with a hopper having an outlet through which refuse is successively introduced into the discharge pipe from a vacuum transport system performs the following operations:A compactor gate is advanced into the discharge pipe in a direction perpendicular to the length dimension of the discharge pipe at a location between the hopper outlet and a discharge outlet to block the internal longitudinal passage thereof to substantially prevent air from being drawn into the vacuum transport system through discharge outlet and the hopper. Thereafter, a compactor pusher is repeatedly reciprocated in the discharge pipe from a withdrawn limit position in which communication between the hopper outlet and the discharge pipe is open, towards the lowered compactor gate to accumulate and compress successively introduced refuse between the compactor pusher and the compactor gate.

Abstract: A refuse compaction apparatus adapted to be mounted upon a vehicle chassis. The apparatus is constructed as an integral unit and includes a refuse loading compartment and a refuse storage compartment. Movable longitudinally within the storage compartment is a large compaction blade adapted to move refuse rearwardly of the compartment and controllably compress it against the rear wall thereof. Located intermediate the loading and storage compartments is a unique transition mechanism adapted to cooperate with a pusher mechanism reciprocally movable within the loading compartment to cleanly transfer the refuse from the loading compartment into a position where it can be engaged by the compaction blade and moved rearwardly of the storage compartment for compaction. With this unique construction, fall-back of the refuse into the loading compartment is totally eliminated and highly efficient compaction and loading of the refuse within the storage compartment can be realized.

Abstract: The invention is an improved baler for baling loose wire which the baler receives from a loose wire loading device. The baler includes a mounting member, a hopper having an open base which is disposed adjacent to the first end of the mounting member and which is mounted on the top thereof and a cylindrical member having a pair of open ends and also having one-quarter of its sidewall removed therefrom to form an opening having a first edge and a second edge. The cylindrical member is disposed so that the opening has its first edge perpendicular to the top of the mounting member and its second edge parallel thereto and faces the second end of the mounting member.

Abstract: Apparatus for compressing and packaging articles, e.g. insulation batts, comprises a bomb bay door arrangement for receiving the articles in succession and depositing the articles in a first position in successive batches each comprising a stack of the articles, a compression chamber, a movable support for displacing the batches in succession from said first position to a second position in the compression chamber, a lifting fork for displacing a first one of the batches from the second position to a third position in the compression chamber to allow the displacement of the next succeeding batch from the first position to the second position, a vertical ram for compressing the first batch and the next succeeding batch together in the compression chamber, and a horizontal ram for discharging the compressed articles through a bagging snout for applying a bag to the compressed articles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved machine for shearing and compressing scrap metals, in particular, a large scrap metals, such as an automobile. The machine includes a carriage defined by a pair of spaced apart plates, a rigid base disposed between said spaced apart plates to define a U-shaped cross-section, an arm member having a drive motor operatively connected thereto and a supply table having a drive motor operatively connected thereto. A pivot is provided for pivotally mounting the arm member between the pair of spaced apart plates whereby the arm member pivots toward and away from the base. Another pivot is provided for pivotally mounting the supply table at the end of the carriage whereby the supply table rises in order to supply the scrap metals placed thereon onto the base. The supply table is further provided with a put-out table for serving to exhaust the compact block of scrap metals from the machine with the action of the supply table.

Abstract: Apparatus for crushing containers, such as beverage cans, in a crushing zone between a movable ram and a relatively stationary platen, and for delivering the crushed containers to given receptacles according to the material of the containers. Control means for power operated means, such as a container counting device, includes a pair of movable container engaging probe members that are adapted to engage opposite ends of a container in a testing zone through which the container passes during movement to the crushing zone, the probe members comprising portions of an electric circuit also including a selector switch having a movable switch element. The extent of movement of the movable switch element is governed by the extent of movement of the probe members toward and away from engagement with a container. Power operated mechanism imparts movements to the ram, probe members, and a container feeding device.

Abstract: A machine for processing large workpieces, particularly a hydraulic press for working on large metal sheets, comprises external equipment for rigidly supporting and guiding the workpiece. The handling equipment is provided with means which permit the workpiece, together with part of the handling equipment, to carry out movements induced by the reactional forces generated in the workpiece by the tools of the machine. Those forces are held within predetermined limits, whereby the handling equipment is protected against damage but still capable accurately to position the workpiece relative to the tools before each processing step carried out by the tools.

Abstract: A baling press, having a cavity and a bolster for reciprocating in the cavity, uses replaceable cavity liners and bolster wear strips. These liners and wear strips can be replaced without disassembling the press by withdrawing the bolster from the cavity. Also disclosed is the use of a number of high volume pumps which are switched out of the hydraulic supply circuit as the bolster nears the end of its compression stroke so as to allow the use of relatively low power prime movers.

