US3773197A
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Refuse container loading and transport system and apparatuses therefor
Assignee: FABIT CORP
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Filing: 1972-11-20
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Granted: 1973-11-20
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Expires: 1992-11-20
Abstract
Abstract A system for one-man operation of side-loading elevating and emptying and return of refuse containers and transport of the contents thereof: A laterally extensible container engaging and loading mechanism is manipulated by an operator to engage and lift a container adapted for such manipulation.
Inventors
- 👤 C Blakeley
- 👤 J Morgan
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 22:51
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65F; B65F3/00; B65F3/02; B65F3/12; B65F3/08; B65F2003/0263; B65F2003/0276
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
828 words
A system for handling, lifting, emptying and returning a refuse container comprising a refuse container handling and transport assembly and a refuse container for use therewith, said refuse container handling and transport assembly comprising a wheeled support frame, an elevator assembly on the wheeled frame, and a container engaging assembly movably supported by said elevator assembly frame, 1. said wheeled support frame comprising a rigid base frame, a mechanical power source on said base frame, a steering assembly comprising steering wheels operatively attached to the frame and traction wheels operatively connected to said power source; a refuse receptacle supported on said frame and open at its top, at a top opening for said receptacle, a top lid movable over said top opening into opening and closing relationship therewith; means for clOsing and opening said lid over said top opening operatively attached to said lid, and 2. said elevator assembly comprising a track assembly and a frame moving means, a. said track assembly comprising a pair of parallel rigid vertically extending tracks, both of said tracks firmly attached to the base frame and longitudinally spaced apart along the said frame, one near each end of said top opening of said receptacle, each track also extending upwards along one side of said receptacle and over a portion of the top thereof; b. the frame moving means comprising a power source supported on said base frame and operatively connected to said container engaging assembly; 3. said container engaging assembly comprising an expansible frame assembly, a container engaging means, and a positioning control assembly therefor, said container engaging means supported on said expansible frame assembly, which assembly is movably supported on said track means and operatively connected to said frame moving means; a. said expansible frame assembly comprising an interior frame, an exterior frame with a container engaging means and a control and positioning assembly; i. the interior frame comprising rigid vertically spaced apart horizontally extending upper and lower members and rigid horizontally spaced apart vertically extending front and rear members firmly joined together and forming a rigid flat frame, said interior frame also including movable support means extending to and movably held on said track assembly, said frame moving means comprising power means and power transmission means connected thereto for moving said interior frame along said track means by support means connected to said interior frame; ii. the exterior frame comprising vertically spaced apart horizontally extending exterior frame front and rear vertical members and horizontally spaced apart vertically extending exterior frame horizontal top and bottom members firmly joined together to form a rigid outer frame located lateral of said interior frame; b. said container support engaging means comprising rigid container arm support means movably supported on said exterior frame and extensible at right angles from said exterior frame, and extension and retraction means on said outer frame connected to said container arm support means to position said rigid container arm support means on said exterior frame; 4. said frame positioning control menas comprising means for supporting said outer frame on said inner frame and for moving said outer frame toward and away from said inner frame and for pivoting said outer frame about horizontal axes relative to said inner frame, and 5. said refuse container comprising vertically extending imperforate rigid front wall, rear wall, inner side wall and outer side wall and a rigid horizontal bottom wall, all firmly joined together, and a top opening between said front, rear, and side walls, a movable cover over said top opening, and, a. on the front wall of said container, a horizontally extending pocket chamber formed by a horizontally extending rigid top sleeve wall firmly attached to the exterior of said front wall, a horizontally extending rigid, bottom sleeve wall firmly attached to the exterior of said front wall, and a rigid vertical wall between said front top sleeve wall and front bottom sleeve wall and spaced away from said front wall, whereby said front, top and vertical walls define a front pocket open to the plane of said inner side wall; and also, on the rear wall of said container, a horizontally extending rigid top sleeve wall firmly attached to the exterior of said rear wall between said side walls, and a horizontally extending rigid rear bottom sleeve wall firmly attached to said rear wall and a vertical wall between said rear top sleeve wall and rear bottom sleeve wall and spaced away from said rear wall and said sleeve walls and forming a rear pocket facing the plane of said inner side wall, said frOnt and rear pockets each having a cross-section parallel to the plane of the inner side wall which is larger than the cross-section of the rigid container arm support means on said exterior frame, said rigid container arm support means on said exterior frame being a distance from each other that is the same distance as the distance between the front and rear pockets on said container.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
