Refuse gathering machine

Claim 1

A REFUSE GATHERING MACHINE COMPRISING AN ELONGATED, OPEN BOTTOM, HORIZONTAL HOUSING HAVING A TOP WALL, A REAR WALL, A FRONT WALL, AND END PLATES, AN UPWARDLY DIRECTED INCLINED CHUTE LEADING FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE CENTRAL PORTION OF SAID HOUSING, SAID CHUTE HAVING A DISCHARGE OPENING SPACED CONSIDERABLY ABOVE AND OFFSET FROM THE VERTICAL PLANE CONTAINING THE HOUSING AXIS, THE UPPER AND LOWER WALLS OF SAID CHUTE PENETRATING WITHIN SAID HOUSING IN CURVED LOWER PORTIONS, THE SIDEWALLS OF THE CHUTE TERMINATING AT THE HOUSING WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL ENTRANCE TO PERMIT THE FREE MOVEMENT OF REFUSE FROM THE ENDS OF THE HOUSING TO ITS CENTER, A CONVEYOR SHAFT EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY WITHIN THE HOUSING, OPPOSITELY TURNED CONVEYOR SCREW PORTIONS ON SAID SHAFT EXTENDING FROM THE END PLATES TO THE SHAFT CENTER PORTION LYING WITHIN SAID CHUTE, A THROWER ROTOR FIXED ON SAID SHAFT CENTER PORTION AND INCLUDING A PAIR OF BLADES LYING A PLANES PARALLEL TO THE SHAFT AXIS, SAID BLADES HAVING OUTER FREE EDGES WHICH PASS SAID CURVED LOWER PORTIONS OF THE UPPER AND LOWER CHUTE WALLS WITH WIPING TOLERANCE WHEN THE ROTOR IS TURNED, AND MEANS FOR ROTATING THE SHAFT IN A DIRECTION TO CAUSE THE HOUSING THROUGH ITS OPEN BOTTOM TO THE REFUSE ENTERING THE HOUSING ITS OPEN BOTTOM TO THE THROWER ROTOR, THE THROWER ROTOR THEN SERVING TO THROW REFUSE UPWARDLY THROUGH THE CHUTE FOR EMPTYING THROUGH SAID DISCHARGE OPENING ONTO A RECEIVER.