Abstract: A trash receptacle for separating liquids and solids is disclosed. An example embodiment includes: a lid unit including a sink area for receiving waste liquids and a chute area for receiving waste solids; a reservoir tank for retaining the waste liquids, the sink area including a connecting tube coupling the sink area to the reservoir tank and enabling the waste liquids to flow from the sink area into the reservoir tank; and the lid unit being configured to fit over the reservoir tank and an opening of a trash container.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, a system may include an interface configured to couple to a network, at least one optical sensor configured to capture optical data associated with packaging of a waste product, and a processor coupled to the interface and to the at least one optical sensor. The processor may be configured to search at least one data source to automatically identify the waste product based on the optical data and, when the waste product is not automatically identified based on its packaging, send an alert including the optical data to a social media website through the network to solicit identifying information from one or more subscribers.

Abstract: A sealer for bonding a cover foil to a support foil has upper and lower tools having confronting faces between which the foils move in a transport direction, a drive for pressing one of the tools vertically toward the other tool and thereby compressing the foils together between the faces, an intermediate plate between the drive means and the one tool formed with an array of pressurizable chambers. These chambers can be selectively pressurized.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for processing recyclable containers. In one embodiment, an assembly is provided which comprises an intake port, a plurality of densification devices each configured to densify a recyclable container, a computer-readable medium on which container information is stored, a scanning device for determining a characteristic of the container, and a processor which selects one of the plurality of densification devices to which the recyclable container should be conveyed based on the characteristic(s) determined by the scanning device.

Abstract: A trolley suitable for aircraft or use in all space constraint situations comprising a waste compactor comprising a metal horizontal plate driven by an electric motor reducer that, by a mechanical reducer, drives two telescopic screws responsible for pushing the horizontal plate onto the waste, compacting it.

Abstract: The device is a combination bailer/compactor that is a structure with a series of sidewalls and a floor portion, the structure having a top portion and a bottom portion. The sidewalls form an interior, where the interior is further subdivided into a bailer compartment and a compactor compartment by a common interior partition. Each interior compartment has a separate access opening and access door closing the opening. A track is located near the top portion with a compressive ram being mounted in a frame which is moveable in the track between the bailer compartment and the compactor compartment. A power source is operationally connected to the compressive ram. Both compartments are equipped with access doors.

Abstract: A compactor system (10) for compacting loose refuse or solids at a transfer station that provided consolidation of waste and transfer to specialised vehicles which take the compacted waste on to a final disposal site. The compactor system comprises a refuse receiving volume or compartment (16) for receipt or filling of loose refuse (25), a compacting device (11) to provide a vertical compacting force by ram operated movable base (19) and/or top (20) walls acting on the refuse within the volume (16) to form a compacted refuse load, and a compacted load transfer device (12) having a ram operated movable vertical surface (22) to move the load horizontally and into a refuse transport means or vehicle (15) via the end (13) closed with a movable end surface (21). The top wall (20) can be pivotally opened upwards to allow refuse to be tipped into the volume (16) along the entire length.

Abstract: The present invention disclosed herein provides a transportable recycling center (10) that has a container (12) and a partition (18) within the container (12). The partition (18) separates a work area (20) from a storage area (22). An attendant may accept recyclable materials from consumers in the work area (20) and store the recyclable material in the storage area (22). After the container (12) has been filled with recyclable material, doors (14, 16) on the container (12) may be secured and the container (12) may be loaded onto a truck and transported to a recycling facility.

Abstract: A method, product cracker, and nest are used with a derelict product having a shell covering a core. The shell has opposed front and rear faces and a sidewall having at least one pair of diagonally opposed corner-edges extending transversely between the faces, and is separable along the sidewall into a pair of covers. In the method, the front and rear faces of the product are placed in alignment with a first axis and the pair of diagonally opposed corner-edges are placed in alignment with a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The shell is directly supported near one corner-edge of the pair of diagonally opposed corner-edges and is impacted at the other corner-edge with sufficient force to separate the covers. The alignments are maintained during the impacting. The covers and core are collected and the core is sorted out.

Abstract: A multichamber press has press platens coupled in pairs and movable toward and away from a stray press plate supported on the upright of the press frame. The outer most press platens for synchronizing device for tilting, the synchronous device having pinions meshing on the upright and connected together with shifts which can be coupled by a further shaft and bevel gearing.

