Patent ID: 6739535
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: B30B

Abstract:
A mobile trash pulverizer for shredding, redistributing and compacting trash in an open top container, comprising:(A) a self-propelled vehicle configured and dimensioned for lawful travel on a public street or highway, at or above a legal minimum speed, between a plurality of remote trash collection sites having open top containers containing trash to be pulverized; (B) a rotatable, generally cylindrical, heavy roller defining a pair of opposed ends and a circumferential surface connecting said ends, said roller having a plurality of spaced apart cutters projecting outwardly from said circumferential surface for pulverizing trash during rotation of said roller; (C) means for reversibly rotating said roller; and (D) pivot arm means carried by said vehicle for supporting and moving said roller between a transport orientation, wherein said roller is on said vehicle with the weight of said roller being substantially borne by a chassis of said vehicle directly, rather than via said pivot arm means, and a use orientation, wherein said roller is in an open top container with the weight of said roller being substantially borne by the trash in the open top container; whereby rotation of said roller causes said roller to move along the interior length of the open top container and thereby shred, redistribute and compact trash therein.