Patent ID: 6435802
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: B65F

Abstract:
A refuse vehicle body having an enclosed storage section for refuse and a hopper section adjacent said storage section for receiving refuse from a curbside collection point;a) said storage section having a length, a height, a width, and at least one vertical dividing wall having a thickness along said length and height of said enclosure to thereby divide said storage section into at least two side by side compartments; b) said vehicle body having a continuous floor along the length thereof, characterized in that the floor portion of the hopper section is lower than the floor portion of the storage section by a distance, wherein said floor portions are interconnected by means of an obliquely sloped floor portion; c) said hopper section having a length and a width substantially equal to said width of said storage section, and a hydraulically operated pack blade having a substantially vertical front face for longitudinal movement along said floor portion of said hopper section, to thereby engage said refuse for upward transfer to said storage section by means of said sloped floor portion; d) said hopper section having at least one vertical divider along said length of said hopper to thereby divide said hopper into at least two side by side hopper compartments complementarily aligned with said divided storage compartments; said divider having a length at least equal to said length of said hopper section, a height not greater than said distance, and two opposed ends, one of said ends being fixedly attached at right angles to said front face of said pack blade, said opposite end being free standing and defining a leading edge, said divider thereby able to slide together with said pack blade; e) said sloped floor portion having vertically aligned slot means for slidably receiving said leading edge of said divider to thereby permit any portion of the length of said divider to pass therethrough and underneath said floor portion of said storage section.