Patent ID: 7958699
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for compressing a loose material, said apparatus comprising: a compression chamber having an inlet port and an outlet port wherein the loose material is received into said compression chamber through said inlet port and discharged from said compression chamber through said outlet port; a first ram, operable movement of said first ram discharging the loose material in a compressed state through said outlet port; a second ram; a packaging receptacle defining an inner volume, said packaging receptacle being moveable between a first position wherein said packaging receptacle is positioned proximate said outlet port and said inner volume is positioned to receive the compressed material discharged through said outlet port by said first ram and a second position wherein said packaging receptacle is positioned proximate said second ram and movement of said second ram ejects the compressed material disposed within said inner volume from said inner volume; and, wherein said inner volume has first and second opposed openings and the compressed material is received from said outlet port into said inner volume through said first opening and is ejected from said inner volume through said second opening.