Refuse disposal apparatus and system

Claim 1

IN A REFUSE PACKER FOR LOADING WASTE MATERIAL INTO A RECEIVER HAVING AN ENTRANCE OPENING, A TRANSFER CHAMBER, MEANS DEFINING A DISCARGE OUTLET AT ONE END OF SAID TRANSFER CHAMBER ADAPTED TO BE ALIGNED WITH THE ENTRANCE OPENING IN THE RECEIVER, MEANS DEFINING AN INLET OPENING IN ONE WALL OF SAID TRANSFER CHAMBER THROUGH WHICH WASTE MATERIAL ENTERS SAID TRANSFER CHAMBER, A PACKER PLATE ACTUATABLE LENGTHWISE OF SAID TRANSFER CHAMBER BETWEEN A RETRACTED POSITION PERMITTING WASTE MATERIAL TO BE DEPOSITED IN SAID TRANSFER CHAMBER AND EXTENDED POSITION FOR EJECTING WASTE MATERIAL FROM SAID TRANSFER CHAMBER TO THE RECEIVER AND COMPACTING IT THEREIN, MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID PACKER PLATE BETWEEN SAID RETRACTED AND EXTENDED POSITIONS, A RETAINER PLATE ADAPTED FOR CLOSING THE ENTRANCE OPENING IN THE RECEIVER, LATCH MEANS DETACHABLY SECURING SAID RETAINER PLATE TO SAID PACKER PLATE, AND MEANS FOR SECURING SAID RETAINER PLATE ADAPTED TO BE CARRIED BY SAID CEIVER, SAID RETAINER PLATE ADAPTED TO BE CARRIED BY SAID PACKER PLATE DURING CYCLING THEREOF TO FILL THE RECEIVER AND TO BE DETACHED FROM SAID PACKER PLATE AND SECURED OVER THE ENTRANCE OPENING IN THE RECEIVER WHEN THE RECEIVER HAS BEEN FILLED TO CAPACITY.