BACKGROUND

Refuse vehicles collect a wide variety of waste, trash, and other material from residences and businesses. Operators of the refuse vehicles transport the material from various waste receptacles within a municipality to a storage or processing facility (e.g., a landfill, an incineration facility, a recycling facility, etc.).

SUMMARY

One embodiment relates to a tipper assembly for a refuse vehicle. The tipper assembly includes a base configured to couple to a tailgate of the refuse vehicle, an actuator powered by electric energy, an arm extending from and pivotally coupled to at least one of the actuator or the base, and an implement coupled to the arm. The implement is configured to engage with a refuse container such that operation of the actuator facilitates pivoting the implement and the refuse container from a base position to a dump position to dump contents within the refuse container into an opening in the tailgate.

Another embodiment relates to a tipper assembly for a refuse vehicle. The tipper assembly includes a base, a pivot actuator, a first pair of arms, a first engagement assembly, a second engagement assembly, and a second pair of arms. The base is configured to couple to a tailgate of the refuse vehicle. The pivot actuator is coupled to the base. Each arm of the first pair of arms includes a first end pivotally coupled to the pivot actuator, an opposing second end having a rod extending therefrom, and an interface extending inward from an inner face thereof. The first engagement assembly includes a first bracket coupled to the interface of each arm of the first pair of arms and a first retainer disposed along the first bracket. The second engagement assembly includes a pair of cylinders, a second bracket extending between the pair of cylinders, and a second retainer disposed along the second bracket. Each cylinder of the pair of cylinders receives the rod of a respective one of the first pair of arms. Each arm of the second pair of arms is pivotally coupled to and extends between the base and a respective cylinder of the pair of cylinders. The rods and the cylinders translate relative to each other as the first pair of arms are pivoted by the pivot actuator such that a distance between the first retainer and the second retainer varies.

Still another embodiment relates to a tipper assembly for a refuse vehicle. The tipper assembly includes a base configured to couple to a tailgate of the refuse vehicle, a pivot actuator coupled to the base, a first arm positioned proximate a first end of the pivot actuator, a second arm positioned proximate an opposing second end of the pivot actuator, an implement coupled to the first arm and the second arm, and a transmission connecting the pivot actuator to at least one of the first arm or the second arm. The transmission is driven by the pivot actuator. The transmission facilitates pivoting the implement from a base position to a dump position. The transmission facilitates providing a shake function when the implement is at the dump position.

This summary is illustrative only and is not intended to be in any way limiting. Other aspects, inventive features, and advantages of the devices or processes described herein will become apparent in the detailed description set forth herein, taken in conjunction with the accompanying figures, wherein like reference numerals refer to like elements.

