Abstract: There is disclosed a compression bundling apparatus which can be used to compression pack or bundle such materials as waste paper, hair, cotton, plastics, crude rubber, city rubbish and the like. The apparatus can be used for lateral and vertical binding with polypropylene plastic bands. The apparatus has two main sections, the compression section and the bundling section. The two sections are connected by a guide space in which the compressed material is conveyed to the bundler where it is then bound by vertical and, if desired, lateral bands to form the bundle. There is means to discharge the banded bundle or to discharge the compressed bundle prior to banding. The vertical banding is accomplished by the cooperation of a plurality of band guides external to the compression chamber and movable into the bundling chamber which has a movable bundler for causing the bands to bind the compressed block into a bundle.

Abstract: An automatic can crushing machine, preferably used for compressing standard aluminum 12 ounce beverage cans, is constructed of a housing having an angularly inclined feed chute for receiving a supply stack of cans to be crushed therein and an adjacent, parallel-arranged crushing station in which a piston reciprocates back and forth to crush the cans one at a time delivered from the feed chute. The feed chute is adapted to contain a serial stack of spent cans which are disposed, under the influence of gravity, to pass downward in the chute toward an ejection end. An ejector mechanism in the form of a plunger passes transversely through the ejection end of the chute to force a can about to be crushed through a delivery opening covered by a flap valve for deposit into a trough mounted in the crushing station. A crushing piston reciprocates within the trough. Movement of the crushing piston along the trough longitudinally compresses the can to approximately one-eighth of its original length over an outlet gap.

Abstract: A power operated press for moist, fibrous waste employing a pair of spaced grates which are moved relative to each other only when a waste collection chamber above the press discharges to a space between the grates a predetermined amount of waste. A ram is provided for moving the grates relative to each other to compress the waste and remove a predetermined amount of moisture therefrom in timed sequence with the movement of the waste into and out of the press.

Abstract: A crusher for articles such as aluminum cans, having a crushing chamber with a bearing plate disposed in the base thereof. An ejection lever is disposed within the bottom of the crushing chamber and is utilized to actuate a crusher piston and eject the crushed article at the end of a cycle. In the embodiment disclosed, the placing of an article within the crushing chamber retracts the ejection lever against a spring or other mechanical bias element. This movement of the ejection lever then actuates a switch to operate the crusher piston. The downward operation of the crusher piston causes a latch to restrain the ejection lever in its retracted position. As the crusher piston reaches the maximum amount of travel, a limit switch reverses the drive mechanism and the crusher piston moves upward.

Abstract: A compactor for salvaging aluminum cans has a removable upright tube that fits into a groove in the base; a replaceable anvil has an arcuate slot that fits over a section of the above-mentioned groove, and the tube wall passes through this slot to reach the groove. A thrust rod, bearing a crushing block, is hingedly connected to a lever arm by means of a U-bolt so that it can remain substantially upright.

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 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 clampable closure device for the press door (3) of a baling press comprises a lever (5) nonrotatably connected to a shaft (13) the other end of which is fixed to an end of eccentric lever (12). The other end of the eccentric lever (12) is fixed to a shaft (14) mounted on spaced apart bearing members (2) secured to the top of the press housing (1). Beams (6) each have one end rotatably connected to a shaft (13) and the other end of each beam (6) has an angled guide recess (10) receiving a traverse shaft (7) connected to the press door (3). Rotation of the lever (5) effects a clampable closure and locking of the press door (3) to the press housing (1). The device for the press door (3) may be used on conjunction with a filler slide (19) having an angle lever (20). Lever arm (22) effects retraction movement of a closure bolt (24 ) against the resistance of spring (26) to effect opening of the filler slide (19).

Abstract: An empty can crusher for crushing and flattening empty cans, comprising an inlet, a chute, a stopper device, a pressing device and a forked chute. Empty cans supplied in the crusher are crushed and flattened by the pressing device and are sorted into aluminium cans and steel cans by means of a magnet embedded in the pressing device, which fall down into respective receptacles through the forked chute.