Abstract: Apparatus is provided for bailing compressible material between a pair of bale boards. The material is supplied to a retractable chamber and onto a bale board positioned at the bottom of the chamber when the chamber is in the down position. A ram is movable within the chamber to compress the material onto the board. Following partial withdrawal of the ram to permit a bale board to be inserted within the chamber, the ram descends to form the bale to its final dimensions. Upon retraction of the chamber, an ejector moves laterally to the direction of ram movement to displace the bale to a station where straps are secured about the bale. The ram returns to its up position and after return of the ejector to its original position, the chamber is moved to its down position in readiness for the fabrication of the next bale.

Abstract: In a bale press feeder, waste material is drawn into a condenser to form a fluffy blanket. The thickness of the blanket is decreased by passing the blanket through rolling devices with successively reduced clearance, and then by drawing the blanket through a chamber of successively reduced height by a conveyor belt. The thereby compressed blanket is fed to a bale press. A packer, operated in response to the feeding of the compressed blanket to the bale press, cyclically packs the blanket in the press.

Abstract: A waste compacting apparatus includes a compactor housing with a vertically reciprocating ram mounted in its upper portion. A waste inlet is provided in the middle portion of the compactor housing for receiving waste, and the received waste is fed into a removable waste receptacle located in the lower portion of the compacting housing. Waste compaction takes place when the vertically reciprocating ram is driven down into the receptacle in the lower portion of the housing. The waste receptacle is horizontally slidable from a first position within the compactor housing, in which compacting takes place, to a second position outside the housing, during which the receptacle is unloaded. A vertically reciprocating sleeve is mounted within the housing, surrounding the ram, and has a waste inlet aperture in its upper portion.

Abstract: There is disclosed an improved litter disposal device for use on vehicles including automobiles. The litter disposal device permits the occupants of the automobile or other vehicle to dispose of litter through access ports in the interior of the passenger compartment of the automobile or other vehicle. The interior access ports open into a litter conduit conveyor system mounted along the under carriage of the automobile. Once the litter is deposited into the conduit, it is conveyed through the conduit by the operation of a wiper plug in the conveyor which is electromechanically movable from the forward end of the conveyor to the open rearward end of the conveyor. The litter is deposited into an accumulation receptacle which is positioned, typically, within the trunk compartment of the automobile. The accumulation receptacle is provided with an access door for easy removal of the litter when the receptacle is full.

Abstract: A gear and cam housing journals the shaft for intermittently driving the lower feed roll by means of conjugate cams, and by adjusting the vertical position of the housing, the feed line height is likewise adjusted. The invention provides a timing belt drive from the main drive shaft for the press to the drive shaft for the conjugate cams which will permit adjustments for feed line height while maintaining synchronized feed cycle and press timing relationship. Specifically, the apparatus includes a pair of sprockets and timing belts arranged to form an elbow, with one belt operatively connecting the press drive shaft with one timing sprocket at the elbow and wherein the other timing belt operatively connects the other timing sprocket with the drive shaft for the conjugate cams.

Abstract: A machine for packing compressible low density loose fill cellulose insulation material into flexible bags. A machine includes a hopper for receiving bulk quantities of loose fill insulation material. A metered feed mechanism is sequentially operable to discharge measured amounts of the loose insulation material from the hopper to an upright charging tube. Below the tube is mounted a container receiving mechanism and a container enclosure mechanism. Empty flexible insulation receiving bags are mounted to the receiving mechanism and located in position directly below the charging tube. The enclosure mechanism is operated to close about the periphery of the empty container while a compactor mechanism operates to compress the preselected amount of insulation into the waiting container. Once the container is packed, the enclosure mechanism opens to allow the filled container to be removed and an empty container mounted in its place.

Abstract: A system for the handling of solid waste involving multiple solid waste handling stations. Each station has a hopper unit for receiving waste, a storage unit, and a compactor unit for transferring and compacting the waste. Each station is provided with detector means for detecting a packed storage unit. Adjoining stations are operatively interconnected by station selector means. The station selector means responds to the detector means to deactivate a station having a packed storage unit and to activate an adjoining station having an empty storage unit.

Abstract: A baling press has opposed boxes with a press mechanism movable along the lint feed box for pre-packing fibrous material fed continuously thereto. A slotted gate is shiftable into and out of the path of the press mechanism which includes leg members movable for transferring the material from the upper one of the boxes to the lower one thereof. The gate may be closed while the leg members extend into the lower box during transfer of the material, so that the material is restrained by the leg members which may be also moved out of the lower box while the gate is closed.

Abstract: The door of a trash compactor has an auxiliary door located to permit trash to be entered through it into the throat of the compactor. The auxiliary door, when closed, includes a throat portion which converts into a chute when the auxiliary door is opened.