828 words
A system for handling, lifting, emptying and returning a refuse container comprising a refuse container handling and transport assembly and a refuse container for use therewith, said refuse container handling and transport assembly comprising a wheeled support frame, an elevator assembly on the wheeled frame, and a container engaging assembly movably supported by said elevator assembly frame, 1. said wheeled support frame comprising a rigid base frame, a mechanical power source on said base frame, a steering assembly comprising steering wheels operatively attached to the frame and traction wheels operatively connected to said power source; a refuse receptacle supported on said frame and open at its top, at a top opening for said receptacle, a top lid movable over said top opening into opening and closing relationship therewith; means for clOsing and opening said lid over said top opening operatively attached to said lid, and 2. said elevator assembly comprising a track assembly and a frame moving means, a. said track assembly comprising a pair of parallel rigid vertically extending tracks, both of said tracks firmly attached to the base frame and longitudinally spaced apart along the said frame, one near each end of said top opening of said receptacle, each track also extending upwards along one side of said receptacle and over a portion of the top thereof; b. the frame moving means comprising a power source supported on said base frame and operatively connected to said container engaging assembly; 3. said container engaging assembly comprising an expansible frame assembly, a container engaging means, and a positioning control assembly therefor, said container engaging means supported on said expansible frame assembly, which assembly is movably supported on said track means and operatively connected to said frame moving means; a. said expansible frame assembly comprising an interior frame, an exterior frame with a container engaging means and a control and positioning assembly; i. the interior frame comprising rigid vertically spaced apart horizontally extending upper and lower members and rigid horizontally spaced apart vertically extending front and rear members firmly joined together and forming a rigid flat frame, said interior frame also including movable support means extending to and movably held on said track assembly, said frame moving means comprising power means and power transmission means connected thereto for moving said interior frame along said track means by support means connected to said interior frame; ii. the exterior frame comprising vertically spaced apart horizontally extending exterior frame front and rear vertical members and horizontally spaced apart vertically extending exterior frame horizontal top and bottom members firmly joined together to form a rigid outer frame located lateral of said interior frame; b. said container support engaging means comprising rigid container arm support means movably supported on said exterior frame and extensible at right angles from said exterior frame, and extension and retraction means on said outer frame connected to said container arm support means to position said rigid container arm support means on said exterior frame; 4. said frame positioning control menas comprising means for supporting said outer frame on said inner frame and for moving said outer frame toward and away from said inner frame and for pivoting said outer frame about horizontal axes relative to said inner frame, and 5. said refuse container comprising vertically extending imperforate rigid front wall, rear wall, inner side wall and outer side wall and a rigid horizontal bottom wall, all firmly joined together, and a top opening between said front, rear, and side walls, a movable cover over said top opening, and, a. on the front wall of said container, a horizontally extending pocket chamber formed by a horizontally extending rigid top sleeve wall firmly attached to the exterior of said front wall, a horizontally extending rigid, bottom sleeve wall firmly attached to the exterior of said front wall, and a rigid vertical wall between said front top sleeve wall and front bottom sleeve wall and spaced away from said front wall, whereby said front, top and vertical walls define a front pocket open to the plane of said inner side wall; and also, on the rear wall of said container, a horizontally extending rigid top sleeve wall firmly attached to the exterior of said rear wall between said side walls, and a horizontally extending rigid rear bottom sleeve wall firmly attached to said rear wall and a vertical wall between said rear top sleeve wall and rear bottom sleeve wall and spaced away from said rear wall and said sleeve walls and forming a rear pocket facing the plane of said inner side wall, said frOnt and rear pockets each having a cross-section parallel to the plane of the inner side wall which is larger than the cross-section of the rigid container arm support means on said exterior frame, said rigid container arm support means on said exterior frame being a distance from each other that is the same distance as the distance between the front and rear pockets on said container.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
254 words
Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said frame control and positioning means comprises, in operative combination, a plurality of extensible double-acting piston units, each such piston unit comprising a piston cylinder and an extensible shaft therein, each such piston unit having a pivotal connection means at each end thereof; a. one pair of said piston units extending from a first pair of co-axial pivotal connections at the front and rear upper portions of the inner frame to a second pair of co-axial pivotal connections at the front upper and rear upper portion of said outer frame; b. a second pair of piston units each vertically spaced away from and below said first piston units and extending from a third pair of co-axial points of pivotal attachment on said inner frame to a fourth pair of co-axial pivotal connections on the outer frame near the lower portion of said outer frame, said third pivotal connections and said first pivotal connections being vertically spaced apart from each other in one direction and said fourth pivotal connections and said second pivotal connections being vertically spaced apart from each other in the same one direction, and c. a third piston unit extending from a fifth pivotal connection on the lower portion of said inner frame to a sixth pivotal connection on the upper portion of said outer frame, said fifth pivotal connection on said outer frame and said sixth pivotal connection being vertically spaced apart, and d. said sixth pivotal connection being co-axial with said second pivotal connections.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
95 words
said elevator assembly comprising a track assembly and a frame moving means, a. said track assembly comprising a pair of parallel rigid vertically extending tracks, both of said tracks firmly attached to the base frame and longitudinally spaced apart along the said frame, one near each end of said top opening of said receptacle, each track also extending upwards along one side of said receptacle and over a portion of the top thereof; b. the frame moving means comprising a power source supported on said base frame and operatively connected to said container engaging assembly;
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
95 words
said elevator assembly comprising a track assembly and a frame moving means, a. said track assembly comprising a pair of parallel rigid vertically extending tracks, both of said tracks firmly attached to the base frame and longitudinally spaced apart along the said frame, one near each end of said top opening of said receptacle, each track also extending upwards along one side of said receptacle and over a portion of the top thereof; b. the frame moving means comprising a power source supported on said base frame and operatively connected to said container engaging assembly;
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
165 words
Apparatus as in claim 2 comprising also, in operative connection, a. a driver''s seat, controls for said steering assembly and power source adjacent said driver''s seat, b. first control means operatively connected to all of said double-acting pistons to concurrently expand or contract all of said first pair of piston units, said second pair of said piston units and said third piston units, c. and second control means operatively connected to said frame moving means and, for concurrent operation thereof, to said means for closing said lid over said top opening, d. and separate control means for said first piston units, separate control means for said second piston units and separate control means for said third piston unit, and e. means for surveillance of said top opening and lid located adjacent said first and second control means, said first control means and said second control means and said separate control means and said means for surveillance being located in a zone adjacent said driver''s seat.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
251 words
said container engaging assembly comprising an expansible frame assembly, a container engaging means, and a positioning control assembly therefor, said container engaging means supported on said expansible frame assembly, which assembly is movably supported on said track means and operatively connected to said frame moving means; a. said expansible frame assembly comprising an interior frame, an exterior frame with a container engaging means and a control and positioning assembly; i. the interior frame comprising rigid vertically spaced apart horizontally extending upper and lower members and rigid horizontally spaced apart vertically extending front and rear members firmly joined together and forming a rigid flat frame, said interior frame also including movable support means extending to and movably held on said track assembly, said frame moving means comprising power means and power transmission means connected thereto for moving said interior frame along said track means by support means connected to said interior frame; ii. the exterior frame comprising vertically spaced apart horizontally extending exterior frame front and rear vertical members and horizontally spaced apart vertically extending exterior frame horizontal top and bottom members firmly joined together to form a rigid outer frame located lateral of said interior frame; b. said container support engaging means comprising rigid container arm support means movably supported on said exterior frame and extensible at right angles from said exterior frame, and extension and retraction means on said outer frame connected to said container arm support means to position said rigid container arm support means on said exterior frame;
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
251 words
