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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7536949 | Pressing cylinder, preferably for use in a refuse container A pressing cylinder, preferably for use in a refuse compressor, which when in use is preferably in a vertical position, and at the bottom is coupled to a pressing plate and at the top to a secured top plate and which can activate the pressing plate in upward and dow... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7481161 | Plunger-cylinder assembly A plunger-cylinder assembly for a press including a plunger which is accommodated at least in part in a cylinder while separating the interior of the cylinder into two partial chambers along the cylinder axis. A relieving device which counteracts an increase in pres... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7131360 | Thermoforming trim press having adjustable bushing assembly, trim tool guide assembly, and method A thermoforming trim press is provided with a frame, a punch plate, a die plate, and a bushing. The frame has a guide post including a tapered outer surface with increasing cross-sectional dimension toward a closing position. The punch plate has a male cutting die. ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7024991 | Overload safety device in a press In an overload safety device in a press, having a driving device with a drive shaft, a slide carrying out an oscillating movement and a connecting rod which connects the drive shaft with the slide and has a large and a small eye, the connecting rod is provided with ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021208 | Compress and position apparatus The present invention relates to a compress and position apparatus with positioning, orientating functions and providing more uniform pressing force compliantly. The compress and position apparatus comprises a guiding column, a base, a housing, a seat, a annular por... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6959643 | Hydraulic trash compactor A trash compactor includes a base member, an elongated stationary support member connected thereto, a mechanism for selectively compressing trash, and a hydraulic mechanism for operably controlling the compressing mechanism. The compressing mechanism includes a plur... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6920821 | Device and method for controlling stop of hydraulic press and device and method for detecting trouble of speed selector valve A rod pressure holding instruction section controls a servo motor to rotate a two-way pump in a counter direction, and to supply hydraulic oil, with pressure which does not exceed pressure from a weight of a ram, to a two-way pump-side piping, increasing pressure. A... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6837158 | Baler with resilient-wheeled platen A frame (12) with a charging chamber (14) for receiving a load of waste material, a platen (20) that moves in the charging chamber to compact the material load, and one or more wheels (44) rotatably coupled to the platen. The charging cha... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6709260 | Hydraulic press apparatus with improved control of the oleo-dynamic circuit thereof A hydraulic press apparatus comprises: a lower plate and an upper plate adapted to be driven toward the lower plate via operation of a motion a position control device; a hollow cylinder under the lower plate, the hollow cylinder having an upper edge tightly engaged... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6520076 | Oil pressure device An oil pressure device is disposed on a hoist frame. The hoist frame has an upper panel and a middle panel. An oil cylinder is disposed on the upper panel. The oil pressure device has a pneumatic pump having a lower cover and a pneumatic cylinder, a base ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6196125 | Sealing arrangement in hydraulic press A hydraulic press including a cylinder barrel, a piston and a seal housing. The cylinder barrel has an inner peripheral surface. The piston has a pressure side surface and is inserted in the cylinder barrel to form a chamber between the pressure side surf... | 03/06/2001 |
| 5906155 | Press frame A press frame for use with a portable hydraulic power supply in which the power supply comprises a cylinder having a threaded end. The press frame comprises a c-shaped support member having a top arm and at least two bottom arms and an intermediate arm co... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5832815 | Method for pressing bales and baler for using that method During the pressing of bales in a baler, a portion of a press channel in front of a retracted press ram is in each case completely filled with material to be compacted. During compacting, the pressure forces exerted on the press ram have a resultant which... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5622105 | High-pressure press A high-pressure press is provided with a high-pressure chamber and an end member located at one end of the high-pressure chamber which serves as a packing holder. The end member is provided with a support surface which, under maximum pressure condition in... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5606910 | Press-driven tool module in particular press-driven cross-punching or bending unit A press-driven tool module comprising a foundation body including a cylindrical bore; a work ram slidably mounted in the cylindrical bore of the foundation body for sliding movement in non-vertical reciprocal operating and return directions, the ram adapt... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5297479 | Oil filter crusher apparatus An improved oil filter crusher, includes a cylinder positioned over a movable platform. Upon initiation of operation of the crusher, the platform moves upwardly toward a base member of the cylinder to crush the oil filter and discharge oil therefrom.... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5257576 | Crushing apparatus The apparatus is for crushing used automotive oil filters, and for squeezing out and collecting the dirty oil. The used filter is placed on the platen of a piston, which is actuated directly by pneumatic pressure. The piston has an area of 400 sq cm, givi... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5174199 | Apparatus for crushing articles such as oil filters or the like An oil filter crusher includes a housing within which a piston assembly is mounted for reciprocating movement. The crusher is connectable to an external source of pressurized air, and an air valve is located in the interior of the housing for controlling ... | 12/29/1992 |
| 4981426 | Clamping mechanism in an injection molding machine A clamping mechanism which includes a cylinder and a piston. The diameter of the piston is less than the internal diameter of a rear chamber of the cylinder such that fluid flows around the piston when the piston moves from an open position to an intermed... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4954068 | Hydraulic press A hydraulic press has a generally horizontal press plate vertically movably supported in a press stand; a hydraulic press cylinder unit mounted in the press stand above the press plate and having a power cylinder and a piston rod longitudinally slidably r... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4615204 | Drawing apparatus of the double action and lower punch slide type In a drawing apparatus of the type in which a lower punch slide moves upward to draw a blank clamped between a movable die and a stationary blank holder, an adjustable ram is provided which is electrically driven to move upward and downward for thereby ad... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4565126 | Trash compactor A trash compactor apparatus including a tubular support structure on which is mounted a cylinder assembly which may be pressurized with water such as from a municipal water system. A piston of the cylinder assembly carries a compaction foot for compressin... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4489649 | Can compacter A can compacter assembly comprising a motor, a fluid pump driven by the motor, a fluid cylinder operatively connected to the fluid pump, a piston movably disposed in the fluid cylinder, a plunger connected to the piston and disposed outside the fluid cyli... | 12/25/1984 |