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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 1983
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1981
Fred T Smith, Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA (US);
Sargent Industries, Inc., Century City, CA (US);
Abstract
Refuse compaction includes a storage body having an opening at one end for receiving refuse and having an opening at the other end. An ejection panel is movable in the storage body between the openings at the opposite ends. Hydraulic means including a cylinder, a piston and a support member are operatively coupled to the ejection panel for producing a movement of the ejection panel between the openings at the opposite ends of the storage body. Means are operatively coupled to the ejection panel, the support member and the hydraulic means for producing a pivotal movement of the support member and a displacement of the hydraulic means in the direction of movement of the ejection panel to minimize the displacement required between the cylinder and the piston for moving the ejection panel. The support member is pivotable between first and second positions and is operative in the first position to provide for a movement of the ejection panel toward the second opening and is disposed in the second opening in the second position to close the second opening. The support member may be pivotably attached to the storage body at one end and to a particular one of the piston and the cylinder at the other end. The support member may be shaped at an intermediate position such that the support member is positioned out of the storage body in the second position, and the support member may be attached to the other one of the piston and the cylinder at the intermediate position.