Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
196 words
A portable plant having bulk material processing equipment mounted thereon, said plant comprising a front and rear trailer section, said front and rear trailer sections comprising coupling means releasably and rigidly connecting said front trailer section and said rear trailer section together into a unitary trailer vehicle, said front trailer section comprising a structural support frame, retractable wheel means coupled to said front trailer section at the rear of said frame for supporting said front trailer section during coupling and uncoupling of said front trailer section and said rear trailer section, said coupling means comprising a series of tongues mounted in the rear of said front trailer section and a number of sets of spaced ears mounted on the front of the rear trailer section, said ears and said tongues having horizontal apertures formed therein, said front and said rear trailer sections being aligned in abutting end-to-end relation with each said tongue on said front trailer section interfitting between one of said sets of ears on said rear trailer section so that the apertures in the tongues and in each corresponding set of ears of ears are aligned, pin means removably mounted in the aligned apertures.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
196 words
A portable plant having bulk material processing equipment mounted thereon, said plant comprising a front and rear trailer section, said front and rear trailer sections comprising coupling means releasably and rigidly connecting said front trailer section and said rear trailer section together into a unitary trailer vehicle, said front trailer section comprising a structural support frame, retractable wheel means coupled to said front trailer section at the rear of said frame for supporting said front trailer section during coupling and uncoupling of said front trailer section and said rear trailer section, said coupling means comprising a series of tongues mounted in the rear of said front trailer section and a number of sets of spaced ears mounted on the front of the rear trailer section, said ears and said tongues having horizontal apertures formed therein, said front and said rear trailer sections being aligned in abutting end-to-end relation with each said tongue on said front trailer section interfitting between one of said sets of ears on said rear trailer section so that the apertures in the tongues and in each corresponding set of ears of ears are aligned, pin means removably mounted in the aligned apertures.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
A portable plant as defined in claim 1 wherein guide devices are provided on each side of said front and rear trailer sections so as to indicate the proper lateral alignment of the two trailer sections before they are moved into end-to-end abutting relation.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
123 words
A portable plant as defined in claim 2 wherein each of said guide devices comprises a vertically mounted guide rod on one of the said trailer sections and a horizontally mounted guide plate on the other of said trailer sections, said guide plate being formed with an open ended guide slot which is slightly wider than said guide rod, said guide plate and said guide rod being positioned so that said guide rod may be moved into said guide slot as said trailer sections are moved into abutting end-to-end relation during the coupling operation, said guide devices indicating proper lateral alignment when the trailer sections have been positioned such that the guide rods of said guide devices are positioned within said guide slots.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
66 words
A portable plant as defined in claim 1 wherein said retractable wheel means comprises an auxiliary wheel assembly mounted on each side of said frame of said front trailer section for movement between an extended and a retracted position and an adjustable support system which is adapted to be releasably coupled to said wheel assemblies for maintaining and adjusting said wheel assemblies in said extended position.