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: A curved cup juice extractor wherein the cup is composed of two matching sections of curved interdigitating fingers which move together arcuately to enclose and squeeze the whole fruit, during which the movement and release of the cup sections is controlled by a cam and a torsional spring, and a rapid fruit feeder system works on a principle of throwing the fruit into the curved cup as the cup opens.

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 waste compacting apparatus includes an elongated waste receiving chamber of rectangular cross section, a size reduction chamber of decreasing rectangular cross section and an elongated outlet snout of rectangular cross section affixed to the smaller end of the size reduction chamber. A compaction ram having a forward-protruding shearing knife is slidably mounted in the waste receiving chamber and is adapted for reciprocating movement between a rearward position that permits waste to be loaded into said elongated waste receiving chamber and a forward position up to the point of size reduction.

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: Baling apparatus is disclosed which is capable of baling waste material which is not shredded prior to being fed into the baler. The apparatus includes an enlarged baling chamber with two reciprocal baling heads moving in perpendicular direction, each having a shearing blade fixed thereto which engage each other and a blade fixed to the side wall of the chamber to shear off material extending above the baling chamber.

Abstract: A press for compacting scrap metal for subsequent melting, e.g. in an electric furnace, the press comprising a supporting bed, a chamber formed in the bed and open at the top for the introduction of scraps thereinto, a closing cover for the chamber lockable in a closed portion by locking means. Movable and stationary walls define the sides of the chamber and are associated with the bed. Control and guide means for the shifting movement of the movable walls are adapted to bring the movable walls close to each other until there is defined therebetween a cavity. The distances between the walls are smaller than and proximate the distance between the inner walls of the furnace whereinto the compacted scraps are to be molten. A ram with related control means defines with its active face the base of the cavity and is movable in the bed to and away from the cover in order to press, against the cover, the scraps already compacted in the cavity.

Abstract: The present disclosure involves a refuse loading station comprising a refuse packer assembly, a refuse container and a loading dock disposed in front of the packer assembly. The loading dock includes a track arrangement on which is mounted a loading carriage. The carriage is structured for removably supporting the refuse container. A refuse clearing member is provided for clearing refuse situated between the packer assembly and the container subsequent to said container being loaded. The carriage is movably mounted on a weighing mechanism which provides an indication of the weight of the container when the container is in a refuse loading position. The weighing mechanism is operably coupled to the packer assembly for controlling the loading of the container in accordance with a preselected container weight. The container includes a vertically slidable closure.

Abstract: A front end loader includes a refuse storage body mounted on a supporting vehicle with the storage body having an upper opening for the deposit of refuse within the body. Closure members are movable between opened and closed positions adjacent the upper opening. The closure members shield the opening from the wind in their opened position and exert a downward packing force in moving from the opened to the closed position. The downward packing force is increased as the closure members approach the closed position. The free ends of the closure members provide a shearing action on the refuse overhanging the opening. Latching members latch the closure members to the storage body in the closed position of the closure member and move upwardly toward the opened position. The latching members may include first members on the storage body engageable with, and disengageable from, second members on the closure members.

Abstract: Apparatus for use in economically profitable chopping of forest and bog stumps and of snags into transportable form in field conditions during all seasons. Chopping is effected by applying pressure which breaks the wood material charge that has been brought in one way or another into the space defined by a main blade and intermediate blades and by a backing plane and bottom. The stumps and snags in arbitrary positions are placed in such position with reference to the blades in connection with the pressing motion that the part of the wood material charge that has been cut off by the blades is able to evade the wedging pressure exerted by the sides of the blades, by sliding into a space which is more free, suffering rupture in the direction of the grain and being urged in chopped condition through the part constituted by the blades into the opening space.

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: Vehicle mounted compactor apparatus comprising multiple pressure actuated cylinders connected such that fluid is initially directed to a first cylinder to provide rapid reciprocating movement of a ram through a chamber to form a low density bale and is subsequently directed to second and third cylinders to provide low speed movement at increased compactive force to increase the density of the bale. A bonding agent is sprayed into the chamber to eliminate necessity for tying the bale. An elevator deposits the bale in a storage container pivoted to the frame of the vehicle for dumping.

Abstract: A sludge press wherein a piston is reciprocable along a horizontal path between a retracted position in the interior of a hopper and an extended position in which the piston is located in and at the front end of a barrel extending forwardly from and communicating with the hopper so that the piston thereby expels a slug of compacted sludge through the open front end of the barrel. The front end of the barrel can be sealed by the knife-like valve member of a gate valve during movement of the piston to retracted position. The front end face of the piston is surrounded by a cutting edge which cooperates with a complementary annular cutting edge at the rear end of the barrel to sever solid ingredients of sludge during penetration of the piston into the barrel. The cutting edge of the valve member cooperates with a complementary cutting edge surrounding an opening in the rear section of the housing of the valve.