Abstract: Apparatus for feeding a laminate pack into a press and for discharging the finished product such as a laminated, finished board. A plurality of lifters and holders arranged on support arms are provided along the longitudinal edge of the finished board to remove it from the press. These same support arms carry conveyors to transport the laminate pack into the press at the same time or before the finished board is discharged. Fast operating cycles are obtained by reducing the feeding and discharge operating times.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing and collecting a liquid extract and a pressed dry by-product from a mash of fibrous material includes an extraction chamber, a movable piston for compressing the mash of fibrous material, an agitator coupled to the piston so that the agitator moves coincident with the piston, and a drive mechanism for rotating the agitator to mix the mash. The extraction chamber includes an open end for expelling the by-product, a material inlet opening in proximity to the open end for filling the chamber with the mash, and a liquid outlet opening for collecting the liquid extract. A gate closes the open end to form a work station within the extraction chamber which is filled with the mash. The mash is agitated and compressed within the work station to extract the liquid and form a pressed dry product therefrom, and the gate is removed to open the end of the chamber to allow the dry product to be expelled.

Abstract: A tiltable bed is provided with a set of toothed chains and a control system therefor so that the chains are moved along the length of the bed at a linear speed which corresponds to the linear speed of movement of the bed relative to the ground and independent of the rate of movement of ground engaging means directed to move that bed along the ground: thereby there is no strain put on a cotton module engaged and caused to traverse the length of such bed by those moving chains while being lifted or lowered during adverse traction conditions.

Abstract: A shear baler is disclosed which is designed to efficiently process large volumes of desparate scrap metals into discrete, high intensity, compact bundles and includes novel structure for the facile mounting of shear blades in the movable shear ram and for preventing damage to the side mount ram due to scrap metal working around the ram head.

Abstract: A plate-type filter press having a cleaning truck movable in the direction of movement of the slidable filter plates embodies a drive and a pusher adapted to be brought into engagement with the filter plates. The cleaning truck has a releasable brake and the pusher is extensible by the drive in the direction of movement of the filter plates.

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: A machine for reducing, crushing, and joining used metal cans to form an ingot comprising a stack of laminated crushed cans. The reducing chamber contains a vertically adjustable platen on which the ingot is formed. The cans are reduced, crushed, and joined by a ram which is operated within the chamber. Punches on the ram are effective to pierce extruded holes in the crushed cans after the cans have been flattened. The ram is powered hydraulically, or by any other pressure producing device, via a toggle so that an increasing compression force is developed as the cans are crushed.

Abstract: The upper ends of filter cloths attached to two adjacent filter plates are connected to a filter medium hanger suspended from suspension arms pivotally mounted on one of the filter plates in the upper regions on opposite sides thereof. Arm rests for supporting the suspension arms are provided on the other filter plate in the upper regions on opposite sides thereof. When the filter plates are moved from their closed state for filtration to their opened state upon completion of filtration, the suspension arms, tilting as supported by the arm rests, are caused to vibrate, thereby accelerating the stripping of the cake which has accumulated on the filter cloths connected to the filter medium hanger.

Abstract: A conventional Webb cotton press is modified to change the path of bale movement 90.degree.. In additon, an improved debander is located adjacent the new entry location to the press. At the end of one cycle of press operation, a pusher associated with the debander advances a debanded bale into the press which pushes the finished bale out of the press. A heading mechanism is provided to square an unbanded bale push into the press.

Abstract: A press for coating workpieces has an upper and a lower press plate which can move together and apart. After workpieces are coated and the press opens, they rest on the lower plate from which they are removed. For this purpose an edge portion of the workpieces is lifted by suction members and one or more bars are moved underneath the workpiece which, resting thereon, is then moved out from between the press plates.

