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Separated discards carrier with safety features

US4470747A · kind A · utility

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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 20, 1982
Grant dateSep 11, 1984
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Expiry dateDec 20, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02W30/60
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A motorized vehicle has an elongated space between a drivers cab at the front and a garbage compactor at the rear, one side of the space being occupied by a glass collection bin and a can collection bin. The other side of the space is occupied by a newspaper receptacle, between a glass hopper and a can hopper. The collection bins move several feet laterally and then tilt to dump away from the side of the vehicle. The paper receptacle tilts to discharge. The hopper and vertical conveyors are enclosed and the conveyors cannot move unless the access doors are closed. All actuations are hydraulically powered with "dead man" safety control valves.

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