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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7597045 | Portable compactor for materials, especially waste and recyclable materials A compactor comprising a base structure having a compaction chamber mounted thereto is provided. The compactor further comprises a ram which is horizontally movable through the compaction chamber between a withdrawn position and an extended position. An actuator is ... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7311504 | Apparatus for and method of transforming useful material into molded or extruded articles A material handling exit section in the nature of a material extruder and mold combination for shaping the material exiting a hydrolyzer, comprising an extrusion chamber and a plunger assembly attached to the extrusion chamber and further including a working cylinde... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7300006 | Portable pill crusher A pill crusher has a portable housing with a base to be supported on a surface and a top surface having a transverse slot opening into a holding container in the housing for one of more pills carried in a pouch. The pouch can be manually inserted through the slot un... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7281774 | Object supporting unit As an arrangement to reduce an operational force to draw the drawer 3 forward from the drawer storage position 2, wherein at least a rear end side of a drawer 3 is supported in a drawer storage portion 2 in a manner movable along back and... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275906 | Waste/recyclables loading machine A waste loading device for loading waste/recyclables into a container includes a base portion positionable at a loading station, a loading tube extending from the base portion and a pushing member. The loading tube has a discharge end and is configured to be receive... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7267052 | Portable can crushing and pickup device A combination can crushing and retrieving device having a circular or tubular housing containing a plunger and having a rectangular opening in its side wall. The housing has a knife-edged slightly concave indent on the bottom of the housing opposite the rectangular ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7237477 | Compactor/baler with built-in supply storage A trash compactor is provided with a channel in the cavity of the trash compactor for allowing string to pass behind and below the compacted trash in the cavity of the trash compactor making it easy to secure the compacted trash in bales before removing the bale fro... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7219602 | Can collection catch bin for use with aluminum can compacting mechanism An improved can compacting mechanism includes a can collection catch bin comprising a main catch bin body having integrally formed front wall, back wall, and opposing walls. Downwardly from the front, back and side walls, is a floor. The walls and floor are integral... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7213509 | Method and system for individual tire recycling A method for handling scrap tires, includes a step of providing a compacting apparatus to a scrap tire generator, such as a tire retailer. Before compacting the tires, the tire can be marked with a unique identifier assigned to every tire generator. By marking the s... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7201100 | Pneumatic assist baler doors and platen interlocks A baler utilizing gas springs for controlling the movement of a loading door. Also disclosed is a baler for paper recycling having a control system responsive to switches and digital timers, and an electromagnetic interlock coupling a loading door and a chamber door... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7185585 | Container crusher An apparatus for crushing containers includes a die defining an opening, a punch, and a system for displacing the die and punch relative to each other. The punch may be fixed and the die may be moved from a first position spaced apart from the punch such that a cont... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7178455 | Compacting press A compacting press having a support section, a compacting section which undergoes translational movement along a vertical axis (Z, Z′) which is fitted with a thrust-plate and which forms a ram designed to compress cases by the application of pressure, and a guide ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7153128 | Press mechanism, clamp mechanism, and molding machine using this clamp mechanism A thermal pressing machine has a case in which a fixed-side press plate is fixedly provided, a main shaft to which a moving side press plate is attached, a lever arm pivotally attached to the main shaft, a first drive mechanism coupled to a force point at one end of... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7101164 | Containment system for continuous flow hydrolyzers A material handling system for a hydrolyzer comprises a material injection assembly having a ram; a sleeve in which the ram reciprocates during use; a gate plate operable from between an open position, wherein a plug of municipal solid waste may exit the sleeve, and... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096780 | Top loading, automatically compacting trash can for high-traffic public venues The present invention contemplates a trash can that one finds in high-traffic public venues. The trash can receives trash through an opening in the top of the housing. A trash by-pass chute is disposed within the housing and transports the trash from the opening in ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093537 | Bale ejection arrangement for large square baler A baler having a baling chamber of rectangular cross section includes a bale ejection arrangement that is mounted adjacent a bottom wall of a rear section of the baling chamber. The bale ejection arrangement comprises a plurality of transversely spaced, upper and lo... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7017478 | Grinding sludge compacting machine A compressing machine includes a press unit for compressing a concentrated sludge within a squeezing chamber to provide a briquette, and a press control unit to control the press unit. The press control unit includes a parameter and compressing speed setting unit, a... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7017854 | Roll packed compressible materials A roll (54) of compressed materials (14) is provided which has a sleeve (50) formed around a rotatable mandrel (12). The sleeve (50) about which the materials (14) are rolled prevents the roll (54) from radially colla... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6971189 | Variable volume clothes dryer The invention is a clothes dryer featuring an interior working volume that is adjustable to suit the size of the load and type of article(s) to be dried. Since the volume is adjusted to fit the load, only the necessary volume is heated. For large loads or bulky arti... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6948424 | Material compaction apparatus The material compactor in accordance with the present invention generally includes a feed apparatus, a preliminary compaction apparatus, and a final compaction apparatus. The final compaction apparatus generally includes a compaction chamber having an adjustably tap... