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US 9,751,118 B2Granted
Waste compactor
AssigneeWastequip, LLC
InventorsJonathan P. McLaughlin, Alex Batista, Kirk Warren
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Abstract
The invention is generally applicable to a waste compactor. More specifically, the invention is applicable to a waste compactor including a secondary fill door that allows the operator to fill the waste compactor without cycling the waste compactor to conserve energy, increase the life expectancy of the compactor, reduce the number of compaction cycles that may be necessary to compact the contents of the container and/or permit loading of the waste compactor even when the waste compactor is inoperable.
Claims8
A waste compactor comprising:
- a container;
- a charge box in communication with the container, the charge box having an opening defined therein by which material to be compacted can be inserted into the charge box;
- a compacting device operative to push material to be compacted inserted into the charge box into the container;
- a secondary fill opening defined in the container which is selectively covered by a secondary fill door moveable between a closed position and an open position, wherein the secondary fill opening permits deposit of material to be compacted directly into the container;
- and
- a sensor that detects when the secondary fill door is in the open position and wherein the compacting device is prevented from being activated when the secondary fill door is in the open position.
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A waste compactor comprising:
- a container;
- a charge box in communication with the container, the charge box having an opening defined therein by which material to be compacted can be inserted into the charge box;
- a compacting device operative to push material to be compacted inserted into the charge box into the container;
- a secondary fill opening defined in the container which is selectively covered by a secondary fill door moveable between a closed position and an open position, wherein the secondary fill opening permits deposit of material to be compacted directly into the container;
- a sensor that detects when the secondary fill door is in the open position and wherein the compacting device is prevented from being activated when the secondary fill door is in the open position;
- and
- a fullness sensor that detects when the container is filled to a predetermined fullness level.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.