US 2021/0229388 A1Published application

Recycling Baler

AssigneeWaste Revelation LLC

InventorCole Doolittle

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Abstract

A compaction head for use with a hydraulic ram of a compaction baler includes an first plate operably coupled to the hydraulic ram, a second plate operably coupled to the first plate. The first and second plates are movable between a first position, where the first and second plates are spaced from each other by a distance, and a second position, where the first and second plates are in contact. The compaction head also includes a plurality of springs, a plurality of spikes extending from the first plate, and a plurality of apertures on the second plate. The plurality of springs is disposed between the first and second plates. In the first position, the plurality of spikes is at least partially withdrawn from the plurality of apertures, and in a second position, the plurality of spikes extends through the plurality of apertures.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A compaction baler for receiving and compressing a material, the baler comprising:

a housing defining an interior and a compaction chamber and adapted to receive the material;
a hydraulic ram at least partially disposed within the interior and shiftable between a retracted position and an extended position;
and
a compaction head operably coupled to the hydraulic ram, the compaction head comprising:
a first plate operably coupled to the hydraulic ram, and a second plate shiftably coupled to the first plate, wherein the first and second plates are shiftable relative to one another between a first position where the first and second plates are spaced apart by a first distance, and a second position where the first and second plates are spaced apart by a second distance less than the first distance, and including a plurality of springs disposed between the first plate and the second plate, the plurality of springs arranged to bias the first and second plates toward the first position;
the first plate including a plurality of spikes and the second plate including a plurality of apertures, each of the plurality of spikes sized to extend through a corresponding one of the plurality of apertures toward a protruding position where the plurality of spikes protrude beyond the second plate when the first and second plates are in the second position;
wherein, in response to shifting the hydraulic ram toward the extended position, the plurality spikes approach the protruding position in response to contact between the compaction head and the material.

4 more elements

A compaction head for use with a hydraulic ram of a compaction baler, the hydraulic ram shiftable between a retracted position and an extended position, the compaction head comprising:

a first plate arranged for attachment to the hydraulic ram, and a second plate shiftably coupled to the first plate, wherein the first and second plates are shiftable relative to one another between a first position where the first and second plates are spaced apart by a first distance, and a second position where the first and second plates are spaced apart by a second distance less than the first distance, and including a plurality of springs disposed between the first plate and the second plate, the plurality of springs arranged to bias the first and second plates toward the first position;
the first plate including a plurality of spikes and the second plate including a plurality of apertures, each of the plurality of spikes sized to extend through a corresponding one of the plurality of apertures toward a protruding position where the plurality of spikes protrude beyond the second plate when the first and second plates are in the second position;
wherein, in response to shifting the hydraulic ram toward the extended position, the plurality of spikes approach the protruding position in response to contact between the compaction head and the material.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.