Ejection and compacting system for refuse truck
US5857822A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 31, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jan 12, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 31, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65F2003/0279
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A packing and ejecting system for a front or side loading refuse vehicle for packing refuse from a charging hopper into an associated storage body and fully ejecting the refuse from a rearward portion of the storage body without tilting the storage body. A loading device may be used to load refuse or recyclables from the front or side of the vehicle into the charging hopper. A packing and ejecting device may be mounted within the charging hopper without reducing the holding capacity of the charging hopper. The packing and ejecting device includes a substantially hollow cylinder carrier interconnecting crossed pairs of packing cylinders and ejecting cylinders, wherein the extension of the packing cylinders, with the ejecting cylinders retracted, linearly displaces the packer panel and cylinder carrier through a first longitudinal portion of the storage body and extension of both the ejecting cylinders and the packing cylinders, displaces the packer panel through the entirety of the storage body and where the fully retracted cylinders store within a hollow portion of the cylinder carrier.
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