Improvements in and relating to door assemblies for transporters

摘要

A door assembly 20 for use with a transporter 10 has a door 30 and a door mounting portion 40 for coupling to a transporter 10. The door mounting portion 40 comprising a door pivot 32 and a guide 70 for the door pivot 32. Where the door mounting portion 40 further comprises a door pivot location actuator 80 arranged to move the door pivot 32 along the guide 70 to change the door pivot 32 position relative to the transporter 10 and a door rotation actuator 50 for selectively opening and closing the door 30 by rotating the door 30 about the pivot 32. The arrangement is of use for multi-deck transporters to avoid a trip hazards for livestock. Also claimed is a transporter 10 having such a door assembly 20 and a method of loading livestock into the a transporter 10 where the location actuator 80 matches the upper edge of the door 30 to the upper edge of an uppermost deck of the transporter 10.