Steerable power operated traction wheel unit
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1. A STEERABLE POWER OPERATED TRACTION WHEEL UNIT FOR USE WITH A MATERIAL HANDLING TRUCK COMPRISING THE COMBINATION OF:
- A CANTILEVER MEMBER EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID TRUCK, SAID CANTILEVER MEMBER HAVING A PASSAGEWAY EXTENDING VERTICALLY THROUGH THE UNSUPPORTED DISTAL END THEREOF;
ANNULAR BEARING MEANS POSITIONED WITHIN SAID PASSAGEWAY;
A SUPPORT STRUT HAVING AN INTERMEDIATE SECTION WITH A GEAR CHAMBER AT ITS UPPER END AND A LATERALLY DISPOSED TUBULAR EXTENSION AT ITS LOWER END, SAID GEAR CHAMBER CONNECTED TO SAID TUBULAR EXTENSION BY A FULLY ENCLOSED PASSAGEWAY EXTENDING VERTICALLY THROUGH SAID INTERMEDIATE SECTION;
A PIVOT PIN FIXED RELATIVE TO SAID SUPPORT STRUT, SAID PIVOT PIN JOURNALED FOR ROTATION WITHIN SAID BEARING MEANS IN ORDER TO PIVOTALLY CONNECT SAID SUPPORT STRUT TO SAID CANTILEVER MEMBER;
A TRACTION MOTOR CARRIED BY THE UPPER END OF SAID SUPPORT STRUT;
AN AXLE JOURNALED FOR ROTATION WITHIN SAID TUBULAR EXTENSION;
A TRACTION WHEEL FIXED TO ONE END OF SAID AXLE;
A VERTICALLY DISPOSED DRIVE SHAFT JOURNALED FOR ROTATION WITHIN THE FULLY ENCLOSED PASSAGEWAY IN SAID INTERMEDIATE SECTION;
GEAR MEANS CONNECTING THE LOWER END OF SAID DRIVE SHAFT TO THE OTHER END OF SAID AXLE;
AND, A HORIZONTALLY ALIGNED GEAR TRAIN CONTAINED WITHIN SAID GEAR CHAMBER, SAID GEAR TRAIN BEING OPERATIVE TO CONNECT THE TRACTION MOTOR TO THE UPPER END OF SAID DRIVE SHAFT.
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1. A STEERABLE POWER OPERATED TRACTION WHEEL UNIT FOR USE WITH A MATERIAL HANDLING TRUCK COMPRISING THE COMBINATION OF:
- A CANTILEVER MEMBER EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID TRUCK, SAID CANTILEVER MEMBER HAVING A PASSAGEWAY EXTENDING VERTICALLY THROUGH THE UNSUPPORTED DISTAL END THEREOF;
ANNULAR BEARING MEANS POSITIONED WITHIN SAID PASSAGEWAY;
A SUPPORT STRUT HAVING AN INTERMEDIATE SECTION WITH A GEAR CHAMBER AT ITS UPPER END AND A LATERALLY DISPOSED TUBULAR EXTENSION AT ITS LOWER END, SAID GEAR CHAMBER CONNECTED TO SAID TUBULAR EXTENSION BY A FULLY ENCLOSED PASSAGEWAY EXTENDING VERTICALLY THROUGH SAID INTERMEDIATE SECTION;
A PIVOT PIN FIXED RELATIVE TO SAID SUPPORT STRUT, SAID PIVOT PIN JOURNALED FOR ROTATION WITHIN SAID BEARING MEANS IN ORDER TO PIVOTALLY CONNECT SAID SUPPORT STRUT TO SAID CANTILEVER MEMBER;
A TRACTION MOTOR CARRIED BY THE UPPER END OF SAID SUPPORT STRUT;
AN AXLE JOURNALED FOR ROTATION WITHIN SAID TUBULAR EXTENSION;
A TRACTION WHEEL FIXED TO ONE END OF SAID AXLE;
A VERTICALLY DISPOSED DRIVE SHAFT JOURNALED FOR ROTATION WITHIN THE FULLY ENCLOSED PASSAGEWAY IN SAID INTERMEDIATE SECTION;
GEAR MEANS CONNECTING THE LOWER END OF SAID DRIVE SHAFT TO THE OTHER END OF SAID AXLE;
AND, A HORIZONTALLY ALIGNED GEAR TRAIN CONTAINED WITHIN SAID GEAR CHAMBER, SAID GEAR TRAIN BEING OPERATIVE TO CONNECT THE TRACTION MOTOR TO THE UPPER END OF SAID DRIVE SHAFT.
- A CANTILEVER MEMBER EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID TRUCK, SAID CANTILEVER MEMBER HAVING A PASSAGEWAY EXTENDING VERTICALLY THROUGH THE UNSUPPORTED DISTAL END THEREOF;
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