Refuse vehicle

Claim 1

A REFUSE VEHICLE COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED CHASSIS SUPPORTED ON FRONT AND REAR WHEELS HAVING A CAB AND A MOTOR MOUNTED ON THE FORWARD END THEREOF AND HAVING AN ENCLOSED STORAGE COMPARTMENT FOR CARRYING REFUSE PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON THE TRANSVERSE REAR END OF SAID CHASSIS AND LOCATED REARWARDLY OF SAID CAB, SAID STORAGE COMPARTMENT HAVING AT LEAST A BOTTOM, WALL AND A REAR TRANSVERSE END WALL, SAID REAR TRANSVERSE END WALL COMPRISING SUBSTANTIALLY AN END GATE WITH TRANSVERSE UPPER AND LOWER ENDS, SAID END GATE BEING PIVOTALLY CONNECTED AT ITS UPPER TRANSVERSE END TO SAID STORAGE COMPARTMENT AND HAVING REMOVABLE LATCH MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED THEREWITH FOR HOLDING SAID GATE AGAINST THE REAR END OF SAID STORAGE COMPARTMENT; A PACKER COMPARTMENT FOR RECEIVING REFUSE CARRIED BY SAID END GATE, SAID PACKER COMPARTMENT HAVING AT LEAST A PAIR OF OPPOSED PACKER SIDE WALLS, A BOTTOM PACKER SURFACE, AND SURFACE MEANS DEFINING A PACKER END WALL ADJACENT TO SAID STORAGE COMPARTMENT, SAID SURFACE MEANS COMPRISING AN UPPER RIGID COMPRESSION SURFACE DEFINING AN OPENING BETWEEN ITS LOWER TRANSVERSE EXTENT AND SAID BOTTOM WALL OF SAID PACKER COMPARTMENT, AND A LOWER COMPRESSION SURFACE PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID UPPER RIGID COMPRESSION SURFACE; SPRING BIASING MEANS FOR BIASING SAID LOWER COMPRESSION SURFACE INTO A POSITION AT LEAST PARTIALLY INTERFERING WITH THE PASSAGE OF REFUSE THROUGH THE OPENING; PACKER MEANS LOCATED WITHIN SAID PACKER COMPARTMENT FOR PROGRESSIVELY COMPRESSING INTO SAID STORAGE COMPARTMENT; AND MEANS COMPRESSED INTO SAID STORAGE COMPARTMENT; AND MEANS FOR RECIPROCALLY DRIVING SAID PACKER MEANS.