OIL SANDS TRUCK BODY

摘要

A truck body that efficiently hauls homogeneous and cohesive materials that typically coagulate and adhere together in one consolidated mass. The adhesion of this consolidated mass to the surface of the truck body is minimized and the build up of “carryback” is effectively prevented during haul cycles. Hauled amalgamated materials are dumped from the truck body such that the amalgamation breaks up and is safely dumped. One typical material that displays such a coagulated conglomerate massing is “oil sands” from which oil is extracted. The body design encourages the material to break up as it is dumped by using outwardly tapered walls and a non-linear edge from which the loaded material falls.

主权项

1. A truck body for hauling oil sands, the truck body comprising:
a body floor having a non-linear edge from which the oil sands loaded into the body are released when the body is moved into a dumping position; a body front wall for confining a load of the material; and two opposing body sidewalls for confining the load of the material, the body sidewalls being tapered outwardly from front to rear of the body such that a width of the truck body at the rear is at least 10% greater than a width of the truck body at the front.