System, apparatus, and method for mobile refuse sorting station
AssigneeL&R, LLC
InventorDerek Ruckman
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Abstract
A device for sorting waste includes: a first conveyance module including a first conveyor belt movably mounted thereon, the first conveyance module include a hopper disposed at a first end of the first conveyor belt, the hopper being configured to receive waste; a second conveyance module including a second conveyor belt movably mounted thereon, the second conveyance module being coupled to the first conveyance module such that a first end of the second conveyor belt is positioned adjacent to a second end of the first conveyor belt; a first drain pan disposed underneath the first end of the first conveyor belt and aligned with the hopper; and a second drain pan disposed underneath the second end of the first conveyor belt and the first end of the second conveyor belt.
Claims20
A device for sorting waste material, the device comprising:
- a first conveyance module including a first conveyor belt movably mounted thereon, the first conveyor belt having a first end and an opposing second end, the first conveyance module include a hopper disposed at the first end of the first conveyor belt, the hopper being configured to receive the waste material;
- a second conveyance module including a second conveyor belt movably mounted thereon, the second conveyor belt having a first end and an opposing second end, the second conveyance module being coupled to the first conveyance module such that the first end of the second conveyor belt is positioned adjacent to the second end of the first conveyor belt;
- a first drain pan disposed underneath the first end of the first conveyor belt and aligned with the hopper;
- a second drain pan disposed underneath the second end of the first conveyor belt and the first end of the second conveyor belt;
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- a waste leveling member disposed within the hopper of the first conveyance module, the waste leveling member having an arc shape with an apex of the arc facing toward the second end of the first conveyor belt.
A device for sorting waste material, the device comprising:
- a first conveyance module including a first conveyor belt movably mounted thereon, the first conveyor belt having a first end and an opposing second end, the first conveyance module include a hopper disposed at the first end of the first conveyor belt, the hopper being configured to receive the waste material, wherein the hopper includes:
- a front wall disposed adjacent to a front edge of the first end of the first conveyor belt;
- a first side wall disposed adjacent to a first side edge of the first end of the first conveyor belt;
- an opposing second side wall disposed adjacent to a second side edge of the first end of the first conveyor belt;
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- a back wall spaced apart from the front wall and extending between the first side wall and the second side wall, a bottom edge of the back wall being positioned above and spaced apart from a top surface of the first conveyor belt,
- a second conveyance module including a second conveyor belt movably mounted thereon, the second conveyor belt having a first end and an opposing second end, the second conveyance module being coupled to the first conveyance module such that the first end of the second conveyor belt is positioned adjacent to the second end of the first conveyor belt;
- a first drain pan disposed underneath the first end of the first conveyor belt and aligned with the hopper;
- a second drain pan disposed underneath the second end of the first conveyor belt and the first end of the second conveyor belt;
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- a waste leveling member disposed within the hopper, a bottom edge of the waste leveling member being positioned closer to the top surface of the first conveyor belt than the bottom edge of the back wall of the hopper, the waste leveling member having an arc shape with an apex of the arc facing toward the second end of the first conveyor belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.