DEVICE FOR LOADING AND COMPACTING REFUSE IN A STATIONARY OR MOBILE REFUSE RECEPTACLE

摘要

A device for loading and compacting rubbish in a receptacle includes a foldable billfold-type panel having upper and lower pivotably articulated sections and a sweeping element articulated to the end of the lower section and pivotably drivable, by actuators, in a trajectory about the lower section end. When the sections are disposed in a substantially folded orientation relative to one another the sweeping element is pivoted upwardly about the lower section end to permit rubbish to be loaded into a receiving portion of the receptacle. Thereafter, the sections are moved to a substantially co-planar orientation where the sweeping element is pivoted downwardly and about the lower section end to sweep the rubbish behind the sections. Finally, the sections are returned to the substantially folded orientation whereupon the rubbish behind the sections is compressed and compacted.