Refuse container engagement
AssigneeThe Heil Co.
InventorsDavid G. Lewis, Stanley L. Maroney, Chad R. Blanchard
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A refuse collection vehicle includes a grabber that is operable to engage a refuse container, at least one sensor that is arranged to collect data indicating a relative positioning of a first arm of the grabber and a second arm of the grabber, and a controller having one or more control elements for selecting a target positioning of a first arm of the grabber and a second arm of the grabber. The first arm and the second arm automatically move to the target positioning in response to a signal received by an onboard computing device of the vehicle.
Claims20
A system for collecting refuse, the system comprising:
- a grabber that is operable to engage a refuse container, the grabber including a first arm and a second arm;
- at least one controller configured to receive a user selection of a target positioning of the first arm relative to the second arm from a plurality of target positionings, wherein each of the plurality of target positionings corresponds to a respective refuse container size;
- and
- a computing device configured to control a positioning of the first arm relative to the second arm, wherein the computing device causes the first arm and the second arm to automatically move to the selected target positioning prior to engaging the refuse container.
A refuse collection vehicle comprising:
- a grabber that is operable to engage a refuse container, the grabber including a first arm and a second arm;
- at least one controller that is configured to receive a user selection of a target positioning of the first arm relative to the second arm from a plurality of target positionings, wherein each of the plurality of target positionings corresponds to a respective refuse container size;
- and
- a computing device configured to control a positioning of the first arm relative to the second arm, wherein the computing device causes the first arm and the second arm to automatically move to the selected target positioning prior to engaging the refuse container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.