Patent ID: 7563066
Filing Date: 2009-07-21
Classification: B65F

Abstract:
1. In a body for refuse or recyclables, the body having a compaction chamber, a compaction blade, a storage compartment, and a tailgate selectively enclosing a rear opening of the storage compartment, the improvement comprising an ejector panel disposed within the storage compartment, the ejector panel comprising an aperture therethrough, the ejector panel selectively movable from a retracted position to any position throughout the storage compartment to a rear position at the rear opening of the storage compartment, the compaction blade selectively moveable from a retracted position to an extended position extending through the aperture of the ejector panel, when the ejector panel is in its retracted position, the extended position of the compaction blade disposed a limited distance into the storage compartment, the storage compartment has a stationary front wall, the retracted position of the ejector panel being adjacent the stationary front wail, the front wall having an opening therethrough in registry with the aperture in the ejector panel, the compaction blade selectively moveable through the opening in the front wall and through the aperture in the ejector panel, whereby the compaction blade may urge refuse or recyclables within the compaction chamber through the aperture of the panel into the storage compartment.