Goods transshipment apparatus
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1. A goods transshipment apparatus, comprising:
- a) a mobile substructure having a front end and a rear end;
b) a superstructure rotatable relative to said mobile substructure about a vertical axis of rotation and includes a driver'"'"'s cab and engine compartment;
c) a jib operably connected to said superstructure; and
d) a pair of parallel connecting rods each of which is pivotally connected at a first end thereof to said mobile substructure and at a second end thereof to said superstructure to support said superstructure above said substructure in a higher operating position and to lower said superstructure relative to said substructure in a lower resting position wherein said axis of rotation remains vertical when said superstructure is raised or lowered to the upper operating position or the lower resting position, respectively, and wherein one of said pair of parallel connecting rods rests against said mobile substructure and the other of said parallel connecting rods rests on the ground behind said mobile substructure rear end when said superstructure is in the lower resting position.
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Abstract
A goods transshipment apparatus having a mobile substructure with a superstructure mounted so as to be rotatable relative to said substructure and having a driver'"'"'s cab and engine compartment and a jib or jib system jointed to the superstructure wherein the superstructure is adjustable between a lower position (resting position I) on the substructure and an upper position (operating position II) at a spacing from the substructure.
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1. A goods transshipment apparatus, comprising:
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a) a mobile substructure having a front end and a rear end; b) a superstructure rotatable relative to said mobile substructure about a vertical axis of rotation and includes a driver'"'"'s cab and engine compartment; c) a jib operably connected to said superstructure; and d) a pair of parallel connecting rods each of which is pivotally connected at a first end thereof to said mobile substructure and at a second end thereof to said superstructure to support said superstructure above said substructure in a higher operating position and to lower said superstructure relative to said substructure in a lower resting position wherein said axis of rotation remains vertical when said superstructure is raised or lowered to the upper operating position or the lower resting position, respectively, and wherein one of said pair of parallel connecting rods rests against said mobile substructure and the other of said parallel connecting rods rests on the ground behind said mobile substructure rear end when said superstructure is in the lower resting position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A goods transshipment apparatus, said apparatus comprising:
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a) a mobile substructure having a front end and a rear end; b) a superstructure rotatable relative to said mobile substructure and includes a driver'"'"'s cab and engine compartment; c) a jib operably connected to said superstructure; and d) a connecting rod arrangement for selectively moving said superstructure relative to said mobile substructure between a lower resting position and an upper operating position said connecting rod arrangement comprising a pair of connecting rods each of which is pivotally connected at a first end thereof to said mobile substructure and at a second end thereof to said superstructure, the pivotal connections at each of said pair of connecting rods defining a parallelogram and wherein one of said pair of connecting rods rest on said substructure and the other of said pair of connecting rods rests on the ground behind said substructure when said superstructure is in the lower resting position.
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