Hydraulic lifting jack having a safety lifting saddle
AssigneeYasui Sangyo Co., Ltd.
InventorTamotsu Kameda
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Abstract
A hydraulic lifting jack on wheels, comprising a pair of frame plates, an elevator which is pivotally mounted on the frame plates, a lifting saddle arranged in the free end of the elevator, and a hydraulic power unit for lifting the elevator, the lifting saddle having front and rear stop members on its front and rear ends, the front stop member being adapted to move up and down so that when the elevator is raised, the top of the front stop member is beyond the upper surface of the saddle, and when the elevator is lowered onto the bottom, the top of the front stop member is positioned below the upper surface of the saddle.
Claims7
A lifting jack, comprising:
- a base;
- an elevator which is mounted to the base so as to be raisable and lowerable;
- a lifting saddle disposed at the free end of the elevator;
- power means adapted to raise and lower the elevator;
- at least one movable stop means mounted to the lifting saddle so as to be movable in a substantially vertical direction;
- and actuating means coupled to said movable stop means and adapted to automatically raise said movable stop means to project above the lifting saddle upper surface when the elevator is raised, and further adapted to automatically lower said movable stop means so as not to project above the lifting saddle upper surface when the elevator is lowered beyond a certain point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.