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

Claim 6:
7. 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;
a tailgate moveable between an opened position and a closed position, the tailgate comprising:
a refuse receiving portion configured to receive refuse material; and
a thresher assembly actuatable to compact the refuse material received by the refuse receiving portion into the refuse compartment, the 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 or rotary tines in a direction of compaction, wherein at least one of (i) the plurality of stationary tines comprises a plurality of rod-shaped tines or iii) the plurality of 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;
an ejector mechanism selectively actuatable to move an ejector between a refuse receiving position and an ejecting position; and
an electrically driven actuation mechanism configured to selectively actuate at least one of the tailgate and the ejector mechanism.