End gate for compaction-type bodies

Claim 1

IN A COMPACTION-TYPE BODY HAVING A DISCHARGE OPENING AND A DOOR MOUNTED ON THE BODY SUBSTANTIALLY TO CLOSE SAID OPENING AND MOVABLE RELATIVE THERETO, GASKET MEANS MOUNTED ON THE BODY ADJACENT THE OPENING IN POSITION FOR SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE DOOR WHEN THE LATTER IS MOVED SUBSTANTIALLY TO CLOSED POSITION, THE COMBINATION THEREWITH, OF A LATCH ASSEMBLY FOR HOLDING THE DOOR CLOSED, SAID LATCH ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF LATCHES PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON THE BODY, SAID LATCHES BEING MOVABLE ON AN AXIS TO AN OPERATIVE POSITION TO ENGAGE AND HOLD THE DOOR FIRMLY IN A CLOSED POSITION AND TO AN INOPERATIVE POSITION TO RELEASE THE DOOR FOR MOVING THE DOOR TO AN OPEN POSITION, A TORQUE MEMBER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID BODY SPACED FROM SAID LATCH, ADJUSTABLE LINKAGE MEANS CONNECTING SAID LATCH AND SAID TORQUE MEMBER, A LEVER CONNECTED TO SAID TORQUE MEMBER TO MOVE SAID LATCHES IN RESPONSE THERETO, SAID CONNECTING MEANS ARRANGED TO LOCK SAID LEVER IN A POSITION WHEREIN SAID LATCHES ARE IN ENGAGEMENT WITH AN EDGE PORTION OF THE DOOR, A HANDLE ON SAID LEVER TO FACILITATE MOVEMENT OF SAID LEVER FROM THE LATCHING POSITION, AND A WEIGHT ON SAID LEVER TO COUNTERBALANCE SAID LATCHES INTO THE PATH OF THE DOOR AFTER OPENING THEREOF.