Patent ID: 8113763
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: B60P,G06F,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method of loading material into a dump body of a truck using four or less passes of a loading bucket, the dump body having opposing sidewalls and a floor, where the opposing sidewalls are spaced relatively wider than conventional dump bodies of similar volumetric capacity, and the loading bucket having a door at a lower end thereof that when free, swings open and allows the material contained in the loading bucket to drop into the dump body, the method comprising: for a first pass of the loading bucket whose volume is substantially ¼ or more than a volumetric capacity of the dump body, (a) positioning the loading bucket over the dump body so that material released from the loading bucket is distributed on the floor of the body to be centered between the opposing sidewalls of the body; (b) lowering the loading bucket while maintaining the position that allows the distribution of the material in the body to be centered between the opposing sidewalls when released from the loading bucket; (c) releasing the door of the bucket and freeing the material held in the bucket to drop into the dump body when the bucket is at a height above the floor that allows the door of the loading bucket to swing openly toward the floor and one of the opposing sidewalls of the body without interference with the opposing sidewalls and the floor of the dump body, where the height of the bucket is such that if the bucket was positioned off-center between the opposing sidewalls, the door of the bucket would collide with the said one of the opposing sidewalls when released; filling the dump body with the material and to capacity within three or less additional passes of the loading bucket; and dumping the material from the rear of the truck such that the material is deposited behind the truck.