US3747785A - Apparatus for swinging up and emptying waste bins or the like which have different size and possibly also different shape - Google Patents

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US3747785A
US3747785A US00238345A US3747785DA US3747785A US 3747785 A US3747785 A US 3747785A US 00238345 A US00238345 A US 00238345A US 3747785D A US3747785D A US 3747785DA US 3747785 A US3747785 A US 3747785A
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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
    • B65F3/04—Linkages, pivoted arms, or pivoted carriers for raising and subsequently tipping receptacles
    • B65F3/041—Pivoted arms or pivoted carriers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65F3/02—Vehicles particularly adapted for collecting refuse with means for discharging refuse receptacles thereinto
    • B65F2003/0223—Vehicles particularly adapted for collecting refuse with means for discharging refuse receptacles thereinto the discharging means comprising elements for holding the receptacle
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    • 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
    • B65F2003/0293—Means mounted on the vehicle for supporting the refuse receptacle in the tipping position

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  • An apparatus for swinging up and emptying waste-bins or the like which have different size and possibly also difierent shape, in a collecting container includes (a) pivotable support means, which is common to all waste-bins and comprises carrier means having upwardly directed engaging means, adapted to engage a lifting bracket, :1 flange or the like on the waste-bin from below; and (b) means for holding the waste-bin in an elevated emptying position, substantially upsidedown.
  • Said holding means comprises (a) a substantially U-shaped yoke having a web for supporting abutment against one side of the waste-bin and two shanks projecting from opposite ends of the web and each having its free end pivotally connected to one side-wall of the collecting container; and/or (b) clamping means rotatably journalled on said support means in such a way that it may engage an abutment to hereby become brought into a position in which it holdfastly engages a surface of the waste-bin as a holder-on cooperating with said carrier means.
  • This invention relates to apparatus for swinging up and emptying waste-bins or the like, which have different size and possibly also different shape, in a collecting container, comprising firstly pivotable support means, which is common to all waste-bins and comprises carrier means provided on a translationally movable part of said support means and having upwardly directed engaging means, adapted to engage a lifting bracket, a flange or the like on the waste-bin from below and secondly means for holding the waste-bin in an elevated emptying position, substantially upside-down.
  • the primary object of the invention is to provide improved apparatus of the abovementioned type.
  • said holding means comprises a substantially U-shaped yoke having a web for supporting abutment against one side of the waste-bin and two shanks projecting from opposite ends of the yoke and each having its free end secured to a link, which is comprised in a two link toggle joint having its other link pivotally connected to one side-wall of the collecting container; and/or clamping means rotatably journalled on the movable part of said support means in such a way that it engages an abutment on said support means during the movement thereof to thereby become brought into a position in which it holdfastly engages a surface of the waste-bin as a holder-on cooperating with said carrier means.
  • FIG. 1 is a sideview of the emptying apparatus which is illustrated as cooperating with a small, round wastebin which is shown (in its entirety or in part) with solid lines in its starting position, with dash-dot lines in raised position and in dash lines in its emptying position.
  • FIG. 2 is a half end view of the emptying apparatus without waste-bin.
  • FIG. 3 is a sideview of the emptying apparatus and illustrates the same cooperating with a big, square waste-bin, which is illustrated standing on the ground.
  • FIG. 4 is a sideview corresponding to FIG. 3 and illustrating the waste-bin in its emptying position.
  • FIG. 1 designates a collecting container, which has an emptying hood 2 and which may be considered as provided on a refuse truck.
  • a hydraulic ram 4 On each side of the collecting container there is pivotally secured at 3 a hydraulic ram 4, the piston rod of which is rotatably connected at 5 to the end of the shorter arm of a single-armed bell crank 6, which is rotable on an axis 7.
  • the ends of the longer arms of the bell cranks are interconnected by a beam or rod 9 (FIG. 2) which is square, at least in part, and which carries support means generally designated 10 and co-operating with all waste-bins.
  • a stud or roller 11 At each end of said support means there is provided a stud or roller 11 (FIG.
  • the movable parts of the support means comprise a pair of intermediate plates 16 on which the rollers 13 are rotatably journalled, a bar 17 adapted to engage a side wall of a waste-bin and connecting the intermediate plates 16, a lifting bail 18 comprised of a L-profile and similarly interconnecting the intermediate plates 16, a pair of curved, two-armed levers 19, which are pivotally journalled in the intermediate plates 16 on pivot axis 20, said levers being interconnected by a clamp member 21 in the form of a L- profile, and a pair of locking hooks 22, which are pivotable on pivot axis 23.
