Dump truck body with slanted top rail

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9440575-B2
Application number	US-201213647544-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 9, 2012
Priority date	Oct 9, 2012
Publication date	Sep 13, 2016
Grant date	Sep 13, 2016

Abstract

A dump body which dissuades material from sitting on a top surface of a sidewall of the dump body and thereby reduces spillage while hauling material is disclosed. The dump body may additionally allow an operator of a loader to clearly distinguish the edge of the dump body to facilitate loading and reduce structural damage. The dump body may further create a lower center of gravity while hauling the same payload, which may reduce the risk of rolling the dump body. The dump body may include a pair of sidewalls attached on opposing sides of a bottom wall and extending upwardly, with each having a top surface inclined toward an interior of the dump body. The incline may start at an inside edge of the sidewall and extend upwardly to an outside edge of the sidewall residing at a very outer extent of the sidewall.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A dump body, comprising:
a bottom wall oriented horizontally;
a proximal end wall attached at a proximal end of the bottom wall and extending vertically; and
a pair of sidewalls attached on opposing sides of the bottom wall and extending vertically, each sidewall having a planar outer surface, a planar inner surface, and a planar top surface extending between the planar outer surface and the planar inner surface, the planar top surface being inclined towards an interior of the dump body, the incline starting at an innermost lateral edge of each sidewall and upwardly extending to an outermost lateral edge of each sidewall, each planar top surface being at a different angular orientation than each planar outer surface and each planar inner surface.

2. The dump body of claim 1 , wherein the top surface of each sidewall is inclined 45 degrees.

3. The dump body of claim 1 , wherein the proximal end wall has a top surface inclined towards the interior of the dump body, the top surface incline starting at an inside edge of the end wall and extending to an outside edge of the end wall.

4. The dump body of claim I, wherein a distal end wall is attached at a distal end of the bottom wall and extends upward.

5. The dump body of claim 4 , wherein a top surface of the distal end wall is inclined towards the interior of the dump body, the incline starting at an inside edge of the end wall and extending to an outside edge of the end wall.

6. An earth moving vehicle, comprising:
a chassis;
an operator cabin supported by the chassis; and
a dump body supported by the chassis, comprising;
a bottom wall oriented horizontally;
a proximal end wail attached at a proximal end of the bottom wall and extending vertically; and

a pair of sidewalls attached on opposing sides of the bottom wall and extending vertically, each sidewall having a Omar outer surface, a planar inner surface, and a planar top surface extending between the planar outer surface and the planar inner surface, the planar top surface being inclined towards an interior of the dump body, the incline starting at an innermost lateral edge of each sidewall and upwardly extending to an outermost lateral edge of each sidewall, each planar top surface being at a different angular orientation than each planar outer surface and each planar inner surface.

7. The earth moving vehicle of claim 6 , wherein the top surface of each sidewall is inclined 45 degrees.

8. The earth moving vehicle of claim 6 , wherein the proximal end wall has a top surface inclined toward the interior of the dump body.

9. The earth moving vehicle of claim 6 , wherein the dump body has a distal end wall attached at a distal end of the bottom wall.

10. The earth moving vehicle of claim 9 , wherein a top surface of the distal end wall is inclined toward the proximal end wall.

11. The earth moving vehicle of claim 6 , wherein a proximal end of the dump body is raised and lowered by an actuator system supported by the chassis.

12. The earth moving vehicle of claim 6 , wherein the earth moving vehicle is an articulated dump truck.

13. The articulated dump truck of claim 12 , wherein a load of material is disposed in the interior of the dump body, the load filling the interior beyond the innermost edge of each sidewall with respect to a dump body width but not exceeding the outermost edge of each sidewall with respect to a dump body width.

Assignees

• Caterpillar Inc

Inventors

• Giles-Brown Iain James
• Took Christopher Paul

Classifications

• B60P1/16 Primary

  actuated by fluid-operated mechanisms · CPC title

• B60P1/286 Primary

  Loading buckets · CPC title