/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.

Full Text

What is claimed is:

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.
Timeline
Filed
06/12/2026
Published
10/01/2026
Granted
Not Available
IPC Codes(1)
B60P 3/22:Tank vehicles (tank aspects B65D 88/00, B65D 90/00, F17C)