Abstract: A container for the receipt, storage and discharge of compacted waste has a housing defining an interior surface formed by a pair of opposed lateral sides and an opposed top and bottom connecting the sides. The housing has opposed input and output ends, the input end including a connector for interconnecting with a waste compactor, and the output end including a door for temporarily closing the output end. The lateral sides form interior surface portions tapering outwardly from the input end to the output end.

Abstract: A vertical waste compactor that includes a pair of side-by-side packing rams that provide increased compaction force on waste materials contained within an open-top trash receiving container that can be conveniently moved inwardly and outwardly of a supporting frame that supports the dual packing rams. The packing rams are driven by a pair of hydraulically actuated assemblies that are supported by the device housing and are pivotally connected to the compaction rams.

Abstract: A domestic waste treatment system, comprising: a compaction and disposal device; a curbside bin, which is adapted to receive the waste, contained in a tray provided with an openable bottom and divided according to type in the compartments of the tray; a truck which is adapted to receive the waste, contained in a bin provided with an openable bottom and divided according to type in the compartments of the bin; a final treatment plant, which is adapted to receive the waste, contained in a container provided with an openable bottom and divided according to type in the compartments of the container.

Abstract: A multicomponent filling apparatus for filling a first kind and a second kind of lumped products such as salad leaves into a container comprises a collecting container having a first portion receiving the first salad type and a second portion separated from the first portion by a partition wall for receiving the second salad type. A portion comprises at least one hinged base which forms the bottom and may swing downwards into an open position, a partition wall disposed above the hinged base for forming a first hinged base portion for the first product type and a second hinged base portion for the second product type.

Abstract: A preferred embodiment includes first and second waste storage compartments for storing separately nonrecyclable and recyclable waste products. A compression member is operably associated with the first and second waste storage compartments for compressing waste material therein. The compression member includes a ram operably connected to a piston and cylinder assembly. The ram is displaced along a single directional path to compress waste material in both the first and second waste storage compartments. An adjustable member is operably associated with the first and second waste storage compartments for varying the storage capacity thereof. The adjustment member includes a baffle extending substantially the length of the first and second waste storage compartments. The baffle is hingedly connected to a support member. Upper and lower doors are associated with each of the first and second storage compartments.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a trash storage system suitable for multiple compartments for selectively compacting and storing the trash generated in a home for subsequent recycling. This trash storage system preferably has a programmable micro controller that allows the selective loading of compartments and compaction of compartments. The trash storage system of the present invention can be mounted under the counter in a kitchen and when so mounted has a front opening that allows the input and removal of trash.

Abstract: A thermal reaction apparatus for sealing liquid within cavities includes a tray having cavities for storing therein liquid. The cavities have openings arranged at varying levels in thickness direction of the tray. A planar sealing member is disposed on the tray to cover the openings and is comprised of a pair of flexible sheets and viscous fluid filled between the flexible sheets. A pressure plate is disposed on the planar sealing member for applying thereto pressure effective to locally flow the viscous fluid to enable the sealing member to seal the varying levels of the cavity openings to thereby prevent evaporation of the liquid stored in the cavities.

Abstract: A compactor for use in compacting at least two separate classes of material comprises a charging box, a storage container and a packer ram. The charging box is internally, longitudinally divided into at least first and second charging chambers, each charging chamber having a charging opening and a discharging opening. The storage container is internally divided into at least first and second storage chambers and each chamber has a material receiving opening in communication with a respective discharging opening of the charging box. The storage container is releasably fixed relative to the charging box.

Abstract: A compression apparatus for solid waste includes a precompression device and main compression device. A precompression device includes a precompression sleeve for receiving therein a cylindrical vessel filled with the solid waste and a press ram arranged above said precompression sleeve and movable upward and downward for compressing, at high pressure, the cylindrical vessel in the precompression sleeve. The compression sleeve includes an upper straight large diameter portion, and an intermediate tapered portion, thereby compressing the cylindrical vessel and reducing its volume in three dimensional directions by compressing the vessel radially inwardly at the tapered inner surface of the intermediate tapered portion. The main compression device includes a main compression press ram and a main compression sleeve having an inner diameter no more than the inner diameter of a lowermost end of the intermediate tapered portion.