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US 2003/0152447 A1Published application
Automated container loader for refuse vehicle
AssigneeWittke Inc.
InventorsLynn Donald Schreiber, Simon Huang
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AssigneeWittke Inc.
InventorsLynn Donald Schreiber, Simon Huang
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An automated container loader for mounting to the side of a vehicle adapted for collecting the contents of curbside residential waste containers. The vehicle has a vehicle body longitudinally attached to the vehicle chassis. The automated container loader is attached to the vehicle chassis by means of a slide and positioned adjacent the side of the vehicle body. The container loader is equipped with a lift arm having a gripping element comprising a gripper housing having an opposing pair of gripping jaws. The gripping jaws are pivotally attached to the gripper housing on opposite sides to their respective arms, thereby creating a cross-pivoting arrangement. The distance between the free ends of the gripping jaws is thereby reduced when in the open position. The cross-pivoting arrangement further allows the container loader to have a thin overall width, accomplished through use of a non-folding single-section gripping jaw.
In an automated container loader for a refuse vehicle having a lift arm and opposing first and second jaw means for gripping and releasing a refuse container, each said opposing jaw means having a first free end and second opposite end pivotally attached to the end of said lift arm at, respectively, a first and second pivot location on said lift arm each said jaw means hydraulically operable to open and close;
In an automated container loader for a refuse vehicle having a lift arm and opposing first and second jaw members for gripping a refuse container, each said opposing jaw member having a free end and an attached end;
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