Abstract: A portable electropressing apparatus is provided with an installing base having an installing surface extending in a plane in parallel with the axial movement directions (horizontal, vertical and oblique) of a pressing ram so that the apparatus may be may be easily and exactly installed with a variety of positional changes with respect to a workpiece to be pressed, wherein the portable electropressing apparatus comprises an apparatus body; a pressing ram provided in the apparatus body and axially movable to import a required amount of pressure to a workpiece to be pressed; an electric drive motor; a drive mechanism including a threaded drive shaft operatively connected to the electric drive motor to be rotated thereby; a transmission operatively connected to the threaded drive shaft and to the pressing ram to convert the rotational movement of the threaded drive shaft into the axial movement of the pressing ram; and an installing arrangement including the aforementioned installing base formed integral with th

Abstract: A method of recompressing bales of fibrous material which uses longer bales and a lesser pressure force at the plunger head to achieve higher quality recompressed bales having nearly the same density of those made through the standard process.

Abstract: A plastic bottle restricting device including a circular sleeve having an open upper end and an open lower end. The circular sleeve is dimensioned for receiving a plastic bottle. The circular sleeve has a pair of threaded apertures therethrough. A pair of screws extend through the pair of diametrically opposed threaded apertures of the circular sleeve. The pair of screws each have an inner end and an outer end. A pair of arcuate plates are positioned within the circular sleeve. The arcuate plates each have an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surfaces are positionable against the plastic bottle. The outer surfaces are secured to the inner ends of the pair of screws whereby tightening of the screws will squeeze the plastic bottle between the arcuate plates.

Abstract: A pressing machine for joining two workpieces includes a workbench (10), a rigging (30) providing periodical vertical movement, a pair of pressing devices (42) for impacting the workpieces, and a push apparatus (70). A wedge block (40) is secured under the rigging. The wedge block has two first slopes (48). The push apparatus includes a push block (70) with a second slope. A stop screw (26) is secured in the workbench. When the rigging is moved downwardly, the pressing devices impact the workpieces and the first slopes abut against the second slope. The push block is moved toward the workpieces, thereby pushing one workpiece to move relative to the other one. When the wedge block abuts the stop screw, the push block stops pushing the workpiece. The moving workpiece is completely engaged with hooks formed in the stationary workpiece at corresponding openings defined in the moving workpiece.

Abstract: Residues are found to be stored in the compartments of a multiple container, located in homes, restaurants, cafeterias, etc. The residues thus classified are treated by the user himself who places the residues of the same type in the machine object of the invention, which will be another electrical appliance in homes and premises. The process consists of compacting each type of residue, forming briquettes with a spherical, cylindrical, prismatic shape, etc. formed in the compacting chamber of the machine. A binding material, such as a resin or the like and simultaneously a dye that indicates in accordance with a color code, the type of residue of the briquette, are injected on the briquette in a final stage. After polymerization and solidification, the briquettes are diverted automatically to a storage chamber for their subsequent transfer. The machine includes a compacting chamber with a side wall and another top wall movable by means of respective hydraulic cylinders.

Abstract: A pressing device and a pressing method, wherein the method includes the steps of accommodating a stacked layer structure in a recess in a die body, and pressing the stacked layer structure in the recess of the die body between a bottom plate of the die body that forms a bottom wall of the recess and a top die, while laterally supporting sides or side walls of the die body that form side walls of the recess. The pressing device includes a die body which is small, light, and easy to handle, and also includes thrust mechanisms for laterally positioning the die body. The thrust mechanisms also laterally support the side walls of the die body when a stacked layer structure in the recess of the die body is pressed between the bottom plate of the die body and a top die. The pressing method makes it possible to press a ceramic stacked layer structure efficiently using the small and light die body.

Abstract: A baling machine for baling tobacco and other materials. The baling machine includes a bale chamber that includes a bottom, opposed ends, a ram assembly, and a pair of opposed side and top assemblies. Each side and top assembly is pivotally mounted adjacent the floor of the bale chamber and movable from a closed position to an open position. In the closed position each side and top assembly extends around the bale chamber and forms a part thereof. In the open position, each side and top assembly extends outwardly from the bale chamber and effectively leaves the bale chamber open from the top, thereby enabling tobacco to be fed into the bale chamber from the top. Once the bale chamber has been filled, the side and top assemblies are closed and the ram assembly pushed through the bale chamber causing the tobacco therein to be compressed and formed into a bale. Thereafter, the bale is either ejected or removed from the bale chamber.

