Patent ID: 6350098
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: B65F

Abstract:
A side loading refuse vehicle for collecting refuse comprising:a) a truck body having a forward end and an aft end and a maximum width said truck body mountable to a truck frame and extending longitudinally therealong and enclosing a material receiving volume; b) a charging hopper having upward extending sides and a top opening and being mountable to the truck frame forward of said truck body and adapted to receive material through the top opening and charge material into said material receiving volume; c) a mechanized swivel mount mechanism fixed adjacent one side of said charging hopper with reference to a material receiving location, and adapted for angular displacement in a first generally horizontal plane; d) a mechanized articulated arm attached at one end to said swivel mount for angular displacement in said first plane and having a plurality of members disposed to pivot in a second generally vertical plane which intersects and is generally perpendicular to said first plane, said articulated arm being operable between stowed, extended, lift and dumping positions wherein said articulated arm includes an inner arm member and an outer arm member wherein said inner arm member is fixed at one end to said swivel mount mechanism and includes a pivot joint for pivoting in said second plane and linking means joining said inner and outer arm members; e) a mechanized grabber means connected to a free end of said articulated arm for grasping, lifting, tipping and releasing a container of interest pivotally attached to said free end of said outer arm member, and including means to control the angular positional relationship between the outer arm member and said mechanized grabber means; and f) wherein said mechanized swivel mount mechanism is constructed to enable the retrieval of containers of interest in diverse positions relative to an adjacent said of said truck body and to discharge the contents of said containers at various locations in said charging hopper.