Appeal No. 97-1175 Page 7
Application No. 08/383,361
relatively easily removable from the storage bin for repair or
reconditioning of their sliding surfaces.
Herpich discloses a vehicle body with packing and ejector
plate means. As shown in Figure 1, a platen P is designed to
be reciprocated longitudinally of the body B by a set T of
cylinders. As best shown in Figures 1 and 2, the platen P
includes a base 6 and a plate 7. As shown in Figures 4 and 5,
the base 6 includes two side members 12, flanges 14 and shoes
15, 16 secured to the flanges 14 in any suitable manner as by
bolts or rivets 18. The shoes are designed to have sliding
engagement with complementary, enclosed metal housings 17 that
are attached to each side wall 1 of the body B.
Claim 12
Claim 12 recites, inter alia, an ejector mechanism for a
refuse truck carried along and supported by a pair of slide
systems carried in a pair of spaced parallel ejector rails.
Claim 12 further recites that the improvement comprises "a
pair of replaceable slide members, one attached to each side
of the ejector mechanism by removable attaching means such
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