Abstract: Vehicle for transporting refuse or the like comprising a container (2) secured to the frame (1) of the vehicle and provided with a rear foldable wall, the container (2) being transversely separated with respect to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle into two parts, the front part (3) being secure to the frame (1) of the vehicle and the rear part (4) being connected to the frame (1) of the vehicle so as to tilt upwardly about a transversal axis (5) situated at the end of the vehicle; in the container (2) there is arranged a pusher plate (15) covering the inner cross-section of the container, connected to a pushing drive (16) and displaceably arranged from the end of the container situated on the driver side longitudinally at least up to the guiding area of the container (2).

Abstract: An automated trash management system for measuring the fullness of a plurality of trash containers, each trash container associated with a packing system having a compression member for engaging and compacting the trash in the container and, optionally having a limit switch activated by the compression member when the compression member is fully extended for controlling the movement of the compression member by the packing system.

Abstract: A debarking apparatus including a closed bottom formed into a channel. A plunger is slidable in the channel and pushes bark material along the channel and out an open end of the channel. The plunger has a top surface that closes the channel as it moves through the debarking station. The bark deposited on the surface is wiped off and into the channel upon withdrawal. Preferably a shearing blade provided on the leading upper edge of the plunger shears material that protrudes above the channel opening.

Abstract: A motor-driven garbage truck provided with a detachable garbage container equipped with releasable coupling elements, and also having permanently mounted thereon which includes a pouring chute in the forward portion, lifting and tipping apparatus for picking up a garbage can and discharging the contents thereof into the chute leading to a receiving space, and a conveying and compacting apparatus for transferring the garbage from the receiving space into the container through the receiving opening, which is provided with a closure is disclosed. The pouring unit is disposed in part above the driver's cab and in part between the cab and the container, the chute being disposed in a region extending behind and above the cab. The lifting and tipping apparatus includes at least one lifting arm, pivotally movable about a transverse pivot carried by the pouring unit or the chassis of the vehicle.

Abstract: Apparatus for controlling the compaction of refuse in a refuse collection truck, and for controlling the operation of an ejection panel of the refuse collection truck, so as to provide for uniform compression of refuse in the truck. A hydraulic cylinder supports the ejection panel, and a combination sequence-relief valve is provided to vent hydraulic fluid from the cylinder when the fluid pressure output of the hydraulic pump exceeds a predetermined pressure and when the fluid pressure in the packing cylinder exceeds a selected pressure.

Abstract: A mine dusting machine comprising a specialized hopper or scoop bucket having a floor, sides and ends and adapted for carrying substantially free-flowing particulate material, a powered ram on the hopper for pushing the material therein toward the front end thereof, a powered conveyor mounted within the hopper adjacent the front end for transporting the material toward opposite sides of the hopper, separate flingers mounted on the front end at least adjacent each of the sides and adapted to receive the material transported thereto by the conveyor, each of the flingers means having at least one rotatable blade for dispersing the material with considerable force in a generally arcuate pattern.

Abstract: A side ejection mechanism which may be integrated either onto a trailer or into a unit truck employs a laterally translatable ejection ram to push a payload of material off the side of a load bed. The ejection ram is actuated at its midpoint with a ridged rail and mating spaced roller pair at each end of the ejection ram preventing cocking and tilting as the ram traverses the load bed. A drop gate may be provided opposite the load bed to serve as a wall when up and a lateral deflector when down. The mechanism is designed to permit the rear face of the ejection ram to clear the load bed of any overflow material as the ram is retracted.

Abstract: A refuse compacting system having an elongated hopper of rectangular cross-section with an ejection opening at one end, a tailgate movable for opening and closing the ejection opening, a refuse entry opening in the top of the hopper, a compactor within the hopper, located at one end, and pairs of dual parallel connected cylinders for moving the compactor towards the ejection opening and back again.

Abstract: A compacting device located forwardly of a body, especially a close body of a high capacity semitrailer which received by gravity, through an opening formed in a forward upper part of the body, mainly household or industrial waste products as well as any other products of low density. The device compresses two parts moveable one with respect to each other which includes a compacting shield capable of moving above the bottom of the body and an apron capable of moving above the shield, with controls to control the motions of the shield and the apron, and two other moveable supporting parts including supporting a carriage and a slider supporting the controls, in the first phase move, and the motion of the shield and the apron, in a second time phase move, for total ejection of the waste products after transportation to a dump site.

Abstract: A container with reinforced side walls includes an internal partitive wall forming two longitudinal compartments each associated with a transfer member including a ram to compact refuse and other waste materials into the container compartment. Push-out assemblies are supported at the rear of each compartment to eject compacted material therein. A hinged door on the partitive wall is latched by a load-bearing assembly to a side wall while forming an entry port below the door. A container end door is closed against the upper portion of the container. An opening in the lower part of the door communicates with two entry portal openings for delivery of material into the compartments. Separate security chutes communicate with separate charging boxes formed in the compactor.

