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US 5,386,770 AGranted
Installation for compacting waste and waste assembly
OwnerSteven B. De Boerinventor
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Abstract
Installation for compacting waste. This installation consists of a partition pump fitted in a chamber, the changing volume being determined by the partitions and the wall of the chamber. A closable inlet is fitted, while the wall of the chamber can be designed as a hinged wall in the vicinity of the outlet. Scrapers can be provided to ensure that all of the waste remains in the outlet. The outlet can open into a conventional waste container.
Claims9
Installation for compacting waste, comprising:
- a chamber having an inlet and an outlet;
- a rotary element housed in said chamber, said rotary element including a partition drum and a plurality of partitions;
- means for moving said rotary element in a direction along an interior wall of the chamber in order to define a space between the wall and the rotary chamber, said space decreasing in the direction of movement of the rotary element;
- and means for closing the inlet such that said means form a part of the wall of the chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.