Material or article handling – Self-loading or unloading vehicles – Loading or unloading by other carrier or mover means – and...
Patent
1998-09-14
2000-05-23
Kramer, Dean J.
Material or article handling
Self-loading or unloading vehicles
Loading or unloading by other carrier or mover means, and...
414917, 414921, B60P 144
Patent
active
060659246
ABSTRACT:
Improvement in wheelchair lifts generally of the dual hydraulic parallelogram type employing a lever arm assembly which assists in the rotation of the platform from the stowed position to the horizontal deployed position, by providing a gas spring disposed in the lever arm assembly connected at an outboard end to the lifting mechanism link and at an inboard end to at least one of the A arm, the B arm or the common pivot pin of the lever arm assembly. The outward force of the gas spring causes the sliding shoe of the lever arm assembly to maintain contact with the outer face of the lower link of the lifting parallelogram so that upon deployment of the lift during the gravity down phase from stowed position to horizontal transfer position, the inboard end of the platform is pulled up so that it rotates smoothly and is not subjected to free fall. This lever arm follower force member can be used alone or in conjunction with a deployment assist gas spring disposed in the lifting parallelogram, alone or in combination with "reverse" type torsion springs disposed in one or more of the common pivot in the lever arm assembly or a pivot in the lifting assembly.
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Budd Alfred L.
Dupuy James R.
Pierrou James R.
Wolff Barry E.
Chin Paul J.
Dennis Robert F.
Dulin Jacques M.
Kramer Dean J.
The Braun Corporation
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