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Compaction methods and apparatus

US6247662A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 3, 1999
Grant dateJun 19, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 3, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB30B11/24
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A compaction apparatus (2) has a screw conveyor (4) for conveying, waste material through a passage (6) and compacting it therein. An exit nozzle (10) is arranged to communicate with the passage (6). The nozzle (10) has a transverse internal cross-sectional area which enlarges and reduces respectively in response to increasing and decreasing material pressure.

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