Apparatus for compacting material into drums or bags
Abstract
Abstract COMPACTION APPARATUS HAVING A MATERIAL RECEIVER CHAMBER WITH AN INLET OPENING AT THE TOP AND AN OUTLET OPENING AT THE FRONT THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES OF THE OUTLET OPENING BEING DEFINED BY CIRCULAR ARCS MERGING AT OPPOSITE ENDS WITH STRAIGHT SEGMENTS WHICH FORM SQUARE CORNERS AT THE SIDE EXTREMITIES OF THE OUTLET OPENING. A COMPACTION BLADE OF CROSS-SECTION SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS THE OUTLET OPENING, AND THE CROSS-SECTION OF THE LOWER PORTION OF THE MATERIAL RECEIVER CHAMBER, MOVES THROUGH THE CHAMBER AND FORCES MATERIAL THROUGH THE OUTLET OPENING INTO A SNOUT. THE SNOUT COMPRISES, IN SUCCESSION, A PORTION OF CROSS-SECTION SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS THE RECEIVER CHAMBER OUTLET OPENING, A TAPERED TRANSITION PORTION, AND A PORTION OF CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTION, THE RADIUS OF WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS THE CIRCULAR ARCS OF SAID OUTLET OPENING. A RECEPTACLE RECEIVED OVER THE SNOUT IS MOVED ALONG THE SNOUT AS MATERIAL IS SUPPLIED THERETO. THE BLADE HAS CUTTING TEETH WHICH COOPERATE WITH A SHEAR BAR AT THE UPPER PORTION OF THE RECEIVER CHAMBER OUTLET OPENING, AND THE BLADE IS GUIDED BY ELONGATED MEMBERS IN A MACHINERY COMPARTMENT BEHIND THE RECEIVER CHAMBER.
Inventors
- 👤 Milton Clar
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