Patent ID: 6738732
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: B30B

Abstract:
A system for monitoring the operation of a waste compactor container comprising:a waste container for receiving waste material; a compactor assembly, coupled to the waste container, for compacting the waste material received within the waste container; a monitoring unit, coupled to the compactor assembly, for monitoring the operation of the compactor assembly, said monitoring unit including a pressure gauge for measuring the amount of pressure applied by the compactor assembly during a compaction cycle; a processor unit, coupled to the pressure gauge, including prestored instructions for sampling multiple pressure readings, over time, during each of the one or more monitored compaction cycles, a storage unit for storing the sampled multiple pressure readings, and an interface unit including an input device for receiving a compactor cycle operation status request for one or more of the compaction cycles, and a display device for displaying the plurality of pressure readings of each of the one or more requested compaction cycles in a graph of pressure readings versus time on a graphical display.