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EP1378463B1
EP1378463B1 EP03014034A EP03014034A EP1378463B1 EP 1378463 B1 EP1378463 B1 EP 1378463B1 EP 03014034 A EP03014034 A EP 03014034A EP 03014034 A EP03014034 A EP 03014034A EP 1378463 B1 EP1378463 B1 EP 1378463B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F3/00—Vehicles particularly adapted for collecting refuse
    • B65F3/02—Vehicles particularly adapted for collecting refuse with means for discharging refuse receptacles thereinto
    • B65F3/08—Platform elevators or hoists with guides or runways for raising or tipping receptacles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F3/00—Vehicles particularly adapted for collecting refuse
    • B65F3/02—Vehicles particularly adapted for collecting refuse with means for discharging refuse receptacles thereinto
    • B65F2003/0263—Constructional features relating to discharging means
    • B65F2003/0269—Constructional features relating to discharging means capable of moving along the side of the vehicle
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F3/00—Vehicles particularly adapted for collecting refuse
    • B65F3/02—Vehicles particularly adapted for collecting refuse with means for discharging refuse receptacles thereinto
    • B65F2003/0263—Constructional features relating to discharging means
    • B65F2003/0273—Constructional features relating to discharging means capable of rotating around a vertical axis
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F3/00—Vehicles particularly adapted for collecting refuse
    • B65F3/02—Vehicles particularly adapted for collecting refuse with means for discharging refuse receptacles thereinto
    • B65F2003/0263—Constructional features relating to discharging means
    • B65F2003/0276—Constructional features relating to discharging means capable of moving towards or away from the vehicle

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  • the present invention refers to a refuse collection vehicle of the type defined in the preamble of claim 1.
  • a vehicle of this type is capable of collecting refuse from bins located on both the right and left sides of a one way street.
  • European Patent Application EP-0 728 684-A1 discloses a refuse collection vehicle equipped with two distinct loading mechanisms mounted one on the right side and the other on the left side of the vehicle.
  • German utility model DE-297 23 035-U1 there is known a refuse collection vehicle equipped with a single loading mechanism for lifting and tilting refuse bins and emptying the content thereof into an aperture formed in the rear part of the roof of the storage body of the vehicle.
  • the loading mechanism is mounted on a thrust bearing (or fifth wheel) located on the storage body roof around the loading aperture.
  • US-A-5 769 594 discloses a refuse collection vehicle of the type defined in the preamble of claim 1.
  • the present invention intends to make use of a single loading mechanism rotatably mounted on a rotatable thrust bearing in a horizontal plane in order to pick up alternatively refuse bins from the left and right sides of the vehicle.
  • Another object of the invention is to be applicable also onto storage bodies of existing vehicles without requiring any modification to the storage body and possibly the pressing device which is usually fitted within the storage body underneath the refuse loading aperture and used for compacting refuse towards the rear of the storage body or into another adjacent container.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a vehicle of high efficiency capable of handling big capacity refuse bins.
  • a refuse collection vehicle according to the invention is indicated overall 10.
  • the expression “longitudinal” therefore indicates a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis x of the vehicle and the expression “transversal” indicates a direction transversal to the axis x.
  • the expression “inner side” designates a side facing the centre line of the vehicle and the expression “outer side” designates a side facing a longitudinal lateral edge of the vehicle.
  • the vehicle 10 comprises a cabin 11 and a frame 12 on which there are fixed a front loading container 13 and a rear container or storage body 14. Within the loading container 13 there is provided a press device (of known kind and not shown) for pressing refuse into the rear storage body 14.
  • Schematically designed 15 is a loading mechanism for lifting and tilting refuse bins to empty the content thereof into an aperture 16a (not shown in figure 1) formed in the roof 16 of the front container 13.
  • the loading mechanism 15 (which may be of any known kind) are not per se relevant for the understanding of the invention and will not therefore be described in detail herein. Suffice it here to say that the mechanism 15 is provided with pick-up arms for hooking the refuse bins and actuating means for lifting the pick-up arms along vertical lifting guides.
