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0 . 1-engined Refuse Collectors

11th March 1949, Page 19
11th March 1949
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A FEW weeks ago, the sanitation department of Germiston Municipality, South Africa, placed in service a number. of A.E.C. Monarch refuse collectors with Shefflex Ideal bodies. A standard Mark III short-wheelbase chassis with a six-cylindered 7.7-litre 95 b.h.p. oil engine is employed. The all-steel body is divided into two compartments, the forward section being the body proper, whilst a smaller collecting chamber is at the rear.

When the container at the rear is filled, a power-operated screw rotates the body upwards, in the direction of the front of the vehicle to an angle of 110 degrees. Rollers mounted on the chassis coincide with tracks on the body to locate it in position as it rotates. The turning action or the body transfers ibe refuse from the rear container to the main compartment. The body is then returned to the loading position.

End tipping is employed for discharging the load. The rear door is hinged and opens automatically as the body tips. The screw for the body operation servesa dual purpose, because it tips the body to discharge the load, and rotates it for filling and packing. 1 he change-over from one operation to the other is simple and foolproof.

• A baffle plate, fitted to the hopper, retains the last containerload after revolving within the main compartment, thus enabling a maximum load to carried.

• When the bOdy is rotated to transfer the load from the hopper to the main Compartment, the refuse falls to the forward end, and in falling and " rumbling,' excludes all air pockets.

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