Earth moving apparatus having means for regulating discharge from earth carrying bowl

Claim 1

EARTH MOVING APPARATUS ADAPTED TO BE TOWED BY A TOWING VEHICLE COMPRISING A TRAILER FRAME HAVING GROUND SUPPORTING WHEEL MEANS, HITCH MEANS ADAPTED TO BE PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE TOWING VEHICLE, MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING THE TRAILER FRAME TO THE HITCH MEANS FOR SUPPORT THEREOF BETWEEN THE HITCH MEANS AND SAID WHEEL MEANS, BUCKET MEANS MOVABLY MOUNTED ON THE TRAILER FRAME FOR DISPLACEMENT TO A PLURALITY OF OPERATIVE POSITIONS, SCRAPER MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID BUCKET MEANS FOR PENETRATION OF EARTH IN RESPONSE TO SAID DISPLACEMENT OF THE BUCKET MEANS TO SAID OPERATIVE POSITIONS, POSITIONAL CONTROL MEANS MOUNTED ON THE TRAILER FRAME AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE BUCKET MEANS FOR ADJUSTABLE DISPLACEMENT THEREOF BETWEEN LOADING AND UNLOADING POSITIONS TO VARIABLY REGULATE BOTH DISPLACEMENT OF EARTH BY THE SCRAPER MEANS AND SPREADING OF EARTH FROM THE BUCKET MEANS, OPERATIONAL CONTROL MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE TRAILER FRAME AND THE HITCH MEANS AT THE PIVOTAL CONNECTING MEANS FOR ADJUSTABLY POSITIONING THE TRAILER FRAME ABOVE THE GROUND TO SELECTIVELY CONDITION THE BUCKET MEANS AND THE SCRAPER MEANS FOR DIGGING, LEVEING AND DUMPING OPERATIONS, AND DIGGING MEANS CONNECTED TO THE FRAME AND RENDERED OPERATIVE DURING SAID DIGGING OPERATION TO CUT THE EARTH, SAID DIGGING MEANS INCLUDING CUTTER BLADE MEANS MOUNTED ON THE TRAILER FRAME AT THE PIVOTAL CONNECTING MEANS FORWARDLY SPACED FROM THE SCRAPER MEANS TO PENETRATE THE EARTH WHEN THE TRAILER FRAME IS POSITIONED BY THE OPERATIONAL CONTROL MEANS FOR DIGGING OPERATION, AND GATE MEANS MOVABLY MOUNTED ON THE BUCKET MEANS AND OPERATIVELY ENGAGEABLE WITH THE TRAILER FRAME FOR UNIFORMLY REGULATING UNLOADING OF AND SPREADING OF EARTH FROM THE BUCKET MEANS IN ONE OF SAID OPERATIVE POSITIONS WHEN THE TRAILER FRAME IS POSITIONED BY THE OPERATIONAL CONTROL MEANS FOR LEVELING OPERATION.