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US Patent for Segregated waste collection system Patent (Patent # 6,325,587 issued December 4, 2001) - Justia Patents Search
Justia Patents Device Includes Vertically Swinging Arm And Receptacle Support Pivotably Attached TheretoUS Patent for Segregated waste collection system Patent (Patent # 6,325,587)
Multiple saddles 118a, 120a and 122a are provided on the first and second lifting plates 100, 110 and are adapted to engage the upper handle 66 of the divided cart 16 to lift the cart as the lifting plates 100, 110 are raised. Multiple rotatable lower cart hooks 118b, 120b, 122b, corresponding to saddles 118a, 120a, 122a, respectively, are also disposed on the lifting plates 100 and 110. The lower cart hooks 118b, 120b, 122b rotate to engage the grab handle 64 of the cart to prevent the cart from sliding off the lift when the cart is in the inverted position.
The three saddles 118a, 120a, 122a provide additional functionality to the lift mechanism 98. The saddle 118 is positioned on the first lifting plate 100 so that both compartments 52 and 54 of the divided cart 16 will be aligned with the first compartment 70 of the intermediate size container 14. Similarly, the third saddle 122a is positioned on the second lift 110 so that the first and second compartments 52, 54 of the divided cart 16 will be aligned with the second compartment 72 of the intermediate size container 14. The saddle 120a, provided on the first lifting plate 10, is substantially in line with the divider wall of the intermediate size container 14 so that the first compartment 52 of the divided cart 16 is aligned with the first compartment 70 of the intermediate size container and the second compartment of the divided cart 16 is aligned with the second compartment of the intermediate size container 14. The several saddles provide for the dumping of the entire contents of the divided cart 16 into one of the compartments of the intermediate size container or segregating the contents of the divided cart 16 into the corresponding compartments of the intermediate size container. This increased functionality is very useful and advantageous in that not all users of the divided divided cart 16 separate their waste into recyclable and non-recyclable. Further, two undivided carts can be dumped simultaneously into the intermediate container 14 with the lift mechanism 98.
In operation, a divided cart 16 containing, for example, recyclable material in one compartment and non-recyclable material in another compartment is moved to the leading position by wheeling the intermediate size container 14 mounted to the waste collection vehicle 12 with the intermediate size container in the fill position. The cover 56 is then opened and the divided cart 16 is placed on the lift mechanism 98 so that the cart hook 120b is received within the inset 62 and engages the grab handle 64. The lift mechanism 98 is then actuated so that the first lifting plate 100 pivots about the hinge connection between the support arms 102, 104, 106 and the front walls 78, 80 until the divided cart 16 is partially inverted (dumping position) and the divider wall 50 of the divided cart aligns with the peak of the deflector blades 132, 134. As the contents from the first compartment 52 and second compartment 54 of the divided cart 16 dump into the corresponding first compartment 70 and second compartment 72 of the intermediate size container 14, the deflectors will deflect any waste adjacent the divider wall of the container cart into the appropriate compartment of the intermediate size container 14. This process is repeated for multiple divided carts until the intermediate size container 14 is full or it is desired to dump the contents of the intermediate size container into the waste collection vehicle 12.
Although only the description of a divided cart containing segregated waste has been described, the process for dumping a divided cart with both compartments filled with a single type of waste is similar to that described above except that the divided cart is mounted to the cart hook 118b or 120b as appropriate.
a waste container for use at the distant location and comprising a bottom wall from which extends a peripheral wall to define a waste receiving chamber and a divider disposed within the waste receiving chamber to divide the waste receiving chamber into two waste compartments, each waste compartment is 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, each of the transfer compartments corresponds to a different one of the two waste compartments in the waste container;
a collection vehicle comprising a storage container and a divider disposed within the storage container to divide the storage container into two storage compartments, each of the storage compartments corresponding to one of two transfer compartments, and a loading mechanism carrying the transfer container and operable between a transfer position, in which the transfer container is positioned to receive the contents of the waste container, and a dumping position, in which the transfer container is positioned to dump its contents into the storage container; and
a deflector on the transfer container, aligned with the transfer container divider and operable between a fill position to deflect the waste container contents from the waste compartments into the corresponding transfer compartments when the waste container is at least partially inverted over the transfer container and the transfer container is in the transfer position and a dump position to deflect the contents from the transfer compartments into the corresponding storage compartments when the transfer container is in the dumping position to thereby maintain the segregated status of the waste from the waste container to the storage container.
2. A segregated waste collection system according to claim 1 wherein the deflector comprises a pair of opposing vanes.
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;
a collection vehicle comprising a storage container and a divider disposed within the storage container to divide the storage container into two storage compartments, each storage compartment corresponding to a different one of the two transfer compartments, and a loading mechanism carrying the transfer container and operable between a receiving position, in which the transfer container is positioned to receive waste material, and a dumping position, in which the transfer container is positioned to dump its contents into the storage container; and
a deflector on the transfer container, aligned with the transfer container divider and operable between a fill position in which the deflector is positioned to guide the waste into the appropriate transfer compartment when the transfer container is in the transfer position and a dump position in which the deflector is positioned to guide the contents from the transfer compartments into the corresponding storage compartments when the transfer container is in the dumping position to thereby maintain the segregated status of the waste from the waste container to the storage container.
14. A segregated waste collection system according to claim 13 wherein the deflector comprises a pair of opposing vanes each having a inner edge and an outer edge, the vanes being pivotally mounted at the inner edges thereof to the transfer container and pivotally move between a fill position in which the outer edges substantially abut each other and a dump position in which the outer edges are spaced from each other and each outer edge partially overlies a different transfer compartment, wherein the vanes are in the fill position when the transfer container is in the transfer position and the vanes are in the dump position when the transfer container is in the dumping position.
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, each of the transfer compartments corresponding to a different one of the two waste compartments; and
a deflector mounted on the transfer container divider and operable between a fill position in which the deflector is positioned to guide waste from the waste container compartment to the corresponding transfer compartment when the transfer container is in the transfer position and a dump position in which the deflector is positioned to guide the contents from the transfer compartments into the corresponding storage compartments when the transfer container is in the dumping position to thereby maintain the segregated status of the waste from the waste container to the storage container.
19. A transfer container according to claim 18 wherein the deflector comprises a pair of opposing vanes.
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Assignee: Cascade Engineerig, Inc. (Grand Rapids, MI)
Inventors: Edward H. Wysocki (Kentwood, MI), Jimmy O. Bayne (Anderson, SC)
Attorney, Agent or Law Firm: Radar, Fishman, Grauer & McGarry, An Office of Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC
Application Number: 09/451,648
Current U.S. Class: Device Includes Vertically Swinging Arm And Receptacle Support Pivotably Attached Thereto (414/408); Segregated (220/909)
International Classification: B65F/304;