Patent ID: 8662813

Claim:
An apparatus for loading a transport container with a load of bulk material, the load being of sufficient size to substantially fill the transport container to capacity in a single operation, the apparatus comprising: a load bin, having an unobstructed first end and a second end, the load bin comprising a floor, a pair of vertical side walls, and a gusset on each vertical side wall that extends into an interior of the load bin and secures the vertical side wall to the floor, the load bin having a substantially open top surface; a packer blade, effectively closing the second end of the load bin and movable along a longitudinal axis of the load bin interior on a track defined by the gussets and the vertical side walls, from a retracted position near the second end of the load bin to an extended position in the direction of the open first end; a base assembly, upon which the load bin is positioned for movement between an extended position and a retracted position along a longitudinal axis of the base assembly extending from a first end to a second end of the base assembly; and means for driving the load bin relative to the base assembly; and means for driving the packer blade relative to the load bin.