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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7980173 | Hydraulic compactor system having flexible hoses with breakaway couplers A hydraulic compactor system includes a portable container adapted to be transported by a truck and having a chamber for receiving a waste material to be compacted. The container has a self-contained compacting ram actuated by a hydraulic cylinder, and a remote hydr... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7765922 | Device for compressing biomass to create fuel The present invention is a biomass compactor. The device is made up of a frame having a hydraulic compaction cylinder. When the hydraulic control is activated, the compaction cylinder moves forward through a hopper filled with various biomass materials, such as but ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7383766 | Coal dewatering system and method The invention relates to a coal dewatering system, method and apparatus. The dewatering system includes a preheater vessel (82) having a chamber (101) for heating coal, an inlet (84) to permit the passage of coal into the chamber (101), a... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7377214 | Apparatus and method for temporarily compressing loose, multiply bent, pieces of scrap sheet metal into compacted wafers The bulk volume of large numbers of loose, separated, multiply bent, irregularly shaped scrap sheet metal is temporarily reduced, for transportation and storage of the metal for recycling purposes, by compressing the metal into temporary, compacted wafers formed of ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7370573 | Method and apparatus for forming modules from harvested crops Module builder including holding chamber, wheeled frame towable behind a harvester; compaction chamber, compaction device, forming chamber, door assembly. The compaction chamber having compaction surface oriented between and substantially perpendicular to compaction... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7354550 | Disinfection or sterilisation method The invention relates to a disinfection or sterilisation method. The material to be disinfected is introduced in a receptacle and the receptacle is sealed. Subsequently, the sealed receptacle is heated under a water vapour and/or radical pressure. The water vapour p... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7285928 | Container for use with flexible bags A container includes a fan that is reversible so air can be removed from the container as a flexible bag is placed into the container and ambient air can be forced into the container when the flexible bag is being removed from the container. This will facilitate pla... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7267048 | Wine press A wine press for use in particular, but not exclusively, for pressing grapes for producing champagne. It is horizontal and includes an open-work base and pressing mechanisms formed of at least an axially mobile tray. The pressing mechanisms have a configuration adap... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7162786 | Method and apparatus for recycling oil filters An apparatus for automatically feeding an oil filter(s) into a crushing zone to shear a canister from a connector plate. The apparatus feed the oil filters into the crushing zone one at a time for the crushing by a movable wall against a fixed wall (211) to f... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7147024 | Method to produce a decay resistant and weatherproof wooden product with qualities like hardwood A method to produce a decay resistant and weatherproof wooden product (11) and to its qualities like hardwood, for instance teak, in compressing and heating wood block (1) into a wanted shape. In the method a dried wood block (1) is compressed a... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7093538 | Wooden debris compressor A wooden debris compressor includes a storing tank, and a poking device under the storing tank provided with plural poking rods fixed spaced apart in a definite angle. Then alternate back-and-forth rotation of the poking rods controls the volume of wooden debris fal... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7077059 | Portable apparatus for compacting and storing cigarette butts An apparatus for compacting and storing cigarette butts includes a housing having a central bore with a releasable bottom closure, a closable upper extremity, and a plunger which can be forced downwardly to compact butts within the bore. The plunger also serves as r... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7007600 | Selectively positionable trash compressing apparatus A trash compressing method and apparatus (10) including: a tower unit (11) having a vertical support shaft (20) provided with a plurality of support legs (21); a support unit (12) having a support column (30) slidably dispos... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7000532 | Portable trash compactor An portable apparatus for compacting refuse including an outer housing having a recess extending therethrough and a vent extending therethrough. An inner housing is received within the outer housing so as to form a compartment for receiving refuse therein. A connect... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7000537 | Press and machine tool A press having a machine frame section (10) and a movable section capable of reciprocal movement in a vertical direction relative to the machine frame section, for making products using a pair of dies. The movable section includes a slide (24) to which... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6923114 | Can crusher A compressing device is provided that is suitable for crushing cans. A compressing device is provided that includes a plurality of linear drive actuators located along side a compression chamber to both reduce height/size of the compressing device, and provide a mor... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6530314 | Electric press with dust generation preventing device Disclosed is an electric press having a substantially airtight casing containing therein a drive device for reciprocatingly moving a ram relative to a work positioned on a base to press the work, and a device for exhausting the dusts produced within the c... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6178882 | Shearing compactor pump A compactor for containers containing flowable materials in which the containers are compacted in a compaction chamber and flowable materials from the containers are recovered in a controlled manner as by extrusion from the compaction chamber. The compact... | 01/30/2001 |
