Trash compactor
OwnerDavid Roger Day, Lucian Grant McElroyinventors
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Abstract
A compactor assembly for compacting matter including a housing, a compactor plate within the housing movable between a retracted position and a compacting region for compacting matter wherein the compactor plate is inclined with respect to the path of motion in the retracted position and moves toward the perpendicular with respect thereto in the compacting region, the compactor plate including collapsible means for permitting collapse thereof as it approaches the perpendicular. In one preferred embodiment, the compactor plate includes stapling means for stapling adjacent layers of matter together during the compaction process wherein the stapling means includes a plurality of movable teeth.
Claims37
A compactor assembly for compacting matter comprising:
- a housing, compactor plate means within said housing movable along a path of motion between a retracted position and a compacting region for compacting matter wherein said compactor plate means is inclined with respect to the path of motion in said retracted position and moves toward the perpendicular with respect thereto in said compacting region, said compactor plate means including a leading edge and a trailing edge, said edges being in continuous contact with opposite surfaces of said housing, and means mounting said edges for permitting relative movement therebetween to reduce the distance between said edges as said compactor plate means approaches the perpendicular whereby said edges contact the walls of said housing throughout the movement of said compactor plate means, and power means for moving said compactor plate means.
A compactor plate assembly comprising:
- a movable compactor plate member, stapling means carried by said compactor plate member for stapling adjacent layers of matter together, said stapling means including a plurality of movable teeth, support bars for supporting said teeth, a support plate member, a plurality of elongated apertures in said support plate member, each aperture receiving one of said movable teeth for limiting the extent of travel thereof during relative motion between said support bars and said support plate member.
A compactor assembly for compacting matter comprising:
- a housing, compactor plate means within said housing movable between a retracted position and a compacting region for compacting matter wherein said compactor plate means is inclined with respect to the path of motion in said retracted position and moves toward the perpendicular with respect thereto in said compacting region, said compactor plate means including a body member, a retractable member retractably associated with said body member, and resilient collapsible means acting between said body member and said retractable member for permitting collapse of said compactor plate means as it approaches the perpendicular, and power means for moving said compactor plate means.
A compactor plate assembly for compacting matter comprising:
- a housing, compactor plate means within said housing movable between a retracted position and a compacting region for compacting matter wherein said compactor plate is inclined with respect to the path of motion in said retracted position and moves toward the perpendicular with respect thereto in said compacting region, said compactor plate means including a body member, a retractable member retractably associated with said body member, said members defining a leading edge and a trailing edge, said edges being in continuous contact with opposite surfaces of said housing, and resilient collapsible means acting between said body member and said retractable member for permitting the distance between said edges to diminish as said compactor plate means approaches the perpendicular, and power means for moving said compactor plate means.
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