Abstract: A baling machine includes a gathering chamber and a baling chamber. The gathering chamber includes a charging inlet through which material to be baled is delivered into the gathering chamber. The baling chamber communicates with the gathering chamber to allow compressed material to be forced from the gathering chamber into the baling chamber against the end wall. The baling chamber has a discharge outlet at one side for ejection of compressed material from the baling chamber. A gathering ram is reciprocal within the gathering chamber. The gathering ram includes a ram head movable between a retracted position and an advanced position to compress material in the gathering chamber and to drive compressed material into the baling chamber. An ejection ram is reciprocal within the baling chamber. The ejection ram includes a main ram head and an auxiliary ram head adjacent to each other.

Abstract: A forage compactor for compressing forage or crop into bales of increased crop density for transportation. A crop feed area feeds crop to a conveyor where it is moved to a scale area for proper bale weight. An indexer severs the crop while moving it from the scale area to the compression chamber. The crop is compressed and moved to a strapping chamber where straps are applied to the compressed crop. The bound bale is manipulated as desired at the product handling area downstream from the strapping chamber. The crop is provided with substantially constant stress during compression and moisture sensors in the strapping chamber sense the moisture content of the severed crop within the bale to be bound. The weight of the crop within the compression area may be reduced to reduce machine overloading. Keyway plungers provide reduced side loading on the main ram used for crop compression.

Abstract: An apparatus for simultaneously recycling a plurality of used oil filters has a rectangular shaped compartment having a bottom, a top, opposite sides, and first and second ends. A first powered plunger is associated with the compartment above the top thereof to be moved downwardly toward the bottom to compress a plurality of used oil filters against the bottom. A second powered plunger is associated with the first end of the compartment and is adapted to be moved longitudinally in the compartment towards the second end. A dam member extends laterally across the compartment adjacent the second end so that the second powered plunger can compress a plurality of used oil filters against the dam member. A method of simultaneously recycling a plurality of used oil filters involves placing a plurality of the filters into a rectangular compartment having a top, opposite sides, a bottom, and first and second ends.

Abstract: A wheel crushing apparatus for crushing scrap vehicle wheels to prepare the scrap wheels for recycling, the scrap wheels having a tire mounted on the wheel, consists of an engine, a hydraulic pump driven by the engine, a single hydraulic cylinder and piston driven by the hydraulic pump, a crushing head to hold the wheel and tire for crushing the wheel, a number of crushing arms concentric about the crushing head, and radially movable between an extended position wherein the crushing arms contact the tire tread and a contracted position wherein the wheel is crushed, and a linkage connecting all of the crushing arms to the single hydraulic piston, so that all of the crushing arms are driven by the single hydraulic piston between the extended position and the contracted position.

Abstract: The invention provides a novel device for separating a composite raw material under pressure into constituent flowable and residual materials.

Abstract: Hinged sidewall member for precompressing waste material in the charging chamber of a horizontal waste baling machine. The hinged sidewall member is located in the charging chamber and has a sidewall and a top cover member extending perpendicularly to the sidewall. The hinged sidewall member is hydraulically operated about a pivot to precharge waste material in the charging chamber prior to compression in an adjacent compression chamber by a reciprocating compression ram.

Abstract: During the pressing of bales in a baler, a portion of a press channel in front of a retracted press ram is in each case completely filled with material to be compacted. During compacting, the pressure forces exerted on the press ram have a resultant which intersects the side of the press ram directed in pressing direction below the center thereof or below the center of the press channel section at the location of that side of the press ram. The press ram shows less tendency to tilt, as a consequence of which the press ram guide is less loaded and less friction occurs between the press ram and the press channel. As a result, the bale is compressed more properly and the press ram guide wears less.

Abstract: Machine for arranging a plurality bales of hay into a compressed, contoured stack to be covered with protective plastic. The machine has top and side pressure plates which engage a stack of bales and compress the stack while convexly contouring the periphery.

