Abstract: A mat washer includes: a body adapted for highway transport; a loading platform adapted to receive a stacked pair of mats from, for example, a forklift, and adapted to pivot the pair of mats to an upright position; a splitter adapted to receive the mats from the loading platform and to separate the mats from one another; a transporter adapted to transport each of the mats longitudinally relative to the body from the splitter; a uniter adapted to receive the mats from the transporter and urge them together; an unloading platform adapted to receive the pair of mats from the uniter and pivot them downwardly for retrieval by, for example, the forklift; and a washing facility disposed between the loading and the unloading platform and adapted to wash the mats.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 26, 2019
Date of Patent:
May 21, 2024
Assignee:
Mud Monster Matting Corp.
Inventors:
Colin Knapp, Shane Trowbridge, Daniel Page
Abstract: A mat washer includes: a body adapted for highway transport; a loading platform adapted to receive a stacked pair of mats from, for example, a forklift, and adapted to pivot the pair of mats to an upright position; a splitter adapted to receive the mats from the loading platform and to separate the mats from one another; a transporter adapted to transport each of the mats longitudinally relative to the body from the splitter; a uniter adapted to receive the mats from the transporter and urge them together; an unloading platform adapted to receive the pair of mats from the uniter and pivot them downwardly for retrieval by, for example, the forklift; and a washing facility disposed between the loading and the unloading platform and adapted to wash the mats.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 26, 2019
Publication date:
July 16, 2020
Applicant:
Mud Monster Matting Corp.
Inventors:
Colin Knapp, Shane Trowbridge, Daniel Page