Abstract: A blade assembly for use with a food processor includes a hub configured to be coupled to a drive shaft of the food processor, a first blade rotatably coupled to the hub and configured to rotate with respect to the hub at least up to a predetermined angle with respect to a second blade, which is fixedly coupled to the hub. The first blade is rotatable between a first position in which it is in phase with the second blade for receiving a blade guard protecting both blades, and a second position, in which the first blade is out of phase with the second blade for optimally processing a food item in the food processor, the blade assembly also including a biasing member for returning the first blade to the first position after use.

Abstract: A machine for distributing blowing wool from a bag of compressed blowing wool is provided. The machine includes a chute having an inlet end. The inlet end is configured to receive the bag of compressed blowing wool. A shredding chamber is positioned downstream from the chute and is configured to shred and pick apart the blowing wool. The shredding chamber includes a plurality of shredders configured for rotation. The shredding chamber further includes a plurality of guide shells positioned partially around the plurality of shredders. The plurality of shredders seal against the plurality of guide shells and direct the blowing wool in a downstream direction as the plurality of shredders rotate.

Abstract: A bale processing apparatus for receiving and shredding a bale of material is disclosed. The bale processing apparatus comprises a hopper having a top and a bottom, a top opening through which a bale is received into the hopper and a bottom opening through which the material of the bale is dispersed. The bottom opening is at least partially positioned below the top opening. The apparatus further includes a bale shredding assembly for removing material from a bale received in the hopper. The bale shredding assembly is located in the interior of the hopper below the top opening and above the bottom opening.

Abstract: A crusher device for performing a crushing operation, comprising a hollow part of frusto-conical shape narrowing downwardly, a crusher spindle rotatably mounted coaxial with the hollow part, at least one crusher impeller rotatably mounted on the crusher spindle, and a crusher driving device for rotatably driving said at least one crusher impeller relative to said first hollow part; said at least one crusher impeller comprises a first crusher impeller containing a first crushing blade and a second crushing blade, each said first and second crushing blades extending radially from the crusher spindle and being fixedly connected to each other at their distal extremities by a blade member. The crusher device can be combined with a milling device providing an apparatus of compact size, adapted for reducing material from a size up to 36000 cm3 to particles having a size below 250 microns.

Abstract: A granulator mill housing for a granulator mill has a rotor, provided with knives, journalled therein, and seats against which fixed knives may be fixedly clamped by means of screws and guide bars. At a lower seat, there is a stand on which a guide bar is placeable in a preparatory position. The side of the guide bar, intended for cooperation with the knife is turned upwards. Pivoting of the guide bar and the knife will move the knife into abutment with the seat. On mounting of a knife against a seat in a granulator mill housing, the knife and a guide bar are screwed in position against the seat. First the guide bar is placed on a stand, whereafter the knife is placed on the guide bar, and the guide bar and the knife are pivoted together to a mounting position with the knife in abutment against the seat where screws are mounted.

Abstract: An exhaust valve apparatus and a drier of a food treatment system having the exhaust valve apparatus are disclosed. The drier includes a drum having an input port and a discharge port. A stirring screw is rotatably disposed in the drum, and includes rotary blades for stirring and crushing the food waste and a rotating shaft for supporting the rotary blades. A power supply unit is provided on a surface of the drum and provides power to the stirring screw to rotate the stirring screw. A heater is provided on the outer surface of the drum body and provides high temperature heat to the inner space of the drum when electric power is applied to the heater, thus drying the food waste. An exhaust apparatus is mounted to the lower surface of the discharge port to open or close the discharge port.

Abstract: A device for shredding poultry carcasses, includes a frame supporting a comminuting unit and a drive unit. The comminuting unit includes a drum mounted on a rotatable shaft, the drum having a generally cylindrical surface and an array of cutting points affixed to the drum, protruding from the surface, and a stationary comb having an array of teeth separated by spaces, and extending close to the drum surface so that the points pass between the teeth as the drum rotates. The drive unit turns the drum to reduce the carcasses to a compostable mass.

