Material or article handling – Self-loading or unloading vehicles – Conveyor
Patent
1988-07-18
1989-07-04
Bucci, David A.
Material or article handling
Self-loading or unloading vehicles
Conveyor
180 143, 280408, 414528, 414679, B60P 136
Patent
active
048446831
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a low-profile agricultural trailer with power assisted wheels for use in orchards particularly during nut harvesting. A rectangular paneled trailer body has an open top partially covered by a sectional opened-top longitudinal hood, and is formed internally with hopper-like structure having sliding doors as openable bottom closures. The sliding doors move horizontally operated manually by levers at both ends of the trailer body. The hood has expanded metal see-through corners so nut loading can be watched and the nuts retained. A continuous loop load leveler has chains with angular load leveling paddles attached operational adjacently below the opened top of the hood. A base framework having trailer tow hitches at both ends supports the trailer body. An axle fastened to the base framework passes through a wheel housing downwardly opened transversely centrally through the trailer body. Two automotive type wheels with road tires are attached, one to each end of the axle by wheel hubs. A differential gear operational with the axle has a housed drive shaft affixed accessible protruding through a front panel on the trailer body. An attachable hydraulic motor can be used to supply power to the trailer wheels. Hydraulic lines are arranged to supply controlled fluid from an auxiliary source to operate a hydraulic motor running the load leveler and the wheel motor.
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