Patent ID: 6338596
Filing Date: 2002-01-15
Classification: B65F,Y10S

Abstract:
A waste collection device, comprising, inside a pit surrounded by paving:a plate for supporting at least one waste container, said plate being provided with limit means for limiting downward motion thereof to a minimum elevation which allows said container to lie fully within said pit; a monolithic structure, including a base and a lid which are vertically spaced so that when the lid is at the level of the paving that sounds the pit the base lies at a lower level than said plate that supports the at least one container at a minimum elevation, said base being arranged so as to make contact with a lower surface of said plate, said lid being provided with at least one pillar for introducing waste; and movement means connected to said base for producing vertical translatory motion thereof between a lower stroke limit, at which said lid is at the level of the paving that surrounds the pit, and an upper stroke limit, at which the plate that supports the at least one container tested on said base is at the level of the paving.