Patent ID: 8550764

Claim:
A refuse collection vehicle for collecting refuse contained in refuse receptacles, the vehicle comprising: a storage body, at least one support arm extending from the storage body for lifting and emptying refuse into the storage body, an open topped intermediate container supported by the at least one support arm, a refuse receptacle collection assembly supported on the intermediate container, the refuse receptacle collection assembly including: a carriage assembly adjacent the intermediate container, the carriage assembly including: an elongate rail supported by the intermediate container and extending along a wall of the intermediate container, a carriage slidably supported along the rail, a toothed rack mounted to the intermediate container and extending along the front side of the intermediate container, the toothed rack positioned between the wall of the intermediate container and the elongate rail, the toothed rack positioned laterally from the elongate rail, the carriage including a pinion gear engaged with the toothed rack, the pinion gear selectively rotatable to move the carriage along the rail, a receptacle engaging assembly configured for selectively grasping a refuse receptacle, the receptacle engaging assembly supported by the carriage, an arm assembly coupled to the receptacle engaging assembly for raising and dumping contents of the grasped refuse receptacle into the intermediate container, the receptacle engaging assembly pivotable about a vertical pivot on the carriage, a telescoping assembly couples the rail to the intermediate container, the telescoping assembly includes a first stationary elongate member mounted to the intermediate container, the telescoping assembly further including a second elongate member slidably supported on the first stationary elongate member, at least one hydraulic driver mounted within the telescoping assembly to selectively move the second elongate member longitudinally along the first stationary elongate member.