Lock-in device and method
CA 2015869 C · Owner: Marathon Equipment Company · Inventors: Spiers, Kent
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This invention is a lock-in device for a trash compactor assembly including a stationary compacting head and support and, a movable container spaced subjacent the compacting head for containing compacted trash. The lock-in device retains the movable container in fixed relation to the vertical compacting head by the action of first and second interlocking members wherein when the, container is locked in position subjacent the compactor the first member can engage with the second member to prevent the container from moving horizontally relative to the compacting head when compacting is taking place. The lock-in device includes first and second members formed of flat plates bent along their …
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- Filed May 1, 1990 and granted January 2, 1996. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 1, 2010.
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