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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2012
Leroy G. Hagenbuch, Peoria Heights, IL (US);
Philip T. Brinkman, Canton, IL (US);
LeRoy G. Hagenbuch, Peoria Heights, IL (US);
Philip T. Brinkman, Canton, IL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method is provided for loading material into a dump body of a truck using a loading bucket whose volumetric capacity is approximately ⅓ or more than that of the dump body. The loading bucket is filled with an amount of earthen material and centered over the dump body. The bucket is then lowered to a position that: (1) substantially minimizes the clearance between the floor of the dump body and a swinging gate of the loading bucket in its freed position; (2) allows the swinging gate to clear the side walls of the dump body as it swings through an arc after it is freed, and (3) allows the material to be discharged substantially in the center of the dump body. After it is positioned, the swinging gate is then freed so as to release the material held in the bucket.