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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 1980
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1978
Eberhard Stodt, Dusseldorf, DE;
Lindemann Maschinenfabrik GmbH, Dusseldorf, DE;
Abstract
A refuse bunker of the kind having a horizontal open-topped pressing box disposed beneath a filling hopper and a pressing plunger which is movable longitudinally in the pressing box to feed refuse through an outlet opening of the bunker and, in use, into a container, is provided with a closure which is situated on the outlet side of the outlet opening. The closure includes three passage openings for the passage of refuse from the outlet opening, the passage openings being disposed in two spaced-apart vertical planes. One passage opening, which is in a plane furthest from the outlet opening, is in a stationary member and is aligned with the outlet opening and the other two of the passage openings are vertically movable, are spaced apart one above the other, are of different heights from each other and are situated in a plane between the plane of the stationary opening and the plane of the outlet opening. The two vertically movable passage openings are preferably provided in a slider guided in a frame fixed to a wall of the bunker in which the outlet opening is provided and the frame forms the stationary member. By movement of the slider, either one of the vertically movable openings can be brought into an operative position in between the outlet opening and the stationary passage opening.