US 12,070,921 B1
Baler with internal scale
Christopher Drier, Saint Louis, MO (US); Charles Searles, Houston, TX (US); and Dennis Craig Siegel, Pleasant, PA (US)
Assigned to WM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS, L.L.C., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by WM Intellectual Property Holdings, L.L.C., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/419,889.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/440,647, filed on Jan. 23, 2023.
Int. Cl. B30B 9/30 (2006.01); B30B 15/00 (2006.01); G01G 19/52 (2006.01)
CPC B30B 9/3032 (2013.01) [B30B 15/0094 (2013.01); G01G 19/52 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A baler for compressing recyclable materials, comprising:
an internal chamber having a volume defined by a front door, a rear wall, a pair of side walls, a floor comprising a plurality of individual raised sections and a plurality of floor gaps at spaced-apart intervals between the individual raised sections to facilitate an insertion of a baling wire, and a piston face moveable by a piston and configured to compress the recyclable materials within the internal chamber to form a bale; and
a baler scale comprising a base and one or more load cells, wherein the baler scale is configured to sit atop the floor and within the internal chamber, wherein the one or more load cells are disposed beneath the base and above the individual raised sections, wherein the one or more load cells are configured to measure a weight of the recyclable materials when the recyclable materials rest atop the base, wherein the base has a plurality of elongated grooves formed therein, and wherein the grooves are aligned in a parallel orientation with one another and correspond to a location of the floor gaps between one of the individually raised sections on the floor of the baler.