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A materials disposal system comprising a relatively large, open-top container adapted to be removably coupled to the forks or blades of a front-end loading vehicle. Thus, the vehicle can be used either with or without the container releasably attached thereto. A work bucket is to be picked up at a n

A materials disposal system comprising a relatively large, open-top container adapted to be removably coupled to the forks or blades of a front-end loading vehicle. Thus, the vehicle can be used either with or without the container releasably attached thereto. A work bucket is to be picked up at a number of spaced locations along a street. Each work bucket is to be shifted relative to a holder arm having a flexible strap which is to be shiftably mounted on the container. The strap is moved from a position adjacent to and free of the work bucket to a position partially embracing and engaging the work bucket. The holder arm coupled to the strap is then swung up into a dumping position from which it dumps materials from the work bucket into the open top of the container. The arm returns to its initial position to return the work bucket to the ground. Then, the vehicle advances to the next work bucket where it picks up the next work bucket. This continues until all of the work buckets have been emptied.

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In a materials collection system of the type having a vehicle: an open top container having a front end; means on the container for removably coupling the container to the vehicle whereby the container can be moved along a path over the ground with said container being in advance of said vehicle; an

In a materials collection system of the type having a vehicle: an open top container having a front end; means on the container for removably coupling the container to the vehicle whereby the container can be moved along a path over the ground with said container being in advance of said vehicle; an arm; means for shiftably mounting the arm on the front end of the container for movement relative to and laterally of the path and for pivotal movement about an axis extending longitudinally of said path, said vehicle having an operator station located to permit, when the container is coupled to the vehicle, the vehicle operator at said operator station to have a line-of-sight view of the arm as said arm moves laterally and pivotally of the container; a first power device coupled with the arm for shifting the arm laterally of said path; said arm being movable relative to said mounting means from a first retracted position adjacent to the container to a second operative position adjacent to a work bucket station adjacent to said path; a second power device coupled with the arm for pivoting the arm about said axis, whereby the arm can be moved from said operative position to an elevated position over the container; a bucket gripper assembly shiftably mounted on the arm and capable of being shifted relative to the arm from a first, retracted location spaced from and adjacent to a work bucket to a second, operative location in which the gripper assembly embraces and is coupled to a work bucket; a third power device for shifting said gripper assembly relative to the arm; the arm being shiftable between the first and second positions after the gripper assembly has embraced and has been coupled to a work bucket, whereby the arm and the work bucket can be lifted as a unit into dumping relationship above the open top of the container; and the vehicle having control means at the operator station for controlling the operation of the power devices.