VEHICLE LOADING ITSELF AND TRANSPORTING THE SELF-PRODUCED LOAD

摘要

A self-loading vehicle having an elongated horizontal frame to one end of which is connected a vehicle-propelling structure while at the other end region of the frame there is a bell crank structure pivoted to the frame for turning about a bell crank axis which extends horizontally and transversely with respect to the direction of vehicle travel. The bell crank has, when the vehicle is in a load-transporting mode, an upright arm extending upwardly from the bell crank axis and a substantially horizontal arm extending from the bell crank axis toward the vehicle-propelling structure. This latter upright arm is pivotally connected distant from the bell crank axis to a load-carrying structure so that the latter can turn with respect to the upright arm about a discharge axis which is parallel to the bell crank axis. Thus the bell crank can be turned about the bell crank axis to place the vehicle in a load-receiving and a load-transporting mode while the load-carrying structure can be turned about the discharge axis to place the vehicle in a load-discharging mode.