Patent ID: 9725025
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B60P

Claim:
1. An apparatus for rapidly unloading a dry bulk material from a dump truck having a box trailer with a bed and sides, a hydraulic lift for raising and lowering a front end of the box trailer, and a rear panel, said apparatus comprising: an outlet having a generally pyramidal frustum shape with a base coupled to the box trailer below the rear panel and a truncated top opposite said base and projecting away from the box trailer, a valve having open and closed positions and coupled to said outlet to selectively control discharge of the dry bulk material from the dump truck, and an unloading auger having a receiver coupled to said truncated top of said outlet, a housing coupled to said receiver, a channel within said housing for receiving an auger, a motor for driving said auger, and a discharge, wherein dry bulk material is discharged from the box trailer and funneled through said outlet when the front end of the box trailer is raised by the hydraulic lift and said valve is in said open position, and wherein the dry bulk material is received by said unloading auger receiver and transferred through said housing channel to said discharge by said auger rotated by said motor.