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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 1976
Filed:
Dec. 26, 1974
Stanley W Worthington, Waterloo, IA (US);
Wayne Engineering Corporation, Cedar Falls, IA (US);
Abstract
A container adapted to receive refuse materials is pivotally mounted at the lower front end thereof to a truck body. The rear end of the refuse container is made adjustable in vertical height by means of a pair of hydraulic cylinders for pivoting the container about its front pivotal axis. A hydraulically controlled platen blade or ram is disposed within the refuse container for compacting materials disposed within the container, or alternatively pushing materials within the container out of the rear end of the container, when the rear end of the container is open. A door is slideably disposed upon the rear end of the container and this door is also controlled hydraulically by a pair of hydraulic cylinders. The door is vertically adjustable to any degree of opening and may be controlled simultaneously with the control of the platen blade so as to be able to meter the flow of materials out of the rear of the container when unloading.