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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 1981
Filed:
May. 30, 1978
Donald W Van Doorn, Columbus, GA (US);
Roy T Williams, Columbus, GA (US);
James B Hawkins, Columbus, GA (US);
Lummus Industries, Inc., Columbus, GA (US);
Abstract
A self-powered vehicle especially adapted for handling modules of cotton comprising a single frame which serves not only as a chassis frame for the vehicle, but also serves as a conveyor frame. Apparatus is associated with one set of wheels, either the front or rear set, to raise and lower the frame relative to that set of wheels, thus to place one end of the frame closely adjacent the ground or to a pallet on which the module rests. Apparatus also is provided to drive the vehicle and the conveyor in opposite directions whereby the module may be loaded onto the conveyor without substantial translatory movement of the module. Further details include sensors effective to limit downward movement of the loading and unloading end of the frame; and a control cab mounted immediately adjacent the loading and unloading end of the frame and displaced laterally therefrom.