EP 1236657 A1 20020904 - Waste collection vehicle
Title (en)
Waste collection vehicle
Title (de)
Müllsammelfahrzeug
Title (fr)
Véhicule de ramassage d'ordures
Publication
Application
Priority
GB 0105157 A 20010302
Abstract (en)
Waste collection vehicles, of the kind typically used in the collection of municipal waste, may comprise at least one compartment in which waste material is to be transported. It is a problem that in transporting certain kinds of waste material, such as plastics containers or garden or green waste, from a collection point to a recycling point that the ratio of mass transported to volume occupied by the waste material is not particularly high. Embodiments of a municipal waste vehicle are disclosed in which waste material passes through an opening (14;44) in an upper region of a vehicle compartment (8;38) and subsequently through a waste processing unit (4;34), the waste processing unit (4;34) being adapted to reduce the volume of the waste material as the waste material enters the compartment (8;38). <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B65F 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B30B 9/3082 (2013.01); B65F 3/14 (2013.01); B65F 2210/12 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [XY] DE 29520092 U1 19960321 - LOESCH & REINBERGER GMBH [DE]
- [Y] DE 9403376 U1 19940428 - HORSTMANN FOERDERTECHNIK GMBH [DE]
- [YA] US 5195429 A 19930323 - FIRPO SERGIO E [US]
- [X] DE 9218027 U1 19930603
- [X] DE 4226807 A1 19940217 - SPLIES DIETER [DE]
- [A] US 4987829 A 19910129 - HUDSON WILBUR G [US], et al
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 02251459 A 20020301; GB 0105157 A 20010302