Mechanism for compacting material
AssigneeWisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
InventorRalph J. Harker
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Abstract
A material handling apparatus having a storage body, a hopper communicating with it through material compacting or crushing means in which said means comprises a cylindrical roller and a substantially planar material-holding tray capable of movement beneath said cylinder in material compacting relationship therewith.
Claims33
In a material handling apparatus for handling large volumes of refuse having a storage body and a hopper in communication with said body, means interposed between said hopper and storage body to move material from said hopper into said storage body comprising a planar material-holding tray mounted for translation beneath a cylindrical roller in material compacting relationship therewith, whereby at least part of said material is compacted by the nip pressure of rolling action during movement from said hopper with said body and said storage body is loaded with refuse by successive translations of said holding tray.
In a material handling apparatus having a storage body and a hopper in communication with it, a planar material-hold tray translatable from a position within said hopper to a position within said storage body, said tray having a pivotally mounted end gate at its hopperoriented end, means for orienting said end gate in a position substantially perpendicular to the surface of said tray, and means for translating said tray from said hopper into said storage body, whereby material in said tray is moved from said hopper into said storage body in successive translations to load said storage body with said material.
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