Appeal No. 1999-0711 Page 6
Application No. 08/876,869
is not increased by the bin (84) and thus is not extended over highway limits because the bin
(84) is tucked under the body (column 2, lines 12-17, and column 8, lines 37-40).
Horning discloses an apparatus for concurrently collecting and segregating diverse
waste materials such as bottles, cans and newspapers. In contrast to Matsumoto's truck body,
Horning's truck body is divided into upper and lower compartments (18, 20), each extending
the entire width of the body, which receive trash through associated openings (22, 24) formed
in the top of the truck body. The truck body has a narrow front section (16a) in the operator
loading region and an enlarged rear section (16b) so that a recess is formed in a sidewall near
the front of the vehicle. A bucket assembly, including a bucket (26) divided into bins (26a,
26b) and provided with upper and lower rollers (44 and 46, respectively) guided in support
tracks (48, 49), operates within the recess and as a result does not extend beyond the side walls
of the vehicle for at least most of its travel. This arrangement reduces the clearance necessary
for operating the apparatus and enables the vehicle to be operated in relatively close quarters
(column 3, lines 14-27). As best seen in Figure 5, each of the guide tracks includes a
substantially vertical portion (48a) and a portion near the top thereof which veers inwardly and
defines a 90 degree curve connected to a transverse section (48b). As the upper support rollers
(44) travel from the vertical section to the transverse section of the tracks, the bucket rotates or
tilts inwardly (column 8, lines 54-64).
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