PLATENS OR PRESSURE SURFACES

An apparatus and method is disclosed for bundling firewood. Relatively large pieces of wood, preferably first split and cut into convenient lengths, are compressed and while compressed have a strap applied therearound after which the applied pressure is released to form a bundle of firewood that is tightly...     

A compactor assembly for compacting matter including a housing, a compactor plate within the housing movable between a retracted position and a compacting region for compacting matter wherein the compactor plate is inclined with respect to the path of motion in the retracted position and moves toward...     

In a hydraulic scrap shearing machine having scrap shears at one end of an open feed channel which is wider than the mouth of the shears and which has one of its opposite side walls movable towards the other to squash scrap placed in the feed channel to a final width which will allow the scrap to be...     

A material handling system comprising a mobile longitudinally extending receptacle having a bottom, side walls, forward end wall and pivotally movable end gate. Inside the receptacle is a pusher blade extending generally from side to side, the pusher blade being mounted for longitudinal movement between...     

A baler comprises a container with an upper open end, a lid hinged on a rear upper edge of the container and a platen mounted on the lid for compressing the material to be baled. The platen slides up and down through a hole in the lid, and hydraulic rams are used for lowering and raising the platen and...     

A method and apparatus are disclosed for temporarily storing cotton after harvesting by forming the cotton into modules. The apparatus includes a box frame which is open at the top and bottom and has a door at one end thereof. The apparatus includes a carriage which is mounted for movement longitudinally...     

An apparatus is disclosed for use in a rolling mill in compacting an upstanding cylindrical product coil. The apparatus includes a compacting station having a base platen divided into laterally spaced sections and an overlying vertically movable upper platen. A transport mechanism is employed to carry...     

A food press for shaping comestible products, such as meat and the like, in a tubular die aperture of uniform cross-section by a ram reciprocable in the die aperture by a cylinder and piston-type fluid actuator constructed so that no portion of the piston rod that might extend into the die aperture is...     

Pressing apparatus wherein a cell containing a workpiece is subjected to pressure in a press in which at least one resilient layer of disc-spring units is used as a pressure distributing medium comprises a press, two press plates and a pressure distributor disposed between the pair of plates and one...     

A bending foot is placed in the middle of an aluminum beer can laying on the roadside and the foot is pushed down by a stalk extending upward from the foot. This causes the ends of the can to angle inward as the center of the can is flattened out; then, the ends of the can are folded over the foot by...     

A refuse compactor includes a refuse storage body, a compaction panel movable within the storage body to give refuse within said body an initial pack and a stuffer panel movable within said body to provide the refuse with a secondary pack. The stuffer panel may apply a higher packing pressure to the...     

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...     

In a pressing apparatus for compressing a mass of fibrous material, such as cellulose pulp, into a bale and wrapping the resulting bale with wire or strip, there is used a bale press stand, a stationary first press plate and a second press plate movable toward and away from said press plate, together...     

The trash compactor has a throat above the chamber in which the trash receiving unit is located. The trash receiving unit consists of a pan and a container, both dimensioned so that their walls are shielded by the throat. The pan fits the chamber with its walls spaced from the walls of the housing and...     

A baling press has opposed boxes with a press mechanism movable along the lint feed box for pre-packing fibrous material fed continuously thereto. The press mechanism is reciprocable axially along the lint feed box in short strokes and moves progressively from a discharge opening toward an open end thereof....     

A press mechanism that is powered by hydraulic, electrical and/or pneumatic means is provided with an improved ratchet and pawl machine which acts as a fail-safe device should any of the power means fail to lock the press parts in place. The fail-safe device includes a ratchet in the form of a circular...     

A garbage disposal unit is provided with a stationery compacting piston fixed at the upper end thereof and with a fixed receptacle member at the lower end thereof. A movable combination member adapted to act as both a receptacle and a compacting piston is mounted intermediate the fixed piston and the...     

A trash compactor has a compacting head supported by two sets of links, each set having a pair of links pivotally interconnected by a member common to both pairs and spacing the two sets of links apart. Corresponding ends of the links are pivotally connected to the head and means connect the other ends...     

A compacting apparatus is described which is operated by pressures derived from a municipal or household supply of water under pressure. The apparatus includes a compression chamber having a feed opening therein for introducing material to be compacted in said chamber. The compression chamber is generally...     

In welding apparatus of the type comprising a pair of opposed pressing boards, and a heated platen inserted into and retracted from a space between the pressing boards and the surfaces of the articles to be welded together are fused by the heated platen and then welded together by applying a pressure...     