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 machine with an open upstanding frame has a central space within which a stack of tires are placed. A hydraulic ram mounted on top of the frame, when retracted, supports a press platen slidable on vertical frame posts above the stack and a knife platen spaced above the press platen. Four tire-slitting knives project downwardly from the knife platen in alignment with slots in the press platen. When the ram extends, the knife and press platens move downwardly until the press platen engages the stack. Thereafter continued extension of the ram causes compression springs between the platens to contract so that the knife platen continues downwardly until it engages the press platen and the knives pass through the slots of the press platen into cutting engagement with the stack. Thereafter the knife and press platens continue downwardly together simultaneously compressing and slitting the stack.

Abstract: A receiving chamber is provided for receiving and enclosing a container of chemical such as an insecticide. While the container is in the chamber, a punch member perforates through the top and bottom of the container to permit the insecticide therein to transfer out from the bottom of the chamber to a main tank of water for mixing therewith. The resulting mixture is then passed to suitable spray apparatus for spraying the insecticide in agricultural operations. A plunger member coaxially surrounds the punch member and extends through the top of the chamber and can be lowered to crush the container after its contents have been emptied into the main water tank. In addition, the punch member includes an internal passage for passing flushing water into the container prior to crushing of the same so that it is cleaned out. The entire system is closed so that there is no risk of operators becoming contaminated by the insecticide chemical.

Abstract: A shredder-compactor apparatus has a hopper for receiving refuse material to be processed and a compaction tube arranged to receive the refuse material from the hopper. A rotary auger screw extends along the hopper and through the compaction tube and coacts with a breaker bar located in the hopper to shred and tear the refuse material in response to rotation of the auger screw. As the auger screw rotates, the shredded refuse material is transported axially through the compaction tube and compacted therein. In the transition region between the hopper and compaction tube, the auger screw has a truncated screw section which is reduced in dimension compared to the remainder of the auger screw so as to facilitate entry of the shredded material into the compaction tube.

Abstract: A compactor device for refuse material such as garbage, industrial refuse or dung, comprising a housing having a compression chamber formed as a segment in which a swing piston is pivotally reciprocal from a retracted position outside the chamber in which material may be fed to the chamber and through the chamber towards an outlet opening thereof, whereby the material is forced through a tapering channel portion resisting the movement of the material so as to cause the material to be compressed before it leaves the outlet opening.

Abstract: This invention is directed to an apparatus and method wherein relatively large bulky pieces of scrap metal can be, substantially, simultaneously, divided or separated into smaller pieces of scrap metal and then compressed into smaller and more dense units of scrap metal. In compressing the bulky scrap metal into smaller and more dense units of scrap metal, the grade and quality of the scrap metal is increased so as to be more, economically, valuable.

Abstract: A metal roll is provided with a series of sharp circular fins extending around its periphery, in the form of separate circular fins separated by shallow angular grooves. The grooved roll, in cooperation with a ribbed roll, pulls citrus peel through a shaving knife which separates the albedo from the flavedo before the latter passes between a bite formed between the grooved roll and a cooperating roller. A stationary wiper formed of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene engages the peripheral fins to scrape off flavedo and peel oil liquor which adheres to them.

Abstract: Bag opening and emptying machine featuring cutter means which cut the L shaped edge formations at the corners of a bag as well as corresponding face portions of the bag, and also featuring a cutter means in the form of a vertically fixed blade array in which a platen presses a bag against blades to urge the bag and contents against and past the blades, thus freeing the contents from restraint by the bag and severing the contents to enable gravity flow. Among the features are empty bag-gripping means preferably mounted on the platen and preferably operable by rotary motion to spear the bags and to remove the bags upon retraction motion of the platen, for later deposit on a conveyor for removal.

Abstract: A horizontally oriented tubular housing is provided at one open end in its circumferential wall with a cut-out at the upper side of the housing, which cut-out resembles a segment of the tubular housing. A ram is reciprocable in the housing axially thereof and a door is mounted at the open end and pivotable about arms located at opposite lateral sides of the housing, to and from a closure position overlying the open end. The door has a plate-shaped first portion a surface of which faces the open end when the door is in closure position and which carries on this surface rigid therewith another portion resembling a segment of the tubular housing so dimensioned as to fit into and close the cut-out of the circumferential wall of the tubular housing when the door is in its closure position.

Abstract: Apparatus includes a base having an elongated concave depression formed therein into which a cylindrical can may be laid upon its side. An arm on the base pivots down towards the base and carries an arcuate, convex die member for flattening the can body and cutting members to pierce the can body in advance of the die member.