Tilt dump vehicle with load ejecting means

Claim 2

Means for ejecting a load from a rear end opening of a container body having an openable rear end when said body is on the tilt bed of a tilt bed vehicle including an ejection member movable longitudinally in the body; means including a flexible pull member connected to the ejection member inside the body and extending rearwardly within the body and thence outwardly and downwardly from the body; lost motion tension means connecting said pull member to a part of the vehicle independent of the tilt bed whereby the ejection member is pulled toward the rear when the tilt bed is raised.

Claim 3

In combination with means as defined in claim 1, means carried by the body for pulling the ejection member forwardly when the tension on said previously mentioned pull member is relaxed.

Claim 4

Means as defined in claim 2 wherein said means for pulling the ejection member forwardly includes resilient biasing means urging said ejection member forwardly in the opposite direction from that in which it is pulled by said first-mentioned pull member.

Claim 5

Means as defined in claim 1 wherein said ejection member compromises a crosspiece extending transversely within and substantially the full width of the body, a pair of said pull members being provided, one connected to each end of the crosspiece and extending rearwardly substantially parallel to each other and out of the body through an opening, each pull member having a rear end anchored to the under portion of the body outside the same, said lost motion tension means including a pulley block on each pull member between the opening and the anchored end.

Claim 6

Means as defined in claim 1 wherein said ejection member comprises a crosspiece extending transversely within and substantially the full width of the body, a pair of said pull members being provided, one connected to each end of the crosspiece and extending rearwardly substantially parallel to each other, means carried by the body for pulling the ejection member forwardly when the tension on said previously mentioned pull member is relaxed comprising a cable secured to said crosspiece and extending forwardly therefrom and out of the body, and takeup means for said cable mounted on an outside forward portion of said body.

Claim 7

Means as defined in claim 5 wherein said takeup means includes a movable takeup member over which said cable is trained, means biasing the takeup member in a direction to pull the cable and crosspiece forwardly, and means responsive to lowering and raising the bed for locking and unlocking the takeup member.

Claim 8

Means as defined in claim 6 wherein the takeup member is a pulley bodily shiftable in the plate of its groove and over which the cable is looped.