Abstract: An article in the form of one of a plate, a sheet, a cylinder, and a portion of a cylinder, which is adapted for use as at least a portion of a wear resistant working surface of a roll is disclosed. The article includes a metal matrix composite comprising a plurality of inorganic particles dispersed in a matrix material. The matrix material includes at least one of a metal and a metal alloy, wherein the melting temperature of the inorganic particles is greater than the melting temperature of the matrix material. A plurality of hard elements are embedded in the metal matrix composite. The wear resistance of the metal matrix composite is less than the wear resistance of the hard elements, and the metal matrix composite preferentially wears away when the article is in use, thereby providing or preserving gaps between each of the plurality of hard elements at a working surface of the article.

Abstract: An integrated beverage dispensing and cleaning system comprising: at least one blender module which blends and/or mixes ice, at least one other ingredient, and/or at least one mixin within a beverage container, thereby producing the beverage; and a cleaning assembly integrated with the blender module, wherein, upon removal of the beverage container from the blender module, a cleaning mode is initiated.

Abstract: To produce filled thermoplastic polymers starting from a waste thermoplastic base material, the base thermoplastic material is fed into a container (1) provided with a device for mixing and stirring (2,3) in which the base thermoplastic material is softened, the required filler is fed into said device and stirring is continued to thoroughly blend filler and softened material, subsequently collecting the softened and filled material from said container and subjecting it to an extrusion or other densification step.

Abstract: A working container for electrical household food preparation appliances including a lower transmission component connected by a shaft to a rotary working tool arranged in a receptacle, wherein the shaft runs through the bottom of the receptacle and is rotatably mounted in a bearing housed in the bottom of the receptacle by virtue of the lower transmission component having an upper flange ring forming a reservoir around the shaft. The inner wall of the flange ring enables the collection of oil coming from the bearing and prevents the projection of oil onto a wall of the working container and permits the oil to drain to the bottom of the reservoir.

Abstract: A system for destroying a memory device (e.g., a hard drive) having data stored thereon. The system has a grind chamber with a rotatable grind wheel positioned therein. A pressure arm presses the memory device against the grind wheel as the grind wheel rotates. The rotating grind wheel grinds the memory device into particles from which the data stored on the memory device cannot be recovered. The particles are collected in a receptacle adjacent the grind wheel. The system may include a plurality of guides configured to maintain the memory device in a substantially stationary position relative to the pressure arm as the grind wheel grinds the memory device into particles.

Abstract: A grinding device of vertical grinder, comprising a driving device (1); a vertical grinding barrel (2) which is driven by the driving device; a grinding roller (3); and a pressure applying device (4) acting on the grinding roller (3); a running-in surface is composed of the roller surface of the grinding roller and the grinding surface (6) of the inner lining of the vertical grinding barrel, and the angular separation between the grinding surface (6) of the inner lining of the vertical grinding barrel and the vertical line is 40 degrees to ?5 degrees. The device is also provided with a material-shaving device (9).

Abstract: Provided is a cutter-mixer-feeder (CMF) for producing, transporting and discharging fodder. The CMF includes a mobile platform, a chopper assembly for harvesting at least one raw material and production of fodder, a container for receiving at least one of the raw material and fodder, at least one auger for chopping and mixing the fodder, at least one conveyer belt for discharging the fodder to livestock, a drive unit for providing power for at least one of the above; and a control system. Based on the data, the control system is adapted to dynamically match power distribution of the drive unit to any one of the above elements relative to the desired load exerted thereon. The mobile platform has first and second wheel axles for individual and independent manipulation by the control system. The chopper assembly has an elongated chopper member having a central axis and fitted with a spiral blade extending around a central axis. The chopper member has a non-uniform pitch.

Abstract: A crusher is provided that can quickly return to the operating state from a shutdown state which occurs due to the incorporation of a foreign object. Provided are a crushing rotor 32, a housing 41 and an anvil 33 supported by the housing to face a crushing chamber 31. A lever 90 is disposed on the side opposite the crushing rotor 32 with respect to the housing 41, pivotably installed with respect to side frames 19, and provided with a holding portion for holding the housing 41 to keep a posture where the anvil 33 faces the crushing chamber 31. An elastic member 93 is for biasing the lever 90 at a set biasing force. When the biasing force is exceeded, the lever 90 turns to permit the anvil 33 to turn and retreat from the crushing chamber 31.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mill for milling rough, stone-like bulk material, comprising a milling plate (4) turnable around a vertical rotation axis (5). The milling plate (4) is driven by an electric motor (6), comprising a crankshaft (7) and a shaft axis (8). The electric motor (6) is arranged directly under the milling plate (4). The shaft axis (8) runs perpendicular.