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6941860 | Method of briquetting metal chips and briquetting press A method and a briquetting press for briquetting metal chips, wherein stable briquettes/pressed component are produced. The actual length (Lact) of the pressed component is obtained by applying pressure (Pmax/Preq) using at least one... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6935665 | Apparatus and method for spooling of wire cores A wire core spool including a central axial member, a plurality of expansion swing arms, each having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal ends pivotally attached to the central axial member, a plurality of contact members, each having a top and a bottom end... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6925930 | Compactor/bailer combination The device is a combination bailer/compactor that is a structure with a series of sidewalls and a floor portion, the structure having a top portion and a bottom portion. The sidewalls form an interior, where the interior is further subdivided into a bailer compartme... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6918280 | Workpiece ejector and transfer apparatus A workpiece ejector and transfer apparatus adapted to automatically extract a workpiece from a tool after work has been performed, and thereby reduce the cycle time for the operation. The apparatus includes a cylinder, a pair of cam plates adapted to convert the rec... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6851354 | Device for compacting matter such as packaging waste A compactor according to the invention comprises a bowl (2) for receiving the matter that is to be compacted, a crushing head (1) comprising at least one shredding roll (11) that is mounted to rotate on itself and to move upon the surface of the... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6725767 | Pressing assembly and method of loading a press A pressing assembly (10) includes a press (12) being moveable from an open configuration to an operable configuration to compress an object (16). A loader (14) is also provided having one or more first pushers (42) moveable into a ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6708607 | Baling press comprising a tiltable compacting container, and method for operating the same A baling press includes a tiltable container arranged underneath a vertically guided compacting ram within a compacting frame, wherein the compacting container is tiltable forwardly about a horizontal shaft. As seen from a front wall of the compacting container, the... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6709219 | Rear-load transfer system The present invention teaches a waste container, especially a roll-off waste container, having a gate at one end, a waste transfer system to push wastes within the container out the gate, and lifting devices which raise the container to approximately the level of a ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6694871 | Baler having pre-compression lid stops and method of operation A baler having pre-compression lid stops and method of operation where stops located on a pre-compression lid prevent rotation of the pre-compression lid into the pre-crush chamber to prevent impingement of a gatherer ram with the pre-compression lid.... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6694869 | Vertical baler using elongated beam compression construction A vertical baler includes a horizontally disposed floor plate having an arched surface for receiving material to be compacted thereon. A compression plate is mounted for reciprocating vertical movement with respect to the floor plate, and left and right h... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6668712 | Portable crusher A portable rock crusher (10)is adapted for attachment to a boom (16) of an earthmoving vehicle (14). The crusher has a hopper (32) with a material inlet (49) and a material outlet (44) spaced from the inlet. A pair of jaws (46,48) is located within the ho... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6626095 | Can recycling system An apparatus for collapsing and collecting a can utilizing a tray having a first portion with a surface and a second portion with an opening through the same. A housing is also provided and includes a press which is movable between a first position and a ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6615711 | Press-forming machine for glass An object of the present invention is to facilitate the release of a formed product from a die. A lower die is formed of a die plate, a plurality of cores, a cavity die and a slide plate. In the cavity die, a plurality of first opening portions are formed... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6612148 | Press having tilt out feature A mechanical press includes an easy load tilt out loading position that improves operator visibility when loading parts onto operation specific tooling, and which also increases the speed of which such parts can be loaded (and unloaded), and finally reduc... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6571694 | Device for stacking and compressing soft elements The claimed invention relates to a device for stacking and compressing a plurality of soft elements. One purpose of the invention is to avoid damage to the soft elements due to excessive pressure. The device comprises a stacking shaft, drive means and mov... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6571693 | Vehicle recycling system and method A vehicle recycling system includes an hold-down mechanism, a crane having an engine puller, a component disassembly station, a feed press, and a material press, all of which are housed within a building. A vehicle is placed onto a hold-down table where i... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6546855 | Method for operating a shearing and compacting press and shearing and compacting press The invention relates to a method and to a shearing and compacting press for the production of pressed parts, preferably packages (20) from waste material, especially scrap and sheet clippings. The material used is pre-compacted in a first compacting step... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6543343 | Transportable recyclable materials densifier A transportable recyclable materials densifier including an integrally configured conveyor, separator, and compactor chamber mounted on a trailer frame that is transportable along public and private roads, for separation of ferrous from non-ferrous materi... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6523466 | Checkerboard shear volume reduction system A method and apparatus for reducing the volume of a cylindrical tube for disposal by crushing flat and then shearing into small coupons. Shearing is accomplished by opposed dies having a checkerboard grid of cutting edges. The resulting coupons are prefer... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6474226 | Baling apparatus and method A vertical baler includes a horizontally disposed floor plate having an arched surface for receiving material to be compacted thereon. A compression plate is mounted for reciprocating vertical movement with respect to the floor plate, and left and right h... | 11/05/2002 |
