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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2012
Kenneth D. Goedken, Dubuque, IA (US);
Marlin L. Johnson, Guttenberg, IA (US);
Jared L. Rowland, Dyersville, IA (US);
Kenneth D. Goedken, Dubuque, IA (US);
Marlin L. Johnson, Guttenberg, IA (US);
Jared L. Rowland, Dyersville, IA (US);
Kann Manufacturing Corporation, Guttenberg, IA (US);
Abstract
A modification apparatus to convert an existing front loading refuse collection truck so that the lifted container remains level until the container is near the load opening of the refuse collection body of the truck. A mounting plate is bolted to brackets added to an existing refuse collection body and provides multiple connection points for attachment of one end of a slave cylinder that is hinged at its other end to one of the main lift arms of the collection body. As the rod of the slave cylinder extends or retracts with the movement of the lift arm, hydraulic fluid from the slave cylinder passes to fork cylinders which retract or extend to control the orientation of the lifted container relative to the lift arms. The apparatus can be easily added to a variety of existing front loading collection bodies.