Refuse disposal and recycling apparatus for high rise buldings

摘要

A refuse disposal and recycling apparatus for use with a high rise building having a refuse chute, the apparatus including a carousel holding a plurality of refuse bins thereon, including a deposit position directly beneath the open, lower end of the chute, the carousel including a top plate on which the bins are positioned; a rotatable drive assembly for rotatably driving the carousel; an input conveyor for conveying empty refuse bins, onto the carousel; an output conveyor for conveying filled refuse bins from the carousel; a bin level sensor for sensing when a bin is filled to a predetermined level; a timer for setting predetermined time periods; a rotational position sensor for determining a position of the carousel; a control circuit for controlling the rotatable drive to rotate the carousel so as to move an empty bin to the deposit position at the predetermined time periods and when a bin at the deposit position is filled to the predetermined level; and a deflection wall positioned above the top plate for forcing filled bins from the top plate to the output conveyor.