Apparatus for lifting and removing garbage containers from garbage trucks

Claim 1

Apparatus for lifting detachably mounted containers from garbage-collecting vehicles having load carrying platforms and for carrying said containers away from said vehicles, the containers being provided on their undersides with laterally disposed, longitudinally extending skids which are adapted to cooperate with brake rails disposed between said skids, said apparatus comprising an inclined roller conveyor for conveying said containers in a direction transverse to their longitudinal direction, the rollers of said conveyor being arranged in laterally disposed pairs and provided at their ends with flanges having radially and axially inwardly beveled inside surfaces and being axially spaced apart at their inner ends at least by a width equal to the width of a skid on a container, said skid on the container being supported by a roller between the flanges thereof, a receiving end of said roller conveyor having substantially the same elevation as the load-carrying platform of a garbage-collecting vehicle and being provided with arms having tines which are moved under a container when the container has been unlocked, and means to lift and lower the arms and to extend the arms beyond the receiving end of said conveyor and to retract the arms into or beyond said receiving end, and braking means located adjacent to a delivery end of said roller conveyor and which comprise a brake beam disposed in the middle portion of the width of said roller conveyor, or two brake beams disposed adjacent to the sides of said conveyor, said brake beam or said brake beams being provided with brake linings, and said brake beam or beams being adapted to be lifted above and to be lowered below the plane of conveyance by said rollers.