Vertical Refuse Baler
AssigneeMarathon Equipment Company
InventorsDaniel Robert Overstreet, Lokesh Krishna, Ravi Khanapure
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Abstract
A vertical baler includes a frame defining a compaction chamber, a platen configured for vertical travel within the compaction chamber to compact refuse contained within the compaction chamber, a linear actuator coupled to the platen and configured to raise and lower the platen within the compaction chamber, an electric motor coupled to the linear actuator and configured to control extension and retraction of the linear actuator, an encoder coupled to the electric motor and configured to measure rotation of the motor, and one or more processors.
Claims22
A vertical baler, comprising:
- a frame defining a compaction chamber;
- a platen configured for vertical travel within the compaction chamber to compact refuse contained within the compaction chamber;
- a floating bed movably coupled to the frame and configured to receive refuse provided to the compaction chamber;
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- at least one load cell coupled to a floor of the compaction chamber, the load cell being configured to measure a force applied to the floating bed.
A vertical baler, comprising:
- a frame defining a compaction chamber;
- a door mounted on the frame, the door covering at least a portion of the compaction chamber when in a closed position;
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- a laser projection system coupled to the frame, the laser projection system configured to project a visual indicator onto a surface proximate the vertical baler when the door is in an open position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.