Vertical baler

Claim 1

A baler for waste products comprising, in combination: a baler frame structure having a bale removal door and providing spaced slat-like elements defining the bottom, two vertical sides, the front and back of a rectilinear baling chamber, the slats in the vertical surfaces being vertically oriented and those in the bottom being aligned with the vertical slats to form continuous channels in the baling chamber periphery with plural baling wire hooks carried by the baler frame structure in the said channels in the upper part of the back and plural spaced wire holders adapted to releasably hold baling wire in plural channels extending downwardly along the back from the baling wire hooks across the bottom and upwardly on the front to the top of said bale removal door, and vertically positioned guide rails carried in the medial part of the chamber defining surfaces of the opposed sides and back of the baler to guide the vertical motion of a baling ram therein; said bale removal door being in the lowermost part of the front pivotably mounted for horizontal swing motion at one side edge and having first latching means at the second side edge; an input door immediately above the bale removal door hingably mounted at its lateral edges on the baler frame structure for opening motion upward and outwardly; a baling ram having a flat lower baling surface vertically movable within the baling chamber with bearing surfaces to fit upon and be slidably guided by the guide rails carried on the baling chamber facing surfaces of the baler frame structure; and hydraulic means of vertically moving the baling ram within and above the baling chamber responsive to manually activated electric controls.