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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 1984
Filed:
Jan. 05, 1982
David E Kelley, Pompano Beach, FL (US);
Willis K Quick, Pompano Beach, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
An anti-jam blade assembly is provided on a packer-ejector blade of a refuse vehicle. The packer-ejector blade comprises a superstructure to which there is attached a downwardly inclined face. The superstructure and downwardly inclined face are reciprocated within a refuse vehicle receptacle. The anti-jam blade assembly to which this invention pertains comprises box-like elements hingedly attached to the superstructure and the blade assembly. The box-like elements are spaced apart and hingedly attached by brackets or the like to the downwardly inclined face. Springs are used to maintain the box-like elements in upward orientation and in the same plane as the superstructure. Upon an article becoming positioned between the box-like elements and the roof of the vehicle receptacle, the box-like elements will pivot forwardly thus decreasing pressure on the article and preventing jamming of the blade assembly. The article will become dislodged by drawing back on the blade assembly whereby the box-like elements will slide over the article which will be released and fall into the vehicle receptacle.