US 4,054,301 AGranted

Waste collection system and apparatus

AssigneeSwacars, Inc.

InventorsRonald L. Bond, E. C. Daughdrill, Henry T. Brice, Phineas E. Horton, III

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Abstract

A waste collection system including a trailer and a towing vehicle which is selectively interconnectable with the trailer. The trailer, which may be divided into a number of separate interior compartments, has a prow-shaped forward end wall which extends beyond and above the trailer hitch to enlarge the material-receiving capacity of the trailer. A towing vehicle is disclosed which can selectively elevate and tilt the trailer sufficiently to dump the contents of the trailer. An alternative towing vehicle is disclosed which provides a trailer hitch having a limited extent of vertical adjustment necessary to raise and lower a parking support associated with the trailer. The trailer is provided with a ground support stand which is automatically locked in downward support position.

Claims5

Dependent claims

Towable vehicle apparatus for collecting and dumping waste material, comprising:

floor means having a forward end, a rear end, and a pair of spaced apart sides;
a pair of side walls spaced apart from each other and extending upwardly from the sides of said floor means;
said floor means supported in part by at least one wheeled axle mounted to the underside of said floor means adjacent the rear end thereof;
said floor means having trailer hitch means mounted at the forward end of said floor means;
a front wall mounted to said floor means at the said forward end and extending diagonally upward therefrom in a forward direction, so that said front wall terminates at an upper end which is spaced above and forward of the forward end of said floor means;
each of said side walls extending forwardly and upwardly from said forward end of said floor means to join said diagonally extending front wall;
and
said upper end of said front wall being spaced above and in front of said trailer hitch means.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 05/611,133Filed 8 Sep 1975 · continuation in part
Priority: 9 Jul 1973
Granted: 18 Oct 1977
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

B60P 1/18
Actuated by fluid-operated mechanisms: with relative displacement of the wheel axles
B65F 3/00
Vehicles particularly adapted for collecting refuse
B65F 3/26
With devices for unloading the tank of a refuse vehicle: by tipping the tank
B60P
Vehicles adapted for load transportation or to transport, to carry, or to