Abstract:
A flowable-material transfer station includes a mobile frame and a conveyor coupled thereto. A hopper mounted on the mobile frame has a side wall with an opening. A chute's loading end is rigidly coupled to the hopper at the side wall opening thereof wherein the chute is in fluid communication with the hopper via the opening. The hopper is hingedly coupled to the mobile frame and the chute's dispensing end is positioned over a first end of the conveyor. A lift mechanism is provided to move the hopper between a lowered position and a raised position. The chute's dispensing end is above the chute's loading end when the hopper is in its lowered position, and is below the chute's loading end when the hopper is in its raised position.
Abstract:
A liner (42) for a machine body (12) includes a first layer (44) including a first polyurethane having first material characteristics, and a second layer (46) coupled to the first layer. The second layer includes a second polyurethane having second material characteristics different than the first material characteristics, and the first layer and the second layer are chemically bonded to one another. A liner system (70) includes a liner and a liner retention system (72) configured to couple the liner to the machine body. The liner retention system includes at least one retention strip (76) configured to be coupled to the machine body. The retention strip has a cross-section forming a lateral profile (84). At least one edge (86) of the liner has a shape configured to substantially correspond to the lateral profile of the retention strip.
Abstract:
A truck body with geometric features that improve material flow while the truck body is being tilted and the payload is being dumped. These geometric features influence the discharge of the material in the truck to better empty the truck body during dumping and lessen the risk or effect of carryback. The truck body geometry results in less dribble, less hang up, and less carryback. The overall discharge time is also often reduced.
Abstract:
A hopper box for a heavy lift truck such as mining trucks wherein said hopper box minimizes the height of the gravity center of the load being constituted by sheets that generate a floor, a front wall and two side walls, being said hopper box formed by at least one sheet (1) having a first longitudinal concave curved portion (2) as a floor which continues with a longitudinal upper elongated portion which comprises the front wall (3) thereby generating a single longitudinal curved, collapsed and elongated C-shaped sheet wherein said at least one sheet is placed in a juxtaposed manner until reaching the width (5) by incorporating two side walls (8) having on its lower face two longitudinal rigid U- shaped beams (11), wherein are also included half-round cross stiffeners (9) on its ends.
Abstract:
There is disclosed a dump tray for a bulk material transport truck, comprising: a front wall, opposed side walls and a floor; and a frame which supports the front wall, side walls and floor, the frame defining a chassis of the tray ("the tray chassis"), via which the tray is pivotally attachable to a chassis of the truck, and comprising opposed longitudinal members disposed laterally outward of the tray chassis on opposite sides thereof, each longitudinal member being positioned at a higher level than the tray chassis, and transverse members interconnecting the tray chassis and longitudinal members, wherein: the floor is secured to the longitudinal members such that it is suspended over the tray chassis; the transverse members comprise laterally outwardly divergent branches; and the longitudinal members are fixed to laterally outer ends of the branches.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a load container (10) for transporting and/or storing goods, comprising a bottom and four upright walls connected to the bottom, wherein at least the bottom (11) and two mutually opposite walls (12A, 12B) consist of a material comprising plastic, and wherein the bottom and each of the two mutually opposite walls are connected to each other by mutually co-acting connecting means (16, 17) forming part thereof. The invention further relates to a panel adapted to form the bottom, a transition wall part or a wall of the load container, to a truck provided with such a load container and a method for manufacturing such a load container.