Charles E Weeks

US Patent:

40248062, May 24, 1977

Filed:

Feb 18, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/659126

Inventors:

Charles B. Weeks - Boston MA
Paul V. Choate - Milton MA

Assignee:

Norris Industries, Inc. - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

B30B 1522

US Classification:

100 52

Abstract:

A trash compactor has a compacting head supported by two sets of links, each set having a pair of links pivotally interconnected by a member common to both pairs and spacing the two sets of links apart. Corresponding ends of the links are pivotally connected to the head and means connect the other ends of the links to the compactor in a manner enabling the linkage to be unfolded to extend the head into a compacting position or retracted therefrom. Vertical screws, rotated by a reversible drive are threaded through the pivot member to effect such folding and unfolding of the linkage. The ends of the pivot member are within vertical guides and the linkage includes stabilizing links connected to the head.

US Patent:

39790088, Sep 7, 1976

Filed:

May 27, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/580578

Inventors:

Charles B. Weeks - Boston MA
Paul V. Choate - Milton MA

Assignee:

Norris Industries, Inc. - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

B65D 3900

US Classification:

220 65

Abstract:

A trash compactor has a trash compacting head supported by linkage of a type that can be unfolded to extend it and folded to retract it. The linkage consists of first and second sets of links connected to the head in a spaced apart relationship. A pair of parallel, laterally spaced operating members are connected to the linkage and are operable to fold and unfold the linkage to raise the compacting head into its inoperative position or to force it downwardly into an operative position. A reversible drive supported by the structure includes means connecting it to the operating members and is operable to effect their movement in the same direction and to the same extent in both linkage folding and linkage unfolding directions, in the latter direction, even if the resistance to the head is unequal in the direction defined by the connection of the two sets of links with the compacting head. Stabilizing means attached to the head prevent it from tilting in a direction more or less at right angles to the first named direction. The operating members are shown as screws having threaded connections with the linkage and their spacing and their common drive prevents jamming.

US Patent:

40006891, Jan 4, 1977

Filed:

May 27, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/580579

Inventors:

Charles B. Weeks - Boston MA
Paul V. Choate - Milton MA

Assignee:

Norris Industries, Inc. - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

B30B 118

US Classification:

100229A

Abstract:

The trash compactor has a throat above the chamber in which the trash receiving unit is located. The trash receiving unit consists of a pan and a container, both dimensioned so that their walls are shielded by the throat. The pan fits the chamber with its walls spaced from the walls of the housing and receives a trash bag within it. The container is open at the top and bottom with its walls upwardly and inwardly tapering with its lower end fitting within the bag and holding it bottomed against the pan. Both the pan and the container are of a plastic having a good memory and they are detachably interconnected. A carrying strap enables the unit or the pan with the bag therein and with the container removed, to be carried to a pick-up or disposal site.

US Patent:

40418570, Aug 16, 1977

Filed:

Jun 11, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/695258

Inventors:

Charles B. Weeks - Boston MA

Assignee:

Norris Industries, Inc. - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

B30B 1530

US Classification:

100215

Abstract:

The door of a trash compactor has an auxiliary door located to permit trash to be entered through it into the throat of the compactor. The auxiliary door, when closed, includes a throat portion which converts into a chute when the auxiliary door is opened.