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Motorized dumping vehicle

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6720281
A motorized dump-type vehicle is described for on-the-job transporting of concrete or other materials, comprising: (a) a rectangular metal formed chassis frame having integrally-joined side, front and rear members defining in transit front and rear ends thereof; (b) a gasoline engine mounted above and on the rear end of the frame; (c) an open top dump container having metal formed side and bottom walls, the container being supported on the frame forwardly of the engine and having a bottom front end portion pivotally mounted on the front end of the frame; (d) a pair of oppositely positioned hydraulic drive motors secured to the frame below the front end thereof; (e) a pair of front driving ground-engaging wheels located on opposite sides of the frame front end and each wheel being drivingly connected to a respective hydraulic drive motor enabling the wheels to be driven thereby; and (f) a single hydraulic piston/cylinder having one end pivotally mounted on the frame centrally of the width thereof and the opposite end pivotally connected to the bottom wall of the container centrally of the sides thereof enabling the container to be raised and lowered by admitting pressurized fluid to one side or the other of the piston/cylinder.
Assignee:
NOV; NOV-87-050011; EDB-87-064451
Patent Number(s):
US 4645264
OSTI ID:
6720281
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English