Abstract: A sludge processing system includes a cylindrical chamber with a piston slidably mounted therein. The chamber includes an inlet valve and an output port. Sludge contained within the chamber is compacted by the piston as expressing liquid exits from the chamber via the outlet port. The inlet port admits the sludge upon a withdrawal of the piston. Sieves on opposite ends of the chamber contain the particulate matter in the sludge as the liquid exits therefrom. A cake of solid sludge matter builds up upon successive strokes of the piston, and is then expelled by a final stroke of the piston via a door in an end of the chamber.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting a scrapped good such as a scrapped automobile. The apparatus has a machine frame having a table provided with a recess, and a bifurcated pressing member rotatable into and out of the recess by means of a pressing cylinder. The pressing member has a lifting portion and a cutting portion provided at its both side with cutting edges for co-operation with cutting edges formed at both sides of the recess. As the pressing cylinder is energized, the pressing member is rotated into the recess to cut and press the scrap into tabular form. The pressed tabular scrap is then lifted by the returning rotation of the pressing member to the level of the table surface, and is discharged to the out of the apparatus by means of a pay-off device mounted on the machine frame.

Abstract: An apparatus for compacting salvage. The apparatus has a crushing pad pivoted at one end to a generally horizontal frame. The crushing pad is moved from a generally vertical position to a generally horizontal position by a fluid cylinder assembly and articulate linkage to accomplish the crushing effort with improved compaction of salvaged material.

Abstract: A single unit moves into and out of a press to essentially simultaneously charge the press with the workpiece to be processed and discharge another workpiece which has been processed. The device is particularly suitable for preparing laminates in which the workpiece to be processed comprises a stack of alternating sheets of solid material and bonding material. This workpiece is referred to as a laminating pack. A table on a transfer car holds the unprocessed laminating pack. This same transfer car also has on its lower side a plurality of suction devices for grippingly engaging a processed laminate, i.e., a laminate that has been treated in the heat press. The transfer car holding the unprocessed laminating pack advances into an open press. In the press, the laminating pack is transported onto holding gibs, and the processed laminate in the press is taken up by the suction means on the bottom side of the transfer car.

Abstract: A vertical can crusher of the type having a vertical standard carrying a cantilever head supporting a vertically movable crushing ram, and means for vertically actuating the ram reciprocatably relative to an upwardly facing worktable substantially spaced below the head and fixed relative to the standard, and comprising a vertical tubular can receptacle having its lower end separably supported on the work table and having its upper end open to receive a can therein and adapted to receive the ram for crushing the can against the worktable. Horizontal means attached to the receptacle and guided by the standard controls the receptacle for movement relative to the standard and the head between a first position operatively aligned under the ram so that a can placed in the receptacle is adapted to be crushed by the ram into a flattened disk, and a second position adapted for discharging the crushed can disk from the receptacle.

Abstract: A press for cold-forming granular tungsten carbide cutting tool edge blanks for sintering, it has helical edges on jaws which open and close around a center pin and are of a depth which allows for shrinkage during sintering, top, bottom and side members seal the forming cavity; a grahite sinter fixture has similarly-shaped forming and sealing components to the press but relies only on gravitational surface reaction to close components against a pressed blank to prevent shrinkage distortion during sintering.

Abstract: Baling press adapted to receive dried ordinary bales of hay and to compress them further, particularly to facilitate shipment of the bales.The press comprises a longitudinally extending compression chamber having substantially rigid lateral walls, an upstream end wall comprising a ram longitudinally movable between upstream and downstream extremes of movement, and a downstream end wall comprising an exit gate.The compression chamber is provided with novel bale ejection means comprising a longitudinally extending endless chain loop with first and second runs, the first run being attached to the ram and the second run being attached to a barbed ejection plate which engages and ejects bales in the compression chamber while moving downstream and which disengages matter within the compression chamber when moving upstream.

