Patent · US Expired

Lifting device in an armoured vehicle

US5728966A · kind A · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

KUKA Wehrtechnik GmbH · DE

Inventors

Rudolf Bobinger · Meitingen, DE
Andreas Riegl · Heimatshausen, DE
Wilhelm Strasser · Bensberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 24, 1996
Grant date	Mar 17, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 24, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF41A9/83
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a lifting device in an armoured vehicle. The lifting device comprises a holder, which can be engaged with a body to be raised, particularly a shell. A driven lifting element is also provided, by means of which the holder can be raised and lowered. In order to be able to take up and transfer in simple, flexible manner the shells, the lifting element is a cable drivable by means of a winch, which is guided on a pivotable, multicomponent articulated arm and carries the holder at its lower end. Preferably the cable passes through the articulated arm and its free end extends substantially vertically downwards, the articulated arm being pivotable substantially in a horizontal plane.

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