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US 12,570,464 B2Granted
Refuse vehicle with frame rail service lift
AssigneeOshkosh Corporation
InventorsDerek Wente, Jacob Wallin
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a chassis, a body pivotally coupled to the chassis by a pivot assembly, and a lift actuator. The lift actuator includes a base portion positioned within the body and an actuator rod extending from the body and coupled to the chassis, such that the lift actuator is configured to lift and pivot the body relative to the chassis.
Claims14
A vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- a body pivotally coupled to the chassis by a pivot assembly and comprising a head wall, a hopper volume, and a storage volume;
- a ram disposed at least partially within the hopper volume and coupled to a first end of each of two packer actuators configured to cause a substantially vertical surface of the ram to compact and push material loaded into the hopper volume toward the storage volume, the two packer actuators arranged such that the head wall and the two packer actuators substantially form a triangle when viewed from above;
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- a lift actuator comprising a base portion extending through the triangle and an actuator rod extending from the body and coupled to the chassis, such that the lift actuator is configured to lift and pivot the body relative to the chassis.
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A refuse vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- a body comprising a head wall, a storage volume, and a hopper volume configured to receive refuse via an upper opening and a storage volume configured to store the refuse, the body pivotally coupled to the chassis by a pivot assembly;
- an ejector disposed within the hopper volume, the ejector comprising a substantially vertical surface configured to compact and push material loaded into the hopper volume toward the storage volume;
- a first packer actuator coupled to a left side of the head wall and a right side of the ejector;
- a second packer actuator coupled to a right side of the head wall and a left side of the ejector, the first and second packer actuators forming an “X” shape when viewed from above;
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- a lift actuator extending through a triangle formed by the head wall, the first packer actuator, and the second packer actuator, the lift actuator comprising a base portion positioned within the hopper volume and an actuator rod extending from the hopper volume and coupled to the chassis, such that the lift actuator is configured to lift and pivot the body relative to the chassis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.