CAROUSEL FOR SOLID WASTE COMPACTOR

• US 3,782,068 A
• Filed: 02/29/1972
• Issued: 01/01/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 02/29/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Maurice E. Aaron, Stanley J. Woyden
• Original Assignee: Maurice E. Aaron, Stanley J. Woyden
• Inventors: Woyden, Stanley J., Aaron, Maurice E.
• Primary Examiner(s): McGehee, Travis S.
• Application Number:
  US05/230,271
• Time in Patent Office: 672 Days
• Field of Search: 53/73,74,124D,253,64 198/209
• US Class Current: 53/64
• CPC Class Codes: B30B 15/0023 Drive arrangements for movable carriers, e.g. turntables
• CPC Class Codes: B30B 9/3075 with press boxes on a movable carrier, e.g. turntable

Abstract

A carousel for handling compacted refuse in a refuse compactor system includes a circular turntable adapted carrying a selected number of refuse receptacles and a drive mechanism for indexing the turntable in coordination with the compactor ejection cycle. The carousel is designed to insure that each receptacle receives one and only one refuse slug and that no slug is ejected unless an empty receptacle is properly positioned beneath the compactor ejection port. The system is adapted to accommodate turntables of different sizes carrying different numbers of receptacles so that it may be used in installations handling different daily volumes.

Claims

1. Apparatus for collecting compacted refuse from the output port of a solid waste compactor comprising a turntable supported for rotational motion adjacent said solid waste compactor, a plurality of refuse receptacle stations positioned on said turntable adjacent the edge thereof in alignment with said compactor output port, sensing means for sensing when the refuse receptacle beneath said output port is filled with compacted refuse, control means for receiving signals from said sensing means and for generating control signals, said control means including a counter which is incremented each time a full receptacle is sensed beneath said output port, said counter operating in said control means to inhibit the ejection cycle of said compactor when said counter reaches a predetermined count, and indexing means for rotating said turntable by a selected angular distance in response to signals from said control means whenever a full refuse receptacle is sensed beneath said output port.

2. Apparatus for collecting compacted refuse from the output port of a solid waste compactor comprising a turntable supported for rotational motion adjacent said solid waste compactor, a plurality of refuse receptacle stations positioned on said turntable adjacent the edge thereof in alignment with said compactor output port, each such refuse receptacle station including a ring supported above said turntable by upstanding members, said ring being adapted to receive a flexible refuse bag, said upstanding members being spaced apart by a selected distance at the side thereof radially outwardly with respect to said turntable so that said bag is prevented from inadvertently being thrown off said turntable by centrifUgal force when said turntable is rotated while said bag may be manually removed between said upstanding members beneath said ring, probe means for sensing when the refuse receptacle beneath said output port has been filled with compacted refuse, control means for receiving signals from said sensing means and for generating control signals, and indexing means for rotating said turntable by a selected angular distance in response to signals from said control means whenever a full refuse receptacle is sensed beneath said output port.

3. Apparatus in accordance with claim 1 wherein said control means further includes a manual switch for simultaneously signalling said indexing means to index said turntable and for incrementing said counter.

4. Apparatus in accordance with claim 1 further including means for sensing when a compacted refuse bale is ejected from said compactor and wherein said control means further includes means for signalling said indexing means to turn said turntable and for incrementing said counter when ejection is sensed.

5. Apparauts for collecting compacted refuse from the output port of a solid waste compactor comprising a turntable supported for rotational motion adjacent said solid waste compactor, a plurality of refuse receptacle stations positioned on said turntable adjacent the edge thereof in alignment with said compactor output port, sensing means for sensing when the refuse receptacle beneath said output port is filled with compacted refuse, control means for receiving signals from said sensing means and for generating control signals, and indexing means for rotating said turntable by a selected angular distance in response to signals from said control means whenever a full refuse receptacle is sensed beneath said output port, said control means including an overload device operative on commencement of said indexing cycle for interrupting said indexing cycle and disabling said compactor when said indexing cycle has not been completed within a predetermined period of time.

6. Apparatus in accordance with claim 1 including switch means on said turntable for inhibiting the ejection cycle of said compactor unless one of said refuse stations is in proper registry with said ejection port.