Kann Manufacturing Corp.

Zoltan Szinte

A refuse collection vehicle for collecting refuse contained in refuse receptacles includes a storage body having a plurality of segregated refuse compartments, an intermediate container having a plurality of bins corresponding to the plurality of refuse compartments, an intermediate container dumping assembly supported proximate the storage body for lifting and emptying contents of each of the plurality of bins into corresponding refuse compartments of the storage body and an automated refuse collection assembly supported adjacent the plurality of bins of the intermediate container. The automated refuse receptacle collection assembly is configured for engaging a refuse receptacle and is selectively movable so as to engage refuse receptacles curbside, streetside and anywhere in between the curbside and the streetside of the refuse collection vehicle. The automated refuse receptacle collection assembly is also configured and selectively movable for selectively dumping contents of the refuse receptacle into a selected one of the plurality of bins.

Refuse receptacle collection assembly

A refuse receptacle collection assembly includes a receptacle engaging assembly and a pivot assembly. The receptacle engaging assembly is configured for engaging a refuse receptacle to move the refuse receptacle. The pivot assembly pivots the receptacle engaging assembly between a first position in which the engaging assembly faces streetside for engaging receptacles located streetside and a second position in which the engaging assembly faces curbside for engaging receptacles located curbside.

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Des Plaines, IL, United States of America

Zoltan Szinte