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ADAPTER TO EMPTY REAR END LOAD OR SIDE LOAD REFUSE CONTAINERS INTO FORK BORNE INTERMEDIATE CONTAINER

  • US 20130195590A1
  • Filed: 01/24/2013
  • Published: 08/01/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In an apparatus for collection of refuse commodities having a truck chassis with a commodity collection body mounted thereon, the truck chassis further supporting a cab for housing an operator, the commodity collection body including a pair of lift arms pivotable thereon from a lowered position forward of the cab of the truck chassis to an elevated position over a top load opening of the commodity collection body, the load arms having forks on the free ends of the lift arms, and fork cylinders coupling the forks to the arms to selectively orient the forks on the arms, an adapter apparatus comprisingan intermediate container selectively carried on the forks of the commodity collection body,the intermediate container including opposing sidewalls,each sidewall of the opposing sidewalls having a fork receiving pocket thereon,the fork receiving pockets generally parallel with a bottom of the intermediate container,the fork receiving pockets oriented to receive the forks when the forks are in a generally horizontal orientation,a container engaging mechanism supported on the intermediate container,the container engaging mechanism adapted to removably attach to a commercial refuse container,the container engaging mechanism moveable from a lowered position to a tipped position wherein the commercial refuse container attached to the container engaging mechanism is substantially tipped over a top opening of the intermediate container,control apparatus to operate the engaging mechanism, and to raise and tip the engaging mechanism,the control apparatus coupled to controls in the cab of the truck chassis,wherein the commercial refuse container may be elevated and tipped over the top opening of the intermediate container to empty contents of the commercial refuse container into the intermediate container andwherein the intermediate container may selectively be emptied into the top load opening of the commodity collection body.

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