Loading and transportation equipment

Claim 1

A LOADING AND TRANSPORTING EQUIPMENT COMPRISING, A PLURALITY OF CARS ADAPTED TO BE FILLED WITH MATERIAL, COUPLINGS CONNECTING THE CARS TO FORM A TRAIN, SIDE WALLS ON THE CARS, RAIL ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SIDE WALLS TO FORM A TRACK PORTION FOR EACH CAR, CONNECTNG MEANS FOR JOINING THE TRACK PORTIONS OF ADJACENT CARS TO FORM A CONTINUOUS TRACK ON THE TRAIN, SAID CONNECTING MEANS COMPRISING TWO FIRST RAIL PIECES GUIDED FOR LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT A LIMITED DISTANCE RELATIVE TO THE RESPECTIVE CAR SIDE, TWO SECOND RAIL PIECES EACH CONSTITUTING AN EXTENSION OF THE FIRST RAIL PIECES AND HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST RAIL PIECES ON HORIZONTAL HINGE AXES, AND SAID SECOND RAIL PIECES OF ADJACENT CARS FORMING TOGETHER A HINGE WITH A VERTICAL AXIS, A TRACK RAMP COMPOSED OF A LOW HORIZONTAL TRACK PORTION AND AN INCLINED TRACK PORTION CONNECTING THE LOW TRACK PORTION WITH THE TRACK PORTION ON ONE OF THE CARS TO THEREBY FORM A CONTINUOUS TRACK FROM SAID LOW TRACK PORTION TO ALL OF THE CONNECTED TRACK PORTIONS OF THE CARS, A SKIP HAVING WHEELS FOR MOVEMENT ALONG THE CONNECTED TRACKS FROM A MATERIAL-RECEIVING POSITION ON THE LOW TRACK PORTION TO A MATERIAL-DISCHARGING POSITION OF ANY OF THE CARS OF THE TRAIN, POWER MEANS FOR MOVING THE LOADED SKIP ALONG THE CONNECTED TRACK PORTIONS FROM SAID LOW MATERIAL-RECEIVING POSITION TO A DISCHARGE POSITION OF ANY OF THE CARS OF THE TRAIN, AND POWER-OPERATED BOTTOMOPENING MEANS ON THE SKIP ADAPTED TO ENABLE MATERIAL IN THE SKIP TO BE DISCHARGE INTO ONE OD SAID CARS OF THE TRAIN UPON OPENING BY SAID OPENING MEANS.