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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Marcel G. Stragier, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Assignee:
The Heil Co., Chattanooga, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65F 3/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65F 3/14 ;
Abstract
A vehicle for collecting refuse comprising a chassis, a body mounted with the chassis for receiving refuse through an opening thereof, a packer assembly for moving refuse into the body through the opening, a gate assembly mounted to serve as a closure for another opening of the body and movable between normally closed and opened positions, and ejecting apparatus including extendible drive means movable between a stored and an ejecting position for additionally and alternately ejecting refuse.