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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1999
Dirk C. Kann, late of Guttenberg, IA (US);
Virgil L. Collins, Guttenberg, IA (US);
Richard T. Williams, Lewis Center, OH (US);
Kann Manufacturing Corporation, Guttenberg, IA (US);
Abstract
A refuse collection vehicle is disclosed for loading refuse from a front loading container having a floor, a front wall, a rear wall, first and second side walls and first and second channels along the first and second side walls, and also from a rear loader container having a floor, a front wall, a rear wall, first and second side walls and at least one trunnion having first and second trunnion end portions extending beyond the first and second side walls, respectively. The collection vehicles includes a chassis, a storage body supported by the chassis and having an interior with a roof above the interior providing an opening into the interior and first and second lift arms pivotably coupled to the chassis. The refuse collection vehicle further includes a loader adapter coupled to the first and second lift arms. The loader adapter includes first and second forks, first and second trunnion encircling mechanisms, at least one support arm and at least one container stop. The loader adapter is configured to move between a front loader position in which the adapter is adapted to engage the front loading container and a rear loader position in which the adapter is adapted to engage the rear loading container. In the front loader position, the first and second forks are adapted to be disposed in the first and second channels. In the rear loader position, the first and second encircling members are adapted to encircle the first and second trunnion end portions. In the rear loader position, the support arm is adapted to engage the rear wall of the rear loading container and the at least one container stop is adapted to engage an upper edge of at least one of the first and second side walls of the rear loading container.