Abstract: High pressure presses for making diamonds and other hard, crystalline materials. The high pressure presses may contain varying numbers of moveable press members: e.g., a tetrahedral press will have four press members while a cubic press will have six press members. The high pressure presses are equipped with at least one hydraulic ram to provide forward and reverse thrusting force. The movable press members are positioned to move along a rectilinear path and converge at a common point. The ram thrusting force is distributed to every press member and the movable press members are guided to move in a simultaneous and synchronous manner by interconnected guide plates and slidable guide rods which comprise a guide system. The guide system allows for the elimination of one or more hydraulic rams such that the total number of hydraulic rams normally connected to each of the moveable press members will be less than the number of press members.

Abstract: A compactor for metal articles such as cans or oil filters has a feed that receives metal articles from a hopper or feed tube and feeds them into an elongated tapered compaction die. The compaction die has a cross-sectional area that decreases or tapers from the rearward end of the die to the forward end of the die. A reciprocating ram operates near the wider end of the tapered compaction die. The articles enter the compaction die at a location forward of the ram when the ram is in a retracted position. When the ram is actuated, it moves to an extended position, thereby forcing the articles forward in the compaction die. The ram then retracts, allowing additional articles to enter the compaction die. As the ram operates in this reciprocating manner, it moves additional articles forward in the compaction die and adds them to the increasing mass of articles.

Abstract: An apparatus for baling municipal solid waste, characterized in that it comprises a waste compacting press composed of a compartment, which encloses a chamber, and is provided, in an upward region, with an opening for loading the loose waste, and is laterally provided with an axial opening for discharging the compacted waste; the upper opening is closeable by two articulated covers, subjected to the action of two pusher jacks to apply a pre-compaction pressure to the waste fed into the chamber, and the axial opening can be closed by a door against which the waste is compacted, so as to form a prism-like bale, by an axial jack, with an action line perpendicular to the door; the door can be removed to clear the axial opening and transfer the bale from the chamber into a sorting channel, whereat a pusher element advances the bale through a strapping machine adapted to place straps around the bale.

Abstract: A rigid frame hydraulic press that includes a frame on which are mounted a series of movable columns that are used for vertical pressing and an end column that is used for horizontal pressing. The end column has a complementary support in its lower part located between its crossbars. The rear of the end column has opposing cylinders for positional anchoring on multibore plates, while the front of the end column has small transverse cylinders to exert pressure toward the opposite side of the frame. The movable columns have a "U"-shaped structure and a cylinder housed in a grooved guide with a sliding carriage. The cylinder has a fixed end that is attached to the upper part of the column and has a mobile end that is joined to the sliding carriage. The cylinder moves along the length of the inside of the carriage when pressure is applied to it, and the joint of the fixed end is at a given height with respect to the lower end of the column as a function of the length of the cylinder.

Abstract: The method of the present invention for bagging pre-silage, has the steps of (a) receiving a bale of pre-silage from a loader, (b) compressing the bale in at least one cross section dimension to fit into a bag, and (c) advancing the compressed bale into the bag. The apparatus of the present invention for bagging baled pre-silage, has (a) a support frame having a plurality of lateral walls. The lateral walls define a rear opening to which a bag is attached, and a front opening through which is received the baled pre-silage. At least one of the lateral walls is reversibly movable in a direction toward an opposite lateral wall for compressing or squeezing the baled pre-silage to a size that will fit into the bag. The front opening has a closure and ram for enclosing the baled pre-silage and applying the ram to advnce the compressed baled pre-silage through the rear opening and into the bag.

Abstract: A separator for removing a rim from a tire. The inventive device includes an engaging yoke for receiving an assembled tire and rim. A separating gate is positioned for reception of the yoke so as to force the assembled tire and rim through the gate. The gate is dimensioned so as to inwardly deform the tire and rim during biasing of the assembled wheel therethrough such that the rim is dropped from the tire subsequent to passing through the gate.