  • the mechanism 15 is capable of assuming, according to requirements, different operational positions, such as for examples an upper operational position indicated in dotted line at 15a and/or a lower operational position 15b.
  • the pick-up arms may be extended and retracted sideways autonomously with respect to the remaining part of the mechanism 15 through an actuating device (not shown) in order to bring them near to the bin to be loaded and withdraw them back towards the inside of the vehicle at the end of the loading and emptying cycle.
  • the loading mechanism 15 is rotatable about a vertical axis y by means of a thrust bearing 17 mounted on a mobile support assembly 18 for displacing the loading mechanism transversally with respect to the vehicle, and, according to a different embodiment, also longitudinally, as will be described in detail in the following.
  • the loading mechanism 15 is fixed on a hopper 20 rotatably mounted on the thrust bearing 17.
  • the hopper 20 of a generally cylindrical or truncated cone shape, has inner walls inclined or vertical or curved 21 converging towards a lower aperture 22 (figure 7) facing the upper aperture 16a of the front container 13 to convey therein the refuse coming out of a bin (not shown) tilted above the hopper.
  • the loading mechanism 15 can alternatively reach two opposite lateral positions, to the right side (figure 2) and the left side (figure 4) of the vehicle 10. In these positions, the loading mechanism 15 falls within the shape of the vehicle.
  • the movements of rotation of the hopper on the thrust bearing 17 and translation of the mobile support 18 are preferably controlled by electric or hydraulic motors or fluid actuating devices that are known in the art and do not need to be described herein.
  • Rotation of the hopper is effected for example by means of a hydraulic motor with a geared motor and a pinion meshing with a toothed wheel secured to the hopper 20 or the rotatable part of the thrust bearing 17.
  • the hopper 20 is fixed to the rotatable part 17a of the thrust bearing 17.
  • the non-rotatable part 17b of the thrust bearing is transversally slideable on the roof 16 of the container 13 by means of the mobile support assembly 18.
  • the assembly 18 in this example comprises a pair of rectilinear and parallel transversal guides 184, 185 fixed to the non-rotatable part of the thrust bearing and coupled to roller members or sliding blocks 183 mounted on the roof 16.
  • transversal translation movement of the unit consisting of the thrust bearing 17, the rotatable hopper 20, and the loading mechanism 15 is provoked for example by a transversal actuator (not shown) or a driving assembly of other kind, for example an electric motor and an associated rack interposed between the guides 184, 185 and the front container 13 or another member fixed to the vehicle frame 12.
  • a transversal actuator not shown
  • a driving assembly of other kind for example an electric motor and an associated rack interposed between the guides 184, 185 and the front container 13 or another member fixed to the vehicle frame 12.
  • the rotation of the hopper 20 about the thrust bearing 17 is controlled so as to bring the mechanism 15 to face the refuse bin to be emptied.
  • the assembly thrust bearing-hopper-loading mechanism can be translated by means of the transversal guides 184, 185 towards the outside of the vehicle to bring the mechanism 15 near the refuse bin to be emptied (figure 3).
  • the pick-up arms of the loading mechanism 15 may be controlled to extend sideways if the arms have an independent driving device that allows to increase the reach of the loading mechanism.
  • the loading mechanism 15 is operated. This mechanism grasps, lifts and tilts the refuse bin above the hopper. Conveyed by the hopper, the refuse falls through the loading aperture 16a in the container 13 and is pressed and compacted into the rear storage 14 by means of the above mentioned pressing device.
  • the assembly thrust bearing-hopper-loading mechanism is translated by means of the transversal guides 184, 185 towards the inside of the vehicle.
  • the loading mechanism does not protrude out of the shape of the vehicle and this may be advanced to reach other refuse bins located further on along the road.
  • the hopper may have a bigger size with respect to the case in which it were mounted onto a fixed thrust bearing.
  • a fixed thrust bearing would in fact require to reduce the size of the hopper such that the loading mechanism does not protrude laterally out of the contour or shape of the vehicle while travelling.
