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Sept. 21 1926.

w. c. ANTHONY ET AL DUMPING Bom Filed Feb. 9, 192e 4 Sheets-Sheet l Sept. 21 1926.

W. C. ANTHONY ET Al.

DUMPING BODY Filed Feb. 9, 1926 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 ,sept 21 19260 1,600,615 W. C. ANTHONY ET AL DUMPING BODY Filed Feb. 9, 1926 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 @y V fggj,

Sept. 21 1926.

W. C. ANTHONY ET AL DUMPING BODY Filed Feb. 9, 192e 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 y IRT/67250755 ,r im w. M@ Wm@ Patented Sept. 2l, 1926.

entre srarss rari? aries.

'WILILAM C. ANTNY .AND CHARLES H. BENEDCT, OF STREATOR, LLINOIS, AS-

S'JGN'GRS TO ANTHNY COMPANY, 0F STREATOR, ILLINOS, A COREORATION 0F iriiiinors.

DUIVIPN'G BODY.

Application filed February 9, 1926. Serial No. $7,184.

This invention, which is inpart a co1itinnation of applicants application No. 81,911, filed January 18, y1926, relates to atipping receptacle and particularly to a tipping receptacle or -body as applied to a vehicle` ln the form here illustrated the invention is einbodied in a dumping body `for an automobile truck, although it might be embodied in many otherl forms. the invention is to provide a device whereby the body may tip and when tipped moves bodily with respect to itssupport a distance greater than that which is 'due to the tipping motion alone. Another object is to provide in connection with such a body means i for moving the body during the .tipping a distance greater than the projection of the rocker which carries the body upon its support. Another object is to provide such a motion without the use of additional moving mechanisms. Other vobjects will appear from time to time throughout the specification and claims.

` Our invention is illustrated diagrammatically iii the accompanying drawings, where in: i

ligui'e l is a side elevat-ion ofthe body in the loading or upright position;

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the s `body in the tipped position;

Figure 3' is a verticalcross section on an enlarged scale taken on line 3--3 of Fig'- 'ure l; i

Figure 4 is an inverted plan view of one of the rockers showing a modified form of the roller arrangement;

Figure 5 is a generally similar view to Figure l showing a modified form of the body moving means in which the` track along which the body moves is substantially hori-` zontal. l

Figure 6 is a vertical cross section on` an enlarged scale taken on line 6--6 of Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a side elevation of a modified form generally similar to that shown in Figure 5 but with the body supporting cam inverted; p

Figure 8 is aside elevation with the body in the tipped position with parts broken away. i

A. is the frame of the' vehicle'. A1 A1 are springs supporting aXlesAzA A2 on whichy are mounted wheels A3 A3. `At` represents the hood within which a driving engine is Gne of the objects off with a pluralityof rollers D1. I faces of the rockers rest upon and are in concarried from a cross channel member B3 which itself is supported from the vehicle Y frame A by U-bolts B4. B5 is a cross membeil preferably of channel section and resting on the members B2, fastened at its ends to thetracks B B adjacent their rear ends to space andtie them in proper spaced relation. BG is a cross member of channel section eX? tending across the vehicle body fastened to it by means of U-bolts B7.: The forwaid ends of the track members B are supported on the cross member B6.

C is the vehicle dumping body. It is Vmounted on a sub-frame C1 which is formed preferably of channel members as shown.

At its rear the body is provided with a swinging gate C2 which is normally held in the closed position by a latch C3 which is provided with a spring C4' `to hold it in the locking position. C5 is a chain fastened to the yrear of the vehiclefbody at C6 and of such length that when the body approaches its fulltipped position, the chain becomes taut and moves the latch to permit the gate to swing open.

D D are cam shaped rocker members fastened to the frame C1 ofthe body C, and each of them is provided on itscurved or cam face tact with the flanges B1 of the track members B. The rollers `are so positioned that A Y whenthe body is in the upright or loading y ice position as shown in Figure l, none of the rollers is in contact with the track but al rmost immediately after thestart of the The curved f dumping or tipping movement the first rollj er is brought in contact with the track and thereafter the rollers only are in contact with the track and no solid or immovable part of the rockers is in contact with the track. D2 is a supporting member fastened to the rockers and extending across from one to the other. This rmemberserves additionally to llt) Space the rockers and hold them in proper spaced relation, and also when" the body 1s in the upright position as shown in Figure l, it comes in contact with the upper part of each of the track members, B, and these carry all or part of the load 0f the body in this position, and thus reduce the Weight carried by and the strain upon the flanges B:l of the tracks.

E E are guiding members or channels sit uated one on either side `of the vehicle adjacent'iits rear end. They Vare held against movement and are positioiie'd as shown at an angle to the horizontal, and flare outwardly and upwardly`-that is to say the size of the channel is larger at the teo-p than at the bottom. At thetop of eachfa down,- Wardly' intending portion E.1 is formed@ Tl'iese `challflel rmem-h.ers are snpported by upwardly extendingwstraps l A 4 are rollers one of such rollers. being monnted adjacent the ,Lipper .end 0f the Cnved portion of eachrocke'r and extending outwardly hef rond' the. woher andlyng Within the Channel'membelf E. A

In 'Figure 4, there is shown a medified form of rocker which the rocker member; is formed of a pair of side members F within whichfare mounted a plurality yof Herren rollers' F11?1` these Tollens heine steggeredfwith relation to each other.

