Automated load arm mechanism for front forks of refuse collection truck
AssigneeKann Manufacturing Corporation
InventorKenneth D. GOEDKEN
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Abstract
A loading assembly for a refuse collection vehicle wherein a pair of gripping arms can upend a refuse container into an intermediate container. A first set of gripper arms can be located on a first side of the intermediate container and a second set of gripper arms can be located on a second side of the intermediate container. The two sets allow refuse bins located on a curb side and street side to be serviced by the loading assembly. The intermediate container can then be emptied into a storage compartment of the vehicle.
Claims20
A loading assembly for a front loading commodity collection vehicle having a pair of forks carried on main lift arms, the loading assembly comprising:
- a frame comprising spaced apart sleeves;
- the sleeves adapted to selectively receive the pair of forks;
- the frame further comprising an extender assembly movable substantially horizontally and perpendicularly relative to a longitudinal axis of each fork;
- the extender assembly comprising a movable elongate rail member;
- a drive member for selectively moving the rail member;
- the rail member movable horizontally to a position overlying a one of the pairs of forks;
- an arm assembly pivotably supported on the rail member;
- the arm assembly pivotal about a pivot axle carried by the rail member;
- the arm assembly including plural gripper arms whereby the gripper arms are selectively operable to grasp a body of a residential refuse bin;
- whereby the arm assembly is selectively movable to upend the residential refuse bin over a top opening of an intermediate container removably supported on the pair of forks.
A dual sided load arm assembly for a front loading commodity collection truck having a pair of front forks operable between a load position and an unload position, the invention comprising:
- a frame receivable on the front forks;
- the frame supporting a first extender assembly and a second extender assembly;
- each of the extender assemblies comprising an elongate horizontally oriented rail member supported movably along an elongate support beam;
- each rail member independently and selectively movable along the support beam on which it is supported;
- each rail member movable to any position between a fully retracted position and a fully extended position;
- each extender assembly including an arm assembly pivotable about a pivot axle on the rail member;
- each arm assembly including a pair of gripper arms wherein each pair of gripper arms can grasp a residential refuse container;
- wherein an intermediate container may be supported on the front forks alongside the load arm assembly;
- and wherein either of the pairs of gripper arms may upend the residential refuse container over a top opening of the intermediate container;
- and wherein the intermediate container may be elevated by a pair of lift arms supported on the commodity collection truck and upended by the front forks over a top load opening of a commodity collection body carried on the commodity collection truck.
A loading assembly for a front loading commodity vehicle, comprising:
- a frame attachable to the vehicle;
- the frame further comprising an extender assembly movable substantially horizontally and perpendicularly relative to a longitudinal axis of a pair of forks;
- a movable elongate rail member;
- an arm assembly pivotably supported on the rail member;
- the arm assembly comprising gripper arms;
- a pair of gripper arms on a first side of the rail member;
- a pair of gripper arms on a second side of the rail member;
- wherein the arm assembly is selectively movable to upend a refuse bin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.