Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1996-03-25
1998-06-02
Dickson, Paul N.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
2804231, 296 353, 410 91, 410 83, 414 84, B62D 5306
Patent
active
057588902
ABSTRACT:
A locking system for securing an expandable semitrailer chassis and for securing a removable container received on top of the chassis when the container is transported on the semitrailer. The expandable semitrailer allows for receiving different lengths of removable containers thereon. The semitrailer pulled by a tractor. In one embodiment the locking system is used with the expandable chassis for securing and releasing a telescoping rail slidably mounted inside a rail receiving member. The chassis includes the telescoping rail cross beam support members and rail receiving member. The chassis is supported on an undercarriage. The rail receiving member include spaced apart locking pin holes disposed along the length thereof. The locking system includes an air cylinders with piston. The air cylinder is mounted on a rail crossbar and disposed next to pin holes in the rail receiving member. A locking pin is attached to the piston with a portion of the locking pin inserted through a pin hole in the rail and through a selected locking pin hole in the rail receiving member when in a locked position. An air valve is connected to the air cylinder and a pressurized air source on the semitrailer. The air valve directs pressurized air to the air cylinder for retracting and extending the locking pin in the locking pin hole in the rail receiving member.
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Crabtree Edwin H.
Dickson Paul N.
Margolis Donald W.
Rizavvo Ramon L.
Rocky Mountain Technology & Engineering Corp
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