Garbage and trash container select spray system
OwnerRalph E. Middaughinventor
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Abstract
A system for selectively spraying a treating material such as an insecticide and/or odor suppressor into the interior of a commercial garbage or trash container. The system includes a suitable spray nozzle assembly carried on the cross bar of the lifting frame of a conventional front loading sanitation truck and a biased access door in the trash container or bin through which a spray nozzle may be inserted into the interior of the container. A container of the insecticide and/or odor suppressor is carried on the truck together with controls placed in the vehicle's cab and controlled by the operator to insert the spray nozzle into the container, spray the container's interior, and retract the spray nozzle.
Claims6
A select spray system in combination with a front loading, waste transporting vehicle for spraying a treating material into a waste receiving container, the container being structured to be lifted by and to empty its contents into the cooperating waste transporting vehicle, the spray system comprising:
- a spray nozzle assembly for dispensing the treating material into the container, from a supply reservoir carried on the vehicle, said spray nozzle assembly being carried on a front cross bar which extends between a pair of spaced, forwardly extending dumping forks on the vehicle, said spray nozzle assembly being selectively controllable from within the vehicle;
- a spray access door in an end wall of the container for affording access to an interior portion of the container, said spray access door being adjacent said spray nozzle assembly when said dumping forks are cooperatively engaging pickup sleeves carried on opposed side walls of the container;
- means for selectively inserting a portion of said spray nozzle assembly through said spray access door to spray the treating material into the interior of the container when the container is cooperatively engaged with the vehicle;
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- means for retracting said portion of said spray nozzle assembly away from the container after spraying is completed whereby the treating material may be sprayed into the container after any waste in the container has been transferred to the vehicle and while the container is still cooperatively engaged with the vehicle.
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