Patent ID: 8882179

Claim:
A body for a dump truck, said body being mountable on a frame of the dump truck, the body comprising: a body frame, a bottom wall, front wall and left and right side walls arranged on the body frame, said bottom wall, front wall and left and right side walls defining a payload section for loading a payload therein, an earth/sand anti-sticking device arranged in a corner part of the payload section to prevent earth or sand, which is to be loaded in the payload section, from sticking in the corner part, and a steel member arranged outside and opposite the earth/sand anti-sticking device such that a space is formed between the steel member and the earth/sand anti-sticking device, wherein: the earth/sand anti-sticking device is made of steel plates, the steel member is formed of at least one combination of mutually-adjacent plural ones of the bottom wall, front wall and left and right side walls, the space comprises a hollow part formed by the respective walls in the at least one combination and the steel plates that form the earth/sand anti-sticking device, the body is provided with at least one steel rib arranged in the hollow part, fixedly secured to the respective walls in the at least one combination by welding to reinforce the respective walls in the at least one combination, and having a ridge extending out from surfaces of the steel plates that form the earth/sand anti-sticking device, and the ridge of the rib is arranged so as to come into contact with a space between edge surfaces of the steel plates that form the earth/sand anti-sticking device and is fixedly secured by welding to the steel plates in a width direction of the edge surfaces of the steel plates.