Deadweight reduction in tippers

Abstract

A tipper arrangement for a vehicle includes a tipper body for carrying a load; a movable ejection board mechanically attached to at least one an ejection arm at a front of the tipper body inside the tipper body, the at least one ejection arm is pivotable attached with respect to the tipper body and extend to below the tipper body; an actuator configured to rotate the at least one ejection arm from an initial position in which the at least one ejection arm is in mechanical contact with a stopper element below the tipper body that prevent rotation of the at least one ejection arm, to a rotated position in which the at least one ejection arm is rotated about a pivot axis to cause a motion of the ejector board towards the rear of the tipper body to expel load from the front of the tipper body.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.