Sloped floor dump trailer
AssigneeFlorig Equipment Company, Inc.
InventorEugene F. Stluka
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Abstract
A sloped floor trailer which incorporates drain ports which are opened during trailer loading and which are sealed during trailer transportation, in order to retain the liquid. In addition to the foregoing features, I provide apparatus for heating the trailer side walls with the truck tractor exhaust to prevent freezing during inclement weather.
Claims11
An improved tow trailer having ground engaging support means and a trailer body for hauling and dumping liquid containing residue, wherein the trailer provides hoist elevation means for raising one end of the body for dumping said body, the improvement comprising:
- (a) main chassis rails which slope from the respective ends of the trailer toward a common vertical axis;
- (b) body rails resting on said chassis rails and sloping from the respective ends of said trailer toward said vertical axis;
- (c) a plurality of floor support means, positioned adjacent to said body rails, for providing a support plane which slopes from the respective ends toward said vertical axis;
- (d) a floor mounted on said plurality of support means and sloping from said respective ends towards said vertical axis;
- (e) vertical walls mounted about the perimeter of said floor on both sides and one end thereof;
- (f) a dump gate pivotally supported by said side walls and positioned at the other end thereof;
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- (g) an elevated floor portion positioned adjacent to said dump gate and sloping from the sealing point of said dump gate toward said common vertical axis;
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- (h) at least one closable drain port positioned at said vertical axis in a side wall adjacent to and at the lowest point of said floor.
An improved combination in a towable trailer having ground engaging support means and a trailer body for holding and dumping liquid containing residue wherein the trailer provides hoist elevation means for raising one end of said body for dumping said body, the improvement comprising:
- (a) body rails which slope from the respective ends of the trailer toward a common vertical axis;
- (b) a plurality of floor support means positioned adjacent to said body rails and forming a support plane which slopes from the respective ends toward said common vertical axis;
- (c) a floor mounted on said plurality of floor support means and sloping from said respective ends towards said common vertical axis;
- (d) vertical walls mounted about the perimeter of said floor on both sides and one end thereof;
- (e) a dump gate pivotally supported by said side walls and positioned at the other end thereof;
- (f) an elevated floor portion positioned adjacent to said dump gate and sloping from the sealing point of said dump gate toward said common vertical axis;
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- (g) at least one drain port positioned at said common vertical axis in a side wall adjacent said floor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.