REFUSE DISPOSAL TRANSFER STATION

• US 3,640,411 A
• Filed: 03/23/1970
• Issued: 02/08/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Orin M. Anderson
• Original Assignee: Orin M. Anderson
• Inventors: Anderson, Orin M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Forlenza, Gerald M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Spar, Robert J.
• Application Number:
  US05/021,783
• Time in Patent Office: 687 Days
• Field of Search: 214/17C,41,82,510,83.3 198/66,59,67,60,68,111,78,112,81,218,221,224,222 222/409 100/29A,229A
• US Class Current: 414/304
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 9/00 Transferring of refuse between vehicles or containers with intermediate storage or pressing presses for baling per se B30B9/30

Abstract

A transfer station for the unloading of refuse from collection vehicles and the loading of the refuse into transfer vehicles for transportation to a final disposal location. The station has an unloading area at an upper level and a transfer vehicle loading area at a lower level, and the unloading area has open troughs positioned to receive refuse discharged from collection vehicles on the unloading area and means for moving the refuse in either direction along the troughs to hoppers into which the refuse may be moved and which are positioned to discharge the refuse downwardly into ram mechanism positioned to load the refuse into transfer vehicles located in the loading area.

Claims

1. In a transfer station for the unloading of refuse from refuse collection vehicles and subsequent of such refuse into refuse transfer vehicles, an apparatus which comprises:

a building structure having an unloading area at an upper level and a loading area at a lower level;

trough means extending adjacent to a portion of said unloading area and having an upwardly open portion for receiving refuse therethrough from such vehicles on said unloading area;

hopper means located at least at two spaced locations along said trough means and in communication therewith, and said hopper means being located at least in part below said trough means for receiving refuse therefrom through an opening;

a generally upstanding means positioned in said trough mEans and extending across a substantial portion thereof, said means having faces on opposite sides thereof for contacting and pushing refuse in said trough means on movement therealong;

motive means connected to said upstanding means for reciprocally moving said means along said trough means between said first hopper means and said second hopper means, said upstanding means being adapted to push refuse along said trough means into said first and second hopper means; and

loading means cooperatively mounted with respect to said hopper means for loading refuse in said hopper means into such a transfer vehicle on said lower level.

2. The invention of claim 1 wherein said motive means incorporates a flexible member extended over a pair of spaced roller means which position and guide said flexible member on movement between said roller means, and means connecting said upstanding means to said flexible member.

3. The invention of claim 2 including a motor for rotating said roller means.

4. The invention of claim 2 including a guide way supporting said flexible member between said roller means.

5. The invention of claim 2 including wells and trackways in said trough means for guiding and holding upright said upstanding means.

6. The invention of claim 5 wherein said upstanding means includes a pair of generally planar faces on opposite sides.

7. The invention of claim 1 wherein said loading means includes means forming a ram chamber into which refuse from said hopper means is discharged and having an end outlet through which refuse is discharged into a transfer vehicle located on said lower area;

and ram means movable disposed in said chamber for movement to one position therein to allow the discharge of refuse from said hopper means into said chamber and to another position to move refuse from said chamber into such a transfer vehicle.

8. The invention of claim 6 wherein said loading means includes means forming a ram chamber into which refuse from said hopper means is discharged and having an end outlet through which refuse is discharged into a transfer vehicle located on said lower area;

and ram means movably disposed in said chamber for movement to one position therein to allow the discharge of refuse from said hopper means into said chamber and to another position to move refuse from said chamber into such a transfer vehicle.