Patent ID: 8869691
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: A01G,B30B

Abstract:
1. A mushroom compost compacting system, comprising: a tamper platen with a top surface and a tamping surface opposite the top surface; a first engageable arm engaged to the top surface; a second engageable arm engaged to the top surface; a brace bar with a first end and a second end, wherein said bar is adapted for positioning under and in contact with an external surface of a bottom floor of a compost receptacle at a first location and for re-positioning under and in contact with the external surface of the bottom floor of the compost receptacle at a second location spaced apart from the first location; a first hydraulic piston removably coupled directly or indirectly at one end to the first engageable arm and at its opposite end to the first end of the brace bar; and a second hydraulic piston removably coupled directly or indirectly at one end to the second engageable arm and at its opposite end to the second end of the brace bar.