Patent ID: 11957078
Assignee: nan
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 12:
13. In combination, an over-the-road vehicle and a self unloading harvest cart,, said over-the-road vehicle comprising:
a motive drive configured for transport on public roadways; and
an agricultural product bin moved by said motive drive and configured to receive and contain an agricultural product during said public roadway transport;, said self unloading harvest cart comprising:
an undercarriage;
running gear supporting said undercarriage above and separated from the ground and configured to reduce drag with the ground during transport;
a tilting bin having a base defining first, second, third and fourth edges, and first, second and third sidewalls each rising from said first, second, and third base edges, respectively, said bin having a generally open face above said fourth base edge;
a first pivotal coupling rigidly affixed with each of said undercarriage and said tilting bin, said first pivotal coupling defining an axis of rotation of said tilting bin relative to said undercarriage;
a bin actuator having a first end and a second end distal to said first end, said bin actuator first end coupled to said tilting bin and said bin actuator second end coupled to said undercarriage, said bin actuator configured to rotate said tilting bin relative to said undercarriage about said tilting bin axis of rotation;
a conveyor sidewall enclosing said tilting bin adjacent said base fourth edge, said conveyor sidewall having a conveyor configured to convey an agricultural product from within said tilting bin to said over-the-road vehicle agricultural product bin;
a second pivotal coupling rigidly affixed with each of said undercarriage and said conveyor sidewall, said second pivotal coupling defining an axis of rotation of said conveyor sidewall relative to said undercarriage; and
a conveyor sidewall actuator having a first end and a second end distal to said first end, said conveyor sidewall actuator first end coupled to said conveyor sidewall and said conveyor sidewall actuator second end coupled to said undercarriage, said conveyor sidewall actuator configured to rotate said conveyor sidewall relative to said undercarriage about said conveyor sidewall axis of rotation away from said agricultural product within said tilting bin when starting said conveyor to thereby reduce a conveyor sidewall starting resistance and conveyor sidewall initial load.