Patent ID: 8936410
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: B65D,B66F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A dump body latching system for application to a self dumping hopper having a base platform, a rotatable dump body mounted thereto and a latching mechanism having a biased trip lever engageable with a locking pin on the rotatable dump body and configured to control the rotation of the rotatable dump body thereon, comprises: a battery; a trip lever release module configured to couple to the base platform; a linear actuator assembly having an actuator rod configured for reciprocal motion into and out of a housing, wherein the linear actuator assembly is pivotally mounted on the trip lever release module to allow the linear actuator assembly to pivot and to maintain tension and to take up any slack in an actuator cable; the actuator cable having a first end attached to the actuator rod and a second end attached to the biased trip lever; and a controller configured to connect the battery with the linear actuator to withdraw the actuator rod into the housing and thereby pull the actuator cable, which is configured to pull the biased trip lever, to disengage the trip lever from the locking pin.