Patent ID: 6582007
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
An improvement for a tarping system for an open-topped container, the tarping system having an tarp cover supported by a plurality of bows, and an endless cable drive system connected to the bows having an endless cable extending from at least one rotating drive pulley at one end of the container to an idler pulley system at the opposite end of the container, the improvement comprising:at least one front idler pulley configured to engage the endless cable; and at least one idler bracket mountable to the endless cable drive system at one end of the axle, said idler bracket configured to support said at least one front idler pulley at a position relative to a drive pulley so that the portion of the endless cable exiting said at least one front idler pulley is substantially parallel to the portion of the endless cable exiting the drive pulley.