Waste material compaction apparatus and vehicle including same
AssigneeScranton Manuactunng Company Inc.
InventorsChristian Lapointe, Maxime Cantin
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Abstract
The present disclosure concerns a compaction apparatus having a hopper housing defining a hopper chamber to receive materials; a container storing the materials in a compacted fashion; a screw conveying the materials from the hopper chamber to the container and comprising a screw hopper segment extending in the hopper chamber; a partition assembly located between the hopper and the container; and a containment assembly comprising a flap mounted to the hopper housing and being movable between a loading configuration wherein the flap uncovers the screw hopper segment, and a containment configuration in which the flap at least partially covers the screw hopper segment to contain the materials in the hopper chamber.
Claims26
A compaction apparatus comprising:
- a hopper housing defining a hopper chamber to receive materials;
- a container to store the materials in a compacted fashion;
- a conveyor screw configured to convey the materials from the hopper chamber to the container and comprising a screw hopper segment extending in the hopper chamber;
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- a loading assembly comprising a flap mounted to the hopper housing and defining a material-receiving cavity, the flap being movable between:
- a loading configuration wherein the flap uncovers the screw hopper segment to allow the introduction of the materials in the material-receiving cavity of the flap, and
- an unloading configuration wherein the flap at least partially covers the screw hopper segment.
A compaction apparatus comprising:
- a hopper housing defining a hopper chamber to receive materials;
- a container to store the materials in a compacted fashion;
- a conveyor screw configured to convey the materials from the hopper chamber to the container and comprising a screw hopper segment extending in the hopper chamber and having a longitudinal axis;
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- a containment assembly comprising a flap mounted to the hopper housing and being movable between:
- a loading configuration wherein the flap uncovers the screw hopper segment to allow the introduction of the materials in the hopper chamber, and
- a containment configuration wherein the flap at least partially covers the screw hopper segment to contain the materials in the hopper chamber.
A compaction apparatus comprising:
- a hopper housing defining a hopper chamber to receive materials;
- a container to store the materials in a compacted fashion;
- a conveyor screw configured to convey the materials from the hopper chamber to the container and comprising a circumferential perimeter and a screw hopper segment extending in the hopper chamber;
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- a partition assembly located between the hopper chamber and the container and having:
- a partition wall delimiting at least partially the hopper chamber and having a hopper-facing surface;
- a through opening defined in the partition wall and allowing passage of the materials conveyed by the conveyor screw through the partition wall, the through opening providing access to:
- a main passageway shaped to be in close relation to a portion of the circumferential perimeter of the conveyor screw;
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- a by-pass passageway extending outwardly beyond the circumferential perimeter of the conveyor screw and offset from the main passageway and defining a by-pass port in the hopper-facing surface;
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- a choke slidably mounted to the partition wall to vary a surface area of the by-pass port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.