Container dump mechanism

Claim 1

LOADING MECHANISM FOR DUMPING A MOBILE CONTAINER INTO A REFUSE TRUCK HAVING A REAR LOADING OPENING COMPRISING RELATIVELY SHORT LEVERS PIVOTED TO OPPOSITE LOWER REAR SIDES OF THE TRUCK AND HAVING OUTER ENDS NORMALLY PROJECTING REARWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY, FLUID PRESSURE ACTUATED OPERATING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID LEVERS TO SWING THE SAME REARWARDLY AND UPWARDLY FROM NORMAL LOWERED POSITION, A ROD RIGIDLY CONNECTING SAID LEVERS AND EXTENDING ACROSS THE LOWER REAR OF THE TRUCK CLOSE TO THE TRUCK WHEN THE LEVERS ARE IN A LOWERED POSITION, AND ARMS CONNECTED TO SAID ROD AND NORMALLY PROJECTING REARWARDLY AND UPWARDLY THEREFROM FOR MOVEMENT THEREWITH AT A FIXED ANGLE WITH RESPECT TO SAID SHORT LEVERS, AND HAVING MEANS FOR PIVOTALLY ENGAGING SAID CONTAINER TO ACT WITH SAID ROD IN LIFTING AND DUMPING THE CONTAINER INTO THE REAR LOADING OPENING OF THE TRUCK WHEN THE LEVERS ARE RAISED, SAID ARMS BEING OF SUCH LENGTH WITH RESPECT TO THE THICKNESS OF THE MOBILE CONTAINER THAT THE LATTER IS SPACED OUTWARDLY FROM THE ROD AT INITIAL ENGAGEMENT OF THE ARMS WITH THE CONTAINER, THE PIVOTAL ENGAGEMENT OF THE ARMS WITH THE CONTAINER PROVIDING FOR SWINGING OF THE CONTAINER INTO CONTACT WITH THE ROD AFTER THE ARMS HAVE BEEN ELEVATED A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE.