Material or article handling – Self-loading or unloading vehicles – Loading or unloading by other carrier or mover means – and...
Patent
1978-06-21
1980-09-02
Kunin, Stephen G.
Material or article handling
Self-loading or unloading vehicles
Loading or unloading by other carrier or mover means, and...
414546, B60P 100
Patent
active
042204372
ABSTRACT:
A transport frame and lifting apparatus for the transport of railroad wheel sets is disclosed. The transport frame is configured for mounting to a hauling flatbed, preferably a flat truck trailer bed hauled by a fifth wheel attached tractor. The frame includes an axle support surface, preferable paired beams, spaced at less than the inside wheel to wheel distance to receive and roll the wheel sets at the medial axles. The axle support surface is a distance above the flatbed so that the wheel sets when received at the axles have the wheel peripheral rail flanges clear the flatbed. Movement of the wheels to a storage position on the transport frame occurs by rolling the wheels on the medial axles to a storage position where peripheral tie-downs secure the wheels at their rims from movement. Upon arrival at a loading and/or unloading destination, a reciprocating lever arm assembly at one end of the transport frame effects loading and unloading of the wheel sets. The lever arm is reciprocated out and over the end of the hauling flatbed on rollers supported on one end of the transport bed.
REFERENCES:
patent: 339 (1837-07-01), Town
patent: 2788179 (1957-04-01), Hafer et al.
patent: 3902612 (1975-09-01), Hall
Kunin Stephen G.
Railcar Maintenance Company
Williams Lawrence E.
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