Vertical-horizontal baling press

Claim 1

In a baling press, a horizontal frame structure embracing, a. a hydraulic cylinder and plunger section, b. a baling chamber section, and c. a pit section disposed between said hydraulic cylinder and baling chamber sections, d. said frame supporting a roof structure extending continuously from the plunger of the hydraulic cylinder section when in retracted position throughout the pit section and to the baling chamber section, e. said pit section having stationary vertical end walls adjacent respectively the said retracted plunger and the front of said baling chamber section, each of said end walls extending from the bottom of said pit to the level of the bottom of said plunger and to the bottom of said baling chamber respectively, and f. a lifter which is vertically reciprocable within said pit, said lifter having bottom and sidewalls forming with said stationary end walls a loading and compressing area, g. means for raising and lowering said lifter, the raising movement thereof causing compression against said walls and roof structure of waste material placed within the pit, the bottom of the lifter being raised to the level of the bottom of said baling chamber and of said plunger and h. means for actuating said hydraulic cylinder to cause the plunger thereof to move between said roof structure and the bottom of the raised lifter and between the two sidewalls of the lifter to advance and further compress said material and move the same into said baling chamber.