Baling apparatus and method

A baling apparatus comprising:

• a base;
• a wall vertically extending from the base for defining a chamber having an open top end;
• a horizontally disposed floor plate having an arched top surface, the floor plate carried by the base for providing a closed bottom end of the chamber;
• a compression plate mounted above the base for reciprocating movement within the chamber;
• first reciprocating means carried outside the wall for reciprocating the compression plate relative to the chamber, wherein waste material loaded into the chamber is compacted between the compression plate and the floor plate while confined within the vertically extending wall;
• pusher tabs vertically extending from a rear edge of the floor plate for cradling the waste material;
• second reciprocating means operable with the floor plate for horizontal reciprocation of at least a portion of the floor plate from within the chamber to outside the chamber through an opening within the wall, wherein waste material compacted within the chamber is pushed therefrom;
• the compression plate comprising a plate member;
• and
• a beam connected to the plate member by a vertical support for securing the beam in a spaced relation to the plate member, the beam horizontally extending beyond the wall for connection to the first reciprocating means.

A baling apparatus comprising:

• a horizontally disposed floor plate having an arched surface for receiving material to be compacted thereon;
• a compression plate mounted for reciprocating vertical movement with respect to the floor plate;
• first reciprocating means operably attached between the horizontally disposed floor plate and the compression plate for reciprocating the compression plate relative to the floor plate, wherein material placed between the floor plate and the compression plate is compacted therebetween for forming an arched bottom surface therein;
• the compression plate comprising a plate member;
• and
• a beam connected to the plate member by a vertical support for securing the beam in a spaced relation to the plate member, the beam secured to the first reciprocating means.

A baling apparatus comprising:

• a horizontally disposed floor plate having an arched surface for receiving material to be compacted thereon;
• a compression plate mounted for reciprocating vertical movement with respect to the floor plate;
• first reciprocating means operably attached between the horizontally disposed floor plate and the compression plate for reciprocating the compression plate relative to the floor plate, wherein material placed between the floor plate and the compression plate is compacted therebetween for forming an arched bottom surface therein;
• the compression plate comprising a plate member;
• a beam connected to the plate member by a vertical support for securing the beam in a spaced relation to the plate member, the beam secured to the first reciprocating means;
• pusher tabs vertically extending from an edge of the floor plate;
• and
• second reciprocating means operable with the floor plate for horizontal reciprocation of the floor plate for biasing the pusher tabs against the material in a horizontal pushing movement, wherein material compacted between the compaction plate and the floor plate is pushed therefrom with the arched bottom surface placed onto a support surface.

A baling apparatus comprising:

• a horizontally disposed floor plate;
• a compression plate mounted for reciprocating vertical movement with respect to the floor plate;
• at least one elongate strut carried on at least one of the floor plate and the compression plate for forming a depression within a bale formed during compression of material placed between the compression plate and the floor plate;
• reciprocating means operably attached between the horizontally disposed floor plate and the compression plate for reciprocating the compression plate relative to the floor plate, wherein the material placed between the floor plate and the compression plate is compacted therebetween;
• the compression plate comprising a plate member;
• and
• a beam connected to the plate member, the beam also secured at ends thereof to the reciprocating means.

A method for compacting material and baling thereof, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a baling apparatus having a chamber defined by enclosing front, rear and sidewalls carried on a base and a vertically reciprocating compression plate operable above the base for compacting the material in the chamber;
• horizontally disposing a floor plate onto the base for providing a closed bottom end of the chamber, the floor plate having an arched top surface for forming an arched bottom surface of the compacted material;
• placing a beam across the compression plate, the beam having opposing ends each of which extends beyond an adjacent sidewall of the chamber;
• fitting first and second generally vertical reciprocating pistons each along the outside of one of the sidewalls and each operably coupled at a lower end to the base and at an upper end to a corresponding end of the beam;
• loading material to be compressed into the chamber;
• and
• compressing the material by reciprocating the compression plate relative to the chamber, wherein the material loaded into the chamber is compacted between the compression plate and the arched top surface of the floor plate.