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United States Patent | 3,557,683 |
Boyd | January 26, 1971 |
A mobile unit in the form of truck or trailer having a supporting bed with compacting means mounted adjacent the rear end thereof. Trash or other materials can be introduced into the compacting means which then compacts the materials into disposable cartons or merely bales the same. A completed bale or filled carton is then ejected forwardly out of the compacting means onto a conveying means which transfers the bale or carton to a forward storage position. Subsequently, the conveying means can be used for removing the stored bales or cartons and for discharging the same from the unit.
Inventors: | Boyd; John A. (Fairfax, VA) |
Assignee: |
Mobilpak Corporation
(Washington,
DC)
|
Appl. No.: | 04/756,754 |
Filed: | September 3, 1968 |
Current U.S. Class: | 100/7 ; 100/100; 100/218; 100/250; 100/255; 100/31; 414/501; 53/527; 53/528 |
Current International Class: | B65F 3/00 (20060101); B65F 3/14 (20060101); B65b 013/00 (); B30b 015/32 () |
Field of Search: | 100/3,7,31,100,218,250,255 53/124 214/518 |
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