Patent ID: 6301921
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: B65F

Abstract:
A garbage storage system, comprising:a refrigerated underground storage area comprising plural refrigerated underground collection areas and an adjacent refrigerated underground reservoir with a ramp that leads up to an above-ground garbage removal location;plural first conveyors, each of said first conveyors extending from a respective one of said collection areas to said reservoir;at least one second conveyor that communicates with at least one of said first conveyors and that extends from said reservoir up said ramp and through a first opening to said above-ground garbage removal location; andplural second openings, each of said second openings providing access to a respective one of said collection areas and being above a respective one of said first conveyors, whereby garbage deposited through one of said second openings is conveyed by one of said first conveyors to said reservoir and subsequently is conveyed by said second conveyor through said first opening to said above-ground location.