A refuse packer having a refuse storage body, a loading hopper and a passage leading from the hopper to the storage body with a collapsible packing means mounted within the hopper. The packing means is movable from the collapsed rest position to an extended working condition to sweep refuse from the...     

A device for compressing a wax-type material comprising a piston disposed within a chamber wherein channels are provided along the lateral surface of the piston for venting gases during the compressing operation.

A manual trash compactor that has housing means that is adapted to receive therein an exchangeable bag for containing the trash with access means to gain entrance to the bag for depositing of trash within the bag. To compact the trash pressure applying means is provided with a plunger having a compacting...     

A combined can folder and flattener having a base and pivotable handle having associated therewith two blocks or plates or anvils whereby upon rotation of the handle toward the base a can is folded and upon a second rotation of the handle toward the base the can is flattened. The folding block or plate...     

A refuse compactor having structure for preventing displacement of the compactor receptacle beyond a preselected permissible displacement during the compacting operation. The control includes a tilt switch for terminating operation of the compacting ram in the event of a preselected tilt movement of...     

A manually operated, wall-mountable, beverage can crusher having a compact hollow housing of rectangular cross-section, a ram mounted for sliding movement within the housing, and an ejection spring secured to the rear wall of the housing and operative to urge crushed cans forwardly out of the housing...     

A refuse compactor having a container with a refuse compression space on one side of a pressure plate which is movable by atmospheric pressure, upon evacuation of the refuse space, in one direction through a compression stroke to compress refuse in the space. The pressure plate is movable in the opposite...     

A refuse compactor with an upright mechanical ram actuated by an electrical power unit interconnected to the ram by a linkage assembly including upright scissor arm pairs. Slots of the compactor container receive the forks of a front loader-type refuse truck. A latching assembly automatically unlatches...     

Apparatus for crushing containers, such as beverage cans, in a crushing zone between a movable ram and a relatively stationary platen, and for delivering the crushed containers to given receptacles according to the material of the containers. Control means for power operated means, such as a container...     

Apparatus for forming a bale of a material within a pair of press platens having a plurality of contoured platen wedges mounted to each of the press platens. The adjacently mounted platen wedges provide bale tie accommodating channels therebetween and permit the insertion of bale ties around the baled...     

This disclosure pertains to apparatus for compacting trash comprising a compactor head and a portable refuse container having an open upper end positionable below and in substantially vertical alignment with the head. A foot operated treadle, when reciprocally manipulated, causes a relative joining motion...     

The invention is an improved baler for baling loose wire which the baler receives from a loose wire loading device. The baler includes a mounting member, a hopper having an open base which is disposed adjacent to the first end of the mounting member and which is mounted on the top thereof and a cylindrical...     

A compactor for metal cans, particularly beverage cans, which consists of a housing and a lid containing therein a primary chamber cavity terminating at one end in transversely extending cavity extension. With the can in position in the chamber a motorized longitudinal ram crushes the can in a longitudinal...     

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...     

A scrap metal compacting apparatus wherein scrap is compressed between a lower jaw formed on the base of the machine and an upper jaw formed on a lid pivotally mounted on the base. A lever arm connects the lid to a trolley which is moved along longitudinally rails disposed in a channel formed in the...     

A refuse compactor having an auxiliary loading means for introducing small refuse elements into the compacting container for obviating the need to move the compacting container to the normal fully exposed refuse loading position exteriorly of the compactor cabinet. A door may be used to control the small...     

A baling press has opposed boxes with a tramper movable along the lint feed box for pre-packing fibrous material fed thereinto. The press box opposed to the feed box has a ram follow block against which the fibrous material is pre-packed, and which moves incrementally away from the lint box as the prepacked...     

The trash compactor of the present invention utilizes a three piece toggle linkage mechanism for moving the compactor blade from its inoperative to its operative position. The toggle linkage includes a frame link hinged to the frame of the compactor, a primary link hinged to the frame link, and a blade...     

A manual trash compactor that comprises a housing adapted to receive therein a bag having upstanding walls terminating in an open top for depositing the trash, and formed having a base with vertically extending panels extending upwardly from the base and terminating in an upper open end such that a rectangular...     

A portable waste compactor for automatically compressing, from above, waste material deposited in a dolly-supported waste bin has a hydraulically actuated reciprocable ram mechanism including a ram plate operative to compress the waste material within the waste bin. A chute leading to the waste bin extends...     

