Debris collection vehicle
OwnerCharles J. Berothinventor
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Abstract
A debris collection vehicle including a vehicle chassis mounted on wheels, a motor carried on the vehicle and a debris pick-up apparatus mounted on the vehicle and powered by the motor for collecting debris off of the ground. The debris pick-up apparatus includes an elongate sweeper driven by the motor for sweeping debris in the path of the vehicle and three pick-up fans powered by the motor and mounted downstream of the sweeper for receiving debris swept from the ground by the sweeper. A grinder is powered by the motor and mounted downstream from the three pickup fans for receiving debris picked up by the pick-up fans and grinding the debris into smaller-sized debris. The vehicle includes a collection container for the ground up debris carried on the rear of the chassis.
Claims17
A debris collection vehicle, comprising:
- (a) a vehicle chassis mounted on wheels;
- (b) a motor carried on said vehicle;
- (c) a debris pick-up apparatus mounted on said vehicle and powered by said motor for collecting debris off of the ground, said debris pick-up apparatus comprising:
- (1) an elongate sweeper driven by said motor for sweeping debris in the path of the vehicle;
- (2) at least one pick-up fan powered by said motor and mounted downstream of the sweeper for receiving debris swept from the ground by the sweeper, said at least one pick-up fan comprising first and second pick-up fans mounted adjacent opposite ends of said sweeper for directing debris swept by the sweeper to a central position between said first and second pick-up fans;
- and a third pick-up fan for receiving the debris from the first and second pick-up fans;
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- (3) a grinder powered by said motor and mounted downstream from said at least one pick-up fan for receiving debris from said third pick-up fan picked up by the first and second pick-up fan and grinding the debris into smaller-sized debris.
A debris collection vehicle comprising:
- (a) a vehicle chassis mounted on wheels;
- (b) a motor carried on said vehicle;
- (c) a debris pick-up apparatus mounted on said vehicle and powered by said motor for collecting debris off of the ground, said debris pick-up apparatus comprising:
- (1) an elongate sweeper driven by said motor for sweeping debris in the path of the vehicle;
- (2) at least one pick-up fan powered by said motor and mounted downstream of the sweeper for receiving debris swept from the ground by the sweeper;
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- (3) a grinder powered by said motor and mounted downstream from said at least one pick-up fan for receiving debris picked up by the pick-up fan and grinding the debris into smaller-sized debris, said grinder comprising:
- (a) a shaft and a plurality of grinder blades mounted on said shaft;
- and said grinder housing comprises:
- (b) a grinder housing inlet formed in said grinder housing and oriented in axial alignment with said grinder shaft for introducing debris into the grinder housing in an orientation perpendicular to the direction of movement of the grinder blades;
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- (c) a grinder housing outlet formed in said grinder housing in radial alignment with the grinder blades and perpendicular to the orientation of the grinder housing inlet for permitting radial discharge of debris from the grinder housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.