Material dispersal blade for a bottom dump trailer
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1. A bottom dump trailer comprising:
- a trailer frame;
wheels mounted on the trailer frame that support the trailer frame for rolling movement along the ground;
a material hopper assembly mounted on the trailer frame that is configured to hold material to be dumped from the bottom dump trailer, the material hopper assembly includes a controllable gate mechanism adjacent a base thereof that controls flow of material out of the base of the material hopper assembly, the controllable gate mechanism includes an open position that allows flow of material out of the material hopper assembly onto the ground under the trailer frame and a closed position that prevents flow of material out of the material hopper assembly;
a leveling blade mounted to the trailer frame to a rear of the controllable gate mechanism, the leveling blade is movable relative to the trailer frame between a stored position and a deployed position, the leveling blade being configured to spread the material dumped onto the ground under the trailer frame when in the deployed position; and
at least one actuator connected to the trailer frame and connected to the leveling blade and that moves the leveling blade between the stored position and the deployed position.
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Abstract
A bottom dump trailer that includes a spreading device mounted on the bottom dump trailer to spread material that is dumped by the bottom dump trailer. The spreading device spreads the material shortly after being dumped, eliminating the need for a separate machine to follow the bottom dump trailer to spread the material.
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1. A bottom dump trailer comprising:
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a trailer frame; wheels mounted on the trailer frame that support the trailer frame for rolling movement along the ground; a material hopper assembly mounted on the trailer frame that is configured to hold material to be dumped from the bottom dump trailer, the material hopper assembly includes a controllable gate mechanism adjacent a base thereof that controls flow of material out of the base of the material hopper assembly, the controllable gate mechanism includes an open position that allows flow of material out of the material hopper assembly onto the ground under the trailer frame and a closed position that prevents flow of material out of the material hopper assembly; a leveling blade mounted to the trailer frame to a rear of the controllable gate mechanism, the leveling blade is movable relative to the trailer frame between a stored position and a deployed position, the leveling blade being configured to spread the material dumped onto the ground under the trailer frame when in the deployed position; and at least one actuator connected to the trailer frame and connected to the leveling blade and that moves the leveling blade between the stored position and the deployed position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A material spreading device that is attachable to a bottom dump trailer to spread material that is dumped from the bottom dump trailer, the material spreading device comprising:
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a leveling blade mounting frame that is configured to be removably attached to a trailer frame of the bottom dump trailer, the leveling blade mounting frame including two blade supports and at least one actuator support; a leveling blade connected to the leveling blade mounting frame and including at least one actuator blade support and two connecting tabs that extend from a rear surface of the leveling blade, the leveling blade being moveable relative to the leveling blade mounting frame between a stored position and a deployed position, each of the two connecting tabs of the leveling blade being attached to a respective one of the two blade supports of the leveling blade mounting frame; and at least one actuator having a first end attached to the at least one actuator blade support of the leveling blade and a second end attached to the at least one actuator support of the leveling blade mounting frame, the at least one actuator moves the leveling blade between the stored position and the deployed position, an edge of the leveling blade being moved closer to the ground when the leveling blade is moved from the stored position to the deployed position. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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