Stacker vehicle

Claim 2

A stacker vehicle comprising: a. bed means having means for ground supporting same, b. conveyor means mounted on said bed means, c. stack enclosure means having a material receiving means and mounted on said bed means, said enclosure means operatively connected at the front thereof to said conveyor means to move therewith, d. means to tilt said enclosure means, and e. means to operate said conveyor means and means to tilt said enclosure means, wherein said means to tilt said enclosure means is operatively connected to said enclosure and conveyor means to tilt same upon rearward movement of said conveyor and enclosure relative to said bed, said stacker vehicle is adapted to be loaded with material, and to unload said material in a stack onto the ground.

Claim 3

The vehicle of claim 1, wherein there is material compacting means connected to said ground supporting and enclosure means and adapted upon movement of said ground supporting means relative said ground to move inwardly said enclosure to compact material therein.

Claim 4

The vehicle of claim 2, wherein said ground supporting means is wheels mounted on said bed means, and there is means to operate said compacting means.

Claim 5

The vehicle as described in claim 1, wherein: a. said bed means has a frame with said conveyor means mounted thereon, b. said ground supporting means are wheel means having means to raise and lower said bed means relative to the ground, c. said conveyor means has an inlet belt means movable in a forward and a reverse direction, d. said stack enclosure means has a housing defining a cavity for the receipt of material, and e. said means to tilt said stack enclosure means has a pivotal attachment between the forward end of said housing and said conveyor belt means and a tilting hand locking means connecting said housing and said bed means adapted to pivot said housing at said pivotal attachment when said forward portion of said enclosure is at the rear portion of said conveyor belt means and to hold said housing in said tilted position until said conveyor belt means is moved forward.

Claim 6

The vehicle of claim 4, wherein there is a material compacting means mounted on said housing and operatively connected to said wheel means to compress material in said housing upon movement of said vehicle.

Claim 7

The vehicle as described in claim 5, wherein: a. said frame has the top portion of said conveyor means at the top portion thereof, said conveyor means substantially covering the upper surface of said frame, b. said wheel means has a wheel and an axle, said axle being pivotally mounted with said frame, c. said means to raise and lower said bed means relative to the ground has an axle positioner pivotally mounTed with said frame positioned above said axle adapted to in operation press downward on said axle to lower said wheel relative said frame and raise said frame relative to the ground, d. said housing has an aperture to receive material and it has a perforated portion to pass air through said housing, e. said housing means has a housing frame means on the lower portion of said enclosure means adapted to engage the peripheral portion of said frame, f. said means to compact material has a pivotable wall of said housing connected to said axle positioner adapted to be pulled inward in a pivoting motion by motion of said axle positioner, g. said means to shake said stacker vehicle has a cam attached to the hub of said wheel mounted on said axle engagable by a cam follower means on said axle positioner adjustably movable by an actuator means, and h. said tilting and locking means has a locking bar member pivotally attached to said frame and pivotally and slidably attached to the side of said housing on the forward center portion thereof and has a stop member extending from said housing adapted to engage the end portion of said locking bar member when said housing is in the fully tilted position.

Claim 8

The vehicle as described in claim 6, wherein: a. said frame means has a floor on the upper surface thereof and said conveyor means has a slatted belt with the slats thereof in contact with said floor surface, b. said axle is a crank-like member having one of the parallel portions pivotally secured to the frame, said wheel is rotatably mounted with the other parallel portion and the transverse connecting portion is alongside the side of said frame, c. said housing has fixed walls on the sides and rear thereof secured to said housing frame means extending upward therefrom and tapered inward to said top portion, said sidewalls having said perforated portion in their upper portion, said pivotable wall mounted between said sidewalls at the forward end thereof pivotable from said housing frame means and extending upward to the height of said perforated portion, d. said aperture to receive material is on the forward upper portion of said housing bordered by said top portion, said perforated portions and the top of said pivotable wall, e. said pivotable wall is connected to said axle positioner by a table means adjustably connectable with said axle positioner and adapted to be held in place by a cam locking means when said housing is tilted, and f. said cam follower means has a cam roller pivotally mounted on said axle positioner movable by a controlled rod into the circle of said cam attached wheel hub, said actuator means has a movable plate with an incline surface, said incline surface in contact with said control rod adapted in operation to move said control rod in response to lateral movement of said plate thereby changing the position of said cammed roller relative said wheel hub cam.