US3863779A - Ram type refuse loader - Google Patents

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US3863779A
US3863779A US400086A US40008673A US3863779A US 3863779 A US3863779 A US 3863779A US 400086 A US400086 A US 400086A US 40008673 A US40008673 A US 40008673A US 3863779 A US3863779 A US 3863779A
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Richard F Stockman
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23G—CREMATION FURNACES; CONSUMING WASTE PRODUCTS BY COMBUSTION
    • F23G5/00—Incineration of waste; Incinerator constructions; Details, accessories or control therefor
    • F23G5/44—Details; Accessories
    • F23G5/442—Waste feed arrangements
    • F23G5/444—Waste feed arrangements for solid waste
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B30—PRESSES
    • B30B—PRESSES IN GENERAL
    • B30B15/00—Details of, or accessories for, presses; Auxiliary measures in connection with pressing
    • B30B15/04—Frames; Guides
    • B30B15/041—Guides
    • 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
    • B30B9/3003—Details
    • B30B9/3021—Press rams
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S33/00—Geometrical instruments
    • Y10S33/15—Piston position indicator

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  • ABSTRACT [21] Appl. No.: 400,086 A ram type loader for an incinerator that is adapted to move bulk type waste material from a hopper into the incinerator.
  • the ram is located in an elongate housing [52] US. Cl 214/23, 1l010g/919d910202/7455, connected to incinerator and is actuated by [51] Int Cl i 3/12 draulic or other driving means.
  • the driving means is [58] i 83 3 82' carried on independent support structure that is '5 16/124 f guided for movement along the longitudinal axis of the 1 elongate housing.
  • the packer comprises cooperating
  • the present invention relates to a ram type loader 5 walls that form a housing enclosing a compacting having a compaction member that is adapted to be moved through a chamber in a-longitudinal direction against a massof waste material ahead of the compaction member.
  • the compaction member is provided with special guide means that at all times maintain it normal to the axis of the chamber which it is being moved so as to precludeany tilting or oblique movement of the compaction member that would increase its resistance-to movement.
  • the ram type loader is adapted to move freely at all times and to require a lower hydraulic pressure for acutation than is customary for conventional apparatus of a similar type.
  • this performance is attained by maintaining the drive means for the ram closely aligned with the ram, while the ram itself is maintained normal to the axis and is continuously aligned within the housing through which itmoves.
  • I provide an improved ram type loader for waste disposal apparatus in which a compaction device moved by a hydraulic cylinder is provided with guide means that prevents the ram from being jammed as a result of twisting or oblique movement that may be effected by uneven loading conditions ahead of the ram.
  • FIG. 1 is a cross sectional view of the material loader as applied to an incinerator
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the ram and actuating mechanism therefor.
  • the compacting chamber is provided with a loading opening 14 through which a mass of waste or other material is loaded from means such as hopper 16.
  • a compaction member or ram 18 Situated in the chamber 12 is a compaction member or ram 18 that is longitudinally slidable therein and adapted to move material from the hopper 16 into an incinerator or the like 22 to which the loader is attached by bolts or similar connecting means.
  • the top of the compaction member 18 is sized to extend between opposite sides of said opening and serve as a door to close opening 14 when it is actuated in an extreme forward position so as to prevent material from the hopper from falling behind the compaction member.
  • Means for moving the compaction member 18 comprises a hydraulic cylinder 24 that includes a piston connected to the packing member by a connecting rod 28 having a pivotal connection 32.
  • a second hydraulic cylinder 30 attached thereto in lateral juxtaposition includes a piston having a connecting rod 35 extending in an opposite direction and pivotally attached at 36 to permanently fixed housing structure.
  • a source of pressure fluid including hydraulic pressure hoses, valves, switches and the like arranged in accordance with standard design practice are connected to the cylinders 24 and 30 to simultaneously supply a pressure fluid thereto to move the pistons therein back and forth to actuate the compactor l8. Inasmuch as only standard practice is involved in this matter the details of construction are not here described.
  • the carriage supporting the hydraulic cylinders 24 and 30 is both vertically and horizontally guided by roller support structure fixed thereto.
  • the support structure includes a framework having rollers 42 guided against vertical movement and rollers 45 guided against horizontal movement as they roll on the inner surface of the fixed housing structure 10.
  • rollers 52 rotatably secured to a trailing member 54 that depends from compaction member 18 are adapted to be frictionally held against rails 47 on laterally spaced portions of the carriage. This arrangement permits the compaction member to at all times be, moved parallel to the longitudinal axis of the compaction chamber but it prevents the compaction member 18 from twisting or turning obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the housing 10 as may be caused by uneven loading conditions ahead of the compaction member 18.
  • An indicator 62 that continuously shows the relative position of the compacting ram in the chamber has been devised to depend from the underside of the housing in a position that does not interfere with the horizontal movement of the ram nor does it protrude behind the ram and create excessive space requirements for the entire apparatus.
  • the indicator includes a flexible cable 66 that is secured to compacting ram 18 at one end, extended over a roller 68, passed through opening 72 and around weighted pully 74 before it is secured at the opposite end of fixed housing structure at 76.
  • the pulley 74 is provided with a pointer 82 that moves up and down in accordance to the horizontal position of the compacting ram 12 within its housing, and would involve no inventive concepts to include a system of limit switches to be actuated upon movement of the pointer 82 so that the entire assembly would be automatic.
  • the indicator 62 includes a pulley system with a mechanical advantage of two, movement of the pointer 82 is but one-half that of compacting ram 18, but the relationship of the pointer 82 will at all times indicate the true position of the ram.
  • a loader for an incinerator that comprises fixed housing structure having inner walls that form a compaction chamber, an opening in said housing for loading a mass of material into said chamber, a compaction member movable along the longitudinal axis of the compaction chamber, means for moving the compaction member along the longitudinal axis of the housing between a forward position at one side of said opening and a rearward position at the opposite side of said opening including a pair of oppositely directed driving means intermediate the compaction member and the housing structure, means connecting one of said driving means to the compaction member and another to the fixed structure, a power supply for applying a driving force to said driving means, means supporting said driving means comprising support structure guided for movement along the longitudinal axis of said chamber, and trailing means guiding said compaction member along the longitudinal axis of said compaction chamber.
  • a loader for an incinerator as defined in claim 1 including a flexible cable, means connecting one end of said cable to the movable compaction member, means connecting the opposite end of said cable to fixed housing structure, and a movable pulley supported on said cable intermediate its ends whereby said pulley will move vertically in response to horizontal movement of the compaction member along the longitudinal axis of the compaction chamber.
  • a loader for an incinerator as defined in claim 4 including a pointer on said pulley, and an indicator fixed to said housing whereby vertical movement of said pulley will move the pointer adjacent said indicator to indicate the horizontal position of the movable compaction member.

