Patent ID: 6579054
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
A trailer tipper for dumping material from the rear of a trailer, the trailer tipper comprising:a main frame; a tipping deck mounted at one end of the main frame for supporting the trailer during pivotal movement of the tipping deck from a lowered position to a raised position for dumping the material from the back end of the trailer; a spill chute for receiving material discharged onto the tipping deck during pivotal movement thereof; a shape-modifiable transition chute connected to the tipping deck and the spill chute modifiable by pivotal movement of the tipping deck from a first configuration when the tipping deck is in the lowered position to a second configuration when the tipping deck is pivoted to the raised position; wherein the transition chute is continuously connected to the tipping deck and spill chute during pivotal movement of the tipping deck; and further wherein the transition chute is substantially inclined in the second configuration to facilitate channeling the material discharged onto the tipping deck downwardly onto the spill chute.