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US 4,213,384 AGranted
Compacting apparatus
AssigneeTrewhella Bros. (UK) Ltd.
InventorEdward F. Telling
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Abstract
Compacting apparatus comprising a first compacting plate and a second compacting plate arranged for linear, reciprocating movement relative to the first compacting plate. Arranged between the plates in the neighborhood of one of said plates is a free-fall aperture, such that a compacted object is able to fall freely, through gravity, from said apparatus subsequent to completing a compacting stroke.
Claims14
A compacting apparatus comprising
- a first compacting plate;
- a second compacting plate;
- means for mounting said second compacting plate for reciprocating movement relative to said first compacting plate;
- movement means for providing said relative movement;
- means defining a free-fall aperture between said first and second plates and adjacent one of said plates;
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- means for supporting material to be compacted, at least during the initial stage of a compacting operation,
- said support means for supporting including a floor means extending from one of said plates and being arranged for movement beyond the other of said plates, said floor means having arranged therein said free-fall aperture such that in the full compacting position of said plate said aperture lies beneath the compacted material.
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