Rail conveyance system
AssigneeConveyance Solutions, LLC
InventorDruss Anthony Nitis
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Abstract
A system and apparatus that eliminates the need for constructing a platform the length of a structure and further eliminates heavy machinery as a means of transportation or conveyance of a work platform. The system provides a rail member in combination with a plurality of bearing races for rolling bearings which allow the hanging platform to move by mechanical means along said supported rail member. The system provides a work platform or equipment cart that moves smoothly along the rail member from a first terminus to a second terminus as necessary for the transportation or conveyance of materials, equipment or persons.
Claims18
A roller apparatus for enabling movement of a hanging platform, comprising:
- a housing having a pair of brackets configured to cooperate with a railing, the pair of brackets each having a top portion engaging a surface of the railing, the housing having at least one connector configured to accept a load bearing attachment;
- a plurality of bearing races in the top portions of the pair of brackets, the bearing races maintaining a plurality of bearings;
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- at least one pair of caps covering the bearing races, the at least one pair of caps maintaining the bearings in the races as the bearings roll through the bearing races.
A rail conveyance system for constructing and moving a hanging platform, comprising:
- a hanging platform;
- a plurality of railings;
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- a plurality of roller apparatuses connecting to the hanging platform, each having a housing comprising a pair of brackets configured to cooperate with the railings, each roller apparatus having a plurality of bearing races in the pair of brackets, the bearing races holding a plurality of bearings.
A roller apparatus for enabling movement of a hanging platform, comprising:
- a housing having at least one pair of caps and a pair of brackets, each of the pair of caps having an outer first member of a bearing race and each of the pair of brackets having an inner second member of a bearing race such that when one of the at least one pair of caps couples with one of the pair of brackets, the outer first member of the bearing race couples with the second outer member of the bearing race to form a continuous arcuate bearing race;
- a plurality of bearings maintained in each of the arcuate bearing races;
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- the pair of brackets having a top portion configured to engage a top portion of a bottom flange of a beam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.