Patent ID: 7540234

Claim:
A refuse compactor, comprising: a base, a first side panel, and a second side panel, each of the side panels is shaped to provide a front portion, a sidewall, and half of a back wall of the compactor, the side panels having a V-shaped overlap portion where the first side panel and the second side panel are connected together; a machine compartment, a refuse receiving compartment, and a refuse compaction compartment located within the compactor; a first door providing access to the refuse receiving compartment, the first door connected to first counterbalance weights positioned on opposing sides of the first door to allow the first door to vertically slide along a first track; a second door providing access to the refuse compaction compartment, the second door connected to second counterbalance weights positioned on opposing sides of the second door to allow the second door to vertically slide along a second track; a third door providing access to the machine compartment, the third door being in a horizontal sliding relationship with roller tracks located along a top portion of the machine compartment; a plurality of continuous channels formed beginning in an upper portion of the back wall and traversing to a front of the base for guiding strapping material; and a platen operably coupled to a hydraulic pump located in the machine compartment for compacting refuse in the compaction compartment.