Abstract: An apparatus for baling loose materials includes a housing defining a charging passage and a compaction chamber. The baling apparatus also includes a compacting ram platen which moves through the charging passage to compact loose materials into a bale in the compaction chamber. In one embodiment, the baling apparatus includes a reinforcing frame disposed generally circumferentially about at least portion of the housing to provide structural reinforcement. The reinforcing frame defines an aperture through which the floor panel and the first and second opposed side panels of the housing are typically extended during the fabrication of the baling apparatus so as to be supported in a predetermined positional relationship. In another embodiment, the baling apparatus includes a knife assembly including a frame member, such as the reinforcing frame, mounted to the housing and a second cutting edge mounted to the frame member for controlled movement relative thereto.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for baling loose materials, such as waste material, includes a controllably moveable door assembly. In one embodiment, the door is adapted to open from an initial position to a final position such that the compacted bale can be ejected from the compaction chamber through the opening defined by the open door. In this embodiment, the leading edge portion of the door is moved to a final position in general alignment with the compacting ram platen such that bales of various sizes, including oversized bales, can be readily ejected from the baling apparatus. For example, the leading edge portion of the door can be moved into alignment with or rearward of the compacting ram platen. In another embodiment, the baling apparatus operates in a plug bale mode and includes a door which is urged against an at least partially ejected bale so as to securely hold the plug bale within the opening defined to the compaction chamber during the compaction of a succeeding bale.

Abstract: A tube restoring apparatus includes a tube insertion passage through which a connected flexible tube having a deformed cross-sectional portion at a joint portion thereof can be passed, at least a pair of press members defining at least a part of the tube insertion passage and formed with press surfaces for pinching the deformed cross-sectional portion of the flexible tube therebetween, and driving mechanism for moving the press surfaces at least in opposite directions relative to each other under the condition that the deformed cross-sectional portion is pressed between the press surfaces.

Abstract: A tire derimming apparatus is disclosed having one ram for forcing a tire and rim combination through a restricted opening. Tires exiting the restricted opening are disconnected from the rim on which they were mounted. The apparatus further comprises a feeding arrangement which ensures that one tire and wheel combination at a time enters the derimming section.

Abstract: Two-sided fusible tape is mounted in an effective manner upon the sleeve seam allowance of a garment comprising the steps of placing a jacket arranged inside out upon a heated stationary buck, the jacket being positioned on the buck so that the sleeve seam allowance is properly aligned. An exposed surface of a two-sided fusible strip is placed along the sleeve seam allowance, the other fusible surface being covered with a protective sheet. A vacuum communicating with the buck is drawn to retain the garment in the proper position. A pair of heated heads having pressing surfaces conforming to the shape of the buck are simultaneously driven toward the buck to press the fusible strip against the sleeve seam allowance of the garment, the heat from the buck and the heads activating the fusible. Steam may be ejected from the heads when the fusible employed requires steam for activation. The heads are withdrawn from the buck and the garment is removed in preparation for mounting a shoulder pad to the garment.

Abstract: Automatic baling press including a plurality of vertical cases 12, intermittently rotating in carousel fashion, with continuous feed device 5 and automatic binding device 18. The cases 12 are open on the top and bottom and rotate by grazing an underlying horizontal fixed plane 6. The fixed plane or plate is provided with an aperture 21 in the pressing region. A cylinder 10 having a vertical axis is provided whose head 11 is intended to fit precisely into the case 12. The pressing station is provided with a horizontal prismatic caisson 7 with an aperture 20 equal and juxtaposed to the aperture 21 of the plane 6. The caisson has a head 15 which is axially movable. A gate 16 is transversely movable to delimit a pressing chamber 24. The caisson has a mouth for the unloading of the bales and is provided with automatic binding means 8 which are fixed.

Abstract: A waste container reformer, for reforming generally disk-shaped compacted waste containers into prismatic forms, sequentially presses the sides of the waste container into a prism with a 45.degree.-90.degree.-45.degree. triangular base so that when it is placed adjacent to another reformed container, the two form a rectangular box for more efficient use of storage space. The pressure surfaces are controlled by hydraulic cylinders to provide the forces needed to reform the container. The reforming process is controlled so that one angle is formed at a time, beginning with one of the 45.degree. angles, followed by the 90.degree. angle, and then completed by forming the other 45.degree. angle. By forming one angle at a time, the load requirements of the reformer are reduced, and a consistently similar shaped reformed waste container is created.

