Patents by Inventor Ralf Rauber

Ralf Rauber has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Device for emptying trash barrels into a waste collection vehicle
    Patent number: 5669643
    Abstract: A device for emptying trash barrels into a waste collection truck is provided on the lift-and-tip mechanism of the waste collection truck with a grab unit (12) for picking up the trash barrels, several upward pointing claws (14), with recesses (15) between them, provided on the grab unit (12) for insertion under a grip ledge designed essentially as an inverted U-channel protruding outwards from the side wall of the respective trash barrel at or near its upper rim, and a lower stay serving to brace the trash barrel suspended on the grab unit (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: Otto Lift-Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Rauber, Rudolf Motsch