Abstract: A transfer device of the opposed finger type is disclosed for transferring an article along an arcuate path of travel between two stations while rotating the article, so that transfer from one station to another is effected while simultaneously turning the article 180 degrees about an axis substantially normal to the path of travel. The transfer device has a subframe with a fixed reaction element mounted thereon and an elongated transfer arm mounted on the subframe in a manner which allows the transfer arm to rotate about its longitudinal axis as well as pivot with respect to the subframe. One end of the transfer arm has a rotating element which is engaged with the fixed reaction element which causes the transfer arm to rotate about its longitudinal axis as the transfer arm pivots.

Abstract: Can crushing apparatus including a base portion, a can holding portion, a crusher portion, and a crusher actuating portion; the can holding portion extending upwardly from the base portion, the can holding portion including a can retaining section, the can retaining section including a can receiving opening adjacent the upper end of the can retaining section, a crushed can outlet opening adjacent the lower end of the can retaining section; the crusher portion including a piston, a piston rod having one end connected to the piston and the opposite end thereof connected to the crusher actuating portion, the piston rod being of a length greater than the length of the can retaining section; the crusher actuating portion including a support section extending upwardly from the base portion adjacent to the can retaining section, a handle member having one end thereof pivotally connected to the upper end of the support section and extending from the support section over the upper end of the can retaining section and

Abstract: A compacting device for crushing aluminum beverage containers to render them more readily storable and transportable to salvage facilities. The device comprises a housing with a side opening for receiving an empty container, an open end aligned with a movable piston actuated by a linkage controlled by a hand lever, and a closed end supporting a pivotal anvil. The can is initially crimped as it is inserted through a narrowed portion of the side opening to help start its axial crushing when engaged by the piston. When the can is fully collapsed, the anvil pivots to eject the can from a lower opening in the housing. The device is preferably constructed from a strong, light, plastic material and can be mounted in either a vertical or horizontal position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for compressing voluminous material easy to compress and for storing and transporting the material in said compressed state. According to the invention, thus, there are provided a bottom and two opposed vertical walls capable to approach each other for compressing the material between the walls. When the material has been compressed to the desired volume the material is transferred to a storage or transport crate, which is located with its floor beneath the bottom and with its sides outside of and adjacent the walls. When the material is being discharged between the walls, it expands and presses against the side of the crate and an end side connected to the crate whereby the crate is moved with the material while being successively filled. When the material is being compressed it is pressed downward by a belt acting from above on the material.

Abstract: A conveyor for conveying material from a press machine. The conveyor is advanced by apparatus adapted to be connected toi the movable head of the press machine. The apparatus includes an arm having a plurality of outwardly extending fingers which is connected to the head of the press machine for movement therewith. A rachet wheel having a plurality of circumferentially spaced finger engaging members is fixably mounted to the drive rod of the conveyor. The fingers on the arm engage the finger engaging members of the rachet wheel upon movement of the head of the press in a first direction which causes the rachet wheel as well as the drive rod to rotate. The rotation of the drive rod results in an incremental advance of the conveyor which removes material deposited thereon from the press machine.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for folding and crushing empty cylindrical cans such that after being folded and crushed the can end faces are essentially coplanar. The apparatus comprises a flat stationary anvil and a flat parallel reciprocable platen defining therebetween a folding compartment into which an empty can is inserted, an independently reciprocable creasing element or plunger slidably inserted in an aperture through the center of the reciprocable platen such as to enter and leave said folding compartment, and a drive arrangement simultaneously advancing the reciprocable platen and reciprocable creasing element into said folding compartment towards the can, the creasing element being advanced more rapidly than or ahead of the platen, and drive retracting the creasing element after the creasing element has nearly passed through the can without stopping the advance of the platen, and subsequently retracting the platen.

Abstract: A crusher assembly which includes a base having a first and second shelf portion extending therefrom, at least one guide rod interconnecting the upper and lower shelf portion, a presser member slidably mounted on the at least one guide rod for movement between a first open position for receiving an object to be crushed and a second compression position, a pin member connected to the presser member, a handle member, a pivot member pivotably connecting the handle member to the first shelf portion, a link member pivotably connecting the handle member and the pin member, the link member being interconnected to the handle member in the open position above the pivot member wherein the pivot member, the at least one guide rod, the handle member and the pin member are disposed in substantially the same plane in the open position for maximizing the crushing force applied to the object to be crushed positioned between the presser member and the at least one of the first and second shelf portions.

