Turret for materials transport vehicles and telescopic conveyor mounted thereon

A turret deck for securing a telescopically extendible conveyor to a chassis of a materials transport vehicle, said turret deck being moveable from a transport position to at least one materials unloading position, said turret deck comprising:

• a platform, adapted to be integral with the chassis of the vehicle;
• an orientation crown mounted on said platform, said orientation crown comprising an upper part and a lower part;
• said lower part comprising a base plate moveable with respect to said platform;
• said upper part comprising a first supporting yoke for pivotally supporting the conveyor on a tilting shaft;
• a second yoke journaled to said tilting shaft;
• a first actuation element interposed between said base plate and said second yoke, said first actuation element being connected to said second yoke at a first side of said tilting shaft, and a second actuation element interposed between said second yoke and said conveyor, said second actuation element being connected to said second yoke at a second side of said tilting shaft;
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• said base plate, said first and second supporting yokes and said first and second actuation elements being constructed and arranged to impart first and second types of tilting to said conveyor, said first type of tilting comprising movement of said conveyor into the transport position, and said second type of tilting comprising movement of said conveyor into the at least one material unloading position.