BRUCE WILLIAM RODGERS
Pilots at Providence Rd, Pine Bluff, AR

6312206, Nov 6, 2001

Feb 22, 2000

9/511423

Don Pylate - Lake Village AR
Larry Greenich - Pine Bluff AR
Bruce Rodgers - Pine Bluff AR

Planters Cotton Oil Mill, Inc. - Pine Bluff AR

B65G 6702, B30B 930

414345

A method and apparatus for loading bulk materials is disclosed. The apparatus of the present invention comprises a track and a frame movable on the track between a retracted and extended position. A first plate is movably mounted on the frame, and a ram is operably connected to the first plate for moving it between a retracted and extended position. A feeder may also secured to the frame. In operating a press such as the one disclosed, the frame and plate are moved within the container, a compressible material is transferred into the container, the compressible material is compressed, and the frame and plate are moved to a position outside the container. The steps of transferring compressible material into the container and compressing it may be repeated as desired. The frame may also be equipped with a second plate in which case one plate may be compressing material while additional compressible material is simultaneously being transferred into another portion of the container. The container may be a rail car, and the compressible material may be selected from the group consisting of cottonseed, cottonseed hulls, rice hulls, rice mill feed, and soy bean hulls.