Material or article handling – Wheel and wheel-type article handler and transporter – Ramp-type truck
Patent
1984-05-29
1986-03-11
Sheridan, Robert G.
Material or article handling
Wheel and wheel-type article handler and transporter
Ramp-type truck
414492, 414911, B60P 150, B60P 300
Patent
active
045753032
ABSTRACT:
A device for handling and moving generally cylindrical loads, such as cable reels, rolls of paper, sheet metal, and the like, comprising a frame supported by wheels or the like and provided with vertically pivotable, laterally movable telescoping arms for retentive engagement with the load to move said load toward and away from a load-supporting surface of said frame. The device is characterized in that said load-supporting surface is a part of a cradle having a wedge-shaped roll-on/roll-off portion at its free edge and a downwardly curved surface portion forming the actual load-supporting surface; that said cradle is tiltable about a shaft, mounted beneath the downwardly curved portion between a position in which its wedge-shaped portion connects to the floor, and a transport position in which it is spaced from said floor; and that said arms are individually or jointly telescopically movable past and beyond said cradle and are provided with engagement means adapted to engage with the load, the cable reel or the like during loading and unloading thereof.
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Flocks Karl W.
Neimark Sheridan
Sheridan Robert G.
Starobin A. Fred
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