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Tiltable hanger apparatus

US4475462A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 19, 1982
Grant dateOct 9, 1984
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Expiry dateFeb 19, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB62D65/00
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Herein disclosed is a tiltable hanger apparatus including an overhead track assembly and a work-carrying assembly movable below and along the overhead track assembly. The work-carrying assembly is composed of a main carrier frame suspended from the overhead track assembly, an auxiliary carrier frame supported by the main carrier frame and arranged to be tiltable with respect to the main carrier frame in a fore-and-aft direction of the work-carrying assembly, and a hanger frame supported by the auxiliary carrier frame and angularly movable with respect to the auxiliary carrier frame about an axis normal to a plane perpendicular to the fore-and-aft direction of the work-carrying assembly. The auxiliary carrier frame is caused to tilt with respect to the main carrier frame in a fore-and-aft direction of the work-carrying assembly by the aid of a first set of guide rollers and rails. The hanger frame is held in engagement with a second set of guide rollers and rails arranged to cause the hanger frame to angularly turn with respect to the auxiliary carrier frame about the aforesaid axis.

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