Patent ID: 6321645
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: B30B

Abstract:
A system for forming particulate material in a bulk form, comprising:a compression tower having an opening at a lower end thereof;a first platform having an upper surface displaced from said lower end of said tower;a chamber having openings at upper and lower ends thereof, said chamber selectably movable between a first chamber position wherein said lower end of said chamber is displaced from said upper surface and a second chamber position wherein said lower end of said chamber is adjacent said upper surface, whereby said opening at said lower end of said chamber is closed when said chamber is at said second chamber position;a ram assembly in said chamber having a first ram position adjacent said upper end of said chamber and delectably extendable to a second ram position adjacent said lower end of said chamber when said chamber is at said second chamber position;an inlet in said tower;an inlet in said chamber registering with said tower inlet when said chamber is at said second chamber position and said ram assembly is at said first ram position, whereby particulate material can be transferred through said inlet of said chamber when said chamber is at said second chamber position, and an extension of said ram to said second ram position compresses said material into a bulk form atop said upper surface.