Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle with a collecting container which can be picked up and set down and is intended for pourable solids, in particular waste material. The container is arranged behind the driver's cab and has, at least in the area where the container end faces the driver's cab, a filling opening, open at the top, and a pressure plate extending inside. The vehicle also has a swivel arm arrangement which is pivotable across the driver's cab, picks up and empties containers and is articulated to a support frame arranged behind the driver's cab and connected securely to the vehicle chassis. The actuating means for the swivel arm arrangement and at least one thrust cylinder for displacing the pressure plate and locking means for fixing the collecting container to the support frame are arranged on the support frame.

Abstract: A vehicle for receiving and transporting refuse materials including a collection container including: a front end wall defining a filling opening being bounded by a rigid frame; and a door being movable for opening and closing the filling opening. The vehicle further includes an operating device for moving the door, and a hopper defining an output opening in communication with the filling opening and bounded by a counterframe disposed adjacent the frame for defining a communication region between the hopper and the collecting container. The hopper has a tubular extension extending into the filling opening up to the plane of movement of the door; and a press disposed in the hopper. The press includes a stamp movable into and out of an interior of the collection container through the filling opening, the stamp having an inclined front surface whose upper edge is set back with respect to a lower edge thereof in a direction toward the interior of the collection container.

Abstract: A vehicle for picking up and transporting refuse includes a vehicle chassis; a driver's cab connected to the chassis; a movable collecting container positioned behind the driver's cab and having a fill opening at an end thereof disposed near the driver's cab; and a support connected to the vehicle chassis behind the driver's cab and being separate from the movable collecting container. The vehicle further includes a dumping mechanism for picking up at least one refuse container in front of a front end of the vehicle and moving the refuse container over the driver's cab for emptying the refuse container in the fill opening behind the driver's cab thereby defining a pickup position, a dumping trajectory, and an emptying position of the refuse container. The dumping mechanism includes a pivot bearing for a pair of pivot arms; a pair of pivot arms having first ends and second ends and pivotally connected to the pivot bearing at the first ends thereof; and a pick up and dumping device connected to the pivot arms.