No-tilt dump box
AssigneeAltec Industries, Inc.
InventorCorey Rasmussen
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Abstract
A dump box configured for mounting on a vehicle and providing a method of extracting chips from the dump box without tilting the dump box is presented. The dump box may receive chips through a first opening on a side and utilize an auger mounted near the floor and in a channel to move the chips through a second opening to the exterior of the dump box.
Claims20
A dump box configured to expel chips from an interior of the dump box to an exterior of the dump box, the dump box comprising:
- a plurality of sides and a floor defining the interior of the dump box,
- wherein at least a portion of the floor is non-level so as to present a low point;
- a first opening disposed in the plurality of sides configured for receiving the chips therein;
- a second opening disposed in the plurality of sides configured for expelling the chips therefrom;
- and
- an actuator disposed at the low point of the floor,
- wherein the actuator expels the chips from the interior of the dump box through the second opening to the exterior of the dump box,
- wherein the actuator is at least partially disposed within a channel,
- wherein the channel is disposed in the floor,
- wherein the second opening is at least partially disposed below the floor.
A dump box configured to be secured to a vehicle and move chips from an interior of the dump box to an exterior of the dump box, the dump box comprising:
- a plurality of sides and a floor defining the interior of the dump box,
- wherein at least a portion of the floor is non-level so as to present a low point,
- wherein at least one of the plurality of sides or the floor is secured to the vehicle;
- a first opening disposed in the plurality of sides configured for receiving the chips therein;
- a second opening disposed in the plurality of sides configured for expelling the chips therefrom;
- and
- an actuator disposed at the low point of the floor,
- wherein the actuator is at least partially disposed below the floor,
- wherein the actuator expels the chips from the interior of the dump box through the second opening to the exterior of the dump box.
A dump box configured to move chips from an interior of the dump box to an exterior of the dump box, the dump box comprising:
- a plurality of sides and a floor defining the interior of the dump box,
- wherein at least a portion of the floor is non-level so as to present a low point;
- a first opening disposed in the plurality of sides configured for receiving the chips therein;
- a second opening disposed in the plurality of sides configured for expelling the chips therefrom;
- and
- an auger disposed at the low point of the floor,
- wherein the auger is at least partially disposed in a channel,
- wherein the channel is disposed in the floor,
- wherein the auger expels the chips from the interior of the dump box through the second opening to the exterior of the dump box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.