Abstract: A baler machine including a charging chamber for receiving materials to be baled. The charging chamber has a charging passageway communicating with a baling compression chamber. A compression ram is operable to force material from the charging chamber into the compression chamber to thereby form a bale. The compression chamber has an exit passageway through which the baled material is forced by an ejector ram. A bale release mechanism is mounted adjacent the exit passageway. The bale release mechanism includes a rotatably mounted gate member movable between a normal operating position and a retracted open position wherein the size of the exit passageway is increased to allow the passage of an oversized bale. A power cylinder is operatively connected to the bale release mechanism to move the mechanism between its closed and retracted positions.

Abstract: A dejuicing press has a cylindrical main pressing chamber defined by a cylindrical dripping grate. A composite piston arrangement is used in the chamber which includes an internal piston surrounded by an external annular piston. Separate drives are provided for the two pistons so that they can be moved together or separately in the same direction or in opposite directions to effect the various stages of a pressing cycle. The press may also have a pre-pressing chamber which feeds the main pressing chamber and in which a pre-pressing piston operates, and a transfer chamber at one end of the pre-pressing chamber in which there is a third piston.

Abstract: The press comprises a frame (1), a feed zone (3) for receiving the waste products, a pressing chamber (9) comprising an inlet opening (10) and an outlet opening (11) which are in opposed relation and disposed coaxially relative to the feed zone (3), and a chamber (14) for discharging the solid phase. The press further comprises an element (15) which is movable transversely relative to the axis of the press chamber (9) between a first position for closing the outlet opening (11) and a second position for opening the outlet opening (11), and an arrangement (20) for applying the movable element against the outlet opening (11) of the pressing chamber.

Abstract: A system for grinding hot coke includes feeding the hot coke into the system, while maintaining the system under less than atmospheric pressure, wetting the coke during this feeding step to assure constant flow of the coke into a grinding mill where the coke is reduced to a slurry and forwarded to a holding tank. The system includes apparatus to recover and treat vapors derived from the grinding of the coke and to feed the slurry to gasification means.

Abstract: In a radial press having a press axis (A) , a plurality of outer cam surfaces (1, 2, 3, 4) at an angle to one another are grouped in two press yokes (18, 19) which are driven radially against one another. The planes of symmetry of the cam surfaces (1-2 and 3-4) disposed in the same press yoke are parallel with the drive direction. A number of outer cam follower bodies (31) lying between each pair of the outer cam surfaces serve for the radial advancement of press jaws (30) toward the press axis. Inner cam follower bodies (37) with additional press jaws (41) are driven synchronously by the outer cam follower bodies (31).

Abstract: An apparatus for metered infeeding, compacting as required, and pumping coarse material of little fluidity such as raw feathers includes infeed metering transferring compacting and pumping mechanisms. The infeed metering mechanism intermittently infeeds a slug of material being at original uncompressed bulk density and approximately equal to an amount of material required for each cycle of operation of the apparatus. The transferring mechanism has a rotatable screw conveyor operable for rapidly receiving and transferring the slug and a wiper arm mounted to a discharge end of the screw conveyor to rotate therewith and create a plane of cleavage in the material being discharged therefrom. The compacting mechanism has an elongated chute with an offset located adjacent the discharge end of the screw conveyor and a compactor reciprocally movable in the chute between retracted and extended positions. The chute is disposed in transverse relation to the screw conveyor for receiving the slug of material therefrom.

Abstract: A baler for baling polystyrene material which has a high bulk and low weight for subsequent recycling. The baler includes a ram, to compress the material past its form memory, which provides significant penetration over repeated cycles to compress the polystyrene into a bale, which is subsequently ejected through a bale door of the baler. The baler can either be manually controlled or automatically controlled, such as by an algorithm stored in a programmable logic controller. Feedback systems measure the length of travel of the ram and the pressure of the ram to determine the status of the baling operation, and can automatically provide for ejection of the baled material. The bale can either be manually strapped, automatically strapped, or no strapping of the bale may be required. The polystyrene material is chopped by a chopper system on the baler to break the material into smaller sections for baling. The baler also includes a vertical tamper to tamp the polystyrene down into the baling chamber.