Abstract: This invention relates, in one embodiment, to a refuse handling device having an elongated frustro-conical body of uniform octagonal cross-section with a loading opening and a spaced discharge opening. There is disclosed a compactor having a two-part compacting platen adapted to guide refuse entering the body through the upper loading opening into a position to be acted upon by the lower part of the compacting platen and capable of longitudinal movement within the body. The body is pivotally mounted on a chassis and is capable of pivoting upwardly away from the chassis to dump refuse contained in the body out through the discharge opening. An alternate embodiment of the invention in a side loading refuse handling device is also disclosed.

Abstract: An improved refuse compactor comprising a compactor body, a pusher blade assembly longitudinally movable back and forth along approximately the whole length of the chamber, a carriage behind the pusher blade and also being guided for longitudinal back and forth movement along approximately half the length of the chamber, a first pair of fluid cylinders operatively associated between the carriage and the pusher blade, and a second pair of fluid cylinders operatively associated between the front end of the compaction chamber and the carriage, the arrangement being such that compacted waste material within the chamber is ejected by firstly actuating one pair of the cylinders and then the other said pair.

Abstract: A self-propelled wheeled vehicle has a load receiving tank with the driving wheeled suspension system and the driven steering control system directly attached to the load receiving tank. The prime mover and power transmission system is also attached to the tank and interconnected with the driving wheels. An operators cab is attached to the forward end of the load receiving tank. A front loader mechanism is integrated with a top front load receiving opening in the tank and the closure therefor such that movement of the closure simultaneously lifts an interconnected load container, raises same and dumps the load into the load receiving tank and vice-versa. The chassiless vehicle is applicable to rear loader and side loader use.

Abstract: Refuse apparatus, e.g.

Abstract: A wagon for hauling earth, ore, and like materials is connected to a tractor by a gooseneck. The front wall of the wagon comprises an ejector and hydraulic cylinder-piston devices are secured substantially centrally of the wall and to the gooseneck for effecting ejection. A power-operated tail gate at the rear of the wagon secures an overlying mud gate in closed position for travel.

Abstract: Material handling apparatus comprises a mobile frame defining a longitudinal axis and a raised load compartment on the mobile frame substantially in alignment with said longitudinal axis, and having open front and rear ends. A material handling bucket is pivotally mounted to a carriage mounted for longitudinal movement in an axial direction. A drive is provided driving the carriage bidirectionally in the axial direction. A cam surface is defined substantially continuous with the open front end of the raised load receiving compartment and continuing to a location vertically therebelow. The bucket is arranged for simultaneously pivoting and riding along the cam surface and the load compartment in response to the movement of the carriage for alternatively loading material through the open front end of the load receiving compartment and clearing the load receiving compartment of material loaded thereupon through the open rear end thereof.

Abstract: A container body for highway trailers, ships or aircraft, for loading and transporting goods provides a conveyor belt on the floor of the body with a vertical partition that is movable with the conveyor as the goods are loaded into, or removed from the body. The belt can be moved forwardly or backwardly by a transmission shaft and a separate portable, self-contained power source which can remain at a loading dock, thereby making it unnecessary to use the container vehicle's transport power source. An electrical control mechanism can be suitably connected to the container body at a loading dock to control operation of the conveyor belt because the portable power source, which may be an internal combustion engine provided with an electrically controlled reversing gearbox, also includes a battery and suitable connections to the container body to energize the control mechanism.

Abstract: An actuator is extensible in a first position within a truck receptacle to move a pusher to a primary rearward position in the receptacle; and the actuator is extensible in a second position in the receptacle to move the pusher to a secondary rearward position in the receptacle, said secondary position located closer to a discharge opening than said primary position. Swingable means is provided, and to which the actuator is operatively connected, for swinging that connection to the actuator between the first and second positions.

Abstract: In successive cycles of movement of packing panel means in a hopper, refuse is stuffed at high pressures into a progressively narrowed throat in the hopper and is churned, fragmented and compacted during such stuffing operation. At positions beyond the throat, the refuse is directed at reduced pressures through the passage into a storage body. When the pressure of the refuse in the passage reaches a particular value, a servo obtains the movement of an ejection panel in a direction to relieve such pressure. A retainer panel is movable, in accordance with the cyclic movement of the packing panel means through the hopper, between a first position opening the passage and a second position closing the passage and is disposed in the first position to define an extension of the passage. A distance accommodating human fingers is provided between the edge on the packing panel means and a curved inner surface in the hopper at a point adjacent to a sill in the hopper.

Abstract: A container with reinforced side walls includes an internal partitive wall forming two longitudinal compartments each associated with a transfer member including a ram to compact refuse and other waste materials into the container compartment. Push-out assemblies are supported at the rear of each compartment to eject compacted material therein. A hinged door on the partitive wall is latched by a load-bearing assembly to a side wall while forming an entry port below the door. A container end door is closed against the upper portion of the container. An opening in the lower part of the door communicates with two entry portal openings for delivery of material into the compartments. Separate security chutes communicate with separate charging boxes formed in the compactor.

