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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2001
William F. Burian, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Charles Lonnie Horne, Chicago, IL (US);
James M. McLaughlin, Monee, IL (US);
Michael S. Ryan, Darien, IL (US);
Clayton Strand, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Marvin Miller, Lockport, IL (US);
Malinda Chilcote, Aurora, IL (US);
Salco Products, Inc., Lemont, IL (US);
Abstract
A deflector assembly located within the interior of a trailer for distributing dry bulk during loading of the dry bulk into the interior of the trailer. The deflector assembly comprises a deflector having a deflecting surface. The deflector has an opened position and a deflecting position, wherein the deflecting surface is not situated to deflect the dry bulk when the deflector is in the opened position and the deflecting surface is situated to deflect the dry bulk when the deflector is in the deflecting position.