Refuse vehicle packer actuating
OwnerJesus Alejandro de Leon Telloinventor
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Abstract
A refuse collection vehicle includes a vehicle chassis defining a forward and rearward direction of travel. A refuse body on the vehicle chassis includes a storage container, and a packer configured to pack waste within the storage container. The packer includes a prime mover, a packer blade, and a reciprocating linear actuator operably coupled to the prime mover and configured to exert a variable force on the packer blade. The reciprocating linear actuator includes a crank rotatable in response to torque from the prime mover, an arm pivotable in response to rotation of the crank, and a driver structurally connected to the packer blade. The driver is translatable along the forward and rearward directions in response to pivoting of the arm.
Claims20
A refuse collection vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle chassis defining a forward and rearward direction of travel;
- and
- a refuse body on the vehicle chassis, the refuse body comprising:
- a storage container;
- a packer configured to pack waste within the storage container, the packer comprising:
- a prime mover, a packer blade, and a reciprocating linear actuator operably coupled to the prime mover and configured to exert a variable force on the packer blade, the reciprocating linear actuator comprising:
- a crank rotatable in response to torque from the prime mover;
- an arm pivotable in response to rotation of the crank;
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- a driver structurally connected to the packer blade, the driver translatable along the forward and rearward directions in response to pivoting of the arm.
A packer configured to pack waste within a storage container, comprising:
- a prime mover;
- a packer blade;
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- a reciprocating linear actuator operably coupled to the prime mover and configured to exert a variable force on the packer blade, the reciprocating linear actuator comprising:
- a crank rotatable in response to torque from the prime mover;
- an arm pivotable in response to rotation of the crank;
- and
- a driver structurally connected to the packer blade, the driver translatable along forward and rearward directions in response to pivoting of the crank arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.