Compactor with separate bin for receiving materials

Claim 2

In a compactor including a housing, a compaction receptacle received in said housing and movable between a compacting position disposed entirely within said housing and non-compacting positions displaced outwardly of said compacting position, and a compacting ram positioned above said receptacle when in said compacting position thereof, the improvement comprising: a. a material receiving compartment positioned in said housing above said receptacle, b. means providing access to said compartment independently of said receptacle, c. a bottom wall of said compartment, and d. means mounting said bottom wall for movement relative to said receptacle between a first position in which material is retained in said compartment and dumping positions in which material deposited in said compartment falls into said receptacle.

Claim 3

The compactor of claim 1 wherein said mounting means comprises: a. means mounting said bottom wall for pivotal movement.

Claim 4

The compactor of claim 2 wherein said mounting means comprises: a. means pivotally mounting said bottom wall along a front edge thereof.

Claim 5

The compactor of claim 3 wherein: a. said bottom wall is pivotally mounted independently of said receptacle.

Claim 6

The compactor of claim 2 wherein said mounting means comprises: a. means pivotally mounting said bottom wall along a rear edge thereof.

Claim 7

The compactor of claim 5 wherein: a. said mounting means mounts said bottom wall for pivotal movement on said receptacle.

Claim 8

The compactor of claim 3 further comprising: a. a front wall of said compartment fixed with respect to said bottom wall for pivoting of said front wall about a lower edge thereof simultaneously with pivoting of said bottom wall.

Claim 9

The compactor of claim 3 further comprising: a. an underlying lower wall projecting upwardly beneath said bottom wall.

Claim 10

The compactor of claim 8 wherein: a. said receptacle comprises a drawer and said lower wall projects upwardly from a forward edge of said drawer.

Claim 11

The compactor of claim 8 wherein: a. said receptacle comprises a drawer, b. a liner is positioned in said drawer, and c. said lower wall projects upwardly from a forward edge of said liner.

Claim 12

A compactor comprising: a. a compactor housing, b. a horizontally-movable, open-top compaction receptacle received in said housing, c. means mounting said receptacle for movement between a compacting position within said housing and noncompacting positions displaced outwardly from said compacting position, d. a compacting ram within said housing located in vertical alignment with and above said receptacle when said receptacle is in said compacting position, e. means mounting said ram for compacting and retracting movement into and out of said receptacle respectively when said receptacle is located in said compacting position, f. a temporary storage, material-receiving compartment having side walls and a bottom wall located in said housing above the level of the open top of the receptacle intermediate said ram and the front of said compactor housing, g. means providing access to said compartment for deposition therein of material to be compacted while said receptacle is in said compacting position, and h. means pivotally mounting said bottom wall of said compartment to said housing for movement of said bottom wall between a material-receiving position when said receptacle is in said compacting position and dumping positions as said receptacle is moved outwardly from said compacting position.

Claim 13

A compactor comprising: a. a compactor housing, b. a horizontally-movable, open-top compaction receptacle received in said housing, c. means mounting said receptacle for movement between a compacting position within said housing and noncompacting positions displaced outwardly from said compacting position, d. a compacting ram within said housing located in vertical alignment with and above said receptacle when said receptacle is in said compacting position, e. means mounting said ram for compacting and retracting movement into and out of said receptacle respectively when said receptacle is located in said compacting position, f. a temporary storage, material-receiving compartment having side walls and a bottom wall located in said housing above the level of the open top of the receptacle intermediate said ram and the front of said compactor housing, g. means providing access to said compartment for deposition therein of material to be compacted while said receptacle is in said compacting position, and h. means pivotally mounting said bottom wall of said compartment to said housing for movement of said bottom wall between a material-receiving position when said receptacle is in said compacting position and dumping positions as said receptacle is moved outwardly from said compacting position.