Carousel compactor for multi-component refuse

A carousel-type refuse compacting system comprising:

• a housing having a top defining an opening;
• a rotary base plate extending in a substantially horizontal plane and mounted in the lower portion of said housing for rotation about a vertical axis;
• a plurality of contiguous refuse receiving bins removably mounted on said base plate, and rotatable therewith about said vertical axis;
• means for selectively and incrementally driving said base plate in increments of rotation about said vertical axis to bring said bins in sequence to certain preselected positions;
• a refuse compacting subassembly mounted in said housing at a location spaced vertically above said rotatable base plate in a position to compact refuse in one of the bins carried on said base plate;
• a filled bin elevating and extricating subassembly mounted over said base plate within said housing for elevating and extricating a filled bin from its position on said rotary base plate to a position in which at least a portion of the bin extends upwardly through said opening in the top of said housing;
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• means mounted in the lower portion of said housing for weighing any one of said bins and its refuse contents.

A carousel-type refuse compacting system comprising:

• a stationary housing;
• a rotary base plate extending in a substantially horizontal plane, and mounted in the lower portion of said housing for rotation about a vertical axis;
• a plurality of refuse-receiving bins selectively removably mounted on said base plate, and rotatable therewith about said vertical axis;
• means for selectively and incrementally driving said base plate in increments of rotation to bring said bins to certain selected positions within said housing;
• a refuse-compacting subassembly mounted in said housing at a location spaced vertically over said rotatable base plate in a position to compact refuse in one of said bins carried on said base plate when said one bin is rotated to a specific position within said housing under said refuse-compacting subassembly;
• a filled bin elevating and extricating subassembly comprising:
• a reversible bin lifting motor supported by said housing at a location above said rotary base plate;
• a plurality of horizontally spaced, vertically extending endless chains drivingly connected to said bin motor for bidirectional movement during the raising and lowering of a filled bin a said bin lifting motor is drivingly actuated for rotation in first one direction and then another;
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• a lift finger carried on each of said endless chains, said fingers cooperating to lift a bin upwardly toward the top of said housing as said reversible bin lifting motor is rotated in one direction.

A carousel-type refuse compacting system comprising:

• a stationary housing having a top portion and a lower portion, and further including side walls and a top wall having an opening therethrough;
• a rotary base plate mounted in the lower portion of the housing for rotation about a vertical axis extending upwardly in the center of the housing;
• multiple refuse-receiving bins selectively removably mounted on said base plate and rotatable therewith for rotation about said vertical axis;
• means for driving said base plate in rotation;
• means for automatically stopping the rotation of said base plate when one of said bins is in a selected position relative to said stationary housing;
• a refuse-compacting subassembly mounted in said stationary housing at a location spaced above said base plate in a position to compact refuse in one of said refuse-receiving bins carried on said base plate when said one bin is rotated to a specific position within said housing under said refuse-compacting subassembly, said refuse-compacting subassembly comprising:
• a reversible refuse-compacting motor mounted on said stationary supporting structure above said rotary base plate;
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• a pair of horizontally spaced, vertically extending shafts drivingly connected to said refuse-compacting motor for vertical reciprocation up and down as said motor is bi-directionally rotated;
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• a horizontally extending compacting plate secured to the lower ends of said shafts and positioned and dimensioned for entry into said one bin;
• refuse-directing means disposed under the opening through the top wall of said housing for directing refuse downwardly from the opening toward the rotary base plate;
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• means for removing a filled refuse-receiving bin from said housing at a height within said housing which is higher than the location in said housing at which said rotary base plate is located.