Vehicle for the transport of bulk material

Claim 1

A VEHICLE FOR THE TRANSPORT OF BULK MATERIAL COMPRISING AN ELONGATED, RIGID WHEELED CHASSIS, AN ELONGATED BODY ON SAID CHASSIS HAVING PARTITION MEANS EXTENDING LATERALLY ACROSS THE BODY INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS TO DIVIDE THE BODY INTO FIRST AND SECOND PORTIONS DEFINING COMPARTMENTS FOR CONTAINING THE BULK MATERIAL TO BE TRANSPORTED, SAID PARTITION MEANS BEING AT AN ANGLE WITH RESPECT TO A PERPENDICULAR TO THE SIDES OF SAID BODY SO AS TO ENCLOSE, WITH SAID SIDES OF THE BODY, AN ACUTELY ANGLED CORNER AT ONE SIDE OF EACH OF SAID BODY PORTIONS, EACH OF SAID PORTIONS HAVING DISCHARGE MEANS OPENING FROM ADJACENT THE BOTTOM THEREOF AT LEAST IN SAID ACUTELY ANGLED CORNER OF THE RESPECTIVE BODY PORTION FOR DISCHARGING BULK MATERIAL FROM THE RESPECTIVE COMPARTMENTS, MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTING SAID PORTIONS OF THE BODY FOR SELECTIVE TILTING RELATIVE TO SAID CHASSIS ABOUT FIRST AND SECOND LATERALLY EXTENDING AXES, SAID FIRST AND SECOND AXES BEING SPACED FROM SAID PARTITION MEANS IN DIRECTIONS ALONG SAID CHASSIS TOWARD THE ENDS OF THE LATTER REMOTE FROM SAID FIRST AND SECOND BODY PORTIONS, RESPECTIVELY, A FIRST LIFTING DEVICE CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID CHASSIS AND SAID FIRST BODY PORTION AT A LOCATION ON THE LATTER SPACED FROM SAID PARTITION MEANS AND BEING OPERABLE TO SWING AT LEAST SAID FIRST BODY PORTION UPWARDLY ABOUT SAID FIRST AXIS SO THAT SAID FIRST BODY PORTION IS BODILY RAISED FROM SAID CHASSIS AND TILTED DOWNWARDLY TOWARD SAID DISCHARGE MEANS OF THE FIRST BODY PORTION ADJACENT SAID PARTITION MEANS, A SECOND LIFTING DEVICE CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID CHASSIS AND SAID SECOND BODY PORTION AT A LOCATION ON THE LATTER SPACED FROM SAID PARTITION MEANS AND BEING OPERABLE TO SWING AT LEAST SAID SECOND BODY PORTION UPWARDLY ABOUT SAID SECOND AXIS SO THAT SAID SECOND BODY PORTION IS BODILY RAISED FROM SAID CHASSIS AND TILTED DOWNWARDLY TOWARD SAID DISCHARGE MEANS OF THE SECOND BODY PORTION ADJACENT SAID PARTITION MEANS, AND ACTUATING MEANS TO SELECTIVELY OPERATE SAID FIRST AND SECOND LIFTING DEVICES INDIVIDUALLY.