Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Roll-up covers
Patent
1999-01-12
2000-07-18
Pape, Joseph D.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Roll-up covers
29610001, B60P 704
Patent
active
060896450
ABSTRACT:
A system for manipulating a transport container cover using a variable height gantry. The gantry supports an assembly for storing the cover including a winding mechanism. The gantry height is adjustable so that the cover may be raised above the top of the transport container. The cover is extended over the top of the container when the gantry is at a position such that the storage assembly can release the cover above the top of the transport container. An attachment mechanism on the other end of the cover secures the cover. The gantry is adjusted to a low position for transporting the covered container. A motor is included to drive the winding mechanism to assist in withdrawing the cover. The system is operable to withdraw the cover when the gantry is in its raised position. The motor and the clutch mechanism may be operated through radio signals generated with a wireless remote control.
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Publication: Do It Right with Roll Rite, Tarp Systems and Components, 1996 Roll-Rite Corporation Printed in the U.S.A. (4 pp.).
Pape Joseph D.
Pioneer Consolidated Corporation
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