This invention relates generally to devices designed to crush metal cans such as beverage containers and the like. More specifically, this invention relates to a can crushing device having a base upon which to place the can to be crushed and having a means for criming one side of said can when pressure...     

A testing apparatus comprising two platens one of which is a self-aligning pecimen contacting platen which includes an upper portion comprising a first member which contacts the specimen and a second member which is spaced from a base by a plurality of balls. The first and second members are movable...     

A small portable housing forms a trash compacting chamber in the bottom. At one side of the housing interior, above the chamber, is a space through which trash can fall to the chamber from an upper trash compacting opening. At the other side of the interior of the housing and above the chamber is the...     

Disclosed is a compactor which may be utilized to compact waste material including small wood or bark pieces and chips, paper, and paper cartons and form the material into a useful form such as fireplace logs. The device employs a cylinder which is removable from a base, and a piston, the rod of which...     

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.

A compactor-strapper comprising spaced forward and rearward fixed jaws, forward and rearward moveable jaws, hingedly attached independent actuators for said forward and rearward jaws, said jaws having removeable and replaceable insert members providing cavities forming a work reception chamber, and a...     

Organic materials are fed tangentially into the head of a centrifugal mill by an adjustable rate feeding device. The materials, either in a dry state or in conjunction with a separately supplied liquid carrier, move downwardly through a compacter device which positively feeds the materials through a...     

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...     

An elongated post member having a handle at the upper end and an enlarged compacting head at the lower end thereof provides a portable tool for compacting paper waste in waste cans of the type generally having a plastic liner therein and normally receiving predominantly paper waste such as cups, bags,...     

A modular refuse compactor having a shiftable rear compacting platen mounted at the lower end of an electro-hydraulic operated cylinder piston rod, and camming means to shift a folded front compacting platen from a vertical position to a horizontal position during downward movement of the rear platen...     

A manually operated press for crushing aluminum cans in the specific and exact manner of end to end while maintaining their original diameter, having a crushing chamber enclosed on its two sides by parallel walls of a frame, furthermore enclosed by a fixed stationary end, while the opposite end of crushing...     

A hold-down beam is provided on a rapid acceleration conveyor to hold articles, such as an unstable stack of newspapers, tightly against the conveyor for providing frictional engagement between the stack and the conveyor and allow the upper part of the stack to move with the conveyor so that the stack...     

This relates to a compactor for crushing aluminum containers of the type, for example, which contain soft drinks and certain alcoholic beverages. The empty container is placed between a first stationary plate and a second crushing plate. The crushing plate is coupled into a guide assembly and to a handle...     

A hold-down beam is provided on a rapid acceleration conveyor to hold articles, such as an unstable stack of newspapers, tightly against the conveyor for providing frictional engagement between the stack and the conveyor and move the upper part of the stack with the conveyor so that the stack will not...     

A machine for charging a furnace with scrap to be incinerated comprising a hopper in which bulk scrap to be incinerated is fed and whose bottom opens into the interior of a rectilinear and horizontal tubular body connected at one extremity to the inlet of a furnace. Mounted at the other opposite extremity...     

A scrap shearing machine comprises a pair of relatively movable shearing blades arranged in a shear frame 1, a crusher 6 positioned upstream of the shearing blades 3, 5, a filling trough 8 arranged upstream of the cutter frame 1, a feed device to feed scrap along the trough 8 towards the crusher, press...     

A bolster for a press, such as a mechanical press, which is capable of being easily retracted downwardly so as to increase the die separation thereby enabling easy access to the dies for maintenance. The bolster assembly includes a base mounted to the bed of the press, a bolster supported on the base...     

A trash compactor is especially designed for industrial and commercial usage. A compacting unit is driven by an electricity-free drive unit for allowing applications in hazardous environments, such as offshore drilling rigs. Specifically, a hydraulic pump is pneumatically driven for powering the compactor....     

Manually operated apparatus adapted for crushing cans including means for attaching the apparatus to a garbage container. The apparatus includes a pair of elongated structural elements rigidly spaced apart in parallel relationship. A fixed crushing plate is carried between the structural elements and...     

Compacting apparatus comprising a first compacting plate and a second compacting plate arranged for linear, reciprocating movement relative to the first compacting plate. Arranged between the plates in the neighborhood of one of said plates is a free-fall aperture, such that a compacted object is able...     

A scrap shearing machine of the kind comprising an upper knife support which has an upper knife fixed to it and is vertically movable in a frame, a stationary lower knife and optionally also a vertically movable tamper, which is mounted immediately upstream of the cutting plane of the shearing machine,...     

