Roll Compactor Attachment With Stopper Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile roll compactors for waste compaction are costly, complex, and heavy due to the high number of actuators required, making them prohibitively expensive for widespread adoption.
Innovation Solution
A roll compactor attachment that can be mounted to a loader's boom assembly, utilizing a design with three pivotally connected arms, a roller, and a stopper to limit the minimum angle between arms, allowing for compacting without additional actuators between the first and second arms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If traditional mobile roll compactors are used, then waste compaction function is achieved, but cost and device complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The invention adapts a loader vehicle, originally designed for material handling, to perform waste compaction functions by mounting a roll compactor attachment. This multi-functional approach allows the loader to serve both material transport and waste compaction purposes, eliminating the need for dedicated mobile roll compactor vehicles and reducing overall system cost and complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces an articulated arm assembly as an intermediary mechanism between the loader and the roll compactor. This articulated arm serves as a mediator that transfers and controls the movement of the roller, enabling compact waste compaction functionality while utilizing the loader's existing hydraulic system, thereby reducing the need for additional actuators
2Reliability
If dedicated mobile roll compactor vehicles are used, then waste compaction is achieved, but acquisition cost becomes prohibitively high
Solution Approach 1:
The invention makes the loader vehicle multi-functional by enabling it to perform both material handling and waste compaction operations. This eliminates the need to acquire separate dedicated mobile roll compactor vehicles, significantly reducing acquisition costs while maintaining reliable waste compaction functionality through the attached roll compactor system
Solution Approach 2:
The invention merges the waste compaction function with the existing loader vehicle platform. By combining these two functions into a single integrated system, the invention avoids the need for separate dedicated vehicles, thereby reducing acquisition costs while ensuring reliable waste compaction through the combined capabilities of the loader and roll compactor attachment
Data Source
AI summary
A roll compactor attachment for a loader has a first arm having a first end portion configured for connecting to a boom assembly of the loader; a second arm having a first end portion pivotally connected to a second end portion of the first arm; a third arm having a first end portion pivotally connected to a second end portion of the second arm; a roller rotationally connected to a second end portion of the third arm; a roller actuator operatively connected to the roller for turning the roller; and a stopper connected to one of the first and second arms. The stopper selectively abuts another one of the first and second arms to limit a minimum angle between the first and second arms. A roll compactor attachment having a lock selectively locking the first arm to the third arm is also disclosed.