ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,668, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Marathon Equipment Co. (South Vernon, Albania).
"Vertical refuse baler" was invented by Daniel Robert Overstreet (Caledonia, Miss.), Lokesh Krishna (Bangalore, India) and Ravi Khanapure (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vertical baler includes a frame defining a compaction chamber, a platen configured for vertical travel within the compaction chamber to compact refuse contained within the compaction chamber, a linear actuator coupled to the platen and configured to raise and lower the platen within the compaction chamber, an electric motor coupled to the linear actuator and con...