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US 11,136,188 B2Granted
Waste collection vehicle with raised and sloped hopper
AssigneeHaul-All Equipment Ltd.
InventorsC. Kelly Philipp, Simon A. Hann
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Abstract
A organic waste collection vehicle includes a chassis, a rear container for containing waste material, the rear container being mounted on the chassis, a hopper connected to the rear container and spaced above the chassis, the hopper being furthermore sloped to flow liquid toward the rear container, an automatic bin-tipping mechanism for dumping organic waste from a waste bin into the hopper, and a packer for compacting the organic waste material.
Claims11
A waste collection vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- a rear container for containing waste material;
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- a raised hopper having a sloped bottom member that is spaced above the chassis for receiving and supporting the waste material above the chassis irrespective of a position of the rear container, wherein the sloped bottom member of the raised hopper is sloped downwardly in a rearward direction toward a tailgate of the rear container;
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- a packer that is spaced above the chassis and facing the tailgate, the packer is disposed for slidable translation within the raised hopper and wherein the packer is reciprocated linearly by an actuator to displace waste material from the raised hopper into the rear container.
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A waste collection vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- a rear container for containing waste material;
- and
- a raised hopper having a sloped bottom member that is spaced above the chassis for receiving and supporting the waste material above the chassis irrespective of a position of the rear container, wherein the sloped bottom member of the raised hopper is sloped downwardly in a rearward direction;
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- a packer that is spaced above the chassis to interact with the raised hopper and wherein the packer is actuated by an actuator to displace waste material from the raised hopper into the rear container;
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- a plurality of articulated follower plates connected to the packer to move with the packer, the follower plates being displaced from a first open position in which the plates are retracted at least partially into a drop chute disposed below a forward portion of the raised hopper to open an inlet of the raised hopper and a second closed position in which the plates are extended across the inlet of the raised hopper to thereby close the inlet of the raised hopper.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.