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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2005
Claudiu D. Pruteanu, Kasson, MN (US);
Brian R. Meldahl, Brownsdale, MN (US);
Randall L. Bice, Rochester, MN (US);
Jason M. Gillard, West Concord, MN (US);
Claudiu D. Pruteanu, Kasson, MN (US);
Brian R. Meldahl, Brownsdale, MN (US);
Randall L. Bice, Rochester, MN (US);
Jason M. Gillard, West Concord, MN (US);
McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing, Inc., Dodge Center, MN (US);
Abstract
A container handling mechanism suitable for mounting on the side of a refuse vehicle for loading material from refuse containers is disclosed that includes a lift assembly, having a pair of spaced, generally parallel lift support members, attachable to a refuse vehicle, a carriage device reciprocally operable along the lift support members of the lift assembly, a container grabbing system carried by the carriage device and further including a pair of opposed grabber fingers and an actuator system for closing and opening the grabber fingers to engage and release containers of interest, the container grabbing system being vertically pivotable on a short radius for adjusting the position of and tipping a container. A chain and cylinder drive system operates the carriage device along the lift assembly, and a control system controls operation of the container handling mechanism.