Abstract: A plurality of chipper inserts that may be installed on a hammermill rotor in place of the hammer inserts to selectively convert the rotor to a chipper. The chipper inserts include drum surfaces that cooperatively define a chipper drum. The chipper inserts may include cutter inserts that have a cutter disposed in a cutter pocket. The chipper drum may be a generally continuous cylindrical interrupted essentially only by the cutter pockets. The cutters and cutter pockets may be positioned in essentially any desired pattern around the drum. The chipper inserts may include a left cutter insert, a center cutter insert, a right cutter insert and three different size spacer inserts. The different types of cutter inserts and spacer inserts may be installed about the rotor with at least one left cutter insert mounted on the left end of the chipper drum and at least one right cutter insert mounted on the right end of the chipper drum.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a rolling mil roll including a rolling mill ring and a metal base in which a tensile stress applied to the rolling mill ring located along the outer circumferential face side is reduced; and then cracks thereon are prevented from occurring. The rolling mill roll 10 includes: the rolling mill roll 11 made of cemented carbide having rolling sections 13 on its outer circumferential face 11a; and the metal base 12 located on the inner circumferential face of the rolling mill roll 11. The circumferential interface 14, where the rolling mill ring 11 and the metal base 12 face each other, is fixed radially around its axis L by a contact pressure derived from a fitting section, and also is bound with an adhesive agent M.

Abstract: A device for removing an information-bearing layer of an optical disc comprises a housing defining a first chamber and a second chamber, a mount to selectively mount an optical disc having an information-bearing layer adjacent the first chamber, a cutter within the first chamber, a drive mechanism operatively connected to the cutter, and a passageway between the first and second chambers. The cutter causes the information-bearing layer of the disc to form particulate matter, and the particulate matter is caused to move through the passageway into the second chamber. The resulting particulate matter has a particle size less than about 326 microns to meet the standards of the Department of Defense and NIST for digital data destruction.

Abstract: A pulverizer includes a cutting rotor with a multiplicity of cutting blades, a cutting stator surrounding the cutting rotor with a plurality of stator blades, a milling stock inlet for the milling stock feed and a discharge screen in direction of rotation of the cutting rotor located after the milling stock inlet, wherein all stator blades in direction of rotation of the cutting rotor are arranged between the milling stock inlet and the discharge screen. Furthermore, an operating method for a pulverizer as described above is also contemplated.

Abstract: A chain driven push arm advances a hay bale along a bed toward an opening including a pair of vertically aligned, spaced-apart idle wheels each including plural radiating blades. As the hay bale advances along the bed, the wheels rotate freely causing the blades to impinge on successive regions of the hay bale to separate a succession of flakes from the hay bale remainder. The bed is mounted on a wheeled truck or vehicle that is towable behind a tractor as the tractor driver remotely selectively operates the push arm to dispense flakes along the ground. An optional, towable conveyor can be used to load the bed with a succession of hay bales.

Abstract: A method of densifying a bulk particulate material includes at least partially confining the bulk particulate material, and mechanically agitating the confined bulk particulate material with at least two elongate rotatable members (14), (15) of which at least one is submerged in the confined bulk particulate material. The rotatable members each have an axis of rotation and include a plurality of axially spaced agitating formations (40) which project outwardly away from their axes of rotation. The rotatable members are transversely spaced.

Abstract: The device for the disposal of sanitary waste consists of a fixed drum-type container (20) with a horizontal central axis (MA) and with inlet pipes for dosed wash liquid (WF), for sanitary liquid (HF) and for dosed chemicals (CH),whereby a discharge duct (65) for the carrying-off of the comminuted sanitary waste interspersed with wash liquid from the bottom area of the container (20) is provided in the bottom area of the container (20), in the inner space (27) of which a knife disk (30) which can be rotatably driven is placed in the area of one of its both vertical front walls (21; 22) with shearing knives (31) turned to the inner space (27) of the container (20), whereby an ascendingly guided compressor screw (60) follows the discharge duct (65), compressor screw which forms with a shear sieve sheet (70) a functional unit for separating the comminuted sanitary waste containing solid components from the wash liquid (WF) with the constituents of the sanitary waste which are dissolved therein and the wash liqui

Abstract: A key destroyer preferably deploys an angle grinder fitted with a grinding chamber, cover, and insertion tube through which a key can be inserted to be destroyed. The key is gripped in a holder that can slide key foremost through the support tube so that the coded portion of the key can pass through a safety wall at the inner end of the support tube and engage a rotating abrasive disk that grinds away the coded portion of the key. The head of the destroyed key can then be retained as evidence that a particular copy of a key no longer exists.

