Refuse collecting vehicle

Claim 1

IN A REFUSE COLLECTING VEHICLE, A SUPPORTING FRAME HAVING LONGITUDINAL, ARCUATE, PARALLEL TRACKS, A VEHICLE BODY MOUNTED ON THE TRACKS FOR FORWARD AND REARWARD MOVEMENT, THE BODY BEING PROVIDED WITH A REAR OPENING AND HAVING A FORWARD STORAGE COMPARTMENT AND A REARWARD HOPPER ARRANGED IN COMMUNICATION WITH EACH OTHER, MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE BODY REARWARDLY TO LOWER THE REAR END OF THE BODY AND FORWARDLY TO RAISE THE SAID REAR END, A PUSHER PLATE MOUNTED IN THE BODY FOR FORWARD AND REARWARD ADJUSTMENT, THE PUSHER PLATE BEING POSITIONED FORWARDLY WITH RESPECT TO THE HOPPER, AND SUCH PUSHER PLATE BEING ADAPTED TO BE URGED FORWARDLY BY A PREDETERMINED FORWARD PRESSURE THEREON, MEANS FOR ACTUATING THE PUSHER PLATE REARWARDLY TO DISCHARGE REFUSE THROUGH THE HOPPER AND FROM THE VEHICLE BODY THROUGH THE REAR OPENING, A REARWARDLY DISPOSED TOP PLATE PIVOTALLY MOUNTED AT ITS FORWARD END OF THE BODY FOR UPWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY SWINGING MOVEMENT, THE TOP PLATE IN ITS DOWNWARD POSITION BEING ADAPTED TO CLOSE THE TOP OF THE HOPPER SUBSTANTIALLY, A DEPENDING REFUSE COMPACTING MEMBER CARRIED AT THE REAR PORTION OF THE TOP PLATE AND ARRANGED FOR FORWARD AND REARWARD ADJUSTMENT, THE SAID COMPACTING MEMBER BEING ADAPTED TO EXTEND INTO THE REAR END PORTION OF THE HOPPER WHEN THE TOP PLATE IS IN A LOWERED POSITION, MEANS TO RAISE AND LOWER THE TOP PLATE AND THE COMPACTING MEMBER, AND MEANS TO ADJUST THE COMPACTING MEMBER FORWARDLY TO SHIFT THE REFUSE IN THE HOPPER AGAINST THE PUSHER PLATE AND INTO THE STORAGE COMPARTMENT AND TO ADJUST THE COMPACTING MEMBER REARWARDLY.