Apparatus for transferring vehicles onto conveyor
US8230988B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 2, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jul 31, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 21, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB61B10/04
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for transferring vehicles onto a conveyer comprises: a front wheel supporting device (6) on an elevator (5), which is provided with a pair of front and rear wheel supporting arms (29a, 29b) that freely open and close in a horizontal direction between a closed posture supporting front wheels (Wf) at a predetermined position in terms of the convey direction and an opened posture releasing the front wheels (Wf) to the convey direction; a rear wheel supporting device (7) on the elevator (5), which is provided with a wheel supporting plate (38) that supports rear wheels (Wr) without determining the position thereof in terms of the convey direction and can switch its posture between a horizontal posture and a front-down tilted posture in terms of the convey direction; and a posture switching device (40) that changes the wheel supporting plate (38) of the rear wheel supporting device (7) to the tilted posture, at least when the elevator (5), supporting a vehicle (C) with the wheel supporting arms (29a, 29b) of the front wheel supporting device (6) in the closed posture and the wheel supporting plate (38) of the rear wheel supporting device (7) in the horizontal posture, is at…
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