(19)
(11) EP 0 615 836 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.11.1994 Bulletin 1994/44

(43) Date of publication A2:
21.09.1994 Bulletin 1994/38

(21) Application number: 94300925.8

(22) Date of filing: 03.02.1994
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: B30B 9/30
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT DE ES FR IT SE

(30) Priority: 13.02.1993 GB 9302940

(71) Applicant: WASTE PRESS LTD.,
Lichfield, Staffordshire WS14 9UY (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Harris, Brian Thomas
    Longdon, Nr.Rugeley, Staffordshire (GB)

(74) Representative: Mosey, Stephen George 
MARKS & CLERK Alpha Tower Suffolk Street Queensway
Birmingham B1 1TT
Birmingham B1 1TT (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Compactor


    (57) A compactor for producing bales of waste material, such as cardboard, comprises a compaction chamber (18a) having a floor (25), inlet means for supplying to said chamber material to be compacted, outlet means through which compacted material can pass from said chamber, a compactor plate (19) moveable in the chamber to compress material therein, the floor being tippable to commence the removal from the chamber of a bale, and means (30: 36: 39) for effecting said tipping, disposed beneath the floor and mechanically unconnected to the compactor plate. Also disclosed is a latch for facilitating opening of a door (43) of a compactor after a bale has been formed in the compaction chamber thereof.






    Search report