NON-LINEAR RECIPROCATING PACKING MECHANISM FOR REFUSE COLLECTION VEHICLE

摘要

The present invention relates to a refuse collection system for use in combination with a transport vehicle. The refuse collection system has a housing with a collection hopper and a storage area and an opening to the collection hopper. The refuse collection system also has a packer that is movable upon curv ed channels front and rearwards within the housing. The packer is movable upon a generally arcuate path from a rest position at a first end of the collection hopper to a deposit position at a second end of the collection hopper proximate to the storage area. Guide shoes may be attached to the packer and engage with the curved channels so as to determine the path of movement of the packer such that the packer sweeps refuse from the collection hopper into the storage area.