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US 10,336,357 B2Granted
Transport cart for transporting objects or animal carcasses
OwnerWolfgang Meierinventor
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Abstract
A transport cart and a method using a transport cart transports objects or animal carcasses. The transport cart has a loading trough which has a region which is arranged on a side of the loading trough facing away from a handlebar and/or from at least one handle, wherein the region has at least one loading and/or unloading device, thus making loading and/or unloading possible such that the object which is to be transported or the transported object or the animal carcass which is to be transported or the transported animal carcass does not have to be touched by an operator.
Claims21
Transport cart comprising:
- a framework,
- at least one axle having at least one wheel each on both sides,
- a handlebar and/or at least one handle,
- a loading trough having a width, a bottom, a front end, and a sidewall running in the longitudinal direction of the transport cart, the front end having a region that is disposed on a side of the loading trough that faces away from the handlebar and/or the at least one handle,
- a seating surface and/or a standing surface for an operator, and
- an operating console directly connected to the at least one handle and/or to the handlebar, the operating console comprising at least one operating switch, the operating console being disposed adjacent the seating surface and/or the standing surface such that the operator can operate the at least one operating switch while sitting or standing on the surface,
- wherein the region comprises a first loading and/or unloading apparatus having a rectangular cross-section in a longitudinal direction of the transport cart,
- wherein the first loading and/or unloading apparatus forms a part of the bottom of the loading trough and can be rotated forwards and backwards,
- wherein the first loading and/or unloading apparatus is disposed at the front end of the loading trough, and
- wherein the at least one handle or the handlebar is directly connected to the sidewall of the loading trough.
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Method for transporting objects or animal carcasses via a transport cart that comprises
- a framework,
- at least one axle with one wheel each on both sides, in each instance,
- a handlebar and/or at least one handle,
- a loading trough having a width, a bottom, a front end, and a sidewall running in the longitudinal direction of the transport cart, the front end having a region that is disposed on a side of the loading trough that faces away from the handlebar and/or the at least one handle,
- a seating surface and/or a standing surface for an operator,
- an operating console directly connected to the at least one handle and/or to the handlebar, the operating console comprising at least one operating switch, the operating console being disposed adjacent the seating surface and and/or the standing surface such that the operator can operate the at least one operating switch while sitting or standing on the surface, and
- a first loading and/or unloading apparatus having a rectangular cross-section in a longitudinal direction of the transport cart, the first loading and/or unloading apparatus being in the region of the loading trough that faces away from the handlebar and/or the at least one handle, the first loading and/or unloading apparatus forming a part of the bottom of the loading trough and being rotatable forwards and backwards, the first loading and/or unloading apparatus being disposed at the front end of the loading trough, the at least one handle and/or handlebar being directly connected to the sidewall of the loading trough,
- the method comprising:
- driving the transport cart up to the object to be transported or the animal carcass to be transported,
- rotating the first loading and/or unloading apparatus of the transport cart such that the object or the animal carcass is automatically conveyed into the loading trough, and
- subsequently starting a transport process by moving the transport cart.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.