Material or article handling – Self-loading or unloading vehicles – With load-receiving portion – or significant section thereof,...
Patent
1989-09-29
1991-04-30
Spar, Robert J.
Material or article handling
Self-loading or unloading vehicles
With load-receiving portion, or significant section thereof,...
16362, 16382, 16DIG43, 298 9, 414483, 414494, B60P 104
Patent
active
050113623
ABSTRACT:
A roll-back flat-bed truck comprising a cab at the front end and a frame at the rear end and a flat bed secured thereto by securement member. The securement member includes a hinge having a lower hinge half-coupled to the frame and an upper hinge half coupled to the bed and a hinge pin coupling the hinge halves to allow tilting the upper hinge half and bed with respect to the lower hinge half and frame about a horizontal axis. A swivel plate is attached to the frame adjacent to the rear end of the bed. A swivel pin is positioned in an aperture extending through the swivel plate and lower hinge half to allow swiveling of the bed with respect to the frame about a vertical axis. An intermediate support is attached to the upper surface of the upper hinge half to slidably couple the bed thereto to allow for rolling the bed longitudinally with respect to the intermediate support, hinge and frame. Also provided are a first drive to slide the bed longitudinally with respect to the intermediate support, hinge and frame a second drive to tilt the bed, intermediate support and upper hinge half with respect to the lower hinge half, swivel plate and frame, and a third drive to swivel the bed, intermediate support and hinge with respect to the frame.
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Katz Robert S.
Spar Robert J.
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