Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for transporting/mounting a building material

US5259721A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 26, 1989
Grant dateNov 9, 1993
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Expiry dateOct 26, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S212/901
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

In order to safely transport a building material to its mounting area of a building body and to temporarily hold the same until it is firmly mounted on the mounting area on the building site, according to the present invention, there is provided, an apparatus for transporting/mounting a building material including a self-propelled vehicle body provided with a steering/driving device, the vehicle body assuming a substantially L-shaped form constructed of an upright main body and a pair of lower frames which are parallelly spaced apart from each other and horizontally extend from opposite sides of a lower portion of the main body; an elevator unit movably mounted on a vertical side portion of the main body so as to be vertically movable along the vertical side portion of the main body; a first frame horizontally extending forward from a vertical side of the elevator unit, the first frame having its base end mounted on the elevator unit so as to be horizontally movable in a horizontal plane; a second frame slidably mounted in the first frame so as to be extended therefrom and retracted therein in a longitudinal direction of the first frame; and a support for supporting a building mate…

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