  • the hopper when the vehicle has to be moved, the hopper is transversally displaced towards the side opposite to that where the loading mechanism is located, whereby neither the hopper nor the loading device projects from the shape of the vehicle while this is travelling.
  • the maximum diameter of a transversally mobile hopper according to the invention may be increased of about 400 mm or more with respect to the case in which the hopper were transversally fixed.
  • the vehicle according to the invention may be equipped with hoppers having a diameter approaching the transversal dimension of clearance gauge of the vehicle.
  • hoppers having a diameter approaching the transversal dimension of clearance gauge of the vehicle.
  • the loading aperture 16a of the container 13 and the lower aperture of the hopper will be suitably sized of as to result in being essentially facing one another and communicating to allow the passage of refuse from the hopper to the container 13 also when the hopper is slightly eccentric with respect to the loading aperture 16a.
  • the invention is also applicable to existing vehicles, and therefore can increase their efficiency without requiring structural modification to the front container nor the storage body and neither the press inside the front container.
  • FIG 8 Schematically shown in figure 8 is another embodiment of the support assembly 18 which advantageously allows to combine the transversal movement of translation of the assembly consisting of the thrust bearing 17, the rotatable hopper 20 and the loading mechanism 15, with a longitudinal translation movement (as shown by arrows L in figures 2-4).
  • transversal guides 184, 185 fast with the non-rotating part of the thrust bearing are slidably supported (as in figure 7), through roller elements or sliding blocks 183.
  • roller elements or sliding blocks 186 slidably engaging or translating along a pair of rectilinear and parallel guides 181, 182 which extend in the longitudinal direction and are fixed to the roof 16. Only one (181) of these longitudinal guides is visible in figure 8.
  • the translational movements in the longitudinal and transversal directions are provoked by respective longitudinal and transversal actuators (not shown), preferably idraulic actuators, mounted on the roof 16 of the container 13.
  • longitudinal and transversal actuators preferably idraulic actuators
  • idraulic actuators mounted on the roof 16 of the container 13.
  • the same movement of the loading mechanism and its supporting members may obviously be accomplished through supporting and guiding means of different kinds, for examples guides suitably curved or disposed at an angle or through an articulated linkage capable of determining a combined rotary-translational movement equal or equivalent in a horizontal plane.
  • figure 8 is preferred for vehicles with loading mechanisms located in the position indicated at 15b.
  • the thrust bearing 17 and the mobile support assembly 18 can be mounted onto the frame 12 beneath the front container 13.
  • the loading mechanism 15 (schematically shown in three different positions) is not carried by the hopper 20 but a horizontal arm 23 secured to the rotating part of the thrust bearing and projecting beyond the base of the front container 13.
  • the invention is not limited to the embodiments here described and shown, which are to be considered as implementing examples of the refuse collecting vehicle.
  • the invention may instead undergo modifications as to the shape and location of parts, and constructional and functional details.
  • the members of the mobile supporting assembly may be arranged and located differently from what is shown by way of not limiting example in the drawings, provided the relative translational movement or movements as described above is/are allowed.

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  1. Müllsammelfahrzeug von der Art, umfassend:
    einen Rahmen (12),
    einen Behälter (13), der am Rahmen befestigt ist und eine obere Öffnung (16a) zum Einbringen von Müll in den Behälter (13) aufweist,
    einen einzelnen seitlichen Lademechanismus (15) zum Anheben und Entleeren von Mülleimern (C) in die Öffnung (16a), wobei der Mechanismus (15) mittels eines Axiallagers (17) in einer Horizontalebene bezüglich des Rahmens drehbar montiert ist, um abwechselnd zwei Ladepositionen an zwei verschiedenen Seiten des Fahrzeugs zu erreichen,
       wobei das Axiallager (17) an Haltemitteln (18) angeschlossen ist, welche zu und von der rechten und linken Seite des Fahrzeugs beweglich sind, wodurch der Mechanismus (15) in der Lage ist, an jeder dieser Seiten des Fahrzeugs eine entsprechende Seitenposition zu erreichen, welche der Form des Fahrzeugs entspricht;
       dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sich das Axiallager (17) und die Haltemittel (18) oberhalb des Ladebehälters (13) befinden.
