Vehicles for transporting refuse

Claim 1

A VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORTING REFUSE COMPRISING A CONTAINER OF SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCULAR CROSS SECTION HAVING AN OPENING AND ASSOCIATED CLOSURE MEANS AT THE REAR END THEREOF, A MAIN PISTON PART MOVABLE ALONG THE CONTAINER AND OF A SIMILAR CONTOUR THERETO, SUBSTANTIALLY THE WHOLE PERIPHERAL SURFACE OF THE MAIN PISTON PART BEING IN SLIDING CONTACT WITH THE WHOLE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE INNER SURFACE OF THE CONTAINER, SAID MAIN PISTON PART BEING PROVIDED WITH A SLOT, SAID MAIN PISTON PART HAVING A SUPPLEMENTARY PORTION DISPOSED ON THE SIDE THEREOF WHICH IS NEARER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE TO PROVIDE AN INCREASED BEARING SURFACE IN A FORE-AND-AFT DIRECTION AS WELL AS TO PREVENT TILTING THEREOF, SAID SUPPLEMENTARY PORTION COMPRISING A BRACKET AFFIXED TO SAID MAIN PISTON PART AND A SHOE CARRIED BY SAID BRACKET, SAID SHOE BEING PROVIDED WITH A GUIDE PASSAGE, A GUIDE RAIL MOUNTED ON SAID CONTAINER AND EXTENDING THROUGH BOTH SAID SLOT AND SAID GUIDE PASSAGE, A HYDRAULIC RAM ACTING ON SAID MAIN PISTON PART NEAR THE CENTER THEREOF ADAPTED TO IMPART MOVEMENT THERETO, THE AXIS OF SAID RAM BEING SUBSTANTIALLY COINCIDENT WITH THE AXIS OF THE CONTAINER, SAID CONTAINER AND SAID RAM BEING SO INCLINED TO THE HORIZONTAL AND SAID CONTAINER BEING OF SUCH A DIAMETER THAT SAID COINCIDENT AXES EXTEND OVER THE DRIVER''S POSITION, AND A LONGITUDINAL EXTENSION OF THE UPPER PART OF THE CONTAINER ABOVE THE DRIVER''S POSITION ARRANGED TO ACCOMMODATE, AT LEAST IN PART, THE HYDRAULIC RAM AND THE MEMBERS MOVING WITH SAID MAIN PISTON PART ON THE SIDE THEREOF NEARER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN SAID MAIN PISTON PART LIES AT THE FRONT END OF THE CONTAINER.