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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Calvin J Brandt, Delano, MN (US);
Assignee:
McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing, Inc., Dodge Center, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414408 ; 414421 ; 414550 ; 414555 ; 414730 ; 414810 ; 414812 ;
Abstract
A refuse and/or collection vehicle having an automated container handling mechanism that may automatically lift and dump a container into a charging hopper of the vehicle. A microprocessor controls the extension and lift of the container handling mechanism and analyzes the output voltage of potentiometers coupled to the container handling mechanism to thereby coordinate actuation of the container handling mechanism and smoothly pick up the container from the curbside, dump the container in the charging hopper, and return the container to the same position on the curbside but above the ground a predetermined distance.