Rear loading refuse vehicle
AssigneeThe Heil Co.
InventorsMark Fraas, Evan Tyler Whitten, Michael Shane Peek
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Abstract
A refuse vehicle body includes a hopper configured to receive refuse and a storage container configured to store compacted refuse. A tailgate is coupled to a rearward facing side of the refuse vehicle body and is movable between closed and opened positions. The refuse vehicle body includes a rear loading assembly configured to (i) engage a refuse container at a rear side of the refuse vehicle body, (ii) lift the refuse container over a top end of the tailgate, and (iii) rotate the refuse container above the hopper such that the refuse container is unloaded into the hopper. The refuse vehicle body further includes a refuse packing assembly configured to transfer refuse from the hopper and compact said refuse in the storage container.
Claims20
A refuse vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle chassis;
- a refuse vehicle body on the vehicle chassis, the refuse vehicle body including a hopper configured to receive refuse and a storage container configured to store compacted refuse;
- a tailgate coupled to a rearward facing side of the refuse vehicle body, the tailgate movable between a closed position and an open position;
- a refuse packing assembly in the refuse vehicle body and configured to transfer refuse from the hopper and compact said refuse in the storage container, the refuse packing assembly comprising:
- a packer panel that is linearly displaceable and electrically actuated;
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- a rack retained in engagement with a pinion, wherein rotation of the pinion causes the packer panel to extend and retract out of and into the tailgate, and wherein an end of the rack engages at least one of a slide or a channel that is rotationally coupled with the packer panel;
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- a rear loading assembly on the refuse vehicle body, the rear loading assembly configured to (i) engage a refuse container at the rearward facing side of the refuse vehicle and (ii) lift and rotate the refuse container over the hopper such that the refuse container is unloaded into the hopper, wherein the rear loading assembly is configured to lift the refuse container over a top end of the tailgate.
A refuse vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle chassis;
- a refuse vehicle body on the vehicle chassis, the refuse vehicle body including a hopper configured to receive refuse and a storage container configured to store compacted refuse;
- a tailgate coupled to a rearward facing side of the refuse vehicle body, the tailgate movable between a closed position and an open position;
- a refuse packing assembly in the refuse vehicle body and configured to transfer refuse from the hopper and compact said refuse in the storage container, wherein the refuse packing assembly comprises:
- a packer panel configured to clear the hopper and pack refuse in the storage container in a forward direction in the refuse vehicle body;
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- a rack retained in engagement with a pinion, wherein rotation of the pinion causes the packer panel to extend and retract out of and into the tailgate, and wherein an end of the rack engages at least one of a slide or a channel that is rotationally coupled with the packer panel;
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- a rear loading assembly on the refuse vehicle body, the rear loading assembly configured to (i) engage a refuse container at the rearward facing side of the refuse vehicle and (ii) lift and rotate the refuse container over the hopper such that the refuse container is unloaded into the hopper, wherein the rear loading assembly is configured to lift the refuse container over a top end of the tailgate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.