A can crusher having an upstanding stationary platen and an upstanding movable platen, the movable platen being reciprocated with respect to the stationary platen. Both platens are canted with their upper ends closer together than their lower ends so that, when a can is placed in the crusher with the...     

An apparatus for crushing cans uses a pair of guide rods having an anvil attached at each end, and a pair of sliding rams sliding on the guide rods. Can support wire members are positioned between each ram and anvil to support a can during crushing. A ram drive cam alternately drives each ram to crush...     

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

A press which has a short ram stroke in which the ram is movable in a single plane in a working direction and return direction, particularly for high speed cutting presses, comprises, a press frame with a ram carried by the press frame which is supported by springs which are rigidly connected to the...     

A beverage can compactor including an elongate compaction chamber for receiving emptied beverage cans. A pair of crushing platens are positioned for reciprocating movement from the opposite respective ends of the compaction chamber toward each other and then return to their initial positions at the respective...     

A compactor packs waste material in an open top container which is adapted for movement inwardly and outwardly of a supporting frame. A ram unit is pivotally supported at one end by the frame with its other end being movable selectively to an extended position within the container, a retracted position...     

A storage and banding container is provided having four side walls, a bottom wall, and an open top. Each of a pair of opposing side walls have a pair of vertically elongated slots dimensioned and adapted to receive the tines of a forklift vehicle. Scrap material, such as scrap banding, is accumulated...     

A device for baling cut crop, comprising a baling chamber having an inlet port and an outlet port and a compression member adapted to move in the baling chamber, the compressing stroke of the compression member extends along the inlet port to near the outlet port and is equal to or slightly larger than...     

A refuse compactor comprises a container for the receipt of refuse and a compactor unit which inserts refuse into the container and compact the refuse and seeks to overcome the disadvantage of previously proposed compactors regarding the closure of a full container. For this purpose the container of...     

A novel toy simulating a crusher for compressing junk cars includes in combination, one or more small toy cars having a hollow body shell formed of readily deformable, thin, sheet material and a crushing mechanism including a guideway with a slide movable in the guideway to press a first wall against...     

A press for applying nailing plates across joints of wooden trusses and for other like usage is disclosed. A suspension harness for the press is adapted to be carried by an overhead universally movable support. The lower jaw member of the press is rockably mounted on the suspension harness with adjustment...     

Book nipping apparatus having first and second pairs of jaws adapted to apply nipping pressure on a stack of signatures. The first pair of jaws is structured to press the signature stack together adjacent the signatures' back or spine edge in a straight spine edge configuration, and the second pair of...     

A one at a time can crusher, specifically for recycling aluminum cans, includes an aligning and separating feed chute for cans leading to an end-to-end crusher, and a contact arrangement for detecting the type of can, actuates a solenoid crusher. The unit includes storage for a large number of crushed...     

A trash compactor has a base frame with vertical I-beam piston guide means supporting a rectangular piston for vertical reciprocation; a plurality of suction openings extend about the periphery of the piston adjacent the end face of the piston and are connected to a vacuum source with flexible seal flaps...     

A double-acting compacting apparatus comprises two movable compaction plates and a stationary compaction plate arranged between said movable plates. Arranged between respective ones of said movable plates and said stationary plate is a free-fall aperture through which compacted objects can fall under...     

An apparatus for tightly compacting material within a wheeled, open top container including a frame composed of a stationary base and a overhead section disposed above the container and coupled to the frame base section by a plurality of telescoping columns which permit the overhead section to raise...     

Seed cotton is built into a module to be picked up and moved to a gin by dumping and tromping the cotton into a short box to form a first segment. After this first section of the module is formed the rear gate of the builder is opened and the box moved forward. Then, an additional segment is built, tramping...     

A container closed by a lid for receiving and compacting waste paper includes a volume-occupying lid (3, 14) which fits inside the container (1, 13). The container (1, 13) defines a chamber large enough to accomodate individual pieces of waste to be deposited and compacted. The lid (3, 14) is retained...     

A press for forming self-supporting bales of fibrous material from a pulpy mass of the same having a high liquid content wherein the inner sides of the fixed walls of the baling chamber are provided with parallel narrow grooves having holes in their bottoms extending through the walls to the outside...     

A crusher assembly which includes a base having a first and second shelf portion extending therefrom, at least one guide rod interconnecting the upper and lower shelf portion, a presser member slidably mounted on the at least one guide rod for movement between a first open position for receiving an object...     

