Refuse container orientation system
AssigneeOshkosh Corporation
InventorsBrendan Chan, Roberto Santana Blanco
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AssigneeOshkosh Corporation
InventorsBrendan Chan, Roberto Santana Blanco
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Embodiments herein relate to a refuse vehicle including a chassis, a body coupled to the chassis, a lift assembly coupled to the body, and a grabber assembly coupled to the lift assembly for engaging a refuse container. The refuse vehicle further includes a container orientation system including one or more container rotation elements coupled to the grabber assembly, and a motor coupled to the one or more container rotation elements and configured to move the one or more container rotation elements. The motor moves the one or more container rotation elements to move the refuse container into a desired orientation for depositing refuse into the refuse vehicle.
A refuse vehicle comprising:
The refuse vehicle of claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to determine, based on the orientation of the refuse container and the container orientation model, a rotational time for the motor, wherein the motor rotating for the rotational time moves the refuse container into a desired orientation.
The refuse vehicle of claim 12, wherein the grabber assembly comprises a first grabber arm and a second grabber arm for engaging the refuse container, and wherein the one or more container rotation elements comprises:
The refuse vehicle of claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to transmit an output indicative of the orientation of the refuse container to a user device of the refuse vehicle, wherein an operator of the refuse vehicle operates the container orientation system based on the output to move the refuse container to a desired orientation from the orientation.
A method for orienting a refuse container, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.