Compactable self-ejecting refuse car
OwnerLoren E. Riggininventor
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Abstract
A structurally reinforced railroad car is provided which interfaces with the output of a typical refuse compactor and is capable of being thus forcibly filled with compacted refuse which efficiently fills and conforms to the interior, making maximum volumetric use of the car for efficient transportation to a disposal site. At the disposal site, hydraulic cylinders of the car cause the lid assembly of the car to pivot upwardly, leaving one side and top open, while a powered ejection panel from within the car pushes the refuse toward the open side until it falls over the edge. The car is equipped with engagable seals for containment of leachant and liquids which may form or be present in the refuse.
Claims20
A compactable, self-ejecting transport vehicle for receiving, transporting and self-unloading refuse, comprising:
- a wheeled undercarriage;
- a body mounted on said undercarriage;
- said body comprising:
- means for receiving and containing refuse compacted to generally fill the interior of said body, comprising;
- a laterally inclined floor having a closed edge and an openable edge;
- a fixed sidewall attached to said floor at said closed edge;
- said floor sloping laterally downward from said fixed sidewall to said openable edge;
- an openable lid assembly comprising a topwall attached to an openable sidewall;
- said lid assembly movably attached to said body by longitudinal lid joint means;
- first and second endwalls attached to said floor and to said fixed sidewall;
- a door opening in said body for receiving said refuse, and a closeable door panel;
- means for opening and closing said body, comprising means for opening by raising said lid assembly about said lid joint means, and means for closing by lowering said lid assembly in the opposite direction;
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- means for laterally ejecting said refuse away from said fixed sidewall and toward said openable edge.
A compactable, self-ejecting transport vehicle for receiving, transporting and self-unloading refuse, comprising:
- a wheeled undercarriage;
- a body mounted on said undercarriage;
- said body comprising:
- means for receiving and containing refuse compacted to generally fill the interior of said body comprising:
- two sidewalls;
- two endwalls;
- a topwall;
- a floor having a laterally openable edge extending substantially the length of said body;
- said floor laterally inclined downwardly towards said openable edge;
- an openable lid assembly comprising at least one of said sidewalls attached to said topwall;
- said openable lid assembly movably attached to said body by longitudinal lid joint means;
- said openable lid assembly openable towards said openable edge;
- the length of said openable lid assembly extending substantially the length of said openable edge;
- and a door opening in said body for receiving said refuse;
- means for opening and closing said body, comprising means for opening by raising said lid assembly about said lid joint means, and means for closing by lowering said lid assembly in the opposite direction;
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- means for laterally ejecting said refuse toward said openable edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.