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US 11,273,613 B2Granted
Trash compactor
AssigneeCompaction Technologies, Inc.
InventorsAlexander Kachkovsky, Kenneth Judge
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Abstract
A trash compactor may include a frame, a cavity, a trash receptacle, a platen movable to compress trash collected in the trash receptacle, a set of linkages and a drive mechanism configured to drive said platen up and down, the drive mechanism further configured as one of the link elements, and a platen guide mechanism configured to restrict the motion of the platen in an up and down manner.
Claims4
A trash compactor, comprising:
- a frame defining a cavity,
- a receptacle configured for arrangement within the frame and to receive trash;
- an upper linkage having a first end and a second end, the first end of said upper linkage attached to the frame by a first simple hinge joint, the first simple hinge joint having an axis of rotation;
- a lower linkage having a first end and a second end, the first end of the lower linkage attached to the second end of the upper linkage by a second simple hinge joint;
- a platen configured to move within the receptacle to compact the trash, the platen connected to the second end of said lower linkage by a third simple hinge joint;
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- a compacting mechanism configured to drive movement of the platen, the compacting mechanism having a secured end pivotally connected to said frame and a moving end vertically displaced from the secured end, the moving end pivotally connected to a linkage at a point between the first end of the upper linkage and the second end of the lower linkage, the compacting mechanism driving the platen by changing a distance between the secured end and the moving end thereby imparting motion to the upper linkage, the lower linkage, and the platen.
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