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Claim 1

EQUIPMENT FOR LOADING AND TRANSPORTING REFUSE COMPRISING A TRANSPORT HAVING A CONTAINER FOR THE REFUSE PROVIDED WITH A CHARGING OPENING, A LOADING DEVICE SEPARATE FROM SAID TRANSPORT, AN ELONGATED COMPRESSION CHAMBER FIXED IN RELATION TO THE LOADING DEVICE AND HAVING A CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE CONTAINER BUT OF SMALLER AREA AND HAVING A CHARGING OPENING IN THE UPPER PART THEREOF DISPOSED BELOW THE LOADING DEVICE AND A DISCHARGE OPENING AT AN END THEREOF, A COMPRESSION MEMBER RECIPROCABLE IN SAID COMPRESSION CHAMBER FROM ONE SIDE OF SAID CHARGING OPENING TO THE OTHER, A REMOVABLE CLOSURE MEMBER ASSOCIATED WITH SAID DISCHARGE OPENING AGAINST WHICH CLOSURE MEMBER THE REFUSE CAN BE COMPRESSED BY THE COMPRESSION MEMBER, GUIDE MEANS FOR REGISTERING THE CHARGING OPENING OF THE CONTAINER WITH THE DISCHARGE OPENING AT THE END OF SAID COMPRESSION CHAMBER, CONNECTING MEANS FOR MAINTAINING SAID REGISTRATION, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID CLOSURE MEMBER INTO AND OUT OF SAID DISCHARGE OPENING, MEANS FOR IMPARTING RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT TO SAID COMPRESSION MEMBER WHEREBY A COMPRESSED CHARGE OF REFUSE CAN BE EJECTED FROM SAID COMPRESSION CHAMBER IN THE SAME DIRECTION IN WHICH IT WAS COMPRESSED, INTO THE CONTAINER, SAID GUIDE MEANS FOR REGISTERING THE CHARGING OPENING OF THE CONTAINER AND THE DISCHARGE OPENING AT THE END OF THE COMPRESSION CHAMBER COMPRISING A SUPPORTING SURFACE FOR THE WHEELS OF THE TRANSPORT ADJACENT SAID LOADING DEVICE AND SAID END OF THE COMPRESSION CHAMBER ADAPTED TO LOCATE THE SAID CHARGING OPENING OF SAID TRANSPORT AT THE SAME HEIGHT AS THE HEIGHT OF THE DISCHARGE OPENING OF THE COMPRESSION CHAMBER, AND GUIDE ROLLERS FLANKING SAID SUPPORTING SURFACES ADAPTED TO GUIDE THE TRANSPORT TO BRING SAID OPENINGS INTO REGISTER.