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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7118320 | Multiple compartment waste collection container The present invention relates to a refuse collection system for use in association with a transport vehicle. The system comprises a container having multiple internal compartments and a refuse-receiving trough divided into a plurality of trough-shaped receptacles, e... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6390758 | Refuse collection system Side-loading refuse vehicles are disclosed including an offset or recessed hopper section having at least one recessed side which accommodates a loading bin or bucket which is moveable between a lowered position and a raised dumping position. Followers at... | 05/21/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6146079 | Dual blade packer system for refuse collection vehicle A hollow refuse storage body having a longitudinal axis is configured for mounting on a truck chassis. The body has a forward hopper section and a rear section with an open rear end. A tailgate is mounted to the rear section of the refuse storage body and... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6146078 | Refuse body having single-stage packing and full ejection This invention relates generally to refuse collecting and disposal vehicles. In one aspect, it relates to a refuse body adapted to be mounted on a conventional refuse vehicle chassis for loading, compacting and ejecting refuse without tilting of the body.... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6071057 | 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... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6007291 | Packer system for refuse collection vehicle A hollow refuse storage body having a longitudinal axis is configured for mounting on a truck chassis. The body has a forward hopper section and a rear section with an open rear end. A tailgate is mounted to the rear section of the refuse storage body and... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5885049 | Ejection mechanism for refuse trucks An ejection assisting device is provided in a material handling apparatus for handling refuse or recyclables relative to a collection vehicle to dislodge material not discharged by gravity in a gravity induced material unloading system.... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5868543 | Drop floor split body charging hopper system having a dual linear packing system A multi-compartment collection vehicle having a packing apparatus and a multi-compartment storage body wherein the packing apparatus includes a charging hopper divided into upper and lower portions each having corresponding dual linear packers. The upper ... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5813818 | Multi-compartment side bucket refuse collection system Side-loading refuse vehicles are disclosed including an offset or recessed hopper section having at least one recessed side which accommodates a loading bin or bucket which is moveable between a lowered position and a raised dumping position. Followers at... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5681140 | Multiple compartment body for waste materials A multi-compartment vehicle body for collecting, packing, hauling and unloading refuse material including recyclable materials is disclosed, including a truck body enclosing a material-receiving volume which includes a horizontal wall within the volume wh... | 10/28/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5316430 | Material collecting and hauling apparatus A waste hauling apparatus including a truck body divided into two separate compartments by a movable dividing wall. A bucket assembly having separate side-by-side bins is operative to transfer trash material loaded into the bucket by an operator at ground... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5290140 | Cart for dies with pneumatic and hydraulic powered devices A cart for transporting and moving die sets having an air powered/hydraulic fluid drive system to move the cart and die sets thereon. A hydraulic pump is driven by an air pressure powered motor and different hydraulic motors move the cart and move the die... | 03/01/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5127789 | Apparatus for loading and unloading pallets A loading and unloading system for pallets for containers or vehicles uses moving wire cables for loading. The system will guide and locate palletized goods on the moving wire cables. Downwardly extending members, such as wheels, on the pallets will be ra... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5123801 | Refuse collecting vehicle The refuse collecting vehicle of the invention is used for collecting and transporting separate and distinct waste materials. The vehicle includes a vehicle chassis and a storage body mounted on the chassis. The storage body is divided into a plurality of... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5074737 | Trash collection vehicle A vehicle having a bed pivotal from a trash collection position to a trash dumping position. The bed has inner walls for forming three compartments, a central compartment for receiving paper and two side compartments for receiving, respectively, metal mat... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5035563 | Waste collection system for segregating solid waste into preselected component materials An improved waste collection system having an on-site container which is internally compartmented to receive and separately store the various waste components such as aluminum, glass, paper and land-fill trash. The route collection vehicle is divided into... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5009564 | Cargo carrying vehicle having a movable bulkhead located therein A cargo carrying vehicle including apparatus for unloading cargo from the vehicle by the general method of (1) shuttling a flat plate that covers a portion of the floor back and forth longitudinally and (2) preventing the cargo being unloaded from followi... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4950122 | Improvement in monococque containers A container of monococque construction having a peripheral wall comprised of concentric inner and outer walls, with the space between the walls being filled with a plastics material. At least one of the inner and outer walls is a spirally-wound tube havin... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4948323 | Side-loading refuse collection wagon A side-loading refuse collection wagon, affording an unusually large load capacity by virtue of optimum utilization of the width limits allowable for the vehicle, includes a chassis, a cab, a body extending along the chassis from the cab. An adequate rece... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4892454 | Refuse collecting vehicle A refuse-collecting utility vehicle with a refuse-charging system located behind the driver's cabin has an adjoining refuse-compacting device and a refuse-collecting bin arranged behind the compacting device. A dual compaction system makes it possible to ... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4878635 | Cargo handling system A cargo handling system has a main drive panel and fore and aft end panels for driving cargo in one direction or the other in the cargo compartment of a vehicle such as an aircraft. The main drive panel is driven in either direction on a plurality of toot... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4805852 | Airplane cargo handling system A cargo handling system for use in combination with an airplane cargo compartment having a floor structure and a door opening moves cargo placed in the loading area inside the compartment at the door opening to the further recesses of the compartment and ... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4576540 | Device for compacting contents of high capacity semitrailer body 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 ... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4557658 | Material-handling apparatus 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 as... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4514133 | Die engaging block for a die change truck An improved die engaging means for a side loading die change truck includes a plurality of pusher-puller blocks pivoted along the length of the powered pusher bars and selectively engageable with the edge of a die to allow it to be easily moved in stages ... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4372726 | Material-handling apparatus 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 as... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4353676 | Bunker for tunnel boring The open topped telescoping bunker body is filled from above and material in the body can be discharged when the tail gate at the rear is opened. A double acting push plate is used to push material through the open tail gate and material falling into the ... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4234286 | Vehicle body A vehicle body including an outer shell including side walls, end walls and a floor. The floor has a discharge recess located at one end thereof inside the shell. A plurality of vertically positioned and spaced apart bulkhead members are mounted inside th... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4113125 | Refuse collecting system and a vehicle and container for use therein A system for accommodating and transporting materials, for example domestic refuses, includes a collecting vehicle having two or more chambers for receiving the materials and a plurality of collecting containers each having the same number of material rec... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4013181 | Load-compacting vehicle A load-compacting vehicle adapted to handle compressible refuse includes a wheeled chassis supporting a cylindrical barrel having a closed end and a door-like access end against which refuse can be compacted by a piston-like plunger contained in the barre... | 03/22/1977 |
| 4009792 | Cargo conveying apparatus on motor truck A cargo conveying apparatus on a motor truck is described which is capable of moving cargo on the motor truck in a rotational manner by means of a series of conveying mechanisms, and wherein substantially all of the area of the truck bed is utilized witho... | 03/01/1977 |
