Patents Assigned to Irvin L. Stumpf
  • Patent number: 4049137
    Abstract: A hauling vehicle with side dump body comprising stationary opposite end walls, first and second opposite sides, a bottom, and an exterior flap attached below said second side, wherein said first side and an adjacent portion of the bottom are hingedly connected to form an ejector inwardly pivotal to provide an interior ramp prompting contents of the body against said second side which is free swinging and openable in response to pressure from within the hauling body; said flap being upwardly pivotal to prevent said second side from opening in response to pressure within the body and downwardly pivotal into a ramp guiding contents exiting said second side away from the hauling body. Means activating the ejector and means activating the flap for latching and unlatching the flap are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1977
    Assignee: Irvin L. Stumpf
    Inventor: Gustave Meyer
  • Patent number: 4009761
    Abstract: A loader or other vehicle provided with three pairs of wheels located as closely to each other as is practical while allowing a small space between the peripheral surfaces of adjacent wheels; the axles of the three pairs of wheels extending transversely of the vehicle, with the center axle located in a horizontal plane lower than the horizontal planes of the front and rear axles, providing four wheel traction at all times automatically utilizing either the combination of two front and two center wheels or the combination of two rear and two center wheels depending on whether the vehicle load is greater forwardly or rearwardly of the center axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1977
    Assignee: Irvin L. Stumpf
    Inventor: Gustave Meyer