  2. Fahrzeug gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Lademechanismus (15) an einem drehbar am Axiallager (17) montierten Trichter (20) von im Allgemeinen zylindrischer oder kegelstumpfförmiger Form befestigt ist, wobei der Trichter (20) eine untere Öffnung (22) aufweist, die der Öffnung (16a) des Behälters (13) zum Hineinbefördern von Müll gegenüberliegt.
  3. Fahrzeug gemäß Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Trichter (20) geneigte, vertikale oder gekrümmte Innenwände (21) aufweist, die zur unteren Öffnung (22) verlaufen.
  4. Fahrzeug gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Haltemittel (18) Führungsmittel (184, 185) umfassen, die sich in eine Richtung (T) erstrecken, welche in Bezug auf die Längsachse (x) des Fahrzeugs im Wesentlichen transversal ist.
  5. Fahrzeug gemäß Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Führungsmittel (184, 185) mit ersten Antriebsmitteln zum gezielten Verschieben des Axiallagers (17) von und zur linken und rechten Seite des Fahrzeugs verbunden sind.
  6. Fahrzeug gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die das Axiallager tragenden Mittel (18) so angeordnet sind, um ein Bewegen des drehbaren Axiallagers (17) in Bezug auf den Fahrzeugrahmen zu ermöglichen, wobei eine transversale Translationsbewegung mit einer längslaufenden (L) Translationsbewegung kombiniert wird.
  7. Fahrzeug gemäß Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Haltemittel (18) Folgendes umfassen:
    erste Führungsmittel (184, 185), die sich in eine Richtung erstrecken, welche in Bezug auf die Längsachse des Fahrzeugs im Wesentlichen transversal ist, und
    zweite Führungsmittel (181, 182), die sich in eine Richtung erstrecken, welche zur Längsachse des Fahrzeugs im Wesentlichen parallel ist.
  8. Fahrzeug gemäß Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die ersten Führungsmittel (184, 185) solcherart montiert sind, um in der Lage zu sein, sich entlang der zweiten Führungsmittel (181,182) oder umgekehrt zu verschieben.
  9. Fahrzeug gemäß Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die ersten Führungsmittel (184, 185) und die zweiten Führungsmittel (181, 182) zwecks Erzielung dieser kombinierten Bewegung mit entsprechenden ersten und zweiten Antriebsmitteln verbunden sind.
  10. Fahrzeug gemäß Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sich der Behälter (13) hinter der Fahrzeugkabine (11) befindet und dass die das Axiallager tragenden Mittel (18) koordiniert mit der Rotation des Axiallagers (17) gesteuert werden können, um den Mechanismus (15) um den Vorderteil des Behälters (13) herum in den Spalt an der Rückseite der Kabine (11) gehen zu lassen, wobei der Mechanismus (15) dazu gebracht wird, einer halbelliptischen, in Längsrichtung abgeflachten Bahn zu folgen.
  11. Fahrzeug gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sich das Axiallager (17) und die Haltemittel (18) unterhalb des Ladebehälters (13) befinden.
  12. Fahrzeug gemäß Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Lademechanismus (15) von einem horizontalen Arm (23) getragen wird, welcher an einem Drehteil des Axiallagers (17) befestigt ist und über den Boden des Behälters (13) hinausragt.
  13. Fahrzeug gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die beweglichen Haltemittel (18) zwischen dem Axiallager (17) und dem Ladebehälter (13) oder zwischen dem Axiallager (17) und dem Dach (16) des Ladebehälters (13) eingeschoben sind.
  14. Fahrzeug gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Axiallager (17) zwischen den beweglichen Haltemitteln (18) und dem Ladebehälter (13) oder zwischen den beweglichen Haltemitteln (18) und dem Dach (16) des Ladebehälters (13) eingeschoben ist.
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