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BATTERY TRUCK

  • US 3,782,750 A
  • Filed: 09/27/1972
  • Issued: 01/01/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/27/1972
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A battery truck comprising:

  • a. a box including a pair of end walls, a pair of fore and aft side walls, and a bottom capable of supporting a battery;

    b. an elongated, fore and aft housing mounted on each of said side walls, each of said housings including an elongated fore and aft side plate spaced from the adjacent one of said pair of side walls to define therewith an elongated, fore and aft channel;

    c. an elongated, fore and aft carriage vertically movable in each of said channels between a first retracted position and a second projected position, each of said carriages including at least two rollers on said carriage in fore and aft alignment, the bottom of said rollers extending below said housing and said box in said second position of said carriage;

    d. at least two eccentric cams rockably mounted on each of said housings in fore and aft alignment and in operating engagement with the top of the underlying one of said carriages; and

    , e. lever means connecting each of said pair of cams for selectively urging said cams downwardly against said carriage to an extent sufficient to move said carriage from said first position to said second position, thereby elevating said box above a supporting surface by reactive force exerted by said rollers in engagement with the supporting surface upwardly against said carriage, said pair of cams, said housing and said box.

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