SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING AND PICKING UP A WASTE RECEPTACLE

    公开(公告)号:US20240359908A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-31

    申请号:US18642328

    申请日:2024-04-22

    摘要: An intermediate container system for detecting a waste receptacle includes an intermediate container and a processor. The intermediate container includes a container, an extension arm coupled to the container, a manipulator coupled to a distal end of the extension arm, and a camera configured to obtain image data associated with a target area proximate the intermediate container. The processor is configured to generate, based on the image data, a pose candidate located within the target area. The processor is also configured to verify if the pose candidate matches a template representation corresponding to the waste receptacle. Responsive to the pose candidate matching the template representation, the processor is also configured to determine a location of the waste receptacle. The processor is also configured to operate at least one of the extension arm or the manipulator to move the manipulator based on the location of the waste receptacle.

    Device for transporting a waste container

    公开(公告)号:US12091242B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-17

    申请号:US17601184

    申请日:2020-04-03

    发明人: Graham John Bee

    IPC分类号: B65F1/14 B65F1/12

    CPC分类号: B65F1/1468 B65F1/122

    摘要: The present invention relates to a device for transporting a waste container. The device comprises a mount for mounting the device to a vehicle, a central support for supporting the waste container, the central support being connected to the mount and being extendable to lift the waste container off the ground, an attachment element for attaching the waste container to the central support, and a lifting mechanism for raising and lowering the waste container when the waste container is attached to the central support, wherein the device is configured such that when the device is mounted to the vehicle, a waste container can be lifted and transported by the vehicle in a substantially upright position.

    Container handling apparatuses for refuse trucks

    公开(公告)号:US10053285B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-21

    申请号:US15393688

    申请日:2016-12-29

    IPC分类号: B65F3/04 B65F1/12

    CPC分类号: B65F3/041 B65F1/122

    摘要: A cargo body of a refuse truck includes a support frame and a bed having a storage volume supported by the support frame. A container handling apparatus includes a primary lift arm for lifting a container lift platform using an actuation system. The primary lift arm is pivotally connected to the support frame at a pivot location between the support frame and the primary lift arm. The actuation system includes a hydraulic cylinder including an actuation rod that is used to move the primary lift arm between raised and lowered positions. A clevis member is connected at an end of the actuation rod. The clevis member has an arm link connection portion that pivotally connects to an arm linkage at a pivot location between the clevis member and the arm linkage and a traveler portion including a traveler member that moves along a guide track as the actuation rod is extended and retracted. The pivot location between the clevis member and the arm linkage is offset from the traveler member.

    IN-GROUND RECEPTACLE AND INSTALLATION THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20180215536A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-02

    申请号:US15938174

    申请日:2018-03-28

    申请人: EARTHBIN INC.

    发明人: David HALLMAN

    IPC分类号: B65F1/14

    CPC分类号: B65F1/1447 B65F1/122

    摘要: An in-ground apparatus includes a receptacle and a liner into which the receptacle can be placed and removed. The liner may be a molded plastic liner having a tapering body to permit stacking. The lower margin includes a set of seats for anchor fittings in the form of re-bar prongs that, when installed, extend radially outwardly from the liner. The seats, and hence the prongs, are located upwardly of the bottom edge of the liner so that they are embedded above and below when concrete is poured around the bottom of the liner. The bottom edge of the liner is folded upwardly and inwardly to form a V-shaped channel. The seats for the anchor fittings extend across the channel. The seats may include a cylindrical wall sealed from the inside of the liner. The liner may have intermediate stiffening ribs between bottom and top. The top of the liner may have a seat for the receptacle, and an external concrete break.

    LID SYSTEM FOR A FRONT LOAD DUMPSTER
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180118460A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-03

    申请号:US15798948

    申请日:2017-10-31

    IPC分类号: B65F1/16

    摘要: A lid system for a front load dumpster is provided. The lid system provides a container assembly, an upper frame assembly having a curved lid, and a lower frame assembly, wherein the container assembly may rotate relative to the lower frame assembly and the upper frame assembly in a forward direction and an opposing rearward direction, while the upper frame assembly may rotate relative to the lower frame assembly only in the rearward direction so that the curved lid opens during dumping when the container assembly is in an upended condition, but the upper frame assembly and its curved lid may remain locked in a closed configuration when the container assembly is in an upright condition, before and after the dumping.

    CANTILEVERED DUMPER SYSTEM
    7.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180118459A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-03

    申请号:US15727563

    申请日:2017-10-06

    摘要: A cantilevered dumping system comprising a dumping mechanism that is adapted to be repositioned (e.g., reversed) relative to a base structure such that there may be multiple modes of operation of the dumping mechanism relative to the base structure (e.g., loading of materials and/or movement of the dumping mechanism, etc.). An exemplary embodiment of a dumping system may allow for the connections of a dumping mechanism to a base structure to be changed (e.g., reversed) such that the operation of the dumping mechanism relative to the base structure (e.g., loading of materials and/or movement of the dumping mechanism, etc.) is different. Another embodiment of a dumping system may include a base structure that includes multiple guide plates and/or guide rails to facilitate the desired modes of operation of a dumping mechanism relative to the base structure (e.g., loading of materials and/or movement of the dumping mechanism, etc.).

    CONTAINER ASSEMBLY FOR REFUSE VEHICLE
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170341860A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-30

    申请号:US15167857

    申请日:2016-05-27

    摘要: A container assembly includes a container, a collection arm assembly, a locking mechanism, and a controller. The container has a front wall, a rear wall, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall cooperatively defining an internal cavity. The collection arm assembly is slidably coupled to the container such that the collection arm assembly is selectively extendable laterally outward from the container. The collection arm assembly includes a retaining pocket. The locking mechanism includes a latch and an actuator. The latch is positioned to selectively engage with the retaining pocket of the collection arm assembly. The actuator is positioned to selectively reconfigure the latch between an unlocked position and a locked position. The controller is configured to engage the actuator to selectively reconfigure the latch into the locked position and thereby prevent the collection arm assembly from extending laterally outward from the container.

    Unitary ornamental front load containers, ornamental surrounds, and front load containers

    公开(公告)号:US09637308B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-02

    申请号:US14715091

    申请日:2015-05-18

    发明人: Paul Nichols

    IPC分类号: B65F1/14 B65F1/02 B65F1/12

    摘要: Unitary ornamental front load containers for containing trash and/or recyclables include a container for containing the trash and/or recyclables, and an ornamental surround attached with a connector to the front load container. The attached ornamental surround defines right and left front openings aligned with right and left front pocket openings of right and left fork pockets of the container. The ornamental surround obscures from view the front sidewall, the right sidewall having the right fork pocket, the left sidewall having the left fork pocket, the rear sidewall, and the at least one hinged top of the container by an observer standing on the ground. The container and the attached ornamental surround being liftable as a unit by forks of a front loading garbage truck to empty the trash and/or the recyclables from the unitary ornamental front load container.