Agricultural dump cart
OwnerBrian D. Karginventor
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Abstract
An agricultural dump cart including a frame, ground conveyance devices carrying the frame, a dump bed, a dumping mechanism and at least one live wall mechanism. The dump bed is coupled to and carried by the frame, and the dump bed has a non-dumping position and a dumping position. The dumping mechanism is connected to the dump bed, and is configured to move the dump bed between the non-dumping position and the dumping position. The at least one live wall mechanism is operatively located along a side of the dump bed, and is generally horizontal when the dump bed is in the dumping position.
Claims18
An agricultural dump cart, comprising:
- a frame;
- ground conveyance devices carrying the frame;
- a dump bed coupled to and carried by the frame, dump bed having a non-dumping position and a dumping position;
- a dumping mechanism connected to the dump bed, the dumping mechanism being configured to move the dump bed between the non-dumping position and the dumping position;
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- at least one live wall mechanism operatively located along a side of the dump bed, the live wall mechanism being generally horizontal when the dump bed is in the dumping position, the live wall mechanism including a plurality of slats coupled together such that crop material on the slats move together with the slats as the crop material is transferred from the dump bed.
A dump bed for use with an agricultural cart, the dump bed being coupled to and carried by a frame of the agricultural cart, the dump bed having a non-dumping position and a dumping position, the dump bed comprising:
- a bottom section;
- a dumping mechanism connected to the dump bed, the dumping mechanism being configured to move the dump bed between the non-dumping position and the dumping position;
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- at least one live wall mechanism operatively located along one side of the bottom section of the dump bed, the live wall mechanism being generally horizontal when the dump bed is in the dumping position, the live wall mechanism including a plurality of slats coupled together such that crop material on the slats move together with the slats as the crop material is transferred from the dump bed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.