Load body with load compacting and ejecting blade

Claim 2

A load body defining an upwardly opening elongated receptacle having first and second ends and consisting of an elongated flooring assembly and a pair of opposiTe side upstanding side walls extending along and projecting upwardly from opposite side marginal edge portions of said flooring assembly, one end of said body including an openable end gate and the opposite end portion of said body having an upstanding transverse partition disposed therein between said side walls and guidingly engaged with the body for movement toward and away from said one end thereof, said body including motor means drivingly connected to said partition for selectively shifting the latter longitudinally of said body, said side walls including longitudinally extending guideway defining means spaced appreciably above said flooring assembly, said partition including followers guidingly engaged in said guideway defining means for movement therealong and against lateral inward movement relative to said guideway defining means, said followers being supported from said partition for limited movement horizontally along the partition transversely of said body, and force means operatively connected between said partition and said followers yieldingly biasing said followers inwardly toward each other.

Claim 3

The combination of claim 1 wherein said side walls include longitudinally spaced upstanding hollow reinforcing posts with internal stiffeners projecting downwardly below the corresponding side marginal portions of said flooring assembly, the lower end portions of said stiffeners projecting below said flooring assembly being braced relative to the adjacent underside portions of the corresponding side marginal portions of said flooring assembly.

Claim 4

The combination of claim 2 wherein the bracing between the lower end portions of said stiffeners and said flooring assembly side marginal portions includes transverse upstanding gusset plates secured to the underside surface portions of said flooring assembly and the inner side portions of the lower ends of said stiffeners projecting below said flooring assembly.

Claim 5

The combination of claim 3 wherein said stiffeners comprise I-beam members.

Claim 6

The combination of claim 1 wherein said flooring assembly includes a flooring plate assembly secured over a plurality of longitudinally spaced transverse beams, said side walls including longitudinally spaced upstanding hollow reinforcing posts with internal stiffeners projecting downwardly below the corresponding side marginal portions of said flooring plate assembly and the adjacent ends of at least some of said transverse beams, and brace means secured between the lower end portions of said stiffeners and the underside portions of said some transverse beams of said flooring assembly, said brace means including transverse upstanding gusset plates secured to the underside surface portions of said transverse beams and the inner side portions of the lower ends of said stiffeners projecting below said transverse beams.

Claim 7

The combination of claim 1 wherein said motor means comprises a multi-stage hydraulic cylinder including a base end section secured longitudinally through and to a lower transverse center portion of said partition, a transverse horizontal anchor assembly supported in the other end of said body above said flooring assembly, the free extendable end of said cylinder being secured to said transverse horizontal anchor assembly, said multi-stage hydraulic cylinder including at least three relatively telescoped extendable sections, a guide carriage disposed between said partition and said anchor assembly, said guide carriage also including followers guidingly engaged in said guideway defining means, an intermediate section of said relatively telescoped extendable hydraulic cylinder sections being supported from said guide carriage against lateral deflection in all directions perpendicular to the centerline of said hydraulic cylinder.

Claim 8

A load body defining an upwardly opening elongated receptacle having first and second ends and consisting of an elongated flooring assembly and a pair of opposite side upstanding side walls extending along and projecting upWardly from opposite side marginal edge portions of said flooring assembly, one end of said body including an openable end gate and the opposite end portion of said body having an upstanding transverse partition disposed therein between said side walls and guidingly engaged with the body for movement toward and away from said one end thereof, said body including motor means drivingly connected to said partition for selectively shifting the latter longitudinally of said body, said flooring assembly including a flooring plate assembly secured over a plurality of longitudinally spaced transverse beams, said receptacle including a pair of transversely spaced longitudinal frame beams over which said transverse beams extend and to which the latter are secured, said motor means comprising a multi-stage hydraulic cylinder including a base section secured longitudinally through and to a lower transverse center portion of said partition, and a transverse horizontal anchor assembly supported in the other end of said body above the flooring assembly, and longitudinally spaced pairs of opposite side upstanding anchor members having their lower ends rigidly anchored to the opposite sides of each of said longitudinal frame beams below said flooring assembly, the upper ends of said anchor members projecting upwardly through said flooring assembly and rigidly anchored to said transverse horizontal anchor assembly, the free extendable end of said hydraulic cylinder being secured to said anchor assembly.

Claim 9

A load body defining an upwardly opening elongated receptacle having first and second ends and consisting of an elongated flooring assembly and a pair of opposite side upstanding side walls extending along and projecting upWardly from opposite side marginal edge portions of said flooring assembly, one end of said body including an openable end gate and the opposite end portion of said body having an upstanding transverse partition disposed therein between said side walls and guidingly engaged with the body for movement toward and away from said one end thereof, said body including motor means drivingly connected to said partition for selectively shifting the latter longitudinally of said body, said flooring assembly including a flooring plate assembly secured over a plurality of longitudinally spaced transverse beams, said receptacle including a pair of transversely spaced longitudinal frame beams over which said transverse beams extend and to which the latter are secured, said motor means comprising a multi-stage hydraulic cylinder including a base section secured longitudinally through and to a lower transverse center portion of said partition, and a transverse horizontal anchor assembly supported in the other end of said body above the flooring assembly, and longitudinally spaced pairs of opposite side upstanding anchor members having their lower ends rigidly anchored to the opposite sides of each of said longitudinal frame beams below said flooring assembly, the upper ends of said anchor members projecting upwardly through said flooring assembly and rigidly anchored to said transverse horizontal anchor assembly, the free extendable end of said hydraulic cylinder being secured to said anchor assembly.

