Device for compacting matter such as packaging waste
AssigneeTechval
InventorEric Morisse
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Abstract
A compactor according to the invention comprises a bowl (2) for receiving the matter that is to be compacted, a crushing head (1) comprising at least one shredding roll (11) that is mounted to rotate on itself and to move upon the surface of the matter when the compacting head is in an active position inside the bowl, and a pressing device comprising a pressure plate (3) for pressing the matter onto a bottom of said bowl when it is in an active position inside the bowl. Configuration means are further provided to move said crushing head and said pressing device, each in turn, into its active position inside the bowl while the other is in an inactive position outside the bowl.
Claims14
A waste compacting device or compactor, comprising a bowl for receiving matter to be compacted, a crushing head comprising at least one shredding rotative roll travelling upon the surface of the matter when it is in an active position inside said bowl, a pressing device with a pressure plate associated with translation means to compress said matter onto a bottom of said bowl when it is in an active position inside said bowl, and configuration means to move said crushing head and said pressing device, each in turn, into its active position inside the bowl while the other is in an inactive position outside the bowl.
A compactor comprising:—a bowl for receiving matter to be compacted that is introduced through an open end thereof;
- —a crushing head comprising at least one shredding rotative roll travelling upon the surface of the matter when it is in an active position inside said bowl, said crushing head being associated with means to rotate it about a vertical axis of said bowl along which it is mounted movable in vertical translation;—a pressing device comprising a pressure plate associated with means to translate it along said vertical axis when it is in an active position inside said bowl so as to compress said matter onto a bottom of said bowl, said pressure plate being so dimensioned that it then covers all the matter in the bowl;—and configuration means to move said crushing head and said pressing device, each in turn, into its active position inside the bowl while the other is in an inactive position outside the bowl.
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