Tilting platform

Details Tilting platform Tilting platform

1996-06-24

1998-02-24

Krizek, Janice L.

Material or article handling

Article reorienting device

Article support means rockable on fixed surface

108 5, 108 7, 269289R, B23Q 125

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057205914

ABSTRACT:
A tilting platform that elevates and tilts an object while maintaining a center of gravity of the object about a center line of the platform. The platform includes a surface upon which the object is fastened, and a plurality of slideable sections each having a forward end coupled to a forward end of the surface. The slideable sections are retractable. The tilting plaform also includes a base coupled to a forward end of each of the plurality of slideable sections, where the plurality of slideable sections are retractable into the base, an actuator that retracts and expands the plurality of the slideable sections uniformly along the direction of the base, and the vertical linkage, coupled to the base, and coupled to the surface to cause the surface to tilt as the plurality of slideable sections are retracted by the actuator.

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