Land vehicles: dumping – Plural load units – Multiple dumping vehicles connected in tandem
Patent
1997-12-09
2000-05-09
Gordon, Stephen T.
Land vehicles: dumping
Plural load units
Multiple dumping vehicles connected in tandem
298 8T, 298 27, 298 28, B60P 156
Patent
active
060593725
ABSTRACT:
An open top vessel containing bulk or liquid material comprising an inclined front wall, an inclined rear wall, and inclined opposite side walls. The walls of the vessel extend downwardly and inwardly from the upper ends thereof towards the lower ends thereof towards a discharge opening formed at the lower end of the vessel. A support frame is provided for supporting the vessel and includes at least a pair of horizontally spaced-apart, horizontally disposed support frame members which receive inverted U-shaped supports on the upper end of the vessel. The vessel is ideally suited for use as a hopper bottom in a hopper bottom trailer. The vessel is comprised of a fiber reinforced plastic material.
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Timpte Brochure, Undated, Untitled, 8 pages.
McDonald Harley C.
McDonald Matthew C.
Composite Structures, Inc.
Gordon Stephen T.
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