Multicar bulk transporter and method

Claim 1

A TRAIN FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF BULK GOODS, COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF ALIGNED CARS EACH WITH SUPPORT MEANS AND AN ELONGATED UPWARDLY OPEN BODY PIVOTABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME FOR SWINGING ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS, SAID BODY HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY CLOSED FIRST END AND AN AT LEAST PARTLY OPEN SECOND END; ADJUSTABLE COUPLING MEANS BETWEEN SAID CARS INTERCONNECTING THE RESPECTIVE SUPPORT MEANS THEREOF WITH VARIABLE SPACING OF THEIR ADJOINING ENDS; CONVEYOR MEANS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY ALONG THE FLOOR OF SAID BODY; DRIVE MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID CONVEYOR MEANS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF A LOAD FROM SAID FIRST END TO SAID SECOND END; AND MECHANISM OPERABLE TO TILT SAID BODY ABOUT SAID AXIS TO AN EXTENT SUFFICIENT TO LIFT SAID SECOND END ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE PROXIMAL END OF AN IMMEDIATELY ADJOINING CAR WHEREBY SAID LOAD CAN BE TRANSFERRED TO SAID ADJOINING CAR BY SAID CONVEYOR MEANS UPON AN ADJUSTMENT OF SAID COUPLING MEANS TO REDUCE THE SPACING BETWEEN SAID BODY AND THE BODY OF SAID ADJOINING CAR SUFFICIENTLY TO HAVE SAID SECOND END OVERLIE SAID PROXIMAL END.