B - Operations – Transporting – 65 – F
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
65
F
214/76
B65F 3/20 (2006.01) B65F 3/28 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1042845
REFUSE COMPACTOR ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A refuse packer having a refuse storage body, a loading hopper and a passage leading from the hopper to the storage body with a collapsible packing means mounted within the hopper. The packing means is movable from the collapsed rest position to an extended working condition to sweep refuse from the hopper into the passage. Additionally, the packing means is movable in a return direction while in a partially collapsed condition to return to its collapsed rest position. During the movement of the packing means through the hopper in a return direction, the packing means is capable of moving over refuse within the loading hopper. Motor means in driving connection with the packing means move the packing means in an extended working condition through the hopper and then move the packing means in return direction while in a partially collapsed condition to return the packing means to its collapsed rest position. A method for packing refuse which comprises moving a foldable packing member from a folded rest position to an unfolded working condition within a refuse hopper then moving the packing member in an unfolded condition through the refuse hopper to move refuse from the hopper. Following this, the movement of the packing member is reversed to move the packing member in a partially folded condition through the hopper to return the packing member to its folded rest position.
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