Abstract: The press comprises a frame (1), a feed zone (3) for receiving the waste products to be treated, a press chamber (9) comprising an inlet opening (10) and an outlet opening (11) which are opposed and disposed coaxially relative to the feed zone (3), and a chamber (14) for discharging the solid phase. The press further comprises an element (15) which is transversely movable relative to the axis of the press chamber (9) between a first position for closing the outlet opening (11) and a second position for opening the outlet opening (11), and an arrangement (20) for separating leakages of the liquid phase from the solid phase in the discharge chamber (14).

Abstract: The present invention aims to evenly and surely knead a concrete material comprising less water amount. Concrete material layer entered into a kneading tank is cut in an up-and-down direction and divided into a plurality of layer sections arrayed side by side along a right-and-left direction,, and one of the divided layer sections is piled up another one of the divided layer sections in the up-and-down direction, then the piled up concrete layer sections are compacted, in other words are pressed in the up-and-down direction and extended in a horizontal direction, and further these steps are repeated.

Abstract: The press comprises a frame (1), a feed zone (3) receiving the waste to be treated, a pressing chamber (9) comprising an intake aperture (10) and an outlet aperture (11) and a chamber (14) for discharging the solid phase. The press also comprises a component (15) movable transversely relative to the axis of the pressing chamber (9) between a first position for closing off the outlet aperture (11) and a second position for opening the outlet aperture (11), comprising jacks (20) for horizontal movement of the movable component in the direction of the axis of the pressing chamber (9) in order to apply the face of the movable component facing the outlet aperture (11) against the outlet aperture during compression of the heterogeneous waste.

Abstract: A baler for recyclable materials and any other materials. The baler includes a power unit which engages to the rear of the gatherer desk. An operator stands on the gatherer deck between the rear of the hopper, which provides for visual observation, and forward of the power unit. Material is fed into the hopper. A compression chamber of bale chamber is at the forward end of the system for baling of the materials and subsequent discharge by an ejection ram for later disposition. The system provides for adjustment of the hold-down assembly for the ram and the charging box section, as well as for adjustment of the knife between the ram and the knife on the shear beam. The baler provides for adjustability for proper movement of the ram through the charging box, and for proper shearing of most materials which may be above the ram prior to entering the bale compression chamber area.

Abstract: A baler for recyclable materials and any other materials. The baler includes a power unit. An operator console on a deck at a front of a hopper, which provides for operator observation and operation through a high tech control system. Material is fed into the hopper, such as by a conveyor. A compression chamber under the hopper and a bale chamber is at a forward end of the baler for baling of the materials and subsequent discharge by an ejection ram across a bale run-out table for later disposition. A control system provides the capability of automatic control for the baler, as well as diagnostic assistance when necessary. The baler is also the primary building block for a completely automated municipal recycling facility (MRF). The baler can bale such materials as corrugated cardboard, news print, magazines, computer paper, flattened cans, round cans, plastic bottles, scrap aluminum, scrap copper, aluminum radiators, as well as any other miscellaneous materials required for baling on a real time basis.

Abstract: A plastic bottle crushing device that crushes the side of a bottle in two directions at the same time. The device includes a hollow housing surrounding the plastic bottle which includes a pair of opposite spaced apart crushing members movable between an open position and a closed position that converge toward each other in a first direction. Folding panels hinged to each other and to the edges of the crushing plates move simultaneously with the crushing plates between open and closed positions to converge inwardly in a second squeezing direction which is perpendicular to the first crushing direction. Gear driven threaded members are utilized to drive the crushing plates and squeezing panels between their respective open and closed positions.

Abstract: In construction of an apparatus for innoxious disposal of medical wastes, the medical wastes containing meltable components such as plastic resins, and unmeltable components such as syringe needles and residues are thrown into a compression hopper and compressed under application of heat by piston operation into a compact cake. Sharp unmeltable components such as syringe needles are totally embraced by the meltable components such that they are not exposed outside the obtained cake, thereby removing the danger in subsequent handling of the cake. Pathogenic germs in the residues are killed during application of heat and the residues are fully evaporated due to heating in an evaporation dish arranged below the compression hopper.

