REFUSE COLLECTOR Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: municipal vehicles. SUBSTANCE: proposed refuse collector has truck chassis 1 with closed body 2, intake hopper 3 and charging device 4 for containers K40, K1100 and K6 consisting of stops and grip-and-stop device for container K40, hooks for opening of covers and grips for containers K1100, and hydraulic cylinders. Two enclosing each other outer and inner U-shaped turnable frames are hinge-mounted on common fixed axle on upper part of charging hopper symmetrically relative to its vertical plane of symmetry. Buffer-like stops are mounted on crossmember of inner frame, and hooks are freely suspended from outer frame. Adjacent side beams of inner and outer frames are braced in pairs. Inner frame is coupled with hydraulic cylinder for changing relative position of frame and lifting the frames in extreme upper position when handling container K6. EFFECT: improved operating conditions, increased reliability. 2 cl, 11 dwg