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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2023
Applicant:
The Heil Co., Chattanooga, TN (US);
Inventors:
David G. Lewis, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Stanley L. Maroney, Attalla, AL (US);
Chad R. Blanchard, Cumming, GA (US);
Assignee:
The Heil Co., Chattanooga, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65F 3/04 (2006.01); B65F 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65F 3/041 (2013.01); B65F 2003/023 (2013.01); B65F 2003/0253 (2013.01); B65F 2003/0269 (2013.01);
Abstract
A refuse collection vehicle includes a grabber that is operable to engage a refuse container, at least one sensor that is arranged to collect data indicating a relative positioning of a first arm of the grabber and a second arm of the grabber, and a controller having one or more control elements for selecting a target positioning of a first arm of the grabber and a second arm of the grabber. The first arm and the second arm automatically move to the target positioning in response to a signal received by an onboard computing device of the vehicle.