Assembly for the automatic operation of hand carts, especially hospital carts
First Claim
1. An assembly for providing automatic operation of hand carts including hospital carts, comprising:
- at least one electric powered and electronically controlled automotive device capable of sliding under the base of said hand cart;
platform means on said device for raising said hand cart above the floor;
means for aligning said hand cart on said platform means;
at least one magnet on the underside of said base; and
two longitudinally spaced magnetic detectors on said automotive device for slowing said automotive device in response to activation by said at least one magnet of a first one of said detectors as said device slides under said cart and for stopping said automotive device in response to activation by said at least one magnet of a second one of said detectors.
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Abstract
An assembly for providing automatic operation of hand carts of the type particularly adapted for hospital usage, featuring an electric automotive device being controlled by buried cables and capable of sliding beneath the base of said hand cart, a vertically movable platform on said automotive device for lifting said hand cart when said device is disposed therebeneath, a plurality of realignment knobs on said lifting platform for cooperating with a corresponding plurality of cone-shaped cups on the lower side of said hand cart base, and spaced apart magnetic detectors on said automotive device cooperable with at least one magnet on the lower side of said hand cart base for controlling the slowing down and stopping of the device under said cart when it is positioned therebeneath by moving along said buried cables.
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1. An assembly for providing automatic operation of hand carts including hospital carts, comprising:
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at least one electric powered and electronically controlled automotive device capable of sliding under the base of said hand cart; platform means on said device for raising said hand cart above the floor; means for aligning said hand cart on said platform means; at least one magnet on the underside of said base; and two longitudinally spaced magnetic detectors on said automotive device for slowing said automotive device in response to activation by said at least one magnet of a first one of said detectors as said device slides under said cart and for stopping said automotive device in response to activation by said at least one magnet of a second one of said detectors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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