Container dumping mechanism

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR HANDLING REFUSE COLLECTION CONTAINERS AND FOR RECEIVING AND DUMPING THE MATERIALS COLLECTED THEREIN COMPRISING A FRAME SUPPORT, A VAN CARRIER ON SAID FRAME PROVIDING AN ENCLOSURE ADAPTED TO RECEIVE REFUSE MATERIALS, SAID VAN CARRIER FURTHER PROVIDING A RECEPTOR OPENING FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF SAID MATERIALS, HOIST ARMS ON SAID FRAME SUPPORT, CONTAINER ENGAGING MEANS ON SAID HOIST ARMS, A CROSS ARM POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID HOIST ARMS, A HOIST ARM RAISING AND LOWERING MECHANISM, TENSION ARMS INTERCONNECTING THE CROSS ARM OF SAID HOIST, ARMS AND SAID RAISING AND LOWERING MECHANISM, A DOOR MEMBER FOR SELECTIVELY CLOSING OFF SAID RECEPTOR OPENING WHEN SAID VAN CARRIER IS BEING MOVED ALONG STREETS AND HIGHWAYS AND FOR MOVEMENT TO AN OUT OF WAY POSITION WHEN IT IS DESIRED TO DISCHARGE MATERIALS INTO SAID RECEPTOR OPENING, AND MEANS JOINING SAID DOOR TO SAID TENSION ARMS FOR MOVEMENT THEREWITH WHEREBY SAID RECEPTOR OPENING WILL BE OPENED WHEN SAID HOIST ARMS ARE RAISED.