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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 1979
Filed:
Jan. 09, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
James O'Rourke, Waldwick, NJ (US);
Murray Feldberg, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Assignee:
Multi-Pak Corporation, Hackensack, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B30B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
100 / ; 100179 ; 4253 / ;
Abstract
A waste compacting apparatus includes an elongated waste receiving chamber of rectangular cross section, a size reduction chamber of decreasing rectangular cross section and an elongated outlet snout of rectangular cross section affixed to the smaller end of the size reduction chamber. A compaction ram having a forward-protruding shearing knife is slidably mounted in the waste receiving chamber and is adapted for reciprocating movement between a rearward position that permits waste to be loaded into said elongated waste receiving chamber and a forward position up to the point of size reduction.