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US3281126A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Dump body for agitating and non-agitating transport

Assignee: MAXON
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Filing: 1965-06-14
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Granted: 1966-10-25
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Expires: 1985-06-14
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jr Glenway Maxon
  • 👤 Louis J Kunstbeck

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 16:11
CPC Classifications
B; B28; B28C; B28C5/00; B28C5/42; B28C5/4282; B28C5/4286

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 285 words
IN A VEHICLE BODY HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY UPRIGHT FRONT WALL, UPRIGHT SIDE WALLS WHICH EXTEND GENERALLY REARWARDLY FROM THE FRONT WALL AND CONVERGE TOWARD A DISCHARGE OUTLET AT THE REAR OF THE BODY, AND A BOTTOM WALL EXTENDING FROM ONE SIDE WALL TO THE OTHER AND FROM THE FRONT WALL TO THE DISCHARGE OUTLET AND WHICH IS CURVED ABOUT AN AXIS THAT EXTENDS LENGTHWISE THROUGH THE BODY: A. FRONT BEARING MEANS CARRIED BY THE FRONT WALL AND HAVING ITS AXIS SUBSTANTIALLY COINCIDING WITH SAID AXIS OF THE BOTTOM WALL; B. A DRIVE SHAFT ROTATABLY JOURNALED IN SAID FRONT BEARING MEANS, SAID DRIVE SHAFT HAVING A FRONT END PORTION WHICH PROJECTS FORWARDLY FROM THE FRONT WALL; C. TRANSMISSION MEANS CONNECTED WITH THE PROJECTING FRONT END PORTION AND SAID DRIVE SHAFT FOR IMPARTING ROTATION THERETO; D. AN ELONGATED AGITATOR STEM IN THE BODY; E. MEANS READILY REMOVABLY SUPPORTING THE AGITATOR FOR ROTATION IN THE BODY COMPRISING (1) COOPERATING MEANS ON THE FRONT WALL OF THE BODY AND ON THE FRONT END PORTION OF THE AGITATOR STEM FOR ROTATABLY SUPPORTING THE LATTER COAXIALLY WITH THE DRIVE SHAFT, AND (2) REAR BEARING MEANS CARRIED BY THE BODY, NEAR THE DISCHARGE OUTLET, BY WHICH THE REAR END PORTION OF THE AGITATOR STEM IS SUPPORTED FOR ROTATION; F. COUPLING MEANS PROVIDING AN AXIALLY SEPARABLE DRIVING CONNECTION BETWEEN THE DRIVE SHAFT AND THE FRONT END PORTION OF THE AGITATOR STEM; G. A PLURALITY OF ARMS PROJECTING SUBSTANTIALLY RADIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM THE AGITATOR STEM AT AXIALLY SPACED INTERVALS ALONG THE SAME; H. A PADDLE-LIKE BALDE FOR EACH OF SAID ARMS; AND I. MEANS SECURING THE BLADES TO THEIR ARMS WITH THE SURFACES OF EACH BLADE SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF ITS ARM.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 285 words
IN A VEHICLE BODY HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY UPRIGHT FRONT WALL, UPRIGHT SIDE WALLS WHICH EXTEND GENERALLY REARWARDLY FROM THE FRONT WALL AND CONVERGE TOWARD A DISCHARGE OUTLET AT THE REAR OF THE BODY, AND A BOTTOM WALL EXTENDING FROM ONE SIDE WALL TO THE OTHER AND FROM THE FRONT WALL TO THE DISCHARGE OUTLET AND WHICH IS CURVED ABOUT AN AXIS THAT EXTENDS LENGTHWISE THROUGH THE BODY: A. FRONT BEARING MEANS CARRIED BY THE FRONT WALL AND HAVING ITS AXIS SUBSTANTIALLY COINCIDING WITH SAID AXIS OF THE BOTTOM WALL; B. A DRIVE SHAFT ROTATABLY JOURNALED IN SAID FRONT BEARING MEANS, SAID DRIVE SHAFT HAVING A FRONT END PORTION WHICH PROJECTS FORWARDLY FROM THE FRONT WALL; C. TRANSMISSION MEANS CONNECTED WITH THE PROJECTING FRONT END PORTION AND SAID DRIVE SHAFT FOR IMPARTING ROTATION THERETO; D. AN ELONGATED AGITATOR STEM IN THE BODY; E. MEANS READILY REMOVABLY SUPPORTING THE AGITATOR FOR ROTATION IN THE BODY COMPRISING (1) COOPERATING MEANS ON THE FRONT WALL OF THE BODY AND ON THE FRONT END PORTION OF THE AGITATOR STEM FOR ROTATABLY SUPPORTING THE LATTER COAXIALLY WITH THE DRIVE SHAFT, AND (2) REAR BEARING MEANS CARRIED BY THE BODY, NEAR THE DISCHARGE OUTLET, BY WHICH THE REAR END PORTION OF THE AGITATOR STEM IS SUPPORTED FOR ROTATION; F. COUPLING MEANS PROVIDING AN AXIALLY SEPARABLE DRIVING CONNECTION BETWEEN THE DRIVE SHAFT AND THE FRONT END PORTION OF THE AGITATOR STEM; G. A PLURALITY OF ARMS PROJECTING SUBSTANTIALLY RADIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM THE AGITATOR STEM AT AXIALLY SPACED INTERVALS ALONG THE SAME; H. A PADDLE-LIKE BALDE FOR EACH OF SAID ARMS; AND I. MEANS SECURING THE BLADES TO THEIR ARMS WITH THE SURFACES OF EACH BLADE SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF ITS ARM.

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