Material or article handling – Static receptacle and means for charging or discharging – or... – Gravity discharge of a gated – static receptacle to one or...
Patent
1996-04-08
1998-02-03
Bucci, David A.
Material or article handling
Static receptacle and means for charging or discharging, or...
Gravity discharge of a gated, static receptacle to one or...
296100, 414572, B65G 6706
Patent
active
057137129
ABSTRACT:
The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for covering open-top truck trailers used to haul wood chips and the like. A flexible cover is pulled over the open top of a trailer via a shaft rotatable between a first and second position; a projection extending from the shaft and configured to engage the flexible cover when the shaft is in a first position and to disengage the flexible cover when the shaft is in a second position; and a counterweight extending from said shaft and configured to rotate the shaft from a second position to a first position.
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Bucci David A.
MCO Transport
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