Abstract: A biomass shredder system for providing a consistent flow of fuel to a furnace or feed application. The biomass shredder system includes a conveyer unit to carry a straw bale, a separator unit attached to the conveyer unit, wherein the separator unit includes a plurality of separator members and a shredding unit slidably attached to the separator unit. The shredding unit includes a plurality of blades positioned in-between each of the plurality of separator members, wherein the plurality of blades shred the straw bale.

Abstract: A drier for a food waste disposal system. A hollow drum has a charge port and a discharge port for food waste. An agitating screw has a rotating thread which is rotatably disposed in an inner space of the drum and agitates and crushes the food waste, and a rotating shaft around which the rotating thread is disposed. A motor is installed on a first end of the drum, and provides a rotating force to the agitating screw. A crusher has a crush plate installed on a second end of the drum and a plurality of inclined crushing blades arranged radially, and a crush plate support installed around an upper portion of the crush plate. A heater is installed on an outer surface of the drum, and when powered provides high-temperature heat for the inner space of the drum, drying the food waste.

Abstract: The present invention provides a double-functional rolling blade wheel group having two rolling blade wheels. Each of the rolling blade wheels includes a number of rolling blades arranged in a longitudinal direction thereof. The rolling blades of one rolling blade wheel cooperate with the rolling blades on the other rolling blade wheel, so as to shred objects. Each of the rolling blade wheels forms at least two shredding areas along the longitudinal direction thereof. The number of blade rows along a circumference direction of one shredding area and the number of the rolling blades in each blade row along the longitudinal direction of the shredding area are different from those formed on the other shredding area.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for comminuting all types of parts, in particular plastics, preferably hollow plastic bodies, such as for example plastic bottles. The device comprises a feeding device, and a comminuting unit, the feeding device having at least one transport unit and the comminuting unit having a rotor, which is provided with tools and rotates in a housing. The device is characterised in that the transport unit transports the parts at an angle of between 45° and 90° to the rotor axis, at least in the region lying directly in front of the rotor.

Abstract: A document shredder is provided with a transport system that holds and transports paper, and a shredding system that shreds the paper while rotating at a circumferential speed higher than a transporting speed of the transport system, wherein, a part of elements constituting the transport system is in common with a part of elements constituting the shredding system and a point of action of the transport system is placed substantially at the same position as a point of action of the shredding system, with respect to a paper transporting direction, and alternatively, the shredding system is arranged successively from the transport system. Since this shredder is assembled in such a manner that a part of elements constituting the transport system to hold and transport the paper is in common with a part of elements constituting the shredding system, it is possible to be downsized.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to shredder noise reduction. Specifically, this invention discloses shredder motor gears and belts which are coated with a dampening material to reduce noise. Additionally, the invention discloses the placement of vibration absorbers between the motor assembly and the shredder housing, as well as the rotary cutting assembly and shredder housing, thus further facilitating noise reduction.

Abstract: In one aspect of the invention, a rotary shaft impactor has a rotor assembly connected to a rotary driving mechanism. The rotor assembly has a plurality of autogenous bed pockets, the pockets having a wall intermediate a distal and a proximal end. A least one of the pockets comprises a plurality of inserts arranged adjacent one another in a row and attached to at bast the proximal or distal end wherein a first end of at least one insert is complementary to a second end of an adjacent insert.

Abstract: A cutting machine for organic plant materials has a frame in which a cutterhead of a drum having sets of cutting knives (16, 18) symmetrically arranged on its perimeter surface is mounted. At least two separate knife extension arrangement (10, 10a) are arranged opposite to each other within the drum and actuated separately by being connected to the corresponding cutting knives (16, 18) through a motor (1, 1a) whose speed is controlled by an external signal independent of speed of the cutterhead drum.

Abstract: A highly efficient pelletizing system for making thermoplastic micropellets includes and extruder for extruding molten thermoplastic into thermoplastic strands. A rotor cuts the strands into micropellets. The rotor has more than four teeth per inch and operates at a very high speed.

