REFUSE COLLECTING VEHICLE

摘要

This invention relates to a rear end loader type of refuse collecting vehicle. There is no tailgate and the loading hopper, rather than being in the tailgate, is in the rear of the vehicle body. A packing blade moves refuse from the hopper into the forward portion of the body and in one embodiment may be reversed to sweep refuse from the hopper to a point exterior of the vehicle. A longitudinally movable ejector panel is mounted transversely of the body. During the discharging of refuse from the open rear end of the body the packer blade is in an elevated position and the refuse is discharged by the ejector panel between the elevated packer blade and the hopper. In some embodiments an auxiliary floor is provided in the hopper.