TAILGATE FOR MULTIPLE COMPARTMENT MATERIAL CONTAINER

摘要

A tailgate system for a multi-compartment reardischarging collection body (12) to be mounted on a vehicle (10) chassis and having a forward end and a rearward end and having material receiving and storage volumes, the multi-compartment collection body further including a generally horizontal intermediate divider wall (68) for separating the storage volumes into upper (22) and lower (18) storage compartments, the rearward end of each compartment having a discharge opening for the discharge of material contained therein, the tailgate system comprising an upper door (62) associated with the upper compartment, a lower door (64) associated with the lower compartment and having a height less than that of the discharge opening of the lower compartment and is spaced from the upper opening in the lower compartment defining a gap therebetween and an auxiliary closure device (66) normally closing the upper portion of the lower compartment with the lower door (64) and operable between a closed material retaining position and an open material releasing position.