Front loading and ejecting waste removal vehicle
AssigneeC.F.K. Engineering Company
InventorAlfred F. Foote
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Abstract
A solid waste removal vehicle having a front loading mechanism for collecting, comminuting and compacting waste while being transferred into a container. The vehicle is further characterized by a driver cab and a loading assembly normally positioned in the path of ejection of the waste from the container, the cab and assembly each being independently swingable transversely of the path to an offset and unobstructing position to satisfy loading and ejecting conditions. A mechanism responsive to the swing of the cab automatically maintains the latter in its normal forward-facing position at all times to thereby provide optimum visibility for the driver or operator. Moreover, means are provided for steering the vehicle during normal and offset positions of the cab.
Claims6
In a waste pickup and ejecting vehicle having a waste container with an opening therein at the front of said vehicle, and means in said container for ejecting waste through said opening, the combination of a waste-receiving channelled ramp having its upper end communicating with the lower portion of said opening and its lower end extending forwardly of the latter, means carried by said ramp for conveying waste upwardly thereof and into said opening, a forward-facing driver cab positioned above the communicating end of said ramp and in front of the upper portion of said opening;
- means for swinging said cab to a position to expose said opening;
- said means carried by said ramp for conveying waste comprising a plurality of screws disposed longitudinally of said ramp channels for thrusting said waste upwardly thereof, said screws being rotatable substantially in a common plane;
- additional means comprising a plurality of yieldably mounted parallel bars extending longitudinally relative to said ramp for movement toward and away from said screws, said bars each being bodily rotatable in a plane disposed at right angles to said common plane, and means for rotating alternate bars successively into engagement with said waste to thrust the latter upwardly toward said opening whereby a convergent thrust is produced to supplement the upward thrust of said screws.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.