Refuse collection vehicle controls
AssigneeThe Heil Co.
InventorsStanley L. Maroney, David G. Lewis, Robert B. Williams
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Abstract
A refuse collection vehicle includes a grabber that is operable to engage a refuse container, a lift arm that is operable to lift a refuse container, at least one sensor that is arranged to collect data indicating an angular position of the grabber, at least one sensor that is arranged to collect data indicating a relative positioning of the lift arm, a first controller for adjusting the angular position of the grabber, and a second controller adjusting the relative positioning of the lift arm. The adjustment of the angular position of the grabber is coordinated with the adjustment of the relative positioning of the lift arm.
Claims20
A refuse collection vehicle comprising:
- a grabber that is operable to engage a refuse container;
- a lift arm that is operable to lift the refuse container;
- at least one first sensor that is arranged to collect data indicating an angular position of the grabber;
- at least one second sensor that is arranged to collect data indicating a positioning of the lift arm;
- a first controller for adjusting the angular position of the grabber relative to a surface on which the refuse collection vehicle is positioned, based at least partly on the data collected by the at least one first sensor;
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- a second controller for adjusting the positioning of the lift arm based at least partly on the data collected by the at least one second sensor, wherein the adjustment of the angular position of the grabber relative to the lift arm is automatically coordinated with the adjustment of the positioning of the lift arm such that the positioning of the lift arm is automatically adjusted based at least partly on a selection, through the first controller, of a preset grabber positioning, and wherein the selected preset grabber positioning is selected from a plurality of preset grabber positionings that are available for selection using the first controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.