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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7588408 | Waste packing apparatus and waste collection vehicle A packing device is disclosed and comprises a hopper and a packer mechanism. The hopper is for receiving waste and has a substantially arcuate interior bottom surface and an aperture opening into the interior of the hopper. The aperture has a base towards which the ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7419348 | Incremental material urging system An incremental urging system comprising a container structure including floor, roof, and side wall structures, and closed at a rearward end. A loading aperture is provided in the roof of the container structure for the introduction of compactable material. An increm... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7326023 | Rear eject body for off-highway haulage units A rear eject body for a truck is provided. The body includes a floor and a pair of opposing sidewalls. A tailgate extends between the opposing sidewalls at a rear end of the rear eject body. The tailgate is pivotally supported for movement between an open position a... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7267048 | Wine press A wine press for use in particular, but not exclusively, for pressing grapes for producing champagne. It is horizontal and includes an open-work base and pressing mechanisms formed of at least an axially mobile tray. The pressing mechanisms have a configuration adap... | 09/11/2007 |
| 6929719 | Leveller bar for coking ovens The invention relates to a levelling bar for coking ovens, for levelling the cones of discharged coal which form under the filling holes of the oven chamber during the filling process. The levelling bar consists of two cheeks, such as plates (1), which extend... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6769859 | Apparatus and method of multi-actuator ejection mechanism An ejector truck requires an ejector mechanism to remove hauled material from the ejector truck body. Often, these ejector mechanisms are costly and require precise manufacturing and maintenance because they include a telescoping linear actuator. The present inventi... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6589002 | Material and waste transportation The present invention relates to material and waste transportation, in particular including an improved routine for delivery of newsprint and the removal of waste paper. There is described a material delivery and waste collection system for a premises. Th... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6485244 | Dual track assembly for refuse collection equipment A dual track handling assembly is provided for refuse collection equipment having a hopper for receiving refuse, which hopper is defined in part by a pair of oppositely disposed sidewalls. The assembly includes a pair of lower tracks, each of which is mou... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6155776 | Hydraulic system for a work machine having an ejector cylinder and a tailgate cylinder A method of controlling movement of an ejector plate and a tailgate which are operatively associated with a receptacle of a work machine is disclosed. The method includes the step of supplying pressurized fluid via a first fluid line to (i) a first intake... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6102644 | Ejector blade carriage adjuster An ejector blade carriage mounting system for connecting the ejector blade carriage to the ejector blade in a manner to accommodate variations in the fabrication of a truck body in which the ejector blade is utilized by connecting the ejector blade carria... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6062803 | Replaceable ejector slide tubes A replaceable load bearing slide system for carrying an ejector mechanism slidably along in spaced parallel ejector rails includes an elongated substantially rectangular slide member for slidably supporting one side of an ejector mechanism in a rail havin... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5800111 | Compaction mechanism for a compaction chamber of a garbage truck A compaction mechanism uses cables to move a compaction plate within a compaction chamber of a garbage truck. Cable guide pulleys are positioned adjacent a first end and a second end of the compaction chamber. Each cable has a first end and a second end, ... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5785486 | Replaceable wear system A vehicle mounted reciprocating refuse packing or ejecting mechanism designed to operate along and carried by spaced parallel rails include a pair of spaced parallel bottom rails mounted in the vehicle body and a packer or ejection mechanism designed to b... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5779300 | Modular packer body A dedicated truck body selected from the group including top loading refuse vehicle bodies is fabricated using a plurality of discreet, independently removable and replaceable modular subassemblies for separate replacement in response to non-uniform wear ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5560713 | Ejector wear shoe A replaceable wear shoe is used with a refuse truck ejector mechanism supported by load bearing slide bars which slide along spaced parallel rails. The wear shoe body is C-section shape with an outer surface configured to preferentially ride the rail of t... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5273390 | Truck bed insert having power unloading blade A truck bed insert having a powered unloading blade, the insert adapted to be carried on a truck bed, the insert comprising a floor, a tunnel member, upwardly extending sides joined to said floor sides, the front end comprising a blade upwardly extending ... | 12/28/1993 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5002340 | Bed cleaner for dump trucks A bed cleaner for dump trucks utilizing a scraping carriage located in the bed of a dump truck and operated by cables connected to a winch assembly to dislodge and remove adhering materials from the dump bed while the dump bed is in an inclined position. ... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4954040 | Refuse truck body having load carrying ejector assembly A refuse truck body for attachment to a "low entry cab chassis". This truck body includes a container having an open forward end and an open rearward end. A tailgate or cap is provided for releasably closing the open rearward end. The container further in... | 09/04/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4775283 | Vehicle for transporting refuse or the like 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... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4648775 | Refuse pickup and compactor body A refuse compactor body has a tank section of an irregular polygonal right section that is uniform from end to end. The tank wall is made of rectangular pieces of thin very high tensile strength sheet metal and externally reinforced at spaced intervals lo... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4632628 | Side-ejection vehicle 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... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4627783 | Refuse disposal apparatus and vehicle 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 th... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4578015 | Truck body with pull-off door A load carrying body for a truck or truck trailer, including a flat rigid bottom panel assembly and two flat rigid side panel assemblies respectively secured along their bottom edges to the respective side edges of the bottom panel assembly, all enclosed ... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4538951 | Chassiless vehicle and front refuse loader 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 th... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4475862 | Vehicle for the temporary storage of waste A vehicle for the temporary storage of refuse has a collecting section (12) which includes a basically vertical plate (20) which is moved in the longitudinal axis of the vehicle by a drive unit (21). The plate regulates the size of the storage space of th... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4431360 | Container for the loading and transporting of goods 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 bo... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4394976 | Hydraulically operated push-off manure spreader A push-off type manure spreader has the floor of the spreader composed of a front and rear portion with the front portion sliding rearwardly over and on the rear portion. A push-off is provided to move material from the front to the rear ends of the front... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4309141 | Refuse-extruder-and-compactor apparatus An improved refuse-extruder-and-compactor apparatus adapted for general use in the transporting and transferring of solid-waste materials in combination with a refuse-transport vehicle, the apparatus being positioned within the storage container of the ve... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4071153 | Vertical pusher plate for a horizontally discharging semi-trailer A pusher plate for a horizontally discharging semi-trailer is formed with a forwardly and downwardly extending support on the material engaging face thereof arranged to slidably engage the floor of the semi-trailer so as to hold the pusher plate in a vert... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4055007 | Earth handling apparatus A box-like receptacle comprises an earth moving and handling apparatus adapted for use as a rear mounted scraper and as a front mounted bucket for digging, loading, transporting and dumping earth material for excavation and landscaping purposes. The recep... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4044914 | Refuse container A refuse container is disclosed for use in both storage and transportation of accumulated refuse. The container body is an elongated cylindrical member having a rectangular cross section. The container includes a horizontally hinged tailgate having a vert... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4041625 | Guide rail assembly for the ejector of a scraper and method A scraper comprises a bowl structure having an ejector assembly reciprocally mounted thereon for selectively discharging material forwardly of the bowl structure. In one embodiment of this invention, a guide rail assembly is secured interiorly on each sid... | 08/16/1977 |
| 3955694 | Side loading refuse body A side loading refuse truck having a reciprocable ram in the bottom of a loading compartment at the front of the truck for pushing rubbish from the loading compartment through an opening therefrom at the bottom of the rear wall of the loading compartment ... | 05/11/1976 |