Abstract: An apparatus for loading and compressing solid waste in a box-like container mounted on a road vehicle for the collection and the transportation of waste. The apparatus is equipped with a lifting shovel hinged at one of its ends onto the solid structure that carries the box and further with a compressing shovel, also hinged onto the container and on a shaft common to both the lifting and compressing shovels.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 19, 1977
Date of Patent:
December 5, 1978
Assignee:
BAT Brevets et Applications Techniques S.A.