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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
May. 29, 2008
Michael T. Murphy, Oak Island, NC (US);
Gary Ray Hendricks, Jacksonville, NC (US);
Michael T. Murphy, Oak Island, NC (US);
Gary Ray Hendricks, Jacksonville, NC (US);
Container Products Corporation, Wilmington, NC (US);
Abstract
A compactor system for compressing a mass including liquid and solids includes: a pressure vessel defining a pressure chamber to hold the mass; a compaction mechanism to compress the mass in the pressure chamber to remove the liquid from the solids; a drain port communicating with the pressure chamber and through which the removed liquid drains out of the pressure chamber; drain piping fluidly connected to the drain port to direct the removed liquid to a collection site; and an influent system configured to inject an influent fluid into the pressure chamber through the drain port.