MULTI-TANK AIR CART TENDER WITH INDIVIDUAL TANK CONVEYORS

摘要

A vehicle includes a frame, a plurality of tanks supported on the frame and housing particulate, an unloading system, a lifting mechanism, and a positioning system. The unloading system includes a plurality of individual carriers, each of which corresponds to one or more of the tanks. Each of the carriers defines a discharge opening for dispensing particulate unloaded from one or more of the tanks. The carriers are mounted to the frame such that the carriers are supported independently of the tanks. The lifting mechanism includes a shiftable positioning rail that at least partially supports each of the carriers, with generally vertical shifting of the positioning rail simultaneously raising or lowering each of the discharge openings. The positioning system includes a plurality of positioning devices, with shifting of each of the positioning devices resulting in fore-and-aft shifting of the corresponding one or more of the discharge openings.

主权项

1. A vehicle comprising:
a frame; a plurality of tanks supported on the frame, each of said tanks defining a tank interior configured to house particulate; and an unloading system configured to unload the particulate from the tank interiors, said unloading system including a plurality of individual carriers, each of which corresponds to one or more of the tanks, each of said carriers defining an intake opening for receiving particulate from the corresponding one or more of the tanks, a discharge opening for dispensing particulate, a particulate pathway extending between and interconnecting the intake opening and the discharge opening, and a conveying mechanism for moving particulate along the pathway, said carriers being mounted to the frame such that said carriers are supported independently of the tanks.