Abstract: A baling machine has an outer housing forming an elongate, rectangular main baling chamber with a discharge opening at one end and an auxiliary baling chamber intersecting the main baling chamber. An inlet opening directs cans into the chambers at the intersection. An auxiliary piston is reciprocally mounted in the auxiliary baling chamber to compress cans to a first compression pressure in an initial compaction stage, while a main piston is reciprocally mounted in the main baling chamber to compress the compacted cans to a second compression pressure in a final compaction stage in which a bale of predetermined dimensions and weight is formed without any need for pre-weighing the cans.

Abstract: A baler machine including a charging chamber for receiving material to be baled. The charging chamber has a charging passage through which material is forced into a baling compression chamber by a compression ram to thereby form a bale in the compression chamber. An ejection ram is provided for forcing the compressed material out of the baling compression chamber through an exit passageway. A movable decompression wall functions as one wall of the baling compression chamber. Such wall is located opposite and spaced from the charging passage through which material is forced from the charging chamber. A power cylinder is provided to move the decompression wall in a horizontal direction to effectively increase the volume of the baling compression chamber which, at the same time, increases the size of the exit passageway to thereby permit ejection of an oversized bale from the compression chamber.

Abstract: A baling press provided with a pressing box, a feed chute connected with the pressing box via a passage, at least two prepress valves. The prepress valves are each pivotable about a pivotal axis, provided with a flat wall which in closed position closes off the passage from the feed chute to the pressing box and in opened position is disposed in the wall of the feed chute, and with a surface substantially curved about the corresponding pivotal axis, which surface in closed position bounds the feed chute in axial direction. One of the prepress valves is provided with a connecting surface which in the closed position is curved about a pivotal axis of one other of the prepress valves. In that closed position, the connecting surface is disposed at a distance from the curved surface of said other prepress valve which is at most minor and substantially constant.

Abstract: The present invention aims to evenly and surely knead a concrete material comprising less water amount. Concrete material layer entered into a kneading tank is cut in an up-and-down direction and divided into a plurality of layer sections arrayed side by side along a right-and-left direction, and one of the divided layer sections is piled up another one of the divided layer sections in the up-and-down direction, then piled up concrete layer sections are compacted, in other words are pressed in the up-and-down direction and extended in a horizontal direction, and further these steps are repeated.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for pyrolyzing used tires into a char fraction, wire, fiberglass, oil fraction and gas fraction. The tires are continuously conveyed to a preheating chamber where they are heated to a temperature level of 200.degree. F. to 400.degree. F. The heated tires are metered into a cavity having disposed therein a ram system, which shapes and forces the whole tire into a pipe which leads to a pyrolyzing chamber. The tires form a plug at the front end of the system to prevent the release of toxic gases into the atmosphere and also to prevent air from entering the pyrolyzing chamber. Similarly, solid residue produced by pyrolysis of the apparatus is forced into a discharge column, forming a plug to seal the system at its outlet end. An alternate embodiment of the invention apparatus operated manually can also be used for compacting, neutralizing and disposing of medical waste, infectious materials and the like as well as auto tires.

Abstract: A system for baling strands of material wherein a predetermined quantity of strands of material is compressed into a bale of strands of material having a density of at least about 14 pounds per cubic foot and having a substantial portion of the bale unmatted, the system being particularly useful for baling easter grass. The system includes a baler wherein the strands of material are compressed in a substantially enclosed portion of the baler to form the bale of material. In the system, a predetermined weight comprising a portion of the total desired weight of a bale of material is compressed, and additional portions are added and compressed until the total desired weight has been compressed into a bale of material.

Abstract: An end plating machine capable of forcing end plates into the ends of a pair of ties having various lengths. The machine includes spaced apart tie staging chambers and an end plating ram which may be selectively positioned between tie ends of the ties in the staging chambers to force tie end plates into the ties.

Abstract: A method of diametrically contracting a cylindrical body, includes the steps of grasping the cylindrical body with a plurality of elongated grasping members, preparing a cylindrical drawing die having an opening at one end and a tapered inside peripheral surface, drawing the grasping members together with the cylindrical body into the drawing die, through the opening, and applying a compression force to the cylindrical body through the grasping members due to the passage along through the tapered inside peripheral surface, to thereby cause the cylindrical body to be diametrically contracted. During the drawing process, since the cylindrical body does not come into direct contact with the drawing die, neither scratches nor baking cracks are produced on the outside surface of the cylindrical body.