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US3262589A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Refuse disposal

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-03-20
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Granted: 1966-07-26
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Expires: 1984-03-20
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Byron M Kolling

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 18:53
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65F; B65F3/00; B65F3/02

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 256 words
REFUSE DISPOSAL EQUIPMENT COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A MOBILE VEHICLE HAVING A STORAGE BODY, SAID BODY HAVING AN OPEN REAR END ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE LOAD; SAID OPENING HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL LOWER SIDE; A SUPPORTING STRUCTURE DEFINING SAID LOWER SIDE; SAID STRUCTURE HAVING ITS UPPER EDGE SHAPED TO DEFINE AN UPSTANDING SUPPORTING LIP, AND A RELATIVELY HORIZONTAL SUPPORTING PORTION EXTENDING FORWARD FROM THE LOWER LIMIT OF SAID LIP; A POWER LOADING CONTAINER COMPRISING AN UPWARDLY OPENING RECEPTACLE HAVING OPEN FRONT SIDE SHAPED TO ENGAGE SAID LOWER SIDE OF SAID BODY OPENING; SAID FRONT CONTAINER SIDE WALL HAVING ALONG ITS UPPER EDGE AN OVERHANGING LIP PORTION OFFSET FORWARDLY FROM THE GENERAL PLANE OF SAID WALL AND ADAPTED TO TAKE OVER THE TOP OF SAID SUPPORTING LIP AND MOVE DOWN ONTO THE SAID HORIZONTAL SUPPORTING LIP PORTION DURING ROTATION OF SAID CONTAINER ABOUT A TRANSVERSE AXIS CLOSE TO THE AXIS OF SAID SUPPORTING LIP; POWER MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID CONTAINER, FROM AN INITIAL POSITION BELOW AND BEHIND SAID SUPPORTING LIP OPENING UPWARDLY, UP AROUND SAID SUPPORTING LIP INTO AN INVERTED POSITION ABOVE AND IN FRONT OF SAID SUPPORTING LIP OPENING DOWNWARDLY; WHEREBY THE ENTIRE GRAVITY LOAD OF THE CONTAINER DURING ROTATION IS DISTRIBUTED ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID CONTAINER LIP AND SAID SUPPORTING LIP THROUGHOUT THE EMPTYING AND RETURN MOVEMENT OF SAID CONTAINER; AND ABUTMENT MEANS ON SAID BODY AND CONTAINER FOR LIMITING FORWARD SLIDING MOVEMENT OF SAID INVERTED CONTAINER LIP ON SAID SUPPORTING LIP PORTION, TO RETAIN SAID INVERTED CONTAINER LIP ON SAID SUPPORTING PORTION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 256 words
REFUSE DISPOSAL EQUIPMENT COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A MOBILE VEHICLE HAVING A STORAGE BODY, SAID BODY HAVING AN OPEN REAR END ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE LOAD; SAID OPENING HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL LOWER SIDE; A SUPPORTING STRUCTURE DEFINING SAID LOWER SIDE; SAID STRUCTURE HAVING ITS UPPER EDGE SHAPED TO DEFINE AN UPSTANDING SUPPORTING LIP, AND A RELATIVELY HORIZONTAL SUPPORTING PORTION EXTENDING FORWARD FROM THE LOWER LIMIT OF SAID LIP; A POWER LOADING CONTAINER COMPRISING AN UPWARDLY OPENING RECEPTACLE HAVING OPEN FRONT SIDE SHAPED TO ENGAGE SAID LOWER SIDE OF SAID BODY OPENING; SAID FRONT CONTAINER SIDE WALL HAVING ALONG ITS UPPER EDGE AN OVERHANGING LIP PORTION OFFSET FORWARDLY FROM THE GENERAL PLANE OF SAID WALL AND ADAPTED TO TAKE OVER THE TOP OF SAID SUPPORTING LIP AND MOVE DOWN ONTO THE SAID HORIZONTAL SUPPORTING LIP PORTION DURING ROTATION OF SAID CONTAINER ABOUT A TRANSVERSE AXIS CLOSE TO THE AXIS OF SAID SUPPORTING LIP; POWER MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID CONTAINER, FROM AN INITIAL POSITION BELOW AND BEHIND SAID SUPPORTING LIP OPENING UPWARDLY, UP AROUND SAID SUPPORTING LIP INTO AN INVERTED POSITION ABOVE AND IN FRONT OF SAID SUPPORTING LIP OPENING DOWNWARDLY; WHEREBY THE ENTIRE GRAVITY LOAD OF THE CONTAINER DURING ROTATION IS DISTRIBUTED ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID CONTAINER LIP AND SAID SUPPORTING LIP THROUGHOUT THE EMPTYING AND RETURN MOVEMENT OF SAID CONTAINER; AND ABUTMENT MEANS ON SAID BODY AND CONTAINER FOR LIMITING FORWARD SLIDING MOVEMENT OF SAID INVERTED CONTAINER LIP ON SAID SUPPORTING LIP PORTION, TO RETAIN SAID INVERTED CONTAINER LIP ON SAID SUPPORTING PORTION.

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