Tailgate-securing dump apron for dump trucks
First Claim
1. A tailgate securing mechanism for an end-discharging truck of the type including a container body with a discharge opening and a tailgate closing the discharge opening, the tailgate being movable between a closed position retaining a load of particulate material in the container body and an open position to allow a load of particulate material to be discharged through the opening, comprising:
- a flow-channeling apron pivotally mounted around a lower portion of the discharge opening, the apron movable between a lowered flow-channeling position and a raised tailgate-securing position in operative contact with a lower portion of the tailgate and overlying the lower portion of the discharge opening when the tailgate is in the closed position.
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Abstract
A dump apron for a dump truck, the apron pivotally mounted around a lower end of the dump opening at the rear of the dump body, and movable in response to the tilt position of the dump body between a lower flow-channeling position and a raised tailgate-securing position. In the tailgate-securing position the apron serves to seal leaks of the loaded material around the tailgate, and to function as a secondary lock to back up the tailgate'"'"'s primary latching or locking mechanism. In the preferred form, the apron is held at an acute angle to the closed tailgate in the raised tailgate-securing position, forming a trough for collecting particulate material leaking around the tailgate from the loaded dump bed, and allowing visual inspection of the lower end of the tailgate and the tailgate'"'"'s primary lock.
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1. A tailgate securing mechanism for an end-discharging truck of the type including a container body with a discharge opening and a tailgate closing the discharge opening, the tailgate being movable between a closed position retaining a load of particulate material in the container body and an open position to allow a load of particulate material to be discharged through the opening, comprising:
a flow-channeling apron pivotally mounted around a lower portion of the discharge opening, the apron movable between a lowered flow-channeling position and a raised tailgate-securing position in operative contact with a lower portion of the tailgate and overlying the lower portion of the discharge opening when the tailgate is in the closed position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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