Material or article handling – Elevator or hoist and loading or unloading means therefor – Grab
Patent
1989-10-26
1993-11-09
Huppert, Michael S.
Material or article handling
Elevator or hoist and loading or unloading means therefor
Grab
414 11, 414663, 180211, B66F 1100
Patent
active
052597210
ABSTRACT:
In order to safely transport a building material to its mounting area of a building body and to temporarily hold the same until it is firmly mounted on the mounting area on the building site, according to the present invention, there is provided, an apparatus for transporting/mounting a building material including a self-propelled vehicle body provided with a steering/driving device, the vehicle body assuming a substantially L-shaped form constructed of an upright main body and a pair of lower frames which are parallelly spaced apart from each other and horizontally extend from opposite sides of a lower portion of the main body; an elevator unit movably mounted on a vertical side portion of the main body so as to be vertically movable along the vertical side portion of the main body; a first frame horizontally extending forward from a vertical side of the elevator unit, the first frame having its base end mounted on the elevator unit so as to be horizontally movable in a horizontal plane; a second frame slidably mounted in the first frame so as to be extended therefrom and retracted therein in a longitudinal direction of the first frame; and a support for supporting a building material, the support being so mounted on a front end of the second frame as to be vertically swingable and as to be rotatable on an axis perpendicular to a plane of the building material having been supported by the support.
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Komine Atsutomo
Kubo Kiyoshi
Miyazaki Yasunobu
Nozaki Yukio
Sato Tadao
Eller Jr. James T.
Huppert Michael S.
Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho
Kajima Corporation
Kananen Ronald P.
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