Abstract: Refuse compaction includes a storage body having an opening at one end for receiving refuse and having an opening at the other end. An ejection panel is movable in the storage body between the openings at the opposite ends. Hydraulic means including a cylinder, a piston and a support member are operatively coupled to the ejection panel for producing a movement of the ejection panel between the openings at the opposite ends of the storage body. Means are operatively coupled to the ejection panel, the support member and the hydraulic means for producing a pivotal movement of the support member and a displacement of the hydraulic means in the direction of movement of the ejection panel to minimize the displacement required between the cylinder and the piston for moving the ejection panel.

Abstract: A garbage compaction apparatus includes a packer housing having a loose garbage receiving bin and a compacted garbage storage bin. A packing channel communicates with both bins and has a ram reciprocally movable therein for moving garbage toward and into the storage bin. A movable wall within the storage bin is biased toward the outlet opening of the packing channel such that upon the accumulation of sufficient garbage within the storage bin, the insertion of additional garbage by the ram causes the wall to retract against the urging of the biasing mechanism whereby the accumulated garbage in the storage bin is maintained in a compacted state. The packer housing may be supported on a vehicle with the receiving bin situated forwardly of the storage bin and with the packing tube extended rearwardly to introduce garbage into the storage bin at the rearward end thereof so as to force the movable wall forwardly within the storage bin.

Abstract: A bale wagon for picking up bales of crop material from the field and forming them into a generally symmetrical pyramidal stack for deposit at a selected location is provided. The bale wagon includes a mobile frame pivotally supporting a stack forming load bed, a bale support and transfer mechanism for depositing the bales at a predetermined position on the load bed, a pickup mechanism for moving the bales from the field to the support and transfer mechanism, and a pusher mechanism for moving the bales along the load bed from the predetermined position. A control mechanism coordinates the functioning of the components so as to form a multi-layered stack of bales with each succeeding layer centered on and containing one less row of bales than the previous layer.

Abstract: Rear discharge refuse collecting vehicle has a refuse container packed, for example, by a hydraulic packer mechanism in a pivotally mounted tailgate. A refuse pushing member is mounted for sliding movement by an inclined hydraulic refuse pushing ram to push refuse out of the container under the raised tailgate. The refuse pushing ram acts between the refuse pushing member and a short upstanding hollow fabricated steel cantilever just behind the vehicle cab at the front of the container. The cantilever is mounted on a support frame under the refuse container, and extends into a recess defined by a rearwardly sloping lower portion of the refuse pushing member whereby the cantilever occupies no space which would have been available for refuse, and the refuse pushing member can be fully retracted to the front of the refuse container and the container itself is not stressed by the ram.

Abstract: A telescopic truck body incorporating an ejection bulkhead. The telescopic truck body consists of two sections telescoped one within the other. A movable bulkhead is located within the inner section of the telescopic body and a drive means is provided for driving the bulkhead longitudinally of the inner section as the inner section is driven with respect to the outer section. The drive is adapted to move the bulkhead longitudinally of the inner section so that it is located adjacent the discharge end thereof when the inner section is fully telescoped within the outer section.

Abstract: A side-loading refuse collection vehicle includes a refuse storage body with a collection hopper at one end of the body opening through a side thereof for loading refuse. A hopper plate movable through the hopper and a sweep panel movable across the hopper plate cooperate to remove refuse from the hopper and deposit it through an opening in a packer plate movable fore-and-aft in the refuse storage body. The sweep panel may be carried by the packer plate and both may have deflecting surface portions, to cooperate as a unit in balanced packing of refuse within the refuse storage body.

Abstract: A refuse truck body has an ejector which, in its forward position, divides the interior of the body into a loading compartment and a storage chamber. A compactor plate on the lower portion of the ejector is movable between a first position in which a lower surface thereof is inclined downward away from said loading compartment to a second position adjacent the floor of the storage chamber. A pusher element in the lower portion of the loading compartment is movable toward the storage chamber for moving a charge of refuse from the loading compartment under the compactor plate and into the storage chamber. A multiple-extension power cylinder assembly moves the ejector to discharge compacted refuse from the storage chamber.

Abstract: A self loading scraper has upper and lower members of an ejector pivotally interconnected at a pivot. The upper member is automatically pivoted about the pivot rearwardly relative to the lower member as the ejector is moved forwardly for ejecting the load from the bowl.

Abstract: This invention relates to improvements in compaction bodies of the type used for the collection of refuse, garbage, and the like, and having means therein for compacting such refuse during collection and for discharge therefrom. The invention relates specifically to automatic controls to regulate the operation of a compaction head located inside the compaction body for compacting material therein.