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US3198363A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Skip hauler for truck and railway transportation

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-07-24
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Granted: 1965-08-03
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Expires: 1983-07-24
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Edwin B Snead

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 18:53
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60P; B60P1/00; B60P1/64; B60P1/6418; B60P1/6427

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 167 words
IN A CARRIER FOR TRANSPORTING HEAVY CARGO AND TRANSFERRING SAID CARGO IN A UNIT TO ANOTHER CARRIER, IN COMBINATION WITH A TRUCK HAVING A FRAME AND A SUBFRAME, AND AN ELEVATABLE CARRIAGE ON SAID SUBFRAME, A SKIP NORMALLY SUPPORTED ON SAID SUBFRAME CAPABLE OF REMOVAL THEREFROM, HYDRAULIC MEANS ON SAID CARRIAGE FOR RAISING SAID ELEVATABLE CARRIAGE AND SAID SKIP WHEREBY THE SKIP IS SUPPORTED WHOLLY BY SAID CARRIAGE, MEANS OPERABLE BY THE MOTOR OF SAID TRUCK FOR MOVING SAID CARRIAGE WITH SAID SKIP REARWARDLY BEYOND THE REAR END OF SAID TRUCK FRAME WHEREBY TO DEPOSIT SAID SKIP ON AN ADJOINING SUPPORTING SURFACE AND RETURN SAID CARRIAGE TO ITS INOPERATIVE POSITION ON SAID SUBFRAME, AND A HYDRAULIC RAM MOUNTED ON SAID CARRIAGE INDEPENDENTLY OF SAID SKIP AND SAID HYDRAULIC MEANS FOR RAISING SAID CARRIAGE, THE SAID HYDRAULIC RAM HAVING MEANS FOR INTERLOCKING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SKIP WHEREBY TO RAISE SAID SKIP TO TILTED POSITION TO DUMP ITS CONTENT AND RETRACT IT TO NORMAL HAULING POSITION ON SAID CARRIAGE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 167 words
IN A CARRIER FOR TRANSPORTING HEAVY CARGO AND TRANSFERRING SAID CARGO IN A UNIT TO ANOTHER CARRIER, IN COMBINATION WITH A TRUCK HAVING A FRAME AND A SUBFRAME, AND AN ELEVATABLE CARRIAGE ON SAID SUBFRAME, A SKIP NORMALLY SUPPORTED ON SAID SUBFRAME CAPABLE OF REMOVAL THEREFROM, HYDRAULIC MEANS ON SAID CARRIAGE FOR RAISING SAID ELEVATABLE CARRIAGE AND SAID SKIP WHEREBY THE SKIP IS SUPPORTED WHOLLY BY SAID CARRIAGE, MEANS OPERABLE BY THE MOTOR OF SAID TRUCK FOR MOVING SAID CARRIAGE WITH SAID SKIP REARWARDLY BEYOND THE REAR END OF SAID TRUCK FRAME WHEREBY TO DEPOSIT SAID SKIP ON AN ADJOINING SUPPORTING SURFACE AND RETURN SAID CARRIAGE TO ITS INOPERATIVE POSITION ON SAID SUBFRAME, AND A HYDRAULIC RAM MOUNTED ON SAID CARRIAGE INDEPENDENTLY OF SAID SKIP AND SAID HYDRAULIC MEANS FOR RAISING SAID CARRIAGE, THE SAID HYDRAULIC RAM HAVING MEANS FOR INTERLOCKING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SKIP WHEREBY TO RAISE SAID SKIP TO TILTED POSITION TO DUMP ITS CONTENT AND RETRACT IT TO NORMAL HAULING POSITION ON SAID CARRIAGE.

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