Patent ID: 7077060

Claim:
Compacting apparatus comprising a container for compacting paper waste, a compacting device communicating with the container for pressing the waste into the container, hydraulic cylinders provided along sides of the container, a door coupled to the container and coupled to the compacting device, the door being suspended pivotably about a horizontal axis at a lower edge of a filling end of the container for pivoting between an open filling position when the door pivots out from the container and a closed position when the door pivots in to contact the container, the door comprising upright sides at lateral edges extending perpendicular to the axis, a beam in the container and a shaft disposed transversely in the container proximal the beam, at least one compression device mounted at the filling end, the compression device comprising at least one pivotably suspended compression element, the compression device having a curved shovel shape and extending across an interior of the container, and a side edge of the compression device being coupled to the shaft for pivotably suspending the compression device on the shaft.