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Claim 1

IN A VEHICLE OF THE TYPE HAVING A STORAGE BODY AND A LOADING HOPPER BEHIND AND IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE BODY, THE COMBINATION OF A FORWARDLY AND REARWARDLY RECIPROCABLE CARRIER PLATE IN THE HOPPER, AN UPWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY SWINGABLE PACKER PLATE IN THE HOPPER WHICH IS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED AT ITS FRONT EDGE TO THE REAR EDGE OF THE CARRIER PLATE FOR MOVEMENT BOTH WITH AND INDEPENDENTLY OF THE LATTER, MEANS FOR RECIPROCATING THE CARRIER PLATE FORWARDLY AND REARWARDLY, MEANS FOR SWINGING THE PACKER PLATE UPWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY, AND ONE OR MORE CABLES WITHIN THE UPPER PORTION OF THE HOPPER FOR CONNECTION WITH A SEPARATE CONTAINER, THE REAR ENDS OF THE CABLES BEING ADAPED TO BE DETACHABLY CONNECTED WITH THE CONTAINER FOR RAISING AND TILTING THE SAME TO DISCHARGE REFUSE THEREIN INTO THE HOPPER, THE FRONT ENDS OF THE CABLES BEING CONNECTED TO THE BACK OF THE PACKER PLATE IN OFFSET RELATION TO THE PIVOTAL AXIS OF THE LATTER, AND THE INTERMEDIATE PORTIONS OF THE CABLES BEING LOOPED AROUND PULLEYS WHICH