Multi direction dump body for trucks

• US 4,773,598 A
• Filed: 03/05/1987
• Issued: 09/27/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Eldon D. Jones
• Original Assignee: Eldon D. Jones
• Inventors: Jones, Eldon D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kashnikow, Andres
• Assistant Examiner(s): Burkhart, Patrick N.
• Application Number:
  US07/022,060
• Time in Patent Office: 572 Days
• Field of Search: 239/657, 239/675, 298/17.7, 414/470, 414/489, 414/526
• US Class Current: 239/657
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 1/165 tipping movement about a fore and aft axis
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 1/42 mounted on the load-transporting element
• CPC Class Codes: E01C 19/203 Centrifugal spreaders with substantially vertical axis

Abstract

A dump truck body capable of dumping to either the right or left side or to the rear of the truck. The truck further includes a sand, salt or gravel spreader fed by a longitudinal auger running longitudinally from the front to rear of the truck body on either the left or right-hand side. The auger is fed by the side tilting of the dump body. The overall height of the truck is maintained at a minimum while in operation through the utilization of side-tilted spreading, as opposed to rearward-tilted spreading.

Claims

1. In a dump truck, the combination comprising

(a) a chassis frame,

(b) a dump body hingedly connected to said frame and capable of being selectively dumped to either the right or left side or to the rear of said truck,

(c) means for selectively tilting said dump body with respect to said chassis frame either to the right or left side or to the rear of said truck, thereby to selectively place said dump body in its desired dumping mode to the right, left or rear of said truck such that, in combination with the dimensions of said dump body, the center of gravity of the dump body is lower when tilted to the right or left side of the truck than when tilted to the rear of the truck,

(d) an auger means extending longitudinally along a side of said truck body such that the tilting of said body to that side whereat the auger is located serves to feed said auger with any selected material located with said body,

(e) spreader means associated with said auger for spreading said material delivered to it by said auger, and

(f) means for selectively either dumping or effecting the spreading of said material at the side whereat said auger is located.

2. The combination of claim 1 wherein said truck is provided with rear wheels located proximal the rear end of said dump body, said auger is located on the left side of said body and said spreader is located forward of the rear wheels of said truck and is capable of spreading material forward of said rear wheels.