| 5904194 | Method for producing a hard wood element A method for producing hard elements from wood provides that at least one wood piece is inserted into a press together with a liquid absorbing material after which an isostatic pressure higher than 800 bar is applied on the wood piece and the liquid absor... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5811138 | Syringe encapsulation device A device for the encapsulation of syringes and other hazardous plastic waste having needles or other sharp elements, the device having a melt chamber with a reciprocating compaction head, the weight of the compaction head providing the force to conform mo... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5800766 | Method of compacting a plurality of flat, stacked, non-woven articles The present invention relates to a method of compacting a plurality of flat, stacked, non-woven cotton and cotton blend articles from a normal size to a greatly reduced size to form a package of such articles that saves exterior packaging, shipping, handl... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5730047 | Portable refuse compacting container A portable refuse compacting container including a container for receiving a flexible refuse collection bag of the type typically known as garbage bags or leaf bags. Bulky refuse such as leaves, grass clippings and the like may be placed in the refuse col... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5678618 | Process for producing hard elements of wood A method of producing hard wooden elements by compressing wooden blanks at an isostatic pressure greater than 800 bars, preferably greater than 1000 bars.... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5579684 | Efficient compaction system A portable waste container having a built-in DC-to-hydraulic power converter and hydraulic compaction system to provide for efficient waste management. The hydraulic power converter is connected to a source of electrical power, preferably a vehicle batter... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5524531 | Method of compacting a plurality of flat, stacked, non-woven articles The present invention relates to a method of compacting a plurality of flat, stacked, non-woven cotton and cotton blend articles from a normal size to a greatly reduced size to form a package of such articles that saves exterior packaging, shipping, handl... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5417912 | Method of compacting a plurality of flat, stacked, non-woven articles The present invention relates to a method of compacting to form a package of such articles that saves exterior packaging, shipping, handling, and warehouse costs. The pressure and time dwell are selected to compact the stacked articles to the extent neces... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5361692 | Compaction system for metal drums A system for compacting material within a drum which includes a substantially tubular chamber, for placing a standard 55-gallon drum within, of the type having roll rings spaced along its annular wall; the chamber including a pair of swing away doors, for... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5355789 | Refuse compression apparatus A refuse compression apparatus for reducing the volume of a thermal elastic refuse includes a telescopic refuse container which is covered by a bag and is housed in a cylindrical housing and suspended on the top of the cylindrical housing. A top cover box... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5309828 | Method of compacting flat, stacked non-woven articles The present invention relates to a method of compacting a plurality of flat, stacked, non-woven, cotton, cotton blend, and fibrous articles from a normal size to a greatly reduced size to form a package of such articles that saves exterior packaging, ship... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5263841 | Device for processing plastic waste into blocks The present invention relates to a device for processing plastic waste, such as packaging foil of polyvinylchloride, polyethylene, polypropylene etc. into blocks by compressing it in a container. The processing of the plastic waste is achieved by compress... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5220866 | Trash and garbage compacting systems A trash container having a base and sides, at least a portion of the sides being formed of resilient horizontal pleated material throughout the circumference thereof, and a plunger fitting within the trash container and having a horizontal cross-section c... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5178062 | Apparatus for compressing waste materials A preferred embodiment of the present invention is directed to a compactor for compacting waste materials. The compactor includes a compression unit for receiving and compressing waste materials and a power unit detachably connected thereto. The compressi... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5115736 | Compaction container for domestic solid waste A cylindrical container and cover to be firmly fitted thereon with a bayonet coupling and supports for a lever multiplier to supply to a rack rod a force "n" times stronger than the one applied to the levers, the lever multiplier being integral with a cyl... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5080011 | Low cost trash compactor assembly with improved trash compression and loading capability and fluid sealing characteristics and method of operation A trash compactor or other materials loading assembly wherein a flexible memory containing ramrod and associated platen may be flexibly driven against a trash load in such a manner as to assume its general contour and provide good trash compacting efficie... | 01/14/1992 |
| 4991500 | Refuse compactor device A refuse compactor device has a container housing having an open top end for holding a trash bag in which the bag mouth is in registration with and folded over the open top end of the container for receiving trash to be compacted. The compactor device fur... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4959948 | Fiber baling press A fiber baling press consists of a rugged machine frame with a press ram in most cases movable from the top toward the bottom, a press box being movable underneath the ram. The press box consists of a press box casing which should be closed all around. Th... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4942812 | Device for compressing empty cans Presented is a can crushing device which may be manually operated by employing a foot-operated piston to impose a compressive force on the end of a can contained within a cylindrical cavity. A handle is provided on the device to stabilize the device and p... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4942719 | Method for packing fibrous material into bales and a fiber bale press suitable therefor The piece of packaging material (e.g. a sheet or plastic placed on the topside of the fiber material to be compacted exhibits marginal zones projecting all around, which must be detached from the press ram after the compressing step and must be placed aga... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4834777 | Fuel pelletizing apparatus and method Fuel pellets are produced by reciprocating punches and complementary stationary dies across which waste solid or particulate organic materials are continuously passed. The reciprocating punches force the material into a reduced cross-sectional bore within... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4817521 | Compression apparatus for solid waste A compression apparatus for reducing solid waste in volume, including: a base; an axial compression mechanism for axially compressing a columnar container containing the solid waste, the axial compression mechanism including a punching mechanism having fi... | 04/04/1989 |
