Portable lifting and delivering apparatus for bin containers
OwnerMike J. Tiliakosinventor
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Abstract
A lifting and delivering apparatus for bin containers for holding granular material such as used in sand blasting. The apparatus uses a cable and post lifting and support system to provide a stable elevated bin container suitable for use as a detachable truck body in a self-contained construction.
Claims4
A portable container having at least one bin therein, means for elevating said container relative to a supporting surface, said container having four right angular vertical walls joined by inwardly extending right angular corner configurations defining vertical paths, said means for elevating said container comprising four posts, each having a cross sectionally I-beam configuration, said posts disposed in said inwardly extending corner configurations, L-shaped post guides on said vertical walls partially enclosing said inwardly extending corner configurations to that said posts may move vertically on said paths, horizontally disposed rotatable shafts extending between said posts, pulleys on said posts and cables attached to said post guides and trained over said pulleys and engaged on said shafts, means for rotating said shafts simultaneously so as to move said cables and said container and said posts relative to one another.
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