Baler for recycled materials
AssigneeCatawba Baler & Equipment, LLC
InventorsMark McDonald, Mark Piotrowski, Kevin Burt
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Abstract
Baler devices, systems, and methods are shown and described. In one embodiment, the device includes an access door that is generally repositionable about a maintenance opening in a compression chamber. A chamber maintenance assembly may include a repositionable chamber access door, a pair of opposing hydraulic actuators, and a pair of extension arms connecting the access door and the hydraulic actuators. The result is devices, systems, and methods to provide improved access to the compression chamber to attend to jamming maintenance.
Claims18
A baler comprising:
- a loading chamber adapted for receiving material;
- a normal operation exit passageway adapted to discharge baled material from the baler;
- a compression chamber positioned between the loading chamber and the normal operation exit passageway and having at least one compression ram adapted for compressing the material and forming a bale, the chamber further defining a discharge ram for discharging the compressed bale through the normal operation exit passageway;
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- a chamber access door repositionable about the compression chamber, the access door being movable between an engaged position where the access door forms a portion of a wall of the compression chamber and a displaced position where a portion of wall displaced by the access door defines a jam exit passageway such that jammed material can be translated through the jam exit passageway by the compression ram.
In a baler having a compression chamber prone to jamming and an opening for access to attend to jamming maintenance, the baler comprising:
- a repositionable chamber access door having two opposing sidewalls and a lower edge, the access door being aligned to face a ram that compresses material into a baled material within the compression chamber;
- an actuator supporting the chamber access door;
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- an extension body connecting the sidewalls between the actuator, and
- wherein the access door is displaced relative to the compression chamber to expose the chamber access to define a jam exit passageway for translating jammed material therethrough with the ram,
- wherein the chamber access door includes an upper edge positioned below an extension body connecting the access door to the actuator.
A baler comprising:
- a loading chamber for loading materials to be compressed;
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- a compression chamber in communication with the loading chamber, wherein the materials are translated from the loading chamber and compressed into the compression chamber by a compression rod extending from the loading chamber;
- wherein a normal operation exit passageway is defined about the compression chamber and a discharge ram translates compressed material through the normal operation exit passageway when the baler is free of a jam,
- wherein a chamber access door defines a first position where the door forms a portion of the compression chamber and a second position where the door is translated relative to the first position to form a jam exit passageway, wherein the compression rod is configured to translate jammed material through the jam exit passageway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.