Method for the handling of solid waste

• US 4,095,519 A
• Filed: 06/15/1977
• Issued: 06/20/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hyman Budoff
• Original Assignee: Hyman Budoff
• Inventors: Budoff, Hyman
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilhite, Billy J.
• Application Number:
  US05/806,902
• Time in Patent Office: 370 Days
• Field of Search: 100/35, 100/43, 100/45, 100/48, 100/50, 100/99, 100/49, 100/193, 100/209, 100/215, 100/229 A
• US Class Current: 100/35
• CPC Class Codes: B30B 9/3042 Containers provided with, or connectable to, compactor means
• 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 method for handling waste in a system having multiple and operatively interconnected stations. Each station has a closed hopper unit, a removable storage unit, and a compactor unit having a reciprocally driven compactor unit means. The method comprises the steps of: sensing the presence of an adjacent vehicle and opening the hopper unit and depositing waste therein; sensing the absence of an adjacent vehicle and closing the open hopper unit; actuating the compactor means to transfer waste from the hopper unit and compact the waste in the storage unit; detecting the density of the compacted waste and comparing the density thereof to a predetermined value; deactivating a station when the density of compacted waste therein exceeds the predetermined value; activating an interconnected station having an empty storage unit; and, removing the storage unit from the deactivated station for emptying.

Claims

1. A method of handling waste in a system having multiple and operatively interconnected stations, each said station having a closed hopper unit, a removable storage unit and a compactor unit having a reciprocally driven compactor means, comprising the steps of:

sensing the presence of a vehicle adjacent one of said hopper units at said operatively interconnected stations and opening said hopper unit for receiving such waste in response to the presence of an adjacent vehicle;

depositing such waste in said open hopper unit;

sensing the absence of a vehicle adjacent said open hopper unit and closing said hopper unit in response to the absence of an adjacent vehicle;

actuating said compactor means to transfer such waste from said hopper unit and compacting such waste in said storage unit;

detecting the density of such compacted waste in said storage unit;

comparing said detected density of compacted waste in said storage unit to predetermined value;

deactivating a station having said compacted waste with a detected density exceeding said predetermined value;

activating an interconnected station having an empty storage unit; and

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removing said storage unit from said deactivated station for emptying.