Abstract: The invention concerns a device arranged to effect step-by-step turning movement of a stand by means of a piston-and-cylinder unit which performs a reciprocating movement during each operational stroke.For the purpose of obtaining control of movements and retainment of the stand during standstills as well as during turning movement of the latter, the device comprises an actuating arm which is pivotable about the center of the stand, and a carrier member which moves together with the actuating arm and, during turning movement of the stand over the intended distance, abuts against one of a number of fixed impact edges spaced peripherally around the stand.

Abstract: Plural refuse receivers on an indexable support are positioned in succession below the outlet of a refuse delivery chute. A refuse compacting member is held in a neutral position between two adjacent receivers while refuse is being delivered into each receiver from the chute. During the indexing of the support carrying the refuse receivers and while the support is at a dwell, the compacting member is driven downwardly to act on refuse in one receiver and is then elevated above the receivers prior to the next indexing, all by the operation of a simplified power-operated movement programming mechanism.