Patent ID: 7857544
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: E01C

Abstract:
1. An extension plate in a compactor, the compactor having right and left lateral sides and comprising a frame defining an interior space and including at least one substantially vertical connector plate disposed along at least one of the right or left lateral side, the connector plate including an opening into the interior space, a drum having a drum end and a central axis extending through the drum end, and a support coupled to the end of the drum, and at least one hose extending from the drum end to the interior space through the opening, the extension plate comprising a body including a first surface coupled in a substantially vertical configuration to the connector plate of the frame at a frame connection, the first surface including a first opening, the first opening of the first surface at least partially aligning with the opening into the interior space; a second surface opposed to the first surface, the second surface coupled to the support at a support connection; and an elongate body extending between the first surface and second surface; the body further defining a second opening in communication with the first opening, the hose passing through the first and second openings and through the opening in the frame into the interior space.