Loading platform with twin roller conveyors

• US 7,007,790 B2
• Filed: 05/06/2004
• Issued: 03/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: James D. Brannon
• Original Assignee: James D. Brannon
• Inventors: Brannon, James D.
• Primary Examiner(s): HESS, DOUGLAS A
• Application Number:
  US10/840,050
• Publication Number:
  US 20050247540A1
• Time in Patent Office: 670 Days
• Field of Search: 198/346, 198/836.1, 193/35.R, 414/573, 414/662, 414/607, 414/663
• US Class Current: 198/346
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 69/22 Horizontal loading or unloading platforms as road or railway equipment B61B1/00, E01F1/00

Abstract

A load transfer platform adapted for attachment to a lift has a pair of laterally extending roller conveyor which are space in a front to rear direction thereby providing a pathway there between for a workman loading and unloading merchandise.

Claims

1. A load transfer platform adapted for connection to a pair of laterally spaced forks of a lift mechanism of a material handling vehicle, comprising:

a horizontally disposed deck having front, rear and laterally opposite sides and including

a pair of parallel hollow frame members secured to the underside of said deck adapted to receive said laterally spaced forks,

a pair of horizontal and parallel roller conveyors on the top side of said deck extending between said laterally opposite sides and spaced from one another in a front to rear direction, each of said conveyors including a pair of laterally extending parallel roller support beams secured to said ton side of said deck,

a first work floor segment between said roller conveyors extending between said laterally opposite sides of said deck providing a foot path for a workman, and

a second work floor segment extending between said laterally opposite sides of said deck between the rear side of said deck and the roller conveyor closest to said rear side, said roller support beams being disposed above the elevation of said floor segments.

2. The load transfer platform of claim 1 wherein one of said roller conveyors is adjacent said front side of said deck.

3. The load transfer platform of claim 1 wherein each of said roller conveyors include cylindrical rollers supported by said beams and further comprising a tall upright brace having a pair of legs and a pair of sockets adapted to receive said legs of said upright brace, said sockets being formed in one of said beams.

4. The load transfer platform of claim 1 wherein each of said roller conveyors has a plurality of cylindrical rollers rotatably supported by its associated beams.