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US 11,603,264 B2Granted
Refuse collection vehicle having customized load edge
AssigneeCon-Tech Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorsGrant McNeilus, Garwin McNeilus, Jay Attleson, Aaron J. Hoff, Brian Meldahl
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Abstract
A refuse collection vehicle includes a collection mechanism having a collection hopper which accommodates the collection of refuse by dumping into the collection hopper. A bolt-on load edge bracket is configured to be attached to a portion of the collection mechanism adjacent the collection hopper, is capable of defining an adjustable rear load edge based upon where the attachment is made. By using a separate bolt-on load edge bracket, the rear of the collection vehicle can be tailored to accommodate various load edge heights, and to allow several alternative tipper mechanisms to be the easily attached thereto.
Claims20
A refuse collection system for use in a refuse truck, comprising:
- a collection body forming an enclosed refuse containing compartment having a receiving opening;
- a collection mechanism hingably coupled to the collection body and positioned adjacent the receiving opening, the collection mechanism having a collection compartment defined by a bottom surface, a first sidewall and a second sidewall, wherein the first sidewall and the second sidewall are substantially parallel to one another and are positioned on opposite sides of the bottom surface, and the collection mechanism further having a slide and sweep system movable along a predetermined path so as to move refuse placed on the bottom surface from the collection compartment into the refuse containing compartment;
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- a removable single piece load edge bracket coupled to a rear portion of the collection mechanism which is adjacent the collection compartment, wherein the load edge bracket comprises a cross member, a first upright extension and a second upright extension, with the first upright extension and the second upright extension being on opposite ends of the cross member, wherein a top edge of the cross member forms a top load edge and wherein the first upright extension and the second upright extension each include openings to accommodate attachment to an inner surface of a rearwardly extending portion of the first sidewall and an inner surface of a rearwardly extending portion of the second sidewall, respectively, wherein the rearwardly extending portion of the first sidewall and the rearwardly extending portion of the second sidewall each include a plurality of holes configured to be selectively aligned with the openings in the first upright extension and the second upright extension, thereby allowing the load edge bracket to be positionable such that the top load edge is situated at a predetermined height, wherein the first upright extension and the second upright extension are substantially vertical when coupled to the collection mechanism.
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A refuse collection vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle framework;
- a main collection body supported by the vehicle framework having a main storage compartment therein and an opening allowing access to the main storage compartment;
- a collection mechanism coupled to the main collection body at a location adjacent to the opening, the collection mechanism having a collection hopper at an outer portion thereof opposite the opening to the main storage compartment, the collection hopper having a hopper bottom surface and a pair of substantially vertical sidewalls, wherein the collection mechanism is further configured to have a pair of collection hopper brackets which are comprised of portions of the substantially vertical sidewalls, extend toward the rear of the collection mechanism and are in-line with the vertical sidewalls, and wherein the collection hopper brackets further have a plurality of openings therein;
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- a single piece bolt-on load edge bracket coupled to the pair of hopper brackets, the load edge bracket comprising a horizontal portion and a pair of upright extensions positioned at opposite ends of the horizontal portion, wherein a top edge of the horizontal portion forms a top load edge and wherein each of the pair of upright extensions have a plurality of openings which are configured to cooperate with select ones of the plurality of openings in to the pair of collection brackets extending from the of the collection hopper brackets, thereby causing each of the pair of upright extensions to be substantially vertical when coupled to the collection mechanism and further allowing the bolt-on load edge bracket to be positioned at a plurality of locations to thereby position the top load edge at a predetermined height.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.