Railways – Vehicle battery replacer
Patent
1976-12-06
1978-07-25
Sheridan, Robert G.
Railways
Vehicle battery replacer
104 48, 105 50, 214 38BB, B60K 104, B60S 500
Patent
active
041022734
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for positioning battery-operated road vehicles at relay stations where exhausted batteries are replaced with recharged batteries and wherein automatic or semiautomatic equipment is used for removal and/or introduction of batteries has a horizontal platform for the rear wheels and two sockets for the front wheels of a vehicle. The sockets are provided in a slide which is movable to and fro in parallelism with the front axle of the vehicle and is mounted in a carriage which is movable back and forth along the ground in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The carriage and the slide are movable by discrete motors to respectively move the vehicle lengthwise and about a vertical axis to an optimum position relative to a dolly or lift for delivery of recharged batteries or removal of exhausted batteries.
REFERENCES:
patent: 635300 (1899-10-01), Condict
patent: 2428856 (1947-10-01), Sinclair
patent: 2924389 (1960-02-01), Anderson
patent: 3680718 (1972-08-01), Miyachi
Merkle Theodor
Meyer Paul
J. M. Voith GmbH
Kontler Peter K.
Rowold Carl
Sheridan Robert G.
LandOfFree
Apparatus for positioning battery-operated road vehicles at batt does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Apparatus for positioning battery-operated road vehicles at batt, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Apparatus for positioning battery-operated road vehicles at batt will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-1415970