| CPC B60K 13/06 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00014 (2013.01); B60H 1/036 (2013.01); B60P 1/286 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/41 (2013.01)] | 11 Claims |
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1. A dump body of an off-highway rear haul truck configured to be provided on a space frame of the off-highway rear haul truck, the dump body comprising:
a bottom wall;
a pair of opposing sidewalls;
a front wall between the opposing sidewalls and extending from the bottom wall;
a support structure arrangement extending from and weldably mounted on a front face of the front wall, the support structure arrangement including a first vertical support structure and a second vertical support structure separated from the first vertical support structure in a width direction of the dump body; and
a continuous heating channel extending from and weldably mounted on the front face of the front wall,
wherein the continuous heating channel is the only heating channel on the front face of the front wall and includes: a down-facing exhaust inlet provided at a first height on the front wall, an outward-facing exhaust outlet provided at a second height on the front wall below the first height, and a channel body extending continuously and without branching from the down-facing exhaust inlet to the outward-facing exhaust outlet, the channel body having a plurality of horizontally extending portions and a plurality of vertically extending portions,
wherein the down-facing exhaust inlet is provided inward of first and second opposing side edges of the front wall, the down-facing exhaust inlet being provided closer to the first side edge of the front wall than to the second side edge of the front wall, and
wherein the outward-facing exhaust outlet is provided at the first side edge of the front wall.
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