REFUSE VEHICLE WITH MULTI-SECTION REFUSE EJECTOR
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1. A refuse vehicle, comprising:
- a chassis including a frame and a cab disposed at one end of the frame;
a body including a hopper portion having a first width and a storage portion having a second width greater than the first width, wherein the hopper portion is positioned forward of the storage portion, between the storage portion and the cab;
a primary ejector having a width equal to the first width;
an auxiliary ejector having a width equal to the difference between the first width and the second width, wherein the primary ejector is selectively repositionable within the hopper portion and the storage portion of the body to at least one of compact refuse therein and eject refuse therefrom, and wherein the auxiliary ejector is selectively repositionable within the storage portion of the body to at least one of compact refuse therein and eject refuse therefrom in tandem with the primary ejector; and
a pickup configured to selectively couple the primary ejector and the auxiliary ejector, wherein the pickup is configured to at least one of (a) automatically couple the primary ejector and the auxiliary ejector and (b) automatically decouple the primary ejector and the auxiliary ejector when the primary ejector is positioned at an interface between the storage portion and the hopper portion.
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Abstract
A refuse vehicle includes a chassis having a frame and a cab disposed at one end of the frame, a body including a hopper portion having a first width and a storage portion having a second width greater than the first width, the hopper portion positioned forward of the storage portion, between the storage portion and the cab, a primary ejector having a width equal to the first width, an auxiliary ejector having a width equal to the difference between the first width and the second width, and a pickup. The pickup is configured to selectively couple the primary ejector and the auxiliary ejector.
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20 Claims
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1. A refuse vehicle, comprising:
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a chassis including a frame and a cab disposed at one end of the frame; a body including a hopper portion having a first width and a storage portion having a second width greater than the first width, wherein the hopper portion is positioned forward of the storage portion, between the storage portion and the cab; a primary ejector having a width equal to the first width; an auxiliary ejector having a width equal to the difference between the first width and the second width, wherein the primary ejector is selectively repositionable within the hopper portion and the storage portion of the body to at least one of compact refuse therein and eject refuse therefrom, and wherein the auxiliary ejector is selectively repositionable within the storage portion of the body to at least one of compact refuse therein and eject refuse therefrom in tandem with the primary ejector; and a pickup configured to selectively couple the primary ejector and the auxiliary ejector, wherein the pickup is configured to at least one of (a) automatically couple the primary ejector and the auxiliary ejector and (b) automatically decouple the primary ejector and the auxiliary ejector when the primary ejector is positioned at an interface between the storage portion and the hopper portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A refuse vehicle, comprising:
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a chassis including a frame and a cab disposed at one end of the frame; a body including a hopper portion having a first width and a storage portion having a second width greater than the first width, wherein the hopper portion is positioned forward of the storage portion, between the storage portion and the cab; a primary ejector having a width that corresponds with the first width; an auxiliary ejector, wherein the combined widths of the primary ejector and the auxiliary ejector correspond with the second width, wherein the primary ejector is selectively repositionable along a primary ejector track extending through the hopper portion and the storage portion and wherein the auxiliary ejector is selectively repositionable along an auxiliary ejector track extending through the storage portion; and an actuator directly coupled to both the body and the primary ejector, the actuator configured to selectively reposition the primary ejector along the primary ejector track. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A side-loading refuse vehicle, comprising:
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a chassis including a frame and a cab disposed at one end of the frame; a body including a storage portion and a hopper portion positioned between the storage portion and the cab, wherein a wall of the body that defines the hopper portion is inset relative to a wall of the body that defines the storage portion such that the body defines a space between the storage portion and the cab, alongside the hopper portion, that is configured to receive a container handling system; at least two ejectors, wherein a first of the at least two ejectors has a first sweep area extending through the hopper portion and one lateral side of the storage portion of the body, the first sweep area narrower than the storage portion of the body, wherein a second of the at least two ejectors has a second sweep area extending through a second lateral side of the storage portion, and wherein the second sweep area is disposed rearward of the space defined by the body that is configured to receive the container handling system such that the second of the at least two ejectors sweeps a dead zone not accessible to the first of the at least two ejectors; and a pickup configured to selectively couple the first of the at least two ejectors and the second of the at least two ejectors, wherein the pickup is configured to at least one of (a) automatically couple the first of the at least two ejectors and the second of the at least two ejectors and (b) automatically decouple the first of the at least two ejectors and the second of the at least two ejectors when the first of the at least two ejectors is positioned at an interface between the storage portion and the hopper portion. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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