Fire escape – ladder – or scaffold – Having transpositioning base and erecting means – And platform elevatable relative to its support
Patent
1998-10-20
1999-04-06
Stodola, Daniel P.
Fire escape, ladder, or scaffold
Having transpositioning base and erecting means
And platform elevatable relative to its support
182 16, 182 631, 182148, 280 4323, E06C 100
Patent
active
058905596
ABSTRACT:
A personnel lift (20) including a three-wheeled transport in which a rear or transport wheel (30) is connected to a lever arm or handle (32) that is designed to raise and lower the transport wheel (30). Pulling the handle (32) downward drops the transport wheel (30) to ground level raising the support legs (34) off the ground. Raising the handle (32) lifts the transport wheel (30) off the ground, dropping the support legs (34) onto the ground. An electric interlock system is utilized to prevent the vertical lift assembly (24) of the personnel lift (20) from being used when the support legs (34) are not on the ground. The electric interlock system includes three switches (89, 104a, 104b), all of which must be closed in order for the aerial work platform (22) to be elevated. Two of the switches (104a, 104b) are operated by the support legs (34). The switches (104a, 104b) in the support legs (34) are closed when the support legs are in full contact with the ground. The third switch (89) is closed when the handle (32) is in a raised position. A mechanical handle locking mechanism (62) prevents a user from lowering the transport wheel (30) and moving the personnel lift (20) when the aerial work platform (22) is elevated. Once the locking mechanism (62) is engaged, the handle (32) cannot be lowered far enough to make the transport wheel (30) engage the ground and raise the support legs (34) from their stabilizing position.
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Allen Bradley K.
Busuttil John
Keller Tracy L.
Genie Industries Inc.
Smith Richard M.
Stodola Daniel P.
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