Patent ID: 7413028

Claim:
A compactor apparatus comprising a compacting member designed to be associated with the end of a jackhammer mounted on the arm of a construction machine and being able to be fitted with a tool, the compactor apparatus being designed to receive the impacts generated by the jackhammer and to transmit them to the fragments to be compacted, wherein the compactor apparatus also comprises a frame having an axis and comprising: positioning means allowing the correct positioning of the frame relative to the jackhammer, so that the axis of the frame is substantially indistinguishable from the axis of the jackhammer, fixed attachment means allowing the temporary and removable attachment of the frame to the end of the jackhammer; means for guidance in substantially axial translation of the compacting member relative to the frame, means for preventing the rotation of the compacting member about the axis of the frame, and means for limiting the amplitude of said translation.