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US4181082A (en) * 1977-06-17 1980-01-01 Hans Grossniklaus Solid fuel furnace
US4729304A (en) * 1986-04-03 1988-03-08 Norwood Enterprises Refuse compactor and transfer chamber
US4852504A (en) * 1988-06-20 1989-08-01 First Aroostook Corporation Waste fuel incineration system
US5291825A (en) * 1992-10-13 1994-03-08 Dietrich Carl O Compacting device including bale size indicator and compacting protrusions
US5394806A (en) * 1993-07-12 1995-03-07 Wheelabrator Environmental Systems, Inc. Ram feeder carriage system
US5415086A (en) * 1991-03-27 1995-05-16 Marathon Equipment Company Apparatus for storing and compacting recyclable and nonrecyclable waste materials in separate storage compartments, the capacity of which can be readily varied
US5528992A (en) * 1993-06-07 1996-06-25 Wheelabrator Environmental Systems, Inc. Reciprocating combustion grate guide system
EP0976981A1 (de) * 1998-07-29 2000-02-02 MARTIN GmbH für Umwelt- und Energietechnik Brennstoffzuführvorrichtung für Verbrennungsanlage
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US3368478A (en) * 1965-09-09 1968-02-13 Disposal Systems Dev Corp Compaction apparatus
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US1740610A (en) * 1927-06-20 1929-12-24 Gus F Lenk Charging apparatus for incinerators
US3178059A (en) * 1963-01-24 1965-04-13 G H Packwood Mfg Company Dispenser for fluid and semi-fluid materials
US3368478A (en) * 1965-09-09 1968-02-13 Disposal Systems Dev Corp Compaction apparatus
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US4181082A (en) * 1977-06-17 1980-01-01 Hans Grossniklaus Solid fuel furnace
FR2420727A1 (fr) * 1978-03-23 1979-10-19 Carret Georges Chaudiere polycombustible perfectionnee
US4729304A (en) * 1986-04-03 1988-03-08 Norwood Enterprises Refuse compactor and transfer chamber
US4852504A (en) * 1988-06-20 1989-08-01 First Aroostook Corporation Waste fuel incineration system
US5415086A (en) * 1991-03-27 1995-05-16 Marathon Equipment Company Apparatus for storing and compacting recyclable and nonrecyclable waste materials in separate storage compartments, the capacity of which can be readily varied
US5291825A (en) * 1992-10-13 1994-03-08 Dietrich Carl O Compacting device including bale size indicator and compacting protrusions
US5528992A (en) * 1993-06-07 1996-06-25 Wheelabrator Environmental Systems, Inc. Reciprocating combustion grate guide system
US5394806A (en) * 1993-07-12 1995-03-07 Wheelabrator Environmental Systems, Inc. Ram feeder carriage system
EP0976981A1 (de) * 1998-07-29 2000-02-02 MARTIN GmbH für Umwelt- und Energietechnik Brennstoffzuführvorrichtung für Verbrennungsanlage
SG79271A1 (en) * 1998-07-29 2001-03-20 Martin Umwelt & Energietech Charging device
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USD729294S1 (en) 2013-08-26 2015-05-12 Tipper Tie, Inc. Gripper for automated ruckers, reruckers, deruckers and/or skin brakes
USD778972S1 (en) 2013-08-26 2017-02-14 Tipper Tie, Inc. Gripper for automated ruckers, reruckers, deruckers and/or skin brakes
US10011380B2 (en) 2013-08-26 2018-07-03 Tipper Tie, Inc. Ruckers, reruckers, deruckers and/or skin brakes with stacked gripper layers and related grippers

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