Patent ID: 8240247
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: B30B

Abstract:
1. Compacting apparatus for waste material, the apparatus defining a feed space in which material for compacting is received in use and a pressing chamber, the apparatus including moving means for moving material from the feed space into the pressing chamber, a pressing member movable within the pressing chamber to move material in use out of the pressing chamber, and shear means for shearing the material as it moves out of the pressing chamber, wherein the moving means includes a pair of opposed flap assemblies moveable between a retracted and an extended position, the flap assemblies defining an off center, vertically open gap therebetween in the extended position, and wherein a flap member of one flap assembly is relatively larger than a flap member of the other flap assembly, the apparatus includes tying means for tying a plurality of tie members around a length of compacted material in a compression channel to form a bale, the tying means includes a plurality of needle members, the pressing member defines a plurality of needle receiving passages, each of which receives in use one of the needle members, the pressing member includes a first blade, the first blade comprises a plurality of first blade parts, each blade part being in the form of a tooth, with each needle receiving passage being located between a pair of the first blade parts, with one of the blade parts corresponding to a position of the gap, the apparatus is therefore arranged so that in the extended position the gap is offset from the positions of the needle receiving passages.