Patent ID: 6357578
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: B08B,B60S

Abstract:
A trailer floor cleaning system for use in a self-unloading trailer having a front, a rear, side walls, and a reciprocating floor conveyor system having a plurality of reciprocable slats, comprising:a) a plurality of rails each extending upwardly from the top surface of one of said plurality of slats, each rail comprising an angle having a flat horizontal portion for attachment to the top surface of a slat and a substantially vertical portion attached to said horizontal portion and extending upwardly therefrom, each rail defined by a plurality of contiguously-aligned fin-like teeth defining notches between adjacent ones of them; and b) a wedge-shaped sweeper mounted on said rails comprising a frame, a covering attached to said frame and enclosing it, a plurality of skate assemblies each attached to a lower portion of said frame and depending downwardly therefrom, each of said assemblies fashioned to slide along one of said rails, and motive means for moving said sweeper from the front of said trailer towards the rear of said trailer along said rails.