Elastically deformable truck bed hopper for mining dump truck.

摘要

A truck bed hopper of a mining dump truck that is capable of elastic deformation when it is subject to the loading or unloading of material, built preferably of structural or of wear and tear steel, where the general structure of the bed hopper is curved. By this construction, the great moments of inertia which are achieved with curved surfaces eliminate or reduce to a great extent the use of beams as main resistive elements. The present bed hopper has a protective blinder which is preferably cylindrical in shape and a frontal wall and floor which are preferably elliptical in shape. The bottom of the bed hopper externally has a plurality of transversal beams, preferably 4 to 6 in number, even more preferably 5 in number which have a main function of keeping the bottom surface curved and transferring the strengths of the envelopment to the truck's body. Further, the bottom externally also has a plurality of support elements, preferably two in number, that are located at the front part, i.e., ahead of the rotation axis of the hopper. The support elements only permit the support of the bed hopper on the truck's body and may be eliminated if the truck's body adapts itself to directly take in the transversal beams.