Abstract: A fence assembly is provided which comprises: a first fence post extending upwardly from the ground; a first tubular member having a first upper end and a first lower end, the first tubular member being received over but not connected to the first fence post such that the first lower end rests upon the ground; a first lug laterally extending from the first tubular member; a second fence post extending upwardly from the ground; a second tubular member having a second upper end and a second lower end, the second tubular member being received over but not connected to the second fence post such that the second lower end rests upon the ground; a second lug laterally extending from the second tubular member; a brace having opposing ends; a first connection means for removably connecting one end of the brace to the first lug; and a second connection means for removably connecting the other end of the brace to the second lug.

Abstract: A system for working and processing material, for example, for disintegrating different material, especially elastomers, in different branches of industry for lowering quantity of waste. The apparatus includes a housing with: branch pipes for introducing initial material and discharging a ready product. The working tool is mounted on a shaft inside the housing. The tool is connected with a drive unit. The surface of the tool is formed by large number of cutting edges with ducts embedded into the body of the tool. Cavities of ducts are joined by means of shaped passages with a source of pressurized fluid. An angle of attack of the cutting edges is selected in the range of 85–95 degrees. The drive unit power is in the range of 100–300 kW; the revolution number of the tool is in the range of 3,000–12,000 rev/mm. The effect is an enhanced efficiency of the apparatus, increased dispersion degree and uniformity of structure of the product.

Abstract: An apparatus for pressure tight discharge of refiner material, such as cellulosic material by using a screw which feeds the material between a screw shaft and screw housing whereby a pressure tight material plug is formed at an outlet of the screw housing. The screw is, at the out end, provided with a flange which together with a throttle journalled around the flange forms an adjustable outlet opening through which material is fed out by the screw while the material forms a pressure tight material plug.

Abstract: A bale-grouping and shredding device includes at least a rotor (4) equipped with said discs whereof the periphery is smooth. The discs (12) are provided with cutting members in the form of sectioning pairs (11). The sectioning pairs are V-shaped and co-operate with the teeth (17) of the barrier (11) to cut up and drive the products.

Abstract: A raw garbage treatment apparatus including a treatment tank 10, a rotating shaft 32 which rises in an upright attitude from the center of the bottom of the treatment tank, a motor 36 which rotates the rotating shaft from beneath the treatment tank, a plurality of rotating blades 58 which have cutting vanes 58A that extend outward with the rotating shaft as the center and which are provided on the rotating shaft at intervals from each other, a plurality of fixed blades 60 through which the rotating shaft rotatably passes and which form a main cutter A together with the rotating blades, and a supporting frame 38 which has vertical plates 40 that hold the outer end portions of the fixed blades and whose upper end is fastened to the upper portion of the inside of the treatment tank.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an ensilage processing attachment for uniformly loosening and removing an uncompacted and free flowing ensilage product from a vertical face of a compacted ensilage mass, with minimal ensilage size reduction, when the attachment is mounted to a powered vehicle equipped with a power source for powering the attachment. The attachment includes a rotatable drum that is carried by a frame and equipped with a plurality of curved tooth members tangentially projecting outwardly in a substantially curved relationship to a rotational periphery generated by rotationally propelling the drum and curved tooth members circumferentially positioned about the drum so as to transversely remove the uncompacted ensilage product from the ensilage mass face. A powering means for rotationally propelling the drum along the face so as to uniformly loosen and remove the uncompacted ensilage therefrom is also present.

Abstract: A wet grinding and dispersion apparatus includes a grinding chamber, a shaft, and a grinding wheel unit. The shaft is disposed rotatably in the grinding chamber. The grinding wheel unit is disposed in the grinding chamber, is mounted to rotate with the shaft, and includes a plurality of grinding wheels, each of which has opposite wheel surfaces. Each of the wheel surfaces is formed with stirring protrusions.

Abstract: A secure disposal system for articles having a movable enclosure that is fully enclosed except for an opening to receive articles. The movable enclosure has a releasable lock for automatically locking a cover in a closed position on the movable enclosure. A transfer device automatically unlocks the cover of the movable enclosure in response to the transfer device mechanically engaging the movable enclosure. The transfer device transfers the enclosure to a position and orientation permitting the cover of the enclosure to fall open and the articles to drop from the enclosure. An article destroyer is located adjacent the transfer device, receives the articles dropping from the movable enclosure and destroys their functionality.

