Material or article handling – Wheel and wheel-type article handler and transporter – Opposed horizontally reciprocable engaging elements
Patent
1985-08-30
1987-09-01
Werner, Frank E.
Material or article handling
Wheel and wheel-type article handler and transporter
Opposed horizontally reciprocable engaging elements
254134, 254 8R, 254129, 254131, 254119, 414426, 414911, 414427, B60B 2900
Patent
active
046906053
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for jacking and dollying a vehicle wheel assembly, while the assembly remains affixed to the vehicle, the wheel assembly including a pneumatic tire, a wheel and an axle. The apparatus features wheel engaging elements and an actuator mounted on an apparatus framework, the framework itself being supported on casters. The wheel engaging elements and actuator cooperate to provide an adjustable mechanical advantage for the apparatus that facilitate the lifting of the wheel assembly, whether the pneumatic tire is inflated of deflated. The wheel engaging elements includes roller assemblies having adjustable effective radii which are mounted on framework arm members, the arm members being movable relative to one another. The actuator includes an adjustabe lever mechanism which is connected to the framework, and is capable of driving the roller assemblies against the tire of a wheel assembly located therebetween. As the rollers are driven against the tire, the wheel assembly is lifted, and the roller assemblies and apparatus framework are formed into a carriage for receiving and subsequently conveying the wheel assembly. In a first preferred embodiment, the roller assemblies are each formed by a plurality of roller elements arranged in a convex contour relative to the wheel assembly tire tread. The roller elements of each assembly are mounted in a housing that is itself pivotally mounted on the apparatus framework. In a second preferred embodiment, the roller assemblies are each formed by a plurality of nested roller elements which are rotatably mounted on the framework arm members.
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Scifo Paul C.
Werner Frank E.
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