Patent ID: 9399552
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: B01D,B30B,B65F

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle for collecting and compacting waste for disposal, comprising: a compaction chamber, configured to receive and compact waste, including an opening for inserting waste to be compacted and a plurality of apertures in at least one internal surface of the compaction chamber; a compactor, configured to apply pressure to the waste in the compaction chamber to reduce a volume of the waste, wherein, when the compactor applies pressure to the waste, liquid and residual solid waste exits the compaction chamber through the plurality of apertures; and a liquid collection system, configured to collect the liquid and the residual solid waste from the plurality of apertures; wherein the liquid collection system includes an evaporation system configured to evaporate at least a portion of the liquid removed from the waste, and wherein the evaporation system includes at least one heater.