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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7210590 | Transportation cart primarily for use in an animal barn A transportation cart primarily for transporting deceased animals through the alleyways of a barn has a swivelling mast and boom mounted on the front section of a frame driven by powered wheels with a slide panel attached to the mast below the boom over which the ob... | 05/01/2007 |
| 6997667 | Material handling apparatus and method for operating A material handling apparatus is described including a vehicle having a front end, a rear end, a left side, a right side, a chassis, and a ground engagement device attached to the chassis for providing movement of the vehicle across ground; an engine constructed for... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6866465 | Robotic system and method for collecting and dispensing regular and irregular shaped objects Wheels, endless treads, or articulating legs powered by a first drive mechanism support a chassis for movement along a support surface over which are spread one or more regular or irregular shaped objects. A transversely extending, forwardly opening receptacle is mo... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6409457 | Work vehicle The invented vehicle includes a chassis, a cabin mounted on a first side of the chassis on a forward portion thereof, and a plurality of wheels coupled to the chassis to movably support the chassis. The vehicle also includes a boom unit, a tool coupled to... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6302636 | Container body for recyclable refuse collection vehicle A refuse collection container for mounting on a vehicle. The container is particularly suitable for separating and compacting recyclable materials due to the provision of a longitudinally extending diagonal partition. The container has a pair of refuse re... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6206477 | Yard waste handling apparatus A yard waste handling apparatus includes a trailer or truck with a dump box operably mounted on the forward end thereof and a tailgate pivotally mounted on the rearward end thereof. The tailgate may be pivoted from a vertical position to a loading positio... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6019431 | Yard waste handling apparatus A yard waste handling apparatus includes a trailer with a dump box operably mounted on the forward end and a tailgate pivotally mounted on the rearward end. The tailgate may be pivoted from a vertical position to a loading position sloped downwardly to th... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5988972 | Double action compactor with fixed sub-compartments A refuse collection vehicle having multiple compartments for recyclable material is provided with a compacting assembly that includes a sub-compartment that does not change in size during compaction operations.... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5934858 | Clamshell basket loader A loading device mounted to a collection vehicle is disclosed. The loading device may comprise several embodiments for scooping a soft-sided object through either a horizontal or vertical plane. The loading device is attached to a mechanized arm for compo... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5919027 | Clamshell basket loader A loading device mounted to a collection vehicle is disclosed. The loading device may comprise several embodiments for scooping a soft-sided object through either a horizontal or vertical plane. The loading device is attached to a mechanized arm for compo... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5769594 | Truck mounted, multi-link pickup arm A truck-mounted pickup arm assembly for collecting, lifting, and placing objects and trash and recycling materials in the truck includes three boom sections to facilitate articulation of the arm in complex configurations to extend to the front or side of ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5484246 | Collecting, hauling and delivering apparatus for recyclable materials An apparatus for collecting and transporting recyclable waste material which includes a body for receiving material mountable to a vehicle. The body has separate upper and lower material-receiving compartments. Two longitudinally-spaced loaded openings ar... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5353851 | Material bagging apparatus An improved material filling apparatus that can be installed in a front end multipurpose or fixed loader bucket. A hydraulic or electric motor is provided to rotate an auger, which discharges material out of a discharge opening at the one side of the devi... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5288196 | Collecting, hauling and delivering apparatus and method An apparatus for collecting and transporting recyclable waste material which includes a body for receiving material mountable to a vehicle. The body has separate upper and lower material-receiving compartments. Two longitudinally-spaced loaded openings ar... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5261739 | Multifunction construction machine Multifunction building machine used in civil construction sites and public works. The machine combines on a self-propelled frame, a concrete-mixer (20) with a set of tools on one side, comprising a loading power shovel (60), a grader (70) and a digging sh... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5120182 | Multi-purpose articulated bucket lift digging and hauling vehicle An articulated U-shaped multi-purpose vehicle particularly adapted for underground digging and hauling comprising: a U-shaped frame having opposing sides and front ends connected by a front piece, and rear ends defining an open interior space in communica... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5035564 | Truck body construction for separate handling of re-cyclable refuse A truck body has at least one vertical, longitudinal divider forming two compartments. Separate chutes are located on the top of the body, one communicating with each compartment so that one particular type of refuse (e.g., paper, aluminum cans and glass)... | 07/30/1991 |
| 4981411 | Self-loading transport body for recyclable waste A tiltable truck body is specially adapted for loading, transport, and unloading of recyclable waste materials. Plural interior waste compartments are separated by independently controlled inner doors. Side mounted buckets mounted on roller tracks and con... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4978271 | Recycleable material handling apparatus The invention relates to a vehicular apparatus for use in handling recycleable material which includes a pair of end-to-end first containers supported on each side of the vehicle and each having a side opening into which such material may be loaded at a p... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4915570 | Body for a trash recycling truck A body for a recycling truck has a plurality of interior movable partitions dividing the interior of the body into compartments. The partitions are hinged at their top edges to pivot rearward of the body. The partitions are locked using a pneumatically ac... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4548542 | Disposal vehicle loading apparatus A disposal vehicle with a loading apparatus providing a method of lifting a pair of forks from the horizontal portion at the rear of a trash hauling vehicle to directly above its bed. The forks are tilted 90 degrees when positioned on the top of the bed, ... | 10/22/1985 |
