US 4,046,271 AGranted

Method for collecting, handling and disposal of waste materials

OwnerLawrence Kloskinventor

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Abstract

A method for collecting, handling and disposing of trash from a collection site, such as a railroad station, to a disposal site, utilizes a receptacle which includes a housing permanently situated at the collection site. The housing receives a coverable container therein and trash is deposited through a self-closing door at the top of the housing and received within the container. The container is admitted into and withdrawn from the housing through an openable sidewall of the housing. Once filled, the container is extracted from the housing, covered and moved to a designated platform area. A train, designed for this purpose, arrives with empty containers, which are unloaded, and receives the full containers. The train moves to a transfer point wherein the containers are removed and emptied into a collection vehicle to be hauled to a disposal site.

Claims3

Dependent claims

A method for collecting and transporting to a disposal site, waste materials deposited in a coverable container within a permanently affixed housing, at a location comprising the steps of:

a. uncovering an empty container and inserting same within the housing by means of an openable side thereon;
b. placing empty containers on an intermediate collection vehicle;
c. bringing said empty containers to said location on said vehicle;
d. removing a filled container from said housing through said openable side, covering same and placing the covered container on said intermediate collection vehicle;
e. replacing said filled container within said housing with an empty uncovered container carried to said housing by said vehicle;
f. transporting said filled container to a transfer site;
g. removing said filled container from said vehicle at said transfer site and emptying each into a final collection vehicle;
and
h. transporting said waste materials on said final collection vehicle to a disposal site.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 05/736,216Filed 27 Oct 1976 · continuation in part
Priority: 12 May 1975
Granted: 6 Sep 1977
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

B65F 1/1468
Other constructional features; Accessories: means for facilitating the transport of the receptacle, e.g. wheels, rolls
B65F 1/10
Refuse receptacles; Accessories therefor: with refuse filling means, e.g. air-locks
B65F 1/122
With devices facilitating emptying: features allowing the receptacle to be lifted and subsequently tipped by associated means on a vehicle
B65F 1/1426
Other constructional features; Accessories: housings, cabinets or enclosures for refuse receptacles