Mobile delivery flow equalizer

A mobile delivery flow equalizer adapted to be placed into an excavation below ground level and adapted to receive and transmit bulk goods from wheeled vehicles, said delivery flow equalizer having an operational mode for receiving and transmitting bulk goods and a transport mode for moving the delivery flow equalizer from one working site to another, comprising

• (a) an open-topped bulk goods receiving container;
• (b) a supporting frame attached at one end of said container;
• (c) an endless conveyor located within said supporting frame;
• (d) one end of said conveyor in communication with the interior of said container;
• (e) the other end of said conveyor adapted to be placed in communication with a remote processing station;
• (f) said container having a horizontal pivoting axis, such that, in the operational mode, the bottom surface of said container is adapted to lie substantially flush upon the bottom of an excavation at various excavation depths beneath ground level and, in the transport mode, said container is supported above ground level;
• (g) said container having upwardly extending side walls of predetermined length adapted to extend at least slightly above the ground level when said container is located on the bottom of an excavation;
• (h) said side walls of predetermined length being adapted to provide positive stopping surfaces for wheeled vehicles which are driven up to said side walls when said container is located on the bottom of an excavation for unloading bulk goods into said container;
• (i) said side walls of predetermined length being adapted to be low enough above ground level when said container is located on the bottom of an excavation as to enable wheeled vehicles to unload said bulk goods into said container from more than a single side of said container;
• (j) a transport and tilting means attached to said supporting frame, said transport and tilting means serving to selectively move said delivery flow equalizer from one site to another site and, in addition, serving to move said supporting frame from a first position when said delivery flow equalizer is in its operational mode to a second position when said delivery flow equalizer is in its transport mode;
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• (k) said supporting frame holding said container in a cantilevered manner, such that said container is above ground level when said delivery flow equalizer is in its transport mode and below ground level when said delivery flow equalizer is in its operational mode.