Patent ID: 6120079
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: B65F

Abstract:
A garbage collection and transport system for use with a single-chamber or multichamber garbage container for the reception of waste materials of different composition, said garbage collection and transport system comprising:a garbage vehicle having a stowage space;a dumping device for handling waste materials from the garbage container located on the garbage vehicle and comprising at least two platform devices for guiding waste materials to said stowage space, said platform devices including a first platform device and a second platform device located one above the other, said second and first platform devices being pivotable about respective vertically-spaced horizontal axes, the horizontal axis of said first platform device being positioned lower than the horizontal axis of the second platform device,wherein, in a first working position, the first platform device receives a fraction of dumped waste material and said second platform device is capable of pushing the fraction of waste material toward the stowage space, and, in a second working position, the first platform device is in a position which allows dumped waste material to bypass the first platform device and then, the first platform device pivots toward the dumped waste material and pushes the dumped waste material to be transported into the stowage space.