| 摘要 |
A container in which trash may be stored until such time as the container can be dumped into a truck for transportation to a sanitary disposal site. Trash may be inserted and compacted within the container by a compactor unit formed integrally with or fixedly attached to the container. The compactor unit includes a hopper into which trash may be dumped. A packing panel may be pivotally mounted to move through the hopper to push the trash into the container and compact it therein. The packing panel may move from a position in which the hopper is fully opened to a position in which the panel serves as a door to close the hopper and prevent access to the hopper. The panel can be moved from the "door" position to a third position approximately 180 DEG from the fully opened position. In the third position, the panel has moved all of the trash out of the hopper and into the container. A ball-screw mechanism is provided to drive the panel with a constantly increasing torque as the panel moves from the fully open position to the trash-compacted position. A rim switch may be enclosed within the lip of the hopper so that a very light compression force between the panel and the lip of the hopper will cause the panel movement to be reversed automatically, thereby preventing any possibility of injury to an operator.
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