公开(公告)号：US20230008771A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-12

申请号：US17810995

申请日：2022-07-06

Applicant: The Heil Co.

Inventor： Mark Fraas ,  Eric Evans ,  Michael Shane Peek ,  Tracy Mason ,  Tapankumar Pandya ,  Bryan White ,  Taher Taiyeb Basrai

IPC: B65F3/22 ,  B65F3/02

Abstract: A refuse collection vehicle having a packer system, a hopper, and a storage compartment. A wall between the storage compartment and the hopper defines an opening that allows refuse to pass from the hopper to the storage compartment. The packer system includes an auger screw and a driver. The driver rotates the auger screw such that refuse is packed into the storage compartment through the opening. A door can be positioned to cover the opening in the wall to inhibit refuse from passing back through the opening. A door actuator system moves the door to selectively open and close the door on the opening. A packing actuator can push an ejector panel across the floor of the storage compartment while the door is closed on the opening in the wall to further compact refuse in the storage compartment or to eject refuse from the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US20250153932A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-15

申请号：US18941489

申请日：2024-11-08

Applicant: The Heil Co.

Inventor： Marc Nadeau ,  Michel Fillion ,  Phillip A. Kendrick ,  Michael Shane Peek

IPC: B65F3/04 ,  B65F3/02 ,  F16H7/08

Abstract: A system for loading refuse includes a grabber system and a container lift mechanism. The grabber system is operable to engage a refuse container. The container lift mechanism is configured to couple between the grabber system and a refuse collection vehicle and is operable to lift a refuse container held by the grabber system to empty contents of the refuse container into the refuse collection vehicle. The container lift mechanism includes a mast, a timing belt system, a belt attachment device, and one or more vertical drive units. The mast includes one or more vertical rails, at least one of the vertical rails including one or more guides is configured to guide the grabber system on the mast.

公开(公告)号：US20230076113A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-09

申请号：US17939436

申请日：2022-09-07

Applicant: The Heil Co.

Inventor： Michael Shane Peek ,  Mark Fraas ,  Tapankumar Pandya

IPC: B65F3/28 ,  B65F3/20

Abstract: A rear loading refuse vehicle includes a tailgate coupled to a rearward end of the body. The tailgate includes a modular refuse packing assembly removably mounted therein and configured to compact refuse received in a hopper into a storage chamber located in the body. The modular refuse packing assembly may include a frame supporting an actuator and a blade. The frame is removably coupled to the tailgate. The actuator is configured to move the blade between extended and retracted positions and thereby compact the refuse received in the hopper.

公开(公告)号：US20220410688A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-29

申请号：US17852241

申请日：2022-06-28

Applicant: The Heil Co.

Inventor： Brian T. Parker ,  Savannah G. Chandler ,  Brian Huston Ham ,  Stanley L. Maroney ,  Rebecca B. Palmer ,  Michael Shane Peek ,  John Forrest Smith ,  Bryan Stewart

IPC: B60K1/04 ,  B60P1/50 ,  B60K15/03 ,  B60L50/61 ,  B60L1/00 ,  B60L58/14 ,  B60L8/00 ,  B60L3/00 ,  B65F3/02

Abstract: A refuse vehicle includes a vehicle chassis and an all-electric vehicle body on the chassis. The body includes a hopper, a refuse storage container, and a plurality of electrically powered body systems. The body systems include an electrically actuated tailgate, an electrically actuated refuse loading assembly, and an electrically actuated refuse packing assembly configured to remove refuse from the hopper and to pack said refuse in the storage container. The vehicle (e.g., vehicle body) further includes a power management module configured to regulate energy usage of the body systems and/or to record and track electrical energy usage in the body systems.

公开(公告)号：US20220363474A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-17

申请号：US17741047

申请日：2022-05-10

Applicant: The Heil Co.

Inventor： Mark Fraas ,  Michael Shane Peek ,  Bryan Stewart ,  Eric Evans

IPC: B65F3/20 ,  B65F3/28 ,  B65F3/22

Abstract: A refuse vehicle body includes a tailgate coupled to the body. The tailgate is movable between closed and open positions. An ejector is deployed in the body and configured to translate between forward and rearward positions. An actuator is configured to translate the ejector between the forward and rearward positions and is further configured to provide an actuation force that moves the tailgate from the closed position towards the open position and thereby at least partially opens the tailgate.

