Patent ID: 7008001
Filing Date: 2006-03-07
Classification: B65F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A tarping system for secure closure of a trash opening on a compactor receiver container (CRC), said trash opening being in a rear vertical panel of said CRC and being bounded by an upper edge, a lower edge, and side edges, said tarping system comprising: a tarping bar having two side arms and a horizontal bar therebetween, each side arm being pivotably attached to said rear vertical panel; a tarp having a first end and a second end, said first end being attached to said rear vertical panel around a lower portion of said trash opening and said second end being attached to said tarping bar; an actuation means for moving said tarping bar between an open position in which said horizontal bar extends near to and substantially parallel to said lower edge and a closed position in which said horizontal bar extends near to and substantially parallel to said upper edge.