Waste paper compacter with front access features

In a compacter apparatus comprising a cage with a door and a vertically movable ram the improvement of a bale ejector comprising,

• a tiltable element in the bottom of said cage pivotable about a horizontal axis parallel to and inside the vertical plane of said door,
• a generally vertical link with its bottom end engaging the rear of said element and restrained to move in an arc centered on said horizontal axis, and its top slidably retained at one wall of said cage, and
• a latch member connected to move with said ram and adapted to engage the top of said link,
• said latch member being movable to an inoperative position at which it does not engage said link.

In a compactor apparatus comprising a cage with a door in the front thereof and a compacting ram for forming bales of waste material, the improvement of bale tying apparatus comprising,

• a plurality of inverted channels in the bottom of said ram running from the front to the rear thereof adapted to accept a tie wire or a fish tool,
• a plurality of forward-opening channels in the rear of said cage extending from the bottom thereof upward by a distance at least equal to a bale height, each said channel in the rear of said cage being positioned to communicate with the rear end of a channel in the bottom of said ram.
• a downwardly curved guide at the rear of each of said inverted channels adapted to turn and guide a tie wire or fish tool from said inverted channel into the corresponding forward opening channel in the rear of said cage, and
• a plurality of upwardly-opening channels in the floor of said cage each communicating with a corresponding one of said forward-opening channels in the rear of said cage.

In a compacter apparatus comprising a cage with a door in the front thereof and a compacting ram for forming bales of waste material, the improvement of bale tying apparatus comprising,

• at least three inverted channels in the bottom of said ram running from the front to the rear thereof adapted to accept a tie wire or a fish tool,
• at least three forward-opening channels in the rear of said cage extending from the bottom thereof upward by a distance at least equal to a bale height, each said channel in the rear of said cage being positioned to communicate with the rear end of a channel in the bottom of said ram,
• a downwardly curved guide at the rear of each said inverted channel extending at least partly into the corresponding forward-opening channel in the rear of said cage and adapted to turn and guide a tie wire or fish tool from said inverted channel into the corresponding forward-opening channel in the rear of said cage, and
• at least three upwardly-opening channels in the floor of said cage each communicating with a corresponding one of said forward-opening channels in the rear of said cage and extending to the front of said cage.

In a compacter apparatus comprising a cage with a door and a vertically movable ram the improvement of a bale ejector comprising,

• a tiltable element in the bottom of said cage pivotable about a horizontal axis parallel to and inside the vertical plane of said door,
• a generally vertical link with a length greater than the bale height with its bottom end engaging the rear of said element and a hook at its top constrained to vertically slidable movement retained at one wall of said cage,
• a latch member connected to move with said ram and adapted to engage said hook,
• said latch member being movable to an inoperative position at which it does not engage said hook, and
• a toggle element in said cage at a level below the lowest position of said hook adapted to place said latch member in the inoperative position.