公开(公告)号：US20250153933A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-15

申请号：US18941401

申请日：2024-11-08

Applicant: The Heil Co.

Inventor： Marc Nadeau ,  Michel Fillion ,  Phillip A. Kendrick ,  Michael Shane Peek

IPC: B65F3/04

Abstract: A horizontal positioning system for a refuse loading system includes a base section, a distal section, one or more timing belt systems, one or more belt attachment devices, and one or more horizontal drive units. The base section is configured to couple to a frame of a refuse collection vehicle. The distal section is configured to couple between the base section and the refuse loading system and configured to translate with respect to the base section. At least a first one of the timing belt systems includes a pair of timing pulleys spaced horizontally from one another and each is rotatably coupled to the base section, and a timing belt is coupled around the pair of timing pulleys. At least one of the one or more belt attachment devices is configured to couple the base frame to the timing belt of at least one of the timing belt systems at a belt attachment location.

公开(公告)号：US20250153931A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-15

申请号：US18941561

申请日：2024-11-08

Applicant: The Heil Co.

Inventor： Marc Nadeau ,  Michel Fillion ,  Phillip A. Kendrick ,  Michael Shane Peek

IPC: B65F3/02

Abstract: A grabber system for loading refuse includes a frame, a first arm assembly, and second arm assembly, and a grabber drive mechanism. The first arm assembly and the second arm assembly are pivotally coupled to the frame. The grabber drive mechanism is coupled to the frame and operable to move the first arm assembly and the second arm assembly between an open position and a closed position to grab a refuse container. The grabber drive mechanism includes a driving gear, a first driven gear coupled to the first arm assembly and engaged with the driving gear, a second driven gear coupled to the second arm assembly, an idler gear engaged between the second driven gear and the driving gear, and a drive unit configured to rotate the driving gear.

公开(公告)号：US20240359913A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-31

申请号：US18644358

申请日：2024-04-24

Applicant: The Heil Co.

Inventor： Michael Shane Peek ,  Marc Nadeau ,  Michel Fillion ,  Phillip A. Kendrick

IPC: B65F3/20 ,  B65F3/14

CPC classification number: B65F3/201 ,  B65F3/143

Abstract: A waste packing device includes a chute, a packer blade, a rod, and a drive unit. The chute includes an opening. The packer blade is configured to translate back and forth in the chute. The rod is pivotally coupled to the packer blade. The drive unit is pivotally coupled to the rod and operable to move the packer blade back and forth in the chute to push waste through the opening of the chute.

公开(公告)号：US20230312240A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-05

申请号：US18169535

申请日：2023-02-15

Applicant: The Heil Co.

Inventor： Mark Fraas ,  Evan Tyler Whitten ,  Michael Shane Peek

IPC: B65F3/04

CPC classification number: B65F3/046 ,  B65F2003/0273

Abstract: A refuse vehicle body includes a hopper configured to receive refuse and a storage container configured to store compacted refuse. A tailgate is coupled to a rearward facing side of the refuse vehicle body and is movable between closed and opened positions. The refuse vehicle body includes a rear loading assembly configured to (i) engage a refuse container at a rear side of the refuse vehicle body, (ii) lift the refuse container over a top end of the tailgate, and (iii) rotate the refuse container above the hopper such that the refuse container is unloaded into the hopper. The refuse vehicle body further includes a refuse packing assembly configured to transfer refuse from the hopper and compact said refuse in the storage container.

公开(公告)号：US20230011695A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-12

申请号：US17811246

申请日：2022-07-07

Applicant: The Heil Co.

Inventor： David C. Gentry ,  Eric Evans ,  Bryan Stewart ,  Anthony B. Giles ,  Michael Shane Peek

IPC: B65F3/22

Abstract: A refuse collection vehicle includes a packer system with an auger screw, one or more refuse support panels, one or more sensing devices, and a refuse support panel actuator system. The refuse support panel(s) support refuse while characteristics of the refuse are sensed. The refuse support panel actuator system moves the refuse support panels such that refuse is released from the refuse support panels in to the packer system. A driver of the packer system rotates the auger screw such the refuse is packed into a storage compartment of the vehicle.