Angifloor Mortar
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Tipping Body rAA SPECIAL mortar-carrying tipping body, known as the Anglfloor type, has been provisionally patented by Mr. I-I. A. Skelton, of Walsgrave-on-Sowe, nr. Coventry, and is fitted to a Leyland Comet chassis for operation under contract to Lime-Sand Mortar (Southern), Ltd., Meriden. The body was built by Mr. T. Skelton and is designed to give a controlled rate of discharge and to eliminate splash. It can also be used for other types of semi-solid material.
Features of the body include a dropped-frame extension, in which he pivot S are located, and a self-opening tailboard, which opens progressively as the body is tipped. After the release of a manually operated locking mechanism, the tailboard opens a distance of about 6 in., and approximately ton of material is discharged freely down the sloping face of the extension. This forms a "cushion" for the remainder of the material, and the tailboard acts as a guide and a shield. With the body in the fully tipped position, the tailboard is horizontal and does not contact the material during movement.