Dumping apparatus for a vehicle mounted tilting slag pot

Claim 1

IN APPARATUS FOR DUMPING A SLAG POT CARRIED BY A WHEELED VEHICLE HAVING A FRAME THEREON WHEREIN DUMPING IS TO ONE SIDE OF SAID VEHICLE, THE INVENTION COMPRISING A TRUNNION RING NORMALLY DISPOSED IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION UPON SAID FRAME FOR MOUNTING SAID SLAG POT IN A VERTICAL POSITION, SAID TRUNNION RING HAVING AT SUBSTANTIALLY DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE SIDES FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORT MEMBERS ON EACH SIDE WHICH STRADDLE ITS CENTRAL AXIS OF ROTATION AND WHICH ARE DISPOSED UPON SAID FRAME, SAID RING HAVING ONE OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORT MEMBERS FORMING WITH ITS COUNTERPART AT THE OPPOSITE DIAMETRICAL SIDE OF SAID RING A PIVOT MOUNTING THEREFOR UPON SAID FRAME TO PERMIT ROTATION THEREOF ABOUT AN AXIS OFFSET LATERALLY FROM SAID CENTRAL AXIS WHEREBY ROTATION OF SAID RING TO TRAVEL OFFSET AXIS CAUSES SAID POT CARRIED BY SAID RING TO TRAVEL FROM AXIS VERTICAL POSITION TO A FULL DUMP POSITION WHEREAT ITS CONTENTS ARE EMPTIED THEREFROM, SAID VEHICLE HAVING A PORTION DISPOSED TO DEFINE SAID FULL DUMP POSITION BY ENGAGEMENT WITH A SIDE OF SAID POT, SAID PIVOT MOUNTING BEING LOCATED LATERALLY A DISTANCE FROM THE VERTICAL CENTER LINE OF SAID POT SUCH THAT THE CENTER OF GRAVITY OF SAID POT AND ITS CONTENTS IS WITHIN THE SPAN OF THE WHEEL WIDTHWISE OF SAID VEHICLE DURING TRAVEL OF SAID POT FROM SAID VERTICAL POSITION TO SAID FULL DUMP POSITION, MOTOR MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID RING TO ROTATE SAME ABOUT SAID PIVOT MOUNTING TO MOVE SAID POT FORM SAID VERTICAL TO SAID FULL DUMP POSITION, MEANS FORMING A FLUID UNDER PRESSURE SYSTEM OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID MOTOR MEANS AND INCLUDING A FLUID FLOW MEANS FOR DELIVERING A CONTROLLED AMOUNT OF FLUID UNDER PRESSURE TO SAID MOTOR MEANS TO IMPART A REGULATED SLOW RATE OF TRAVEL TO SAID POT ABOUT SAID PIVOT MOUNTING FROM SAID VERTICAL POSITION THROUGH AT LEAST A FIRST PORTION OF ROTATION TOWARDS SAID FULL DUMP POSITION, INCLUDING MEANS TO ROTATE SAID POT THROUGH AN ARC SURE TO SAID MOTOR MEANS TO ROTATE SAID POT THROUGH AN ARC TO A BUMPING POSTION WHEREAT SAID POT IS SPACED APART FROM SAID PORTION OF SAID VEHICLE AND INCLUDING VOLUME FLUID MEANS FOR DELIVERING A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF FLUID UNDER PRESSURE TO SAID MOTOR MEANS FOR IMPACTING SAID POT AGAINST SAID PORTION FROM SAID BUMPING POSITION.