US 12,391,469 B2
Cart tipper protection device and process
Charles M. Bivens, Ft Wayne, IN (US); Jarrod Phlipot, Payne, OH (US); and Christopher Shock, New Haven, IN (US)
Assigned to MICROMATIC LLC, Berne, IN (US)
Filed by MICROMATIC LLC, Berne, IN (US)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/871,346.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/225,375, filed on Jul. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/273,386, filed on Oct. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0029433 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. B65F 3/04 (2006.01); B65F 3/02 (2006.01); B65F 3/14 (2006.01); B65F 3/20 (2006.01)
CPC B65F 3/041 (2013.01) [B65F 3/208 (2013.01); B65F 2003/025 (2013.01); B65F 2003/146 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
11. A rotary cart tipper, comprising:
a rotary actuator;
said rotary actuator includes a metallic shaft, a vane integral with said metallic shaft, and a housing; said metallic shaft includes an arcuate slot therein;
said rotary cart tipper has a first down rotational position for gripping a refuse container and a second up rotational position for dumping said refuse container into a chamber of said waste truck;
a device capable of driving said integral vane of said metallic shaft of said rotary actuator from said first down rotational position to said second up rotational position or vice versa;
a proximity sensor mounted in said housing of said rotary actuator in proximity to said shaft of said rotary actuator; and,
said proximity sensor is capable of detecting and sensing the presence of said metallic shaft based on the rotary position of said arcuate slot in said shaft.