said container engaging assembly comprising an expansible frame assembly, a container engaging means, and a positioning control assembly therefor, said container engaging means supported on said expansible frame assembly, which assembly is movably supported on said track means and operatively connected to said frame moving means; a. said expansible frame assembly comprising an interior frame, an exterior frame with a container engaging means and a control and positioning assembly; i. the interior frame comprising rigid vertically spaced apart horizontally extending upper and lower members and rigid horizontally spaced apart vertically extending front and rear members firmly joined together and forming a rigid flat frame, said interior frame also including movable support means extending to and movably held on said track assembly, said frame moving means comprising power means and power transmission means connected thereto for moving said interior frame along said track means by support means connected to said interior frame; ii. the exterior frame comprising vertically spaced apart horizontally extending exterior frame front and rear vertical members and horizontally spaced apart vertically extending exterior frame horizontal top and bottom members firmly joined together to form a rigid outer frame located lateral of said interior frame; b. said container support engaging means comprising rigid container arm support means movably supported on said exterior frame and extensible at right angles from said exterior frame, and extension and retraction means on said outer frame connected to said container arm support means to position said rigid container arm support means on said exterior frame;
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
44 words
said frame positioning control menas comprising means for supporting said outer frame on said inner frame and for moving said outer frame toward and away from said inner frame and for pivoting said outer frame about horizontal axes relative to said inner frame, and
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
44 words
said frame positioning control menas comprising means for supporting said outer frame on said inner frame and for moving said outer frame toward and away from said inner frame and for pivoting said outer frame about horizontal axes relative to said inner frame, and
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
289 words
said refuse container comprising vertically extending imperforate rigid front wall, rear wall, inner side wall and outer side wall and a rigid horizontal bottom wall, all firmly joined together, and a top opening between said front, rear, and side walls, a movable cover over said top opening, and, a. on the front wall of said container, a horizontally extending pocket chamber formed by a horizontally extending rigid top sleeve wall firmly attached to the exterior of said front wall, a horizontally extending rigid, bottom sleeve wall firmly attached to the exterior of said front wall, and a rigid vertical wall between said front top sleeve wall and front bottom sleeve wall and spaced away from said front wall, whereby said front, top and vertical walls define a front pocket open to the plane of said inner side wall; and also, on the rear wall of said container, a horizontally extending rigid top sleeve wall firmly attached to the exterior of said rear wall between said side walls, and a horizontally extending rigid rear bottom sleeve wall firmly attached to said rear wall and a vertical wall between said rear top sleeve wall and rear bottom sleeve wall and spaced away from said rear wall and said sleeve walls and forming a rear pocket facing the plane of said inner side wall, said frOnt and rear pockets each having a cross-section parallel to the plane of the inner side wall which is larger than the cross-section of the rigid container arm support means on said exterior frame, said rigid container arm support means on said exterior frame being a distance from each other that is the same distance as the distance between the front and rear pockets on said container.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
289 words
said refuse container comprising vertically extending imperforate rigid front wall, rear wall, inner side wall and outer side wall and a rigid horizontal bottom wall, all firmly joined together, and a top opening between said front, rear, and side walls, a movable cover over said top opening, and, a. on the front wall of said container, a horizontally extending pocket chamber formed by a horizontally extending rigid top sleeve wall firmly attached to the exterior of said front wall, a horizontally extending rigid, bottom sleeve wall firmly attached to the exterior of said front wall, and a rigid vertical wall between said front top sleeve wall and front bottom sleeve wall and spaced away from said front wall, whereby said front, top and vertical walls define a front pocket open to the plane of said inner side wall; and also, on the rear wall of said container, a horizontally extending rigid top sleeve wall firmly attached to the exterior of said rear wall between said side walls, and a horizontally extending rigid rear bottom sleeve wall firmly attached to said rear wall and a vertical wall between said rear top sleeve wall and rear bottom sleeve wall and spaced away from said rear wall and said sleeve walls and forming a rear pocket facing the plane of said inner side wall, said frOnt and rear pockets each having a cross-section parallel to the plane of the inner side wall which is larger than the cross-section of the rigid container arm support means on said exterior frame, said rigid container arm support means on said exterior frame being a distance from each other that is the same distance as the distance between the front and rear pockets on said container.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1976-11-19 | 1977-05-21 | 1977-11-20 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1980-11-19 | 1981-05-21 | 1981-11-20 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1984-11-19 | 1985-05-21 | 1985-11-20 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |