Abstract: A mobile accommodation arrangement in the form of a bunkhouse trailer. The arrangement includes at least one lower living unit having a hollow interior, and an upper shell which fits over an outer periphery of the lower living unit and is telescopically displaceable relative to the lower living unit between a stowage position, in which the lower living unit nests inside the upper shell, and a deployed position, in which the upper shell is at least partially vertically spaced apart from the lower living unit and defines an upper living unit having a hollow interior, the floor of which is defined by a ceiling of the lower living unit. At least one partitioning member divides the hollow interior of the upper living unit into at least two separate volumes.

Abstract: A mobile accommodation arrangement in the form of a bunkhouse trailer. The arrangement includes at least one lower living unit having a hollow interior, and an upper shell which fits over an outer periphery of the lower living unit and is telescopically displaceable relative to the lower living unit between a stowage position, in which the lower living unit nests inside the upper shell, and a deployed position, in which the upper shell is at least partially vertically spaced apart from the lower living unit and defines an upper living unit having a hollow interior, the floor of which is defined by a ceiling of the lower living unit. At least one partitioning member divides the hollow interior of the upper living unit into at least two separate volumes.

Abstract: A method of mounting a floor slat (14) of a reciprocating floor to an associated drive beam (18.1) of the floor slat includes mounting an elongate clamp member (200) to the drive beam (18.1). The clamp member (200) has opposed side walls defining a longitudinally extending clamping slot between them. The floor slat (14) is located on the clamp member (200). The floor slat (14) has a downwardly depending longitudinally extending mounting member (208) which is received in the clamping slot. The mounting member (208) is clamped in the clamping slot thereby to attach the floor slat (14) to the clamp member (200) and thus to the drive beam (18.1).

Abstract: A linear hydraulic motor (12) includes an elongate cylinder (26) and at least one piston (34) slidingly located inside the cylinder. The piston (34) has a longitudinally extending portion which fits with clearance in the cylinder and which describes a path in use which penetrates an interior zone of the cylinder which extends radially inwardly from an aperture in the cylinder wall. An internal reinforcing member (300) is slidingly located inside the cylinder to travel with the piston. The reinforcing member describes a path in use which also penetrates said interior zone of the cylinder which extends radially inwardly from the aperture in the cylinder wall and the reinforcing member has portions which are concentric and radially aligned with circumferentially spaced portions of the cylinder wall that are on opposite sides of said aperture in the cylinder wall.

Abstract: A drive beam (18.2) for a reciprocating floor includes a pair of elongate U-shaped channel members with longitudinally extending edges arranged and welded together edge to edge to define an elongate substantially rectangular in transverse cross-section tube member with opposed welded side walls (718) each with a lengthwise welding seam. A pair of elongate opposed reinforcing members (712) is fast with a respective associated welded side wall (718) and located inside the tube member.

Abstract: A linear hydraulic motor (12) includes an elongate cylinder (26) and at least one piston (34.1, 34.2, 34.3) is slidingly located inside the cylinder (36). The motor (12) is characterised in that in use force is transferred from the piston transversely outwardly through the cylinder. The invention extends to a reciprocating floor conveyor (10) which includes a plurality of elongate floor members (14) defining a floor surface (16) and which are grouped in at least two sets, at least two transverse drive beams (18.1, 18.2, 18.3), each being fast with an associated set of the floor members, and drive means drivingly connected to the transverse drive beams. The drive means includes at least one such linear hydraulic motor (12) drivingly connected to at least one of the transverse drive beams.

Abstract: A reciprocating floor includes at least one drive beam operable to move in a reciprocating fashion with a plurality of floor slats (14) mounted to the drive beam. At least some of the floor slats (14) have longitudinally extending downwardly depending mounting members (208). Elongate bearing members (236) slidably support associated floor slats (14), at least some of the bearing members (236) defining a longitudinally extending locking slot or keyway (504) within which the mounting member (208) of its associated floor slat (14) is slidably received. The mounting member (208) and the locking slot or keyway (504) cooperate to inhibit upwards movement of the floor slat (14) away from its associated bearing member (236).

Abstract: A method of mounting a floor slat (14) of a reciprocating floor to an associated drive beam (18.1) of the floor slat includes mounting an elongate clamp member (200) to the drive beam (18.1). The clamp member (200) has opposed side walls defining a longitudinally extending clamping slot between them. The floor slat (14) is located on the clamp member (200). The floor slat (14) has a downwardly depending longitudinally extending mounting member (208) which is received in the clamping slot. The mounting member (208) is clamped in the clamping slot thereby to attach the floor slat (14) to the clamp member (200) and thus to the drive beam (18.1).

Abstract: A drive beam (18.2) for a reciprocating floor includes a pair of elongate U-shaped channel members with longitudinally extending edges arranged and welded together edge to edge to define an elongate substantially rectangular in transverse cross-section tube member with opposed welded side walls (718) each with a lengthwise welding seam. A pair of elongate opposed reinforcing members (712) is fast with a respective associated welded side wall (718) and located inside the tube member.

Abstract: A linear hydraulic motor (12) includes an elongate cylinder (26) and at least one piston (34) slidingly located inside the cylinder. The piston (34) has a longitudinally extending portion which fits with clearance in the cylinder and which describes a path in use which penetrates an interior zone of the cylinder which extends radially inwardly from an aperture in the cylinder wall. An internal reinforcing member (300) is slidingly located inside the cylinder to travel with the piston. The reinforcing member describes a path in use which also penetrates said interior zone of the cylinder which extends radially inwardly from the aperture in the cylinder wall and the reinforcing member has portions which are concentric and radially aligned with circumferentially spaced portions of the cylinder wall that are on opposite sides of said aperture in the cylinder wall.

Abstract: A linear hydraulic motor (12) includes an elongate cylinder (26) and at least one piston (34.1, 34.2, 34.3) is slidingly located inside the cylinder (36). The motor (12) is characterised in that in use force is transferred from the piston transversely outwardly through the cylinder. The invention extends to a reciprocating floor conveyor (10) which includes a plurality of elongate floor members (14) defining a floor surface (16) and which are grouped in at least two sets, at least two transverse drive beams (18.1, 18.2, 18.3), each being fast with an associated set of the floor members, and drive means drivingly connected to the transverse drive beams. The drive means includes at least one such linear hydraulic motor (12) drivingly connected to at least one of the transverse drive beams.