VEHICLE ASSEMBLY HAVING A SLOPED GATE
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1. A tank trailer comprising:
- a cylindrical body including;
a closed top;
a bottom;
a front;
a rear;
wherein a longitudinal axis extends between the front and the rear, and a vertical plane extends between the top and the bottom, and wherein the top, bottom, front, and rears bound and define an interior compartment adapted to carry a load; and
a left side and right side extending from the front to the rear with a portion of each of the left side and right side angled downwardly and rearwardly from the top to the bottom;
wherein the portions of the left side and the right side and a portion of the bottom define a chute through which the load exits from the interior compartment.
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Abstract
The current disclosure relates to a tank trailer for transporting meat packaging by-products. The tank trailer has a cylindrical body having a sloped rear end. An opening is formed in the sloped rear end, and a gate selectively blocks the opening. A locking mechanism is provided to securely lock the gate to the cylindrical body, thereby sealing the cylindrical body. The sloped rear end forms a chute through which meat by-products can be poured. The chute extends for a distance rearwardly of the trailer'"'"'s rear wheel assembly.
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1. A tank trailer comprising:
a cylindrical body including; a closed top; a bottom; a front; a rear;
wherein a longitudinal axis extends between the front and the rear, and a vertical plane extends between the top and the bottom, and wherein the top, bottom, front, and rears bound and define an interior compartment adapted to carry a load; anda left side and right side extending from the front to the rear with a portion of each of the left side and right side angled downwardly and rearwardly from the top to the bottom;
wherein the portions of the left side and the right side and a portion of the bottom define a chute through which the load exits from the interior compartment.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of dumping a load out of a tank trailer, comprising steps of:
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providing a tank trailer having a cylindrical body including a closed top, a bottom, a front and a rear;
wherein a longitudinal axis extends between the front and rears, and a vertical plane extends between the top and bottoms, and wherein the top, bottom, front, and rears bound and define a compartment;orienting the rear at an acute angle relative to the vertical plane; defining an opening in the rear that is in communication with the compartment; carrying the load in the compartment; defining a chute in a rear end of the body;
where the chute comprises a portion of each of a left side and a right side of the body as well as a portion of the bottom; andremoving the load from the compartment through the chute. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A tank trailer comprising:
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a cylindrical body having a circumferential wall, wherein the body includes a front, a rear, a closed top, a bottom, a left side, and a right side, said left and right sides extending from the front to the rear with a portion of each of the left side and right side angled downwardly and rearwardly from the top to the bottom;
wherein the wall bounds and define an interior compartment adapted to carry a load, and wherein the portions of the left side and the right side and a portion of the bottom define a chute through which the load exits from the interior compartment; anda gate movable between an open position and a closed position, and when in the closed position, the gate blocks the opening. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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