Rack and pinion load manipulator

• US 3,259,365 A
• Filed: 10/22/1964
• Issued: 07/05/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Christian D. Gibson
• Original Assignee: Christian D. Gibson
• Inventors: Gibson, Christian D.
• Application Number:
  US04/405,899
• Time in Patent Office: 621 Days
• US Class Current: 254/95
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 1/04 of the electric storage means for propulsion exchanging batteries for electric propulsion of vehicles B60L53/80; for auxiliary purposes only B60R16/04; supplying batteries to, or removing batteries from, vehicles B60S5/06
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2001/0461 from the side
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2200/42 Fork lift trucks
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/66 Arrangements of batteries
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/80 Exchanging energy storage elements, e.g. removable batteries
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 9/0754 Battery removal arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/256 Carrying devices, e.g. belts
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/60 Electric or hybrid propulsion means for production processes
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles

Claims

1. A PORTABLE IMPLEMENT FOR MOVING A BATTERY CASE IN AND OUT OF A BATTER-POWERED LIFT TRUCK, COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION:

A RIGID ELONGATED MEMBER HAVING A TOOTHED RACK MEANS ALONG A PORTION OF ITS LENGTH AND MEANS OPERABLE BY ROTATION OF SAID ELONGATED MEMBER FOR RIGIDLY BUT DETACHABLY ATTACHING ONE END OF SAID ELONGATED MEMBER TO SAID LIFT TRUCK;

A MOVABLE MEMBER SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID ELONGATED MEMBER;

A ROTATABLE PINION JOURNALLED IN SAID MOVABLE MEMBER AND ENGAGING SAID TOOTHED RACK;

A CRANK CONNECTED TO ROTATE SAID PINION;

A RIGID LINK PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID MOVABLE MEMBER AND ADAPTED TO CONNECT TO SAID BATTERY CASE;

AND MEANS FOR LIMITING PIVOTING OF SAID RIGID LINK.