Vehicle assembly having a sloped gate
AssigneeMac LTT, Inc.
InventorJames A. Maiorana
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Abstract
The current disclosure relates to a tank trailer for transporting meat packaging by-products. The tank trailer has a cylindrical body having a sloped rear end. An opening is formed in the sloped rear end, and a gate selectively blocks the opening. A locking mechanism is provided to securely lock the gate to the cylindrical body, thereby sealing the cylindrical body. The sloped rear end forms a chute through which meat by-products can be poured. The chute extends for a distance rearwardly of the trailer's rear wheel assembly.
Claims20
A tank trailer comprising:
- a cylindrical body including:
- a closed top;
- a bottom;
- a front;
- a rear;
- wherein a longitudinal axis extends between the front and the rear, and a vertical plane extends between the top and the bottom, and wherein the top, bottom, front, and rears bound and define an interior compartment adapted to carry a load;
- and
- a left side and right side extending from the front to the rear with a portion of each of the left side and right side angled downwardly and rearwardly from the top to the bottom;
- wherein the portions of the left side and the right side and a portion of the bottom define a chute through which the load exits from the interior compartment.
A method of dumping a load out of a tank trailer, comprising steps of:
- providing a tank trailer having a cylindrical body including a closed top, a bottom, a front and a rear;
- wherein a longitudinal axis extends between the front and rears, and a vertical plane extends between the top and bottoms, and wherein the top, bottom, front, and rears bound and define a compartment;
- orienting the rear at an acute angle relative to the vertical plane;
- defining an opening in the rear that is in communication with the compartment;
- carrying the load in the compartment;
- defining a chute in a rear end of the body;
- where the chute comprises a portion of each of a left side and a right side of the body as well as a portion of the bottom;
- and
- removing the load from the compartment through the chute.
A tank trailer comprising:
- a cylindrical body having a circumferential wall, wherein the body includes a front, a rear, a closed top, a bottom, a left side, and a right side, said left and right sides extending from the front to the rear with a portion of each of the left side and right side angled downwardly and rearwardly from the top to the bottom;
- wherein the wall bounds and define an interior compartment adapted to carry a load, and wherein the portions of the left side and the right side and a portion of the bottom define a chute through which the load exits from the interior compartment;
- and
- a gate movable between an open position and a closed position, and when in the closed position, the gate blocks the opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.