Transportation carts for gas bottles
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsDavid Paul Marcusen, Nicholas James Dessart, Daniel James Helein
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Abstract
A cart is disclosed for carrying a gas bottle. The cart includes a wheeled frame and a bottle support platform. The support platform is configured to pivot between a loading position in which a gas bottle may be loaded and/or unloaded from the bottle support platform and a cradle position in which the gas bottle and the bottle support platform are elevated. A bottle rest may support the bottle when the bottle support platform is in the cradle position. A bottle support spine may also, or alternatively, support the bottle during transportation and act as a lever for pivoting the bottle support platform between the loading position and the cradle position.
Claims20
A cart, comprising:
- a chassis;
- and
- a bottle support platform coupled to the chassis, the bottle support platform comprising a backrest and a bottom plate and configured to pivot at a pivot joint, relative to the chassis, between:
- a loading position in which a side of the bottom plate opposite the pivot joint is lower than the pivot joint when the chassis is positioned horizontally, and the gas bottle can be loaded or unloaded from the bottle support platform without lifting the gas bottle, and
- a cradle position in which the side of the bottom plate opposite the pivot joint is above the pivot joint when the chassis is positioned horizontally, and the gas bottle is supported by the bottle support platform, and the gas bottle and the bottle support platform are elevated,
- wherein the chassis is configured to abut the backrest when the bottle support platform is in the cradle position, thereby preventing further pivoting of the bottle support platform.
A cart, comprising:
- a frame configured to carry a welding type power supply;
- a chassis coupled to the frame;
- and
- a bottle support platform pivotally attached to the chassis by way of a joint, the bottle support platform comprising a backrest and a bottom plate and configured to pivot about the joint between:
- a loading position in which a gas bottle can be loaded or unloaded from the bottle support platform without lifting the gas bottle, and
- a cradle position in which the gas bottle and the bottle support platform are elevated,
- wherein the chassis is configured to abut the backrest when the bottle support platform is in the cradle position, thereby preventing further pivoting of the bottle support platform,
- wherein the bottle support platform is configured to position a center of gravity of the gas bottle substantially vertically above a pivot of the bottle support platform when the bottle support platform is in the cradle position and the frame is positioned substantially horizontally.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.