Pack through eject panel

A vehicle for collecting waste, the vehicle comprising:

• a frame;
• and
• a waste collecting device secured to the frame, the waste collecting device comprising:
• a container for receiving waste therein, the container having a first end and a second end spaced apart from the first end along a longitudinal axis, the container comprising:
• an end wall located at the first end;
• and
• an ejector panel, the container enclosing a waste receiving volume between the end wall and the ejector panel, wherein the ejector panel is configured to push waste through and out of the waste receiving volume during an unloading sequence by moving along the longitudinal axis between the first and second ends within the waste receiving volume and relative to a floor of the container
• a compactor located adjacent the second end of the container outside the waste receiving volume, the compactor operable for pushing the waste in the container through an opening in the ejector panel into the waste receiving volume;
• a blocking device coupled to the ejector panel and configured to move along a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis between a first position, in which the blocking device inhibits waste in the waste receiving volume from entering the opening as the ejector panel moves along the longitudinal axis, and a second position, in which waste is uninhibited from entering the waste receiving volume through the opening;
• and
• a wall extending outward from a surface of the ejector panel and surrounding the opening in the ejector panel, the wall forming a cylindrical conduit configured to guide waste towards the waste receiving volume.