Abstract: A press for forming self-supporting bales of fibrous material from a pulpy mass of the same having a high liquid content wherein the inner sides of the fixed walls of the baling chamber are provided with parallel narrow grooves having holes in their bottoms extending through the walls to the outside of the chamber. The pulpy mass creates rib-like formations in the grooves which block loss of solids but permit escape of liquid from the chamber. The grooves are parallel to the movement of the press head so the grooves are self-cleaning.

Abstract: A double-acting compacting apparatus comprises two movable compaction plates and a stationary compaction plate arranged between said movable plates. Arranged between respective ones of said movable plates and said stationary plate is a free-fall aperture through which compacted objects can fall under gravity. Means are provided for connecting the movable plates together such that during a compaction stroke utilizing one of said movable plates the other of said movable plates defines with said stationary plate a space for receiving further material to be compacted.

Abstract: This invention pertains to a bale forming apparatus for making rectangular bales from fibrous materials, such as, agricultural crops and industrial products. The principle mechanism consists of; a bale forming chamber and a feeder-compactor mechanism which perform a reversing oscillating motion relative to each other, depositing, and compressing layers of fibrous material in the bale forming chamber. The successive layers are arranged in a folded manner, in a continuous process, resulting in low power consumption and in high output capacity for the apparatus. This apparatus is especially suited to make large size rectangular bales.

Abstract: A one at a time can crusher, specifically for recycling aluminum cans, includes an aligning and separating feed chute for cans leading to an end-to-end crusher, and a contact arrangement for detecting the type of can, actuates a solenoid crusher. The unit includes storage for a large number of crushed cans, and a magnetic metal and glass rejector, with an overweight can rejector when used for aluminum.

Abstract: A method of loading bales of refuse from a horizontally acting baling press on to a transport vehicle without the use of a separate loading machine such as a fork-lift truck comprises aligning the transport vehicle with a discharge from the press; moving each bale as it is discharged from the press on to a transverse table; moving some of the bales laterally so that the bales are formed into two or more rows side by side aligned with the transport vehicle and moving the two rows of bales progressively forward as successive bales are discharged from the press so that the rows are moved from the transverse table on to the vehicle and the rows are built up on the vehicle until the vehicle is fully loaded.

Abstract: An apparatus and process is provided for charging, pressing and removing laminated sheets from a heat press. An unpressed laminate is placed on a conveyor tray which is inserted into the heat press from one end as a suction carrier is inserted from the other. The suction carrier removes a pressed laminate as the conveyor tray positions one end of the laminate on the top of the suction carrier. A belt mechanism on the top of the suction carrier, together with the conveyor tray, assists in positioning the entire laminate on a lower hot plate of the heat press at substantially the same time. The suction carrier and conveyor tray are simultaneously removed from the heat press so that the pressing action can occur.

Abstract: A press for extracting water from wet washing comprises a housing, a perforated press floor for supporting a batch of wet washing, and a hydraulic ram for pressing the wet washing down against the press floor. The hydraulic ram is constituted by a generally bell-shaped diaphragm carrier whose open end is closed by a bowed-in, flexible diaphragm. The hollow interior of the diaphragm carrier is pressurizable with hydraulic fluid. A charging frame is provided to assist with the uniform pressing of wet washing while helping prevent damage to the washing arising from jamming. The charging frame is movable with the diaphragm carrier towards the press floor.

Abstract: A device for manufacturing laminated insulating glass plate bonded by adhesive, comprising a supporting table adapted for receiving glass sheets and interspaced spacer frames covered with an adhesive or adapted for soldering. A compression plate is arranged for lifting and lowering movement above the supporting table and is provided with a suction arrangement for raising a glass sheet and compressing it against a spacer frame glass sheet preassembly delivered on the supporting table. The device further comprises a feeding track, a washing device and a device for assembling the spacer frames.

