Vehicle for collecting and transporting waste materials

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. The pivot bearing for the pair of pivot arms is fastened to the support in an upper front region of the driver's cab.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.