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A household trash delivery system that includes a rail structure extending from a point near the home to a point at the side of the street in front of the home. An endless power-driven chain extends within the rail structure for moving a trash receptacle cart therealong. The homeowner can use the tr

A household trash delivery system that includes a rail structure extending from a point near the home to a point at the side of the street in front of the home. An endless power-driven chain extends within the rail structure for moving a trash receptacle cart therealong. The homeowner can use the trash delivery system to move heavy trash barrels from the home out to the curb without physically lifting or carrying the barrels from one point to another point. The system has special usefulness for elderly persons or handicapped persons, who may not be physically capable of carrying heavily-loaded trash barrels for any appreciable distance.

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A household trash delivery system comprising: a hollow elongated rail structure located at ground level between a trash barrel loading zone remote from the street and a trash barrel unloading zone in near proximity to the street; a wheeled cart having two laterally spaced ground wheels at one of its

A household trash delivery system comprising: a hollow elongated rail structure located at ground level between a trash barrel loading zone remote from the street and a trash barrel unloading zone in near proximity to the street; a wheeled cart having two laterally spaced ground wheels at one of its ends, two laterally spaced ground wheels at its other end, and a dead axle extending transversely between each two ground wheels; said cart having sufficient area to support at least two trash receptacles; said cart being positioned so that it straddles said rail structure, with its axles located above the rail structure and the ground wheels spaced laterally on either side of the rail structure centerline; an endless flexible conveyor element operatively connected to the cart for moving said cart back and forth between the loading zone and the unloading zone; said endless conveyor element comprising a chain extending within the rail structure, said chain including two relatively straight parallel main chain sections extending along the length of the rail structure one above the other; said chain further including a first direction reversal section connecting the main chain sections at the loading zone, and a second direction reversal section connecting the main chain sections at the unloading zone; a reversible electric motor at the loading zone, said motor having a rotary drive sprocket engaged with the chain at the first direction reversal section; a rotary idler sprocket at the unloading zone engaged with the chain at the second direction reversal section so that the main chain sections move in opposite directions when the electric motor is operating; and a separate connector means extending downwardly from each axle to said one main chain section for transmitting drive forces from the chain to the cart.