Apparatus for packaging refuse and other materials

Claim 1

An apparatus for collecting and compressing refuse and the like in a collection receptacle that is dIsposed beneath a refuse chute comprising, a frame for supporting the receptacle, the frame including supporting legs which are adjustable as to height, a frame carrying a pressure plate adapted to be entered into the collection receptacle to compress refuse therein, said latter frame having spaced parallel arms which are rigidly connected together by an intermediate portion, one of the arms being pivotally connected to the frame of the apparatus, the other arm being rigidly connected to the pressure plate, a movable chain having a reciprocating movement, a link having one end pivotally connected to the chain, an angular plate attached to the arm that is pivoted to the apparatus frame, the second end of the link being connected to the angular plate, this arrangement being effective to cause the plate-carrying frame to swing the pressure plate into and out of the collection receptacle.

Claim 2

An apparatus for collecting and compressing refuse and the like in a collection receptacle that is dIsposed beneath a refuse chute comprising, a frame for supporting the receptacle, the frame including supporting legs which are adjustable as to height, a frame carrying a pressure plate adapted to be entered into the collection receptacle to compress refuse therein, said latter frame having spaced parallel arms which are rigidly connected together by an intermediate portion, one of the arms being pivotally connected to the frame of the apparatus, the other arm being rigidly connected to the pressure plate, a movable chain having a reciprocating movement, a link having one end pivotally connected to the chain, an angular plate attached to the arm that is pivoted to the apparatus frame, the second end of the link being connected to the angular plate, this arrangement being effective to cause the plate-carrying frame to swing the pressure plate into and out of the collection receptacle.

Claim 3

A device for collecting and compressing refuse and the like in a collection receptacle that is disposed beneath a refuse chute comprising, a frame for supporting the collection receptacle, a compression device swingably journalled in a frame and adapted to be intermittently pressed in a direction toward the bottom of the receptacle, the compression device including a frame having U-shaped members provided with an intermediate portion supporting levers at its opposite ends, said levers extending in the direction of the receptacle, one of said levers being an upper one and supporting a pressure plate, another of said levers being a lower one, a reciprocating element, a carrier fixed thereto, the lower one of the levers being connected to the carrier, the lower one of said levers, being swingably journalled about a horizontal axis in the frame to provide for an arrangement by which refuse and the like can fall freely from a chute into the collection receptacle and wherein the pressure plate can be inserted deep into the receptacle with great force.

Claim 4

A device for collecting and compressing refuse and the like in a collection receptacle that is disposed beneath a refuse chute comprising, a frame for supporting the collection receptacle, a compression device swingably journalled in a frame and adapted to be intermittently pressed in a direction toward the bottom of the receptacle, the compression device including a frame having U-shaped members provided with an intermediate portion supporting levers at its opposite ends, said levers extending in the direction of the receptacle, one of said levers being an upper one and supporting a pressure plate, another of said levers being a lower one, a reciprocating element, a carrier fixed thereto, the lower one of the levers being connected to the carrier, the lower one of said levers, being swingably journalled about a horizontal axis in the frame to provide for an arrangement by which refuse and the like can fall freely from a chute into the collection receptacle and wherein the pressure plate can be inserted deep into the receptacle with great force.