Basket device for refuse trucks

Claim 2

A refuse system including a basket device for refuse trucks, comprising a motor driven and rotatable receptacle for receiving refuse and emptying it into the body of said refuse truck, a pair of pulley wheels, one on each side of said device providing the means for receiving power from the motor, counter-balance means carried by said device for flawless rotation thereof, a leveroperated cart for use of said device with pivotable can means for receiving refuse and delivering refuse into said device.

Claim 3

The combination according to claim 1, wherein said pulley wheels are each secured to one side of said device by shaft means and said pulleys receive endless belts, each of said endless belts being carried upon pulley means secured to the top of said refuse truck and further belt means carried by said mechanism is carried by the pulleys of the motor mounted to said body of said truck.

Claim 4

The combination according to claim 2, wherein said motor when operated by the driver through switch means of the electrical system of said truck, will cause said belts to rotate their respective pulleys, and thus rotate said basket device away from its dumping position into the loading position, the loading position being with the elongated end in close proximity with the ground, its associated wheels attached thereto being in contact with the ground so that the truck may be moved without dragging said basket device and said counter-balances are secured to said wheels carried on either side of said device, said counter-balances allowing for the smooth operation of loading and unloading said basket device, said basket device being loaded by pivotable cans which are lever operated from a cart, said cans being stationary upon the base of said car when full of refuse and said cans are pivoted upwards so that the bottom portion is higher than the upper portion enough to be gravity fed into said basket and the lids of said cans are pivotable automatically to open position when said cans are elevated by said lever means.

Claim 5

The combination according to claim 3, wherein said lever is secured to a horizontal bar member, said bar member being pivotally carried within lugs of an open frame on the base of said car and said cart is provided with wheel means to allow it to be mobile and when said cans are emptied into said basket, the operator lowers said lever and said cans will pivot backwards and onto the base, said lids of said cans automatically closing by gravity means and when said cans are emptied into said basket the operator of said basket reverses said motor by switch means and said belts will then return said basket pivotably to the upper portion of said body at the rear of said body, the process causing the refuse contained therein to fall by gravity means into said body of said truck.