Material or article handling – Apparatus particularly adapted for charging or discharging a... – Including one or more movable sites
Patent
1987-09-25
1989-02-14
Spar, Robert J.
Material or article handling
Apparatus particularly adapted for charging or discharging a...
Including one or more movable sites
104 231, 104 48, 405 2, E04H 606
Patent
active
048043052
ABSTRACT:
A movable platform system is provided, comprising a basin, defined by a bottom and a sidewall, the basin containing a liquid; a plurality of support structures, extending upward from the bottom, the support structures being aligned in rows, the rows being perpendicular to each other; a plurality of platforms each having a top surface and an underside, the platforms being floatable in the liquid, each of the platforms having a plurality of guides attached to the underside, for guiding movement of the platforms in the basin, at least one of the guides being aligned perpendicular to another, wherein a plurality of the support structures extend into the guides; and a plurality of bearing devices, attached to the support structures so as to support the underside of the platforms within the guides and allow the platforms to move parallel to the bottom along some of the rows of the support structures.
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Kiesel William David
Millman Stuart J.
Monahan Timothy J.
Spar Robert J.
Tucker Robert C.
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