Patent ID: 6345949
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: A01D,B60P,B62D

Abstract:
A mobile container for goods transport by road, comprising:two standing side walls which define on a longitudinal bottom side a converging open discharge channel for free discharge of products therethrough; two end walls connected to the side walls; a plurality of vertically extending connecting panels extending between the side walls, with the connecting panels each connected to the respective side walls along lateral edges of the connecting panels, and with the connecting panels extending upward over substantially the entire height of the side walls; a conveyor suspended from the side walls and located entirely below the open discharge channel and above any lower connection between the side walls for discharge of products from the container; and a substructure with at least one wheel pair and including coupling means for connecting the mobile container to a tractor vehicle, wherein at least the side walls are manufactured from plastic, wherein the assembled side walls, end walls and connecting panels together form a self-supporting construction, and wherein the upper run of the conveyor is unrestrained laterally by the sidewalls.