Apparatus for changing containers at an ejection opening of a refuse press

In apparatus for changing containers at an ejection opening of a refuse press, said apparatus comprising a transverse carriage, means for moving said transverse carriage in a direction transversely of a direction of pressing of said press, container supports on said transverse carriage, means for raising and lowering said supports, a longitudinal carriage with which said transverse carriage is arranged to co-operate, means for moving said longitudinal carriage in said direction of pressing towards and away from said ejection opening, and a rigid container support on said longitudinal carriage, said supports of said transverse carriage and said support of said longitudinal carriage being so arranged that a container resting on a support of said transverse carriage can be moved by said support of said longitudinal carriage into a pressing position at said ejection opening, the improvement wherein said transverse carriage comprises a first part and a second part, wheels movably mounting said first part on one side of said longitudinal carriage, further wheels movably mounting said second part on an opposite side of said longitudinal carriage, a member spanning said longitudinal carriage and rigidly interconnecting said first part and said second part of said transverse carriage, two stationary container storage supports, said stationary container storage supports being disposed one at one side of said longitudinal carriage and the other at an opposite side of said longitudinal carriage and being so located that said supports of said transverse carriage are capable of transferring containers to and from said stationary container storage supports and said means for moving said transverse carriage being adapted to move said carriage between first and second limiting end positions and said supports of said transverse carriage being located one on said first part and the other on said second part of said transverse carriage.