Material or article handling – Self-loading or unloading vehicles – With load-receiving portion – or significant section thereof,...
Patent
1990-11-29
1992-08-11
Bucci, David A.
Material or article handling
Self-loading or unloading vehicles
With load-receiving portion, or significant section thereof,...
414483, B60P 132
Patent
active
051374145
ABSTRACT:
An improved translatable tilt-bed trailer has an elongated support bed which is rollingly mounted on the top side of a dual axle, wheeled undercarriage provided with a manually operable mechanical brake system and a front-to-rear spring equalizing system. The front end of the support bed is provided with a lockable, articulated tongue portion connectable to the hitch ball of a towing vehicle. To load an item onto the support bed, the mechanical trailer brakes are locked; the articulated tongue, and a pair of support bed retaining pins, are unlocked; and the towing vehicle is backed toward the stationary undercarriage to rearwardly move and downwardly tilt the bed. As the rear end of the tilting bed touches the ground, a pair of front stops on the bed engage the undercarriage frame and stop the rearward movement of the bed. The item to be loaded is then moved up the inclined bed and suitably secured thereto. The towing vehicle is then moved forwardly to roll the bed back to its original position on the undercarriage and tilt it back to a horizontal orientation, at which time rear stops on the bed interlock with the undercarriage frame and the bed retaining pins automatically snap back to their bed-locking positions. The articulated tongue is then re-locked, and the trailer brakes released, to permit the loaded item to be towed away.
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Sloan Marvin D.
Sloan Wesley S.
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