Tilting dump truck with receptacle discharging means and directional chute

• US 3,198,495 A
• Filed: 01/23/1962
• Issued: 08/03/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Glenway,Iii, Maxon
• Original Assignee: Maxon Jr Glenway
• Inventors: MAXON JR GLENWAY
• Application Number:
  US04/168,109
• Time in Patent Office: 1,288 Days
• US Class Current: 366/46
• CPC Class Codes: B28C 5/4244 Discharging; Concrete conveyor means, chutes or spouts therefor in general B28C7/168
• CPC Class Codes: B28C 5/4286 with mixing screw-blades

Claims

1. A TRUCK BODY OF THE TYPE WHICH TILTS ABOUT A FIXED TRANSVERSE AXIS ADJACENT TO ITS REAR TO A DISCHARGE POSITION WITH ITS FORWARD END ELEVATED SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR DISCHARGE OF ITS CONTENTS, THROUGH A REARWARDLY FACING OPENING IN ITS UPPER REAR END, TO THE RECEIVING PAN OF A DISTRIBUTING CHUTE, SAID BODY BEING CHARACTERIZED BY:

(A) A ROUNDED SUBSTANTIALLY CONICALLY SURFACED BOTTOM THAT SLANTS CONVERGENTLY UPWARDLY AND REARWARDLY TO SAID DISCHARGE OPENING AND DEFINES THE LOWER EDGE THEREOF;

(B) OPPOSITE SIDE WALLS JOINED BY SAID BOTTOM WALL AND LIKEWISE CONVERGING REARWARDLY TO SAID DISCHARGE OPENING TO DEFINE THE SIDE EDGES THEREOF;

(C) REINFORCING KEEL STRUCTURE FIXED ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BODY AND INCLUDING (1) A RIGID YOKE EMBRACING THE ROUNDED BOTTOM OF THE BODY AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THEREACROSS AT A LOCATION NEAR TO BUT A DISTANCE FORWARDLY FROM THE LOWER EDGE OF THE DISCHARGE OPENING SO AS TO PROVIDE A SPACE DIRECTLY UNDER THE REAR OF THE BODY AND BEHIND THE YOKE IN WHICH A PORTION OF THE RECEIVING DISTRIBUTING CHUTE CAN BE RECEIVED, SAID YOKE HAVIN OPPOSITE ENDS WHICH PROJECT LATERALLY BEYOND THE ADJACENT SIDE PORTIONS OF THE BODY;

(D) OUTBOARD BEARINGS FIXED TO THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE YOKE AT ITS REAR, SO AS TO BE LOCATED OUTWARDLY OF THE ADJACENT SIDE PORTIONS OF THE BODY AND OF SAID PAN RECEIVING SPACE, SAID BEARINGS HAVING PIVOT ENGAGING MEANS THEREON WHICH ALIGN ON A COMMON TRANSVERSE AXIS PASSING THROUGH SAID SPACE REARWARDLY OF THE YOKE AND DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE DISCHARGE OPENING TO PROVIDE FOR MOUNTING THE BODY FOR TILTING DISCHARGE MOTION;

(E) AND POWER DRIVEN MEANS ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN THE REAR END PORTION OF THE BODY AND HAVING DISCHARGE BLADE MEANS AT THE REAR EXTERMITY OF THE BODY TO OPERATE IN SAID DISCHARGE OPENING.

3. A TRUCK BODY FOR CONCRETE AND SIMILAR MATERIALS, AND OF THE TYPE WHICH TILTS ABOUT A TRANSVERSE AXIS ADJACENT TO ITS REAR TO A POSITION AT WHICH ITS FORWARD END ID ELEVATED TO EFFECT REAR DISCHARGE OF ITS CONTENTS, CHARACTERIZED BY:

(A) A ROUNDED SUBSTANTIALLY CONICALLY SURFACED BOTTOM WALL THAT SLANTS CONVERGENTLY UPWARDLY AND REARWARDLY;

(B) OPPOSITE SIDE WALLS JOINED BY SAID BOTTOM WALL AND SIMILARLY COVERGING REARWARDLY;

(C) A REARWARDLY FACING DISCHARGE OPENING IN THE REAR OF THE BODY HAVING BOTTOM AND SIDE EDGES DEFINED BY SAID DESIGNATED WALLS OF THE BODY, THE SIDE EDGES EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM AND REARWARDLY BEYOND THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE OPENING;

(D) A DECK ON THE BODY PROVIDING A TOP WALL COVERING THE REAR PORTION OF THE BODY;

(E) A SHAFT IN THE BODY EXTENDING LENGTHWISE THEREOF TO ITS REAR;

(F) MEANS MOUNTING THE SHAFT FOR ROTATION ABOUT A FIXED AXIS COINCIDENT WITH THAT OF THE CONCIALLY SURFACED BOTTOM WALL OF THE BODY, INCLUDING A BEARING CARRIED BY AND DEPENDING FROM THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID DECK AND LOCATED A DISTANCE REARWARDLY OF THE LOWER EDGE OF THE DISCHARGE OPENING;

(G) AND BLADING CARRIED BY THE SHAFT TO ROTATE THEREWITH, SAID BLADING EXTENDING REARWARDLY BEYOND THE LOWER ENDGE OF THE DISCHARGE OPENING SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE REAR EXTREMITY OF THE BODY AND BEING OPERABLE TO ASSURE DISCHARGE OF ANY BODY CONTENTS THROUGH SAID OPENING IN CONSEQUENCE OF ROTATION OF THE SHAFT IN ONE DIRECTION.