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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert V. Vickers, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
E. Kent Daniels, Jr., Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Louis Berkman Company, Steubenville, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 1/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 1/36 ;
Abstract
The dump body of a dump truck includes a tailgate having an opening through which material in the receptacle can be dispensed by an endless conveyor in the dump body, and a feedgate for adjusting the rate of discharge is removably mounted on one of the tailgate and the bottom of the dump body and has a passageway through which the conveyor belt extends and a door displaceable toward and away from the conveyor to adjust the size of the passageway and thus the rate of material discharge when the conveyor is in operation.