Refuse disposal transfer station

Claim 1

In a transfer station for the unloading of refuse from refuse collection vehicles and subsequent of such refuse into refuse transfer vehicles, an apparatus which comprises: a building structure having an unloading area at an upper level and a loading area at a lower level; trough means extending adjacent to a portion of said unloading area and having an upwardly open portion for receiving refuse therethrough from such vehicles on said unloading area; hopper means located at least at two spaced locations along said trough means and in communication therewith, and said hopper means being located at least in part below said trough means for receiving refuse therefrom through an opening; a generally upstanding means positioned in said trough mEans and extending across a substantial portion thereof, said means having faces on opposite sides thereof for contacting and pushing refuse in said trough means on movement therealong; motive means connected to said upstanding means for reciprocally moving said means along said trough means between said first hopper means and said second hopper means, said upstanding means being adapted to push refuse along said trough means into said first and second hopper means; and loading means cooperatively mounted with respect to said hopper means for loading refuse in said hopper means into such a transfer vehicle on said lower level.