Vehicle conveyor and wheel engaging dolly

Details Vehicle conveyor and wheel engaging dolly Vehicle conveyor and wheel engaging dolly

1987-01-08

1987-12-29

Reeves, Robert B.

Railways

Traction

Chain

198732, B61B 1004, B61B 1312, B65G 1724, B65G 1926

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047152877

ABSTRACT:
A conveyor for transporting a vehicle through a car wash along a track having specially-adapted, low profile roller dollies which rise upon contacting a vehicle wheel. The dolly includes an arcuate arm which is hinged to a connector link on one end and supports three pair of rollers. The first pair of rollers is connected to the arm below the track and the second pair of rollers is connected to the opposite end of the arm from the first pair and is positionable above the track to ride upon the top surface of the track. The third pair of rollers is intended to engage the wheel of the vehicle to be moved along the track and is located on the arm between the two ends at a position radially spaced from the concave arc upon which the first and second pairs of rollers are aligned. The third pair of rollers rolls upwardly and rearwardly upon contacting a vehicle wheel and pivots the arm about the second pair of rollers. The pivoting movement of the arm causes the first pair of rollers to pivot until they engage the lower surface of the track.

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