Refuse loading system with horizontal positioning

A horizontal positioning system for a refuse loading system, the horizontal positioning system comprising:

• a base section configured to couple to a frame of a refuse collection vehicle;
• a distal section configured to couple between the base section and the refuse loading system and configured to translate with respect to the base section;
• one or more timing belt systems, at least a first one of the timing belt systems comprising:
• a pair of timing pulleys spaced horizontally from one another and each rotatably coupled to the base section;
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• a timing belt coupled around the pair of timing pulleys;
• one or more belt attachment devices, wherein at least one of the one or more belt attachment devices is configured to couple the base section to the timing belt of at least one of the timing belt systems at a belt attachment location;
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• one or more horizontal drive units operable to rotate at least one of the timing pulleys such that the distal section translates horizontally with respect to the base section.

A system for loading refuse, the system comprising:

• a refuse loading system configured to load refuse into a refuse collection vehicle;
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• a horizontal positioning system configured to couple between the refuse loading system and a frame of the refuse collection vehicle, the horizontal positioning system comprising:
• a base section configured to couple to the frame of refuse collection vehicle;
• a distal section coupled between the base section and the refuse loading system and configured to translate with respect to the base section;
• a pair of rail systems coupled between the base section and the distal section, the pair of rail systems configured such that the distal section is translatable relative to the base section along an extend/retract axis, wherein the pair of rail systems is coupled to the base section such that an offset is defined between a proximal end of a first one of the rail systems and a proximal end of the other one of the rail systems along the extend/retract axis;
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• one or more horizontal drive units operable to translate the distal section horizontally with respect to the base section along the extend/retract axis.