METHOD OF HANDLING REFUSE

• US 3,583,164 A
• Filed: 05/15/1969
• Issued: 06/08/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/1969
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Clark A. Sherrill
• Original Assignee: Clark A. Sherrill
• Inventors: Sherrill, Clark A.
• Application Number:
  US04/824,936
• Time in Patent Office: 754 Days
• US Class Current: 405/129.15
• CPC Class Codes: B09B 3/20 Agglomeration, binding or encapsulation of solid waste

Abstract

A method of handling refuse in which a mobile baling press is transported along a refuse collection route while refuse is gathered thereto from locations along the route, gathered refuse is compressed and bound in highly dense bales, bound bales are transported from the route to a sanitary landfill area and deposited therein, and are there covered over with dirt.

Claims

1. A method of handling residential refuse and the like comprising the steps of transporting a mobile baling press along a residential refuse collection route while gathering refuse to the press from residences along the collection route, while compressing gathered refuse in the press into a highly dense bale and encircling the compressed bale with binding material, then collecting bound bales, transporting collected bales from the collection route to a sanitary landfill area, and depositing bales in the sanitary landfill area and covering the deposited bales over with earth.

2. A refuse handling method in accordance with claim 1 wherein the step of compressing refuse includes compacting the refuse into a volume of about one-twelfth that occupied by the refuse as gathered from locations along the collection route.

3. A refuse handling method according to claim 1 wherein the step of depositing bound bales in the sanitary landfill includes stacking the bound bales in orderly layers and rows so as to minimize the volume of covering earth required.

4. A refuse handling method in accordance with claim 1 wherein the collecting of bound bales continues until a substantial number of bales are accumulated before the collected bales are transported to the sanitary landfill area.

5. A refuse handling method in accordance with claim 4 wherein the step of collecting bound bales includes storing collected bales on a vehicle towing the mobile baling press while continuing said transporting of the press so that departure of the press from the collection route at frequent intervals is avoided in that the step of transporting bound bales to the disposal area proceeds only at intervals required to produce a plurality of bales.

6. A refuse handling method in accordance with claim 4 wherein the step of transporting bound bales to the disposal area proceeds independently of and simultaneously with the step of transporting the mobile baling press.