Land vehicles: dumping – Miscellaneous – Vibrator means to facilitate removal of material
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-02
2011-12-20
Gordon, Stephen (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: dumping
Miscellaneous
Vibrator means to facilitate removal of material
C298S0170SG
Reexamination Certificate
active
08079646
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle or trailer for transporting a load of, for example, fluent bulk material. The vehicle or trailer comprising a chassis (28) and a container mounted on said chassis (28). Said container comprises a base, a plurality of load retaining walls defining a volume for receipt of said load and a discharge opening. The container is mounted to the chassis by at least one connector (34, 35) that permits reciprocal translational movement of the container relative to the chassis (28) whilst mounted thereon between first and second positions so as to agitate the load and encourage it to flow out of the discharge opening. The at least one connector is arranged to permit translational movement of the container from the first position to the second position more slowly than from the second position to the first position. Provision of such an arrangement in which the load is discharged by reciprocal translational movement of the container relative to the chassis obviates or at least reduces the need to tip the container to discharge the load. Thus the risk of the container rolling over whilst the load is discharged is greatly reduced.
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Gordon Stephen
Michael & Best & Friedrich LLP
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