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Waste collection and separation system

  • US 5,511,687 A
  • Filed: 03/24/1994
  • Issued: 04/30/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/24/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Apparatus for collecting wastes sorted by type, said apparatus for use with a container having a plurality of compartments, each of said compartments holding only one type of said waste, said apparatus comprising:

  • a housing having an interior, an exterior, and at least one hatch for providing access to said interior of said housing;

    a plurality of removable bins carried in said interior of said housing, each compartment of said plurality of compartments corresponding to only one bin of said plurality of bins;

    means mounted to said exterior of said housing for moving said container over said hatch and aligning said container therewith so that said container can be emptied into said hatch;

    means carried within said housing for distributing said wastes emptied through said hatch into said plurality of bins; and

    said housing having a plurality of openings for removing said plurality of removable bins from said interior of said housing.

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