Patents by Inventor Edison Pernell Weatherly

Edison Pernell Weatherly has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Dump trailer with multi-stage hopper
    Patent number: 5660446
    Abstract: An otherwise conventionally pivotal dumping primary hopper is disclosed having in addition to a discharge gate an entry door at the front and a receiving track within the bottom of the hopper. A traversing, nesting secondary hopper having a second discharge gate rides along a traversing rail ahead of the primary hopper. With the primary hopper emptied, a gear reduction drive is utilized to thrust the secondary hopper along the traversing rail, through the entry door, and into the primary hopper along the receiving track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1997
    Inventor: Edison Pernell Weatherly