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A small portable housing forms a trash compacting chamber in the bottom. At one side of the housing interior, above the chamber, is a space through which trash can fall to the chamber from an upper trash compacting opening. At the other side of the interior of the housing and above the chamber is th

A small portable housing forms a trash compacting chamber in the bottom. At one side of the housing interior, above the chamber, is a space through which trash can fall to the chamber from an upper trash compacting opening. At the other side of the interior of the housing and above the chamber is the compacting mechanism powered by a hydraulic ram. This mechanism includes a carriage supporting a two-part platen, one part of which is below the ram and fixed to the carriage and the other part of which is articulated for movement between a vertical position when raised, and a generally horizontal position across said space when being lowered. Several lost motion mechanisms are disclosed for initially so moving the articulated portion as the ram is extended and thereafter providing carriage movement. A gate is mounted to swing across the space when the platens are lowered so as to catch any trash introduced at that time. A counter is actuated by the opening of a door at the access opening and after a plurality of actuations initiates a compaction cycle. As an alternative to the counter, a timer is employed to cycle the compactor periodically.

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A trash compactor of a size to produce a relatively small, manually transportable, bale of compacted trash and comprising a housing including a frame, said housing defining a compacting chamber, a space extending upwardly from said chamber along one side of the housing and an upper opening through w

A trash compactor of a size to produce a relatively small, manually transportable, bale of compacted trash and comprising a housing including a frame, said housing defining a compacting chamber, a space extending upwardly from said chamber along one side of the housing and an upper opening through which trash may be inserted into the housing to descend through said space into said chamber, and a compactor mechanism mounted within said housing and on said frame and positioned at a side of the housing in juxtaposition to said space, said mechanism including a vertically movablE carriage, power means for vertically moving the carriage, a fixed platen secured to the bottom of the carriage, a movable platen articulated to the side of the carriage adjacent said space for pivotal movement from an upright position to a generally horizontal position, and actuating means connected to said movable platen for so moving said platen, said compactor being characterized by: said power means being connected to said actuating means to initially move said movable platen upon the activation of the power means, and said actuating means providing a lost motion connection to said carriage to provide carriage movement only after pivotal movement of the movable platen, whereby said movable platen serves to sweep trash from said space during descent of the carriage.