US3817170A - Compactor for refuse - Google Patents

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US3817170A
US3817170A US00310419A US31041972A US3817170A US 3817170 A US3817170 A US 3817170A US 00310419 A US00310419 A US 00310419A US 31041972 A US31041972 A US 31041972A US 3817170 A US3817170 A US 3817170A
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R Mayer
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Robert Bosch Hausgeraete GmbH
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B30—PRESSES
    • B30B—PRESSES IN GENERAL
    • B30B9/00—Presses specially adapted for particular purposes
    • B30B9/30—Presses specially adapted for particular purposes for baling; Compression boxes therefor
    • B30B9/306—Mechanically-driven presses
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B30—PRESSES
    • B30B—PRESSES IN GENERAL
    • B30B1/00—Presses, using a press ram, characterised by the features of the drive therefor, pressure being transmitted directly, or through simple thrust or tension members only, to the press ram or platen
    • B30B1/006—Presses, using a press ram, characterised by the features of the drive therefor, pressure being transmitted directly, or through simple thrust or tension members only, to the press ram or platen by a scissor or lazy-tongs mechanism

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  • a motor is connected with an element which is guided for horizontal movement and to which one arm of a two-arm parallelogram-linkage is pivoted, the other end of which one arm is pivoted to the platen.
  • a guide lever is pivoted at one end to the aforementioned arm and at the other end to a stationary component of the compactor at a level above the receptacle. The purpose of tlhe guide lever is to prevent lateral displacement of the platen out of its vertical path of movement.
  • the present invention relates to a compactor in general, and more particularly to a compactor for refuse, especially but not exclusively for domestic refuse.
  • a receptacle for the refuse which has an upper open end through which upper open end a platen moves substantially vertically into and out of the receptacle, compressing the refuse therein as it moves into the receptacle.
  • the platen is driven by a parallelogram-linkage having two arms on one of which there is provided a guide roller which runs in a horizontally extending guide rail having a section which is inclined towards the receptacle.
  • a motor is provided, coupled with the linkage to transmit motion thereto. Due to the inclination of the section of the guide rail the movement of the associated arm of the parallelogram-linkage, which arm is connected with the platen and forces movement thereof, assures that the platen moves in vertical direction.
  • the platen undergoes a lateral displacement out of its vertical path.
  • the cross-sectional area of the receptacle must be greater than the crosssectional area of the platen by that amount by which the platen is laterally displaced during its horizontal movement, as otherwise the movement of the platen would obviously be hindered by contact with one of the side walls of the receptacle.
  • this in turn means that there is a clearance between the periphery of the platen and the side walls of the receptacle, and, when the platen moves downwardly in its compacting stroke, some of the refuse can move upwardly through this clearance and can become deposited on the upper surface of the platen, where it has to be either removed manually when the device is shut down, or where it may remain undetected and might possibly lead to undesirable odors or other difficulties.
  • one feature of the invention resides in a compactor for refuse, particularly domestic refuse, which comprises support means, and a refuse receptacle having an upper opening, with a platen being mounted for at least substantially vertical tially vertical movement of the latter is reliably counteracted.
  • the lever is at least substantially half the length of the linkage arm with which it is connected, and if the lever is pivoted to the support means approximately at the level of the guide which guides one end of the linkage arm the other end of which is connected with the platen.
  • Such an arrangement makes it possible for the overall construction to have a relatively low height, which is advantageous because it is desirable that the compactor be capable of being accommodated under a counter, for instance under a kitchen sink built into a counter.
  • FIGURE is a somewhat diagramatical vertical section illustrating an exemplary embodiment of the invention.
  • the compactor 13 has a receptacle 14 which has an upper open side into which the refuse to be compacted is admitted. There is provided a motor 15 which is of a type whose direction of rotation can be reversed; such motors are well known per se. Further provided is a platen 16 which can be moved vertically into the receptacle 14 through the upper open end thereof for compacting of refuse therein, and can there upon be retracted out of the upper open end. The platen is guided for vertical movement by a parallelogram drive 17 having tow arms 18 and 19 of equal length, as well as two lever 20.
  • the front of the receptacle 14 is provided with the door 12 and the receptacle is mounted on two rails 23 which are connected to the two side walls 22 of the compactor 13. Together with the door 12, the receptacle 14 can be pulled out of the position in which it is located underneath the counter 10, to a position where it is located forwardly of the counter 10 so that its upper open end is exposed for introduction of refuse.
  • the receptacle 14 When the receptacle 14 is in the illustrated position, it is located beneath the platen 16 with slight spacing therefrom, so that the platen can move into the upper opening of the receptacle.
  • the arms 18 and 19 each are pivoted at one end to the platen 16 at the pivot locations 24 and 24'; the respective other ends are pivoted to a component 25 which can be moved by the motor 15 via a threaded spindle 26 and is provided with rollers 27 which guide it for movement in a substantially horizontal path on a substantially horizontal guide 28.
  • the spindle 26 is turnably journaled in a block 29 which is stationarily mounted on the compactor 13 and is provided with a worm gear 30 which meshes with a worm pinion 31 on the output shaft of motor 15.
  • a spindle nut 32 is provided on the spindle 26 and is fixedly connected with the component 25 so that when the spindle 26 turns, the component 25 has imposed on it a horizontal displacement.
  • the lever 20 has half the length of the arm 18, and is pivoted to the latter in the center region thereof at one end, that is one end of the lever 20, whereas the other end of the lever 20 is provided to a stationary portion of the support, that is any stationary portion of the remainder of the compactor 13; this latter pivot is designated with the reference numeral 33 and is located approximately vertically above the location 24 at the level of the guide 28 for the component 25.
  • the receptacle 14 In operation, the receptacle 14 is drawn out of the counter from its illustrated position, so that its upper open end is exposed. The refuse is placed into it and thereupon the receptacle 14 is pushed back into the confines of the counter 10 whereupon the motor is energized by closing a non-illustrated switch. Once energized, the motor drives via its ram 31 and the worm gear 50, the spindle 26 in rotation; as a result of this, the component 25 moves along the guide 28 towards the component 29 and during this horizontal movement of the component 25 the platen 16 is moved vertically downwardly via the parallelogram-linkage 17 until it enters into the upper open end of the receptacle l4 and then continues to move downwardly, compressing the refuse therein.
  • the platen is moved to the position illustrated in broken lines whereupon the motor 15 is automatically reversed and shifts the component 25 in the opposite direction, raising the platen 16 to the full line position.
  • a non-illustrated relay will act to reverse the drive motor 15 in which case the platen 16 is retracted to its full line position before it reaches the broken line position.
  • the motor 15 is automatically switched off and the receptacle can be pulled out from underneath the counter 10 for removal of the compacted refuse.
  • a compactor for refuse comprising support means; a refuse receptacle having an upright axis, a rear wall generally parallel to said axis, and an upper opening; a platen extending substantially normal to said axis and mounted for movement through said opening and descent along said axis in said receptacle for com pacting of refuse therein; moving means for effecting movement of said platen along said axis and comprising a parallelogram linkage including at least two elongated arms having longitudinally spaced ends, one end of each arm being pivoted to said platen, a slidable member to which the other ends of said arms are pivotably connected, and guide means guiding said slidable member for displacement in an at least substantially horizontal path extending above said upper opening of said receptacle; reversible motor means located rearwardly of said rear wall in an upper region thereof and having a substantially upright rotatable output shaft; transmission means for converting the rotary movement of said output shaft into the displacement of said slidable member in said path;

