Patent ID: 6357988
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: B65F

Abstract:
A segregated waste collection system for collecting segregated waste from a distant location and moving the collected segregated waste to a centralized collection station while maintaining the segregated state of the waste, the segregated waste collection system comprising:a portable waste container for use at the distant location, said portable waste container being able to be transferred to and from multiple locations, said container comprising a bottom wall from which extends a peripheral wall to define a waste receiving chamber and a divider disposed within said waste receiving chamber to divide said waste receiving chamber into two waste compartments, with each waste compartment capable of receiving different types of waste to thereby segregate the waste; a transfer container comprising a base from which extends a peripheral wall to define a transfer chamber and a divider disposed within the transfer chamber to divide the transfer chamber into two transfer compartments, with each of the transfer compartments in said waste container; a collection vehicle comprising a storage container and a divider disposed within said storage container to divide said storage container into two storage compartments, each of said storage compartments corresponding to one of said two transfer compartments, and comprising a loading mechanism for carrying said transfer container, operable between a transfer position in which said transfer container is positioned to receive contents of said waste container, and a dumping position in which said transfer container is positioned to dump its contents into said storage container; and a deflector assembly on said transfer container, aligned with said transfer container divider and movable between a fill position to deflect contents of said waste container from said waste compartments into corresponding transfer compartments when said waste container is at least partially inverted over said transfer container and said transfer container is in said transfer position thereof, and a dump position to deflect the contents of said transfer compartments into corresponding storage compartments when said transfer container is in said dumping position thereof, to thereby maintain the segregated status of the waste from said waste container to said storage container.