A can crusher is provided utilizing a single lever arm pivoted in two places to a pivotal link and a crusher plate respectively and having a unique action wherein upon lifting the lever arm space is provided for a can and a foot extended from the lever arm crushes one end of the can, and upon depressing...     

A vehicle towable cotton module compacter (10) is disclosed for use in the cotton field on seed cotton. A rigid framework (12) has upper and lower rectangular frames (28, 22). The upper frame (28) has a hopper (88) with an open top mouth (90). The hopper (88) has a collection box (92) with a push plate...     

A compacting device for crushing aluminum beverage containers to render them more readily storable and transportable to salvage facilities. The device comprises a housing with a side opening for receiving an empty container, an open end aligned with a movable piston actuated by a linkage controlled by...     

A restoration apparatus for restoring a painting and bonding a canvas backing to a painting having a panel member and a frame attached thereon. A flexible mat is stretched over the frame to form an airtight chamber which is in communication with a source of vacuum. A planar heating device is yieldably...     

A baling machine is disclosed having a single ram means horizontally spaced from the baling chamber to reduce the overall height of the baling machine, while avoiding the complications of two side-mounted ram means. The baling machine includes a vertically movable platen which is supported on a sleeve...     

A compact can crusher in which used beverage cans and the like are dropped into a chute and are crushed flat between an oscillating crusher plate and a wall of the chute, the crushed cans being dropped through an open lower end of the chute. A drive motor is coupled to the crusher plate to apply maximum...     

A die clamp arrangement for attaching a die member to a press slide includes an elongated attachment member rotatably and slidably attached near its upper end in guide slots of a support bracket attached to a vertical face of the press slide. In attachment position, the lower threaded end of the attachment...     

A device for crushing metal containers to facilitate recycling the containers, the device having a base and an operating lever pivotally secured to the base. The base has a base shoe sized to receive one end of a metal container and the operating lever has a crushing shoe at one end thereof. The crushing...     

An apparatus is disclosed for a two-stage crushing of empty cans along their longitudinal axes to collapse them to minimum bulk. The apparatus has a stanchion fixed to a base and long and short lever arms pivotally mounted on the stanchion. A pivotal linkage interconnects the long lever arm with the...     

A device is disclosed for individually flattening cylindrical containers, such as metal cans. A base is provided for supporting a can in a crushing position in which the can is disposed on its side on the base. A lever mechanism is pivotally attached to the base and is swingable upwardly therefrom to...     

An apparatus for crushing tin cans for convenient disposal, the apparatus including an enclosure fitted with a door for placing cans therein, a crank operated pressure plate inside the enclosure for pressing downward against the cans and a stepped conical seat upon which cans are placed so to not slip...     

A portable can crushing apparatus which is preferably also readily mountable to a horizontal or vertical support surface is disclosed herein. This apparatus includes a pair of spaced rods and a front end plate which together serve to support a can to be crushed. A back end plate is also provided and...     

An expandable bag is supported on a base and is associated with first and second platen means. The first platen is movable in a pressing operation relative to the second platen by expansion and contraction of the bag. The second platen is movable relative to the first platen in a plane parallel with...     

Apparatus for pressing nailing plates or the like into opposite ends of elongate members, such as wooden railroad ties, thereby to end-plate the ties. The apparatus comprises a press having upper and lower platens engageable with the top and bottom faces of a tie adjacent the ends thereof. The lower...     

An apparatus to flatten a container such as a can employed in the soft drink or beer industry. The apparatus is so designed so as to initially bend the can in half and following the bending of the can in half, the can is then flattened or compressed so as to present a relatively thin laminate. The apparatus...     

An apparatus for laminating a solar cell structure includes upper and lower housing members and an intermediate member which includes a flexible membrane. The members form upper and lower sealed chambers which can be selectively evacuated. The solar cell structure is placed between the membrane and a...     

A can crimping and folding device is shown which has a base plate having a crimping area and a folding area. The areas are adapted to sequentially receive a can, the length of which is transversely aligned with the longitudinal axis of the base plate. A pivotable handle is attached at one end of the...     

An apparatus for cutting a scrapped good such as a scrapped automobile. The apparatus has a machine frame having a table provided with a recess, and a bifurcated pressing member rotatable into and out of the recess by means of a pressing cylinder. The pressing member has a lifting portion and a cutting...     

A device for crushing containers embodies a base having a supporting surface for receiving the container to be crushed. Upstanding crushing members are mounted for rectilinear movement along the supporting surface selectively to a first position in spaced relation to each other for receiving the container...