  • Each of the levers 19 has a guide curv or fin 25 which is adapted to cooperate with the rod or roller 1 1 during the raising operation, and a stud 26, which cooperates with its respective locking hook 22.
  • the locking hooks are either maintained swung away in an inoperative position below their respective stub shafts 23 (FIG. 1 and 2) or swung up by springs 27 substantially above the stub shaft (FIG, 1) in an operative position for cooperation with a waste-bin.
  • the locking hooks 22 are provided solely for waste-bins which are too small to be caught and held by the catching means described below.
  • This abovementioned catching or holding means is provided on the emptying hood 2 and comprises a substantially U-shaped yoke 33, the central part of which has a lining or coating of rubber or a similar more or less elastic material with high friction, which is adapted to engage a side-wall of the waste-bin.
  • the free ends of the shanks of the yoke 33 are each secured to the free end of a link 34 which is comprised in a toggle-joint, the other link 35 of which is pivotally journalled on an axis 36.
  • the link 35 constitutes a two-armed lever, one arm of which engages a stationary stop 37 in the inoperative position of the catching means (FIG.
  • a shock absorbing or braking device 39 which may be pneumatic or hydraulic or may contain one or more springs.
  • a small waste-bin 42 or another similar bin (FIG. 1) is provided firstly with a special lifting bracket 41 for the carrier means or lifting bail l8, and secondly with a pair of grips or the like 43, into which the locking hooks 22 can engage.
  • a big waste-bin 44 which needs no grips for its emptying has instead of the lifting bracket 41 a flange 45 which is formed of a Z-profile or the like and defines a channel which is open as seen from below and in which the carrier means 18 can engage, said channel being engaged from above by the catch 21 at emtpying.
  • the elevating apparatus described above operates in the following manner:
  • the hooks 22 When emptying small waste-bins 42 the hooks 22 are initially turned up to the position shown in solid lines in FIG. 1, which illustrates a small waste-bin at the start of the emptying operation, at which point the carrier means or lifting bail 18 just engages the lifting bracket 41 from below.
  • the waste-bin 42 By means of the ram or jack 14 (FIG. 2) the waste-bin 42 is first raised to the position shown in dash-dot lines in FIG. 1, the books 22 entering into engagement with the grips 43 by being actuated by the studs 26 on the levers 19 which are rotated counterclockwise on account of the fact that their fins 25 engage the stationary rollers or studs 11 (FIG. 2 and 3) during the raising operation.
  • An apparatus for swinging up and emptying containers, particularly waste-bins, which have different size and possibly also different shape and having a lifting projection engageable from below, in a collecting container comprising firstly pivotable support means, which is common to all waste-bins and has a translationally movable part, carrier-means provided on said support means and having upwardly directed engaging means, adapted to engage said lifting projection on said waste-bin from below; and secondly means for holding 4 the waste-bin in-an elevated emptying position, substantially upside-down, characterized in that said holding means comprises a substantially U-shaped yoke having a web for supporting abutment against one side of the waste-bin, and two shanks projecting from opposite ends of said web; and a pair of links, which are each secured to the free end of the respective one of said shanks and are each comprised in a two link togglejoint having its other link pivotally connected to one side-wall of the collecting container.
  • Apparatus according to claim 1 characterized in that an abutment is provided on said support means, and in that said holding means comprises clamping means rotatably journalled on said movable part of said support means in such a way that it engages said abutment on said support means during the movement of said movable part to hereby become brought into a position, in which it holdfastly engages a surface of the waste-bin as a holder-on cooperating with said carrier means.
  • Apparatus according to claim 2 comprising a pair of apertured projections provided on said waste-bin, a pair of hooks comprised in said holding means, which are pivotally journalled on the translationally movable part of said support means and are adapted to engage one of said apertured projections on the waste-bin for holding it in its upside-down position in cooperation with the remainder of said holding means, and a pair of abutments associated with said hooks and so positioned adjacent to the path of movement of the hooks on said movable part of said support means that said hooks during their translational movement engage said abutments for becoming rotated into a projection engaging position thereby.
  • Apparatus according to claim 3 characterized in that said hooks are manually and reversably pivotable on substantially horizontal axes from an operative position, in which each hook is located above its pivotal axis substantially in its entirety, to an inoperative position, in which the hook is located below its pivotal axis substantially in its entirety.
  • Apparatus according to claim 5 comprising spring means for selectively maintaining said hooks stably in one of their said alternative positions.
  • Apparatus according to claim 1 characterized by the provision of shock absorbing or braking means for braking the movements of said toggle-joint.

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