TRAILERS FOR TRANSPORTING COMMODITIES

Abstract: a trailer for transporting a commodity includes a tank defining a chamber that is configured to receive the commodity and a discharge hopper located vertically below the chamber and configured to receive the commodity from the chamber. the discharge hopper includes a trough wall that at least partially defines a channel and the trough wall has a middle wall section and a side wall section surface on each lateral side of the middle wall section. each side wall section is vertically located above the middle wall section. a floor auger extends in the channel and configured to convey the commodity toward the rear end. a hanger suspends the floor auger relative to the channel, and the hanger having a first hanger arm that couples to one of the side wall sections and a second hanger arm that couples to the other of the side wall sections.

Inventor(s): Justin Walker, Mike Damisch

CPC Classification: B60P3/2245 (VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances ))

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