Waste compactor
AssigneeLouie Fong
InventorLouie Fong
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Abstract
A waste compactor includes a rod extending in a vertical direction and supported on a ground surface, and a handle rotatably coupled to the rod and configured to rotate about to a central axis of the rod. The handle is also pivotally coupled to the rod and configured to pivot about a pivot axis between a raised position and a lowered position. The pivot axis extends perpendicularly to the central axis. The waste compactor further includes a plunger coupled to the handle and is arranged to move in the vertical direction in response to the pivoting of the handle between the raised position and the lowered position to compress the waste disposed inside the bin.
Claims17
A waste compactor for compacting waste arranged inside a bin, the waste compactor comprising:
- a rod extending in a vertical direction and the rod having a lower end supported on a ground surface;
- a handle rotatably coupled to the rod and configured to rotate about a central axis of the rod, wherein the handle is pivotally coupled to the rod and configured to pivot about a pivot axis between a raised position and a lowered position, the pivot axis extends perpendicularly to the central axis;
- a plunger coupled to the handle and is arranged to move in the vertical direction in response to the pivoting of the handle between the raised position and the lowered position to compress the waste disposed inside the bin;
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- a can crusher assembly attached to the rod and the handle, the can assembly configured to support and crush a can,
- wherein a rotation of the handle about the central axis of the rod configured to move the handle from a position for compacting waste inside the bin to a position to crush the can outside of the bin.
A waste compactor for compacting waste arranged inside a bin, the waste compactor comprising:
- a rod extending in a vertical direction and the rod having a lower end supported on a ground surface;
- a handle rotatably coupled to the rod and configured to rotate about a central axis of the rod, wherein the handle is pivotally coupled to the rod and configured to pivot about a pivot axis between a raised position and a lowered position, the pivot axis extends perpendicularly to the central axis;
- a plunger coupled to the handle and is arranged to move in the vertical direction in response to the pivoting of the handle between the raised position and the lowered position to compress the waste disposed inside the bin;
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- a can crusher assembly to support and crush a can,
- wherein the can crusher assembly includes a retention structure attached to the rod and configured to retain the can in a vertically standing orientation, and a crusher attached to the handle and configured to move in the vertical direction in response to the pivoting of the handle between the raised position and the lowered position to contact and crush the can positioned on the retention structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.