Abstract: A press line having a transfer system for transferring workpieces from a processing station of one press to a processing station of a subsequent press. The transfer system includes a track extending over the entire interspace between the two successive presses and a single transfer slide mounted for horizontal movement along the track. At least one pair of grippers pointing in opposite directions is mounted on the slide and a single storage station is provided between the two successive presses with a drive being provided which controls the movement of the slide in accordance with the travel path thereof.

Abstract: A baling press especially for fibrous materials comprises a press box with a filler box located above it, a plunger for moving the material to be baled out of the filler box into the press box, and retaining fingers which prevent material moved by the plunger from returning. The filler box has two opposite fixed walls and two hinged opposite walls which are located between the fixed walls and which are capable of pivoting through a small angle relative to the axis of the press box when the plunger is withdrawn. The axes of the hinges of the hinged walls are fixed and extend transversely to the axis of the press box, so that, in use, material to be baled is fed through the filler box with its hinged walls inclined to the axis of the press box, and then with the hinged walls of the filler box aligned with the press box the plunger moves the material from the filler box into the press box.

Abstract: A frame having a baling chamber formed therein and a feed hopper member pivotally mounted adjacent the chamber for introducing a car body or similar article partially into the baling chamber. A cover member is pivotally mounted adjacent the other side of the baling chamber and has a front edge constructed as a cutting edge. The cover member when pivoted to its open position permits the introduction of the car body into the baling chamber by tilting the feed hopper member. The cover member, when pivoted to its closed position after the car body is partially introduced into the baling chamber, will partially crush and bend the car at approximately the middle portion thereof so that substantially one-half of the car body will be inside the baling chamber and the other half will protrude out of the baling chamber through the space adjacent the front edge of the cover member.

Abstract: A stack-forming machine is provided with press reciprocating mechanism which tilts said press during reciprocation of the latter from a substantially horizontal position at or near the lower limit of press travel to a canted position at the upper limit of press travel wherein the front of the press adjacent the crop loader is above the rear of the press. A first embodiment of the invention utilizes interconnected two-bar linkages, one of which has a lost motion connection between its links; a second embodiment utilizes interconnected parallel and skewed four-bar linkages to tilt the press; while yet a third embodiment utilizes two-bar linkages of unequal length to accomplish press tilting.

Abstract: A waste compacting system for use in commerical establishments is described. Refuse to be compacted is fed via a chute into a first chamber and when a given level is reached, a first hydraulically actuated ram is automatically or manually activated to push the refuse from the collecting chamber into a compacting chamber. A second hydraulically actuated ram or platen then operates to apply a high compaction force to the refuse, forcing it into a container in the bottom of the compaction chamber. An electrical control network which includes various interlocks insures safe and reliable operation of the system.

Abstract: A baling press has opposed boxes with a press mechanism movable along the lint feed box for pre-packing fibrous material fed continuously thereto. The press mechanism is reciprocable axially along the lint feed box in short strokes and moves progressively from a discharge opening toward an open end thereof. The packing mechanism is movable toward the discharge opening so as to permit leg members thereof to discharge a pre-packed bale of fibrous material of a predetermined size through an open gate at the opening and into a compression mechanism disposed co-axially with the lint box. The compression mechanism includes a compression chamber located adjacent the discharge opening for compressing the pre-packed fibrous material into compact bales which are subsequently exposed for removal as the compression chamber is shifted axially away from the lint box.

Abstract: Apparatus for stacking and compressing batts of compressible material comprising a vertical stacking chamber, indexing gates in the upper portion of said stacking chamber normally disposed to receive batts, an indexing and compression plate, means for repeatedly cycling said indexing and compression plate around a first path a predetermined number of times and then around a second path once, said first path extending upwardly of the outside of said stacking chamber laterally into said stacking chamber at a level above said indexing gates, downwardly in said stacking chamber, through said indexing gates, and laterally out of said stacking chamber, said second path extending upwardly of the outside of said stacking chamber, laterally into said stacking chamber, downwardly in said stacking chamber to a compression level in the lower portion thereof that is below the extent of downward travel of said first path and laterally out of said stacking chamber, said indexing gates being operable in response to the passa

Abstract: A trash compactor includes a container and a ram for compacting waste materials deposited therein, and a reusable liner positioned within the container receives the waste material, and facilitates removal of the waste material after compaction thereof. The liner has interfitting sections each with upstanding sidewalls and a bottom wall with one side wall of each of the sections being shortened to permit their ready assembly and disassembly. A tubular bag of seamless plastic sheet material having one sealed end is placed in the liner. The bag has a cuff portion which folds over the upper end of the liner and the container. Holes in the cuff portion engage buttons on the exterior of the container. The bag is longer than the liner depth to permit the sealed bag end to bunch in the bottom of the liner, and when a bag of compacted trash is removed, the material drops to the sealed end of the bag leaving an excess at the cuff portion for closing the open end of the bag.