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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5176488 | Combination rear loading compactor and recycler A refuse collecting truck combines the attributes of a rear loading, compacting refuse collecting system with a plurality of specialty containers which can be used to collect, compact and eject curbside separated recyclable materials of a plurality of typ... | 01/05/1993 |
| 4290352 | Refuse bin lid unit A lid unit for a portable refuse bin adapted to be engaged and inverted, by the lift mechanism of a refuse truck, to discharge a load of refuse from the bin and into the receiving body of the truck; the lid unit being hinged to the bin and normally but re... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4155297 | Self-packing container A container in which trash may be stored until such time as the container can be dumped into a truck for transportation to a sanitary disposal site. Trash may be inserted and compacted within the container by a compactor unit formed integrally with or fix... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4128181 | Apparatus for loading and compressing solid waste in a box-like structure An apparatus for loading and compressing solid waste in a box-like container mounted on a road vehicle for the collection and the transportation of waste. The apparatus is equipped with a lifting shovel hinged at one of its ends onto the solid structure t... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4121725 | Truck body Vehicle for receiving, transporting and discharging solid materials, which is provided with a swingable bin. The bin is capable of being withdrawn into an upper position which leaves the discharge opening completely free when discharging is to be carried ... | 10/24/1978 |
| 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 |
| 4069929 | Mechanism for compacting material A material handling apparatus having a storage body, a hopper communicating with it through material compacting or crushing means in which said means comprises a cylindrical roller and a substantially planar material-holding tray capable of movement benea... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4050594 | Refuse loading apparatus A refuse loading apparatus for use in the hopper of a tailgate loading assembly at the rear of a vehicle having a refuse storage body. The packer plate is powered by a hydraulic actuation system including a first pair of hydraulic cylinders which cause re... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4042134 | Refuse collection apparatus A refuse collection apparatus including a storage body and a tailgate positioned rearwardly of the storage body which defines a hopper that is positioned adjacent to an opening into the storage body. An upper and a lower panel within the tailgate are pivo... | 08/16/1977 |
| 3999669 | Refuse collection apparatus A refuse collection apparatus including a storage body and a tailgate positioned rearwardly of the storage body which defines a hopper that is positioned adjacent to an opening into the storage body. An upper and a lower panel within the tailgate are pivo... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3961573 | Refuse bin with power-actuated compactor blade An improvement in a commercial, pick-up type, portable refuse bin--such as commonly in use outdoors at restaurants, stores, apartment houses, and other establishments--which has a normally-closed, releasably-latched lid openable when unlatched to permit d... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3942601 | Refuse collection apparatus with personnel protection means A vehicle having a particular area in proximity thereto which is dangerous to personnel when the vehicle is performing a particular function is combined with a personnel detection means mounted on the vehicle and having characteristics for providing an el... | 03/09/1976 |
| 3940006 | Refuse hopper A refuse collection apparatus in which a packing panel having a curved packing surface is moved through a hopper. The hopper may include a vertically inclined forward packing surface so that refuse is packed between the curved packing surface and the vert... | 02/24/1976 |
