Side-mounted garbage bin cleaning system

A vehicle-mounted garbage bin cleaning system including power takeoff, the system comprising:

• a) a pair of arms configured for lifting a garbage bin, the pair of arms rotatably coupled to a mount on a side of a vehicle;
• b) a hopper configured for accepting the garbage bin when the pair of arms lifts the garbage bin into the hopper;
• c) at least one spray rod extending upwards from the hopper and configured to wash an interior of the garbage bin and including at least one high-pressure, rotating water nozzle that sprays a water jet;
• d) at least two spray rods extending horizontally from opposite sides of the hopper and configured to wash an exterior of the garbage bin, wherein each of the at least two spray rods includes at least one high-pressure, rotating water nozzle that sprays a water jet;
• e) wherein when the pair of arms lifts the garbage bin into the hopper, the at least one spray rod configured to wash the interior of the garbage bin is situated within the garbage bin, and the at least two spray rods configured to wash the exterior of the garbage bin are situated outside the garbage bin;
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• f) a power takeoff driven pressure washing system comprising:
• 1) a gearbox mechanically coupled with a transmission of the vehicle, such that the transmission drives the gearbox;
• 2) a mechanical means coupled with the gearbox, such that the gearbox drives the mechanical means;
• 3) a first pressure washer pump mechanically coupled to the mechanical means such that the mechanical means drives the first pressure washer pump;
• 4) the at least one spray rod configured to wash the interior of the garbage bin and the at least two spray rods configured to wash the exterior of the garbage bin are both fluidically coupled with the pressure washer pump such that the first pressure washer pump provides pressurized water;
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• a computing device communicatively coupled with the pair of arms and the pressure washing system, the computing device configured such that, in response to a single user input via a connected control panel, the pair of arms are automatically activated to lift the garbage bin into the hopper, the pressure washing system automatically sprays water and cleans the garbage bin, and the pair of arms automatically return the garbage bin to the ground, thereby completing a garbage bin cleaning without further user input.