G is one member of a supporting leg or prop. l A I y y K K prop. The members are free to rotate with relation to eachother in ene direction, and

are 'held againsty rotation beyond agiven limit in the opposite direetion by means ofg the stop G2 on the member G1. in which the bottom end of the member G r. is carried. It terminates in a dewnwardly wending shank f .f which pases #muah a member G5' Aand is free to move with4 relationto it. Gf is al helical spring.A about a, Shank Gfl and it is confined. and held` in position by a nut 'and washer G7, GS. Gr? 1SV a cable or chain by means of whichthe plop may be broken to,v permit thebedy te return after tipping has been completed.

In Figures 5 and 6 there is illustratedl a modified form. In vthis `foirmthe rockers are made' preferably 0f 'Plates H; which.l are mounted on the bottom of the body C and fastened to the body frame C?. Rollers H?. similar tothe rollers DE in the other. ferm of the device are mounted betweenthe plates I-I. Y Track members 1;, having.. antwarflly en:

tending lateral flanges I1 are mounted in a` generally horizontal position` andearried their rear ends on the,crossmember-'Rsup,`

ported fiom the kbedr trarne A` ansholtedtn it by means yof bolts; I3. Atvits forwardends the trank members are Carried hyy a, member I?.

J J are @11.21.11.11.61Inembersgenerally Similar.

Gl'is a co-op'erati'n member ofz such G? is n pvot.

' ,other Yfigures descrihfnlY above..

t0 the channel members E ldescribed above. They are positioned, however, Vinside of the rocker members in the form shown in Figures 5 and 6 and are fastened to land supported from the track members I I. Each of them is wider a-t its top than at its b ottom, which is provided with a downwardly curved portion J1 at its top.

K K are rollers carried in supports K1 K1 which are fastened to channel members K2 4which gare themselves fastened to the kbody frame and in effect form part of the sub ltrarne or stifl'ei'iing structure of the body.

In the forward end of the body frame V.G1 is a Contact portion L with which the nose L4 of the latch engages. L1 is a stop sup-y ported from the vehicle frame A andy adjacent: the forward end :of the tracks, Fastened preferably to it is a pivotmember L2 to whichthe locking latchl member L3 ispiv.- oted. This member is provided with a latch point or nose L? and is normally held 4in locking position by means of the spring The latch is pro-.vided with an operatin' handle L6. When it is ,depressed the latci nose is moyeql out of CQIILlCt with the portion L and the body Iis free to tip. The spring normally holds the latch in locking positionv and when the body returns to the upright position, it will automatically be latched.

The. form shown. in .Figures 7 and 8 is generally similar to that shown in .the otherl figures. except that ,the Cani which Supports thev body on, the vehicle4 is inverted, The supporting frame M is carried on cross members ,l2 andl* in the .saine manner as is the track I shown in Figure 5.

Ihe mechanism for supporting the body at its forward endE isthe Same and the latch mehnnsln. is the saine as that shown in the The body tself is the same as that described above. It 1S PIOVided with a, Snh fname X having a laterally extending flange X1 which forms in effect a track, but in this case the cam is not mounted'on.y the body. In place of the constructien shown in the other figures, a pair, of cams, N is xedly mounted on the framework, Each of these cams is provided adjacent its top with a generally flat portion N? upon which thebody rests when in thev upright position Shown. in Figure il Joining the cams and extending across bef tween them is an angle member N2 which to some extent supports thel body when the latter is in the upright position. The cams are curved as shown and carry in their urvedface a plurality ofl rollers O. Asthe. body tipsthe trackportion X1 of the frame X comes 1n contact with the rollers O and the body is free ,thus to` slidedown along the channels J and E shown in the 'other figures. lt is provided with an inwardly turned point or flange l?l and is slightly curved at its bottom end as at P2. f

A rollerQ is mounted on the body and lies and rides within the channel member. The operation ot these parts is the saine generally as that described above in connection withcorresponding parts. The roller. and channel section each cause the body to move rearwardly and downwardly along the fixed cam as the body tilts. Y

ilthough we have shown an operative device, still it will be obvious that many changes might be made in size, shape and arrangement oi? parts without departing materially ,trom the spirit of my invention; and we wish, therefore, that our showing be taken as in a sense diagrammatic.

