APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING AND COMPACTING WASTE MATERIAL

摘要

A method and apparatus for collecting and compacting waste material. The apparatus includes a hollow cylindrical container operable to be rotatably mounted upon the chassis of a motor vehicle. The container is provided with waste material charging means at each end thereof and is interiorly fitted with a rotatable discoid element adjacent each charging means for directing waste material deposited within each end of the container toward the center thereof. The container may be further constructed with two sets of opposite hand helical translating vanes such that material deposited within either end of said container will be translated toward and tightly compacted generally in a central portion of the container upon rotation of the container. Each end of the container may be further provided with resiliently mounted breaker means to reduce the size of waste objects as the objects are fed into the container. The method includes the steps of depositing waste material within a container at either end thereof, translating the waste material from either end toward the center of the container and compacting the waste material deposited from one end against waste material deposited from the other end to minimize interstitial voids within a fully loaded container. The method may further include the step of resiliently reducing large objects during ingress of the objects into the container.