Plant for collecting and briquetting domestic waste

A plant for collecting and briquetting domestic waste, comprising:

• a housing with a loading opening and a discharge opening;
• a conveyer screw mounted in said housing adjacent to the loading opening thereof and adapted to advance and compact domestic waste;
• a reversible drive operatively connected to said conveyer screw;
• a chamber for forming domestic waste into briquettes, mounted in said housing adjacent to the discharge opening thereof, coaxially with said conveyer screw and adjoining the latter at one of the end faces thereof;
• abutment means mounted in said chamber and spanning the cross-sectional area thereof;
• said abutment means being mounted in said chamber for motion therealong from a first position to a second position independently of said chamber under the action of domestic waste being formed into a briquette and which is being advanced by the rotation of said conveyer screw;
• said chamber being mounted in said housing for axial reciprocation from a first position to a second position independently of said abutment means to release a briquette upon its having been formed and from said second position to said first position together with said abutment means;
• and means for effecting reciprocation of said chamber whereby upon said chamber moving together with said abutment means from said second position to said first position, said abutment means also moves from its second position to its first position.