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US3960071A (en) * 1974-02-28 1976-06-01 Bosch-Siemens Hausgerate Gmbh Refuse compactor
US4096421A (en) * 1974-06-27 1978-06-20 Bosch-Siemens Hausgerate Gmbh Pressing machine, particularly household refuse compactor and control circuit therefor
US7913617B1 (en) * 2009-09-02 2011-03-29 Espey John R Plastic bottle crushing system and method
US20110192293A1 (en) * 2008-06-23 2011-08-11 Jim Hitchcock Trash Compactor
US20150101499A1 (en) * 2011-04-20 2015-04-16 Jim Hitchcock Trash Compactor
US10046534B2 (en) 2015-01-20 2018-08-14 Compaction Technologies, Inc. Compaction receptacle
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CH28129A (de) * 1903-01-24 1904-03-31 Niklaus Augustin Kniehebelpresse
US2587067A (en) * 1948-09-28 1952-02-26 Sachtleber Rudolph Vehicle jack
FR1014742A (fr) * 1950-03-17 1952-08-20 Presse
US3714890A (en) * 1971-06-01 1973-02-06 J Moon Refuse compactor

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CH28129A (de) * 1903-01-24 1904-03-31 Niklaus Augustin Kniehebelpresse
US2587067A (en) * 1948-09-28 1952-02-26 Sachtleber Rudolph Vehicle jack
FR1014742A (fr) * 1950-03-17 1952-08-20 Presse
US3714890A (en) * 1971-06-01 1973-02-06 J Moon Refuse compactor

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US3960071A (en) * 1974-02-28 1976-06-01 Bosch-Siemens Hausgerate Gmbh Refuse compactor
US4096421A (en) * 1974-06-27 1978-06-20 Bosch-Siemens Hausgerate Gmbh Pressing machine, particularly household refuse compactor and control circuit therefor
US20110192293A1 (en) * 2008-06-23 2011-08-11 Jim Hitchcock Trash Compactor
US10596775B2 (en) 2008-06-23 2020-03-24 Compaction Technologies, Inc. Trash compactor
US11273613B2 (en) 2008-06-23 2022-03-15 Compaction Technologies, Inc. Trash compactor
US7913617B1 (en) * 2009-09-02 2011-03-29 Espey John R Plastic bottle crushing system and method
US20150101499A1 (en) * 2011-04-20 2015-04-16 Jim Hitchcock Trash Compactor
US10029434B2 (en) * 2011-04-20 2018-07-24 Compaction Technologies, Inc. Trash compactor
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