Trailer, typically for delivery of newsprint to and removal of waste paper from printing works, with movable internal wall and apparatus to move material longitudinally

摘要

An articulated lorry trailer comprising an enclosed elongate material-carrying container (13) carried upon a chassis (21) having a plurality of road wheels (22). The container has a floor (15) and two sidewalls, a roof (16) and a front having an access door (12). The interior surfaces of the containers are substantially flat and the interior of the container includes a transverse moveable wall or headboard (70) defining a cavity (71) between the wall or headboard and the access door. The moveable wall or headboard is advanceable between a first position adjacent the access door wherein the capacity of the cavity is at a minimum and a second position remote the access door in which the capacity of the cavity is at a maximum. The container further comprises transport means to cause longitudinal transport of material placed within the cavity characterised in that an aperture (40) is provided in the roof of the container generally adjacent the access door and a cover (41) is provided moveable between a first position covering the aperture and a second position where the aperture is unobstructed.