Trash compactor and transporting mechanism

A portable bulk material compressor comprising a semi- cylindrical hopper, means disposed within said hopper to compress and transfer small volumes of refuse into a larger storage compartment, said means comprising a rotating cylindrical drum which is slotted to receive therethrough a sweeping blade which rotates integrally with said drum and one end of the sweeping blade contacts the inside wall of the hopper, creating a sweeping and compacting action as the sweeping blade rotates, the volume defined within the sweeping blade, rotating drum, and interior hopper walls constantly decreases as the said drum and blade turn through a complete cycle, the sweeping blade sliding by gravity and momentum through said rotating drum at the point the rotating drum contacts the hopper wall upon completing one compaction cycle, thus ending one compaction cycle and beginning a subsequent compaction cycle which creates a sweeping and compressing action of the refuse against the sides of said hopper;

• access means communicating the hopper with the storage compartment, said access means being normally held in a closed position by means of a spring which exacts a force against said access means, maintaining said access means in a closed position until the spring means force is overcome by the compacting force and the compressed refuse is transferred from the hopper means to the storage compartment.