In further detail, still referring to the invention of Fig. 1A and Fig. 4, the interior dimensions of the movable vertical side enclosed compression chamber 120 may be slightly larger than the exterior dimensions of the metal springs 119 in order to enable loading the metal springs into the movable vertical side enclosed compression chamber 120. The interior width of the movable vertical side enclosed compression chamber 120 may be slightly longer than the height 117 of the metal springs 119, more preferably the interior width of the side enclosed compression chamber 120 will be the width that maintains the angles 10 and 12 of the metal springs 119 as they are are being compressed. Further the length of the face of movable powered ram 118 must be slightly less than the length of the movable vertical side enclosed compression chamber 120 and the width of the movable powered ram 118 face must be slightly less than the width of the movable vertical side enclosed compression chamber 120 to enable the movable powered ram 118 to move through the movable vertical side enclosed compression chamber 120 without damaging the movable vertical side enclosed compression chamber 120. Further the length of the movable resistance block 126 may be slightly more than the length of the movable vertical side enclosed compression chamber 120 and the width of the movable resistance block 126 may be slightly wider than the width of the movable vertical side enclosed compression chamber 120 to enable the movable resistance block 126 to close the bottom of the movable vertical side enclosed compression chamber 120
The construction details of the invention as shown in Fig. 4, the movable powered ram 118 and the movable resistance block 126 and the movable vertical side enclosed compression chamber 120 may be be constructed of material of adequate strength to withstand both the initial pressures of compressing the metal springs 119 and the increased pressures exerted by the metal springs 119 during the compaction operation as the movable powered ram 118 compacts the compressed metal springs 119 against the movable resistance block 126, preferably the material may be metal, more preferably the material may be metal harder than the metal of the metal springs 119, and more preferably the material may be machine finished metal harder than the metal of the metal springs 119.
The advantages of the present invention shown in Fig. 4 include, without limitation, the capability of compacting a set of metal springs 119 into a configuration suitable for recycling in the scrap metal market.
In broad embodiment, the invention Fig. 4 is a metal spring compactor of any shape which comprises at least one powered ram and at least one resistance or opposing force between which at least one metal spring is laterally to its axis of resistance (See Fig. 1A 6.) compressed beyond its bending point or elastic limit. Further, to enhance efficiency of the current invention the compression chamber 120 may be augmented via the invention as shown in Fig. 1C and Fig. 1D.
And, the invention shown in Fig. 4 may be operated in a horizontal mode or vertical mode or any plane inbetween.
Referring now to the invention in more detail, in Fig. 5 there is shown one embodiment of the current invention comprising; a hydraulic pump 146, a set of springs 131 of height 133, a set of springs 143 of height 145, a powered cylinder 134, a powered ram 136, a movable vertical side enclosed compression chamber 130 shown in one of two loading positions, a spacer 132, a movable