Abstract: The data destruction machine is a desk-top, portable unit with a short (under 10 second) cycle time, pluggable into a wall outlet. Upon insertion of a disk (such as a CD or split DVD) into the machine, which is fully automatic, data is removed. The machine converts the data-storage layer into residue consistent with security destruction standards from which no data is retrievable. A single machine may be used for declassifying CDs and split DVDs. Splitting DVDs in preparation for inserting them into the data destruction machine may be accomplished quickly and simply.

Abstract: A drilling fluid homogenizer and method of homogenizing drilling fluid which produce a non-clogging homogenized drilling fluid at a high throughput, in an open-loop process. The non-clogging homogenized drilling fluid is capable of being created at high rate so that the non-clogging homogenized drilling fluid is available on demand to eliminate halting of drilling operations. The drilling fluid homogenizer is coupled in series with the closed-loop designed drilling fluid system and is adapted to homogenize water-based drilling fluid and other drilling fluid types, such as, synthetic drilling fluid during drilling operations on demand.

Abstract: The invention concerns bale-grouping and shredding device comprising at least a rotor (4) equipped with discs whereof the periphery is smooth. Said discs (12) are provided with cutting members in the form of sectioning pairs (11). Said sectioning pairs are V-shaped and co-operate with the teeth (17) of the barrier (11) to cut up and drive the products.

Abstract: The invention concerns a knife seat arrangement on a cutting shaft of a shredding machine, having a knife seat groove and cutting tool arranged therein, whereby the cutting tool, fastened so as to be detachable in the knife seat groove, adjoins a flat back surface on a flat front surface of a stop element and the stop element adjoins a corresponding end surface of the knife seat groove with a semicylindrical rear wall, whereby the stop element has a protrusion, situated in a form-locking manner in a corresponding recess of the groove bottom and directed inward, in the area of the groove bottom of the knife seat groove, said protrusion partially gripping under the cutting tool and adjoining it, so that the stop element is supported radially in the groove by the cutting tool.

Abstract: The data destruction machine is a desk-top, portable unit with a short (under 10 second) cycle time, pluggable into a wall outlet. Upon insertion of a disk (such as a CD or split DVD) into the machine, which is fully automatic, data is removed. The machine converts the data-storage layer into residue consistent with security destruction standards from which no data is retrievable. A single machine may be used for declassifying CDs and split DVDs. Splitting DVDs in preparation for inserting them into the data destruction machine may be accomplished quickly and simply.

Abstract: An apparatus for destroying articles that has a cutter rotatably mounted adjacent a feed opening of a chamber containing articles to be destroyed. A ram is mounted in the chamber and is movable in a first direction toward the cutter. A plate forms the bottom surface of the chamber, and the plate has a plurality of grooves extending in the first direction. A wiper is mounted on the front of the ram, and the wiper has a plurality of teeth located in respective grooves in the plate. Thus, the plurality of teeth in the grooves prevent articles from sliding beneath the ram as it pushes articles into the cutter. In another embodiment, a segmented wiper is mounted on a first side wall, the segmented wiper has a length extending across an irregular upper surface of the ram, the segmented wiper further has a plurality of independently movable wiper teeth that are in substantially continuous contact with the irregular upper surface of the ram.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for grinding bone for use in orthopaedic procedures includes a bone shoot for receiving bone segments which are fed into a grinding assembly rotatable about an axis such that a plurality of cutting plates rotate about such axis to grind bone into uniform and desirable sized portions suitable for use in cementing of bone implants.

Abstract: The data destruction machine is a desk-top, portable unit with a short (under 10 second) cycle time, pluggable into a wall outlet. Upon insertion of a disk (such as a CD or split DVD) into the machine, which is fully automatic, data is removed. The machine converts the data-storage layer into residue consistent with security destruction standards from which no data is retrievable. A single machine may be used for declassifying CDs and split DVDs. Splitting DVDs in preparation for inserting them into the data destruction machine may be accomplished quickly and simply.

Abstract: A baler for effecting baling of packaging material for recycling purposes includes a chamber into which material to be baled is delivered and within which the material is compacted by means of a pair of endless belts. The material is fed into the chamber by means of a pair of rollers which carry shearing blades for effecting shredding of the packaging material.