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Displaceable inclined hoist

  • US 4,681,205 A
  • Filed: 08/19/1985
  • Issued: 07/21/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/21/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A displaceable inclined hoist comprising:

  • a displaceable support;

    an inclined support pivotally mounted to said displaceable support for rotation about a horizontal axis and in a vertical plane;

    drive means connected between said displaceable and inclined support for pivoting said inclined support on said displaceable support;

    two pairs of tracks connected to said inclined support and extending therealong, said two pairs of tracks having different gauges and each having a middle portion and opposite end portions, said two pairs of tracks lying in a common plane at each of their opposite ends and being disposed one above the other in said middle portions, the upper one of said pair of tracks having a wider gauge than the lower one of said two pairs of tracks;

    a conveyor car mounted for riding on each of said two pairs of tracks, said two pairs of tracks being spaced apart in said middle portions thereof by an amount sufficient to permit clearance for one of said conveyor cars riding on a lower one of said two pairs of tracks; and

    windlass means connected to said conveyor cars and carried by said inclined support for moving said conveyor cars upwardly and downwardly on said two pairs of tracks respectively.

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