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US 5,460,431 AGranted
Double tapered trailer for a dumping vehicle
AssigneeABCM Industries Limited Partnership
InventorCliff McWilliams
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Abstract
A trailer for a dumping vehicle having a front and a rear for unloading of materials. The trailer includes a tapered bottom floor extending between the front and the rear, the bottom floor at the rear being wider than at the front. A pair of opposed sidewalls extend from the bottom floor, each sidewall at an obtuse angle to the bottom floor.
Claims3
A trailer for a dumping vehicle, said trailer having a front and having a rear for unloading of materials, which trailer comprises:
- a tapered bottom floor extending between said front and said rear, said bottom floor at said rear wider than at said front;
- a pair of opposed sidewalls extending from said bottom floor, each said sidewall at a constant, obtuse angle to said bottom floor, wherein each said side wall is taller at said front end than at said rear end;
- lifting means to lift and to lower said front end of said trailer including a hydraulic telescoping cylinder and means to tilt said trailer near said rear of said trailer about an axis transverse to said trailer;
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- a recess in said trailer front for said hydraulic telescoping cylinder.
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