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US 2025/0353669 A1Published application
Refuse Vehicle Dump Verification System and Apparatus
AssigneeThe Heil Co.
InventorsRicardo Castano Salinas, Brian Huston Ham, Henry Michael Hund, JR., John Forrest Smith
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Abstract
A method and device for positively identifying that a dump event of a refuse container has occurred into a refuse hopper of a refuse vehicle are provided. When used with route software, alerts may be generated if a specific refuse container is missed or if an unexpected dump event occurs during the route.
Claims19
A refuse vehicle having positive dump verification of refuse containers comprises:
- a vehicle having at least one lifting apparatus configured to selectively engage a refuse container to dump into a refuse hopper connected to the refuse vehicle;
- a sensor sensing the presence of a first refuse container engaged on the at least one lifting apparatus;
- a processor receiving input from the sensor, said processor receiving at least one first input related to a dumping cycle of the refuse container into the refuse body, and at least a second input related to an identifier associated with the first refuse container, to thereby confirm that the first refuse container was dumped.
A refuse vehicle having positive dump verification of refuse containers comprises:
- a vehicle having at least one lifting apparatus configured to selectively engage a refuse container to dump into a refuse hopper connected to the refuse vehicle;
- a sensor sensing the presence of a first refuse container engaged on the at least one lifting apparatus;
- a processor receiving input from the sensor and at least one of counting and updating a schedule of refuse containers dumped by the vehicle.
A method of positive dump verification of refuse containers into refuse vehicles comprising:
- providing a vehicle having at least one lifting apparatus configured to selectively engage a refuse container and then dump the refuse container into a refuse hopper connected to the refuse vehicle;
- providing a sensor sensing the presence of a first refuse container engaged on the at least one lifting apparatus;
- having a processor receive input from the sensor, said processor further receiving at least one first input related to a dumping cycle of the refuse container into the refuse body, and at least a second input related to an identifier associated with the first refuse container, to thereby confirm that the first refuse container was dumped into the refuse hopper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.