Claim 10

A load body defining an upwardly opening elongated receptacle having first and second ends and consisting of an elongated flooring assembly and a pair of opposite side upstanding side walls extending along and projecting upwardly from opposite side marginal edge portions of said flooring assembly, one end of said body including an openable end gate and the opposite end portion of said body having an upstanding transverse partition disposed therein between said side walls and guidingly engaged with the body for movement toward and away from said one end thereof, said body including motor means drivingly connected to said partition for selectively shifting the latter longitudinally of said body, said motor means comprising a multi-stage hydraulic cylinder including a base section secured longitudinally through and to a lower transverse center portion of said partition, and an anchor assembly supported from the other end of said body and to which the free extendable end of said hydraulic cylinder is secured, said side walls including longitudinally extending guideway defining means spaced appreciably above said flooring assembly, said partition including followers guidingly engaged in said guideway defining means for movement therealong and against lateral inward movement relative to said guideway defining means, said guideway defining means also including lower opposite side tracks carried by said side walls, said partition including a supporting carriage including front and rear pairs of opposite side rollers rollingly engaged in said tracks, one pair of said front and rear pairs of opposite side rollers being supported from said support carriage for adjustable vertical shifting relative thereto.

Claim 11

A load body defining an upwardly opening elongated receptacle having first and second ends and consisting of an elongated flooring assembly and a pair of opposite side upstanding side walls extending along and projecting upwardly from opposite side marginal edge portions of said flooring assembly, one end of said body including an openable end gate and the opposite end portion of said body having an upstanding transverse partition disposed therein between said side walls and guidingly engaged with the body for movement toward and away from said one end thereof, said body including motor means drivingly connected to said partition for selectively shifting the latter longitudinally of said body, said motor means comprising a multi-stage hydraulic cylinder including a base section secured longitudinally through and to a lower transverse center portion of said partition, and an anchor assembly supported from the other end of said body and to which the free extendable end of said hydraulic cylinder is secured, said side walls including longitudinally extending guideway defining means spaced appreciably above said flooring assembly, said partition including followers guidingly engaged in said guideway defining means for movement therealong and against lateral inward movement relative to said guideway defining means, said guideway defining means also including lower opposite side tracks carried by said side walls, said partition including a supporting carriage including front and rear pairs of opposite side rollers rollingly engaged in said tracks, one pair of said front and rear pairs of opposite side rollers being supported from said support carriage for adjustable vertical shifting relative thereto.

Claim 12

A load body defining an upwardly opening elongated receptacle having first and second ends and consisting of an elongated flooring assembly and a pair of opposite side upstanding side walls extending along and projecting upwardly from opposite side marginal edge portions of said flooring assembly, one end of said body including an openable end gate and the opposite end portion of said body having an upstanding transverse partition disposed therein between said side walls and guidingly engaged with the body for movement toward and away from said one end thereof, said body including motor means drivingly connected to said partition for selectively shifting the latter longitudinally of said body, said side walls including longitudinally extending guideway defining means spaced appreciably above said Flooring assembly, said partition including followers guidingly engaged in said guideway defining means for movement therealong and against lateral inward movement relative to said guideway defining means, said guideway defining means also including lower opposite side tracks carried by said side walls, said partition including a supporting carriage having front and rear pairs of opposite side rollers rollingly engaged in said tracks, one pair of said front and rear pairs of opposite side rollers being supported from said support carriage for adjustable vertical shifting relative thereto.

Claim 13

A load body defining an upwardly opening elongated receptacle having first and second ends and consisting of an elongated flooring assembly and a pair of opposite side upstanding side walls extending along and projecting upwardly from opposite side marginal edge portions of said flooring assembly, one end of said body including an openable end gate and the opposite end portion of said body having an upstanding transverse partition disposed therein between said side walls and guidingly engaged with the body for movement toward and away from said one end thereof, said body including motor means drivingly connected to said partition for selectively shifting the latter longitudinally of said body, said side walls including longitudinally extending guideway defining means spaced appreciably above said Flooring assembly, said partition including followers guidingly engaged in said guideway defining means for movement therealong and against lateral inward movement relative to said guideway defining means, said guideway defining means also including lower opposite side tracks carried by said side walls, said partition including a supporting carriage having front and rear pairs of opposite side rollers rollingly engaged in said tracks, one pair of said front and rear pairs of opposite side rollers being supported from said support carriage for adjustable vertical shifting relative thereto.