The use and operation of our invention are as i'ollows: i

As showny herewith in the several iorms ot the invention it is applied particularly to a dumping `bodv in which the body itsel'l'l is mounted so that the combined weight of the load and the body are out-ott-balance. Thus as soon as the body isti-eed to tip by unlatching the latch, it automatically moves to tip itself, As soon as the `body has tipped very slightly the lirst or lowest roller of the rocker support comes in contact withthe track and at practically the saine time the channel engaging rollers E?, for example, come in contact with the bottom flanges of the channels E. Thus further tipping movement would be prevented except for the fact that the rollers permit the body to be drawn rearwardly as it tips, and thus as the body continues to tip, bringing successive rollers in contact with the flanges oiE the traclr, the rollers E* run downward and backward along the lower flanges oi the channels E and p ull the body bodily to the rear. Thus the body during its tipping is drawn bodily to the rear a distance greater t-han the projection oitl the rockers upon the track. @ne result oit' this is that the body is moved far enough to the rear so that itv may tip over the vehicle trame at the end ot its dump a degree su'liicient to have a satisfactory angle oit inclination. v

As the body moves to the dumping position the supporting leg or legs, made up prichain G9 and the body is then tree to return f to its normal position.

F or some purposes the body and its supporting mechanism may be so designed and proportioned that the body will automaticall `return to its u right osition as soon as itis tree to do so. For other purposes it may be designed so that it requires a mechanisin which may be power or manually operated to cause returning movement. The particular details ot the body tipping and righting mechanisms form no particular part olf the present invention, and the invention is not limited to the particular application shown.

ln the form shown in Figures 7 and 8 the relation olZ -the parts is generally the saine as that shown in the other figures and their operation is generally the saine, The cani with the rollers in its Ytace is placed on the vehicle sub-traine and is lined. The body moves with relation to the cam. As the body moves it is caused to move rearwardly along the cam and thus it is true of this lorm just as it is oit' the other forms that as the body tips, it moves a distance greater than would normally be due to the tipping alone.

ille claim:

l. In combination, a support and a body movable with relation thereto having a sup- Vporting part adapted ot itself to tip the body, and a separate guiding element tor suoli body adapted to canse it to move longi-k tudinally a distance greater than that normally incident'to the tipping alone.

2. ln combination, a support and a. body movable with relation thereto and having a supporting part adapted oit itself to tip the body, a supporting track and a separate guiding element for said body adapted to cause it to move longitudinally a. distance greater than that normally incident 'to the tipping alone.

3. ln combination a support and a body movable with relation thereto and having a supporting part adapted oi itseli to tip the body, and a separate guiding element for said body, a member engaging said guiding element and with such element adapted to cause it to move longitudinally a distance greater than that normally incident to the tipping alone.

t. ln combination a track, and a body supported from said track and movable with vicc track, and adapted to slide with relation to Y the track, guiding elements adapted as the body tips to cause it to move a distance greater than thatV normally incident to` the tipping alone.

6. In combination a track, and a body supported from said track and movable with relation thereto, supports adapted of themselves to tip the body with relation to the track and adapted to slide with relation to the track, a projection on such body, guiding elements engaged by such projection and adapted as the body tips to cause it to movev rearwardly a distance greater than that normally incident to the tipping. alone.

7. In combination a track, a body supported from said track and movable with relation thereto, supports adapted of themselves to tip the body with relation to the track and adapted to slide with relation toY the track, a projection on such body, tixedguiding elements mounted on the vehicle, engaged by such projection and adapted as the body tips to cause it to move rearwardly a distance greater than that normally incident to the tipping alone.

8. In combination with a vehiclea track fixed on said vehicle, and a body supported from said track, and movable with relation thereto, supports on the body resting on the track, adapted of themselves to tip the body with relation to the track and adapted to 1 slide with relation to the track, guiding elements adapted as the body tipsto cause it. to move rearwardly a distance greater than that; normally incident to the tipping alone.y

9. In combination. with a vehicle, a track member on said vehicle, a body supported from said track and movable with relation.

thereto, curved supports on the body supported trom the ltrack, and adapted of themselves to tip the body with relation to the track, such supports provided in 'their contact faces with rollers whereby they are adapted to slide with `rela-tion tothe track, a projection and a separate guiding element mounted `one on the vehicle and one on the bo'dyf, the nguide Aengaging with the projection, and the two. adapted in cooperation as the body tips to canse it as a result of such tipping to move rearwardly a 'distance greater tthan that normally incident to the tipping alone.

l0. Iny combination with a vehicle, a track `member andv a body supported from such track, and movable with relation thereto,- cui'ved supports Vfor such body adapted oic themselves to tipy the body, such supports providedr in their lcontact faces with rollers whereby they are adapted to slide with relation to the track,v a projection and a separate guiding element mounted one on the vehicle and one on the body, the guide engaging with the projection, and the two adapted in co-operation as the body tips to cause it as -a result of such tipping to move rearwardly a distance greater than that normally incident to the tipping alone.

11. In combination with a vehicle, a track member and a body movably supported with relation to such vehicle, curved supports in contact with such track, and supporting thereby the body, such supports adapted of themselves tov tip the bod;7 with relation to the track, and being provided in their contact faces with rollers whereby they and the track are adapted toy have relative sliding movement, `a projection. and a separate guidingr element mounted one on the vehicle and one on the body, the guiding element engaging with the projection, and the two adapted in'cooperation as the body tips to cause it as a= result of such tipping to move rear- Vwardly a distance greater than that normally incident to the tipping alone.

Signed at Streator, county of La Salle and. State of Illinois, this 4th day of February,

WILLIAM C. ANTHONY. CHARLES H. BENEDICT.

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