Side dump body including a material compaction assembly
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1. In combination:
- a wheeled frame means having a rearward end, a forward end, and first and second sides;
at least one side dump body movably positioned on said frame means and being pivotally movable from a transport position to a side dumping position;
means for moving said dump body between its transport position and dumping position;
said dump body including a front wall, a back wall, a bottom wall, first and second side walls, and an open upper end;
a material compaction assembly selectively movably positioned on said dump body which extends over said open upper end and which includes a material compaction means which is movable between a retracted position at said open upper end of said dump body downwardly to a compaction position in the interior of said dump body to compact the material therein;
said material compaction assembly being movable from an operative position wherein it extends over said open upper end to an inoperative position to enable the pivotal movement of said dump body between its said transport and dumping positions without interference from said material compaction assembly;
said material compaction assembly comprising a frame means having first and second ends positioned over said open upper end;
a first frame portion at said first end of said frame means having one end of a first power cylinder means secured thereto with the other end of said first power cylinder means being pivotally connected to a vertically movable first material compaction member which is movable from a retracted position above said open upper end downwardly to a compaction position within said dump body;
a second material compaction member pivotally mounted to said frame means, about a horizontal axis, which is pivotally movable from a horizontally disposed position above said open upper end adjacent said first material compaction member to a substantially vertically disposed downwardly extending position within said dump body.
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Abstract
A side dump body including a side dump body unit pivotally mounted on a truck or trailer frame. The side dump body unit is pivotally moved from a transport position to a dumping position wherein the contents of the dump body unit may be dumped from the side of a truck or trailer. A material compactor is provided at the upper end of the body unit for compacting material within the body unit. The material compactor may be moved from its operative compaction position wherein it overlies the upper end of the body unit to an inoperative position at one side of the body unit so that the body unit may be moved to its dumping position without interference from the material compactor.
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1. In combination:
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a wheeled frame means having a rearward end, a forward end, and first and second sides;
at least one side dump body movably positioned on said frame means and being pivotally movable from a transport position to a side dumping position;
means for moving said dump body between its transport position and dumping position;
said dump body including a front wall, a back wall, a bottom wall, first and second side walls, and an open upper end;
a material compaction assembly selectively movably positioned on said dump body which extends over said open upper end and which includes a material compaction means which is movable between a retracted position at said open upper end of said dump body downwardly to a compaction position in the interior of said dump body to compact the material therein;
said material compaction assembly being movable from an operative position wherein it extends over said open upper end to an inoperative position to enable the pivotal movement of said dump body between its said transport and dumping positions without interference from said material compaction assembly;
said material compaction assembly comprising a frame means having first and second ends positioned over said open upper end;
a first frame portion at said first end of said frame means having one end of a first power cylinder means secured thereto with the other end of said first power cylinder means being pivotally connected to a vertically movable first material compaction member which is movable from a retracted position above said open upper end downwardly to a compaction position within said dump body;
a second material compaction member pivotally mounted to said frame means, about a horizontal axis, which is pivotally movable from a horizontally disposed position above said open upper end adjacent said first material compaction member to a substantially vertically disposed downwardly extending position within said dump body.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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