Automatic refuse container loading device
OwnerValerio Armando, Lodovico Armando +1inventors
InventorsValerio Armando, Lodovico Armando, Massimo Armando
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Abstract
An automatic container loading device connected to an appropriate truck comprises a first telescopic arm connected to the chassis of the truck and able to rotate, both on a horizontal and on a vertical plane, a second telescopic arm centrally connected to the free end of the first arm and able to make a complete rotation on its vertical axis and comprising a third arm and a fourth arm, also able to make a complete rotation. The third and fourth arms support a mechanism for gripping containers of all shapes and sizes form any position whatsoever, even at a considerable distance from the truck and on a different level, placing them automatically in the right position for being lifted and emptied into the body of the truck.
Claims11
An automatic device connected to a truck for unloading refuse from a refuse collection container into the truck, the device comprising:
- a first multi-extractable telescopic arm connected to a chassis of the truck, said first arm being rotatable about a horizontal and a vertical plane;
- a second telescopic arm centrally connected to a free end of said first arm and rotatable by 360 degrees about a vertical axis of said second arm;
- third and fourth arms connected to free ends of said second arm and rotatable by 360 degrees about respective horizontal axes of each of said third and fourth arms;
- gripping means for gripping side portions of said collection container, said gripping means being connected to respective free ends of each of said third and fourth arms;
- control means for rotating said first arm about said horizontal and vertical planes;
- means for rotating said second arm about said vertical axis of said second arm;
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- means for rotating said third and fourth arms about said respective horizontal axes of said third and fourth arms;
- wherein rotation of said first, second, third and fourth arms transports a refuse collection container to/from a first position adjacent to said truck to/from a second position in which refuse in said container is unloaded into said truck.
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