Patent ID: 6019568
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
In a trailer dumper for dumping the contents of a trailer containing a dumpable material through a back opening of the trailer,said trailer dumper comprising an elongated frame having front and back ends,a tipping platform having front and back ends positioned over said frame, said platform having an upper deck having front and back ends,and pivot means pivotally connecting the back ends of said frame and said platform whereby the platform may be tipped about the axis of said pivot means to permit the contents of a trailer positioned on said platform with its back opening adjacent said platform back end to be dumped,the improvement comprising a gate means pivotally mounted on said platform back end for movement between a first position extending perpendicularly to said platform deck and a second position extending parallel to said deck whereby spilled material accumulating on said platform deck may be contained thereon by said gate when said gate is in said first position, and said spilled material accumulating on said platform deck will be guided by said gate, when said gate is in said second position, to a first area spaced rearwardly of said platform back end upon tipping of said platform to a dumping position.