Patent ID: 11878861
Assignee: OSHKOSH CORPORATION
Field: Environmental technology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 15:
16. A refuse vehicle comprising:
a chassis;
a body assembly coupled to the chassis and defining a refuse compartment configured to store refuse material;
a power source; and
a tailgate moveable between an opened position and a closed position, the tailgate comprising:
a refuse receiving portion configured to receive refuse material;
a tailgate compaction assembly selectively actuatable to compact the refuse material received by the refuse receiving portion into the refuse compartment, wherein the tailgate compaction assembly is a thresher assembly including a stationary compaction thresher and a rotary compaction thresher, the stationary compaction thresher comprising a plurality of stationary tines, the rotary compaction thresher comprising a plurality of rotary tines configured to movably mesh with the plurality of stationary tines of the stationary compaction thresher, at least one of the stationary compaction thresher or the rotary compaction thresher including a plurality of tine springs configured to bias at least one of the plurality of stationary tines or the plurality of rotary tines in a direction of compaction, wherein at least one of tithe plurality of stationary tines comprises a plurality of rod-shaped tines or (ii) the plurality or rotary tines comprises the plurality of rod-shaped tines, wherein the plurality of tine springs are each disposed around a corresponding tine of the at least one of the plurality of stationary tines or the plurality of rotary tines; and
a tailgate lifting mechanism comprising an electric actuator that is selectively actuatable to move the tailgate between the opened position and the closed position.