Patent ID: 7090066

Claim:
An integrated mobile unloading and conveying device for particulate material adapted to be towed and activated by a power source, said device including: an elongated horizontally disposed platform; said platform being supported at one end by a pair of retractable transport wheels, and at an opposite end by a hingedly connected hitch; said hitch adapted to be mounted to said power source; a rearward and a forward pair of foldable ramps; said ramps being transverse to said platform, parallel to one another, and extending outwards from both sides of said platform; at least one first horizontally disposed transfer conveyor located within said platform, and adapted in operation to move particulate material rearwardly within said platform; said at least one transfer conveyor being connected by articulated joints to at least one obliquely disposed second transfer conveyor; said at least one second transfer conveyor being connected at a remote end to a main elevating conveyor by a pivotal joint; said second transfer conveyor in operation adapted to discharge particulate material into said main conveyor; and said platform further including on its upper side a particulate material receiving aperture adapted to receive contents of a vehicle transporting particulate material; said aperture being located between said forward pair and said rearward pair of ramps; wherein in operation, when said hitch is raised at its forward end and said transport wheels are retracted, said platform is in an operating unloading position adapted to receive and convey particulate material; and when said transport wheels are extended and said hitch is lowered at its forward end, said device can be transported to another location such that a remote end of said main conveyor can be positioned to discharge its contents into a desired storage facility.