Patent ID: 6655894
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: B65F

Abstract:
A refuse vehicle collection system including a vehicle wherein said vehicle has at least two vehicle storage compartments and two refuse receiving volumes for receiving refuse comprising:a) a chute system that is commonly shared by the two refuse receiving volumes, the chute system having outer containment walls and, between such walls, a rotating director plate system that can be positioned to deflect refuse into one or the other of the two receiving volumes, the director plate system being subdivided into two panel portions, b) actuation means for rotating and orienting the two panel portions whereby the two panel portions may be positioned together, in a side-by-side position, so that they both direct refuse into a common receiving volume or, alternately, may be positioned with respect to each other so that they are angled apart from each other to effect respective delivery of refuse into the two receiving volumes.