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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2018
Conveyor Application Systems Llc, Eugene, OR (US);
Arlen Rexius, Eugene, OR (US);
Jay Dee Werlinger, Brownsburg, IN (US);
Brent Whitley, Fall Creek, OR (US);
Jeremy Lee Oesterling, Greenfield, IN (US);
David Looney, Monroe, OR (US);
Matthew Charles Cox, Eugene, OR (US);
Conveyor Application Systems LLC, Eugene, OR (US);
Abstract
In one representative embodiment, a vehicle has a frame, a material hopper mounted on the frame, a swing arm assembly coupled to the frame, and a conveyor mounted on the swing arm assembly. The swing arm assembly can have a support bracket configured to pivot relative to the hopper about a vertical pivot axis, the support bracket also configured to pivot relative to the hopper about a horizontal pivot axis, wherein the support bracket is configured to support the conveyor for pivoting movement of the conveyor relative to the hopper about the vertical pivot axis and about the horizontal pivot axis to move the conveyor from a first, stowed position extending alongside one of the sides of the hopper to a second, use position extending rearwardly away from the rear end of the hopper.