20120201647 | PROCESS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING AND DESIGN OF OFF-HIGHWAY DUMP BODIES - A method is provided for loading material into a dump body of a truck using a loading bucket whose volumetric capacity is approximately ⅓ or more than that of the dump body. The loading bucket is filed with an amount of earthen material and centered over the dump body. The bucket is then lowered to a position that: (1) substantially minimizes the clearance between the floor of the dump body and a swinging gate of the loading bucket in its freed position: (2) allows the swinging gate to clear the side wails of the dump body as it swings through an are after it is freed, and (3) allows the material to be discharged substantially in the center of the dump body. After it is positioned, the swinging gate is then freed so as to release the material held in the bucket. | 08-09-2012 |