metal harder than the metal of the metal springs 131 or 143. The floor 150 may be of concrete with a steel liner around opening 141, or more preferably may be plate steel, or more preferably be machine finished metal harder than the metal of the metal springs 131 or 143

The advantages of the present invention shown in Fig. 5 include, without limitation, the capability of compacting a set of metal springs 131 or 143 into a configuration suitable for recycling in the scrap metal market with the added efficiency of a plurality of spring 131 or 143 loading positions.

In broad embodiment, the invention Fig. 5 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 in a plurality of compression chambers. Further, to enhance efficiency of the current invention the compression chambers 130 and 138 may be augmented via the invention as shown in Fig. 1C and Fig. 1D. And, the invention shown in Fig. 5 may be operated in a horizontal mode or vertical mode or any plane inbetween.

Referring now to the invention in more detail, in Fig. 6 there is shown one embodiment of the current invention comprising; a hydraulic pump 158, a powered cylinder 160, four powered ram heads 160, 162, 164, and 166, four movable vertical side enclosed compression chambers 170, 172, 174, and 180, a movable vertical side enclosed compression chamber compression position 186 shown in dashed lines, a supporting frame 178, a bottom guide 185, a set of springs 176, a powered cylinder 182, a powered cylinder 184, a movable resistance block 188, a solid floor 190, and a set of rollers 192.

In more detail, still referring to the invention of Fig. 6, in operation powered ram heads 160, 162, 164 and 166 are paired with their corresponding sized movable vertical side enclosed compression chambers 170, 172, 174, and 180. For this embodiment of the current invention, powered ram head 160 and movable vertical side enclosed compression chamber 170 are paired together for twin size bed mattress core springs, powered ram head 162 and movable vertical side enclosed compression chamber 172 are paired together for full size bed mattress core springs, powered ram head 164 and movable vertical side enclosed compression chamber 174 are paired together for queen sized bed mattress core springs, and powered ram head 166 and movable vertical side enclosed compression chamber 180 are paired together for king size bed mattress core springs. Set of springs 176 is loaded into movable vertical side enclosed compression chamber 180, then the hydraulic pump 158 activates powered cylinder 182 and powered cylinder 184 jointly moving movable vertical side enclosed compression chambers 180 and movable resistance block 188 from their original shown positions to position 186 as shown in dashed lines. Then the hydraulic pump 158 activates powered cylinder 168 and powered cylinder 168 moves powered ram head 166 downward into movable vertical side enclosed compression chamber 180 compressing set of springs 176 beyond their bending point against the movable resistance block 188. Then the hydraulic pump 158 activates powered cylinder 168 and powered cylinder 168 moves powered ram head 166 upward in movable vertical side enclosed compression chamber 180 releasing pressure on the now compressed set of springs 176. Then the hydraulic pump 158 activates powered cylinder 184 moving the movable resistance block 188 back to clear the bottom of the movable vertical side enclosed compression