Abstract: A garbage collecting truck having two separate compartments, one to receive recyclable materials, such as paper, fabric and the like, and the other to receive the remainder mainly non-recyclable waste of the garbage. The two compartments are of elongated shape, are mounted side by side on the truck chassis longitudinally of the same and both are inclined upwardly towards the front of the truck. Both compartments can be loaded from the rear of the truck by persons standing on the ground, and each has a hydraulic ram to push the loaded material forwardly. The recyclable material in the one compartment is formed into successive bales, any two of which can be stacked on a platform located ahead of the elevated discharge outlet of said one compartment.

Abstract: Bank out module builder with unloading mechanism having a generally rectangular framework formed by spaced apart sidewalls and spaced apart front and rear walls with the top and bottom being open, the rear wall being formed by a door being movable between open and closed positions. Ground engaging wheels are carried by the framework to facilitate movement of the framework over the ground. A bottom structure is secured within the lower extremity of the rectangular framework for closing the bottom side. A carriage is mounted in the framework for movement longitudinally along the framework between the front and rear walls. A tramper mechanism is carried by the carriage and is movable vertically in the framework for tramping material introduced into the rectangular framework through the top side to form a module within the rectangular framework.

Abstract: A device for baling cut crop, comprising a baling chamber having an inlet port and an outlet port and a compression member adapted to move in the baling chamber, the compressing stroke of the compression member extends along the inlet port to near the outlet port and is equal to or slightly larger than the distance between the inlet and outlet ports; a construction of the device according to the invention is suitable for making bundles having a materially higher "specific weight" than the generally known "straw bales".

Abstract: A can crushing apparatus is disclosed comprising a reciprocating head which reciprocates between two fixed walls whereby on each stroke of the head, two crushing operations are performed. Automatic can feeding means, having safety switch prime mover activation capability mounted thereon, is provided. A trash container closure base for said apparatus is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of portioning a material and a portioning machine for carrying out the method, the portioning machine comprising a body having an inlet and outlet with gate means movable within the body to selectively open the inlet and the outlet and piston means for compacting material in said body to a predetermined density and for extruding a predetermined quantity of material from the outlet. The piston may be provided with pressure sensitive means which are adjustable so that the density of material compacted can be preselected.

Abstract: There is disclosed a waste compacter including a ruggedly constructed cage structure with a heavy lower door and lighter upper doors and a ram mounted for downward movement to compact waste in the bottom of the cage structure. A portion of the floor structure of the cage serves as an ejector; it is hinged near the front, connected at the back to a link which extends up the rear of the compacter cage, and is fitted with a hook that engages a moveable finger on the ram. The finger on the ram is arranged to be restored to an inoperative position upon downward motion of the ram. Channels or grooves are provided in the bottom surface of the ram, the rear of the compacter cage, and the floor of the compacter cage which effectively interconnect so that a fish tool may be pushed through such channels and grooves to permit a wire or cord to be drawn around three sides of the bale and tied at the front of the compacter.

Abstract: A baling machine comprises a frame defining a first baling chamber having an open top and an opening formed in one end and a second baling chamber which communicates with the first baling chamber through the opening. A cover member is pivotally mounted on the frame and movable between an open position permitting access into the first baling chamber through the open top and a closed position covering the open top. A feed hopper is mounted on the frame for introducing material to be baled into the first baling chamber. A first compression ram is mounted adjacent to the first baling chamber and is movable into the first baling chamber for compressing the material in the first baling chamber and for thereby forming the material into a block having one end section which is aligned with the opening. A feed ram is mounted adjacent to the first baling chamber and is movable into the first baling chamber for moving the block end section into the second baling chamber through the opening.

Abstract: An improved punching press employing a crank shaft, two crank arms having wide longitudinal surfaces for driving to a pressure head connected with a slide, and a crank pin connecting punch ram so as to complete the procedures of pressing and punching during one revolution of the crank shaft.