Patent ID: 6071058
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: B65F

Abstract:
A refuse loader with vehicle mounted guide rails, comprising:a pair of guide rails at least one of which has a longitudinally extending gear rack;a trolley having a motor, at least one driven gear driven by the motor, the driven gear engaging the longitudinally extending gear rack;means for keeping the trolley engaged with the guide rails;at least lifting one arm being fixedly secured to the trolley for detachably securing a refuse container to the trolley;motor control means for activating the motor such that the driven gear rotates and conveys the trolley and said at least one said lifting arm along the guide rails as the driven gear moves along the longitudinally extending gear rack; andthe guide rails having a sufficiently curved profile that enables said motor control means to be sole mechanism for conveying the trolley and said at least one lifting arm to a sufficiently inverted dumping position by following along the guide rails, thereby dumping the refuse container in one continuous motion without any pivoting motion of said at least one lifting arm.